Lin Xiuqing also followed him with an empty rice bowl.
"I tried baking dried fish during the day. It was quite time-consuming. I put in different types of dried fish. At the same temperature and with different thicknesses, the dryness of the baked fish was also different. I have been experimenting all day today."
"This deep-sea squid is bigger and has thicker meat. I'm worried that baking it whole will take too much time. Just like drying it, cut it into small strips first, leaving only the thin edges to connect, and then put it in. It should be able to
Reduce baking time."
"We have no experience, so we can only try more and think about it. Once we are familiar with it in the future, we won't have to work so hard, and the efficiency should be higher."
Ye Yaodong stood at the door of the computer room and watched, "We'll know when it's baked. How long has it been baking now?"
"It has been temporarily set for three hours, and it is almost time. When the time is up, take it out and take a look. If it is not enough, you can add more time depending on the situation. Once you have a clear understanding, then just set the timer."
"Um."
In the beginning, you have to explore everything by yourself and gain experience first.
Ye Yaodong was also very patient. He moved a stool and sat at the door to watch.
This small machine drying generally requires a lower temperature.
This is to prevent the drying temperature from being too high, resulting in protein denaturation and rapid bacterial growth, which will damage the drying quality.
At the same time, avoid rapid drying, which will cause skin to form on the surface of the squid, which will not be conducive to the migration of moisture inside to the surface, resulting in false drying.
By maintaining a large circulating air volume and a high wind speed, the squid can fully contact the air, and the water vapor evaporated from the squid is taken away by the circulating air, and then the water vapor is condensed, filtered and discharged outside the room through the unit.
"I put 400 kilograms in one machine, and I put 800 kilograms in two machines at the same time. We will see if the time is enough. If not, we will increase it. If we don't have experience, we will try more and slowly increase the time. It is always better than the next time.
It’s better to bake it once.”
"Well, it's pretty good. Let's try it slowly."
"I asked the workers to process the remaining goods slowly. The rest are still piled in the warehouse. I covered them tightly with straw and straw mats. The temperature is not high yet, so the thaw can be slower..."
Lin Xiuqing continued: "It's almost Qingming Festival, and I'm a little worried about the bad weather, so I don't dare to let them sunbathe more, and I don't dare to do more now."
"Yes."
"The fish dried during the day are obviously in better condition than those dried in the sun, and they are cleaner..."
"Definitely..."
…
The two couples were sitting at the door of the drying room, chatting. Lin Xiuqing was basically talking there, and Ye Yaodong listened attentively.
Now Lin Xiuqing arranges all the things at home. She has become more capable, and the arrangements are becoming more and more appropriate and organized.
Ye Yaodong listened to what she said there, raised his chin with his hands and listened carefully, smiling at the seriousness on her face.
Lin Xiuqing spoke for a while before she realized that he had been staring at her.
He smiled and touched his face, "Why are you looking so straight?"
"I found that my wife is so amazing and capable. She has considered everything and talks about these things in a clear and logical manner."
"Isn't that too much? You'll know if you do too much."
"Well, I will arrange everything for you from now on, and I will also arrange it for you."
"Then you have to arrange a title of workshop director for me."
"Are you kidding? You are clearly the boss's wife, but the workshop director is nothing like that. You have the final say in everything."
Lin Xiuqing was about to speak when she heard a ding, and then the machine slowly stopped running.
Ye Yaodong stood up immediately, "Okay?"
"Wait a minute, let's lower the temperature first. During the day, a worker was too anxious and started to work directly. As a result, he got burned. Fortunately, the temperature was not very high."
"Um."
The couple waited for a while before opening the door.
The rich smell of squid hits your nose instantly.
They didn't pull them all out, they only took one out, touched and pinched it, and then tore off a small strip in the middle of the edge for comparison.
“It’s not good enough, it’s not even close.”
"Bake it for another hour."
The two of them continued to start the machine to bake, and then they went back to the door, holding the freshly torn squid in their hands and continuing to eat.
It is originally baked before being cooked, so it can be eaten even if it is not completely dry.
Ye Yaodong said while eating: "Not to mention, this is not baked yet, but it looks clean. This dried squid is more hygienic, has a more even color, and looks better."
"Yes, as I said before, the fish grilled during the day also looks better."
“It tastes a bit bad, but it’s still delicious after being dried.”
"The main reason is that you left it to dry as soon as you fished it out. It has not been frozen, so it doesn't taste very good?"
"That's true."
This is the main reason.
It is processed directly after being caught from the sea and hung to dry. It is still dried in the natural sea breeze and sun-dried. It is not better than freezing it and then directly boiling it and baking it.
But it is still better than the kind of processing factories in the future, mixed with various additives.
However, if it is baked and dried like this, the shelf life will definitely be short, and it will definitely get damp easily if it is not packaged.
But it doesn't matter, he doesn't have a large quantity now, and it's easy to sell them all after baking them. Now he just wholesales them in bulk, and will slowly package them later, so he can eat them one bite at a time.
Ye Yaodong took advantage of the waiting time to watch the women cooking the steamed squid.
Now they have been divided into two groups, one group is still specialized in killing fish, while the other group is specialized in processing deep-sea squid.
The more people look at it, the bigger it naturally feels.
He visually estimated that there were fifty or sixty people currently working in the workshop, most of them women, and some were drying and moving in the open space outside.
"So many people? Why do I feel like there are more people..."
"Yes, my salary at the end of last month was seven to eight thousand yuan."
Ye Yaodong's eyes widened, "What?"
He felt a little bit that he had heard wrongly. Why did he need so much salary?
"Last month was the same as today. We were killing fish and processing squid. There were also two teams with more than fifty people working overtime all night. There must be extra money. It costs more than 3,000 here. And the workers of the three boats
There are 30 people in total, and the cost here is almost 3,000 yuan, as well as our parents. And the workers who bring the fish into the factory in the city also spend more than 1,000 yuan. Doesn’t that add up to more than 7,000 yuan? Not yet.
Including electricity bills.”
"Fuck, if you do all the math, it's all money."
My dear, is he really the big boss now?
I really haven’t changed at all, and I still go fishing on the boat every day.
Originally, I wanted to buy more fishing boats and collect rents for retirement, but in the end, I became unwilling to sell the goods at a low price, and began to recycle those goods, recycle the waste, and turn them into several workshops and factories?
Lin Xiuqing said with a smile: "The expenses are high, but the profit is not bad. If there were no rectification of the fish canned factory and the workshop here, we could earn tens of thousands."
"It's worth spending it, and you'll make it back after you spend it."
He mouthed something.
That’s okay, the ancestors are honored.
"I guess if our dryer was running there 24 hours a day, the electricity bill would be quite high."
"That's for sure, but it's worth it. Just those squid shreds can bring so much profit. The electricity cost is also added in anyway."
"Fortunately, I don't expect to rely entirely on baking, and I will save money by drying."
"Aren't you stupid? There is no cost for labor? When you replace it with a medium-sized dryer in the future, and then add a few more, the efficiency will naturally be greater. Then when it becomes more advanced and fully automatic, the demand for labor will be even lower.
.”
"That won't work. The workers are still counting on working for us to earn money. The village committee supports us so strongly because the people in the village rely on us to become richer and have higher and higher living standards.
"
"I said later."
"Then I won't..."
"We will naturally need people in the future, and we may need more people. We are increasing our manpower every year."
"Well, that's fine."
"Remember to leave someone to arrange the shift at night. There are several drying places, and how many people need to be lined up."
"It's all arranged."
Ye Yaodong looked around and was extremely satisfied. The environment was a little rough now, but otherwise it was not bad at all.
When he came out of the noisy workshop, he was still feeling emotional.
"It's only been 5 years."
Lin Xiuqing also smiled brightly, "Yes, it's only been five years, and we have changed a lot. Should I let them all call you boss?"
"Forget it, we're all from the same village. Those aunties have all seen me wearing crotchless pants, so how weird is it to call me boss? Outsiders just yell like that, but people in the village are so familiar with each other that they can call me whatever they like."
She followed him and kept laughing.
When Ye Yaodong saw her like that, he knew she was laughing at him.
He reached out and hooked her neck, biting her ear when no one was around.
"Dare you laugh at me?"
"Don't make trouble, others will see it."
"What are you afraid of?"
"Go and see if the shredded squid is ready. Don't make trouble. You are already this old and still act like a child."
"How old am I?! I'm only 30 years old!" Ye Yaodong stopped.
"Yes, you are already 30 years old, and you are the father of three children. You are not yet a formal figure, and you still act like a child. In the old society, you would have been a grandfather in two years at your age."
Lin Xiuqing glanced at him and walked forward first, leaving him behind.
Ye Yaodong looked at her back and sighed, "In ancient times, I might have had half of my foot in the coffin."
She laughed and turned to look at him.
"In ancient times, emperors who lived to be thirty or forty years old were considered to have a long life."
"That's why I said you are naughty."
"It's different. We can live to be 80 years old. What does it mean to be only 30 years old?"
Lin Xiuqing stopped and waited for him to move forward together.
In just this hour, the open space here was filled with dried squid.
Both of them have to bend down and find a wider gap before they can move forward, or they can only move forward with their waists bent.
"It should be drying by now, right?"
"You'll know just by looking at it. After it's dried, you'll have to find someone to tear it apart when you take it out."
"Well, everyone secretly eats a little, so you don't have to eat anything. Fortunately, when I was tearing it apart, I had people watching and not allowing them to take it with them. It's fine if you eat a little."
Chapter completed!