Ye Yaodong asked the villagers to make way. Seeing the Lin family members who were watching the excitement in the crowd, he smiled and waved his hand and said to his wife, "Go back and boil some water first, and make some tea for them later. Are Dad and Big Brother back?"
"not yet?"
His brows furrowed immediately. What time is it? Why hasn't he come back yet? Will he wait until noon when he can't sell any more
What should we do with these people? We finally invited them to our home, and we wanted to sell all the unsold army fish to them.
"Your eldest nephew can ride a bicycle. Let him borrow a bicycle to go to town and find his grandfather and father. Then tell them that there are guests visiting our house."
Lin Xiuqing nodded obediently, then pulled her mother, two sisters-in-law, and eldest nephew to go home first. It happened that her eldest nephew stopped going to school after graduating from elementary school and helped with housework at home, so it was just right to send him there now.
When the villagers saw the official being taken to the Lin family by Ye Yaodong, they all followed behind him all the way to the Lin family.
Lin's mother and her two daughters-in-law had swept the yard clean, sorted the farm tools neatly, and wiped the tables and chairs carefully.
"Director Chen, please sit down..."
Lin Xiuqing was very perceptive and quickly handed over the brewed tea, and then poured a cup for each staff member.
"Hmm? Your tea is pretty fragrant?"
Mother Ye smiled and said, "We grew this ourselves, and we specially reserved a little of the first tea leaves to fry and serve our guests."
They themselves only drink coarse tea, so how could they be willing to drink the first cup of tea
"Is it Baihao Yinzhen?"
"Yes, Director Chen really knows what he is talking about."
Director Chen smiled and said, "It's not that I know the goods, but I heard that you grow a lot of white tea here. I also have a jar of Baihao Yinzhen at home."
Ye Yaodong smiled and quickly replied, "Drinking tea is good. People in Fujian Province like to drink tea. However, the tea stored in the first half of the year is definitely not as fragrant as the freshly roasted tea. If Director Chen likes to drink tea, we will save some tea needles and send them to you next spring."
"Ah, no, no, it's not easy for you ordinary people to earn a little money, just keep it and sell it..."
In order to delay time, Ye Yaodong tried to chat with him, talking about where he was from, being a fisherman, and even how he had caught sea bass, red snapper, a 55-jin big sturgeon, and a 190-jin giant grouper...
He brought up everything, just like telling a story, which aroused the interest of Director Chen so much that he wanted to go out to sea with him to catch some fish.
"We used to go out to sea for inspections. When I have time, I'll go out with you to drag a net and take a look. By the way, I'll take a fishing rod and go sea fishing."
"Hehe... our boat can only go near the coast. If you don't mind only fishing for small fish, you can go."
"Don't mind, don't mind, just try it out and go shopping...
"My grandfather is back."
The two were talking happily when Lin's father came back in a hurry.
His face was wrinkled with smile, and he secretly reached out to wipe it on the hem of his clothes. He shook hands with Director Lin, who had just rushed back on his bicycle with a dusty face, and he felt a little embarrassed.
"I'm so sorry. I went to town to sell fish this morning and you were not at home. I'm sorry for neglecting you."
"It's okay. I just came here to have some tea and take a break. I also came to see the many military fish your son-in-law mentioned. Oh, right, where are the military fish? I was so happy talking about them that I forgot about it." Director Chen patted his forehead. "I'm old and useless."
"Director Chen is joking," Ye Yaodong said, and then he looked at his father-in-law, "I sold three this morning, a whole bucket of good ones, how about big brother? How many did you sell?"
"I only sold 22, 16 of which were sold to the restaurant. I wanted to sell more, but A-Yuan (my oldest nephew Lin Guangyuan) came over, so I rode my bike back first."
Ye Yaodong smiled and said to Director Chen: "We estimate that there are about 60 left. What do you think..."
Lin Xiuqing tactfully brought the fish that Ye Yaodong had given her to take back.
Director Chen caught one and looked at it, praising it: "Your skill in tying the fish is quite good. It's still alive."
"I've been tying fish a lot, so I have no problem tying this."
"How much do you plan to sell it for per pound?"
"2 cents?"
As long as they can sell it, it doesn't matter whether the scales are more valuable than the fish meat. They can't scrape off the scales and sell them by weight. If that's the case, who will they sell the fish meat to
Director Chen nodded and said, "Okay, if you bring back all the remaining fish, just weigh them all. After weighing, you can send them to my unit and then settle the bill."
Since they are all alive anyway, you can put them in the company cafeteria and eat them while raising them, or you can send them to other departments.
Everyone immediately smiled and nodded happily, even Lin's father looked happy. He originally thought that he would have to sell it for a few more days.
At this time, Lin Xianghui also hurried back pushing a cart. When he heard that all the military fish were bought up, he was immediately relieved and very happy. Without even taking a breath, he hurried to the fertilizer shop with Lin Xiangrong to borrow a large scale to weigh the fish, for fear that it would be too late and the other party would go back on their word.
The gate of the courtyard was still full of people watching the fun, but there were fewer of them. Most of them were rural women. After all, watching the fun was one thing, but work still had to be done.
Everyone asked the two brothers why they wanted to borrow the scale.
The two were so happy that they didn't even bother to chat with their neighbors. They carried a large scale to the door and put several buckets of army fish on it.
25 were sold, leaving 62, with a total of 495 pounds after weighing, an average of nearly 8 pounds per piece, and 20 cents per pound, which is 99.2 yuan.
Director Chen smiled and said, "That's perfect. Let's just charge 100 yuan. After we scrape off the scales, we can take the fish meat to the canteen for processing."
The villagers who were watching the fun began to discuss...
"Ah, so much money, two months' salary, the Lin family has become rich!"
“When did they catch so many army fish?”
"How did you catch them? Why did you catch so many?"
"Isn't there also a Chinese sturgeon lying in the corner? Were they caught together? This fish must be very valuable."
“I heard they caught it and released it.”
Some people who were passing by were unaware of the situation and were very surprised.
After agreeing on the price and delivery time, Director Chen and his party returned home. The Lin family happily saw them off, and also gave them a can of Yinhao Baizhen that they had roasted this spring.
Before the guests left, the women from the village who were familiar with Lin's mother asked her what happened to the fish and the people.
Mother Lin slapped her thigh and said with a smile: "Oh, I don't know either. What did they do last night? I didn't see them when I woke up this morning. I only found out when I went to watch the fun just now. I may not know as much as you do. Let's talk about it later. We have things to do."
As she spoke, she went into the house and called her sons in.
She really didn't know the reason, so when her son-in-law asked her to greet the guests, she hurried back to clean and boil water to make tea.
After closing the door, Lin's mother asked them the reason, and then everyone else in the family understood the whole story.
Lin Xiangrong also explained that he was unwilling to let it go like this. He believed that one should not do good deeds without leaving a name behind. If the Chinese sturgeon was caught by someone else, he would be so angry that he would die.
It would be better to directly notify the people in the Fisheries Bureau and see if they are indifferent and don't take it seriously. He can still catch it and sell it for money.
Ye Yaodong suddenly felt that he had been careless. Everything had gone too smoothly for him since his rebirth, and his luck was off the charts. His net had burst several times, which made him a little arrogant. He even looked down on the Chinese sturgeon and thought that it was okay to release it, as this one fish wouldn't make a difference.
He felt that he also needed to reflect on himself and adjust his mindset!
"With so many fish to be sent to the county, you don't have to push the cart in the afternoon. It's too far. Why don't you just put the fish in a bamboo basket, carry it to the town, take the bus, and then send it to the county?" Lin's mother felt sorry for her son for having to walk such a long way to the county in the dark early in the morning.
"If you use a bamboo basket, it will be too sunny at noon. The temperature is still very high during the day, so don't let them get sunburned. Just put the fish in a bucket filled with water and let a tractor take them to the county town. These fish have been sold for 100 yuan, so just use one yuan to hire a tractor!" Ye Yaodong suggested.
"Yes, it's free money. Just take one dollar and hire a tractor to deliver it to the county."
Everyone said so, and Lin Xianghui nodded, "Okay, I'll go to the village to call a tractor now."
The sooner you send it, the sooner you can put the money in your pocket.
If they didn't feel bad about the money, who would be willing to walk? Now that they are about to receive a large sum of money, they are still willing to spend this dollar.
"I'll go cook something for you guys to eat, then leave."
Lin's mother hurried to cook noodles. It was almost noon, so they ate first and then went out to avoid being hungry when they got to the city and having to buy food outside, which wasted money.
Brothers Lin Xianghui and Lin Xiangrong followed the tractor to deliver the goods, and Ye Yaodong gave the money from the three fish sold this morning to Lin's father.
"No need to give it to me. The fish you three caught together have nothing to do with me. When they come back, you can discuss it among yourselves."
He had no choice but to put the money back into his pocket.
In the afternoon, Sister Lin Xiuqing came back with her husband and children, and the house became lively again.
Ye Yaodong said hello and went back to the house for a nap. He got up too early in the morning, at around 3 o'clock before dawn. By the afternoon, he could no longer hold on.
He didn't know that after he left, Lin's father and mother kept praising him, saying that he seemed to be more diligent and reliable than before, and that he knew how to help with things. They also said that Lin Xiuqing didn't have to work so hard anymore...
Everyone had very low expectations of him.