After applying the tea oil, Lin Xiuqing immediately used the ingredients available to make noodles for him.
He put down the shrimps, crabs, and dried vegetables he had picked up, as well as the clams she had dug up early in the morning, and finished a big bowl of delicious noodles. He immediately burped, feeling extremely satisfied.
With the help of his two sisters-in-law and his second brother, the chicken feet of the sea were quickly sorted out and put into a separate bucket.
Ye Yaodong came out of the shower and picked it up, estimating that it should weigh about 6-7 kilograms.
Sister Ye asked curiously, "Ah Dong, is this really the chicken of the sea feet that is so valuable?"
"Yeah, I heard you say you sold it last time, but you didn't tell us how much it was sold for. Tell us so that we can pay more attention if we come across it in the future."
Mrs. Ye felt like she was being scratched by a cat. She had wanted to ask for a long time. She had heard him say last time that it was very valuable.
Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes in his mind, "If you come across it, keep an eye out for it. Bring it back if you can. Ah Cai won't accept it. It's very valuable. It depends on whether you can be lucky enough to find it. If you can find it, then we can talk about it. If you can't find it, no matter how much money it's worth, it's all nonsense."
After that, he held the bucket and said to Lin Xiuqing, "I'm going to the town to sell these goods and come back. Is there anything you need me to bring back?"
"No, we have everything we need at home. We have food and drink. Just don't spend any money. Go early and come back early."
"Do you want to bring two oil cakes for the children? How about maltose? Do you want to bring you a portion of Minnan Lake? Do you want to buy two salty Guangbing as well?"
The two children nodded excitedly and said in unison: "Yes, yes, both!"
Lin Xiuqing glared at the three of them. They were all worried. "What don't you want? You won't feel comfortable if you don't spend some money, right? I told you not to buy anything. Go early and come back early."
"Oh, okay, okay..."
"Dad, remember to buy it." The eldest brother said and wanted to follow, but was stopped by Lin Xiuqing.
"Buy whatever you want. We still have pickled persimmons at home. Don't be naughty."
Both children felt a little aggrieved.
Ye Yaodong walked out, thinking that he should wait and see how much he could sell it for. If he sold more and spent some money, his wife wouldn't say anything.
What kind of kids don't like to eat? It's a rare trip to town, so it's okay to bring some food for them if you make some money.
But before he had taken a few steps, he fell back and said, "I forgot to tell you, there is a bag of big juvenile oysters. Those are oysters. Don't touch them yet. Just sort out the other ones with shells first."
"okay, got it."
He carried the buckets of stone clams and chicken of sea feet onto the cart, and also tied up the two blue crabs he had picked up and threw them on the chicken of sea feet. He picked up a piece of cloth to cover them, and then pushed the cart back from his hometown.
Ye's mother and Ye Huimei also sorted out all the chicken of the sea feet, and packed those that could be sold together, and put them together with the stone clams on Ye Yaodong's cart, asking him to sell them together. They did not go with him specifically to avoid trouble.
After picking up the fat guy and the other three, the four of them went to the town.
As soon as they reached the entrance of the village, they saw a passing car swaying past. The four of them kept their eyes on it from beginning to end until it could no longer be seen.
The fat man couldn't help but say, "One person is enough to push this cart, why do we need so many people to walk?"
"How about you sacrifice yourself?" Ye Yaodong simply let go and put the cart on the side of the road.
A Zheng Xiaoxiao also immediately took a step back and kept a distance from the fat man.
"It's none of our business, Fatty, go ahead and push it."
"Ah?" The fat man stared at the cart motionlessly. "How about each of us carry two buckets, push the cart back, and we wait for passing cars on the side of the road?"
"Who knows when the car will come? Didn't one just pass by?"
"Just wait. Otherwise, if you push the cart, you have to walk there, and when you come back, there's nothing there, so you have to walk again."
The three of them looked at Dongzi, they preferred to take the car.
Ye Yaodong doesn't want to leave either!
"Then let's take the cart. My sister and I will leave our things on the side of the road. You guys can watch over them while I push the cart back."
"Then you go quickly and come back soon. We'll watch here while waiting for the bus."
By the time he hurried back and forth, they had already stopped a tractor and were negotiating there.
"Oh, my friend is here, we can leave right away!"
The tractor driver kept muttering impatiently, "Hurry up, I'm in a hurry, I told you not to give me a ride, but you kept stopping me and wouldn't let me go..."
Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows, "What?"
Xiao Xiao said as she carried the bucket to the car, "It was Fatty who stopped the car. He originally said it was okay to hitchhike, but when I told him he had to wait for someone, he refused."
The fat man also said, "It just so happens that there is a tractor on the way, otherwise we would have to wait for half a day for other passing cars."
"Oh, then hurry up and get in the car, don't waste other people's time."
Ah Zheng looked at the various potted plants in the car curiously and asked doubtfully, "Master, where are you going to send all these plants and flowers in your car? What are you going to do with them?"
This thing can't be eaten or drunk, and I don't know what the point of keeping it is. Only rich people can buy this because they have nothing better to do and have no place to spend money.
"Send it to Hongsheng Hotel. I heard that the owner there is going to celebrate his 50th birthday tomorrow, and he has been decorating the hotel for the past two days."
Um
The three of them looked at each other and thought, wouldn’t it be perfect for them to deliver the goods to their door
"We are also going to Hongsheng Hotel. It's on our way, Master."
"I see. That's indeed convenient."
They hitchhiked all the way to the back door of the hotel, saving them the trouble of walking.
After paying the toll, they helped the tractor driver to move the flowers and plants off the vehicle, which saved him some trouble.
"How about I go into the kitchen and call for you? I see that the buckets you have should be filled with seafood, right?"
"Why don't you help us call the guy named Wang Maoquan?" Ye Yaodong vaguely remembered that the short and fat man who followed Hong Wenle was called Wang Maoquan.
It is more convenient to have someone help shout than for them to go up and introduce themselves and look for someone.
"You mean Manager Wang? I just need him to sign for it."
"Then I'll trouble you."
Good things will happen to good people! This will save them from looking for people everywhere like flies flying around.
After a while, Wang Maoquan, a short and fat man in a suit and tie, came out of the hotel and called a few waiters to move the flowers.
Ye Yaodong was not in a hurry. He waited until Wang Maoquan finished signing the order before he walked up to him with a smile and said, "Hello, Manager Wang. Do you remember me?"
Wang Maoquan frowned, looked him up and down, and then suddenly realized and said, "Oh, it's you, the young man who fishes in Baisha Village."
"Yes, it's me. I didn't expect you to remember it even though you're so busy."
"What's up?"
This time, Wang Maoquan's attitude towards him was much better, and he was even willing to ask a question. After all, he had sold goods to him twice and he had some impression of him.
"I heard your boss is going to celebrate his 50th birthday. I'd like to congratulate him on his longevity and prosperity. I wonder if you've purchased all the seafood for the birthday banquet? I have some rock clams and chicken of the sea that I caught this morning. Do you want any more? I see your young master is quite interested in chicken of the sea. He even asked me to send them over if I have any."
Originally, Wang Maoquan was just asking casually, but when he heard that this young man was quite talkative, a little more smile appeared on his face. When he heard that he had chicken feet of the sea, he also became interested.
"Got another chicken of the sea foot?"
"Take a look," Ye Yaodong opened the cloth or lids covering several buckets, "They are very fresh, just dug this morning, you can keep them fresh, just in time to serve them tomorrow."
"What else?"
"There are also more than 80 stone clams and a few blue crabs, all still alive and kicking, very fresh."
Wang Maoquan was very satisfied, and it showed on his face, "The young master sent people to the market to buy chicken feet two days ago, but they couldn't find any."
"This thing is not easy to dig. It grows on the steep reef wall. The tide is low for a short time. Only a few of us are brave enough to dig it." He lifted his sleeves to show his wounds. "Look, we are all injured because of digging this."
"It's not easy to find them. Just buy them at the price you paid last time. Take them to the kitchen to be weighed."
The four of them immediately smiled happily.
Ye Yaodong quickly pointed at the buckets of stone clams and asked, "Do you want these stone clams? And the blue crabs."
Wang Maoquan hesitated for a moment and said, "I have to ask about this. The menu has already been drawn up, and the ingredients have been ordered today."
"Then I'll trouble you."
"Um."
The four of them were waiting at the door and whispering to each other.
Ah Zheng said worriedly: "If they don't want it, do we have to take it back?"
Xiao Xiao rolled her eyes and said, "Are you stupid? There are so many restaurants in this town, you can just ask a few of them and they will sell it. Such a good fish, are you worried about not being able to sell it?"
"Right!"
The fat man was looking around and asked, "I wonder if they are hiring a cook."
"Hey? That's fine. You can ask about it later. You have nothing to do anyway."
"Can you help me ask? I'm not familiar with it and it's hard for me to ask."
"Isn't it nice and free for your family to take on banquets in the countryside?"
"Isn't it that there are days when there are no days? Some days are all gathered together."
"That's right. When I'm idle, I'm bored to death. When I'm busy, I'm busy to death..."
As they were talking, Wang Maoquan and Hong Wenle came over.
Hong Wenle was not arrogant. He even greeted Ye Yaodong when he saw him. "I heard it was you again, so I came out to take a look. You have quite a few good things."
He smiled and said, "You're in luck. Young Master, take a look at these stone clams. There are quite a few of them, more than 80 of them, and each one weighs two or three pounds. They will definitely look good on the table."
"Yes, I'll take them all. You can keep the blue crabs as well. I'll let Wang Maoquan talk to you about the price."
The four of them were excited as they were about to receive a large sum of money.
"Young Master, you are going to have a birthday celebration tomorrow. Do you have enough cooks in the kitchen? My friend is a cook."
Hong Wenle looked at Wang Maoquan, he didn't care about such a small matter.
Wang Maoquan thought the young master wanted him to accept it, so he smiled and said, "We have enough manpower, but we can have another helper, after all, the kitchen will be very busy tomorrow."
"Then stay."
"Thank you very much!"
"It's just a small matter."
After saying that, Hong Wenle went back to busy himself with other things.
They carried several buckets to the back kitchen, weighed them individually, and calculated the money after the weighing.
The price of stone clam fish is 8 yuan per catty, and the price of sea chicken feet is 20 yuan per catty.
Ye Yaodong caught more than 20 fish, which weighed 69.3 jin and sold for 554.4 yuan. He also caught some chicken feet of sea cucumber, which weighed 6.8 jin and sold for 136 yuan. He also sold two blue crabs for 694 yuan.
After weighing, his younger sister's fish weighed 39.6 jin and sold for 316.8 yuan. Her chicken feet weighed 3.2 jin and sold for 64 yuan. Together with her blue crabs, the total was rounded off to 382 yuan.
As for the fat guy and his group, they got more, but they divided it equally among the three of them. They sold more than 40 fish for 1,104, and the chicken feet of the sea for 180, so 428 was just right for each person.
After they received the money, they went to the alley behind the hotel and excitedly divided it among themselves, counting the money one by one. After dividing it, they counted it again. When they were done, they happily put the money in their arms.
Xiao Xiao patted his pockets and said ecstatically, "Damn, I've made a fortune! I've never received so much money before."
The fat man was still holding the money and kissing wildly, "It turns out that it was right to follow you guys. Fortunately, I followed you shamelessly. I really made a fortune!"
Ah Zheng also clenched his pockets tightly, grinning from ear to ear, "Today's fall was not in vain! This is the most money I've ever gotten."
Ye Yaodong was also very happy. What he needed most now was money. He worked hard to save more money so that he could buy a bigger boat.
The fat man took out two pieces of change and folded the rest and put them in his pocket. "Let's go buy some delicious food to reward ourselves, and bring some back for our wife and children."
"Yes, yes, let's go have a good meal."
"Instead of eating out, why not get some seafood yourself? Wouldn't it be fresher and better if you cook it at home? Just go out and buy something delicious and bring it back for your wife and kids."
"That's fine."
After the four of them agreed, they were all very happy and walked out of the alley excitedly, but suddenly they heard someone calling them from behind.
"Wait, wait a minute, don't leave yet."
They were immediately shocked. Was there something wrong? Did they miscalculate the bill and overpay? Or did they not want the goods anymore
As for the miscalculation and underpayment? How is that possible? Who would miscalculate the money and rush out to pay the difference
In an instant, their minds turned into a thousand thoughts, and then they held their pockets tightly.
They won't refund the money you paid!
I will never retreat even if you kill me!
The four of them looked at each other, not knowing how to react for a moment.
"Do you want to run?"
"Want to run?"
"Run?"
"Then run?"
"Hey~ Wait, don't run away, I have something good to find you..."