The two listened to the noise ahead and waited patiently by the side, occasionally walking up to people they knew to chat.
"Dongzi, what's going on?"
A Guang was getting impatient waiting at the back of the line, so he called out to the people in front and behind him, asking them to help keep an eye on things, and he ran up to see what was going on.
"Some people didn't pick out all the shells, so there were a lot of empty shells, and some mixed small shells with big ones to sell. They were caught. I heard that the first batch that was sent away will be discounted, and the price of the next batch will be lowered now. The few people inside are discussing it."
"Ah, I was wondering why the team didn't move for such a long time. Aren't those purchasing points too serious? Just add a little bit, isn't this normal?"
"Did you mix it in too? I just picked one out and found that it was 30% mixed in."
"Oh my god! Is this true? This guy is too cruel, isn't he? I am also a little bit involved, thinking that there are so many goods, how can I pick them so carefully, but I am not as cruel as him."
I hear people saying, who doesn’t have adulteration? Isn’t it normal to have a little? Just turn a blind eye and let it go, etc…
Ye Yaodong suddenly felt a little breathless. If he lowered the price, it would not be unfair for these people, but he would suffer a huge loss!
When they delivered the items in the morning, he saw that they sorted them out very carefully, the big ones were big and the small ones were small. After returning home, he and his father sorted them out in the same way.
What the hell, if he were to be forced to lower the price indiscriminately, he would cry.
He couldn't continue the conversation now, so he hurried forward to listen. How did he plan to receive the goods? If anyone dared to charge the same price for the real goods he picked as other people's parallel imports, he would beat them up.
After talking with other acquaintances, Ye's father realized that everyone had mixed a little bit of it in, and quite a few small ones were thrown into the big pile. It seemed that his family was too picky!
This won’t work. If they lower the price, they will have to go back and mix it with other ingredients before they can sell it.
There were many people running up from behind to see what was going on. The father and son squeezed together and finally got to the front amid the cursing of people around them.
I only heard the people at the purchasing point saying: The price of large scallops was 37 cents in the morning, and small ones were 30 cents. The batch sent out in the afternoon was originally priced at the same price, but there were too many empty shells inside, so they said they would lower the price by 4 cents each.
"Ah? Isn't this too much?"
"Yeah, isn't four cents too much?"
"Everyone has worked so hard to pick the products, and you just lower the price..."
The villagers were all unwilling to accept the price reduction and were clamoring in groups.
Ah Cai rolled his eyes. "A lot? If you pick out 10% or 20% of the empty shells, the price per pound will be more than 4 cents different. Someone just mixed in 30%. Didn't you see it?"
"One bad apple spoils the whole barrel. You are definitely not innocent, as you were all involved to some extent. Moreover, 3.3 and 2.6 cents are the prices for the batch at noon. The quantity of goods received in the evening is even greater, and the price will drop by another 3 cents." said Agui, another consignee.
"What? It's still falling? Isn't this too heartless?"
"That's right, the way you eat is so ugly..."
"It has already dropped by 4 cents, and it will drop by another 3 cents. Isn't it a drop of 7 cents? Isn't this too much? You are so heartless..."
Ah Cai was so angry that he wiped the sweat off his forehead with a handkerchief. "Who can I blame? It's because you mixed too much. Also, the big ones are 30 cents, and the small ones are 23 cents. They are weighed directly without waiting for sorting."
This statement barely reassured everyone. The price was weighed directly, not picked and chosen. They were afraid that if there was adulteration, they would have to lower the price again.
"If there are people who really didn't cheat, they can come forward and we'll ask someone to pick them out. The price will still be 33 cents for the big ones and 26 cents for the small ones."
The person next to him added, "The larger the quantity, the lower the price will be. This is also the result of our discussion. No need to pick and choose, just weigh it directly, which is good for you, and you don't have to wait in line for too long."
"If I keep picking them out until tomorrow morning, I won't be able to pick many, and the prices will drop tomorrow, which is not worth it."
"Think about it for yourselves, folks. Also, this price is for the current queue. If someone comes later, the price will be different. Who knows if someone will shamelessly go back and add more empty shells? We will ask someone to guard the back of the queue later."
"By the way, if you mix too much of the small one into the big one, then the price will be compromised. No one is stupid, right?"
Now the person at the front of the line who was about to reach into the sack also paused? Compromise is not worth it, because the catch of scallops is small, and the big ones are more than the small ones.
After hearing the latest round of harvest indicators at the receiving point, Ye Yaodong and his son didn't know what to do.
The villagers are also struggling.
If you pay three cents less, you can weigh it directly without having to pick it out. But if you pick it out, you can get an extra three cents per pound.
Everyone has done the math in their minds. If the adulteration is more than 10%, then it would definitely be more cost-effective to weigh it directly without having to wait too long.
If there is less than one empty shell, you still have to pick it up to avoid loss.
(I was so lost in this part of the calculation that I spent an hour calculating it over and over again. I don’t know if it’s correct or not. I’m not good at math, so just bear with it or don’t use your brain.)
But I’m afraid that I’ll be too slow in choosing. What if there are too many people queuing up and the price drops if I’m late
The price to charge is up to them, and no one has the spare time to sell these goods individually, so who knows when they will be sold out.
Everyone was calculating silently in their hearts, and Ye Yaodong and Ye's father were also thinking about it.
"Dad, it's okay if there's no one-size-fits-all punishment. There's a price for weighing directly, and there's a price for picking and choosing. Compared to the morning, it's normal for the goods to drop by four cents in the evening because there are more goods. We've picked the goods well, big and small, so we're not afraid of picking them again."
Father Ye also figured it out. "Well, it's a bit complicated, but after thinking it through, it's equivalent to a drop of four cents. Those who adulterate the products, just weigh it directly, even if it's three cents cheaper, it's not a loss. Some of the empty shells picked out may be more than 10%, and the small ones mixed into the big ones will definitely make a lot of money."
"Then let's go back first. The line is already very long and we won't be able to get in line soon anyway. Let's go back and have dinner first."
The two of them went back home and told others about the current delivery situation outside the dock.
Sister Ye and Sister Ye frowned, "This will reduce the price by 7 cents? This is too much, right? We didn't mix much."
"There are so many people waiting in line, and we can't send him a bag of shells to mix in. It's too slow to pick them out."
After Ye Yaodong explained the situation, he ignored them and let them discuss it on their own.
The first thing he did when he got home was to sit on the chair at the door and start taking off his rain boots. He had been bored all day...
Looking at the children squatting in a circle and playing in the corner, he threw his rain boots at them with a sly smile...
"Ugh~ It stinks~"
"Oh my god, what's that smell? Why is it even stinkier than shrimp fry?"
"Whose feet are these..."
"Ugh~ Ye Chenghu, it's your father's foot..."
At this time, you can no longer call him Uncle San.
A group of children habitually gathered in their yard to play. They caught a bunch of tadpoles from somewhere and were studying how to turn them into frogs.
Suddenly, a strong smell of stinky feet swept over their noses, disturbing their spiritual minds. They turned pale and left the group, pinching their noses and retreating one by one.
"Does it stink?" Ye Yaodong even lifted his foot to his nose and sniffed it. He could no longer smell his own feet. "It doesn't stink. Come and smell it."
"Ah! Yue~ I don't want it~ It stinks~"
"Uncle San, you are so disgusting. Why don't you go wash your feet?"
"Dad, do you have athlete's foot? It stinks, even stinkier than shrimp fry."
"The shrimp fry smells bad, but tastes delicious."
"yue~"
Ye Yaodong deliberately threw his other rain boot at them, and they all scattered like birds and beasts.
"Ah! There's a hidden weapon, run away!"
"Use your Shaolin Kung Fu now!"
"coming!"
I don't know where this funny guy came from.
After Ye Chenghai responded, he pinched his nose with one hand, raised his little finger with the other hand, picked up the shoe and threw it towards Ye Yaodong, then clenched his fists and kicked in the air a few times.
"watch out!"
Ye Yaodong dodged their "hidden weapons" and looked at them like idiots, "Idiots! Go get me a pair of slippers."
"Uncle, is Shaolin Temple still available in the cinema?"
“I think so.” Considering how popular this movie is, it should be scheduled for screening.
"We'll pay for the movie tickets ourselves, so you can take us to see it! My cousin just told us it's a good movie."
"Wait until I'm free first."
Ye Chenghai quickly replied, he also wanted to see Shaolin, "I just picked up shells, the typhoon just passed, and I can't go out to sea, so I just happened to have some free time."
"You have calculated everything, so why are you asking me?" Ye Yaodong lifted his foot and stretched his big toe, then called to the house, "Ah Qing... forget it, I'll go in and get my shoes myself."
I can't rely on these children, and my wife is cooking, so I have to fend for myself.
The group of children didn't get a positive answer, and they all chased after him, "Dad/Uncle/Uncle-in-law... Can you..."
Ye Yaodong suddenly turned around and raised his legs forward, showing off his strength, which scared them so much that they retreated one by one.
"Go bring me a basin of water to wash my feet."
"Then can you take us there?"
"Don't bargain. If you serve me well, I'll consider it."
This was more exciting than anything else. Everyone rushed to get water, and some even rolled up their sleeves to wash his feet.
"Hey~ this is the meaning of having a baby! Wash it for a while longer and rub the back of your feet."
"Hiss~ Who plucked my leg hair~"
Ye Yaodong felt a pain in his foot and quickly raised it up. He reached out and touched it twice, then he saw Ye Chengyang holding two hairs in his hand and looking at him innocently.
"Dad, there's Maomao!"
"You little bastard, everyone has hair on their bodies."
Ye Chengyang stretched out his little feet a little seriously, "No hair!"
Ye Yaodong looked at him speechlessly, "You will have it when you grow up. It is the symbol of manliness!"
Lin Guangyuan also stretched out his legs at this time, "I don't have it!"
The corners of Ye Yaodong's mouth twitched, "This shows that you haven't grown up yet!"
He rubbed the back of his head, "But I'm 15."
"Just wait, it will grow. In a year or two you will have sexy leg hair like mine..."
With a loud bang
Lin Xiuqing couldn't hold the spatula firmly and it fell onto the lid of the pot.
She turned around and couldn't help but glared at him in reproach, "What are you talking about all day long?"
"I'm just giving them some scientific knowledge. I didn't say anything. Don't you think my leg hair is sexy?"
Lin Xiuqing turned her head away to concentrate on cooking and ignored him. There were so many children around and he couldn't control his words.
“Pah, pah, pah”
Ye Yaodong slapped away the dirty hands of several children, who were either pinching or touching him.
"What are you touching?"
"Didn't you say sexy? I don't know what sexy is, but it's not nice to touch at all."
"Go away, men should not touch other men, isn't that disgusting? Bring me a footcloth."
"Uncle San, can you take us to see Shaolin Temple?"
"Wait until I sell all the shells and have nothing left..."
At this moment, there was a sudden and intense sound of dog barking at the gate of the yard. The big black dog was barking loudly.
Before Ye Yaodong could send a few children to see who it was, they had already run to the door on their own initiative.
"Uncle San, it's Father Zhou and Father Yan coming over."
Ye Yaodong quickly stood up and walked towards the door. The younger ones had already calmed the big black dog and brought the people in.
He saw that each of them was holding a basket in their hands, and he knew that they were here to express their gratitude, so he smiled and invited them into the house to sit down.
As soon as they sat down, they explained their purpose. Not surprisingly, they came to express gratitude. They even lifted the cloth on the basket. The curious children who had not left immediately widened their eyes and opened their mouths into an O shape.
Cans of malted milk, canned oranges, beautifully packaged biscuits, and paper-wrapped rice cakes filled the table to the brim, making the children drool at the sight.
They had never seen so many good things before, and they were reluctant to blink, for fear that they would be gone if they blinked.
It was the voices of the adults that pulled them back from their surprise, and they all reacted and screamed.
Lin Xiuqing quickly drove all the children out to play, saying that it was very rude for them to gather around and look at the things that guests brought.
They smiled and thanked us politely, and explained that they should have come earlier in the morning, but there were too many shells at the door and they were busy until now.
After that, they started chatting again.
"Adong, have you not sold the scallops you picked up today?"
"Yes, there were too many things and too few workers. It took me a long time to sort them. By the time I finished, the line outside the dock was already several hundred meters long."
Zhou Laosan said: "I heard from them that the price has dropped. It has dropped by 4 cents compared to the initial price. If you directly say that you are not picky, it will drop by 7 cents. The price may drop further in the next wave."
"That's right. I also heard it outside the dock at that time. It was too late to finish the sorting. The line was so long that it was scary to look at. I didn't know when I could collect all the goods. So I didn't go to queue up. This time I lost a lot. I don't know how much the price will drop next time."
Ye Yaodong was also worried. It was impossible for him to cut in line with so many people. He didn't know when the people in front of him would be weighed. The price would probably drop by one or two times.
"I heard that because there are too many scallops this time, it is difficult to arrange for the purchase points at the dock. They plan to cooperate to buy this batch and then share the cost."
"The line is so long, it will take a long time to collect. It was not moving at all before, but now it can at least move at a snail's pace. However, there are more and more people queuing behind, it has not decreased at all, but even more."
Ye Yaodong looked at everyone and suddenly thought of something.
"I just thought of something, I don't know if it's true or not."
"What?"
"What is it?"
Everyone looked at him curiously.
"I heard there's a seafood wholesale market in the city. Is that true?"
There was one in the last few years of his previous life, but I’m not sure if he is there now. I have to ask them.
“It seems so!”
"Yes! There is a seafood wholesale market in the city," Zhou Da said affirmatively, "I have been to the city when I was sailing before, and I also followed the captain to the seafood wholesale market to sell fish!"
Ye Yaodong's eyes lit up instantly. "Have you been to a seafood market? What time is their morning market? How is the stall rental charged?"
The others also figured out what was going on.