With the help of the old lady, the three daughters-in-law were very happy when they knew that Ye's father was going to sponsor them.
Originally, Mrs. Ye was very resistant, thinking that if others bought a shop, why should their family also buy one
I don’t have much money saved, so why should I follow the trend
If I buy this, I will have to empty my bank account and still owe money. I feel very uncomfortable. Why should I learn from others? Does anyone know what that store is like
They themselves had not seen it, they only heard others say, who should they blame if they lost money? They had suffered this kind of loss once before, just by listening to Ye Yaohong's words, they were attracted by his pie, greedy for the high interest, and paid 1,000 yuan.
The point is that the shop hasn't even been built yet, and they're going to spend a lot of money. Before, on the beach, she refused without a second thought, and she didn't have this idea.
He also scolded Ye Yaopeng, saying that he believed everything he heard and that he had to do the same thing as others. He was possessed by a ghost.
Now that she had finished beating the child, she knew that the old lady had asked Ye's father to pay some money to help them, so she softened her tone and was not so tight-lipped.
But he still didn't have the courage to spend all his family's savings and go into debt to buy it, and he and Ye Yaopeng were still struggling.
Thinking about it now, it is better to be an honest person and be single-minded. Once you have made up your mind, you can be more decisive.
Everyone was standing in the yard, and no one tried to persuade the couple. They had to figure it out on their own.
No one cares about the rare red-tailed bird fish at the moment. How can this fish be as important as the shop business
Mrs. Ye asked Mrs. Ye hesitantly, "Are you really determined to buy it? Are you not going to stop us? We haven't even taken a look at it..."
Mrs. Ye spoke frankly, "I had no idea at first, and I thought he was crazy, but later I found what he said made sense. We are all country folk, uneducated, and worldly-wise. We don't understand all the twists and turns, but we just need to follow the smart people."
"Didn't the Rat Club just disobey A-Dong last time? Look, they didn't believe it and didn't lose anything. We were just too greedy and bewildered."
Ye Ersao is also a straightforward person. She says whatever she thinks. It is a fact that she was cheated of money, and she does not try to hide it.
She continued, "And it's not just Dong who bought one. Aren't the guys receiving the goods at the dock also in a hurry to go to the city to buy one? I think it should be OK this time. Just let Hua go with them. This time I can go and see for myself. I won't be cheated, right?"
"I heard them say that things will be good in the future, so why not believe them once? What if they really don't have the chance to do it?"
In fact, Ye Ersao was moved by Ye Yaohua's last words. He said: Dongzi has been very lucky since he went to sea, and his momentum is very strong. It is easy for him to encounter good things. If we learn from him, we can also get some luck.
People living by the sea believe in things like feng shui and luck.
Ye Yaopeng and his wife still couldn't make up their minds. The old lady couldn't bear it anymore and suggested, "Why don't you go with us to have a look? Only when you see it with your own eyes can you know the answer. You haven't even seen it yet, so you're still worried. 3,000 yuan is not a small amount. You can decide after you see it."
She looked at Ah Hua again, "You too, go and have a look in person, and go to the wholesale market to see how busy it is and how crowded it is. It's not too late to buy after you've seen it, and you can't be too hasty."
Upon hearing this, Ye Yaopeng and his wife immediately relaxed. Yes, they still had to see it with their own eyes. No matter how good others described it, it would not be as good as seeing it with their own eyes. It would not be too late to decide after seeing it.
Ye's father also agreed, "Yes, you go and take a look first and then decide."
Ye Yaopeng was no longer hesitant and said with a smile, "Okay, then I'll go over with Lao Er to take a look first."
He looked at Ye Yaohua again, "When are you going? Have you talked to Ah Cai and the others? Have you agreed on a time?"
Ye Yaohua smiled awkwardly, "Not yet. I talked to Dongzi before and came back to convince my wife. Before I had time to go to Ah Cai's place, my father came over. I don't know if they left or not."
Now it was Ye Yaopeng's turn to be anxious, "Ah? You haven't told them yet? It's been so long since this morning, they must have left, right? Oh no, I can't catch up now."
Mrs. Ye couldn't help but say, "Doesn't Adong know where to go? He has bought a shop before, so he knows the route well and has experience. Let Adong go with you to take a look."
Ye Yaodong saw that everyone was looking at him, and he said indifferently: "Okay, you guys go check first to see if Ah Cai and the others have left. If they have, I will go with you."
"But we have to wait until tomorrow morning. It's already afternoon now. It takes about three hours to drive to the city. The market is closed and will not open until the early morning. Their supervision will not appear until the morning."
"Okay, let's go ask first."
"Yes. When you go tomorrow, just bring the deposit with you. If you think it's okay, just book it. It's not convenient to go to the city all the time."
Ye Yaodong reminded them, which was equivalent to helping them decide directly, so that they didn't have no money and then felt it was inconvenient to go to the city after returning, but they were reluctant to worry about it for a long time.
Just check it out on the spot and pay the money right away to save yourself the trouble. If you keep hesitating, you may end up giving up.
"Oh, good."
The old lady also said to Ye's father: "Go back tonight and discuss with your wife to see how much each person can help, and bring it to them tomorrow. They can also pay less and have some time to relax."
"I understand." Father Ye agreed helplessly.
A big problem was solved, and everyone was happy. Ye Yaopeng and his wife were also in the mood to see the fish they had just caught.
The old lady also went into the house to check on the three children who had just been beaten, and the other children followed the old lady into the house to see what was going on.
Instantly, everyone gasped and hissed~
The adults outside the house had no sympathy for them, and no one cared about them. They all looked at the red-tailed bird fish in surprise.
Mrs. Ye was in a good mood after putting the matter aside. She said happily, "This fish is quite good-looking. It must be about 20 to 30 kilograms. We have found a treasure."
"What kind of fish is this? It's from the deep sea, right? It seems that only deep sea fish are red. There are few red fish in our coastal waters except for the stone Jiugong." Mrs. Ye didn't know what kind of fish it was and asked curiously.
"It's a red-tailed bird fish. I saw it at the dock in town. It's quite valuable. It should be able to sell for 60 or 70 cents per pound at the dock. This one should be worth more than ten yuan."
Mrs. Ye rolled her eyes at Ye Yaohua and said, "Are you stupid? You are going to the wholesale market tomorrow. You have to bring these with you. You can also make more money by selling them."
Mrs. Ye slapped her thigh immediately and said, "Yes! We have to send this to the city to sell. If we can sell it for a few cents more, we can also earn more money for the trip. I'll take it into the house first, and you can bring back some ice cubes later."
Ye Yaodong also picked up his own bucket and planned to go to the beach again to see if he could pick up a big fish.
Mrs. Ye also hurried into the house to get the bucket, fearing that she would be late.
The tide had just receded a little, and the beach was already full of people. There were only a few of them, and it was only because there was no sun today, otherwise they would have been sunburned to death in the afternoon.
As soon as he walked to the beach, he heard a lot of people talking about the shop he bought in the city. Without exception, they all spoke negatively and were pessimistic about the business.
It's all jealousy at work!
He didn't take it to heart. People have mouths, and he couldn't silence everyone.
However, you mortals will be drooling with envy in the future.
Just as he deliberately walked towards the men and women who were singing the loudest praises, they all laughed awkwardly when they saw him. Fortunately, the exclamations and various "wow" sounds coming from not far away attracted everyone's attention and the situation was resolved. The people around him also gathered over curiously.
He also walked over curiously, thinking that someone must have caught something good again.
As soon as he approached, he heard everyone talking about the red-tailed bird fish, and some said that it was much bigger than the two tiger fish caught by someone before.
Ye Yaodong understood that the waves had washed up another red-tailed bird fish. He stood on tiptoes to take a look and saw that it was indeed one. It was quite big and not much different from the one Ye Chenghe had just caught.
After taking a look, he stepped back and wandered around. It was fine to just look out of curiosity. If you have time to stand around and envy, you might as well pick up more goods yourself.
There was a constant tinkling sound in the bucket. This was the sound of him throwing goods into it. There were no big goods, but there were small goods constantly.
The cat's-eye snails were hidden in the sand. People with weak eyesight would not be able to see them at all, but he happened to have a pair of sharp eyes.
Today was not a big low tide, the tide only receded 30 to 40 meters and then stopped. He walked around the beach and didn't pick up much else, but he picked up half a bucket of cat's eye snails.
He shook the bucket speechlessly, feeling that he had disturbed the nest of cat's-eye snails today. He had never been able to straighten his back just by picking up the water.
"Hey, Third Uncle, I picked up a lot of mud snails, but I have to give these to my mother. I can't give them to you because I'm afraid of getting beaten." Ye Chengjiang appeared out of nowhere, holding a basket of mud snails and holding it up to show him.
Ye Yaodong reached into his basket and scooped some food up. His hands were sticky and he felt the sand in his hands after touching a few of them.
"These mud snails can't be eaten. They're full of sand."
"ah!?"
Ye Chengjiang was dumbfounded. He had just spent a long time picking up these mud snails.
"Let's get some sea water and take it back to nurse it back to health. See if it can spit out all the sand."
"Really? Then I got it for nothing."
"Almost. Did your parents bring you out?"
"My father and my father went out, and my mother brought us here. Third uncle, you don't know how badly Brother Hai and Chenghe were beaten. Their buttocks and calves were all bruised. It was so scary. They could only lie prone."
"That's why I told you to be obedient and behave yourself."
"I know," he said dejectedly, "It looks like I won't be able to watch the movie tomorrow."
"I may have to go to the city with your father and uncle tomorrow, so I won't have time to take you there. You better behave yourself. When I come back, if I'm in a good mood and have some free time, I may be able to take you there once."
Just think of it as comforting their beaten bodies and wounded hearts.
Everyone was looking forward to watching a movie, and Ye Yaodong really wanted to satisfy these children. Although when they grew up, they could earn their own money to watch movies, and the environment in the cinema would be better, but childhood memories are always different, and there would be no such feeling of anticipation and longing in the future.
Ye Chengjiang's eyes lit up instantly, "Really! Thank you, Third Uncle, you are so kind."
"Go ahead, pick up whatever you like and then go back. The tide can only go down this low today."
Looking down at his feet, he saw a shrimp curled up and twisting its body in the rising sea water. He picked it up with the fire tongs and put it into the bucket, then walked away.
It is impossible to get through the reefs. The tide has only receded a little bit and the area around the reefs is still full. We can only wait and see if the tide will recede a little more tomorrow.
As he was walking around, he heard other people talking around him. They said that there was no one at the dock today, and that Acai and the others were not at home today and they didn't know when they would be back.
“Have you guys just been to the dock to have a look?”
“Everything is closed…”
"Hey, you, there's no one to collect the goods at the dock today, what should we do? I was hoping to sell the things I just picked up to make some money to supplement the family income."
"Yeah, what should we do? We only have this little bit of goods, and they are all mixed together. We can't get up early and go to the town market to set up a stall by ourselves, right? How can we sell such a small amount of goods?"
"Why are all of them gone at this critical moment? Where did they go? Why are all three of them closing the door together?"
"Hey, what about your red-tailed bird? Where are you going to sell it? Yours is still so big."
The man was also worried. "This fish isn't that rare, but it's quite big and can be sold for more than 10 or 20 yuan. That's a lot of money. Why is it gone at this critical moment?"
"The market is closed now. Why don't you take it to the town's pier later to see if anyone wants it? I don't know if the huts at the pier will be open tomorrow."
…
After listening for a while, Ye Yaodong realized that after Ah Cai left him in the morning, the three of them went straight to the city.
His elder and second brothers came back empty-handed, so he can only be asked to take care of it tomorrow.
Suddenly, he had an idea, and walked up to the gathered people and said with a smile: "No one is buying at the dock, so why don't you sell the goods to me? I will sell the goods to you at the same price as before, and it will save you the trouble of running to town even though the goods are hard to sell."
He had to take his elder and second brothers to the city's wholesale market anyway, so he might as well take some goods and sell them at the same time. It should be quite profitable to gather all the folks' goods together, and it would also solve their problems.
Several people looked at him in surprise, "You're collecting the goods? Are you going to the dock to collect the goods like them?"
"No no… "
Ye Yaodong waved his hands quickly. He didn't have the energy to go out to sea and collect goods. He didn't have any connections. He couldn't just take all the goods to the wholesale market. How could such a small amount of goods be worthwhile? It would be better for him to go out to sea to fish.
Just now I was thinking that I would go to the market in the early morning, so I might as well bring him here to earn some travel expenses and extra money. Anyway, I went around the market yesterday and got to know the market prices of various goods.
"Isn't it because you only have a small amount of goods and it's hard to sell? I'll make it convenient for you. I'll collect all of them and send them to the market to sell slowly. By the way, I can earn some hard-earned money."
"You should have heard that I just bought a shop and emptied my family's savings. I have to find a way to make more money, right? Otherwise, my family's life will be in trouble. I can't go out to sea in the next two days, and I'm really anxious."
What he said is so logical and reasonable that it is impossible to refute it!
Ye Yaodong was also very satisfied with his perfect excuse. He made big money, but he couldn't look down on small money. A little bit adds up to a lot. He collected all the scattered goods from the villagers, which was also considerable. He could earn some extra money to treat the children to a movie.
They looked at each other, and someone asked worriedly, "Is that the same price as outside the dock?"
"Of course, I told you, I just caught this by chance. My brother caught a red-tailed bird a while ago, which is about the same size as this one. We're going to sell it anyway."
"Your eldest brother also caught one?"
"Well, do you want to sell it to me? If you want, just take it to my house now. And by the way, tell the others to send it to my house. My house is right by the beach, so it's very convenient."
Since the price is the same, it doesn't matter who we sell to. We can just sell it directly to him. It saves everyone trouble and also saves them from having to deliver the small amount of goods to the town to set up a stall. They wouldn't even be willing to keep the goods for themselves.
After thinking about it, they all agreed.
"Then please tell everyone else that the dock hasn't received the goods yet. I can help collect them today."
"well."
Ye Yaodong watched them turn around and tell their relatives and friends, and then hurried home. He had to talk to A Qing in advance and ask her to prepare some change. He also wanted to borrow two scales and ask his father, elder brother and second brother to help.
Lin Xiuqing was extremely surprised when she heard it at home!
"You want to start a seafood business too?"
"How can that be possible? I don't have the connections. All the people I know are in this village. I was thinking of going to the city with my eldest and second brothers and taking him with me."
"Stop talking so much, hurry up and prepare some extra change. I'll go borrow a scale. If someone comes to your house, just ask them to wait..."
"Hey... don't wait at our door. That big black guy has been getting more and more aggressive recently. Go wait at the door of the big brother and second brother next door." Ye Yaodong said as he ran out, his voice getting farther and farther away.
"knew."
Lin Xiuqing also felt that he was really capable of making a fuss, but it was also good to be able to make some money on the way. She just spent 3,000 yuan, and she felt very sad. It was rare that he had this awareness and did not think it was troublesome and wanted to make some money on the way.
The money in their family was originally locked in a drawer. As the money grew more and more, she picked out the change and locked it in the cabinet. She only put important bills, money worth more than one dollar, and pearls and Melo beads in the drawer.
There happened to be a lot of cans at home, so she picked out the one-cent, two-cent, five-cent, or ten-cent ones and put them into jars, thus saving them from piling them all up in the drawer, which looked messy and full. Now it was the perfect time to take them out and put them to use.
She also took some one-dollar bills and put them in her pocket. She didn't know how much the villagers had to sell, but it was better to be prepared so that she wouldn't be in a rush when the time comes. She had no experience in this area.
By the time she arrived at the door carrying a pile of cans and bottles, the big black cat had been barking for a while. They were all standing at the door with buckets in their hands, too scared to come in. They were wondering whether they should just go home.
"The dog at home is too fierce. Let's go to the open space next door. Adong went to borrow a scale and came back soon."
"Oh, okay, this dog is too scary~"
"Your belly is really big, is she going to give birth soon? When the cubs are born, bring one back to me. It's so fierce, I'll just keep one to guard the house."
"Okay, we'll have to see how many are born by then." After Lin Xiuqing casually responded, she went to the open space next door and asked her elder and second brothers Ye who were at home to help her move two tables out to place the coin jar.
Ye Yaodong came back on his bicycle after a while. He didn't push the bicycle back home, but just parked it casually in the corner. There were already four or five people waiting in the yard.
"Everyone line up, we'll go in order. I'll go home and get a few baskets and sort them out later."
More and more people got the news and came over, many of them came just to watch the fun.
Ye Yaodong and his team also weighed the items slowly at the beginning, then became flustered, and finally were able to weigh them quickly. After all, the quantities were not large, just the types.
After Ye Yaodong finished weighing, he would start counting, how many pounds each item weighed, and how much each pound cost. Lin Xiuqing would then count the money. After he finished counting, Ye's father would give the money, all the way from right to left.
The other two brothers watched from the side, maintained order, and helped with sorting.
Fortunately, everyone came one after another and didn't all crowd together. Most people just came to watch the fun, and those who had their items sold out were reluctant to leave, which made the crowds seem particularly large.
He directly stated the price of each item, and everyone could hear it clearly. They all felt it was fair and were very satisfied.
The people standing nearby watching the fun were also whispering, wondering if Ye Yaodong was also going to open a separate acquisition company.
I wonder if he took advantage of the fact that there was no one at the dock today to collect the goods and test the waters? Then he took the goods to his shop in the city to sell
"You're overthinking. I heard that his shop hasn't even been built yet."
"What? He paid so much money before the building was completed? Is he stupid?"
"Who knows? Maybe he made too much money this year and had no place to spend it..."
Ye Yaodong also heard the discussions of the people around him, but he was busy and had no time to speak.
After working for 2 hours, no one came anymore and most of the people in the yard were gone. Everyone went back home to cook.
They also stopped to rest.
Father Ye looked around the baskets and was a little surprised. "I didn't expect that the scattered goods would be so impressive after being gathered together. Seven or eight baskets were half full, and even the scallops filled a full basket."
Ye Yaopeng was also a little surprised. "Yes, everyone only has about three or four kilograms or four or five kilograms of goods that can be sold. They are so scattered. I didn't expect that after putting them together and classifying them, they look like a lot."
"Dongzi, now you can earn more than just travel expenses." Ye Yaohua said with some envy.
As expected, Dongzi is the smart one. It will be right to trust him when buying a shop. Ye Yaohua is even more convinced of him now, and so is Ye Ersao.
If they just asked him to accompany them to the city, he could earn some money at the same time, which would definitely be more than that of the red-tailed bird.
Ye Yaodong was also very satisfied. He felt that the power of the masses was very strong and his hard work was not in vain.
Everyone has searched almost all of the beach after the tide went out, and most of the valuable goods are concentrated here.
There are also several red snappers, yellowfin snappers, small yellow croakers and other fish in it. Some of them are quite valuable, but there are too many varieties of fish and they are very fragmented.
The basket was also filled with stone crabs, as well as other miscellaneous items.
"It's okay, just make a little money. Let's set out at night. It's just in time for the morning market to sell goods. By the way, you can also feel the excitement of the morning market."
"OK."