Ye Yaodong was ecstatic in his heart, but his smile only deepened. He couldn't get too excited in front of others.
"Team Leader Zhao is a soldier, he will definitely not lie to us ordinary people. I believe you. When I go back, I will ask the villagers to dry the fish more while the weather is good, in case it rains and they can't go out to the sea, let alone dry them."
Team leader Zhao nodded, "Don't worry, I'm not lying. Your dried fish smells good, and most of the soldiers like it very much. They often eat fresh fish, and it's also good to switch to dried fish occasionally."
"Okay then. Thank you for your care, Team Leader Zhao."
"I'll calculate the money for these dried fish today. Can you tell me how much it is?"
"Oh, good."
Ye Yaodong was so happy that his mouth almost split to the back of his head. He quickly took out the paper and pen to settle the bill.
"The toadfish is 383.4 yuan, and the miscellaneous fish weigh 219 kilograms in total, so let's calculate it as 190 kilograms..."
"Let's calculate it based on 200 kilograms. It's easier to calculate. You can't send that much every other day."
"Uh... OK, thank you very much. I'll round it off later. 200 kilograms is 60 yuan, the total is 443.4 yuan, just take 440 yuan!" Ye Yaodong said as he calculated on paper.
"Okay!" Team leader Zhao took out the money readily.
Ye Yaodong was overjoyed.
Selling it to soldiers is much better than selling it to merchants. I heard that merchants are not so straightforward when settling accounts. They always drag their feet and urge again and again. They are not as straightforward as the People's Liberation Army in taking the money directly.
Ye Yaodong took the money without counting it. He walked to the corner, and the person with his back to him lifted up his clothes and put them directly into the cloth bag on his chest.
Even though Team Leader Zhao had seen it once, he was still curious. "The pickpockets nowadays are really good. I heard they can even touch the crotch of a hidden pants. I don't know if it's true or not. You better hide it well."
"Of course I did. I wouldn't dare gamble with such a large sum of money. I must hide it well. I have to thank Team Leader Zhao for accepting all my dried fish today. Otherwise, I would have to take the risk of setting up a stall in the market."
"That's fine. It's just a few hundred pounds more. It's nothing. The goods are consumed very quickly anyway. Since the goods have been received, I'll go and get busy. You should go back early too. Remember to deliver again in five days."
"Of course, of course, Team Leader Zhao, you go ahead and get busy first!"
"Um."
Team leader Zhao stood at attention and saluted him, then asked the young soldier to pull the tractor inside.
Ye Yaodong watched his movements, and fumbled around making a weird salute. Then he smiled as he watched the man go in, and slowly backed away.
As a result, because he had no eyes on the back of his head, his back hit the tractor directly.
"Hey young~"
"Are you so happy you're silly?"
"Hahaha, a little bit~ Uncle Zhou, please don't spread the word about me. I have to keep a low profile. People are afraid of being famous, just like pigs are afraid of being fat."
Uncle Zhou was envious. "Oh, you are really successful! I almost envied you to death. If one of my sons could be as successful as you, I wouldn't have to worry. How much money can you make by delivering 1,000 kilograms in these five days?"
Ye Yaodong shrugged and didn't intend to explain it so clearly, just let him guess.
"I don't know. I definitely don't have that much goods myself. I definitely have to spend money to buy from relatives and friends. If I spend money to buy from others, I definitely won't make much money. I can only earn a little money by working hard."
"But it's true that we can have a good New Year this year. I'll give you a big pig's trotter for the New Year. Thank you for sending me here every few days."
"Oh, don't be so polite. I'm also making money. You're going to make a fortune again. How are you so good at finding fish? You can actually sell it to the army. That's amazing. They want so much at once. It's a pity that I don't have a boat, otherwise I would dry some fish and sell it to you."
"Haha, I also spent a lot of money to get to know you. Let's go, I'll follow you to the sand field to transport sand, and then we'll go back together early."
"Um."
Uncle Zhou took his Z-shaped tractor crank, put it into the hole on the front of the vehicle, and turned it vigorously a few times. The frequency became faster and faster, and the tractor started to move.
Ye Yaodong climbed up holding the handle, still excited.
It would take him several months to earn the 2,000 yuan by trawling normally, but in the next month and a half, he could easily earn the money. It turned out that doing business was a fast way to make money. It would be great if it could last forever!
Walking on the road facing the wind, his heart was about to fly with joy. It had been more than a year since his rebirth, and this was the first time he made money so easily. Picking up treasures didn't count!
This is real money earned through one's own ability, hard work and effort. It is completely different from the feeling of being lucky. Although both make you happy and excited, the triggering points are different.
When he got home, he couldn't wait to run into the house to share it with A Qing.
When Lin Xiuqing saw the tractor approaching her doorstep, she was about to put down her half-knitted sweater to go and greet it, but she saw him running towards her excitedly. She wondered what was going on.
"Have you finished all the extra dried fish? Why are you so happy?"
"Sold out!" Ye Yaodong opened his mouth wide and smiled brightly.
Seeing him smiling like that, Lin Xiuqing used her imagination and whispered in surprise, "Did you find another treasure?"
"Hahaha, do you think I'm a rag picker? Can I find treasures every day?"
The old lady also smiled and said, "I thought you found some money, too. You were so happy when you came home."
"Almost! Team Leader Zhao took all the dried fish from the truck this morning, which saved me from having to set up a stall in the city. That's why I came back early today."
Lin Xiuqing said angrily, "You don't have to be so happy. I thought you were lucky again."
"Hehe, Team Leader Zhao has booked me another big deal. I was so happy that I ate a mouthful of dirt all the way."
"What big deal?" the old lady and Lin Xiuqing asked in unison.
"He told me to continue sending 1,000 kilograms of dried fish every five days until the Chinese New Year. We'll decide what to do after the Chinese New Year when the time comes."
"Really!" Lin Xiuqing widened her eyes in surprise.
"real!"
The old lady also patted her thigh happily, "Hey, you can probably make a lot of money. You can sell several thousand kilograms or even tens of thousands of kilograms of dried fish in a month and a half. You can make a lot of money. Have you thanked Team Leader Zhao? We should thank him. Without him, you wouldn't be able to sell dried fish so easily."
"Haha, I was just thinking of saying that next time we deliver goods, let's bring him something, local specialties will do, don't give it something too expensive, or he might not dare to accept it, or he can't accept it. If it's too eye-catching, it might even cause him trouble."
Lin Xiuqing held Ye Yaodong's hand, her mouth open in surprise, still a little bit unbelievable.
"Is it true? They really deliver 1,000 kilograms every five days. There's still a month and a half before the Chinese New Year, so they must deliver another 9,000 kilograms, right? That's a lot..."
"Really? Why would I lie to you?"
Lin Xiuqing also smiled so hard that her eyes almost disappeared. "Then we have to dry more. It's more cost-effective to dry our own products, so we can charge less for others."
"You can't think like that. We have to ask the families in our village who have big boats to dry them. As long as there are no big waves and we are going out to sea, we have to ask them to dry their boats. We will take as many as they can."
"In this winter, the north wind keeps blowing and the waves are big. The number of times you can go out to sea in a month is limited. No one can predict how many times you can go out and how much you can catch. Even if the weather is good, if the wind blows and no boats go out, there will still be no fish to dry."
"What if we don't have it? Then we will be out of stock. If they don't have dried fish, we can switch to other dishes, but we will lose money."
"We'd rather collect more and store it there in case of emergency. It won't be a loss anyway. Besides, the amount is nearly 10,000 kilograms, and there are only a few boats for a month and a half. If the weather is bad, with wind or rain, it may not be possible to dry it out, unless we bring in more miscellaneous fish."
Lin Xiuqing listened to his eloquent words and nodded, saying with a smile: "You are right, I was short-sighted and just thought it would be best to sell my own products and make a profit for myself."
"Haha, that's normal. Who doesn't want to earn money for themselves and give it to others? I also want to earn it all myself, but I don't have the ability to eat it all. A pot of rice should be shared with others so that everyone can finish it together."
The old lady smiled and said, "Anyway, as long as we can make money, it's good. If we can't do it, we can share it with others. Give it to our relatives and friends first. We can make money first. This way, we can also get a good reputation. We haven't forgotten our roots and haven't forgotten our relatives."
"Remember to go to A Guang's place later and tell his in-laws to keep all the goods from today and not sell them. He also doesn't want to sell the goods from the future. He has two boats. If he keeps them all, there will be a lot to dry in the sun."
Ye Yaodong smiled and agreed, "Okay, now that I have a promise, I can boldly ask everyone to start drying, instead of telling everyone to do whatever they want like yesterday. If we deliver 1,000 kilograms every five days, we must at least collect 2,000 to 3,000 kilograms and keep them there in case the next trip has bad weather."
The old lady said, "If we calculate it this way, it will be enough to dry several large boats in the village together. If we collect too much at once, we are afraid of rain. Our house will not leak, but if there are too many, we are afraid there will not be enough space to store them."
"It's up to you. Anyway, we can sell 9,000 kilograms before the New Year, and we may even sell more after the New Year. If there is any, just store it at home first, in case the weather is bad and you make less money."
"If there's not enough space at your house, just put it at your two brothers' houses next door. You've shared the money they've earned with them, so they won't be unwilling to put it there for you. If they dare to gossip about you behind your back, I'll scold them."
Ye Yaodong responded with a smile, "Not really."
Ever since he took his two brothers to catch jellyfish at the border of Zhejiang and Fujian and earned several thousand yuan, his two sisters-in-law always smiled and spoke politely to him. Now that he wanted to buy dried fish from their family, how could they show any disapproval
Absolutely easy to talk to.
Lin Xiuqing was also very happy, "Then we have to check carefully when we receive the goods. We can't be careless just because we receive a lot. We still hope for a long time."