The dozen or so men opposite suddenly turned pale and blue in the face, and were choked back when they tried to speak.
A middle-aged woman interrupted angrily, "You are talking nonsense. We are not here to ask you for money. We just want to know how much the Pei family's dried fish sold for."
This is Haozi’s mother-in-law.
Mouse's wife also said: "That's right, we are here to ask questions, not to ask you for money."
"Why should I tell you how much Pei's dried fish sells for? You guys were so aggressive that I thought you were gangsters knocking on my door to collect protection money. I was so scared that I wanted to find someone to ride a bike to the border guard post to call the police and have you arrested."
"How can we be called the underworld? We are from the same village, we know each other." The mother and daughter were frightened by Ye Yaodong's words and lost their momentum.
The old father-in-law didn't say anything to Ye Yaodong, and asked Uncle Pei beside him: "Old Pei, how much did the dried fish sell for today? My son-in-law is dumb and can't speak, so he asked us to come over to check for him. We heard that you were pushing dried fish to sell, so we hurried over. He also caught this before, and you agreed to split it 50-50..."
Father Pei had a gloomy face and interrupted him, "What you said before was that he would give us the goods he caught and we would split the money 50-50. If you give us the goods, of course we have the final say. How much does the dock charge? Of course I will give you half of it, which is equivalent to me paying for it. There is no problem here!"
"That can't be calculated like that. How can you calculate it based on the dock's purchase price? You clearly dried it to sell, so you must take half of the selling price."
Father Ye frowned and spoke up, "You're being unreasonable. They take it back to kill, isn't it time-consuming? Don't they need to hire someone? Isn't it troublesome to pickle it? They should have done the work and the capital well. Do you want to take half of it just by opening your mouth?"
Haozi's father-in-law chuckled and said, "Hey, brother, you are joking. We don't mean that. You can deduct the cost. The cost is only a few dollars. After deducting it, the remaining money should be split 50-50."
Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes, thinking that just because he spoke in a friendly manner, he would be reasonable
"Uncle, your calculation is wrong. This ship belongs to Uncle Pei. How should the goods be divided? He is the one in charge, not you. You don't know your position in the period. I just weighed it according to the dock purchase price and gave you half. There is nothing wrong with that."
A man in the crowd spoke up, "Who said that? If we agreed on a 50-50 split, then everyone must get half. You all took it back to dry, so it must be divided. Even though we only sold a little today and there will be a lot left later, today's must be divided first, and the rest must also be divided equally when we sell them later."
"That is to say, we didn't say he went back on his word. We agreed that the partnership would last until the beginning of next year, but he took it back just a few days ago. If you take it back, that's fine, but the money can't be reduced by a single cent. What belongs to us...what belongs to the rat must be given to the rat."
Ye Yaodong crossed his hands in front of his chest and said with disdain, "Before you say Uncle Pei went back on his word, take a look at who broke the rules first? Who caught two big swallow pomfret and was reluctant to take them out, planning to keep them for himself?"
He looked down on these people in Old Wang's family. The women who were proposing to marry Brother Asheng were all his relatives, and their surname was Wang.
"If you want to say that others are going back on their words, you should first look at your own behavior. You hide away the good stuff you get and keep it for yourself. Who would dare to cooperate with you? Aren't you just being taken advantage of for nothing?"
"Uncle Tian on the other boat is not like you. He even happily handed in a yellow croaker weighing more than 3 kilograms. People should be honest. If you are so dishonest, who would dare to cooperate with you?"
As soon as these words were spoken, they were immediately speechless.
Even the villagers who had not left the area were pointing fingers at them and saying that their behavior was immoral.
"You really can't do this. You pick up the good stuff and keep it all for yourself, but the boat still belongs to someone else?"
"That's right. No wonder I didn't want to cooperate with you guys after I took the boat back. If it were me, I wouldn't want to cooperate with you guys either. Isn't this just giving our boat to outsiders to make money for nothing? If that's the case, I might as well go out to sea and make money myself."
"That's the truth."
Haozi's face turned red and he wanted to explain, but he didn't know what to say for a moment. Looking at so many people, he opened his mouth and closed it again.
But the old ones are still the wisest. His father-in-law is very calm and not affected by the villagers around him at all.
"Let's deal with each other separately. If you don't want to cooperate, then don't cooperate. But we have to settle the money! We are not here to ask you to continue cooperating. We are here to settle the accounts and get the money."
Ye Yaodong glared at Haozi, who was standing in the corner timidly and silently, and then said, "You don't have to come to me to settle the account and get the money. I don't owe you any money. Besides, Uncle Pei will pay you according to the price at the dock, there is nothing wrong with that."
"Who said we have to calculate it based on the dock price..." Mouse's wife said angrily, unwillingly.
"We'll do whatever we say!"
At this time, Ah Guang also squeezed in from the crowd with a cold face, "It's my cargo, we have to decide how to settle the bill? Are you at a loss? The boat is mine, and you are just working for me, do you still have the final say?"
A Zheng just ran over quickly to inform A Guang, so A Guang arrived in time.
He followed in, glaring at the Wang family members, "What are you doing? Do you think you can be great just because you are in a large group? Do you think you can speak louder just because you are in a large group? Can you please have some shame?"
The Wang family said, "How can you say that? It is only natural to pay back debts. The Pei family still owes us money for the fish. How can we be shameless when we come to ask for it?"
Ah Guang snorted coldly, "What do you mean by paying back a debt? Didn't I give it to you? It's obviously you who are greedy and want to ask for a high price. You left it there waiting for the price to rise, and just waited to come today. And it's the Dongzi family who owes you money? You actually brought a large group of people to their house?"
Ah Zheng added, "It's none of your business, okay? It's obviously a matter between Haozi and Ah Guang's family! A bunch of people are gathered here, making it seem like Dongzi owes you money."
The Wang family continued to shout, "The Pei family came here to sell goods. We have a share of the goods, so of course we have to come over to take a look and get the money together. What's wrong with that?"
"It has been agreed that your goods will be given to A Guang, and you should ask A Guang for the money. Are you here to get the money too? If someone doesn't know, they would think that it is Dongzi who owes the debt, so you are here to ask him for money?" A Zheng said bluntly.
"Who asked him for it? We are asking the Pei family for it!"
The group of Wang family members were almost confused by his words!
"How can they find our family when they are looking for money from the Pei family?"
Mother Ye finally found an opportunity to interrupt again, "You just came here to intimidate us. The Pei family is our in-laws. You just think they are easy to bully because they have few family members. Otherwise, who would settle accounts like you do?"
"Have you ever heard of a worker who can calculate his own wages? Isn't it the boss who has the final say? How can the workers have the final say? No matter how you look at it, it doesn't make sense."
"It's good that I didn't hold you accountable for hiding the fish. Who knows how much you hid before we found out? If you do it once, you'll do it again. If you steal once, you'll do it again. I didn't deduct your money, but gave you the money. You've already taken advantage of me. How dare you come to my door? How can you be so shameless?"
"What I said is what I meant..."
"Who would argue with you? You were in the wrong first, but you didn't even bother to behave yourself. You even brought so many people to come to my house and ask for it with a clear conscience. I'm lucky I didn't kick you out."
The people on the other side were constantly being challenged, and they couldn't argue with Ye's mother and the others, so their faces darkened.
Haozi's father-in-law also looked unhappy. He stared at Uncle Pei and said, "Just tell me whether we should share the money from the dried fish!"
Ah Guang stood directly in front of his father, his face so cold that it seemed like ice chips could fall off, "Why are you glaring at my father? I have the final say in this matter. Now I can directly give it to you at the purchase price of the dock. If you keep nagging me, I will directly deduct all of it as compensation for our losses."
"Bah! What did you lose? All the money from the sales went into your pocket, and we haven't received a cent yet. What did you lose?"
The mouse's wife was so angry that she blew a puff from her throat and then spat, almost making Ye Yaodong feel sick!
"Fuck, this is so disgusting, he even spit on my floor! 50 cents for a spit! Pay me!"
Everyone's expressions suddenly became tense and they all looked at him in astonishment.
What kind of sputum is so expensive at fifty cents
Mouse's wife reacted and said angrily: "You are robbing me!"
"Then go fetch some water and scrub my floor clean! That thousand-year-old phlegm almost made me sick. My dog ran away out of disgust when he smelled it."
Ah Guang's expression was almost unbearable, and he kept tilting his head to look at him...
The expressions on Old Wang’s faces became even uglier, their faces were as black as the bottom of a pot.
"Don't talk nonsense. Let's just talk about the dried fish. We'll leave once we get the money."
"What? You still want to stay here overnight without getting paid? Are you relying on me? It's not enough for Haozi to support your family alone, do you want to pull a few more donkeys?"
The old man gave Ye Yaodong a fierce look, then just looked at A Guang, "Just tell me whether you will pay or not!"
A Guang glanced at him and looked past him at Haozi.
Ah Zheng also reacted and ran over to pull Haozi out from the corner of the crowd, staring at him.
"Are you a fucking man? People are riding on your head and bullying you, and you're still cowering there?"
Ah Guang also said: "What did we say at that time? Do you remember?"
Haozi was a little embarrassed and looked very distressed. He looked at everyone with a bitter face, "Alas, I don't know how it happened, it turned out like this, I didn't expect it to be like this!"