Ah Cai put the cigarette behind his ear. He didn't have time to smoke now. "Oh, don't worry. We've been friends for a long time. I won't let you down."
"Brother, let's be frank. Tell me a number first so I can consider whether to sell it or not. If it's not cost-effective, I'll send it to Hongsheng to ask. It's hard to go out on a typhoon day. Otherwise, if I send the sea bass to Hongsheng myself that day, I might get a higher price..."
The corner of Ah Cai's mouth twitched. The guy raised the price of the fish and he didn't make 2 dollars. He was really ripped off... and now he has the nerve to bring it up.
"Brother, we are from the same village, and I am the one who buys your father's goods. How can I not give you a fair price? Don't worry, I will charge 6.5 yuan per pound for this red spot. How about that?"
"Isn't your price the same as that of the sea bass? That fish is less than two catties and costs 12 yuan. This red snapper must be more valuable than the sea bass, right? Don't think that we country people don't know the value of things just because we rarely come to the city. It's 8 yuan a catty. If you like it, just weigh it!"
Ah Cai felt pain in his heart, and the flesh on his face trembled. Why is this kid becoming more and more difficult to talk to? He always steps on his bottom line.
"It's really not that profitable, brother. Look at these seafood. Ask around in town and you'll know that I only make a couple of cents per pound. For dragon head fish, I don't even make a cent. I only make three or five cents..."
Ye Yaodong patted his big belly unceremoniously, "Look at your big belly, you must have made a lot of money. Even if it's only one or two cents of profit, it's not enough because of the large quantity. What's more, how can a dragon head fish compare to this fish? You are not ashamed to say one or two cents?"
The people watching nearby also burst into laughter, "That's right, look at your belly, it's obviously full of oil!"
"Yes, just eat less and give some away. Rich people only look at the goods, not the money. Just sell them at a higher price."
Father Ye tried his best to get it, "We have no objection to the other goods, just add some of this fish."
Uncle Lin also helped to speak up: "We are all as thin as bamboo poles. Ah Cai, you are so embarrassed to bargain for us. Hurry up. It is not easy to catch a red grouper. I have been fishing for decades and have never caught a red grouper. This one looks like it should be almost 10 pounds. It will definitely be easy to sell."
"Tsk tsk tsk ~ This bright color and quality is really not something we can get near the sea." Agui, who was collecting goods next door, also ran over to join in the fun, "Acai, do you want it? If not, I'll take it."
"Go away, what's your business? Forget it, 8 yuan is 8 yuan," Ah Cai frowned and looked bitter, "I really didn't make any money from you, brother. I only made a few cents from the fish you brought me recently..."
"Don't waste your time. We are all risking our lives to make money by sailing on the sea, and you are just waiting here to collect the goods and then eating until you are fat and fat. You are so ashamed to say that you only make a few cents from me. Don't you feel guilty? Come on and weigh yourself."
Acai shut up and thought, it’s okay to earn less, just treat it as getting familiar with the bosses and then weigh them directly.
"2.8 jin!"
He wrote down on the bill, "2 pounds of big red snapper, 8 yuan, 22.4 yuan, and please help me carry the stingray over to weigh it."
When everyone saw the baskets of stingrays on the scale, their attention was focused on the stingrays, and they were all talking about it...
"This stingray usually lives on the seabed and is hard to catch. Ye Lao San is really lucky..."
"I heard that all the three nets were stingrays."
"How do you catch fish, Ye Laosan? I see that you catch more fish than others. Do you have any tricks? Teach us!"
Father Ye looked at the villagers who were watching the excitement with a smile, "What skills are there? I'll give the job of driving the boat and hauling the nets to Dongzi today. He hauled all the nets. Maybe he's a newcomer and has more hands."
"Is that so?"
“Is this true?”
Everyone was thinking, should we give it a try? But after thinking it over, they realized that there were no new people in the house except the woman and the child, and they couldn't ask the woman and the child to drive the boat, so they decided to give up.
I can only watch others get rich with envy.
"Stingray, 386 jin, 0.18 yuan per jin, total... let me calculate, the total is 69.48 yuan, forget it, just write it down as 69.5 yuan." Afraid that Ye Yaodong would nag again, he took the initiative to round it up.
Actually, Ye Yaodong wanted him to round it up to 70, but he restrained himself. 50 cents is not a small amount nowadays and cannot be considered a small amount.
"The three baskets of barramundi were also brought over for weighing..."
"This is three cents a pound?" Ye Yaodong asked uncertainly.
"right!"
"You don't want to sell this barramundi, do you, Dad?"
It’s so cheap, only three yuan for a hundred kilograms. It’s better to keep them and dry them at home.
Mother Ye also smiled and said, "We have a great harvest today. This croaker is not worth much, and we all like to eat it. Why don't we keep it and not sell it? Let's dry half of it and pickle the other half."
"Okay, let's carry it back later." Father Ye nodded. He had made a good income today, and he didn't need the three or four dollars from the croaker. It would be nice to keep a few dozen kilograms of it to dry and eat slowly.
For those people living by the sea, there cannot be no fish on the dinner table. If there is no bowl of fish on the table, it means there is nothing to eat today.
After weighing all the shrimps and crabs, the total price was 96.5 yuan. Everyone was really jealous. If they sold the croaker, they would definitely earn over 100 yuan a day. It was so enviable.
After they were weighed, it was Lin Jingye's turn. He smiled and shook his head, "Compared to you, what I have is nothing."
"Not bad, it looks like these are worth about thirty bucks."
"If I hadn't seen your goods, I would still be very happy. After the typhoon, there are indeed more seafood than before."
Ye Yaodong patted him on the shoulder and said, "Hey, Uncle Lin, you can carry so much cargo. It's not as good as the best, but better than the worst."
"Indeed, you seem to have made great progress. Come and help me carry this basket of crabs..."
"okay!"
They chatted for a while while lending a hand, and after they borrowed a cart, they loaded the remaining mullet and miscellaneous fish onto the cart. Today, Ye's mother also specially left a few thinner swimming crabs, planning to make drunken crabs in the evening.
Because when Ye's mother cooked afternoon snacks for the workers, she deliberately left two extra bowls of noodle dumplings. Not much time had passed and they were still hot. As soon as they came back and took a shower, they ate the noodle dumplings directly to fill their stomachs and went back to sleep.
I wasn't woken up until dinner time.
Ye Yaodong looked at Lin Xiuqing, who was sitting on the bed folding clothes, with a confused look on his face. Then he moved over, hugged her waist, and rubbed her back with his head.
"What time is it? Have you finished work?"
Lin Xiuqing moved her body uncomfortably, "Well, it's 6 o'clock, I smell of sweat, don't stick to me, get up and eat first, I need to take a shower first."
"I just woke up and had snacks not too long ago. Let's eat later. You wash yours. I won't look at you."
"Then go out and watch over the kids. They just took a bath. Don't let them get wet again."
Anyway, just don't let him stay in the house and watch.
"Fine."
It’s not like I haven’t seen it before!