In Dongshan Village, Young Master Zhou solemnly entrusted Yu Hai to help with the acquisition. Of course, he won't let Yu Hai work for nothing, Zhenxiu Restaurant will give 10% of the purchase price as his reward. Of course, Dongshan Village is not the only fishing village nearby, and other fishing villages have also selected responsible personnel.
Seafood such as sea oysters and sea sausages are too common along the coast, and not many people eat them, so few people buy them. Even if there is an occasional acquisition, the price is difficult to go up. However, the purchase price offered by Zhenxiu Restaurant is higher than the market price: sea oysters are ten yuan a catty, and sea intestines are twenty yuan a catty.
Although the price of sea intestines is much lower than when Tong Ren Tang bought it, the drug store buys it only for a while, while Zhenxiu Restaurant buys it all year round.
After the news came out, there was an endless stream of visitors from Yu's old house, all of whom came to inquire about the purchase situation and prices of sea oysters and sea sausages. After Yu Hai got reliable news, the villagers of Dongshan Village, young and old, all went out one after another. Those who dig sea intestines dig sea intestines, those who pick oysters pick oysters.
The gift of the sea to people is selfless. When the tide ebbs, people flock to the beach and come back when the tide rises. Even if the tide is low at night, there will be people carrying lanterns and fighting all night.
As long as you work hard, there will be gains. An adult can dig at least ten catties of sea intestines a day, and old and weak women and children can also harvest several catties of sea oysters. In this way, every household in Dongshan Village, as long as there are people willing to work hard, it is absolutely no problem to have a few hundred cash a day.
Sea oysters and sea intestines are continuously purchased, and Yu Hai alone handles thousands of catties of seafood. These seafood products were transported into the workshop at the wharf, and the employees in the seasoning workshop were all servants of the Zhou family who had signed a death contract. Regardless of oyster sauce or monosodium glutamate, the recipe must be kept absolutely confidential, and the core staff must be servants who have served the Zhou family for generations. Fifty people were carefully selected from the domestic servants to enter the workshop. Faced with the endless orders, the staff was still a little nervous.
Especially dealing with sandworms is very labor-intensive. So Young Master Zhou set a new purchase rule, as long as the processed sea oysters and sea sausages, the purchase price will be doubled. Of course, seafood must be fresh.
What do the villagers lack the most? That's labor and time. Sea oysters are okay, after removing the shells, they don't make much money. However, the weight of sea intestines is not much reduced after sand removal, but the price is more expensive than pork. No matter how much time it takes, the villagers are willing.
For a moment, Yu Hai was almost overwhelmed. Processed and unprocessed items must be weighed and settled separately, and must also be stored separately. The Yu family's yard was full of vegetables. In order not to let the folks who came to sell seafood harm his yard, Yu Hai specially built a wooden shed on the west side of the courtyard wall, specially used to buy seafood. He couldn't do it alone, so he asked Yu Hang to help. The father and son were so busy that they could barely cope.
Ever since Yu Hai knew that his own daughter had shares in the seasoning workshop, he was very strict about the purchase of seafood. Especially the treated sandworms, those that are not cleaned cleanly will not be collected; the seafood that is not fresh will not be collected; those that are falsified and mixed with water to increase the weight... Although it also offended some people who wanted to take advantage of it, the word of mouth in the village not bad.
No matter where Mr. Zhang goes these days, his eyes and ears are full of: so-and-so's family sells seafood how much money a day; Not full or warm, now I can eat meat... The heart of the old lady began to float.
Of course, finding fault with the old house will not work. The imperial envoy now lives in the old Zhao's house, and eats three meals a day at the Yu's old house. With such a big Buddha around, she would not dare to look for bad luck if she gave Zhang three more courage.
But in their family, Lao Yu and his son have to go to sea every day. So, she put her mind on Li Shi and Yu Heizi. Yu Heizi ran to the pier every day and didn't bring back a single penny. Mrs. Zhang had already complained. If everyone is as selfish as this grandson, where will the money for the little girl's dowry come from? Where does the money for the education of the younger son come from
She couldn't bear to let her little girl who was about to get married in autumn go to the seaside to endure the wind and sun, so she tossed Li Shi and Yu Heizi, forcing them to dig the intestines of the sea. The packed sea intestines cost 40 Wen a catty. With Li and his wife, it should be no problem to get 200 or 300 Wen a day!
Yu Heizi is not an obedient master. Although digging sea intestines to make money, he knew that he would not get a penny of the money he earned, so why bother? After nearly a month of exercise, Yu Heizi is no longer the obese and short-bodied person he used to be. Although the skin is still dark, it is much stronger, and there is not so much fat on the body. In addition, he has grown taller, and he looks very energetic.
In order to hide from his grandmother, Yu Heizi ran away every day before dawn. Mrs. Zhang couldn't catch the sunspot who was as slippery as a loach, so she kept a close eye on Mrs. Li, almost escorting her to the beach every day. The lazy Li Shi, where is the workman? She always groaned without digging a few times, crying until she had snot and tears.
Mrs. Zhang is not a soft-hearted person. What's more, she herself was holding tools and digging her intestines on the beach. How could she allow Mrs. Li to be lazy? Seeing that her mother-in-law was doing the labor herself, she couldn't find a reason to be lazy, so she resigned herself to digging again and again. Both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have no experience in digging sandworms, and Li Shi is lazy if he can, so he can't be counted on. At the end of a day, people can dig about ten catties, but it is not bad for the two of them to dig two or three catties.
Mrs. Zhang saw that others had gained a lot, and when she returned home she was upset and cursed, Mrs. Li was useless, Mr. Yu was useless, Mr. Yu Dashan was useless and could not control his wife... The whole Mrs. Yu's family was shrouded in the shadow of her anger middle.
Yu Dashan was caught between his mother and daughter-in-law, and he was dull and not good at speaking. In order to calm down the family, after returning from the sea, he would take the initiative to dig sandworms with Mrs. Zhang every time the tide went out.
There is a strange phenomenon in Yu's family, the more work they do, the more difficult it will be for them. In Zhang's eyes, all of this is taken for granted. Yu Hai was like this before, and so is Yu Dashan now. The more you do, the more you complain!
Mrs. Li is not as hardworking as Mrs. Liu. She sees that all the money earned by herself and her husband has fallen into her mother-in-law's pocket. It would be fine if the money could be spent on them! Now, with the money earned from fishing and catching the sea, at least a few hundred cash comes into the account every day, and there may be three to five taels of silver a month. What can be eaten is still dark coarse grain pancakes, and the dishes are always boiled vegetables without oil and water.
It didn't take long for Mrs. Li to be unhappy. Seeing the man who had been tortured, he touched his tanned face again, and muttered to Yu Dashan behind his back: "Heizi, his father! We worked so hard, and the money we earned was worthless." It can’t be spent on us. It’s all on Nianghua Caidie and Xiaobo! What are we planning?”
Yu Dashan was lying on the kang exhausted, squinting his eyes and looking like he was about to fall asleep. Honestly, he said in a low voice: "You can't say that! Isn't my little sister getting married soon? The conditions of my brother-in-law's family are not bad. If the dowry is too poor, my little sister Marrying in the past will make you angry. The third brother has to take the exam in the past two years, so he can't delay his studies... "
Mrs. Li pinched his arm angrily, and said: "It's good for you, you only think about your younger siblings, but have you ever thought about our children? Heizi is fourteen years old this year, so it's time to see him. But Your mother didn't even mention it, and she wants Heizi to hand over all the money he earns to the public! As an older brother, you earn money to support your younger siblings, so there is no reason for your eldest nephew to support them!!"
Yu Dashan rubbed his sore arm, turned over, and said, "Heizi is still young! There is no rush to see each other again next year. Besides, when Heizi marries a wife, the dowry will be given by the public. Don't worry about it." Don't worry about it. Go to sleep, I have to go to sea tomorrow morning!"
Li Shi is full of calculations, how can she sleep? She said dissatisfiedly: "You said that your younger brother has to study every day, so I won't say anything. Your sister has arms and legs, why can't she be allowed to work? Your mother is going to treat your sister like a lady." Confession! When I come to my in-law’s house in the future, I don’t know anything, so it’s strange if I don’t get beaten!”
Yu Dashan was so noisy that he couldn't sleep, and said in a bad tone: "You don't know anything, and who beat you?"
"You dare! I have a few natal brothers to support me. These years, my natal family has subsidized our family a lot. Just pointing at the food at home, it's good that our mother and I didn't starve to death, and we can still eat fat Damn?" When Li Shi mentioned her natal family, her back stiffened.
Yu Dashan glanced at the fat accumulated on her body, snorted, and said, "I don't think there's anything wrong with being thinner! Look at our Heizi, after losing weight, he looks more and more like me, a bit of a man." Interesting!"
Mrs. Li touched the fat on her waist (where is the waist? Do you have a waist?), sighed, and said: "It seems that it is not a bad thing for the second child's family to be separated. Look at him, little I have lived a good life. I heard that he collects seafood for the boss of Zhenxiu Restaurant, and he can earn at least several hundred yuan a day! If our family also split it out at that time... "
"Don't even think about it! Mom won't agree to our separation!! It's not like you don't know the situation when the second child separated. Their family was actually kicked out as an abandoned child. If the second child can survive, What a fate...he is also a lucky one!"
When Yu Dashan thought of this cheap brother who was only a few months younger than him, he felt very complicated. Yu Hai's ability sets him off very mediocre. Obviously he has worked very hard, but he will never catch up with Yu Hai's footsteps.
When Yu Hai was injured and sentenced to death by the doctor, he felt relaxed for a long time, thinking that the mountain that was pressing on him would finally fall down.