Yin Cai was surprised by Ji Huai's answer. She had not even thought of this channel, nor had she ever thought of sending Ji Ziqing to study in the city when she was in elementary school.
They don't have this ability.
The TV at home was broken, and their home was not equipped with Wi-Fi. The two of them did not play with their mobile phones or watch videos, so they just sat in the small room at night. After Ji Ziqing got close to them, she started to talk more. She would occasionally say that her classmates didn't like to play with her and wouldn't take her with them to play recess games.
While Yin Cai was comforting her daughter, Ji Huai would say, "Daddy wants to send you to the city to study, so you won't play with them."
"Dad is bragging again." Ji Ziqing pursed her lips and continued to write her homework without taking it seriously at all.
Yin Cai's eyes fell on Ji Huai. He did not answer, but looked deeply at his daughter.
Ji Huai was not bad to the children. He was lazy and poor, but he never hit Ji Ziqing and was almost never cruel to her. Compared with the men in the village, he has no preference for boys over girls.
It seemed that Ji Ziqing was his breakthrough.
Ji Huai still went to sea, and when he couldn't go to sea, he would transport goods.
How to make money transporting goods
The small town has a developed breeding industry, but vegetables and fruits are hardly grown and consume a lot of money, so they have to buy them. There are several large supermarkets in the town, and a lot of vegetables and fruits are purchased every day.
In the past, they would go to urban areas to purchase goods, but now Ji Huai helps them bring them back from the provincial capital. This way, the price will be much lower and the profit margin will be larger.
It takes three and a half hours to go back and forth from the town to the provincial capital. Sometimes he makes three or four trips a day and falls asleep when he comes back.
Before dawn, he had already set off for the provincial capital and brought back a cart of fruit. After unloading the goods at the supermarket, he drove to the provincial capital again and arrived just in time for lunch.
The loading worker started to eat, and he could also get a box lunch.
The food is usually good.
When transporting these things, there were a lot of vegetables and fruits, and Ji Huai often brought them back.
Grapes, watermelon, cantaloupe, dragon fruit, apples…
I can’t finish all the fruits at home, especially the seasonal fruits, as if they are free of charge, I bring back boxes of them.
If they still couldn't finish eating, they sent it to the Yin family. The Yin family was also close. Ji Huai drove there for the first time with two boxes of apples and a large bag of sweet potatoes. Even Yin's mother felt flattered.
"How can I finish eating so much?" Even as she said this, she grinned behind her ears.
I have given them to their family, so my daughter will not have to worry about food and drink.
As soon as Ji Huai left, she quickly gave a small bag to her sisters-in-law, saying it was for everyone to try. In fact, everyone laughed at her Yin Cai's bad marriage, and she also wanted to change her reputation and save face.
Yin Cai discovered that the fish Ji Huai had recently caught out to sea were not sold at the dock, and were piled up in the refrigerator.
On this day, he brought back another basket of fish and crabs, which he had just caught ashore and transported back in a small truck.
Ji Ziqing walked over and took a look. She had a ponytail and was holding a big apple in her hand. She was gnawing on it. She squatted down and looked at a bread crab, "Dad, I want to eat this big crab."
Her skin was already as beautiful as Yin Cai, tender and fair. Ji Huai changed a car to pick her up. He didn't have much exposure to the sun and ate a lot of fruits. Now he is even more white and rosy, and he has gained some flesh, making him look hydrated.
"Eat, I'll eat it tonight." Ji Huai said and picked out another big orchid crab. "This one is also big. Let's cook it together and ask your mother to make curry crab for you."
Yin Cai walked over, feeling a little headache, "So many fish and crabs are not sold? We can't finish them."
I'm afraid it weighs forty or fifty pounds.
"Sell it, put it in the refrigerator first, then deliver it to the provincial capital tomorrow when I go to transport the goods. The customer there has made an order." Ji Huai said with some pride, took out his broken mobile phone and opened WeChat, "I'll grab it When I landed, I sent it to WeChat Moments, and several bosses made an order to deliver it to them tomorrow, and I bought thirty-two pounds."
"A mullet of this size sells for twenty at the pier. You can earn several hundred more by sending it to the provincial capital. I'm going anyway, so along the way."
"The crabs are also ordered, but these crabs will not live long, so we need to deal with them quickly and send them out early tomorrow morning."
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Ji Huai is lazy, so he can be cunning and clever. This kind of person not only makes money quickly, but he also has a lot of thoughts.
Once he catches the opportunity to make money, he will be ruthless enough to make money.
Even if he doesn't go out to sea, if he goes to the pier and encounters a fishing boat and comes back, he will post it on WeChat and tell a little lie, saying that he went out to sea to catch it, and people will still buy it.
It doesn’t matter whether he caught it or not, but it was indeed freshly landed seafood.
He could immediately buy it from the dock and send it to the provincial capital, where the fish, shrimps and crabs were still alive. It's rare for people in the city. It's normal to make double the money, especially the goods on big ships. It's cheap enough, so he can make more.
After delivering the overseas goods to the customer, he would transport another cart of melons and fruits back.
Their toilet has also been renovated, with a water heater installed inside, and the lights are not as dim as in the shed. Ji Ziqing was very happy and asked Yin Cai, "Mom, do you no longer need to boil water in the future?"
Yin Cai touched his daughter's head and nodded, "No need to burn it, you can just take a shower."
Ji Ziqing smiled so hard that she rolled her eyes, "There's no need to go to the toilet in the mountain. It's so dark there. I don't dare to go to the toilet at night. I'm so scared that I don't dare to drink more water or eat."
Yin Cai sniffed, feeling a little sad.
"When Dad is free, he will go to the provincial capital to buy a washing machine and put it in the toilet." Ji Huai was counting his money, piles of red ones.
Customers in supermarkets or buying seafood sometimes pay him cash when they check out. If he goes to sea in the morning and then to the provincial capital in the afternoon, making three thousand a day is considered a small amount. Now he was covered in wads of money.
"It's expensive in the store, but they say it's cheaper online. I'll buy one online." Yin Cai replied to him.
Nowadays, the world of e-commerce is dominated by e-commerce. Physical stores have to pay rent and labor, which is naturally much more expensive.
"Okay!" Ji Huai nodded and said nothing more.
Yin Cai watched him count the money without any expression and looked away. She hasn't spent any money from him in these years and has made him develop a habit. Now that he has made money, he won't take the initiative to give it to her.
In the past, she would force Ji Huai to make money and ask him to pay her daughter's tuition. Now Ji Huai will pay her daughter's tuition and the family is not short of anything, so she is embarrassed to speak.
On the contrary, Ji Ziqing became more and more bold. She walked to Ji Huai, watched him count the money and put it aside, then picked it up and said, "I want to give mom money to buy a refrigerator."
"Hey!" Ji Huai's first reaction was anxious, "That's five thousand yuan."
Ji Ziqing had already run to Yin Cai, pointing at the money in Ji Huai's hand, "You still have a lot."
Ji Huai put the remaining money back into his trouser pocket, and did not let Ji Ziqing take the money back. He sat on the side and started talking, "I have to get up early tomorrow to collect those crab pots, and then buy seafood and deliver them." Around the provincial capital, there is a big boss who wants to host a few birthday banquets for his mother in his hometown, and he needs to buy a lot of seafood. I will see how much I can catch, and I will buy what is missing and send it to him. "
Yin Cai nodded.
He added, "I asked Ah Hei to keep some groupers a few days ago. He recently caught a few, and some shrimps, and kept them for me. This trip, I have to make three or four thousand. block."
"How much is the total? You want to earn three to four thousand yuan? Are you a fool?" Yin Cai was stunned. Just making a few trips and buying overseas goods to send to the provincial capital is worth thousands of dollars? That's her monthly salary.
"The big boss doesn't care about this. It's fresh and delicious, so it's worth the price. He just asks me to quote. If I don't make money from him, I'm a fool. If I don't make money from rich people, whose money will I make? He will still come here. Compare prices?" Ji Huai said confidently, pointing to the small electric car beside him, "I'm still waiting for money to buy another electric car, and I'll buy one and transport it back tomorrow."
Because he travels back and forth to transport and sell seafood, and even goes to sea himself, many wealthy people place orders with him, just for the freshness and deliciousness.
The price does not have to be uniform, and it is not a wholesale market. If he feels that his labor is worth this price, then that is the price.
The next day.
Ji Huai bought the seafood ordered by the big boss and wanted to deliver it to the provincial capital.
It happened to be the weekend, and Ji Ziqing was at home on vacation. The proprietress and her family were all in the store today. It was rare for Yin Cai to have a rest from work. Ji Huai was thinking about buying an electric car and taking his mother and daughter to the provincial capital to visit.
Yin Cai didn't refuse. The family of three prepared seafood early in the morning and then went to the provincial capital.
In the car, Ji Huai calculated the price and planned to make a quotation later. Yin Cai felt that his asking price was too harsh, but he disagreed and felt that his hard work should be worth the price.
Yin Cai didn't want to argue with him, because he felt that he was cutting off his own future. He would be embarrassed for a while, and also a little angry. Seeing that things were about to improve, he was afraid that he would screw him up.
Ji Ziqing didn't notice, she was a little happy and kept talking along the way.
Ji Huai sang a song and hummed along from time to time. He noticed that Yin Cai was a little unhappy, and said to his daughter, "Look, your mother is getting angry again. Please make her happy."
Ji Ziqing sat in the back row, stuck her head out and asked Yin Cai, "Mom, why are you unhappy?"
Yin Cai denied, "Mom is not unhappy."
"Your mother is still lying." Ji Huai said.
Yin Cai gave him a look with cold eyes. She wanted to see how Ji Huai was so open-minded and thought he was a fool.
Soon, he drove the car to his destination and called the big boss.
The other party was slightly chubby, wearing a set of light-colored casual clothes. He looked middle-aged and had a gentle smile. He said thank you, "Thank you for your hard work. Thank you for your trouble."
People who can do big business can't do anything wrong with most people.
When Yin Cai saw Ji Huai quoting the other party, his heart was in doubt. He felt that his offer was too high, so he rolled down the window and turned to look.
Ji Huai looked at the seafood behind the car with a troubled expression, "In this season, all kinds of seafood are relatively expensive. Sea shrimps are not easy to catch, and big ones are even harder to find. The price is indeed a bit expensive..."
"Yes, I know, it should be, it should be." After hearing the price quoted by him, Yin Cai was uneasy, but the big boss's expression did not change. He didn't even let Ji Huai finish speaking, and waved his hand, seeing Yin Cai and Ji Ziqing was in the car and asked, "Are you taking your wife and children to deliver goods?"
"Yes, the child is still young and will not go to school today." After Ji Huai finished speaking, he continued, "Normally, he goes to sea with me."
The big boss looked at Ji Ziqing again, "It's indeed hard work, not easy."
He just went to withdraw a lot of cash, and the amount given to Ji Huai was easy to give. It was exactly 20,000. He gave Ji Huai two stacks and took out a few cards from another stack. "It's not easy to send it here from such a distance. Go and give it to Ji Huai," he said. Let’s buy something delicious for the kids.”
Yin Cai looked at him and thanked him, then successfully got into the car with the money, which was beyond her expectation.
Did you get all this money just like that
Ji Huai put the money away and handed the several hundred yuan given by the other party to Ji Ziqing. He fastened his seat belt and drove forward. He said to Yin Cai, "Do you think he doesn't know that I made money? I must have made money." Ah, who will do the work for him if he doesn’t make money? You think it’s a lot of money, but if he’s so rich, he’ll just think it’s hard work.”
"In other words, it's his mother's birthday. If I get it at a lower price, he still thinks the product is not good. As long as the quality is good enough, the more expensive it is, the better it is!"
The other party has several large warehouses and is worth tens of millions. He doesn't care about this little money. He just depends on the price.
This incident somewhat subverted Yin Cai's cognition. Her expression softened and she did not speak.
"Now that we have the money, let's go. Let's buy an electric car first, and then go to a shopping mall to eat." Ji Huai turned the steering wheel and said to his daughter, "You also made money today, you can spend it later."
Ji Ziqing looked at the several hundred yuan in her hand and felt a little reluctant to part with it. But the dolls in the shopping mall were so beautiful that her eyes fell directly on a pink pig and she couldn't move away.
"Buy!" Ji Huai said.
Yin Cai's flesh ached, and he thought it was too expensive, costing more than three hundred. Looking at Ji Ziqing's appearance, he couldn't bear to say it.
Finally, there was an electric car on their pickup truck, Ji Ziqing hugged her pink piggy, and the family happily returned home from the provincial capital.
Yin Cai could clearly feel that Ji Ziqing was very, very happy. She hugged her piggy all the way. The doll she just bought was so soft that she pressed her face against it through the packaging bag. She was so excited.
Her mood improved a lot. She looked at the scenery passing by outside the window, and a smile slowly appeared at the corner of her mouth.
As the car drove to the village, everyone saw that Ji Huai had bought a car, but they all murmured to each other. Sister-in-law Ji's family thought that Ji Huai's life would be chaotic if he bought a car, and there would definitely be quarrels. As a result, they built a toilet. Now I have bought a car again.
Sister-in-law Ji asked deliberately when she met Yin Cai, "It seems that your Ji Huai has made some money. What kind of job do you do now? You must be making money, right?"
Aunt Ji used to compete with Mother Ji, fearing that the other party would have a better life than her. Sister Ji had the same mentality now, fearing that Yin Cai would steal her limelight.
Now that she has given birth to a son, and a high-rise building has been built in her home, she is always suppressing Yin Cai, and is also afraid that the other person will suddenly have a good life.
"He can do whatever he wants." Yin Cai replied.
She actually knew what Ji Huai was doing, and he would talk about it now, but she knew Sister Ji's temperament and pretended not to know.
"You don't know? He made money but didn't give it to you?" Sister-in-law Ji asked again.
Yin Cai: "No."
Ji Huai did give her very little, but it didn't matter. She was satisfied if he could handle things at home and take care of the children.
"I haven't given you the money I earned, so that's not okay." Sister-in-law Ji felt a little more comfortable. "Although my Dazhu doesn't make that much money, you can still give me some."
Before she could catch the disease, Ji Huai came back with a basket of sea fish, which probably weighed twenty or thirty kilograms and was worth a lot of money.
She stood aside, waiting for Ji Huai to give him a share. Unexpectedly, he ignored it and said to Yin Cai, "Take it to the refrigerator first and send it to Mom's house tomorrow."
The mother here definitely refers to the Yin family.
Ji Tang's wife was sore again. It seemed that Yin Cai had received a lot of benefits. She deliberately said, "All the overseas goods have been sent to my parents' house. It seems there is a lot left."
"Isn't that right? There is still a box of watermelons and oranges that I can't finish eating." Ji Huai pointed to the side and said this, without even mentioning that he wanted to give her some.
Sister-in-law Ji finally left angrily.
She saw that Yin Cai was also driving the new electric car. The other person was doing better, but she couldn't sleep that night.
Everyone in the village was watching Ji Huai's jokes, wondering when her daughter-in-law couldn't bear it anymore and wanted a divorce. However, they saw that their family was getting better and better, and Yin Cai no longer looked sad.
At school, if someone said that Ji Huai was lazy and his family was poor, Ji Ziqing would still be angry, but she would retort confidently, "Your family is poor and your father is lazy. My father is not lazy and my father is rich!"
Her father said that he would let her make up for the Mathematical Olympiad class during the summer vacation and take her to take the entrance exam for the city's primary school. If she passed the exam, she could go to study in the city.
Her father also said that the reason why their house is dilapidated is because they no longer want to build it. When she goes to study in the city, their family will buy a house in the city, and her father will take her and her mother to live in the city.