However, it is impossible to say that Xiang Yang has no idea at all.
Looking at the can of tiger ear mushroom sauce sent by Li Chao again, Xiang Yang felt an urge to put the seafood processing plan on the agenda.
However, Xiang Yang thought about it carefully and felt that this matter still needed to be considered in the long run. He suppressed the impulse and turned around and said, "I have asked my brother to go to town to buy food. Everyone will have a dinner at my house tonight. Those who want to drink can drink to their heart's content tonight. Except for those who are on duty, the rest of the people don't have to go to work tomorrow."
The crew members were most happy to hear about eating. When they heard Xiang Yang say there was some wine, they cheered immediately.
Leaving two crew members to guard the fishing boat, Xiang Yang led a large group of people towards his house.
Xiang Hui was already at Xiang Yang's house. There was a small truck converted from a fruit cart parked outside the yard, and Xiang Hui was busy unloading the goods.
"Are you buying all cooked food?" Xiang Yang walked over and picked up a roast goose and asked.
"I bought roast goose, pork elbows, beef brisket, drunken shrimps, dumplings, braised pork, chicken feet and duck legs. All of them can be eaten directly after heating." Xiang Hui said.
"Everyone, give me a hand." Xiang Yang shouted to the crew.
"Okay, Captain, leave the heating to me. You guys just chat for a while and wait for the food." Chen Qingsheng volunteered.
Xiang Yang didn't act pretentiously. He walked to an empty table and sat down.
When the villagers saw Xiang Yang had arrived, they all took their seats too. There were six or seven tables in Xiang Yang's yard.
Xiang Yang took a rough look and found that apart from the crew, most of the people seated were young people from the village who had helped at the dock in the afternoon. There were no women or children at all.
Xiang Yang knew that the villagers who did not help in the afternoon were not embarrassed to come over for a free meal. The folk customs of Yanlong Village were not so simple and honest.
Everyone knew that Xiang Yang and others would definitely drink tonight, and those who couldn't drink naturally wouldn't come to join in the fun.
Xiang Yang called to Fatty Zuo, "Fatty, come over and have a drink?"
The fat man was sharing a pork elbow with Fang Youqun at another table, his mouth full of grease.
"Let's drink the wine later. I need to eat something to fill my stomach first." Fatty Zuo shook his head like a drum.
Xiang Yang no longer insisted.
Fatty Zuo is a good drinker and he will never hesitate when it’s time to drink.
"Come on, Xiaoyang, let's have a drink." He Mingde didn't know whether it was because of excitement or something else, but his face was already flushed before he even started drinking.
Xiang Yang personally filled He Mingde's glass and clinked glasses with him.
Xiang Yang took a small sip of a glass of 52-proof liquor, and immediately felt a spicy sensation spreading from the tip of his tongue to the bottom of his stomach.
He Mingde was much more honest. He drank half a cup in one gulp and then shouted, "Great!"
Xiang Yang put down his wine glass and smiled. Xiang Yang liked to drink wine no matter what, but his alcohol tolerance was not very good. He usually got drunk after three glasses. Therefore, no matter who he drank with, Xiang Yang would not drink too much. He would never drink more than two glasses at a time from a disposable paper cup. He liked to sip it in small sips.
There was still an empty seat at Xiang Yang's table. Fang Youqun finished his pork elbow in a few bites and then squeezed over to Xiang Yang's table and asked, "Brother Yang, I heard you're going to Longcheng tomorrow?"
"Yes, I will go." Xiang Yang nodded, "Why, do you have something to do?"
Fang Youqun immediately asked excitedly: "Take me with you?"
Xiang Yang said without thinking: "No."
Fang Youqun was immediately embarrassed, and tried to scratch Xiang Yang's arm with his greasy claws.
Xiang Yang suddenly felt a chill and quickly slapped Fang Youqun's claws away, "I'm not going to Longcheng for fun tomorrow, I have some serious business to do. If you want to go out for fun, go to the town and take a ride."
"Brother Yang, I know you are going to the Ornamental Fish Exhibition City. Take me with you. I promise to listen to you when we get there."
"Tomorrow is a holiday. If you go to Longcheng with me, you will lose your holiday." Xiang Yang said.
"Brother Yang, I don't want a vacation, I just want to help you with the work." Fang Youqun said.
Xiang Yang looked at Fang Youqun strangely, and touched his forehead. "You don't seem to have a fever? Are you drunk?"
At this time, Uncle Xiang spoke up, "This kid just spent all the red envelope money you gave him and bought a lot of pearls from other crew members. I think he has set his sights on the Ornamental Fish Exhibition City and wants to use the venue you rented to sell pearls!"
Xiang Yang was stunned for a moment, then he laughed out of anger, "I didn't go to the pearl market, I went to the ornamental fish market. Besides, how much are your pearls worth? Do you really need to go to the exhibition city to sell them?"
Fang Youqun was stunned. "Not worth anything?"
Wu Shiwen was amused. "All those pearls you caught in the sea are worth about a hundred dollars in total."
"A hundred bucks?" Fang Youqun's voice trembled.
"Brother Yang, can you help me see how much these pearls of mine are worth in total?" Fang Youqun nervously took out a cloth bag from his arms.
Xiang Yang took it and looked at it. "Wow, it's quite a lot. It should be worth a few hundred yuan!"
"A few hundred dollars?" Fang Youqun's face turned completely black.
He Mingde joked: "How much did you pay for it?"
Fang Youqun was about to cry but had no tears: "More than a thousand."
Xiang Yang finally understood everything, and Fang Youqun was also happy when he saw it. "Do you still want to go to Longcheng with me now?"
"What the hell are you going to do?" Fang Youqun was so angry that he almost yelled, "Those bastards dared to cheat me out of my money. I'm going to find them now."
Xiang Yang grabbed Fang Youqun who was about to leave and said, "Come back here."
"Brother Yang? What are you doing?"
"I was just wondering what you were doing. They didn't force you, and they didn't lie to you. What do you want to do?"
Fang Youqun said aggrievedly: "But I lost money!"
"You deserve the loss. Who told you to be so greedy?" Xiang Yang rolled his eyes. "It seems that I really need to take you to the Ornamental Fish Exhibition City to see the world, otherwise you will suffer a lot of losses in the future."
Fang Youqun was confused and asked, "Brother Yang, didn't you just say that you didn't want me to go? Why do you want me to go now?"
Xiang Yang held Fang Youqun's shoulder and said, "Sit down and have a drink. If you lose money this time, just think of it as a lesson. Tomorrow I will take you to the jewelry store to get these pearls to make a necklace. You can give the necklace to your mother. If she likes it, then you won't lose money on this deal."
Fang Youqun wanted to say something else.
Just at this time Chen Qingsheng had heated up the food and brought it up with a smile.
Xiang Yang took the opportunity to pour Fang Youqun a glass of wine.
Under Xiang Yang's slightly dignified gaze, Fang Youqun swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
"That's right. We can afford to win, but we can also afford to lose. Come, let's drink!" Xiang Yang raised his glass and said with a smile.
Fang Youqun, who wanted to cry but had no tears, could only turn his grief and anger into appetite and ate the roast goose in big mouthfuls.
When Xiang Yang saw this, he simply ignored him and started eating and drinking.
The dinner lasted until the moon was at its highest point in the sky. Both the host and the guests were delighted and everyone was well fed and satisfied.