"Brother Dong, it's ready! Just like yesterday, I opened a pack and spread it evenly on top." The speaker was a young man in his 20s who was also from this village, named Chen Zhihua.
Half of the 10 people Ye Yaodong recruited last year were young, and half were taken to the city. Only five people were left to move around in the workshop, and the people who were originally on duty took turns filling fish sauce.
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"It's tied up. Don't let any kelp fall off. If it does, I'll pick it up and whip you."
"Haha, not a single strand will fall off. If it does, we'll take off our pants and whip them for you."
"Go away, it's disgusting, you're a pervert, what do you watch every day?"
"Brother Dong, you didn't look, how do you know what we were looking at? Hahaha..."
"Shut up, I'll slap your sister-in-law's ears to death."
Lin Xiuqing was a little confused.
What do you mean?
She understood every word, but she didn't understand it.
She looked at Ye Yaodong, "What are you talking about?"
"It's nothing. I'm leaving. I won't be back tonight. Tomorrow morning you can arrange to take a boat to the city dock. It should be around 9 o'clock, right? I'll drive the tractor and wait there around 9 o'clock."
"Okay, I'll let them set off at dawn tomorrow morning."
"good."
Ye Yaodong glared at those rough guys. It was not even May yet, and it was still early morning. They had already taken off their coats one by one while moving the bags of goods, and were working there wearing only their vests.
At this time, he threw his coat directly over his shoulders and stood aside, waiting for him to drive out so that they could continue working.
"Ah Hua followed me to the city. Chen Shi stayed behind to replace Ah Hua and brought a loudspeaker. When we got to the city, Ah Hua took the horn and shouted while driving."
"Great, it's finally my turn to go to the city with you. The furthest thing I've ever been to in my life is the town."
He happily put on his clothes and the other two looked at him enviously.
"From now on, everyone should speak less naughty words. There are women next door. Can you talk to others? Don't be laughed to death. Those who don't have a wife should pay more attention. The three aunts and six women are watching. The bad side is here.
People will see that without your good reputation, I can't get a wife."
"I know Brother Dong, we will definitely not joke around or talk nonsense in the future. We will behave well in front of the old women next door and try to get them to introduce us to a good wife."
"Yes, you have to be more considerate and attentive in front of those old aunties."
Lin Xiuqing even laughed, "Don't show off in front of the girl, but be courteous in front of the old aunt."
"There must be a girl then. Sister-in-law, please introduce me to her."
"Then you should go to the old aunt to show your courtesy. Where can I introduce you? They know a lot."
Ye Yaodong smiled and said: "Don't be poor, hurry up and do what you need to do, and leave."
After he started the tractor with the crank handle, he continued to rush to the city.
Today is a little later than yesterday. Because Chen Zhihua was shouting in the city, more people were attracted along the way, and they all surrounded us.
They were obviously told to go to the wholesale market to buy, but these people seemed to be a little deaf. They only listened to what they wanted to hear, ignored everything else, and now they were crowding around to buy.
Originally there were a lot of people going to the market early in the morning on the street, and it was almost packed with people.
Worried that the crowd would just climb onto the tractor to pull the kelp, Chen Zhihua jumped out of the car and walked to the back to drive away the crowd.
I just couldn't drive them away, everyone wanted to buy them, and they said they saw them yesterday and they still didn't sell them.
Ye Yaodong had no choice but to stop selling for a while. He took the speaker on the seat and shouted.
"25 cents per pound, 20 cents for more than 20 pounds, no bargaining, no bargaining, one pound can be soaked for five or six pounds, sold at a cheap price..."
"It's 20 pounds, how can I buy it? Can I buy it and take it home to eat?"
"That's right, 2.5 cents per pound is not cost-effective. 20 jins is 2 cents. Why don't you just sell it per jin?"
Ye Yaodong continued to shout with the loudspeaker, "Auntie, it's not cost-effective to sell me a pound. Am I in trouble? It's so cheap, why should I sell it pound by pound until the end of the Year of the Monkey?"
"Wouldn't it be better if you just invite a few people you know or are nearby to buy together and put together an order?"
"Anyway, I won't sell them by the pound. You can go pick them up at the beach. It's free of charge, so you don't have to come here to bargain."
"20 pounds and 2 cents, no bargaining, no bargaining, just stay for a while and then leave..."
If it weren't for the sight of these aunties surrounding him, it would be difficult for him to walk, and he wouldn't want to stop and talk nonsense.
When you go to the market, there are basically vendors who wholesale all kinds of fish and dry goods. It is easy to sell more than 20 kilograms.
Those who wholesaled yesterday may have been sold out in the streets, so I will continue to come here and wholesale more today.
He had already wasted time to stop, and these aunts still wanted to bargain over the price.
He just yelled a few words, and immediately someone came in with banknotes and asked for 20 pounds.
If there is one, there will be two. Others immediately took out their money and pushed forward, trying to buy and leave quickly. The scene almost turned into a robbery.
Fortunately, Ye Yaodong stood in front of the tractor truck with a long steel scale. When the wooden steel scale was horizontal, he pushed the crowd of people pushing forward collectively.
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, come one by one."
Fortunately, he also brought two steel scales. He moved the scales forward to block the crowd. Chen Zhihua also quickly grabbed a handful and tied it with straw to weigh the scales.
As long as 20 kilograms were weighed and shouted, a large number of people handed over the money. Ye Yaodong took one person's money and handed the goods to the other person's hand, and then there was no confusion.
However, a large group of people gathered there, and the crowd was getting bigger and bigger, almost making the two of them faint.
Later, we met Lin Jishang, who passed by with two people. When he saw it, he squeezed in to help, so that they could keep busy and the goods were not lost and no one was fishing in troubled waters.
He didn't know how long he had been busy, his stomach was full of hunger, the sun was setting, and there were fewer people around him.
Most of the goods in the car were gone, and the cloth bag on his chest was filled with various kinds of bills and coins.
Sweat dripped down like water, almost causing them to collapse.
Although there are fewer people around, there are still people waiting to buy.
Often the first group of people leave before they buy anything, and then a few more people arrive one after another. Even if they want to drive away, they can't, so they can only continue to work.
Until the sun was about to set, there were fewer people in the downtown area, and the kelp on the car was unpacked one after another, and only about 1/3 was left.
Originally, the truck that was pulled over today was only over three tons, weighing over 7,000 kilograms.
Now Ye Yaodong estimates that he only has more than 2,000 kilograms left.
The minimum selling price is 20 kilograms, and the purchasing power of the masses is also amazing. It is true that there is a large flow of people in the downtown area. If the city people have money, they are afraid of not having anything.
Generally, if you bring a whole cart of things to sell, everyone will think it is very cheap, and they will want to go to where there are more people.
Ye Yaodong was so tired that he leaned against the car, "Oh my god, these women are so scary. Just buy groceries and even praise me."
"Hahaha, it's not just because you look handsome. I think some people don't necessarily want to buy it, but because you look handsome, they come over to take a look and buy some by the way." Chen Zhihua said with great approval.
"That makes sense."
Lin Jishang also laughed, "Aren't you too shameless?"
"Why don't you let others tell you the truth? And it's not just me praising myself."
Chen Zhihua answered, "Yes, I am telling the truth. Brother Dong is a well-known handsome guy from all over our country. If he says he is from the city, everyone will believe him."
"I'm exhausted. Hurry up and tighten the bag so that no one can see it. Otherwise, you won't be able to leave later."
"The sun has gone down, everyone has gone home to cook, and there are no people on the street."
Ye Yaodong looked at Lin Jishang again, "Why are you still here?"
"Burning bridges? I just finished helping you with your work and you want to drive me away?"
"No, I mean, why are you still in the city? I thought you had left and went to make money elsewhere."
There were still outsiders around, so he just spoke in a more cryptic way, but everyone would understand him anyway.
When he saw people squeezing in, he wanted to ask, but he couldn't spare the time, so he didn't have time to speak until he was finished.
"We have this plan, probably in the near future. Things haven't been finished yet, so we'll have to wait and see."
Ye Yaodong didn't understand and wanted to ask more deeply, but this was not the place to talk.
"Follow me to the market? Then go to my factory to sit down and have a chat?"
"That's okay. Please treat me to dinner first?"
"Sure, let's go. We all get in the car together and we can talk after we go to my place. It's not easy to talk outside."
"good."
"It's all kelp, and it's a little difficult to get your feet on. You can just sit on it and you'll be there in a while."
Ye Yaodong waited for them to sit down before driving the tractor to the market.
Yesterday at the door, he promised everyone the same time, but now it's already passed, and the plan couldn't keep up with the change. He agreed on noon, but now it's almost evening, so he broke his promise.
So when he arrived at the market, the market doors were closed, and the roads were deserted. If he wanted to see people coming and going, he had to wait until the night market opened in the evening.
"Brother Dong, we are late, there is no one..."
"What's late? Who are you selling to or not? It's the same thing if you wait for the market to open later and then bring it over to sell. Anyway, there will be another cart tomorrow morning. Those are the same people who often hang around the market. It doesn't matter. Morning market and evening market.
We can all make it, and the time at noon is often the least crowded."
"That's good."
What I thought about yesterday was basically accomplished today. One or two tons of goods were sold, and I met Lin Jishang over the target.
Originally, it was just a thought that flashed through my mind. I have been thinking about it for many days. I don’t know what the result will be. I also wanted to ask if there is any way to buy two more diving machines. I didn’t expect to meet it today.
This is a big surprise.
Even if it was too late to hand in his application report at this time, he couldn't leave these people behind and go to the Ocean Bureau by himself. After this time, he would definitely be left without food.
I can only wait until tomorrow to submit it.
He didn't say hello to the aunt in the factory, so he didn't cook more for him, not to mention there were 5 people in his line.
Ye Yaodong just parked the tractor in the factory building, told them not to touch the goods on it, and took them to Fatty's stall to eat first.
Sitting at the dinner table, everyone talked about some innocuous topics.
Lin Jishang was also particularly envious of Ye Yaodong, who was able to do anything and prosper.
"Did your truck of kelp come from the village?"
"Oh, yes, you haven't been back for a few months. I don't know. This is also your credit. You introduced us. This year, our village's kelp farming has a bumper harvest. The yield per mu may be nearly 10 tons or more.
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He was surprised, "So much? Then you can't pull several carts and sell them slowly? What about next year? What about the year after that? Can you eat so much goods?"
"Haha, can you share it?"
"It's not impossible..."
"Aren't you going somewhere else?"
"Yes", he was a little regretful. He was running around so much, how could he be better at home?
"You can make a lot of money just selling these kelp in the afternoon, right?"
"It's okay. I need an advance payment, warehousing costs, labor costs, and gas money to pull the car back and forth. These are all costs. Who will do it if you don't make money?"
"Well, in other inland areas, these kelps seem to be sold for fifty or six cents, sixty or seven cents."
"So many!" Ye Yaodong was surprised and thought it was normal.
Does long-distance transportation cost nothing? Does it require no manpower and material resources? What about losses?
Boss Zhou takes his money for 16 cents, and it is normal to sell it for three or four times the amount.
It is normal for what is harvested from the sea to be 10 times different from what is sold in the inland market.
It's like cabbage that costs two or three cents in the field but sells for two or three yuan a pound in the market.
(I went to the market a few days ago to buy a cucumber for 4 yuan, a radish for 5 yuan, and a small handful of enoki mushrooms and coriander, both of which cost 18 yuan! It almost shocked me!
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In other words, they are on the coast, close to each other, and the labor cost of transportation is low, so they can sell it cheaper.
Lin Jishang said calmly: "It's normal. The inland areas are much more miserable than the coastal areas. Since last year, I didn't need letters of introduction when I went out. I've been to many places intermittently and seen a lot."
"oh."
Chen Zhihua looked at Lin Jishang curiously, "What kind of business is Brother Shang doing now? It seems like you haven't been at home all year round."
"I just run around and earn some hard money."
"Oh, being away from home is really not as good as being at home. At least when you are away from home, you can still have hot soup and food to eat, and you can relax and sleep comfortably."
Lin Jishang nodded with deep feeling.
"Eat quickly. When you're done, go sit down at my place and talk."
There are not many people around at this time, but when it gets dark, the market opens, and some big boats dock, a lot of fishermen will come to eat.
So now the food is served very quickly. In the time it takes for them to say a few words, several bowls of food are served.
After Ye Yaodong finished eating, he also asked them about the bill. Some time ago, when he was busy in the provincial capital, his father took people out to sea, and he must have signed the bill for dinner when he came back.
I just happened to come over for dinner today and paid the bill by the way.
He is not afraid of signing a bill, but he is afraid of not being able to get his money back. Many shops fail at this point and close down. Regardless of whether it is his friend's shop or not, he cannot do this.
After returning to the factory, he invited Lin Ji to come up to his room to talk, and then asked straight to the point.
"Will your cousin's matter affect you? I thought you must have run away long ago."
"It has been brought under control and we will not delve into it further. The matter is over here. Those caught will be sentenced when the time comes. This incident is actually an accident."
"That's it? I thought it would be more involved."
"It's impossible. Those cargoes were both sunk at sea and confiscated. We won't delve into it any further. The tug-of-war has ended and a consensus has been reached."
Ye Yaodong didn't dare to ask deeply and quickly changed the topic.
"Then why are you still running? Let me just tell you how you walked arrogantly on the street today and still came to help me. It turns out you have escaped."
"I can no longer do my original job, I can't stick to it, and I'm worried that it will be liquidated later, so I still have to go out to avoid the limelight and find some business."
"Have you figured out where to go?"
"I plan to go north. I heard that there will be less light industry in the north. Then I will go back and forth."
"Then I'll collect some kelp and sell it to you!"
Lin Jishang couldn't help but laugh, "Are you crazy about money? I can't collect it myself?"
"Who are you asking to collect it? Who is going to advance the capital for you? Can your brother get that much money? Will you feel relieved if you give your money to your younger brother? I am the only one who can tell you this! I am
Who is it? The whole town is famous for it. I will check the quality for you when the time comes. You can come to my place and pick up a load of goods whenever you come back."
Lin Jishang thought about it right, he couldn't stay at home all the time.
People in the village now recognize Ye Yaodong.
"Okay, then you have to give me an advantage."
"Definitely."
Very good, there will be one more sales channel next year. Now this person plans to sell goods from north to south, and he is also a big business.
"Well, your business is still prosperous. You have people protecting you in front of you, and people supporting you behind your back. You have both dignity and respect, and you look good wherever you go."
"When you change your ways, you will be the same. Everyone only cares about the money, not the road. In a few years, you will come back with a new look, and you will be Boss Lin."
"hehe……"
"So you have no way to get goods now?"
"You have to see what you are getting. What else do you want? With your ability, what do you want now?"
"I also want two sets of diving equipment that you will get for me."
"I can't do that. If you want to talk about small household appliances, it's as simple as that."
"I can buy small appliances myself."
"Don't you have some leaders to support you? Just go and ask. There must be some in the navy. Ask if there are two sets that have been eliminated."
Ye Yaodong frowned, not sure if it was possible.
"Forget it if you don't. When will you leave?"
"In two or three days."
"What about your wife and children?"
"Leave it at home, what else can you do? Just wait for me to go back and take a look at it occasionally."
"You are so heartless. Your wife takes care of the house for you, serves the elderly, takes care of the children, and stabilizes the rear. But you are lucky. You rarely come back once every few months, and you still raise a woman outside."
Lin Ji raised his feet and did not answer, "If you are fine, I will leave first."
"I talk too much."
"Then I'll leave first."
After sending the person away, Ye Yaodong sighed. He just said a few words jokingly. He didn't like to be put off by it, so he wouldn't say it next time.
After returning to the room, he lay down again, planning to rest for a while before he would have to drive a cart of goods to the market entrance later.
He thought that after letting go of the dove called layman, he would not be able to see him until tomorrow. Unexpectedly, he met him again when the market opened in the evening.
Just when he arrived at the market, he shouted a few times with the loudspeaker, and before anyone came up to inquire about the price, he came over.
"Is this the same time you're talking about? We understand there's a time difference?"
Seeing that he was a little unhappy, Ye Yaodong smiled and said: "I'm really sorry, I set off at the same time. I thought I could get there at noon, but who knew that when I passed through the busy market, a bunch of people wanted to buy and surrounded my car.
The water is blocked, so we can only stop and sell a little."
"Who would have known that the sale lasted until the sun went down and the crowd slowly dispersed. It was too late to rush back at this time. I also wondered if we could meet again at night, but I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence."
The layman waved his hand, "Forget it, is this the load you mentioned?"
"Didn't I say that I was stuck in the busy city at noon, so I had to unpack and sell it? So that's all I have left, which is more than 2,000 kilograms. If you don't like it, I will bring another cart over tomorrow morning."
"Your tomorrow morning? Then why don't I come back tomorrow afternoon?"
Ye Yaodong smiled awkwardly and said, "I will be on time tomorrow. Can you come at noon tomorrow? Or if you want a quantity, I will leave it for you in advance."
I know the expression of a common man.
"How much do you plan to sell these 2,000 kilograms for?"
"Do you want these?"
"Give me another 5 tons, will you?"
Ye Yaodong's eyes widened and he opened his mouth and said 5 tons? Good guy, he was really blind yesterday. Fortunately, when he heard his name later, he felt like he was a big boss.
"Yes, there must be, but there may not be 5 tons delivered tomorrow. I can't guarantee it, but it will definitely be available the day after tomorrow."
"Okay, then you can keep this truckload of goods for me and put them together with tomorrow's goods to see if you can get 5 tons. If you can't get it, give me as much as you can. I will give you as much as you can tomorrow at noon.
Let the car come over and have it weighed."
“Okay, no problem!”
"How much will it cost first?"
"How much do you plan to charge? Let me see if the price is suitable."
"How much are you planning to sell?"
"Hey, the price has been announced a long time ago. It's 2 cents for 20 kilograms. Now that you want such a large quantity, you can see what price you can give. If it's suitable, we'll discuss it later."
"1 cent 5."
"No, it's too low. I drove a car around the city in the afternoon and sold it for almost two tons, which was still 2 cents. Although the quantity you want is large and can save me a lot of trouble, it's too little.
If it doesn’t work, I might as well save it and sell it slowly to make more money.”
"At most 17 cents, no more can be negotiated. I would rather put in more effort to go to the countryside to collect some of different quality."
Ye Yaodong looked reluctant, "It's 10 cents. I still have dozens of tons behind me. If you come back to buy it again, it will be 1 cents 7."
"Only 1 cents and 7 cents."
Ye Yaodong was actually satisfied, but he still hesitated before reluctantly agreeing.
While the two of them were talking, Chen Zhihua's loudspeaker did not sound, but no one came over.
At this time, the market has just opened, and the fishmongers are rushing straight into the market. They have no time to look outside. They can only wait for the purchases inside to be completed before they have time to go around outside and replenish.
Therefore, it saves the common people a lot of trouble. If you want to make money, you still have to make money. When will selling in bulk be enough?
After the two reached an agreement, they also agreed to be here at 11 noon tomorrow and separate.
Ye Yaodong also drove a load of tractors back to the factory.
It was easier at night, but he couldn't sleep immediately. He had to go to his father-in-law and brother-in-law to ask about the recent situation.
He was in such a hurry yesterday that he only had time to take the money back and had no time to talk in detail.
Ye Yaodong now feels that the stall is too big, and plans to discuss with his father-in-law to find someone to keep accounts, similar to a cashier.
Father Lin was also particularly in favor. Now that Ye Yaodong had more business and had to pay more for odd things, he was always asked to keep accounts. He sometimes got confused and could only rely on Mother Lin to remind him.
After chatting with them, he also decided to ask Ah Qing to recruit a girl in his village who knows how to keep accounts tomorrow. She doesn't need a high degree of education. She just needs to be honest, be able to remember accounts clearly, graduate from junior high school, and be willing to come here.
There are probably no girls who don't want to come to the city to work. The difficulty is to find someone in the village who has graduated from junior high school.
This is a bit difficult. Most families rarely let girls waste money to go to junior high school. Generally, after graduating from elementary school, they can learn a few words.
I can only ask. If my village doesn’t search for it in other villages, I can always find it.
After chatting for a long time, Ye Yaodong dragged his tired body back to sleep.
On the morning of the second day, before going to the dock, he went to the Oceanographic Bureau early, took advantage of the work time to submit the report, and then went to the dock to wait to receive the goods.
There are also people coming and going at the pier in the early morning, but they are not people docking, but people going out to sea, and they are also the fish bosses who come ashore at night to sell their goods.
After selling all the goods for one night, they were all cleared and then went to sea again, just like he always did.
Unexpectedly, when he was standing on the pier, someone could say hello to him, saying that he hadn't seen him on shore for a while.
Ye Yaodong also smiled and complimented him, saying that he had been busy with other things recently and left the job of going to sea to his father, so he couldn't do it.
He has been to this pier many times, and he is familiar with most of the people.
After standing there for more than half an hour, going back and forth, three or four groups of people greeted him.
And he also waited for the goods delivered by his family's fishing boat.
It was sent over by Chen Shi by boat.
"Brother Dongdong...I didn't...time out, right?"
Ye Yaodong looked at his watch and said, "It's 9:30. It's not too late and we can meet the agreed time. How many tons are delivered?"
"Sister-in-law... said, 444 and a half tons."
The corners of his mouth twitched, there were so many 444s.
"Get rid of your stuttering problem as soon as possible and read more tongue twisters. 4 tons was said to be 444 tons for you. You need to make up for the 440 tons that are missing! Go load the goods into the car and then go to the factory.
Rest for a while, I will follow you after lunch... You can go back after lunch, and I will drive the tractor back."
"OK."
"Boss Dong has changed his profession now, not fishing? Has he changed his profession to receiving goods?"
Ye Yaodong smiled and looked at the people at the receiving point on the pier, "No, he is still a fisherman, but he also collects and sells goods."
Everyone only saw bags of black stuff. Although the nylon bags were transparent, they were very thick. As long as they didn't open them, you couldn't tell what the black stuff was.
Most people hurried out to sea immediately, and only took a glance. However, no one meddle in other people's business. They were also familiar acquaintances. They usually said hello, took a look and left first.
Chapter completed!