Weighing
Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes, everything was already happening in front of him, but his mother still kept asking questions, not believing him!
"Mom, you've seen it, why are you asking? It's obvious."
"When did you go to sea? Why didn't you tell me in advance? Whose ship is it?"
"Didn't I tell you at noon that I was going out and asked Ah Qing to cook some noodles for me early? I'll leave after eating. The boat is rented."
"It's only been a few hours, and you're online..."
"Oh, we'll talk about it later. I'm not free right now. There are still fish on the boat. I'll tell you after I finish moving and weigh them." He frowned and interrupted his mother's question. Now was not the time to elaborate. Let's talk about those first.
The real thing is to move all the fish down.
The good-hearted villagers all widened their eyes, "What else? The move hasn't been finished yet."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk~ Lao Ye's family has become rich again. Why is your family's fortune so prosperous recently? Have you worshiped Mazu?"
Mother Ye smiled and said to the spectators: "Of course, I went to sea for the first time two days ago, so I have to pay my respects to Mazu and ask her to ensure that our family has smooth sailing."
"It's really luck that I can't stop. Even Adong can catch so many mackerel when he goes out to sea. He is really promising."
"Oh, A Dong and the others who usually idle around don't look very good. I didn't expect them to be so good when they get serious. They can even catch schools of mackerel. These baskets of people look very young and old."
"Yes, it should weigh several thousand kilograms, right? These ones are all so big..."
In the eyes of everyone with envy and hatred, Ye Yaodong and the others finally moved all the mackerels off the boat. They were all so tired that they were sweating profusely and the clothes on their backs were soaked with sweat.
Ye Yaodong handed the bucket in his hand to his mother, "This is what I left behind, two mackerels and some seafood. You can use the mackerels to make fish balls tonight."
"Why do you still keep them? These two can be sold for several dollars. Just eat the trash fish..."
The old people have lived a hard life, and they are not willing to eat valuable things.
"Oh, you have worked so hard to catch so much, you have to reward yourself, and there are so many, so I don't miss these two. You can take them back to make fish balls, I want to eat them!"
"Eat, eat, eat, I know how to eat. I'm thinking about it even before I earn the money. This one doesn't cost a dollar..."
Lin Xiuqing grabbed Ye's mother who was mumbling, "Mom, these two are not enough. Dongzi's other friends may have kept them too. Let's take them back to make fish balls. The children haven't eaten them for a long time."
Mother Ye stopped talking now. Everyone stayed. She couldn't give it back, could she?
Ah Cai looked at them with a smile, "Have you finished moving? Can it be weighed?"
"Let's agree on the price first. If it's too low, we won't sell it to you. We'll call a tractor to take it to the fishing port!" Ye Yaodong is not stupid. There are so many fish. He doesn't have to do anything and can make a lot of money by changing hands.
Pen!
"Twenty cents are not low anymore. I can make you a dime at most if I change hands. It's also because your father's large yellow croaker made me meet a few more fishmongers a few days ago. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to eat so much mackerel. It's really impossible."
No matter how much profit you make, others will also make money, so you have to leave some room for others to make money."
What this said makes sense.
Once in and out, there have been many hands in between. You have to give others room to make money. If there is no money to make, who is willing to do it?
Ah Zheng put his hand on Ah Cai's shoulder with a playful smile, "Brother Cai has many connections, making money is much easier than the rest of us. We all earn our hard-earned money, so just give us a few extra cents."
"Are you still working hard? I heard that you came back within a few hours of leaving. No one is as relaxed as you, okay?"
Xiaoxiao was impatient to listen to their arguments, "Oh, you don't care how many hours we go, you just say whether we pay more or not?"
Mother Ye also chimed in, "Yes, yes, just add a little more. With so much mackerel, if you only earn 1 cent per pound, you can probably earn tens or hundreds of dollars."
Ah Cai hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "At most I'll give you one more point. I'll give it to you from my own profits."
A Guang also frowned and said, "Isn't that too stingy? Just one extra point?"
“It’s really quite a lot!”
"Two cents, right?"
"Normally, there is no bargaining. I only see that you have a lot of goods, so I will give you an extra penny. If you get it from Yujing Wharf, I won't be able to give you two cents, not to mention you have to pay for the freight. You don't
Sell ​​it to me, but I won’t lend you my basket. How do you think you’re going to pack those fish?”
"Forget it, just two cents and one cent, so we can save ourselves the trouble."
It is true that the wharf generally does not negotiate prices. The attitude has always been: do you want to sell or not? Do you want to buy or not? Ye Yaodong doesn't want to cause so much trouble. This mackerel is not a valuable fish, and the profit margin is really not big.
Two cents per cent is quite a lot at this time.
"Okay, if Dongzi says it's okay, then that's okay. Hurry up and get dressed."
"Okay, then take some paper and take notes."
Under the excited pointing of the onlookers, they weighed all the mackerel.
"How many pounds?"
"Where's the abacus? There are so many numbers and there's no way to calculate them. Brother Cai, please use the abacus to calculate them."
None of them know how to make an abacus...
Ye Yaodong could press a calculator, but there were no calculators at this time. They were all using an abacus.
Everyone watched patiently as Ah Cai fiddled with the abacus.
"Okay, the total is 7628 kilograms. One kilogram is 2 cents and 1 cents. The total is 1601 yuan, 8 cents and 8 cents."
The villagers who were watching were all excited, "Wow! One thousand and six, it's more than the large yellow croaker I sold in the net a few days ago."
"It can't be compared, it can't be compared. How much is the yellow croaker? How much is this mackerel? The yellow croaker is still valuable, but it would be really incredible if it were a yellow croaker."
"Who doesn't know that yellow croaker is valuable? But if you have this kind of luck, it would be amazing to catch so many mackerel."
"With this much money, one person can share 400, which is two months ahead of others."
“It’s as good as a worker working for four months!”
"Why is the Ye family so lucky lately?"
"I will also go to worship Mazu tomorrow..."
………
Different from the reaction of the onlookers, Ye Yaodong was confused. Why was it only 1,600? He thought he could sell it for several thousand!
I don’t know if he has still recovered from the prices in his previous life, but he feels that 1,600 is so little...
"Are your calculations correct?"
Ah Cai rolled his eyes and said, "If you suspect that I made a mistake in my calculations, then you can do it."
"I won't……"
"Let me do it!"
At this time, Lin Xiuqing stood up. She had finished elementary school, knew how to read, and had learned how to use an abacus, but she had little skill in typing and was not that skilled.
She fiddled with the abacus slowly, fearing that she would make a mistake. Ye Yaodong did not dare to disturb her. He did the math in his mind and felt that it was correct.
The workers' wages are just over one yuan a day, and one thousand sixteen is equivalent to their wages for almost three years, which seems to be quite a lot.
Chapter completed!