The two of them listened to the noise in front of them and waited patiently. From time to time, they walked to people they knew well and chatted for a while.
"Dongzi, what's going on?"
Aguang waited impatiently at the back of the team, so he said hello to the people in front and behind the team and asked them to help keep an eye on it. He ran up to see the situation.
"Some people didn't pick out the shells cleanly, and there were a lot of empty shells. Some of the small ones were mixed with the larger ones and sold. They were caught. I heard that the first batch sent away would be discounted, and the price of the later ones will be reduced now. How many of them are there?
Everyone is discussing it there."
"Ah, I wonder why the team hasn't moved for a long time. Aren't their acquisition points too serious? Just mix in a little. Isn't this normal?"
"Did you also mix it? I just picked one out and found one that was mixed with 30%."
"I'll take it for granted! Are you serious? Isn't this too ruthless? I've mixed it up a bit too. I think there are so many goods, how can I choose so carefully, but no one else is so ruthless."
I heard people saying in my ears, who is not adulterated? Isn’t it normal to adulterate a little? Turn a blind eye and turn a blind eye and let it pass, etc...
Ye Yaodong suddenly felt a little breathless. If the price was lowered, these people would not be wronged, but he would suffer a big loss!
When I brought them here in the morning, I saw that they were sorting them so carefully, with the big ones being bigger and the smaller ones being smaller. After they returned, he and his father sorted them out in the same way.
Damn it, if this is an indiscriminate price reduction, he will cry.
Now he couldn't talk any more, so he quickly stepped forward to listen. How did he plan to receive the goods? If he dared to price the real goods he picked up with other people's parallel imports, see if he wouldn't beat anyone up.
After chatting with other acquaintances, Father Ye realized that everyone had mixed a little bit of it in, and there were quite a few small ones who were thrown into the big pile. It seemed that his family was picking too carefully!
This is not possible. If the price is lowered, they will have to go back and mix it before selling it.
There were quite a few people running up from behind to see what was going on. The father and son squeezed for a while before pushing their way to the front under the curses of the people around them.
I only heard the people at the purchasing point saying: The price of large scallops in the morning was 3.7 cents, and the small ones were 3 cents. The batch sent away in the afternoon was originally priced at the same price, but there were too many empty shells in it, so they said they had to lower the prices.
4 points.”
"Ah? Isn't this too much?"
"Yeah, four cents is too much, right?"
"Everyone worked so hard to select, and if you say the price is lowered, the price will be lowered..."
The villagers were somewhat unwilling to lower the price and clamored in groups.
Ah Cai rolled his eyes, "How much? Just randomly pick out the empty shells that are 10% or 20%, and the difference is more than 4 cents per pound. Someone just mixed in 30%, didn't you see?"
"One rat droppings ruined a pot of porridge. You are definitely not wronged. Some of it was adulterated. Moreover, 3 cents and 3 cents and 2 cents and 6 cents are the prices of the batch at noon. The quantity of the goods collected in the evening is larger, and the price will go up.
It dropped by 3 cents." Agui, another consignee, said.
"What? Still falling? Isn't this too evil?"
"It's just that you guys look so ugly..."
"It's already dropped by 4 cents, and it's going to drop by another 3 cents. Isn't it already down by 7 cents? Isn't that too much? You guys are so evil..."
Ah Cai angrily wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, "Who's to blame? It's not that you mixed too much. Also, the big one is 3 cents, and the small one is 2 cents and 3 cents. This is a direct naming without waiting for picking.
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These words barely appeased everyone. The price was directly weighed, not chosen. They were afraid that if it was adulterated, the price would be lowered.
"If there is anyone who is really not adulterated, he can stand up alone and we will ask someone to pick. If you pick, it will still be 3 cents for the big one and 26 cents for the small one."
The person next to me added: "The price will go down if the quantity is large. This is also the result of our discussion. It is better for you to go directly to the scale without picking. It will save you waiting in line for too long."
"It would be even more uneconomical if we had to pick and choose one by one until tomorrow morning when we can't pick a few, and then wait until the price drops tomorrow."
"Folks, think about it for yourselves. Also, this price is the price currently in line. If people come later, it won't be this price. Who knows if someone will shamelessly go back and add more empty shells to it. We will wait.
I'll ask someone to guard the back of the team later."
"By the way, if you mix too much into the big one, the price will be compromised. No one is a fool, right?"
Now the person at the front of the queue, who was about to reach into the sack, also paused? The compromise was not worthwhile. Originally, there were less scallops caught, and there were more big ones than small ones.
After hearing the latest round of harvest indicators at the delivery point, Ye Yaodong and his son didn't know what to do.
So are the folks, who are all struggling there.
If it's three cents less, you can weigh it directly without picking. But if you pick it, you can sell it for three cents more per pound.
Everyone has made a calculation in their mind. If it is mixed with more than 10%, it will definitely be a good deal directly. You don't have to wait too long.
If the empty shells are not 10%, you still have to pick and choose to avoid losing money.
(This part of the calculation made me confused. I kept doing it for an hour. I don’t know if it’s correct or not. I’m not good at math, so I’ll just make do with it, or don’t use my head.)
But I’m afraid that the selection will be too slow. What if there are too many people queuing up to pick, and the price will drop if it’s late?
It's not up to them to decide how much they charge, and everyone doesn't have enough time to sell these goods in pieces. Who knows how long they will be sold.
Everyone was calculating silently in their hearts, and Ye Yaodong and Ye's father were also thinking about it.
"Dad, it's okay if you don't get beaten to death with a stick. There are direct weighing prices and pick-and-choose prices. Compared with the morning, in the evening because there are more goods, it is normal for the goods received to drop by four cents. Let's
The sizes are all selected well, so I’m not afraid to choose again.”
Father Ye also thought about it and understood, "Well, it's a bit complicated, but after thinking about it, it's equivalent to a drop of four cents. Those who are adulterating directly say that it is not a loss even if it is three cents cheaper. Maybe they will pick it up.
Some of the shells that come out are more than 10% empty, and there must be a lot of small ones mixed into the big ones."
"Then let's go back first. The queue is too long. Anyway, we won't be able to wait in line for a while. Let's go back and have dinner first."
The two of them went home again and told others about the current receiving situation outside the dock.
Sister-in-law Ye and Sister-in-law Ye frowned, "The price has to be reduced by seven cents? Isn't this too much? We haven't added much."
"Now that there are so many people queuing up to watch, we can't send him a bag of shells to mix in. It's too slow to pick."
After Ye Yaodong explained the situation, he left them alone and let them discuss on their own.
The first time he returned home, he sat on the armchair at the door and began to take off his rain boots. He had been bored all day...
Looking at the children squatting in a circle in the corner and playing there, he smiled mischievously and threw his rain boots towards them...
"Ugh~it stinks~"
"Oh my god! What does it smell like? Why does it smell worse than shrimp fry?"
"Whose feet..."
"Ugh~ Ye Chenghu, it's your father's foot..."
At this time, I no longer call him Third Uncle.
A group of children used to gather around and play in their yard. They caught a bunch of tadpoles from nowhere and studied how to turn into frogs.
Suddenly, a strong smell of stinky feet swept over the tips of their noses, disturbing their Taoist minds, causing their expressions to change drastically and they separated from the group, holding their noses and retreating one by one.
"Does it stink?" Ye Yaodong also raised his feet to the tip of his nose and smelled it. He couldn't smell the smell of his feet anymore. "It doesn't stink. Come and smell it."
"Ah! Yue~ I don't want it~ It smells so bad~"
"Uncle Third, you are so disgusting, why don't you wash your feet?"
"Dad, is yours athlete's foot? It stinks so much, even worse than shrimp larvae."
"The shrimp larvae smell bad and taste delicious."
"yue~"
Ye Yaodong deliberately threw the other rain boots towards them, and all of them suddenly became like birds and beasts.
"Ah! There is a hidden weapon, run away!"
"Use your Shaolin Kung Fu quickly!"
"Coming!"
I don’t know where the joke comes from.
After Ye Chenghai responded, he pinched his nose with one hand, raised his little finger with the other hand, picked up the shoe and threw it towards Ye Yaodong. Then he made fists with both hands and kicked his legs in the air several times.
"Watch the move!"
Ye Yaodong dodged their "hidden weapons" and looked at them like idiots, "Idiots! Get me a pair of slippers quickly."
"Sister-in-law, is there a Shaolin Temple you can watch in the cinema now?"
"Probably." Considering how popular this movie is, it should be scheduled.
"We paid for the movie tickets ourselves, so you can take us to see it! My cousin just told us it was very good."
"Wait until I'm free."
Ye Chenghai answered quickly. He also wanted to see Shaolin. "I just finished picking up shells. The typhoon just passed and I can't go to sea. I just have time."
"You've done the calculation well, so why bother asking me?" Ye Yaodong raised his feet and flexed his toes, then shouted into the room, "Ah Qing... forget it, I'll go in and get my shoes."
I can't count on these children, and my wife is cooking, so I have to rely on myself.
A group of children didn't get a definite answer, so they chased after each other, "Dad/third uncle/sister-in-law... can you..."
Ye Yaodong suddenly turned around, raised his legs forward, and bluffed, scaring them all to retreat.
"Go and bring me a basin of water to wash my feet."
"Then can you take us there?"
"Don't bargain. When you feel comfortable serving me, I will consider it."
Now everyone was more excited than anything else and rushed to get water. Some of them rolled up their sleeves and planned to wash his feet.
"Hey~ This is the meaning of giving birth! Wash for a while and rub the insteps."
"Hey~someone plucked my leg hair~"
Ye Yaodong felt a pain in his foot and quickly lifted it up, reaching out to touch it twice. As a result, he saw Ye Chengyang holding two hairs in his hand and looking at him innocently.
"Dad, there's Maomao!"
"You bastard, everyone has fur on their body."
Ye Chengyang stretched out his little feet a little seriously, "No hair!"
Ye Yaodong looked at him speechlessly, "You will have it when you grow up. This is a symbol of manhood!"
Lin Guangyuan also stretched out his legs at this time, "I don't have one!"
Ye Yaodong's mouth twitched, "This means you haven't grown up yet!"
He touched the back of his head, "But I'm 15."
"Just wait, it will grow up, and in a year or two you will have sexy leg hair like mine..."
Bang~
Lin Xiuqing couldn't even hold the spatula steady, and it fell on the pot lid.
She turned around and couldn't help but glare at him angrily, "What are you talking about all day long?"
"Aren't I just trying to educate them? I didn't say anything. Don't you think my leg hair is sexy?"
Lin Xiuqing turned her head away and concentrated on cooking, and ignored him. There were so many children here, so she didn't keep her mouth shut.
"Pah~pah~pah"
Ye Yaodong patted off the dirty hands of several children. They either grabbed or touched them.
"What are you touching?"
"Didn't you say sexy? I don't know what sexy means, but it's not easy to touch at all."
"Go, go, go. Men can't touch men. Isn't it disgusting? Bring me a footcloth."
"Then Third Uncle, can you take us to see the Shaolin Temple!"
"Wait until I sell all the shells and they are empty..."
At this time, a fierce dog barking sound suddenly came from the door of the courtyard, and the big black dog was barking loudly.
Before Ye Yaodong sent a few children to see who it was, they had already spontaneously ran to the door.
"Third uncle, it's Abba Zhou and Abba Yan who are here."
Ye Yaodong stood up quickly and walked towards the door. Several young ones had already calmed down the big black dog and brought the people in.
He saw that each of them was carrying a basket in their hands, and he knew that they must have come to thank them, so he smiled and invited them into the house to sit down.
As soon as they sat down, they explained their purpose of coming. Not surprisingly, they came to thank them. They also lifted the cloth on the basket. The curious children who had not left suddenly widened their eyes and opened their mouths in an O shape.
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Jars of malted milk, canned oranges, beautifully packaged biscuits, and paper-wrapped noodle tea cakes filled the table to the brim, making several children salivate.
They have never seen so many good things before, and they are reluctant to blink for fear that they will be gone if they blink.
It was the voices of the adults that pulled them back from their surprise, and they all responded and screamed.
Lin Xiuqing hurriedly kicked these children out to play. It was too rude to stand around and look at the things they brought when there were guests.
They smiled and thanked me politely, and explained that they were supposed to come early in the morning, but they encountered too many shells at the door and had been busy until now.
After they finished speaking, they started chatting again.
"A Dong, are the scallops you picked up today not sold yet?"
"Yes, there are too many things and too little labor. It took me a long time to sort. By the time I finished sorting, the queue outside the pier was already hundreds of meters long."
Zhou Laosan said: "I heard they said the price has dropped. It has dropped by 4 cents compared to the initial price. If they directly say that they don't pick it and it still drops by 7 cents, the price may drop again in the next wave."
"That's right, I heard it outside the pier at that time. It was too late to finish sorting. The queue was so long and scary to look at. I didn't know when the goods would be collected, so I didn't queue up.
The loss is huge now, and I don’t know how much the price will drop next time.”
Ye Yaodong is also worried. There are so many people and it is impossible to jump in line. Who knows when the people in front have passed, the price will probably drop by a wave or two.
"I heard that because there are so many scallops in this wave, it is difficult to open the purchasing point at the dock. I plan to work together to collect this batch and then divide it up."
"The queue is so long, and it takes a long time to close it. It has been stationary before, but now I can still see it moving a few times at a snail's pace. However, there are more and more people queuing behind me. It has not decreased at all, and there are even more people.
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Ye Yaodong looked at everyone and suddenly thought of something.
"I just thought of something, I don't know if it is."
"What?"
"What's the matter?"
Everyone looked at him curiously.
"I heard that there is a wholesale aquatic product market in the city, is there one?"
There were some in the later years of his previous life, but he was really not sure if they were there now, so he had to ask them.
"It seems there is!"
"Yes! There is an aquatic products wholesale market in the city," Zhou Da affirmed, "I have been to the city before when I was running a boat, and I also went to the aquatic products wholesale market with the boat boss to sell fish!"
Ye Yaodong's eyes suddenly lit up, "Have you been to the aquatic products market? What time is their morning market? How is the stall rental charged?"
Others have also thought about it now.
Chapter completed!