"Why does this coconut snail only have the shell and the meat?" Ye Mu also helped to pick it.
"Look for it in the basin. Let's slice it up and fry it at noon."
"It's been opened, is there nothing?" Ye Mu just asked casually. The probability was too low, and she didn't believe that Melo Beads could be obtained by just opening it.
"Um!"
He lied about not drafting, but Lin Xiuqing glanced at him with a guilty conscience.
He winked and then said to her: "You should take a shower first to avoid catching a cold. There are girls here."
She understood what he meant, nodded, and went back to the house to hide the Melo beads. Otherwise, she was always worried that they would fall out. She kept covering her pockets all the way back, for fear that they would disappear.
There was a blue crab without big feet and a blue crab with no meat left, as well as some miscellaneous fish, small fish, shrimps and stone crabs. The rest of the valuable ones were picked out by Mother Ye and put in a bucket for him.
"While it's not raining now, go back quickly and remember to put on your raincoat."
Ye Yaodong saw the old antique raincoat hanging on the corridor at a glance and didn't dislike it. It was much more convenient than an umbrella and would not be blown over.
When he went out with the two buckets, the women at home also started killing fish and cooking. At the same time, they added water to the clams and sprinkled them with a little coarse salt.
Normally, the village is filled with the atmosphere of life, with women weaving nets sitting at the front or back doors of every house. Today, the doors and windows of every house are closed, and there is no one on the road.
When Ye Yaodong walked to A Cai's house, he was sharpening a knife to kill fish at the back door, shirtless. When he heard someone was looking for him, he came out with the knife.
"What are you doing, Brother Cai? I'm here to deliver something to you, not to rob you. As for coming out so aggressively with a knife?"
"Ah? Haha~" Ah Cai glanced at the knife in his hand awkwardly and explained, "I was killing fish just now, why did a typhoon come here? Your father will never go to sea during a typhoon, right? No.
Are you dead?"
"No, no, I picked these up on the beach when the tide just went out."
"Hey? You are smart. You also know that the typhoon is strong and the waves are strong. If you have something to pick up, let me see what good things you can find." He pinned the kitchen knife to the waistband of his trousers behind him and stretched his head to look at the bucket.
"Not bad, there are five or six blue crabs here, right? They're really big. Is that a conger eel underneath? What else? Damn... what is this? Perch slide? Is it a perch slide?" Ah Cai was also taken aback.
The pattern on this fish made me squat down to take a closer look.
Ye Yaodong felt a little proud. It was just a slippery bass. He was so surprised. If he knew that he also got a Melo bead with a diameter of more than 2 centimeters, wouldn't his jaw drop?
"Give me a price! How much will it cost?"
He kicked the bucket, and the grouper inside was frightened, its tail swung, and splashed the seawater in Ah Cai's face. Ah Cai was not annoyed and stretched out his hand to wipe his face.
"This fish is rare here. We may occasionally catch it at the Fishing Well Pier. Let's weigh it first."
Ye Yaodong nodded and followed him into the house carrying the bucket.
It's not easy to weigh live fish, but luckily he had a basket at home. He put it in and quickly weighed it before quickly putting it back in the bucket.
"A pound is 8 taels, how about I just give you 8 yuan?"
"You don't even get five yuan per pound? If you add a little more, you can double the price if you sell it to a rich boss. We all live in the same village. How dare you kill me?"
"Nonsense, whoever ripped you off? Who will buy it if it is doubled? Do you think the money is so easy to make?"
"Tch, there are a lot of knowledgeable bosses in our town. For rich people, a few dozen yuan is not enough for a meal. People only want good things, and money is secondary. I have seen some people in
A bottle of red wine at the Hongsheng Hotel in town costs hundreds, and you spend thousands in one night, so stop fooling me!"
Ah Cai glared and said angrily: "That's also the hotel's profit. Isn't it normal for the hotel to double the price of the finished dishes? How much can I earn as a fishmonger?"
"I won't bullshit you, just give me twelve dollars and I'll sell it to you!"
"What, you lion are talking too much! I'm going to lose money..."
"Then I'll take Agui's house with me..." Another shopping point on the pier.
"Hey, hey, wait, wait, wait, you young people are so impulsive, you have to leave before you finish speaking. Ten yuan, at most ten yuan...Okay, okay...then twelve...twelve..."
Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes and muttered for a long time. In the end, he didn't do what he said. He knew that Ah Cai was a cunning old man who had made a lot of money.
The price of this fish in a hotel is several dozen, how could he lose money?
The price of the remaining blue crabs and fish products is also fair, and they are all settled at the daily purchase price.
This time there was only a few twenty yuan, and Ah Cai didn't tell him how many days it would take to settle the payment, so he just counted the money and gave it to him.
"Put it away, everything is settled."
"Thank you very much!"
"You're welcome. I'll bring it over next time if there's good stuff. This typhoon is really troublesome. I have to send it to the dock to keep it..."
Ye Yaodong unbuttoned his raincoat, put the money away, buttoned it up and hurried home. There was still a weak sun in the morning, but now there was a strong wind, and the raindrops hit his face and it hurt a little. It was really a weird weather.
After returning home, the aroma of food was already filling the house, and it was rare for the whole family to gather together at leisure.
When Father Ye saw him coming back, he quickly put down the tobacco in his hand and asked, "How much does that bass slide cost?"
"Twelve dollars!"
"so tall?"
"Well, I made a random bid and blew him away. I didn't expect that he actually agreed."
Father Ye was also speechless. How could this be done?
Mother Ye waved the spatula while stir-frying, and asked with concern, "How much did all the goods cost in total?"
"Twenty-five dollars and eight cents!"
"Yes, yes, I've earned so much just by wandering around for a while, it's as good as others going out to sea for a whole day."
Second Sister-in-law Ye couldn't help but say, "Yaodong has been very lucky recently. Every time he goes out for a walk, he gets a lot of gains. He has earned several hundred, right?"
The sour smell made him want to roll his eyes.
"Well, I've been lucky lately, so I took a shower first."
"Dongzi, use hot water to wash. If you've been caught in the rain, don't take a cold shower. You'll catch a cold." The old lady was sitting in front of the stove to light the fire and handed him the hot water bottle with a smile.
"OK."
Although he prefers cold showers, he still has to listen to the old lady's words.
It was raining outside, so he could only bring water to the house to wash, and handed the money to his wife. As soon as he entered the house, he saw her sitting in front of the window, holding a needle in the palm of her hand.
"What happened? Sand ran in?"
"Oh, yes."
"Let me choose for you!"
"You should take a shower first to avoid catching a cold."
"Oh, this is the money you paid for the goods you just sold. You can keep it. I still have 8 cents left."
Lin Xiuqing took it and counted it, and said in surprise: "Sold so many?"
"The main reason is that the grouper is expensive, and the fat blue crabs, one of which weighs two kilograms, are much cheaper."
"That's great. We just went out for half a morning, and we have gained so much. We have made a lot of money."
"Well, have you collected the Melo beads?"
"Don't worry, I've hidden it."
Chapter completed!