Chapter 63: Rotten Tofu Sold at Meat Price
Chapter 63: Rotten Tofu Sold at Meat Price
"Let me see." A Kun picked up a tide-crawler and looked at it. He saw that there were few big ones, and most of them were less than three taels. He nodded with satisfaction and said:
"Wangchao is 4.5 cents a piece, octopus is three cents, river eel is eight cents, sea bass is five cents, and blue crabs are still the same price as that day, one dollar and sixty cents."
As he spoke, he calculated the price difference in his mind: a pound of crab roe cost 50 cents less than what he bought from the seafood store, a tuna cost 10 cents less, and a river eel cost 20 cents...
The last time A-Le came, not only did he pocket more than ten yuan in profit, but he also received praise from the boss, who said that several friends had dinned there yesterday and praised the seafood in the restaurant as being more delicious than before.
Seeing that there were quite a lot of octopuses poured out, A Kun hurriedly said, "A Le, I'll take all the octopuses today. Next time, thirty kilograms will be enough."
"Okay Uncle Kun, I'll send less next time." Li Changle thanked him gratefully, happily sorted the fish into the net bag that A Sheng brought and began to weigh them.
Seeing that he was waiting to be weighed, Chen Yongwei poked Li Changle and said, "Brother, what should we do with this cat shark?"
Li Changle thought for a moment and said, "Take it outside the restaurant and try. If someone asks, sell it to them no matter how much they offer."
"Oh!" Chen Yongwei walked away with the bucket.
Ah Sheng took out the scale and started to weigh the items, while Ah Kun fiddled with the abacus, "Seventy-five pounds of octopus, twenty-two dollars and a half, eighteen pounds of river eel, fourteen dollars and a half.
Sea bass 8.6 jin, 4.3 yuan, blue crab 13.5 jin, 21.6 yuan, crab 3.3 jin, 9.9 yuan, tide-watching 19.35 yuan, a total of 92.05 yuan. "
Adding the more than 20 yuan from selling at home, today's income is indeed over 100 yuan.
Li Changle was so happy that he was bubbling with joy. If he could earn so much every day, he would be able to upgrade his house in two months and have enough money to build a new house next year.
A Kun thought about the fisherman who delivered the fish in the morning and only sold it for more than ten yuan, and felt that this guy was really lucky.
"Ah Le, the shipping is so good. Work hard and earn enough money to buy a big boat and go fishing in the big fishing grounds to make money."
Li Changle said gratefully: "Thank you, Uncle Kun, for your kind words. If I ever buy a big boat, I will definitely invite you to go fishing on the boat."
"Okay, then I'll wait." A Kun smiled and took out money from his pocket and counted it to him.
Li Changle also stuffed the five yuan he was supposed to give into his hand, "Uncle Kun, Chen's Seafood Store is from the same village as mine, don't mention our fishing business to him."
Ah Kun nodded, "Uncle understands. If you work hard, the restaurant needs good products. Those people are not short of money."
He thought that he would earn more than ten yuan from this order, and he wished that Li Changle would deliver good goods every time.
"My brother is still out there selling cat sharks. I'm leaving first."
"Go!" A Kun turned and walked towards the kitchen.
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Outside the restaurant, several well-dressed young people gathered around a bucket to look at the cat shark. “What kind of fish is this?”
"Cat shark!" Chen Yongwei said with a red face.
A young man wearing gold-rimmed sunglasses squatted down and touched it, then looked up at Chen Yongwei and asked, "Can you support him?"
"I don't know if I can keep it alive. It should be easier to keep it alive with seawater."
"How to sell it?"
"Give it whatever you want!" Chen Yongwei responded in broken Mandarin.
The young man took out a few big unity bills from his pocket, took out twenty yuan and handed it to him, "I'll buy the bucket too."
"Fuck, rotten tofu is sold at the price of meat!" Chen Yongwei didn't expect him to give so much. His face flushed with excitement. He nodded and shook his head. He wanted to give him ten yuan but couldn't bear to do so.
Then I thought again, he gave it to me, I didn't steal it, so why should I give it back to him?
The young man thought it was not enough, "Why, not enough?"
"That's enough, that's enough!" Chen Yongwei nodded repeatedly while holding the money. When he saw Li Changle coming out, he hurried over to him, "Brother, the cat shark is sold."
Li Changle understood immediately when she saw those young men. Seeing that his face was flushed with excitement, she winked at him and said calmly, "Okay, let's go to the hospital."
"Oh!" Chen Yongwei took the basket and whispered, "Brother, he gave twenty yuan and bought both the fish and the bucket."
Li Changle looked back at the people carrying buckets of water and walking into the restaurant. "Great! I thought you only sold three or five yuan at most. Why are you asking for so much?"
"I asked him to give me whatever he wanted, but he gave me so much!" Chen Yongwei saw the fish buyer leave, and then he happily gave him the money. "I was wondering why you got a worthless cat shark, but I didn't expect it to become the most valuable one."
"You're capable, so I'll give you a chicken leg as a reward!" Li Changle felt that this was the advantage of being an honest person. If it were him, he would definitely not be able to sell it at such a good price.
"I'm not a child. Chicken legs are for people the size of a small sea or a small island!"
Li Changle smiled and said, "How much is a bucket? I have to buy a bucket to take back."
"Five yuan can buy a load of plastic buckets, which are lighter than wooden ones." Chen Yongwei said and then asked curiously, "Brother, how come they are so rich? They are so stupid, just like prodigals."
"Looking at their appearance, they are probably not from our side. I wonder if cat sharks are worthless."
“No wonder!”
The two walked and talked, and soon they were outside the hospital. Chen Yongwei pointed at the middle-aged man and woman walking towards the hospital in front of him and said, "Brother, look, Sister A Xi and her husband."
Li Changle looked in the direction he pointed and saw her elder sister with two long braids and her brother-in-law wearing an old, washed-out foreign shirt.
"Brother-in-law, sister!"
My elder sister looks pretty but has a very hot temper. My brother-in-law has a good temper and has always been very good to her. He gave birth to two nieces and a nephew, and the children are sensible and obedient. He helped him a lot in his previous life.
Li Changxi, who looked somewhat similar to him, turned around and stopped happily when he saw the two of them. "Ah Le, A Wei, it's you!"
"A Le, what are you doing here at the bridge with baskets on your back?" Zhang Dejin didn't like this brother-in-law who was just waiting to die, but he was polite to him for his wife's sake.
"Selling seafood." Li Changle took the cigarette he handed over, "Did you just find out today that Dad was hospitalized?"
My brother-in-law is a bricklayer. There are many fields in Li'ao Village, and he has a skill, so our family can make a decent living.
He remembered that they had built two two-story buildings last year and still owed some foreign debts. The two of them were now trying to save as much as possible and hoped to pay off their debts in one day.
"I went to the town to sell eggs yesterday and met my uncle, who told me." Li Changxi complained, "Ah Le, you are such a fool. You didn't even send me a letter when Dad was in the hospital."
Zhang Dejin also complained, "Ah Le, I'm not saying anything to you, but you go to town so often, and it's just a matter of walking a few more steps, why didn't you tell us?"
Seeing her husband criticizing her brother, Li Changxi was unhappy, "A Le has corrected himself now and is busy making money every day. Didn't you listen to what my uncle said yesterday?"
"I heard about it, I heard about it." Zhang Dejin knew that his wife was very protective of this disappointing brother, so he scratched his head and said nothing.
Li Changle smiled and said, "It's okay, sister. Dad is much better now and will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow."
(End of this chapter)