Chapter 96 How to Sell

Chapter 96 How to Sell

Chapter 96 How to Sell

"How long do you take to pick by yourself? We can finish picking together in a short while."

Zhou Ruonan and her mother-in-law went to get a porcelain basin, a wooden basin, and a rubber bucket. Li Changle and Chen Yongwei pulled up small stools, and everyone sat down and started working.

Just pinch the male crab and you will find the harder the crab shell is, the fatter it is. Roe crabs are also easy to identify, mainly by looking at the position of the belly button. If it is reddish, it is almost certain to be good.

Two rubber buckets and two large wooden basins. Put the big and fat blue crabs in one place, the small and fat ones in another, and the roe crabs in another.

Mrs. Li tied up one crab and looked at the crabs in the big wooden basin and rubber bucket. She said enviously, "Ah Le, how come you caught so many crabs? I think they must be around 70 or 80 kilograms."

Li's mother smiled and said, "There's still some in the bucket over here, so it's only more, not less."

Li Changle was also very happy. "At that time, Ah Wei and I wished we could grow eight arms like an octopus so that we could grab everything even if our hands cramped."

Chen Yongwei thought about the last time he sold crab roe at three yuan per pound. The crab roe alone was two hundred yuan, plus the dozens of pounds of blue crabs, he really made a fortune.

"My brother just worshipped the Lord's Temple, and the God of Wealth sent wealth to him."

"We can go to worship any day."

Zhou Ruonan smiled and picked up a butter crab. "Mother, do you know how much a pound of butter crab costs?"

"Oh! You caught some butter crabs!" Li's mother happily took it. "The price of this was the same as that of crab roe two years ago. Last year, it was sold for more than three yuan per pound."

Zhou Ruonan thought the price at the restaurant should be higher, and said happily: "We caught seven butter crabs, two of which were small, and the others were of good size. Together they probably weighed about four or five kilograms."

Li Changle curled her lips and said, "Butter crabs are only three dollars. The crabs I sell to restaurants are three dollars. It's really not worth it to give good things to seafood shops."

After hearing this, Mrs. Li Da and Mrs. Li Er looked at him in surprise, "Ah Le, can crab roe really be sold for three yuan per pound if it is sent to the restaurant?"

Li Changle nodded, "I sent it there to sell last time. Tomorrow morning you pick out the crab roe and I'll bring it there to help you sell it."

"That's great. We sell it for one yuan per pound, so we can sell it for several yuan for several pounds." Mrs. Li said happily, "Why didn't we think of selling it to restaurants before? Ah Le is really smart."

"Why are you praising him? He gets cocky when you praise him." Mother Li rolled her eyes at Li Changle and said, "He wanders around town every day without even coming back to tell us."

"Mother, I really didn't expect that, otherwise I would have given the rice fish and big flower dragon to the restaurant to sell." Li Changle still felt a little distressed when he thought about it now, "Adong's family took mine and gave it to them to sell."

Mrs. Li said, "Ah Le, it's good if you send it to A Dong's house. If you send it to Wang Mazi's house, it will be a huge loss."

"That's right, that family is no different from Zhou Paopi."

Li's mother and the others started talking about the good things that Old Wang had done. They chatted and laughed while working and didn't feel very tired at all.

They were all experienced hands at the job and worked quickly. In just over half an hour, they had sorted out all the crabs.

The lean crabs and crabs with broken claws and claws weigh about ten pounds. They are not valuable. I will sell them to the restaurant tomorrow morning and send a few to my sister's uncle's house as well.

Mrs. Li Dasao and Mrs. Li Ersao also divided the food in the bucket.

Li Changle looked at the time and it was already four o'clock. He hurriedly said, "Mother, sister-in-law, you should all go home and rest."

I didn’t feel sleepy when I was dividing the crabs just now, but now, maybe the excitement has passed, I feel very sleepy.

It’s past four o’clock. It will be dawn in a little while. If I make good use of the time, I can still sleep for an hour or two.

Mrs. Li nodded and said, "Okay, Azhen and I will bring the crab roe over tomorrow morning."

Li Changle nodded readily, "Weigh it tomorrow morning and send it to me."

"Oh!" Mrs. Li Da and Mrs. Li Er happily went out carrying buckets of water.

Li Changle took another net bag, picked up some disabled crabs and a bream, and handed it to the energetic Chen Yongwei, "You should also go back to sleep."

"Is it necessary to have so many?" Chen Yongwei took the net bag and picked out some disabled crabs before saying goodbye and leaving.

"I've boiled some hot water for you. Go wash up quickly and go back to your room and go to bed early." Mother Li said and went out.

Li Changle and Zhou Ruonan closed the door, fetched some hot water, washed themselves briefly, and returned to the house.

Before Zhou Ruonan went to bed, she said happily, "It would be great if there were crabs like this to catch every day."

"I want to, but there are not so many good things."

The couple was so tired and sleepy that they fell asleep almost as soon as their heads touched the pillow.

Li Changle felt like he had just fallen asleep for a short while when he heard his eldest son calling him to get up. He opened his eyes and looked at the child lying on the edge of the bed looking at him. He rubbed his face before he woke up completely.

"Why are you getting up so early? You need to sleep longer so you can grow taller."

"Mother said I'm not short." Li Xiaohai looked at him happily, "Dad, we have a lot of crabs at home. Grandma said you dug a crab nest last night. With so many crabs, how big must their nest be?" "As big as the rubber bucket at home." Li Changle touched his head with amusement, "Go out and pick one. See which one you like to eat? Ask your mother to cook it for you."

"Mother said she'll cook it for lunch." Li Xiaohai pulled him out of bed, "Hurry up and eat."

"Okay! Our eldest son called me, no matter how sleepy I am, I have to get up and have dinner with him."

"Then I'll get up and call you tomorrow." Li Xiaohai narrowed his eyes and happily picked up the shirt on the stool and handed it to him, "Mother has put it there."

"Good son!" Li Changle leaned forward and kissed him. Seeing him touching his cheek awkwardly, she burst into laughter.

"Your saliva stinks." Li Xiaohai rubbed his cheeks and ran away.

Li Changle grinned, took the shirt and put it on, then put on his pants and went out in his slippers. He saw that the food had been set. The breakfast was quite rich, with braised herring, egg custard, and a bowl of seaweed and shrimp soup.

It turned out that Li's mother saw that the two were tired after a night of cooking, so she came over to help cook when the time came. When Zhou Ruonan got up, she had already prepared the dishes and cooked the rice.

"Ah Le, I weighed the crab roe and it's 76 kilograms, and the blue crab is 62 kilograms. The crab roe should be sent to the restaurant, but are you going to send the blue crab to A Dong's house or to the town?"

Li Changle felt that the purchase prices of the seafood shops in town were all similar. "Aniang, pick out the big ones and I'll sell them to the restaurant. Let Anan take the rest to the dock to sell to Adong's family."

"Okay, go wash your face. Awei was here just now."

"Yeah!" Li Changle said as he took his toothbrush and toothbrush cup and went to the back door to wash up. Mrs. Li Da and Mrs. Li Er came in with crab roe, one weighing six catties and the other five catties and seven ounces.

When Chen Yongwei arrived, Li Changle had already finished eating. "Brother, do you want to put the crabs in the net bag or just carry them over to sell?"

Li Changle saw that Li's mother had picked up all the crabs and put them in a rubber bucket. "No need to use a net bag to put them in. Just carry them over. They won't be crushed to death."

"Yes, it would be a big loss if it was crushed to death."

Li Changle asked Zhou Ruonan to find two net bags, picked up a dozen disabled crabs and packed them in them, planning to send them to her eldest sister and uncle's house when she returned.

Mrs. Li came over with a bucket of water. "Ah Le, the last time you sold blue crabs to A Dong's family, they were 1.3 yuan per pound. You said we should negotiate the price with him this time and ask him to charge the same price as last time. Will he agree?"

Li Changle thought for a moment, "When you go there, just tell him that the price of the blue crabs this time is at least 1.3 yuan. If not, we can go to the town and sell them ourselves."

Mrs. Li: "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten. A few days ago, some people in the village went to the market to sell blue crabs. I heard that those weighing 60 to 70 grams each were sold for 1.78 or 2 yuan per catty!"

Seeing that the price per pound was several cents off, Zhou Ruonan said hurriedly, "Then why are we sending Adong home? Let's go to Tuxiaqiao with Ale. They sell for two yuan, but we sell for one yuan and eighty or nine yuan. With more than ten pounds of blue crabs, we can get a few more yuan no matter what."

Mrs. Li thought about it and said, "Wait for me, I'll go and ask Ah Zhen to go down the bridge and sell it."

Li Changle thought this was a good idea. "Anan, you stay at home and rest for a while. Awei and I will deliver the goods to the restaurant and then go to the market to find the eldest and second sisters-in-law."

After hearing this, Li's mother said, "Ah Le, your second sister-in-law's crab sauce and crab stew are delicious. Let An Nan come with you and your second sister-in-law stay at home to help me make crab sauce."

Zhou Ruonan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go get the scale and go with my sister-in-law."

When the two sisters-in-law came over, she agreed as soon as Li's mother told Li's second sister-in-law.

Li Changle and his companions picked up the blue crabs in the wooden basin and put them into net bags and buckets, picked up the rubber bucket, and the four of them went out.

As soon as he entered the alley, he ran into the Alai family next door. He saw the rubber bucket that Chen Yongwei was carrying and looked over. "Oh my god, have you disturbed the nest of blue crabs?"

Turning around, he saw Li Changle and the others were also carrying blue crabs. His eyes almost popped out of their sockets, "Oh my God, so many blue crabs, were you stealing last night?"

"You're the one who's been a thief!" Li Changle retorted angrily.

Chen Yongwei chimed in angrily, "That's right, you're already in your forties, and you still haven't learned to speak?"

A Lai's family said awkwardly, "I was just joking, why do you take it so seriously?"

"Auntie Alai, it's not right for you to say that. You could have said that you were lucky or had great fortune, but you had to say that we were thieves. Ale and Awei were being polite by saying a few words to you."

After Zhou Ruonan finished speaking, she glanced at her indifferently and walked straight over with the bucket.

The Lai family was stunned. They didn't expect that the silent one of the Li family had such a sharp tongue. No wonder people say that a barking dog bites.

Mrs. Li behind her glanced at her, and thinking that they had almost cleared out the crab nest last night, she smiled triumphantly at her:
"Ah Le is lucky. He encountered blue crabs moving when he went to set up traps. Didn't you see that there were so many crabs on the mudflats beyond the gate, just like drying grains? If you brought a rake, you could get even more."

"Oh my God, is there such a good thing?" A Lai's eyes turned red after hearing this. Looking at the blue crabs they were carrying, they complained that God was blind and let such a good thing fall on such a fool.

Thinking of what Mrs. Li said, that they caught them on the mudflats beyond the sluice gate, I hurried home, got my belongings, and ran over there.

Li Changle and his party walked to the entrance of the village. The news that he and Chen Yongwei had encountered blue crabs moving when they were trapping in the ground last night spread throughout the entire Shatou Village. Many people were walking towards the gate with pliers and buckets, hoping to take advantage of the opportunity and catch some blue crabs.

(End of this chapter)