Chapter 97 The Freeloader Is Here
Chapter 97 The Freeloader Is Here
Li Changle and Chen Yongwei fell asleep after sitting in the car for a while. They were awakened by Zhou Ruonan when they arrived at the street with Fenghuang Restaurant. She got out of the car with a basket of blue crabs.
Mrs. Li looked at Li Changle who was following Chen Yongwei, and said to Zhou Ruonan, "I still remember that the first night when my father was bitten by a snake, Ah Le quarreled with you and asked you to give him money to move the goods with his brother-in-law Wang Mazi.
We were all asleep at night but he hadn't come back yet. The next day, when he found out that dad had been bitten by a snake, he seemed to have grown up overnight. He said there were many five-step snakes in the cave and insisted that dad go to the hospital to see a doctor.
Zhou Ruonan smiled and said, "My father said that people are all different. Some people will face up to bad things when they encounter them, while others will just blame their bad luck and the unfairness of God. Ah Le should be the former kind of person."
"People with education speak differently." Seeing that the minibus had arrived outside the fish market street, Mrs. Li hurriedly stopped the driver, and the two of them got off the bus and walked towards the fish market street.
Li Changle and Chen Yongwei arrived outside the restaurant and just happened to see A Kun riding a tricycle out of the alley, so they hurried forward and called out to him.
"Uncle Kun, we got dozens of kilograms of crab roe, five or six kilograms of yellow crab, and more than thirty kilograms of blue crab. Can you take them all?"
"How many crabs did you get?"
A Kun's voice rose several octaves. He could hardly believe his ears. When did it become so easy to fish in the ocean?
If that's the case, why would he go to work? Wouldn't it be better for him to go fishing with Ah Le and do a business that doesn't require any capital?
"This is what happened..." Li Changle told him what happened last night.
After hearing this, A Kun patted his shoulder with envy, "You are so lucky, uncle Kun wants to quit his job and go fishing with you."
Li Changle smiled bitterly and said, "Uncle Kun, please stop laughing at me. If I had your ability, I wouldn't go even if I had a boat to sail."
The honest man Chen Yongwei also took over the conversation, "Uncle Kun, fishing in the ocean is very hard. My brother and I have only slept for two hours from last night until now, and our eyes hurt terribly now."
"It's really hard, but if you're lucky, it's easy to make money." Ah Kun said as he looked at him carrying a rubber bucket and picked up a crab to take a look. "Yes, it's a red crab."
Li Changle smiled and said, "There are more than 70 kilograms of crab roe and more than 30 kilograms of blue crab. Can you take them all?"
He thought that if the restaurant couldn't finish them, he would quickly pick them up and have Awei send them to the fish market to sell.
Ah Kun smiled and said, "Yes, you are lucky. Our boss is going to receive a group of Hong Kong businessmen who are coming to invest tomorrow. I just want to go to the seafood store to see if there are any good crab roe?"
Li Changle was delighted after hearing this, "Don't worry, Uncle Kun, we have already selected these crabs at home. We will send the good ones to you, and the inferior ones will be picked out by my sister-in-law and my wife to sell at the market."
"This isn't the first time we've dealt with each other, so I'm confident in your ability to do things." A Kun said as he pushed the tricycle to the dam outside the restaurant, parked it, and took the two of them to the kitchen.
"The butter crab is only five or six pounds?"
"Yes! There are two not-so-good ones that I didn't bring with me. These are the best quality butter crabs. It will definitely be a great honor to use them to entertain our distinguished guests."
After hearing this, A Kun nodded with satisfaction, and looked at the belongings the two had brought with them, "Where are Wangchao and Foshou Conch?"
"We didn't have time to collect the tide last night. After we sold the goods, the tide had almost receded to where we set up the traps. I asked Awei to go back first and collect the traps and then send them to you."
"That's the best." A Kun said and then asked, "What about the Buddha's hand snail? Can we get it this time?"
The boss gave instructions last night to purchase about 100 kilograms of conches according to yesterday's purchase. This time, we must make sure those Hong Kong businessmen take a look, as the mainland also has the seafood from hell as they call it.
Li Changle thought that he had become famous again today, and there must be a lot of people who wanted to follow him to go fishing. If the price was not right, he really didn't want to take the risk.
"Uncle Kun, you know I need money. If it wasn't really difficult to mine, why would I not earn the money I have?"
"Our boss said that the price will be doubled from last time. Just consider it as a favor to Uncle Kun and give it a try. If it's too dangerous, forget it."
"Okay Uncle Kun, wait until I help my wife sell the blue crabs and crab roe that she picked out, and then I'll go home and take a look at the island."
"Are the blue crabs and crab roe your wife has much worse than the ones you sent?" A Kun was eager to go back to pick Buddha's hand snails as soon as he finished selling the goods.
The main reason was that he had visited several seafood stores yesterday, and none of their conches were as good as the ones Li Changle sent.
The ones I picked out from them were about the same size as the ones he sent, but the taste seemed a little different.
"Not much different, just a little smaller. Even if it's delivered to a seafood store, I'm sure they'll accept it without hesitation."
"Weigh the ones here first. I'll go with you to take a look later. If they're not much different, I'll take them. You can go back and collect the Buddha's hand snails."
"In that case, I'd like to thank Uncle Kun very much." Li Changle took out the crippled crab roe and handed it to him, "These are the ones whose claws were crushed last night. They are all top-quality crab roe. If you don't mind, take them back to Auntie to add to her dishes."
Ah Kun took it with a smile, "You're being polite to me. You send me gifts every day without any complaints."
"Uncle Kun, to be honest, I feel sorry for giving you this crab roe. The main reason is that we are in financial difficulties right now, and I want to spend every penny wisely."
Li Changle said seriously, "When I make a lot of money, I will definitely give you the best crab roe and red oil crab to eat until you don't want to eat anymore." "You are so lucky, it's only a matter of time before you make a lot of money. Uncle Kun is waiting for that day!"
"I'll give you some good luck!" Li Changle took out the red crabs from the net bag. "Look at these red crabs. My wife said that there's roe even in the cracks between their bones."
"Not bad! Not bad!" Ah Kun nodded repeatedly after seeing it, "I'll give you eight dollars per pound. It would be great if you could get ten more pounds."
Li Changle shrugged. "No more. Several pairs of eyes searched all night and only found a few good ones."
"You should be content, boy. Some people never encounter a crab moving in their entire life."
They arrived a little early, and the kitchen helpers had not yet arrived. A Kun took Li Changle in, got the scale, and started weighing.
The crab roe weighs 75.6 jin, which is 3 yuan per jin, 226.8 yuan. The blue crab weighs 34 jin, which is 1.6 yuan per jin, 54.4 yuan. The red crab weighs 6.1 jin, which is 48.8 yuan. The total is exactly 330 yuan.
Li Changle happily took the thick stack of banknotes handed over by A Kun, took out ten yuan and handed it over, "Uncle Kun, thank you for your care."
Fortunately, I asked Anan to take apart the waist belt and sew an anti-theft pocket yesterday, otherwise, with so much money, I would be a little worried that it would be targeted by three hands.
Ah Kun happily took it and said, "Not bad, you are a generous boy, you will definitely succeed in the future."
"Thank you, Uncle Kun."
Chen Yongwei was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. He helped A Kun take the crabs to the kitchen, poured them into the pool, and then got on his tricycle and headed towards the fish market.
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Over there, Zhou Ruonan and Mrs. Li arrived at the street where seafood was sold. They saw that early in the morning, all kinds of seafood and aquatic products were displayed from the beginning to the end of the street.
Zhou Ruonan had never been to the market to sell seafood before. She followed Mrs. Li and walked with her ears perked up to listen to the prices called out by the vendors on both sides of the street.
The two sisters-in-law walked from the beginning to the end of the street and finally found an empty spot. They put down the net bag, took the crabs out and put them in a bucket, then waited for customers to come and choose.
"Sister-in-law, I just heard those vendors say that crab roe is 3.5 yuan per pound, and blue crab is 2 yuan per pound. I think their goods are not much different from ours."
"Really? I was so busy looking for a stall that I didn't pay attention to what they were talking about, and then I heard the buzz of people talking on both sides."
"I followed behind you and took notice." Zhou Ruonan looked at the fresh food stall in front of her, "If there is a stall and there are people, it would be more cost-effective to sell it myself."
"Yes, one pound is several dimes, and two pounds is equivalent to our one-day wages."
At this time, a woman walked over to the bucket, took a look, squatted down and picked up a crab, "How much is one pound?"
"Three dollars and a half a pound." Zhou Ruonan blurted out, and stepped forward with a red face, "Just caught last night, very fresh! If you want it, it'll be three dollars and forty-five a pound."
"What's the point of five cents? Three dollars and thirty cents. If you sell them, I'll pick three." The woman looked up at her and felt that she didn't look like a seafood seller at all.
Seeing Zhou Ruonan's ears turn red, Mrs. Li smiled and walked forward, "Three dollars and four cents. We just arrived. You can pick the best one."
The woman nodded, squatted down and picked out three crabs. After weighing them, they weighed one catty and nine ounces. Zhou Ruonan generously gave her the six cents change. The woman happily paid the bill and left with the basket.
Zhou Ruonan happily took the warm six yuan and forty cents, "No wonder my mother said that earning a dead salary is not as good as the money she makes from selling popsicles at a stall."
"It's better to be an educated person. I just look for a stall..."
"Where are you from? Who allowed you to set up a stall here to sell things?" A middle-aged man wearing a red cloth armband for market management kicked the bucket and said, "Move it out now."
Mrs. Li stepped forward and said, "Why? I've sold seafood here several times and I've never heard that you can't set up a stall here. If you want to charge a sanitation fee, I can pay it."
She would occasionally come to set up a stall to sell fresh produce. She had heard from those who set up stalls that they could set up a stall to sell produce after paying a 20-cent sanitation fee.
The middle-aged man looked at her arrogantly, "Don't you understand what I'm saying? This whole street is under my jurisdiction. You are not allowed to set up anything without my consent."
Damn, a country bumpkin is a country bumpkin. He doesn’t know any rules and he dares to come to town to sell things.
"Brother Shui, these two country bumpkins, why are you talking so much nonsense to them? Just chase them away."
A black-faced young man came over shouting, and kicked over the bucket of blue crabs with a fierce kick, and the blue crabs in the bucket scattered all over the ground.
"Oh no, these two women are being targeted by these two bastards." The guy who was setting up a stall nearby whispered in disgust and anger.
"Yes, after getting used to eating free food, he became more and more courageous. Now he even dares to ask for blue crabs."
(End of this chapter)