Chapter 204 The Captain's Salary is Very High
Chapter 204 The Captain's Salary is Very High
"Also, of the five beads that Awei and I opened last time, two of them were sold as a set for 280 each, and three for 80. This money needs to be split between Awei and me."
"It's my duty!" Brother Li nodded and said, "Ah Le, your second brother and I will launch our boat tomorrow, and we have something to tell you."
Li Changle looked at him, "You guys tell me!"
Big Brother Li glanced at Big Brother Li and said, "An, speak more fluently and go ahead and say it."
"Okay!" Brother Li nodded with a smile and said to Li Changle, "From now on, my eldest brother and I will not have a share in your fishing boat. We will give you 20% of the profits from our fishing boat."
In the whole Shatou Village, only his A Le and his younger brother and sister-in-law have such a broad mind and would share the money they earn with their brothers for free.
Ah Zhen said that Ah Le and his brother and sister-in-law were kind-hearted people, and they couldn't pretend to be ignorant and take their money with a clear conscience, as that would be too immoral.
Chen Yongwei looked at the two of them with some surprise, and after thinking about it, he understood why they did this.
Because the 40% of the profits divided between the two were taken by Brother Ale from his 80% shares, he was the one who got the better deal.
Li Changle completely understood what the two meant, and a warm feeling welled up in his heart, "Big Brother, Second Brother, does your sister-in-law know that you are doing this?"
"I know." They both nodded at the same time.
Brother Li smiled and said, "It was your sister-in-law who brought this up. She said that we took advantage of you. If you hadn't helped us, we wouldn't have had any money to build the house."
Brother Li took over and said, "Your sister-in-law also said that the money we earned from sailing with you, as well as the money from the beads in the cave and the dried goods, were all taken from you for nothing.
The money for buying the boat came purely from you, so I should give you 20% of it."
After hearing this, Li Changle felt that given his second sister-in-law's personality, she would really say such words, so he smiled and said, "Brother, forget about the shares. As long as you have this intention, I am satisfied."
"That won't work!" Brother Li said with a smile, "If you think it's too little, we'll give you 40%."
"You know that's not what I meant!"
Li Changle looked at the two of them and said, "Money is something you can't bring with you when you are born, and you can't take with you when you die. I just hope that whether we are partnering to buy a big ship or to sell dry goods together in the future, we can discuss things in a harmonious way."
His two brothers, especially the eldest brother, really helped him a lot in his previous life. Although there were disagreements between the brothers, they never shirked their responsibilities when there was something to do.
Having lived two lifetimes, he already understood what blood ties meant, and that even if bones are broken, the tendons are still connected.
Brother Li nodded without hesitation, "That's for sure, but if you don't want the 20% stake, we won't be able to shamelessly partner with you to buy a big ship and then take advantage of you."
Brother Li: "Yes, yes, yes. There is also the dry goods business. You have already paid your eldest and second sisters-in-law wages. If you don't take this 20% share, how can we be embarrassed to take the 20% dividend in the future?"
Li Changle had no choice but to nod when he saw the two of them talking like this. "Okay, I'll take it. One more thing, the bills for fresh goods and dried goods must be settled separately in the future.
Every day, the amount of fresh goods brought back should be paid separately from the dry goods account, so as to avoid mixing the fresh goods and dry goods together and making a mess of the account. "
"Okay, I'll do as you say." Brother Li said, "Anan is the only one in the family with the highest level of education, so the accounts should still be left to her as before, and she should also be paid a share of the wages."
Chen Yongwei nodded repeatedly after hearing this, "The accountants in the village are paid, and my sister-in-law should get some too."
"If you want to give me money, I won't mind if it's too much." Li Changle smiled and picked up the money, "Come on, let's divide the money."
……
Over there, after Xiang Xiaoyu and his brother finished their meal, Zhou Ruonan took out two yuan, took his hand and put it in his hand, smiling and saying:
"Grandpa Li said that Xiaoxing worked more efficiently than Xiaoyang and the others. They all received one dollar as wages, and this dollar is what Xiaoxing deserves."
Xiang Xiaoyu looked at Father Li, only to see the old man nodding at him with a smile, "There is still work to do tomorrow afternoon, remember to bring A-di along."
"Thank you, Grandpa Li and Teacher Zhou!" Xiang Xiaoyu tightly grasped the two dollars in his hand and bowed to them while holding his brother's hand.
Zhou Ruonan picked up the flashlight and said, "I'll take you back."
"Mom, I want to send Brother Xiaoyu off too!" Li Xiaohai and Li Xiaozhou each held her hand.
"Okay, let's go together!" Zhou Ruonan led the four people out.
"Xiao Yu, school will start in two days, remember to bring Xiao Xing to school to register on the first day.
Also, the teacher has retained your student status. After the new semester starts, Xiaoyang will bring your textbooks back to you. Read them more when you have time, and ask the teacher if you don’t understand anything.”
Xiang Xiaoyu's throat tightened a little, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Teacher Zhou, I will take Xiaoxing to register. I don't need my textbooks anymore. I don't have time to read."
Although the village received food subsidies, they were far from enough. The money he earned from fishing was not even enough to buy sweet potatoes. It was a pity that he did not learn how to farm, otherwise he would have taken back the land at home and farmed it himself.
Now Xiaoxing has to go to school, so I have to buy him pencils and earn money to buy food.
My father and mother had not yet repaid my uncle's family for the money they owed for buying a boat. Every time my aunt saw them, she would curse them with a dark face...
"Take the book back and read it when you have time. If you don't have time, forget it."
Zhou Ruonan said softly, "Xiaoyu, even if you grow up and help on the boat, you must learn more cultural knowledge so that you can work on the big boat and earn more money."
Li Xiaohai pulled Xiang Xiaoyu, "Brother Xiaoyu, my uncle said that the captain of a large ship is paid a lot of money, and he can't even recognize the words on the ship."
The mother and son's words warmed Xiang Xiaoyu's heart, "Thank you, Teacher Zhou. I'll read it when I'm free."
"Yeah!" Zhou Ruonan rubbed his dry and yellow hair, "Don't be afraid, everything will be fine in the future. If you have any problems, come to the teacher or your uncle A Le." "Yeah!" Xiang Xiaoyu nodded heavily.
Zhou Ruonan took her two children home. Li Changle and the other three had already divided the money. As for Chen Yongwei's share, he asked him to take it home and give it out after the boat was settled.
After giving the two children a bath and putting them to bed, Li Changle told Zhou Ruonan what happened that night.
"I am really happy that my brother and sister-in-law did this."
"My eldest brother and second brother have always been nice to us. My eldest sister-in-law has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. My second sister-in-law has a bit of a temper, but to be reasonable, they are both easy to get along with."
"The person I hated the most was my second sister-in-law. She never looked at me kindly when she saw me."
Zhou Ruonan rolled her eyes at him, "How dare you hate others? Why don't you think about how you used to hang around like a wandering soul? I'm being polite by not scolding you..."
"My dear wife, stop talking!" Li Changle covered her mouth with a wry smile, "Besides, I can fry an egg on my face."
"I won't talk about you anymore. I was also wrong. I shouldn't have ignored you when I saw you were acting weird. I should have been more strict and taken good care of you."
Li Changle nodded with a playful smile, "It's time to practice the Hedong Lion Roaring Skill as soon as possible."
"Hateful!" Zhou Ruonan glared at him in reproach and pulled him to sit down. "A Le, can you teach Xiaoyu how to catch octopus with a jar?"
"Of course I can!" Li Changle thought for a moment, "Go find him tomorrow, lend him ten dollars, take him to Lao Zhang's house to buy jars and fishing ropes, and when I come back I'll take him to fish the jars."
Zhou Ruonan nodded happily, "Thank you, Ale!"
Li Changle smiled roguely, "Let's get practical."
"Go to hell!" Zhou Ruonan smiled and slapped him, "Go to bed quickly, it's already eleven o'clock, and we have to get up at three o'clock tomorrow morning."
"Alas!" Li Changle sighed, "Typhoon days are still good, I can sleep until I wake up naturally!"
"You complain that you can't go out to earn money during a typhoon." Zhou Ruonan said and turned off the lights.
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The next morning, the four of them went to Zhangbutou on the waterway to offer sacrifices to the boat, and then Brother Li drove the fishing boat back to the Shatou Village Pier.
As the fishing boat approached the Rising Sun, which was docked at the pier, everyone moved the traps, pots and longlines onto the Rising Sun.
The pig heads and bowl heads used for the boat sacrifice were put into a bamboo basket and placed on a tricycle, which was then left at Adong's shop, waiting for Li Xiaoyang to come and ride them home.
After all the fishing gear was moved onto the Rising Sun, Li Changle stood at the bow and looked around, but did not see Ge Changfa's boat.
"Ah Wei, have you seen Ah Fa's boat?"
"No, it's almost five o'clock, they may have left!"
Li Changle thought it was possible, so he took out the key to open the cab, used the crank to start the diesel engine, and drove the fishing boat into the waterway to meet up with Brother Li.
The two boats moved forward side by side, heading towards the open sea facing the rising sun and accompanied by the morning light.
Because they had to rush back at noon, they didn't plan to go too far out to sea, but planned to go to the vicinity of Concave Island, where Brother Li's boat would go for trawling operations. They would use longline fishing, traps and jars in that sea area.
Brother Li and Chen Yongwei sat on the deck of the new ship, grabbed the fish and shrimp from the bucket, and put the bait into the bait bags of the ground traps. They would start working once they arrived at the destination.
A group of sixty traps were swept away by the typhoon, leaving fifty. We have to buy materials to make dozens more.
After the typhoon, there were a lot of fishing boats going out to sea. Brother Li looked at the fishing boats and was a little worried that that area of the sea would be occupied by someone else first.
I secretly prayed to the Sea Dragon God for protection, hoping that the sea area would not be occupied by others and that the new ship would be launched smoothly.
The fishing boat arrived near the waters of Concave Island, but to his dismay, it seemed that the Sea Dragon did not hear his prayers, as there were already people working in that area.
Once someone starts operating in this sea area, other fishing boats will not get too close to it.
This is an unwritten rule spontaneously formed by fishermen over the years. Other boats are generally not allowed to easily intrude on the sea where each fishing boat is operating, otherwise they will become enemies.
"Second brother, what should we do?" Chen Yongwei's brows were furrowed so tightly that they could pinch a mosquito to death.
"I'll go ask Ah Le!" Brother Li looked unhappy and walked to the driver's seat with a frustrated look on his face. "Ah Le, what should we do now?"
"Find another place." Li Changle gestured to Brother Li, who also had a grim look on his face. The two boats slowed down and slowly approached each other and lined up in a row.
"Brother, if things don't go well in the east, there will be brighter days in the west. Let's move forward, maybe we can get better results."
After hearing this, the elder and second brothers Li looked more cheerful. "That's right. I'll listen to you. Which way do you want to go?"
Li Changle looked around and said, "I remember that day on the way to Zhushan Island, I saw a small island in the distance, so we went there."
"Okay!" Brother Li nodded at him, "You lead the way."
Li Changle stepped on the accelerator to overtake him and headed towards the island.
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(End of this chapter)