Chapter 284 The Tide Flows Away
Chapter 284 Flowing Away Like the Tide
As soon as Ayu got out of the car, he ran to the kitchen, opened the door, and carried the fish into the yard. Akun called the waiter to take out the seafood and weigh it first.
Li Changle hurriedly fished out the big sea bass and put it into the bucket of blue crabs. Then he thought about catching the big lobsters as well.
There are 39 kilograms of sea cucumbers, 17 kilograms of nine-segment shrimps, 175 kilograms of blue crabs weighing more than one kilogram, 98 kilograms of crabs weighing more than two kilograms, 175 orchid crabs, 115 kilograms of swimming crabs, and 219 kilograms of rice fish weighing more than five kilograms.
塌鱼皮89、对虾67、十六条黑毛鱼有37斤、老虎鱼也有15斤，黄翅鱼36、黑鲷45，五斤以上的海鲈鱼215斤，再就是两斤以上的大海鳗一共有135斤。
After weighing, they began to count the accounts. A Kun fiddled with the abacus for a while. There was no increase or decrease in the price of other fish, but the price of blue crabs, orchid crabs and swimming crabs increased by 10 cents each.
After A Kun calculated, he combined the fresh goods from both houses and sold them for a total of 2360.
The amount of fish caught by trawl was similar between the two families, but Li Changle's ground traps and longline fishing were more than those of Brother Li and his friends, and he sold them for about 300 yuan more.
Li Changle brought the bucket in front of A Kun, "Uncle Kun, I wish you and Boss Gu a happy Mid-Autumn Festival! May your business prosper!"
"Thank you! Uncle wishes you a full catch of fish after the holiday!" A Kun patted his shoulder happily and asked A Yu to help carry the bucket while he went to the finance department to get the money.
Li Changle put away the rubber bucket and bamboo basket. A Kun brought A Yu out from the back kitchen. A Yu was carrying a large bamboo basket.
After paying the bill, A Kun handed the big bamboo basket to Li Changle and said with a smile, "The boss asked me to tell you that I wish you good luck in the future and a full catch of fish!"
"Thank you, Boss Gu!" Li Changle saw two hams and a few mooncakes in the box and scratched his head embarrassedly, "Uncle Kun, Boss Gu is too polite.
I just gave you some fish I caught myself, and they weren't even the best. Look at the expensive diving equipment you gave me last time, and the expensive food you gave me this time!"
He knew that Boss Gu didn't take this seriously, but he felt really embarrassed and always felt that he was taking advantage of him.
A Kun smiled and said, "Don't take it to heart. The boss is giving it to you because he likes it." Then he asked A Yu to help move the things to the car and asked someone to take him to the dock.
After Li Changle got on board, he asked Chen Yongwei to drive the boat to Shuilu Zhang. Before the boat reached the pier, they could see from afar that the big ship had already sailed out of the dock and docked at the pier.
After Chen Yongwei parked the boat, the two jumped off the boat with buckets in hand and saw Lao Zhang squatting there stirring the mud. "Uncle Zhang, you're still busy!"
Old Zhang looked up and saw that it was Li Changle. He quickly threw down the stick and greeted him with a smile, "You didn't go out to sea today?"
"I went out to pull two nets and came back soon." Li Changle handed him the bucket of rice, fish and blue crabs, "My father said you like to eat them, so he asked me to bring them to you."
"Thank you! Thank you! Only your father remembered that I like to eat this." Lao Zhang happily took the fish and passed it to the helper. "I like to cook fish this big in two ways. The fish head is braised in brown sauce, and the fish body is marinated with sea salt for two or three hours and then steamed in a steamer."
"I'll try next time!" Li Changle turned his head and looked at the big ship. "It's this hour, why hasn't the ship taken it away yet?"
"Alas!" Old Zhang sighed, and felt a headache when he thought about the situation of the Zhao family. "This boat was ordered by the second son of the Zhao family. He came to see it the day before yesterday and said that he came to test the voyage yesterday afternoon...
As a result, I heard yesterday morning that several brothers were missing, dead, or imprisoned. The whole family was in a panic and didn’t even remember to come to pick up the boat! "
He thought of the news he had heard from some old friends in Shaki Village yesterday. They all said that the Zhao brothers had earned a lot in the past few years, but they spent money like water.
The second of the four brothers is the most honest one, the other three are good at eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and the eldest brother of the Zhao family has several mistresses...
Knowing that something had happened to the Zhao brothers, those who had previously endured their anger came to their doorstep.
Thinking of this, he recalled a sentence he had seen before: If one's virtue does not match his position, there will be disaster. If a person's money comes in like the tide, it will surely flow away like the tide.
He felt that even if the Zhao family's incident was over, Zhao Er's wife probably wouldn't have the money to pick up the boat. Thinking about the first big ship built by his family encountering such a thing, his brows were furrowed so much that they could pinch a mosquito to death.
"We also heard that the Wang family in the village is related to the eldest brother of the Zhao family by marriage. Yesterday, the Wang family was surrounded by villagers who brought goods. Later, they returned the money to those people and then dispersed."
"It is always easier to add icing on the cake than to help someone in need." Old Zhang thought about the situation when his family was in trouble and sighed, "Not stepping on them is already considered kind."
"Yes, it's a good thing that you don't step on them." Li Changle saw that he didn't know whether the Zhao family wanted to transfer the boat, so he didn't intend to rush them. "Uncle Zhang, you are busy. I have something else to do. I will leave first."
"Wait!" Old Zhang said as he walked towards the yard, "Bring two cans of old wine back to your father."
Li Changle saw him walking away in big strides, so he had to stop and wait for him to come out. Chen Yongwei whispered, "Brother, why don't you tell Uncle Zhang that we want to buy a boat?"
"A business that is pursued is not a business." Li Changle whispered, "Besides, the Zhao family didn't say they wanted to transfer the ship, so how can we ask?"
"Oh!" Chen Yongwei walked to the big boat, "Brother, is our boat this big too?"
"Yes!" Li Changle also walked over, thinking that if the Zhao family really wanted to sell it, Lao Zhang's contract should not be cancelled, and it would be better to order a bigger one. He remembered that after the price breakthrough, everything except food had risen a lot. After the big ship was built, he could sell this ship and make some money.
"Ah Le!" Old Zhang stood beside him, carrying a bucket of water and mooncakes made of aged wine. "Iron boats are very resistant to pressure. In the future, more and more boatmen will order iron boats and large ships."
"Yes!" Li Changle smiled, "When I ordered the big ship, my brother and the others said that I ordered too big a ship. Now they all want a big ship, and they asked me to ask you if you can speed up the work and deliver the ship earlier?"
"No matter how hard we try, the time I give you is already the fastest." Lao Zhang hesitated for a moment and said, "Ah Le, if the Zhao family wants to sell this boat, are you brothers willing to take it over?"
"This one……"
Seeing him hesitate, Lao Zhang hurriedly said, "Don't worry, my boss drove the boat out yesterday and docked it at the pier. You see, there's not even a ship number on it. It won't have any impact on the next ship owner."
"Uncle, how about this? I'll go back and discuss it with my brother and the others, and you can also ask the Zhao family what the rules are. It's possible that they haven't even thought about selling it, so it would be useless for us to say anything."
"My wife and daughter-in-law have gone to Shaki Village to get news. I will come to you when they come back."
"Okay!" Li Changle said, "Uncle, if I take over this boat, the one I ordered..."
Lao Zhang thought he was worried about the contract, so he rushed to say, "Don't worry, the contract is cancelled..."
"That's not what I meant. What I meant was that you don't have to cancel the contract. I'll order a bigger one."
Chen Yongwei looked at Li Changle in surprise. Thinking about what he had earned during this period, he felt that it was right to listen to his brother and book the big ship as soon as possible to avoid worries in the future.
Zhang's eyes lit up after hearing this. Not only could he sell this boat, but he could also exchange it for a larger ship contract. His worries about selling one less boat suddenly disappeared. He asked hurriedly, "How big is it?"
Li Changle thought for a moment and said, "Thirty-two-three meters."
"Okay, when they come back and the news is clear, I will go to your house to find you, and we will talk then."
Li Changle agreed, thanked him for the old wine and mooncakes, and got on the boat with Chen Yongwei and headed towards the dock.
"Brother, if we take over that big ship, the four of us won't be enough, right?"
"When I booked the boat, my father said that a large boat would need at least six to seven crew members. There are four of us, so we need to find at least three or four more crew members. I'll go back and ask my father how he's doing."
The boat soon arrived at the dock. The two men unloaded the things on the boat and deposited them at Chen Dong's house. They borrowed a tricycle from him and drove the box of mackerel towards the border police station.
After Chen Dong knew that his family's tricycle was bought from Zhang the Scrap Dealer on Shuilu Road, he also went to buy one.
"Brother, when we get there later, they won't kick us out, right?"
"No, I just said a few polite words." Li Changle turned her head and looked at him with a smile, "I see you are quite eloquent now, so what do you say when it's your turn?"
"I don't dare?" Chen Yongwei shook his head repeatedly, "I can just help carry the things, but forget it if you want me to speak!"
Li Changle didn't know what to say. He had spent most of his previous life on the ship. What he said to Captain Zhou that day were all learned from watching short videos in the past. He really hadn't thought about what to say today.
Oh! If only he had a cell phone, the mynah birds inside would be more talkative than him.
The border police station is much closer from the dock. Before Li Changle could think of what to say, the tricycle had already arrived at the gate. Only when he saw the young soldier standing guard did he react.
"Comrade, where is your cafeteria?"
Seeing him carrying the fish, the young soldier thought he was delivering food to the canteen and pointed to the row of houses on the right. "It's at the right corner."
After seeing that he agreed, Li Changle stood like a javelin and called Chen Yongwei to pull the mackerel towards the cafeteria. When they got there, Chen Yongwei took down the bamboo basket and hurriedly used the chain to lock the tricycle.
Li Changle patted him and said, "Don't lock it. If the tricycle falls off here, it will not be safe for us to live at home."
Chen Yongwei slapped his head and said, "I'm so used to the lock that I forgot this is a police station."
Li Changle and he carried the mackerel until they turned the corner and arrived at the cafeteria, only to find that it was full of people. After all the trouble, it was now time for dinner!
Everyone inside looked at the two curiously, "Fellow villagers, who are you looking for?"
Chen Yongwei didn't even know what to do with his hands and feet. His face flushed red as he tightly grasped the bamboo basket. "Brother, they won't think we are bad guys and arrest us, right?"
"No!" Li Changle, who was stared at by dozens of eyes, was a little nervous. "I'm looking for you! No, I'm here to deliver fish."
I wish my friends a happy new year! May the Year of the Snake bring prosperity and success!
(End of this chapter)