Chapter 363: Companions overcome jealousy
Chapter 363: Companions overcome jealousy
Li Changle wrote him a note, "Boss Chen, I'll give you the money tomorrow when I get back from Tuxia Bridge."
"It's okay. Just deliver it any day you are free." Chen Amao said with a smile, "Let's go, hurry back to sell the fish and have a good sleep."
"Walk slowly!"
Li Changle and his companions loaded the collected fish into the cargo hold, covered the hold, and returned to the cabin to sleep. It was already two o'clock.
The next morning, just after daybreak, Li's father and Li Daxiao arrived at the dock pulling a cart and pushing a tricycle. As soon as the two men got on the boat, Brother Li came out of the cabin.
"Dad, it's so early?"
"Pull the fresh produce back earlier so that it can be killed, washed and dried earlier."
"We harvested more than a thousand kilograms of yellow croaker this time. The water tank at home won't be enough, right?"
"Yesterday afternoon, Accountant Chen took me to the town's fishery cooperative and bought more than a dozen large tanks."
After hearing this, Li Changle hurriedly asked, "Dad, how many large vats does the cooperative have?"
"There are still thirty or forty more!"
Father Li was delighted when he thought of the dozen or so large jars he bought yesterday. "The manager of the cooperative is a friend of your uncle Adong. They were all large jars that could hold 300 to 400 kilograms each, and they were bought for only four yuan each."
"Wait until the fresh goods on the boat are brought back, go buy them all, and ask A-Qing to help transport them to Nanshan."
"Okay!" Father Li thought about it and said, "Pick out some fresh food later and I'll bring it to him."
"Okay!" Li Changle took the iron hook and went to the cargo hold. After unloading the cargo, he and Li Erge and Chen Yongwei sailed to Tuxiaqiao Wharf.
As soon as the boat docked, several cart pullers gathered around. Li Changle saw Lao Xu was there too, so he waved to him, and called four more cart pullers to get on board and started weighing and unloading the cargo.
As soon as the cargo in the hold was unloaded, Boss Lin boarded the ship with a smile on his face, "Boss Ah Le, aren't you too fast?"
Li Changle took the cigarette he handed over and said with a smile: "The wind is about to pick up, so I ran a lap near the coast."
"Did you get any good stuff this time?" Boss Lin said, glancing towards the live fish tank with his shrimpy eyes. When he saw the grouper that Chen Yongwei had fished out, his eyes lit up.
Li Changle pointed at the shuttle bus and said, "We caught several thousand kilograms of fish this time. We have to give it to my sister to sell to her."
"I see you still have a lot of good stuff in your living cabin!" Boss Lin said as he took a few steps forward. When he saw the sea cucumbers in the bucket, he couldn't move and said, "Look, I knew you had some big stuff hidden."
"Uncle Kun has already reserved the fresh goods in the live cabin, and even my sister's is not available this time." Li Changle said apologetically, "Next time, I will definitely give you some next time."
When Boss Lin heard that it was A-Kun who made the order, he knew that he couldn't compete with him. "We agreed that you will definitely give me some next time. Don't worry about the price. I will never let you down."
"it is good!"
Li Changle said hello to Chen Yongwei and Li Erge, and led the cart team to Caishi Street. He took out the key he carried with him, opened the small door next to the shop, and just as he walked into the yard, Li Changxi came out of the house.
"Sister, why are you here?"
Li Changxi looked at him with a smile on his face, "Your brother-in-law said you would deliver fresh goods this morning, so I rode my bike here early in the morning."
"Open the warehouse door, we'll move the goods in and stack them." After saying this, Li Changle went out to ask Lao Xu and others to move the goods into the yard.
Five or six people were busy for more than half an hour before they moved the goods into the freezing cold warehouse and sorted and stacked them. Li Changxi rushed to pay them for their wages.
"Ah Le, Uncle Kun is really thoughtful. He's worried that I don't know the prices of fresh goods, so he made a list for your brother-in-law and told him that if anyone comes to cause trouble, just say they're his relatives."
Li Changxi paused, "Your brother-in-law and I thought they had everything they needed, so we would send some of the good stuff to thank him."
"Don't worry about it. We'll give you the best catches if you catch them."
"Why don't we care? We can't always take advantage of you." Li Changxi looked at him angrily, "Next time you come back, I'll pick out some good things and I'll pay for them. Remember that?"
"I'll talk to you next time I come back!" Li Changle looked through the price list. Mackerel starts at 50 cents per pound, and the bigger the fish, the higher the price. "Sister, you've just opened a new store. If you want to keep your customers, your service attitude must be better than others."
"I know that I can't show my displeasure to others just because they buy less."
"Yes, greet them with a smile. They come to consume, not to see your face." Li Changle thought of the fishmongers in the future who had to help kill fish and chop the dried fish. "You can also help kill fish and chop the dried fish heads."
Hmm!" Li Changxi looked at his brother with satisfaction, who seemed to have become sensible and wise in the blink of an eye. "I steamed some flatbreads and made some bean flour paste. You go eat them first. I'll go open the door and come out."
"My second brother and A Wei have gone to deliver the goods to Uncle Kun. I will wait for them to come and eat together. You open the shop and we will put the goods out."
"Hey!"
The brother and sister carried out a basket of each type of fish, covered them with ice and placed them in front of the shop. They saw that both sides of the street were already filled with stalls selling vegetables and various snacks.
"Ah Le!" Lao Chen came over and looked at the fresh goods on display. "Is this all you have? Why don't you get some valuable big goods to sell?" Li Changle spread his hands. "I also want to catch big goods every time, but I have to be able to do so!"
"You are such a good pretender, don't I know if you have any good stuff?" Old Chen looked at Li Changxi with a smile, "Ah Xi, why don't you even set off a string of firecrackers when you open a new store?"
Li Changxi said with a smile: "The shop has not been installed yet, so let's try it out for a while. When the shop next door is installed, we will pick an auspicious day to open it."
Old Chen glanced at the dry goods shop next door and said, "The day has been chosen. Go over and tell uncle, and I'll set off two strings of firecrackers to bring good luck, good luck!"
"Thank you, Uncle Chen!" Li Changxi said gratefully.
At this time, the owners of the two seafood stores diagonally opposite also came over. Both of them were the ones who went to the ship with Chen Dong to divide the goods last time. They greeted Li Changle with a smile.
"Boss Ale, come over and say hello when the store opens. We'll set off two strings of firecrackers to congratulate you on the opening of your new store!"
"Okay, thank you, Boss Xu and Boss Zhou!" Li Changle clasped his fists to express his gratitude.
At this time, a middle-aged man with a short flat head and a big gold chain walked to the front of the shop, looked around, and curled his lips.
"Tsk tsk! I thought that the seafood shops owned by big fishing boats would display only big and good products, but after all this time, it turns out that they are all worthless rubbish."
Li Changle looked up at him and recognized that he was also selling seafood. He stepped forward, grabbed his neck, and punched him in the cheek, "You stupid white crab, what right do you have to say that the fresh food in my store is rotten?
I just caught the fresh catch last night, and you said it was rotten! If you can find one rotten catch in this basket of fresh catch today, I will give you all of it for free.
If you can't find one, don't blame me for being rude to you!"
As he dragged him towards the front of the bamboo basket, he said, "Pick out a piece of rotten fish for me. If you can't pick one, you'll be eaten alive by me!"
The bald guy didn't expect Li Changle to start a fight after a disagreement. He was stunned for a moment before he reacted. He punched him in the face and shouted hoarsely: "You country bumpkin, let me go, let me go..."
Li Changle turned his head to avoid a punch and punched him in the stomach, "Pighead..."
"Don't do it! Let's talk it over!"
Old Chen, Boss Xu and Boss Zhou shouted and went forward to hug the two men.
"Old Sun, you really need to change your foul-mouthed habit. The guy just opened the shop and you said that. No wonder Ah Le is mad at you."
"Boss Ah Le, listen to my advice. We are all doing business on the same street. Harmony brings wealth!"
"Uncle Chen, Boss Xu, please let me go. That Pighead is also a businessman. He came to cause trouble just after my sister opened her stall. He is not here to ask for a beating, so what is he here for?"
"Old Sun, we are all in the same business. Harmony brings wealth, harmony brings wealth!" Boss Zhou pulled the crew-headed boy and advised.
"Old Zhou, let go."
The bald guy was hit twice, and he grimaced in pain as he shouted at Li Changle, "If I don't teach him a lesson today, that bastard will think I'm a vegetarian. If I don't kill you today, I won't be named Sun!"
Li Changle pointed at the short-haired guy with a cold look, "You idiot, come over here and give it a try if you have the guts. Who will kill who today?"
Boss Zhou advised quietly, "Old Sun, Uncle Chen said that Boss Li was originally a street thug, and only in the past two months has he returned home to fish. If you work with him, you will be the only one who suffers."
Old Chen also advised Li Changle, "Ah Le, listen to your uncle. We are all doing business on the same street, so we should take care of each other. Ah Xi, you should also talk about your brother."
"Uncle Chen, Boss Zhou, Boss Xu, it's not that my brother is unreasonable, it's really that Boss Sun is too unkind."
Li Changxi picked up a hairtail fish and opened its gills to show the onlookers, "Look everyone, what a fresh and good hairtail fish! My brother went out to sea and caught it yesterday afternoon."
She picked up another mackerel and said, "It was just delivered this morning. As soon as the shop door was opened, the boss came over and didn't even look at the fresh goods in the bamboo basket.
Let's say my family runs a big fishing boat, and the new boat sells lousy goods. If we don't beat people like this, who should we beat?"
Seeing that Li Changxi was not afraid at all and even showed the goods to the onlookers, Li Changle immediately felt relieved about the future operation.
Old Chen and the other two bosses looked at each other, then glanced at Boss Sun whose face was swollen from being beaten, and turned his head away to hold back his laughter: There is no timid or cowardly woman among fishermen, and with these street urchins as well, it would be strange if they would indulge you!
The onlookers nodded after watching, "It's really fresh, the gills are bright red, and the body is also quite bright white."
"This hairtail is really fresh and looks like good stuff!"
"The Spanish mackerel and white pomfret are also good. They just opened today and the goods were just delivered. It's really a bit too much to say that."
"The one wearing the big gold chain runs a seafood store across the street. They are in the same business as each other, so how can they be nice to each other?"
Li Changle pointed at Boss Sun and said, "You stupid white crab, open your dead fish eyes and see, which of these fresh fish of mine is rotten?"
"A Xi, A Le, what happened? Is someone here to cause trouble?" Brother Li and Chen Yongwei pushed aside the onlookers and walked in.
(End of this chapter)