Chapter 1244: The Vulgar Big Boss

"Brother Dong, it's packed! Just like yesterday, I unwrapped one bag and spread it evenly on the very top." The one speaking was a young man of about 20, also from the village, named Chen Zhihua.

Half of the 10 people Ye Yaodong hired last year were young, and half were taken to the city. He left 5 people at the workshop to handle the loading and unloading, along with the original staff, working in shifts and incidentally bottling fish sauce.

"Bundle it tight. Not a single strand of kelp can fall off. If any fall, I'll pick them up and whip you with them."

"Haha, not even one will fall. If they do, we'll take off our pants and let you whip us."

"Get lost. Isn't that disgusting? You perverts, what are you watching all day long?"

"Brother Dong, if you weren't watching, how would you know what we're watching? Hahaha..."

"Shut up. If you dirty your sister-in-law's ears, I'll whip you to death."

Lin Xiuqing was a bit confused.

What did that mean?

She understood every word, but she didn't understand the meaning.

She looked at Ye Yaodong, "What are they talking about?"

"Nothing. I'm leaving. I probably won't be back tonight. Tomorrow morning, arrange for a boatload of goods to be taken to the city wharf. 9 o'clock should be about right, right? I'll be waiting there with the tractor around 9."

"Alright, I'll have them set off at the crack of dawn tomorrow."

"Good."

Ye Yaodong glared at those rough men. It wasn't even May yet, and it was still morning, yet after moving those few bags of goods, they had all taken off their jackets and were working in just their undershirts.

At this moment, they even slung their jackets over their shoulders, standing to the side, waiting for him to drive out so they could continue working.

"Ah Hua, come with me to the city. Chen Shi, stay behind and cover Ah Hua's shift. Bring a loudspeaker. When we get to the city, Ah Hua, you hold the loudspeaker and shout as the vehicle moves."

"That's great! It's finally my turn to go to the city. The furthest I've ever been in my life is the town."

He happily put his clothes back on, and the other two looked at him with envy.

"In the future, all of you talk less trash. There are women next door. Can you out-talk them? Don't get laughed to death. Those of you who aren't married yet need to be even more careful. The gossiping aunties are all watching. If they see your bad side, you won't have a good reputation, and you won't be able to find a wife."

"We know, Brother Dong. We definitely won't make dirty jokes or say things for others to hear in the future. We'll definitely behave well in front of the older women next door and strive to have them introduce us to good wives."

"Right, we have to show off and suck up to those older aunties."

Lin Xiuqing couldn't help but laugh, "Not showing off in front of young ladies, but sucking up to older aunties."

"Well, there have to be young ladies first. Sister-in-law, why don't you introduce some?"

"Then you'd better go suck up to the older aunties. Where would I introduce them from? They know more people."

Ye Yaodong said with a smile, "Stop fooling around. Get to work. I'm off."

After he used the crank to start the tractor, he continued on his way to the city.

It was a bit later than yesterday. In the city, because of Chen Zhihua's shouting, they attracted even more people along the way, all of whom surrounded them.

Even though they were shouting to go to the wholesale market to buy, these people seemed hard of hearing, only listening to what they wanted to hear and ignoring the rest. Now they were crowding around to buy.

There were already many people out early for the market on the street, and they were almost surrounded to the point of being impassable.

Worried that the crowd would climb onto the tractor to grab the kelp, Chen Zhihua specifically jumped off the vehicle and walked to the back to drive the crowd away.

But he couldn't drive them away. Everyone wanted to buy, and they even said they saw it yesterday but weren't sold any.

Ye Yaodong had no choice but to stop and sell for a while. He took the loudspeaker from the seat to shout.

"2 mao 5 per jin, 2 mao 2 for over 20 jin. No bargaining, no bargaining. One jin can soak into five or six jin. Selling it cheap..."

"20 jin, how can we buy that? Buy it home to eat as a meal?"

"Exactly. 2 mao 5 per jin isn't a good deal either. 20 jin can be 2 mao 2, why don't you just sell it by the jin?"

Ye Yaodong held the loudspeaker and continued shouting, "Auntie, it's not worth it for me to sell by the jin. Is it a hassle? It's so cheap, how long would it take me to sell it jin by jin?"

"Why don't you just pull a few people you know or people nearby to buy together? Just pool your orders, wouldn't that work?"

"Anyway, I'm not selling it jin by jin. You can go to the beach and pick it up; that's free, so you don't have to come here and bargain."

"20 jin for 2 mao 2, no bargaining, no bargaining. Only staying for a while before leaving..."

If it weren't for the fact that these aunties were surrounding him and he couldn't leave, he wouldn't want to stop and waste his breath.

The people around the market were basically small vendors wholesaling various fish and dried goods; 20 jin was very easy to sell.

The ones wholesaled yesterday had probably already been sold out by shouting through the streets, and today they were coming back to wholesale more.

He had already wasted time stopping, and these aunties still wanted to bargain over the price and weight.

He only shouted twice, and immediately someone took out cash and squeezed in to buy 20 jin.

Once there was one, there were two. The others immediately took out money and squeezed forward, trying to buy quickly and leave. The scene almost turned into a scramble.

Fortunately, Ye Yaodong held a long pole scale, standing in front of the tractor bed. With the wooden pole scale held horizontally, he pushed the crowding crowd collectively forward.

"Don't rush, don't rush, one by one."

Fortunately, they also brought two scales. He held the scale horizontally in front to block the crowd, and Chen Zhihua also hurriedly grabbed a handful, bundled it with straw, and weighed it.

As long as 20 jin was weighed and a shout was made, a large crowd would hand over money. Ye Yaodong took the money from one person and handed the goods to the other party, and only then did it not become chaotic.

However, a large group of people was surrounding them, and the crowd was trending to get larger and larger, almost making the two of them dizzy with busyness.

Later, they ran into Lin Ji. He brought two people with him, and when he saw it, he squeezed in to help. Only then were they able to manage, and the goods were not lost, nor were they taken advantage of by others.

He didn't know how long he had been busy. His stomach was rumbling with hunger, and the sun was slanting to the west before the people surrounding them thinned out.

And more than half of the goods on the vehicle were gone, and the cloth bag on his chest was also stuffed with various small bills and coins.

Sweat was dripping like water, and they were almost exhausted to the point of collapse.

Although the people around them had thinned out, they weren't gone; there were still people surrounding them waiting to buy.

Often, before the previous batch of people had finished buying and left, the next batch would arrive one after another. They couldn't just drive away, so they had to continue working.

It wasn't until the sun was about to set that the people in the busy market thinned out, and the kelp on the vehicle had been unwrapped bag after bag, with only about 1/3 left.

Originally, they only brought a little over three tons, over 7,000 jin, in one vehicle today.

Now Ye Yaodong estimated there were only about 2,000 jin left.

Selling from 20 jin, the purchasing power of the masses was also astonishing. It was indeed that the flow of people in the busy market was large, and city people had money; they were just afraid of not having things.

Generally, when a whole vehicle of things was brought over to sell, everyone would think it was very cheap and would want to come forward. Where there were many people, they would drill even more.

Ye Yaodong was so tired he leaned directly against the vehicle, "Oh my mother, these women are really scary. Buying vegetables is just buying vegetables, why do they have to praise me a couple of times?"

"Hahaha, isn't it because you look handsome? I think some people don't necessarily want to buy, but seeing you look handsome, they crowd over to take a look, and incidentally buy a little," Chen Zhihua said very supportively.

"Makes sense."

Lin Ji also laughed, "Aren't you being too shameless?"

"Can't let people tell the truth? Besides, it's not like I'm praising myself."

Chen Zhihua took over, "Right, what I said is also the truth. Brother Dong is famous for being handsome in our ten miles and eight villages. If you say he's a city person, everyone would believe it."

"I'm exhausted. Hurry up and tighten the bags. Don't let people see, otherwise we won't be able to leave in a while."

"The sun has set. Everyone has gone home to cook. There's no one on the street."

Ye Yaodong looked at Lin Ji again, "Why are you still here?"

"Burning bridges? Just finished helping you, and you want to drive me away?"

"No, I mean why are you still in the city? I thought you had already left and gone to other places to make money."

There were outsiders, so he spoke a bit cryptically. Anyway, they would understand.

When he saw people squeezing in just now, he wanted to ask, but he couldn't spare his hands, so he delayed until now when he was busy and had time to talk.

"I have that plan, in the near future. Things aren't finished yet, so wait and see."

Ye Yaodong didn't understand and wanted to ask deeply, but this wasn't the place to talk.

"Come with me to the market? Then go to my workshop to sit down and have a chat?"

"That works. Treat me to a meal first?"

"Definitely. Let's go, everyone get in the car together. We'll chat once we get to my place; it's not convenient to talk out here."

"Good."

"It's all kelp, a bit hard to step on. Anyway, just sit on it casually. Hang on for a while and we'll be there."

Ye Yaodong waited for them to sit down before driving the tractor to the market.

Yesterday at the entrance, he had agreed on the same time with everyone. Now it had long passed. Plans couldn't keep up with changes. He had agreed on noon, but now it was almost evening. He had broken his promise.

So when he arrived at the market, the market gates were closed, and the road was empty with no one around. If he wanted to see people coming and going, he would have to wait for the market night market to open in the evening.

"Brother Dong, we're late. There's no one..."

"Late what? Selling to anyone is selling. Wait a while for the market to open and then bring it over to sell, it's the same. Anyway, I'll bring another vehicle tomorrow morning. The people who often wander around the market are the same ones, it doesn't matter. Morning market, evening market, we can catch both. That time at noon is often when there are the fewest people."

"That's good."

The things he thought about yesterday were basically achieved today. The goods sold one or two tons, and he even over-fulfilled the target and met Lin Ji.

Originally, it was just a thought that flashed through his mind. He had been thinking about it for many days and didn't know what the result would be. He also thought about asking if there were any other channels and if he could buy two more diving sets. He didn't expect to meet him today. This was a big surprise.

It was just that his application report was too late to be submitted at this time, and he couldn't leave these people behind and go to the Ocean Bureau himself. If he went at this time, he would definitely be kept for a meal.

He could only wait until tomorrow to submit it.

He didn't greet the aunties in the factory, so they didn't cook extra for him, not to mention that there were 5 people in their group.

Ye Yaodong just parked the tractor in the workshop, told them not to touch the goods on it, and took them to eat at Fatty's stall first.

Sitting at the dining table, everyone chatted about some trivial topics.

Lin Ji was also particularly envious of Ye Yaodong, who could do everything with great success.

"Is that vehicle of kelp collected in the village?"

"Oh right, you haven't been back for a few months, so you don't know. This is also your credit. The person was introduced by you. This year, our village's kelp farming had a bumper harvest. The yield per mu might be nearly 10 tons or a little more."

He was surprised, "So much? Then don't you have to pull several vehicles to sell slowly? What about next year? What about the year after? Can you eat that much goods?"

"Hehe, can you share some?"

"It's not impossible..."

"Aren't you going to other places?"

"Right," he said with some regret. Running around outside, how could it be as good as being at home.

"You can earn quite a lot just by selling these kelp this afternoon, right?"

"It's alright. I have to advance funds, there are also storage costs, labor costs, and fuel costs for the vehicle to go back and forth. These are all costs. Who would do it if it didn't make money?"

"Hmm, in inland areas, these kelp seem to be able to sell for 5 or 6 mao, 6 or 7 mao."

"So much!" Ye Yaodong was surprised and then felt it was very normal.

Long-distance transportation doesn't cost money? Doesn't it take manpower and material resources? And there's loss, right?

Boss Zhou collected his for 1 mao 6. It's normal to sell it for three or four times that.

It's also normal for the difference between what's collected from the sea and what's sold in inland markets to be 10 times.

It's like cabbage that's 2 or 3 mao in the field, which has to sell for 2 or 3 yuan per jin when it reaches the market.

(A few days ago, I went to buy a cucumber in the market and it actually cost 4 yuan. I bought a radish and it actually cost 5 yuan. I also bought a small bunch of enoki mushrooms and cilantro, and it actually cost 18 yuan! It almost shocked me!)

It's just that they are coastal here, close by, transportation and labor costs are low, so it will be cheaper to sell.

Lin Ji said blandly, "Very normal. Inland areas are much harder than coastal areas. Since last year, after not needing introduction letters to go out, I have been to many places intermittently and have seen a lot."

"Oh."

Chen Zhihua looked at Lin Ji curiously, "What business is Brother Shang doing now? Seeing you, it seems you haven't been home all year round."

"Running around everywhere, just earning some hard-earned money."

"Oh, being away from home is indeed not as good as being at home. At least when running around outside, you can have a hot soup and a meal when you return home, and you can relax and sleep comfortably."

Lin Ji nodded with deep feeling.

"Eat quickly. After eating, go to my place and sit down to talk."

There were not many people at this time. When it got dark and the market opened, after some big boats docked, a large group of fishermen would come over to eat.

So serving dishes was fast now. In the time it took them to say a few words, several bowls of dishes were all served.

After Ye Yaodong finished eating, he incidentally asked them about the bill. A while ago, when he was busy in the provincial capital, his father took people out to sea. When they returned, there must have been signed bills for meals.

It just so happened that he came to eat today, so he incidentally settled the account.

He wasn't afraid of signed bills, he was afraid of not being able to collect the account. Many shops failed because of this point and then closed down. Whether it was a friend's shop or not, he couldn't do this.

After returning to the workshop, he greeted Lin Ji to go to his room to talk, and then asked straight to the point.

"Will your cousin's matter implicate you? I thought you must have run away long ago."

"It's already under control. It won't be investigated further. This matter ends here. Those who were caught will be sentenced. This matter is actually an accident."

"That's it? I thought it would be more widely involved."

"Impossible. Those few ships of goods were either sunk in the sea or confiscated. It won't be investigated further. The tug-of-war has ended and a consensus has been reached."

Ye Yaodong didn't dare to ask deeply and hurriedly changed the subject.

"Then why are you still running away? I was wondering why I saw you walking swaggeringly on the street today and could come over to help me. So it turns out you have already escaped."

"The original work can't be done, can't stick to it, and I'm worried that there will be liquidation later, so I still have to go out to avoid the limelight. It just so happens that I'm also looking for some business to do."

"Have you decided where to go?"

"Plan to go north. I heard that there will be less light industry in the north. I will run around south and north when the time comes."

"Then I'll hoard some kelp and sell it to you!"

Lin Ji couldn't help laughing, "Crazy about money? Can't I collect it myself?"

"Who are you letting collect it? Who is advancing funds for you? Can your brothers take out that much money? If you hand your money to your younger brothers, will you be at ease? Only I am reliable and tell you! Who am I? Famous in the whole town. When the time comes, I will check the quality for you. Whenever you come back, you can come to my place and pull a vehicle of goods away."

Lin Ji thought about it and it was right. He couldn't stay at home all the time.

People in the village now only recognize Ye Yaodong.

"Alright, then you have to calculate it cheaper for me."

"Definitely."

Very good. There was one more sales channel for next year. This person now plans to run goods south and north, and he was also a big customer.

"Sigh, your business is still doing well. There are people covering you in front, and people supporting you behind. You have both face and substance, and you are glorious wherever you go."

"After you turn over a new leaf, you will be the same. Everyone only looks at money, not the origin. After a few years, you will come back with a new look, and you will be Boss Lin."

"Hehe..."

"So you have no way to get goods now?"

"Have to see what goods to get. What else do you want? With your ability, what can't you get now?"

"I still want two sets of the diving equipment you helped me get."

"That can't be gotten. If you want to talk about small appliances, that's simple."

"I can buy small appliances myself."

"Don't you have some leader supporting you? Go ask directly. There must be some in the Navy troops. Ask if there are any eliminated ones, two sets."

Ye Yaodong frowned, not knowing if it was feasible.

"Forget it if there aren't any. When are you leaving?"

"In two or three days."

"What about your wife and children?"

"Put them at home. What else can I do? Just go back and take a look occasionally."

"You are really heartless. Your wife takes care of the family, serves the elderly, takes care of the children, and stabilizes the rear for you. As a result, you are good. You rarely go back once in a few months, and you are raising a woman outside."

Lin Ji raised his feet and didn't answer. "If you have nothing to do, I'll go first."

"I talked too much."

"Then I'll go first."

After sending the person away, Ye Yaodong sighed. He just said a few words jokingly. If he didn't like to hear it, forget it. He wouldn't say it next time.

Returning to the room, he lay down again, planning to rest for a while. He still had to drive a vehicle of goods to the market entrance later.

He thought he had stood up the person called Vulgar Person and wouldn't be able to see him until tomorrow. He didn't expect to meet him again when the market opened in the evening.

It was just that when he arrived at the market, he had only shouted a few times with the loudspeaker, and before anyone came up to ask for the price, he walked over.

"Is this the same time you said? Is there a time difference in our understanding?"

Ye Yaodong saw that the person was a bit unhappy and said with a smile, "I'm really sorry. I also set off at the same time. I thought I could make it by noon. Who knew that when passing through the busy market, a bunch of people wanted to buy, and they surrounded my vehicle to the point of impassability, so I had to stop and sell a little."

"Who knew, this selling lasted until the sun set, and the crowd slowly dispersed. It was too late to rush over at this time. I was also thinking whether I could meet you in the evening, but I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence."

Vulgar Person waved his hand, "Forget it. Is this all the goods you said were in one vehicle?"

"Didn't I say I was blocked in the busy market at noon and could only unwrap and sell? So only this much is left, just over 2,000 jin. If you think it's too little, I'll bring another vehicle tomorrow morning."

"Your tomorrow morning? Then wouldn't I have to come tomorrow afternoon?"

Ye Yaodong smiled awkwardly, "Tomorrow must be on time. Why don't you come at noon tomorrow? Or you can give me a quantity, and I'll reserve it for you in advance."

Vulgar Person had an expression of 'I knew it'.

"These 2,000-plus jin, how much do you plan to sell for?"

"Do you only want these?"

"Give me another 5 tons, do you have it?"

Ye Yaodong's eyes widened. He opened his mouth and asked for 5 tons? Good guy, he really had poor judgment yesterday. Fortunately, he felt he was a big boss when he heard the name later.

"Yes, definitely yes. But there might not be 5 tons delivered tomorrow. I dare not guarantee it, but if you add the day after tomorrow, there will definitely be."

"That works too. Then keep all the goods in this vehicle for me, put them together with tomorrow's goods, and see if we can make up 5 tons. If we can't make it up, then give me as much as you have. I'll have the vehicle come over to pull it at noon tomorrow, and incidentally weigh it."

"No problem!"

"Talk about the price first."

"How much do you plan to collect for? I'll see if the price is appropriate."

"How much are you prepared to sell for?"

"Me? The price was already opened long ago. 20 jin sells for 2 mao 2. Now that you want such a large quantity, take a look at how much you can give as the acquisition price. If it's appropriate, it's fine. If it's not appropriate, we'll talk again."

"1 mao 5."

"No, it's too low. I drove a vehicle around the city this afternoon and sold nearly two tons, and it was sold for 2 mao 2. Although the quantity you want is large and can save me a lot of trouble, it's too little. I might as well save it and sell it slowly, which is more profitable."

"At most 1 mao 7. There's no talk if it's more. I'd rather spend more effort to go to the countryside to collect some of uneven quality."

Ye Yaodong looked reluctant, "1 mao 8. I still have dozens of tons behind. If you come to buy later, I'll calculate it as 1 mao 7."

"Just 1 mao 7."

Ye Yaodong was actually satisfied in his heart, but he still tugged for a while before reluctantly agreeing.

During the time they were talking, Chen Zhihua's loudspeaker didn't shout, but no one came over.

At this time, the market had just opened. Fish vendors all rushed into the market. How could they have time to look outside? They could only wait until they had finished purchasing inside before they had time to wander around outside to supplement.

So Vulgar Person eating this in one bite also saved him a lot of trouble. If he wanted to make money, he still had to go by volume. When would selling in bulk be the end?

After the two reached an agreement, they also set 11 o'clock tomorrow noon here, and then separated.

Ye Yaodong also drove the tractor with a vehicle of goods back to the factory.

It was easy in the evening, but he couldn't sleep immediately. He still had to find his father-in-law and brother-in-law to ask about the recent situation.

Yesterday was too hurried. He only had time to take the money back and didn't have time to chat in detail.

Ye Yaodong now felt that the stall was spread too large and planned to discuss with his father-in-law to find another person to specifically keep accounts, similar to a cashier.

Lin's father also particularly agreed. Now Ye Yaodong's business had increased, and there were many fragmented expenses. Every time he had to keep accounts, he sometimes had confusion and could only rely on Lin's mother to remind him on the side.

After chatting with them, he also decided to let Ah Qing recruit a girl who knew how to keep accounts in his village tomorrow. She didn't need too high an education, as long as she was honest and could keep accounts clearly. Junior high school graduation and willing to come here would be fine.

Probably there wouldn't be any girls unwilling to come to the city to work. The difficulty was to find a junior high school graduate in the village.

This was a bit difficult. Generally, families rarely let girls waste money to study until junior high school. Generally, being able to study until elementary school graduation and knowing a few words would be fine.

Can only ask. If there is none in the village, go to other villages to find. Always can find.

After chatting for a long time, Ye Yaodong dragged his tired body back to sleep.

Early the next morning, before going to the wharf, he went to the Ocean Bureau early. Taking advantage of the fact that it was time for work, he submitted the report form and then went to the wharf to wait for the goods.

The wharf in the early morning was also full of people coming and going, but they were not people docking, but people going out to sea, and they were all the batch of fish bosses who came ashore to sell goods at night.

After selling goods for a night, they were all cleared at that time, and then they went out to sea again, just like he used to.

He didn't expect that when he stood on the wharf, someone could greet him and say that he hadn't seen him for a while after coming ashore.

Ye Yaodong also smiled and complimented, saying that he had been busy with other things recently, and the work of going out to sea was handed over to his father, so they couldn't meet.

After coming to this wharf many times, he was also familiar with many people.

Standing for more than half an hour, coming and going, there were three or four batches of people greeting him.

And he also waited for the goods sent by the fishing boat at home.

It was Chen Shi who drove the boat to send it over.

"Dongdong brother... I I didn't... over time, right?"

Ye Yaodong looked at his watch, "9:30, not late, can catch the agreed time. How many tons were sent over?"

"Sister-in-law... said, 444 tons and a half."

The corners of his mouth twitched. 444, where is there so much.

"Get rid of your stuttering problem early. Read more tongue twisters. You said 4 tons as 444 tons. You make up the missing 440 tons for me! Go move the goods onto the vehicle, then go to the factory to rest for a while. After eating lunch, I'll... after eating, you go back, and I'll drive the tractor back."

"Okay."

"Is Boss Ye changing his profession and not fishing now? Changing to collecting goods?"

Ye Yaodong looked at the people at the collection point on the wharf with a smile, "No, still fishing, just also collecting and selling goods."

Everyone only saw bags of black things. Although the nylon bags were transparent, they were very thick. As long as they weren't opened, they couldn't see what the black things were.

Most people were in a hurry to go out to sea immediately, and only took a glance. No one was meddling in other people's business. They were just nodding acquaintances who were familiar with each other. Generally, they greeted and took a look before leaving.

When Ye Yaodong drove a vehicle of kelp to the market, it wasn't 11 o'clock yet, and Vulgar Person was already there. ===== CHAPTER 1245 =====