Chapter 128: Bought them all

Ye Yaodong asked the villagers to let them through and also saw the Lin family in the crowd, looking full of excitement. He waved his hand with a smile and said to his wife, "You guys go back and boil water first, and make some tea for them later. Have Father and the eldest brother returned?"

"Not yet?"

His brows instantly furrowed. What time was it? They hadn't returned yet? Could it be that they were waiting until noon when they couldn't sell them before they were willing to return?

Then what about these people? It was hard to invite them home, and he wanted to sell all the military fish that couldn't be sold to them.

"Your eldest nephew knows how to ride a bicycle. Let him borrow one and go to town to find his grandfather and father. Just say there are guests at our house."

Lin Xiuqing nodded obediently and then pulled her mother, two sisters-in-law, and her eldest nephew to walk home first. It just so happened that her eldest nephew had stopped going to school after graduating from primary school and was helping with work at home. Sending him now was just right.

Seeing the officials being led by Ye Yaodong towards the Lin house, the villagers followed one after another, all the way to the Lin house.

Mother Lin and her two daughters-in-law had already cleaned the courtyard thoroughly, put the farm tools in order, and carefully wiped the tables and chairs again.

"Director Chen, please sit..."

Lin Xiuqing was very observant and hurriedly handed over the brewed tea, then poured a cup for each staff member.

"Hmm? The tea at your house is quite fragrant?"

Mother Ye said with a smile, "This is what we grow ourselves. We specially saved some first-flush tea to entertain guests."

They themselves only drank coarse tea; how could they bear to drink the first-flush tea?

"Is it Silver Needle White Tea?"

"Right, right, Director Chen really knows his stuff."

Director Chen smiled, "It's not that I know my stuff, but I've heard that there is a lot of white tea grown here. I also have a jar of Silver Needle White Tea at home."

Ye Yaodong smiled and hurriedly took over the conversation, "Drinking tea is good. We Fujian people love drinking tea. It's just that this was stored in the first half of the year and is definitely not as fragrant as freshly fried tea. If Director Chen likes drinking tea, we'll save more tea needles and send them to you next spring."

"Ah, no need, no need. It's not easy for you commoners to earn money. Keep it all to sell for money..."

In order to delay time, Ye Yaodong tried his best to chat with him, talking about where he was from, that he was a fisherman, and so on, even mentioning that he had caught sea bass, red grouper, a 55-jin croaker, a 190-jin giant grouper...

He pulled everything out to chat, like telling a story, making Director Chen so interested that he couldn't wait to go out to sea with him to drag a net.

"We usually go out to sea for patrols. When I have time, I'll go out with you to drag a net and see, and by the way, take a fishing rod for sea fishing."

"Hehe... our small boat can only stay in the near sea. If you don't mind only catching small fish, you can go."

"Don't mind, don't mind, just to experience it, and by the way, do some beachcombing..."

"Grandfather is back."

The two were talking happily when Lin Fu hurried back.

He smiled with a face full of wrinkles, secretly reaching out to wipe his clothes. Having rushed back on a bicycle, his face was covered in dust, and he was a bit embarrassed to shake hands with Director Lin.

"Really sorry, I went to town to sell fish in the morning and wasn't at home, neglecting you."

"It's okay, I just came over to have a cup of tea and rest my feet, and by the way, see the many military fish your son-in-law mentioned. Oh right, where are the military fish? I was so happy talking that I actually forgot about this," Director Chen patted his forehead, "I'm old, and sure enough, I'm useless."

"Director Chen is joking," Ye Yaodong said and looked at his father-in-law, "I only sold three in the morning, and a whole bucket is good. Eldest brother? How many did you sell?"

"Only sold 22. Sold 16 to a hotel. Originally wanted to hawk them a bit more, but Ayuan (eldest nephew Lin Guangyuan) came looking for us, so I rode the bicycle back first."

Ye Yaodong smiled and said to Director Chen, "We estimate there are about 60 left. What do you think..."

Lin Xiuqing was very observant and brought the fish that Ye Yaodong had handed to her earlier to the front.

Director Chen grabbed one and looked at it, praising, "Your bow-fish technique is tied quite well. They are still alive even now."

"I've tied plenty of fish; tying this is still no problem."

"How much do you plan to sell them for per jin?"

"2 mao?"

Anyway, as long as they could be sold, who cared if the scales were more valuable than the meat? They couldn't scrape the scales off and sell them by weight. If they did that, who would buy the fish meat?

Director Chen nodded, "Okay, if the remaining fish are all brought back, weigh them all. After weighing, send them to my unit, and then we'll settle the account."

Anyway, they were all alive. He would put them in the unit's cafeteria to be raised and eaten, and he could also send some to other departments.

Everyone immediately beamed with joy and nodded hurriedly. Even Lin Fu was beaming; he had originally thought it would take a few more days to sell them.

At this time, Lin Xiang Hui also pushed the cart back in a hurry. Hearing that these military fish had been bought out, he instantly breathed a sigh of relief and was overjoyed. He couldn't care about catching his breath and hurriedly went with Lin Xiangrong to borrow a large scale from a fertilizer shop to weigh them, afraid that if they were late, the other party would go back on their word.

The entrance to the courtyard was still full of people watching the excitement, but there were fewer of them, mostly rural women. After all, watching excitement was one thing, but work still had to be done.

Everyone asked the two brothers one after another, why borrow a scale?

The two were so happy they couldn't care about chatting with the neighbors. They carried the large scale and put it at the door, lifting the buckets of military fish onto the scale.

They sold 25, and 62 were left. After weighing, the total was 495 jin. On average, each fish was nearly eight jin. 2 mao per jin was 99 yuan and 2 mao.

Director Chen smiled and said, "It's just right, then let's just count it as 100 yuan. We'll scrape the scales off, and we can take the fish meat to the cafeteria for processing."

The villagers watching the excitement started discussing again...

"Ah, sold for so much money, two months' wages! The Lin family has made a fortune!"

"When did they catch so many military fish?"

"How did they catch them? Caught so many?"

"Isn't there also that fish called Chinese sturgeon, just sitting in the corner? Was it caught together? This fish must be very valuable."

"Heard they caught it and released it."

Some people passing by didn't know the situation and were very surprised.

After agreeing on the price and delivery time, Director Chen and his party set off for home. The Lin family happily sent them out the door, and by the way, sent out a jar of Silver Needle White Tea fried this spring.

The guests hadn't gone far when the women in the village who were familiar with them pulled Mother Lin to inquire about what was going on with the fish and the people.

Mother Lin slapped her thigh and said with a smile, "Oh my, I don't know either. What did they do last night? I didn't see a shadow when I got up this morning. I only knew when I went to watch the excitement just now. Maybe you know more than I do. Let's talk later, we have things to do ourselves."

As she spoke, she went into the house and called all her sons into the house.

She really didn't know the reason. Her son-in-law asked her to entertain the guests, so she hurriedly came back to clean, boil water, and make tea.

After closing the main door, Mother Lin asked them for the reason, and the others in the family understood the ins and outs.

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Lin Xiangrong also explained that he was unwilling to release it just like that. Doing a good deed shouldn't be without leaving a name. If that Chinese sturgeon was caught by someone else, he would be infuriated.

It was better to go and notify the people from the Fisheries Bureau to see. If they were indifferent and didn't attach importance to it, he could go and catch it to sell for money.

Ye Yaodong also felt that he was rash. Being reborn and having everything go so smoothly, and his luck exploding, exploding the net several times made him a bit floaty. He didn't even take the Chinese sturgeon seriously and felt that releasing it was fine; it wasn't missing this one fish.

He felt he also needed to reflect well! Adjust his mindset!

"With so many fish to be sent to the county, don't push the cart in the afternoon. It's too far. Just use bamboo baskets to carry a load to town, take a bus, and then send it to the county?" Mother Lin felt sorry for her sons walking such a long way to the county town before dawn.

"If we use bamboo baskets to carry them, it's too sunny at noon. The temperature is still very high during the day now, don't let them die from the sun. Just put them in buckets filled with water and let a tractor pull them to the county town. These fish sold for 100 yuan, just take one yuan to hire a tractor!" Ye Yaodong suggested.

"Right, right, it can be considered money picked up for nothing. Just take one yuan and hire a tractor to send them to the county."

Since everyone said so, Lin Xiang Hui also nodded, "Okay, I'll go to the village to call a tractor now."

Sending them early meant getting the money into their pockets early.

If it weren't for feeling sorry for the money, who would be willing to walk? Since there was a large sum of money about to be credited, they were willing to spend this one yuan.

"I'll go cook something for you to eat. Eat before you go."

Mother Lin hurriedly went to cook noodles. It was almost noon. Eat before going, so as not to be hungry after arriving in the city and have to buy things outside, which was expensive.

Lin Xiang Hui and Lin Xiangrong followed the tractor to deliver the goods, and Ye Yaodong handed the money for the three fish sold this morning to Lin Fu.

"Don't give it to me. You three went out to catch the fish together. It has nothing to do with me. Wait until they come back, and you discuss it yourselves."

He had no choice but to put the money back into his pocket.

In the afternoon, Lin Xiuqing's eldest sister came back with her husband and children, and the house was lively again.

Ye Yaodong greeted them and went back to the room for a nap. He got up too early in the morning, before dawn at 3 o'clock, and by the afternoon, he couldn't hold on anymore.

He didn't know that after he left, Lin Fu and Mother Lin kept praising him, saying that he looked much more diligent than before, much more reliable, and knew how to help do things... saying that Lin Xiuqing didn't have to work so hard anymore...

Everyone's requirements for him were very low. ===== CHAPTER 129 =====