Chapter 41: Weighing

Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes. It was all right in front of his eyes, but his mother was still asking questions, not believing him!

"Mom, you've seen it all. Why ask? It's obvious."

"When did you go out to sea? Why didn't you say it in advance? Whose boat is it?"

"Didn't I say at noon that I was going out, and asked A-Qing to cook noodles for me early? After eating, I left. The boat is rented."

"It's only been a few hours, and you netted..."

"Hey, wait a bit, no time now. There are still fish on the boat. Let's talk after moving them all down and weighing them." He frowned and interrupted his mother's questioning. Now was not the time for details. Moving those fish down was the priority.

The curious villagers all widened their eyes, "Still more? Not finished moving yet."

"Tsk tsk tsk~ The Ye family got rich again. Why is your family's financial luck so prosperous lately? Did you worship Mazu?"

Ye Mu said to the onlookers with a smiling face: "Definitely. It's the first time going out to sea in a few days, so I have to worship the Sea Goddess well, and let her protect our family to go smoothly."

"It's really that luck has come, and it can't be stopped. Even A-Dong going out to sea can hit so many mackerel. It's really promising."

"Yes, A-Dong and the others usually look idle and not decent, didn't expect that when they were serious, they were so powerful, and could actually hit a mackerel school. These baskets look like quite a lot."

"Yes, thousands of jin should be there, right? These fish are all so big..."

In the envious, jealous, and hateful eyes of everyone, Ye Yaodong and the others finally moved all the mackerel on the boat down. Everyone was sweating profusely, and the clothes on their backs were soaked with sweat.

Ye Yaodong handed the bucket in his hand to his mother, "This is what I kept, two mackerel, and some seafood. You take them and make fish balls tonight."

"Why keep them? These two can sell for several yuan, just eat miscellaneous fish..."

The old people had lived through enough bitter days. Where could they bear to eat valuable things?

"Hey, it's so hard to catch so many, so I have to reward myself. And there are so many, so it's not missing these two. You take them back and make fish balls. I want to eat!"

"Eat, eat, eat, only know how to eat. The money hasn't been earned yet, and you're thinking of wasting it. This one must be one yuan..."

Lin Xiuqing held Ye Mu, "Mom, it's not missing these two. Other friends of Dongzi might have kept some too, so let's take them back and make fish balls. The children haven't eaten them for a long time."

Now Ye Mu didn't speak. Everyone kept them, so she couldn't return them, right?

A-Cai looked at them with a smile, "Are they all moved? Can we weigh them?"

"Let's agree on the price first; if it's too low, I won't sell it to you. We'll just call a tractor and haul it to the Yujing Wharf!" Ye Yaodong wasn't stupid. With this much fish, he didn't have to do a thing, and he could make a big profit just by turning it over!

"20 cents isn't low. I earn at most one or two cents when I resell it. It's also because your father's large yellow croaker a few days ago let me know a few more fish dealers, otherwise I wouldn't be able to eat so many mackerel. There's really not much profit. Others also need to make money. You have to leave some space for others to make money."

This, it actually makes quite a bit of sense.

In and out, it passed through several hands in the middle, so there must be space for others to make money. If there's no money to make, who would be willing to do it?

A-Zheng smiled and put his arm around A-Cai's shoulder, "Cai-ge has wide connections, and making money is easier than us. Everyone is earning hard-earned money, so you add a few cents for us."

"You guys are still hard-working? Heard that you came back after only a few hours out. Who is more relaxed than you?"

Hearing Xiao Xiao was impatient to listen to them arguing, "Hey, why do you care how many hours we went? Just say whether you add money or not?"

Ye Mu also interjected, "Yes, yes, you add a bit. With so many mackerel, you earn 1 cent per jin, and you should be able to earn several tens or hundreds of yuan."

A-Cai pondered and hesitated for a while, gritted his teeth, "At most I'll add one more cent for you. This is still what I saved from my own profit to give you."

A-Guang also frowned, "Too stingy, right? Only added one cent?"

"It's really not little!"

"22 cents?"

"Normally, there's no bargaining. It's also because you have a lot of goods that I add a cent for you. If you take this to the Yujing pier, they won't give you 21 cents. Moreover, you still have to pay for transportation. If you don't sell it to me, I won't lend you the baskets. Look at how you're going to pack those fish?"

"Forget it, forget it, 21 cents is 21 cents. We save the trouble of tossing."

The pier generally doesn't bargain. The attitude is always: do you want to sell or not? Do you want to buy or not? Ye Yaodong didn't want to make it so troublesome. This mackerel wasn't a valuable fish, and the profit space in the middle really wasn't big. 21 cents wasn't little at this time.

"Fine, if Dongzi says it's okay, then it's okay. Hurry up and weigh."

"Good, good, then you guys take paper and pen to record."

Under the excited pointing of the onlookers, they weighed all the mackerel once.

"How many jin?"

"Where's the abacus? With so many numbers, there's no way to calculate. Cai-ge, you take the abacus and calculate."

None of them knew how to use an abacus...

Ye Yaodong knew how to press a calculator, but there was no calculator at this time, and they were all using abacuses.

Everyone patiently watched A-Cai manipulate the abacus, making *pi-li-pa-la* sounds.

"Alright, a total of 7628 jin, 21 cents per jin, a total of 1601 yuan and 88 cents."

The onlookers were excited, "Wow~ 1600 yuan, more than the large yellow croaker netted a few days ago."

"Can't compare, can't compare. How many jin was the yellow croaker? How many jin is this mackerel? Yellow croaker is still valuable. If this were yellow croaker, it would be truly amazing."

"Who doesn't know yellow croaker is valuable? But you also need this luck. Being able to catch so many mackerel is also amazing."

"So much money, one person can share 400, catching up to two months of dragging nets for others."

"It can catch up to four months of work for a worker!"

"Why is the Ye family's luck so good lately?"

"I'll go worship Mazu tomorrow..."

Different from the reaction of the onlookers, Ye Yaodong was stunned by his calculation. How come it was only 1600? He thought it could sell for several thousand!

Don't know if it was because he hadn't recovered from the prices of his previous life, he felt 1600 was so little...

"Is your calculation correct?"

A-Cai rolled his eyes, "Suspecting I calculated wrong, then you come."

"I don't know how..."

"I'll come!"

At this time, Lin Xiuqing stood out. She had finished elementary school, knew characters, and had learned how to use an abacus, but she used it rarely and wasn't that skilled.

She slowly manipulated the abacus, fearing she would calculate wrong. Ye Yaodong didn't dare to disturb her, calculated it in his heart once, and felt it didn't seem wrong.

A worker's daily wage was only over one yuan. 1600 was enough to catch up to almost three years of their wages. Calculating like this, it didn't seem little. ===== CHAPTER 42 =====