Chapter 364: Dividing the Big Money

Wu An was really hungry.

He had worked all day; at noon he just casually ate something to fill his mouth.

He thought he could finish early and go home early, but after this busy work, he didn't get home until after seven in the evening.

Fortunately, when he got home, his sister-in-law had already prepared a table of dishes; his older brother and Mei Wu were also there, so he greeted them and sat down to eat.

He ate until he was half-full.

Seeing everyone absent-minded, Wu An wiped his mouth with a napkin and said, "Alright, let's settle the accounts."

Wu An stood up.

He went back inside, picked up a leather bag and brought it out—this was the cash he had Gao Qiangqi specially prepare.

The leather bag was also given to him as a bonus; speaking of which, during this period the leather bags he'd received for collecting money were already quite a few.

They waited for him to come out.

Everyone's eyes fell on his leather bag, their gazes somewhat fiery.

Li Juan was also there.

Seeing the bulging leather bag, she couldn't help but grab A Qing's arm.

A Qing gave a hehe laugh: "Mom, calm down now."

Li Juan, not in a good mood, slapped him and said, "You still dare to make fun of Mom."

Wu An sat down, cleared his throat, and said, "These past two days, my older brother and A Wu Ge came aboard to help, and we caught a lot of fish."

"These are also the two days with the highest earnings ever, totaling 1.741 million."

"They both put in a lot of effort; without exaggeration, if it weren't for them, our income would have been at least reduced by ten percent."

"So I plan to give each of them a one-point commission."

Although the matters on the boat are his alone to decide, some things still need to be laid out and spoken about.

Lao Fu Tou is a hired worker, his opinion doesn't matter, but A Qing is different; A Qing counts as his partner.

Moreover, Li Juan is also here, so some things still need to be made clear.

A Qing had nothing on his mind, he nodded and said he'd follow the older brother's lead; Li Juan picked up the thread: "A Qing is right—they work the same on the boat; not just one point, even if it were the same as A Qing, we'd have no objection."

Lao Fu Tou smiled and nodded.

Wu An chuckled: "That's still not the same."

"Older brother, A Wu Ge, this is your money."

To be honest, he lowered his head, counted out the money, and placed it respectively in front of Wu Ping and Mei Wu.

Wu Ping picked it up and directly handed it to Mei Yueqin.

Mei Yueqin took it happily, one hand holding the money, the other quickly counting.

After counting for a while, she then realized and said somewhat embarrassedly, "A An, sister-in-law doesn't distrust you; she just likes counting money."

Mei Wu wiped his fingers on his lips and also started counting; he basically couldn't spare a word to speak.

Nineteen thousand five hundred!

Good heavens!

So much!

Isn't that earning more than half a year's wages in just two days!

Following Wu An to make money like this, what's the point of working a regular job!

Think about how he works overtime day and night, yet the money left over isn't as much as what they earned in these two days!

Among coworkers there's covert competition and squeezing, and the boss's oppression—where could it be as comfortable as on Wu An's boat!

Holding the thick wad of bills in his hand, and thinking about how recently he's been specially targeted by the leader, he couldn't help but recall the day when Wu An came to his house looking for him.

How could he have refused Wu An back then?

He really should have agreed!

Mei Wu felt both happy and upset inside.

Wu An took out the list, put it on the table, and said, "Today's harvest is not bad either."

"The nine-section shrimp aren't many, but there are plenty of small blue dragons—over five hundred jin, plus sea snails, sold for 140,000."

"Three bigeye tuna, one sold."

"The other two, added together, sold."

"Miscellaneous items, sold for 7,800."

"So, summing it all up, that's 2.02 million."

A Qing excitedly waved his arms and shouted; if Li Juan hadn't quickly covered his mouth, his yelling could have been heard throughout half the village.

Lao Fu Tou's hand holding the cigarette trembled, and he laughed until all the wrinkles on his face scrunched together.

He's not as clueless as A Qing; he's done the math in his head and estimates it's just over a million.

He never expected that over these three days the final income would reach two million!

Begin distributing the money.

A Qing gets one tenth, that is 200,000 plus 2,000.

Lao Fu Tou gets half a share, that is 100,000 plus 1,000.

The remaining money is Wu An's own; there's still some cash in the leather bag, which he intends to keep, plus extra for the older brother and A Wu.

No matter when, ties of closeness and distance still need to be observed.

The older brother and A Wu didn't slack off on the boat; without them, things wouldn't be cleared up quickly, the luck value wouldn't be dissipated, and naturally they wouldn't earn that much money.

What he just said is relatively conservative; in his view, the work done by the older brother and Mei Wu exceeds his own.

There's nothing to be done.

Since he's the boss, he should take the biggest share.

According to his nature, the elder brother and A Wu should each get a tenth.

But openly that won't do, so privately he still has to give it.

After deducting the money to be later given to the elder brother and A Wu, and after deducting bait fuel costs and other expenses, his final net profit is 1.4 million.

Not bad.

On average, he earns over 400,000 per day!

He was quite pleased, looking at everyone laughing until they couldn't close their mouths, and said, "Everyone has worked hard these past few days."

Especially Lao Fu—if it weren't for him, our adhesive net would be disposable, we couldn't catch so many fish, nor earn so much money.

It's these people who helped him earn so much money.

If it were just him, even if he worked himself to death, he couldn't earn that much.

Praise.

Praise him vigorously.

He must be praised properly.

Lao Fu Tou laughed until his back teeth showed, waving his hands and saying, "Don't say that—I just did what I was supposed to do."

Wu An looked at A Qing and said, "A Qing, good brother, you follow me through any hardship without ever complaining or losing your temper."

I believe everyone can see how hard you strive.

Lao Fu Tou and the others nodded repeatedly.

Wu Ping said, "I've seen it—on the boat, A An can't do what you can."

Mei Wu gave a thumbs up: "That's right—A Qing is young but incredibly tough."

When it was especially hard on the boat, he couldn't help humming a few lines, but A Qing didn't say a word.

He just kept his head down, working hard, gritting his teeth, with smoke constantly rising from his mouth as he worked.

Wu An laughed and said, "Without A Qing, I wouldn't be where I am today."

His words carried a double meaning.

But no one there could hear it.

A Qing scratched his head, gave a silly hehe laugh; he was tongue-tied, didn't know what to say, and just shouted "Brother" twice.

Li Juan wiped the corner of her eyes and said, "A An, that's also thanks to you bringing him to make money; without you..."

As she spoke, her voice choked up and she wiped her tears; a widow and someone not quite right in the head, she truly worried—worrying about how A Qing would fare in the future, whether he'd spend his life as a bachelor.

Now she doesn't worry.

The family now has several hundred thousand in savings and is about to build a new house—what's there to worry about?

Not exaggerating—A Qing's conditions are such that a daughter-in-law isn't just anyone you can pick!

Li Juan is quite clear: without Wu An, A Qing is nothing; in the village, hardly anyone would look up to him.

Not mentioning others, just A Qing's few uncles—if any of them treated him as a nephew, why would she need to spend money to buy another homestead?

Compared to that, the so-called relatives can't even compare to a single finger of Wu An.

Precisely because she thought of this, she felt joy, anger, and sorrow all at once, and her tears became uncontrollable.