Chapter 365: Everyone is delighted

Wu An never expected that his mere verbal praise would make Aunt Juan cry.

Seeing Mei Yueqin, the sister-in-law comforting Li Juan, he coughed and quickly shifted his praise to her: "I should also thank my sister-in-law."

All the work inside and outside the house, washing clothes and cooking, though not spoken of, I keep in my heart.

Mei Yueqin heard this and couldn't stop smiling.

Hearing that makes people happy.

Sitting at the head seat, Wu Yingwei, who was happily smoking, couldn't help coughing twice.

Everyone also gave Wu An a look.

"You've praised everyone but can't miss the most important person," Wu An smiled, poured wine for Wu Yingwei, and said, "Dad, we two don't need to say more."

"It's all in the wine."

After speaking, he clinked his cup against Wu Yingwei's, then raised his neck and drank a full cup.

Wu Yingwei smiled: "You little rascal."

He also tossed the wine into his mouth.

Spicy.

Hot.

Warm inside.

Comfortable all over.

Like soaking in a hot spring.

Everyone feels a bit light-headed.

This cup of wine won't get you drunk, but people, when the wine doesn't intoxicate them, they intoxicate themselves.

Okay.

The one who gave me the least worry has truly grown up and can now support the household.

Just verbally praising everyone, moving only his lips with no real substance, yet he managed to make everyone happier than when they divided the money.

For this kind of thing, the village head is the most skilled, yet he's often called an old fox behind his back.

This person at home, after turning over a new leaf, suddenly became a little fox.

Even shrewder than his father.

You say.

With a son this capable, which father wouldn't be bewildered?

After dividing the money, everyone had little else on their minds.

A table full of food and drink.

Let's get started.

Everyone was high-spirited, the atmosphere at the table exceptionally lively, and no one held back while drinking.

One couldn't stay calm.

After three days of hard work, they earned money others couldn't make in a year, yet the old grumbler complained about the bad weather.

Otherwise, if they worked a year, they could become multi-millionaires.

Wu An smiled.

The weather is like this, so whenever there's a chance to go out to sea, everyone scrambles to make money.

Wu An suddenly realized he hadn't yet told everyone about the already-ordered trawler, and blurted it out emboldened by the drink.

Wu An looked at Mei Wu and said, "The trawler will arrive at the latest by next month."

"Will you come help me then?"

"I'll pay you the same wage as Lao Fu."

Lao Fu Tou gets a 5% commission, which is indeed high, given his rich experience, ability to steer the ship, and familiarity with all kinds of operations.

Mei Wu naturally understood Wu An truly wanted to bring him profit, and quickly nodded: "No need to wait; I can come anytime."

Wu An blinked: "Anytime?"

Mei Wu said somewhat embarrassedly, "Before you called me, I thought your boat wasn't big, so you wouldn't need so many people."

"But after working these two days, I learned the actual situation."

"You don't need to give me such high pay; I'm just a newcomer who knows nothing..."

Wu An laughed: "Fine, then you don't have to go to the factory, right??"

Mei Wu thought and said: "I need to go handle my resignation."

Wu An said: "The weather over the next few days won't be good, so we can't go out to sea; perfect, you can settle your work matters."

Mei Wu nodded happily, glanced at Mei Yueqin, who added: "Do your job well."

Mei Wu nodded: "Sis, I will."

Mei Yueqin didn't say much; some things aren't suitable to say in front of so many people, so she'll find a chance to advise Mei Wu privately.

Wu An looked at Lao Fu Tou and said, "Old Fu, once we have the trawler, our focus will shift to the trawler."

"Then I'll add one point to your commission."

Lao Fu Tou shook his head: "Boss, no need; I already think the current commission is more than enough."

He really feels that way.

As for Ah Wu boarding the ship, his commission is the same, and he has no extra thoughts.

He's just a worker.

He takes the money and works for the boss; with his current wage he sells his life to Wu An, without complaint.

Wu An came over holding his cup; Lao Fu Tou quickly lowered his cup, and Wu An followed suit, the two raising and lowering their cups back and forth.

Wu An said helplessly, "Lao Fu, at the wine table you are my elder."

Upon hearing this, Lao Fu Tou didn't bother with pleasantries anymore.

After drinking a cup of wine, Wu An said, "Lao Fu, I didn't make empty promises."

"I have considered it."

"Don't worry, as I said from the start, follow me to make money and I will never shortchange you."

Whether it's a small boat or a trawler, or even larger boats later, he cannot possibly be out at sea with them all the time.

Even someday in the future, he will no longer go out to sea; even if he does go out, he will just take the boat out for fun, rather than go out to sea to fish and earn money through hard work.

He actually considered buying another trawler; with two boats working together, operational efficiency would greatly increase.

But then, manpower would have to be greatly increased.

At present, such conditions are not yet available.

But he clearly understands that forming a fleet, even an ocean-going fleet, is the direction that will inevitably develop in the future.

This is also his foundation!

Therefore.

In the future, the burdens on Lao Fu, A Qing, and even Mei Wu will be very heavy.

For now, these considerations are still far off, and he doesn't need to voice them.

A single meal lasted over three hours, mainly drinking; once they started drinking, there was no limit.

Li Juan and Mei Wu cleaned up, Wu Yingwei also helped, and Wu An and the others didn't get involved.

They really didn't want to move!

It wasn't that he was lazy; even if he wanted to help clean up, his sister-in-law and Li Juan also disagreed.

You go out to sea to fish, facing risks and working hard enough already; back home, you still have to make them pour tea, serve water, cook food and drinks—what are the women in the household supposed to do?

Become the young mistress?

They are reluctant and unwilling, they all hope to contribute their share to the family, rather than be freeloaders who just eat and drink for free.

Wu An took out his phone, replied to Gu Anran's message, and saw a text sent by Fan Dali.

Wu An gave the text to A Qing to read.

A Qing was already a bit drunk from drinking: "Brother, is your phone malfunctioning? Why are these words moving around? I can't see them clearly."

Wu An took the phone back and said, "A Qing, the Fan Clan said they sold the catch for 130,000 and want to treat us to drinks—will you go?"

"Let's go." A Qing chuckled and said, "Looks like the Fan Clan didn't steal our catch from the crab pots."

Wu An: "How so?"

"They only sold that much; if they had stolen our catch, they would definitely have sold more than us."

"That's just normal."

"Their luck can't possibly compare to big brother's."

Wu An chuckled.

Fan Dali sent that message, and he already had no doubts.

One can sense whether a person is upright and aboveboard.

He replied to the message, saying to set a time to meet.

He sensed that Fan Dali wanted to improve relations with him; she also thought it was good, because out at sea, it's still better to have more friends.