"We can sell the seafood we picked up to the army." Jiang Sisi said excitedly.
"Troops? Will they accept it?" Du Yingfan listened with some hesitation, feeling that this matter was not very reliable.
After all, there are so many fishermen on the coast, and the seafood they bring back from the sea is much better and more abundant than what they pick up.
They only had this small bucket, and it wasn't even full. How could the army possibly buy from them?
It's not charity!
"Of course, the seafood we picked up is so fresh!" Jiang Sisi insisted, her look full of confidence.
She pulled Du Yingfan towards the coast where the troops were, and her eyes seemed to show the light of money.
Du Yingfan was speechless and thought Jiang Sisi was just daydreaming.
"Yingfan, listen to me, I have my plans."
Jiang Sisi pulled Du Yingfan and walked quickly, her speech speed unconsciously increased a bit, and there was an unquestionable light in her eyes.
"Although our quantity is small, it's fresh and of high quality. The military has high standards for food, especially perishable foods like seafood. They prioritize freshness and safety. We can talk directly to the person in charge of military logistics, and maybe there will be a way forward."
"..." Du Yingfan was half-believing and half-doubting, but seeing Jiang Sisi's confident look, the extinguished fire of hope in his heart was rekindled.
He secretly told himself to try one last time. If it really didn't work, he would give up the idea completely and go back to study.
The two of them came to the beach next to the army. Jiang Sisi first took the bucket to the sea, washed the seafood picked up in the bucket with sea water, and then added more than half a bucket of water into the bucket.
After adding seawater, the weight of the bucket became heavier, making Jiang Sisi feel a little tired to carry it.
"Why are you adding sea water?" Du Yingfan looked at her actions and felt very confused.
At first, he thought Jiang Sisi wanted to wash the seafood cleaner so that it would look fresher and sell better.
But if you add seawater to the bucket, do you still want to keep these seafood alive?
But this won't keep the animal alive, and it has no other effect except increasing its weight.
"After adding seawater, won't the bucket become heavier? Besides, the seafood absorbs water, and when they are fished out, they will still be wet, so they will be heavier. We can make more money." Jiang Sisi proudly showed off to him, feeling that she was very smart.
"...Aren't we going to sell it to the army? Isn't it inappropriate to add water like this?" Du Yingfan couldn't help but frowned when he heard this.
After all, he is still a scholar with a certain moral bottom line. Moreover, if he were exposed for doing this, he would feel ashamed.
"What's inappropriate? We picked up the seafood with great effort, so what's wrong with washing it with water? Besides, the soldiers are all grown men, why would they care about such trivial matters?" Jiang Sisi said confidently, not feeling that there was anything wrong with her behavior at all.
Du Yingfan silently moved away from her, thinking that Jiang Sisi was really crazy about money.
Even if the troops are all men, they are just careless, not stupid, so how could they not care?
"Yingfan, please listen to my explanation." Seeing that Du Yingfan was a little unhappy, Jiang Sisi quickly slowed down her tone and explained patiently.
"I did want to make more money, but my original intention was not to deceive. You see, these seafood of ours are picked directly from the seashore. Their freshness is incomparable to those in the market. We add seawater to maintain the freshness so that the soldiers can tell at a glance that they are freshly caught."
"As for the weight, we didn't do it on purpose. It's to prevent the seafood from losing its vitality due to lack of water during transportation, which would affect its quality."
I have to say that Jiang Sisi does have the potential to be a profiteer. She actually rationalized all her calculations.
As Jiang Sisi spoke, she observed Du Yingfan's reaction. After seeing his brows relax slightly, she felt relieved.
She explained it this way because she was worried that Du Yingfan would expose her in a moment, and she also didn't want Du Yingfan to dislike her at this time.
After the two men prepared the seafood, they walked towards the army. During this time, they saw the store where Jiang Yushan was.
There were a lot of people sitting inside and outside the store, and many people who came to the beach to catch seafood were eating there. It seemed that her business was booming.
"Gurgle..."
Du Yingfan could smell the aroma coming from the restaurant from a distance, and his stomach started growling.
Since arriving on the island, he had been eating steamed buns and porridge every day, and some plain noodles in a watery soup, which left him with a bland taste.
When I was in Xiguang Town, although I couldn’t eat meat every day, I could eat it every once in a while. It was nothing like the life I live now, which is so frustrating.
The more Du Yingfan thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt, and he couldn't move his eyes away from the restaurant.
“The breakfast here is really delicious. I come here every day and never get tired of it.”
"My family asked me to take some extra jellyfish salad home today, saying they'd been thinking about it every day since I'd tasted it."
"My husband said he wanted to come with me to the beach and try the breakfast here. I mentioned it every day and he's already craving it."
A few people walked past them. They had just come out of the breakfast shop and were now preparing to go back.
These people were all praising the breakfast shop, which made Du Yingfan drool. He wanted to try it and see how delicious it was.
"Jiang Yushan actually dared to kick us out of the store, and that boss doesn't know how to do business at all!" Seeing that he was staring at her, Jiang Si immediately reminded him of what happened a few days ago.
Although she also wanted to eat, Jiang Yushan worked in the store, and she said she would never give Jiang Yushan money.
Looking at the bustling breakfast shop, Jiang Sisi felt unspeakable jealousy in her heart.
Although Jiang Yushan only works in the store, she feels that she works so hard at the sea but still doesn't make any money, so why should Jiang Yushan stay in a store with such good business and get paid?
"The food they make must not taste good!" Du Yingfan also said stubbornly.
Thinking about how Jiang Yushan had sent him to the police station and deliberately framed him, Du Yingfan didn't want to go to the store to give money.
But the fragrance was so tempting that he thought about it several times and couldn't take his eyes away.
"Let's hurry up and pick up some more while there are still people going to the beach. The more we pick up, the easier it will be to sell." Jiang Sisi couldn't bear it and pulled Du Yingfan away.
The two men did not go near the breakfast shop and continued to pick up fish in the nearby sea for a while.
But it had been some time since the tide receded, and the seafood had already sunk to the sand.
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