After the road was repaired, the pier is really much more lively this year.
Some fishermen do not have to sell the fish they catch to purchasing agencies at low prices. They can sell all the fish at their own stalls. Some people can earn more than ten yuan more from a boatload of fish.
Not only did many people in the town come to buy fish, but there were also cars coming to collect seafood from the fishermen.
The villagers have truly experienced what it means to “connect roads and finances!”
I originally thought that building a road would just make it easier to get to town, but I didn't expect it would also open up a way to make money.
Looking at the bustling pier, Zhou Chenglei suggested to the village committee to build a small seafood market near the pier.
Their village committee is rich, with the money earned from the purchasing office and the money he made from buying the beach.
However, the village committee has discussed and planned to repair all the roads in the village to facilitate the villagers.
After the Chinese New Year, he will give his opinions and see whether everyone would rather build a small seafood market or repair the road.
Building roads will make it more convenient for every household to go out, and building a seafood market can bring more income to the villagers, but not all villagers.
Someone saw Zhou Chenglei and his family coming over and asked, "Alei, are you selling mussels?"
He was from the next village, and Jiang Xia didn’t know him.
Seeing Zhou Chenglei didn't respond, Jiang Xia looked up at him and pulled his sleeve: "Someone asked you if you sell mussels."
There were too many people and it was too noisy. His hearing was not good and he was distracted just now, so he really didn't hear it. Zhou Chenglei looked over and said, "Sorry, I was just thinking about something. We only caught a dozen pounds today, all for our family. You can ask Guodong and Yongguo."
The man said, "Okay, then I'll ask them. I just saw Uncle Yongfu holding a large bag of mussels, so I asked. By the way, do you sell the mussels you raise to Hong Kong Island? How much do you sell them for per pound?"
"My dad picked those up early in the morning and brought them home for us to eat. They cost about one yuan."
The man was shocked when he heard it: "It's so expensive! It's as expensive as the biggest scallop."
Zhou Chenglei smiled and said, "After all, this is from overseas, and it's not available locally. We still have to go to the city, and we'll talk next time."
"Okay, go ahead and do your work. I'll come to your house for tea next time when I'm free."
"good."
The Zhou family continued walking towards their fishing boat.
The man went to Zhou Guodong to buy mussels.
Before dawn today, Zhou Guodong and Zhou Yongguo made an appointment to go out to sea together to catch scallops and collect some large mussels to sell at the dock to make some money.
Pan Daidi asked the other party: "Dalin, you just bought mussels from Zhou Chenglei, how much did he ask for per pound?"
Pan Dalin: "He didn't say how much it costs per pound. He doesn't sell it. I'll go ask Zhou Guodong."
Someone heard this and said, "Didn't A-Lei just say it was about one yuan per pound? That thing is so heavy, but it's still sold for one yuan per pound. That's too expensive!"
Pan Dalin: "That's the price in Hong Kong Island. Can the price in Hong Kong Island be compared with that in our fishing village?"
"They sell them in Hong Kong for one dollar a pound. They raise so many, so it's not very profitable, right?"
"Of course I make money! I estimate that I can harvest more than 10 to 20 kilograms of mussels with one wooden stake. If I had known, I would have followed his lead! The village committee even asked everyone if they wanted to follow his lead, but few dared to try. How stupid!"
Pan Daidi: "It's not too late to raise them now! Raise them for one year and sell them the next year!"
She wanted to ask her son to rent a beach to raise him.
His son knows the big boss in Hong Kong Island and has more connections than Zhou Chenglei!
“What are we still raising now? All the beaches have been rented out by them!” Someone saw these mussels growing well some time ago and went to the brigade to ask.
"Yes, all the beaches that can be contracted have been rented out. The remaining beaches cannot be rented out. The people from the brigade said that they should be reserved for the villagers to catch seafood."
Pan Daidi: "No way? Why would you rent it to them and not to us?"
Everyone in the brigade knew that Pan Daidi came back driving a car worth hundreds of thousands of yuan.
"Your family has money, go ask the brigade if you can still rent it, we want to keep it too!"
Pan Daidi: "We just need to ask! These are the beaches of the village, why are only a few families allowed to operate them? Come with me and ask! There is strength in numbers! If we can't rent it, they will have to give up part of the beach for us to rent!"
"It's no use asking about this. The brigade asked the villagers whether they wanted to follow Zhou Chenglei in raising fish and make it an industry for the entire village. No one was happy about it, except for a few families. Now that they see that he has made money, they want to take back the beaches they rented out. Who would be happy about that? It costs a lot of money to buy the wooden stakes!"
"I'm going to ask them! Ask them to vacate the beach for us to maintain, and we can also buy the wood piles for them!"
"You wish! The wood piles that I have worked so hard to plant are starting to make money! Can I sell them to you?"
"What do I care about him! When the brigade asked everyone to raise a dog together, they didn't even ask me!" Pan Daidi walked towards the production team's original office, which has now become the Longkou Brigade Office, with great momentum.
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Jiangxia had already sailed the boat out, and he didn't know if someone was jealous of the large area of mussels they had raised and wanted to get a piece of the pie.
The family sailed for about an hour to the city dock.
Jiang Dong, Zhou Chengsen and Mai Lao's driver were already waiting at the dock.
A total of three cars came to pick them up.
After docking the boat, the family unloaded a pile of gifts from the car and drove to the Jiang family.
The family came to Jiang's house in a grand manner. Jiang's father frowned when he saw them bringing so many things: "Why did you buy so many things?"
Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Many of them were prepared by my eldest brother, his wife, and my second brother."
After hearing this, Jiang's father hurriedly said to them, "Brother, sister-in-law, second brother is so thoughtful! It's a great honor for you to come over for dinner on New Year's Eve, and I'm very happy. We are all family, so just treat it as home and don't buy anything for us in the future. You really don't have to be so polite."
Mr. Mai asked everyone to sit down.
Jiang Dong served tea to everyone.
Mother Jiang and Father Jiang put away the things that the Zhou family brought.
Live poultry such as chickens and geese have to be raised on the balcony. Jiang's father took a few newspapers and put them on the ground, then carried two cages of poultry out to the balcony. The smell emitted from the poultry's feathers made Mai Xiaoan, who was staying on the balcony to get some fresh air, feel nauseous!
She quickly covered her mouth and nose.
Really a country bumpkin!
The gifts they gave were live chickens, geese and ducks!
It stinks! At this time, a chicken sprayed a pile of chicken shit, which fell on the floor tiles! She couldn't help but cover her mouth and retched.
Mai Jinping hurriedly took her back to the living room.
Originally, they built a balcony because the living room was too old and small, but they didn’t expect the Zhou family to be so disgusting!
They actually gave me these country things! Mai Xiaoan returned to the living room and saw so many people. She smelled a fishy smell and hurried to the kitchen to find Tan Zhiying.
"Mom! I can't stay here any longer! I want to go home!"
Jiang's mother and Aunt Feng both went out to help move things, leaving only Tan Zhiying in the kitchen. She quickly glanced outside. (End of this chapter)
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