Chapter 34 Secret
Ji Ping looked mysterious, as if Chu Xuan would miss out on a million dollars if she didn't listen to what he said.
Chu Xuan was wondering, what was it that Mu Chenze couldn't just come over and say in person?
But he didn't ask, "Ji Ping, tell me!"
Ji Ping said in a very low voice, "He asked you to meet him at my house at nine o'clock tonight. He has something important to tell you."
"I see. Thank you!"
Chu Xuan's intuition told her that she had to keep the appointment tonight.
Ji Ping then pointed at the cart of fish and said, "Five hundred kilograms today, are you unloading it into the same corner as yesterday?"
"Yes. Xiaofeng, keep the account, five hundred kilograms."
As soon as Chu Xuan finished speaking, Chu Feng responded loudly, "Okay!"
After finishing the accounts, he went to the kitchen and scooped a bowl of red bean and barley soup for Chu Xuan.
Chu Xuan smiled and thanked the younger brother, but did not take it. He explained, "The Chinese medicine I drink contains herbs that can dispel dampness. Drinking this soup will be an overdose."
Pointed in Ji Ping's direction.
Chu Feng understood.
When Ji Ping finished unloading the fish, a large bowl of red bean and barley soup was handed to him.
This soup is good at removing dampness.
Ji Ping thanked Chu Feng, took the bowl, drank it all, returned the bowl, said goodbye and left.
At this moment, Mu Chenze was lying on his kang with a helpless look on his face.
I don’t know what’s wrong with my mother, but she follows him wherever he goes.
He didn't want his mother to know about his cooperation with Chu Xuan, and he didn't want his mother to see him meeting Chu Xuan.
But he had something important to tell Chu Xuan, and the fewer people who knew about it, the better.
If my mother knew about this, she would definitely tell my father and my eldest brother and his wife.
Then he asked Ji Ping to pass the message to Chu Xuan.
Ji Ping will keep it a secret and won't eavesdrop.
Qin Mahua failed to discover her son's secret, but she was not discouraged and planned to continue tracking him in the future.
Little did he know that his son had already seen through his plan.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, all the skinned fish had been processed and cleaned.
Chu Xuan calculated the wages according to his younger brother's account book.
Liu Zhaodi killed 500 kilograms of fish for five dollars.
Gao Meijuan and Wang Shasha killed a total of 700 kilograms of fish for seven yuan.
Miao Dacui started killing fish in the afternoon, so the quantity was small, only 100 kilograms, and cost one yuan.
Chu Feng killed 200 kilograms of fish for two dollars.
Chu Xuan settled the bill on the same day.
Liu Zhaodi held the five yuan in her hand and felt like she was dreaming. She earned so much in five hours. If she earned this much every day, it would be 150 yuan a month, which was enough to support her two younger brothers to go to school and buy medicine for her mother.
After thanking Chu Xuan and confirming that he could come again in the future, he left happily.
Gao Meijuan's family was not in a hurry to leave. Some helped fetch water, some helped put fish fillets on the tray, and some helped chop wood and make a fire...
Just then, there was a knock on the door. Chu Xuan walked to the door and saw Widow Niu standing outside the door with an awkward look on her face, her hands nervously clutching the corner of her clothes.
Widow Niu was in her thirties, tall and strong, as strong as an ox.
Chu Xuan and Widow Niu usually don’t have much interaction, but since someone has come to visit, they still have to be polite.
"Sister Niu, what's going on?"
Widow Niu mustered up her courage and stammered, "I... I heard you opened a... grilled fish fillet workshop. If you have any manual... manual work, could you hire... hire me..."
After saying that, he lowered his head, not daring to look at Chu Xuan, for fear of being rejected.
Chu Xuan knew her family situation. There was only her and her twelve-year-old son Wang Mingguang at home.
Widow Niu was clumsy with her hands, and no one who hired her to work would last more than a day.
She either broke her fishing net or accidentally dropped something, or even cut her hand while trying to kill a fish...
So much so that no one dared to hire her anymore.
Go fishing at the beach. Others can pick up more or less good stuff, but at most she can pick up clams, snails, and razor fins. She has no luck and no brains, and her life is getting poorer and poorer.
As for the widow Niu, she is a simple and honest person.
Chu Xuan was just looking to hire someone to fetch water and chop wood, but he wasn't sure if Widow Niu was capable of doing the job.
Chu Xuan was a little worried that she might accidentally cut her hand while chopping wood.
In the end, I still wanted to help her.
"Okay. I'll hire you to fetch water and chop wood. You must keep the water tank full every day and chop at least two loads of wood. The wages are one dollar a day. If you're willing, just come tomorrow morning at seven o'clock and you'll be paid that day."
Widow Niu was pleasantly surprised. She had just given it a try, but she hadn't expected Chu Xuan to actually hire her. She kept saying, "I do! I do... Thank you... Thank you..."
Seeing her like this, Chu Xuan felt inexplicably distressed.
"Have a good rest tonight, because tomorrow will be a lot of hard work."
Widow Wang grinned, "Okay! I'll come over early tomorrow morning!"
Waved goodbye and left happily.
Chu Feng had marinated the fish fillets with sweet and salty flavors in advance. Chu Xuan took a look and decided to start grilling them.
Without hiding anything, he taught Gao Meijuan how to control the heat.
I don’t mind Chu Feng, Miao Dacui and Wang Shasha following suit.
From now on, Chu Xuan will need to go out to sell fish every day, and plans to ask Gao Meijuan and others to grill the fish at home and pay them separately.
In fact, Chu Xuan has another idea, but it depends on the sales. Once the sales go up, she will propose it to Wang Depin.
After learning how to grill fish fillets in two ovens, Gao Meijuan has basically mastered the control of the heat.
At around 8:50 in the evening, Chu Xuan found an excuse to go out to digest the food he had eaten.
He chose a deserted path, came to Ji Ping's house and knocked on the door.
Soon, the door opened.
The person who opened the door was Mu Chenze, who had secretly climbed out of his home through the window.
His mother thought he had already gone to bed.
Ji Ping walked out of the kitchen, holding a steamed bun in his hand, and took a bite. "You two go to the main room to chat, I'll go back to the kitchen to eat."
Give them room to talk.
Mu Chenze nodded to Chu Xuan and made a gesture of invitation.
Chu Xuan walked into the main room.
Mu Chenze then stepped into the main room, closed the door and bolted it.
Leaning against the door.
Chu Xuan swallowed his saliva. What did this guy want? He wanted to dominate...
"Mu Chenze, why are you closing the door?"
Mu Chenze made a gesture to silence him, "Keep your voice down! Next, I'm going to tell you something very important! You must make sure you stay calm after listening to me, and don't yell out of anger."
Chu Xuan then realized that he had misunderstood.
"Okay! I promise! Just tell me! I have hundreds of pounds of fish fillets waiting for me to grill at home."
"Then I'll make it short." Mu Chenze deliberately lowered his voice and continued, "This morning I didn't receive any deep-sea fishing supplies, so I didn't go to the city. Instead, I went out to sea with my family's boat. But don't worry, I've already sold the sea cucumbers and abalone I bought from you. When my family's boat was fishing, we happened to meet Chu Zhi. He bought a second-hand boat. Instead of fishing properly, he was drinking and fishing on the boat. He ended up getting drunk and fell into the sea. I saw him."
Chu Xuan looked helpless, "Did you save him?"
"That's right."
"People like Chu Zhi deserve to die! Why did you save him?"
Chu Xuan couldn't help but recall how helpless she felt after being pushed into the sea by Chu Zhi and Feng Chunhua in her previous life. In this life, she wished Chu Zhi could also experience the feeling of suffocating to death in the sea.
Mu Chenze said good-naturedly, "Thanks to me for saving him, otherwise he wouldn't have heard that secret!"
Chu Xuan became interested, "What secret?"
"When I rescued him and put him on the boat, he was still drunk and kept muttering, 'Rich! My family has plenty of money!' Buying a boat to go out to sea is not to make money, but to show off that the Chu family can afford a boat!"
(End of this chapter)
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