Chapter 40 Cooperation
Chu Xuan felt it was Mu Chenze.
That's why I asked this on purpose.
Ji Ping scratched his head, feeling somewhat helpless. "It's Mu Chenze. He wanted to come to you in person, but... his mother has been following him around for the past two days, putting him in a very passive position. He didn't have any better solution than to ask me to pass on the message."
"What? His mother followed him?" How strange! Chu Xuan speculated, "Maybe he did something that made his mother worried, so she followed him..."
Having said that, Chu Xuan suddenly realized that Mu Chenze didn't want his mother to know that he was close to her.
She had plotted against Mu Chenze before, but rejected his proposal. Could it be that because of this, the Mu family didn't like him getting close to her?
That's not right! The Mu family wouldn't be that stingy! There must be other reasons.
I'll have to ask him sometime.
So he changed the subject and said, "Ji Ping, could you please tell me about the transportation?"
It was late at night, and Ji Ping wanted to finish the tasks assigned by Mu Chenze as soon as possible and go home to rest early.
To cut a long story short, "He wants to hire Lin Yong's car for long-term trips around the city and wants to ask if you'd like to ride with him. The one-way fare is fifty yuan, and you have to pay for the return bus fare yourself. Fifty yuan and twenty-eight cents. You'll pay twenty percent, and he'll pay eighty percent, because he has a lot of cargo."
Twenty percent is ten dollars, which Chu Xuan can totally afford, but it’s just too much of a bargain.
Chu Xuan thought for a moment before speaking, "How about this! I don't have much cargo right now, so I'll cover 20% of the transportation costs first. If my cargo exceeds 300 kilograms in the future, I'll cover 30% of the transportation costs. If it exceeds 400 kilograms, I'll cover 40% of the transportation costs. If it exceeds 500 kilograms, I'll cover 50%..."
Ji Ping thought there was something wrong with his ears. He rubbed his face with both hands, trying to wake himself up. "Are there still people who are raising the price? Let's wait for you two to talk in person. The truck will come to pick you and the goods at 1 a.m. tonight. Be prepared in advance."
"Okay! Thank you!"
"You're welcome. When you make some money, just remember to treat me to a meal."
"No problem. After this busy period, business is back on track. I'd like to invite you and Mu Chenze to my house for dinner."
"Okay."
Ji Ping waved his hand and left.
Chu Xuan walked towards home.
Mu Chenze should have just decided to charter a car tonight, otherwise he would have mentioned it in person when they came back together in the morning.
In his previous life, Mu Chenze also chartered a car, but not now, but next year.
Because of her rebirth, this life came earlier?
When Ji Ping passed by Mu Chenze's house, he imitated the cat's meow three times. This was the secret code they had agreed on in advance.
This means Chu Xuan agreed.
Mu Chenze meowed twice in response to indicate that he understood.
After hearing this, Ji Ping ran a few steps quickly, fearing that he would be discovered by Qin Mahua.
At this moment, Qin Mahua, who had just laid down, muttered softly, "The wild cat outside is meowing so loudly. I heard it seem to have entered our yard. I have to go out and check it out! Don't let it eat our seafood."
She went out to check and confirmed that the cat was gone before returning to the bedroom to lie down.
She nudged her husband beside her. "Why did our Xiaoze suddenly decide to hire a car to go to the market every day to sell fish? Didn't he only go every few days before?"
Mu Qinlao has confidence in his son. "He must have found the right path. Deep-sea fishing boats dock every day. He used to only receive cargo every few days because he only knew the people on one or two boats. Now he knows more people, and he can receive deep-sea cargo every day. Now that the weather is good, make as much money as you can. We can stay home even when typhoons and rainstorms come."
By then, you will have money in your hands and buy rice and flour in advance, so you won’t have to worry about food and drink.
Qin Mahua thought about it and realized that this was the truth.
She followed her second son these two days and only discovered two things: one was that her son was actively making money, and the other was that her son went to play with Ji Ping.
Maybe I'm overthinking it.
I might as well give up the idea of following my second son...
As soon as midnight arrived, Mu Chenze changed into going-out clothes and headed straight for the pier.
Because Qin Mahua had informed in advance, she didn't get up when she heard the noise and continued to sleep.
An hour later, a truck loaded with deep-sea fish and ice stopped outside Chu Xuan's house.
Chu Feng and Chu Xuan packed more than 200 kilograms of grilled fish fillets in advance.
I had experience today, so I didn’t bring as many backpacks and baskets as I did yesterday because they took up too much space.
Wrap everything with clean white cloth and seal it with tarpaulin.
Use a clean sack to pack the scale, weight, paper for fish fillets, net bag, steamed buns, etc.
The back seat is much more spacious now.
After watching Chu Xuan get into the car, Chu Feng closed the door and bolted it.
After driving, Chu Xuan didn't say much because Lin Yong was present. After saying hello, he took the time to catch up on his sleep.
I only slept for an hour and a half at home, and I was able to sleep for more than an hour in the car.
Chu Xuan woke up when he was near the city's farmers' market.
He said to Mu Chenze, who was sitting in the passenger seat, "I didn't have time to prepare a midnight snack today, so I only brought some mixed flour buns and grilled fish fillets. This is for you and Brother Lin."
He took out a bulging cloth bag from the sack and handed it to him.
He didn't answer.
Lin Yong suddenly felt embarrassed and refused while driving, "I brought food with me, no need to give it to me, you can keep it. I ate your egg pancakes yesterday, and I felt bad about it, so I brought salted duck eggs today. Let's have one each later."
It's not easy for girl Chu Xuan.
No matter what, you can't eat other people's food today.
Chu Xuan was about to persuade him when Mu Chenze spoke up, "Brother Lin, I feel bad eating her food. I also brought some vegetable pancakes, let's have one each later."
Chu Xuan saw that Mu Chenze and Lin Yong both wanted to help her save money.
Just as I was about to persuade him again, the truck had already stopped outside the market.
In order to prevent Mu Chenze from helping to rent a stall again, Chu Xuan hurriedly got out of the car and said, "I'm going to rent a stall and will be back soon."
Run all the way to the payment counter.
Catch up with Liu Chao on duty.
"Brother Liu, I'm here to rent a stall."
Hand over fifty cents.
Liu Chao took it with a smile, quickly handed over the receipt, and deliberately lowered his voice, "I've reserved a good stall for you, the second one on the left when you enter the door. I'll keep it for you from now on."
It was the first time Chu Xuan knew that this was possible. "Thank you for your consideration!"
Return to the truck.
She told the two people in the car that the stall she rented was the second one.
They helped carry the grilled fish fillets over.
Chu Xuan deftly untied the tarpaulin and spread it out.
Open three white cloth bundles, place the grilled fish slices in three different flavors.
Mu Chenze and Lin Yong left her a salted duck egg and a large vegetable pancake before going to deliver the goods.
We came early today, so there weren't many people here doing wholesale.
All the buyers who passed by Chu Xuan's stall were attracted by the aroma of grilled fish fillets and bought some.
"Two pounds of spicy food!"
"I want three pounds of salty and sweet!"
"Five pounds! A little of each flavor!"
Chu Xuan was busy weighing, wrapping fish fillets and collecting money when he suddenly felt a vicious gaze that disappeared in a flash.
Not bothering to find the owner of the gaze.
Continue to sell grilled fish fillets.
There are more and more customers.
Just as Chu Xuan was looking down at the scale, a woman in her fifties suddenly rushed over and said, "Don't buy her fish fillets! They're poisonous! I ate her grilled fish fillets and had vomiting and diarrhea, so I came to find her!"
(End of this chapter)
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