The next day, Chen Xia asked Wei Hongxing to be a good bodyguard for the three girls and let them walk around the nearby beach and buy some seafood.
Led by Manager Ma, he came to the fishing port of Yangdao Commune.
The commune cadres had been waiting for a long time. All of them stood at the bow of the boat, looking at this big customer with a flattering look on their faces, as if they were looking at a big fat sheep.
Chen Xia already knew the price and calculated the quantity of seafood he needed to buy.
Based on the number of employees in the four hospitals and the supporting regional agencies, and combined with the budget, Chen Xia first selected two types of seafood for the unit, hairtail and pomfret.
These two types of fish have delicious meat and are common in Yuezhou area. They are also the favorite seafood of Yuezhou people.
Assuming 5 kilograms per person and half the number for temporary workers, a total of 3,500 kilograms of hairtail and 3,500 kilograms of pomfret are needed. Based on the normal wholesale price, the total cost is 1,400 yuan.
It’s the same old rule. Chen Xia doesn’t want to make a wasted trip. Since he’s already here and the price of seafood is so cheap, of course he has to buy more and fulfill his duty as a “speculator”.
"Director Wang, Manager Ma, how much seafood do you have in stock right now?"
Manager Ma immediately gave a figure: "There are also 10,000 catties of hairtail, 8,000 catties of large yellow croaker, 5,000 catties of swimming crab, 5,000 catties of mackerel, and 12,000 catties of pomfret."
If calculated based on the wholesale price at the port, this batch of goods would cost about 7,200 yuan.
Of course, if these seafood can be successfully transported to big cities, and then go through various links to reach the city supply and marketing cooperatives or non-staple food stores, the price will increase several times, and fish tickets will be required.
If you buy it on the black market without a ticket, the price can be doubled or tripled.
For example, the wholesale price of a hairtail at the port is 20 cents per pound, but it usually costs about 50 cents at the supply and marketing cooperative, with a ticket.
If you don't have a ticket, you have to go to the black market, where the price per kilogram is more than 1 yuan, which is 5 times the price.
Chen Xia smiled and said, "Director Wang, Manager Ma, I can take care of all of your goods, but can you offer a better price?"
Director Wang complained habitually, "Chief Chen, I'm not happy with what you said. More than 2,000 people in our commune are counting on this money to have a good New Year, so please be considerate of us."
When Chen Xia heard this, he thought, well, the fishermen earned their money through hard work, so let’s do it this way, and agreed.
The people of Yangdao Commune were excited. They had originally thought that the last boatload of fish would rot in the boat before the New Year, but now they were able to sell it successfully, which was really a stroke of luck.
To thank Chen Xia for his generosity, they gave him an extra 15 large yellow croakers, each weighing 10 jin. Now it was Chen Xia's turn to be happy.
In later generations, this kind of wild yellow croaker would cost at least 100,000 or 200,000 yuan per piece. But now it is so cheap and even given away for free?
Like the Yangtze River knife fish, the yellow croaker may not be as delicious as the legend says, but rarity makes things valuable, and this is the flavor and privilege that makes it so appealing.
Chen Xia paid a total of 9,000 yuan in cash, and then spent another 200 yuan to buy more than 1,000 large sacks. Now that the temperature is minus 5 degrees Celsius, all the seafood is frozen hard when it is caught, so it is more convenient to transport it by putting it in bags.
According to Chen Xia's request, the people from Yangdao Commune were responsible for helping to pack the seafood, and then transported it to an abandoned dock by a cargo ship.
In Chen Xia's words, they will have their own ship to transport the goods away.
Although the captain had some questions, he knew not to ask questions that he shouldn't ask, so the fishermen put down the seafood and left.
Chen Xia waited until dark and made sure that no one was around to observe him. Then he immediately put all the seafood into the space hospital. This trip to Zhoushan was completely completed.
The power of money is invincible in any era.
When Chen Xia, frozen into a popsicle, ran back to the hotel, Gu Lin and the others were still excited.
There was nothing else on the beach, but there were a lot of seafood. They bought a lot of dried fish, squid strips, and small shrimps, and planned to give them to their relatives as gifts during the Chinese New Year.
The various handicrafts made from shells are their favorites, and the prices are super cheap. If they really can't carry them all, they would probably want to buy them all.
Chen Xia curled up in the quilt, watching them display everything for him to see. He was especially happy to see Gu Lin's excitement.
"Did you have fun? We're leaving for home tomorrow. Next summer, I'll take you to Hainan, the end of the world. That's what I call fun."
"Really? Are there really coconuts there? And turquoise water? And all kinds of seafood?"
"Yes, there aren't enough seafood here in Zhoushan. Hainan is the holy land for tourism. I'll buy you whatever you want to eat. I guarantee you'll be satisfied."
This filled Gu Lin with endless fantasies about Hainan Island, while the other third wheel wisely kept silent, as this was a highlight moment for both of them.
Chen Xia caught a cold that night. He had been exposed to the cold wind at the dock all day, with temperatures several degrees below zero. He had no down jacket and no hot packs, so he fell ill. His fever reached 39 degrees that night.
This scared Gu Lin, and she insisted on taking care of Chen Xia at night and even booked an extra room for this purpose.
The little girl wanted to show the spirit of Florence Nightingale to take care of the patients, but this made Wang Hongjuan and Kong Zhenzhen very worried. A man and a woman alone, staying in the same room and spending a night together, it seemed like something bad was going to happen.
Gu Lin's temper started to get out and it was impossible to persuade her, so Wang Hongjuan and Kong Zhenzhen agreed that one of them would work the early night shift and the other the late night shift. They would go in every half an hour under the pretext of taking care of Chen Xia together, and they would definitely not let them have the chance to act like hooligans.
Chen Xia had secretly taken a pill of Sanlitong. After a sweat broke out all over his body, his body temperature slowly dropped, and then he fell into a deep sleep.
Gu Lin said that she would definitely not sleep that night and would sit by the bed to take good care of Deputy Section Chief Chen.
As a result, in less than half an hour, the little girl fell on the edge of the bed and fell asleep with a trace of saliva hanging from the corner of her mouth.
Chen Xia was woken up in the middle of the night by Kong Zhenzhen's "night patrol". Seeing Gu Lin leaning on the side of his bed, he couldn't help but feel touched. But he couldn't help but think of a girl who fell asleep on his bedside after he got drunk.
After he got up, he gently picked up Gu Lin and wanted to put her on the bed.
The little girl was really thoughtful. She vaguely felt that someone was holding her like a princess, and thought it was her father holding her when she was a child. So she habitually hugged Chen Xia's neck, rested her head on his shoulder and sat face to face with him.
Smelling the hot air coming from Gu Lin's nose and the little face so close to her, Chen Xia had an urge to kiss her.
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