Chapter 147 After the Typhoon
The enthusiastic villagers forced Jiang Wan's family to close the gate early. They would not open the door again unless there were patients seeking medical treatment or someone came to deliver oyster meat.
It took five people a long time to get all the fish out and put them in the basin. The crabs were also washed and steamed directly.
It is convenient on rainy days as there is always plenty of water without having to go to the river.
Jiang Wan separated all the shrimps and asked her aunt to put them in a pot and add water to boil them.
The villagers delivering oyster meat will be here soon, and the oyster sauce needs to be cooked, so it is better to do the work involving the pot first.
I don’t know how much oyster meat I can harvest today.
Jiang Wan hadn't made any money for several days and was getting impatient.
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Because Jiang Wan said today that oyster meat would be available to all, the oysters at the seaside had been picked up by everyone. Some people even ran to the beach in the next village in the rain to pick them up.
The villagers in the neighboring village were completely confused.
Oysters are heavy in the shell and smell fishy. It takes a lot of effort to bring them home and pry them open to eat the meat. If there are other seafood, people usually pick them first.
This is the first time I've seen oysters become so popular.
Unfortunately, the villagers of Lianjiagou were tight-lipped and refused to tell the reason no matter how much they were asked. The villagers of the neighboring village could only watch the excitement and forget about it.
As soon as 3 p.m., villagers came to deliver oyster meat. In this weather, everyone in the house could not go out, so there were many more people to help pry the oysters, and it was done very quickly.
Some families have a basin, some families have a bucket.
Jiang Wan charged two cents per pound, and the lowest-paid families made thirty or forty cents, and everyone smiled so hard that their teeth were exposed.
With this money, if there is nothing wrong with your house, you can save some money. If your house collapses and needs repairing, you don’t have to pay extra money. It feels like you are getting it for free.
Who doesn't love Bai Li?
Anyway, Jiang Wan likes it the most.
"Cousin, stop doing that and come and eat crabs!"
Yin Ning called out, and Jiang Wan immediately put down what he was doing and went to wash his hands.
Blue crab is a seafood that you can never get tired of. She has been eating it for more than 20 years, and she is still fascinated by its fresh and fragrant taste every time she eats it.
The two sisters each carried a large blue crab and sat at the door, watching the rain while eating the crabs.
In the past, Yin Huaishan would have definitely lectured his daughter if she carried food in her hands and sat there eating carelessly.
But after seeing his daughter smile more and more after coming here, he didn't want to discipline her anymore.
Forget it. We are already exiles anyway. As long as my daughter is happy, that’s all.
Oh, this blue crab is so delicious!
Yin Huaishan sat in front of the stove and ate a big crab leg happily.
Who cares about his image when there is delicious food?
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The next day, the typhoon's residual force had mostly dissipated, the rain had stopped and only the wind was still blowing.
This little wind was nothing to the fishermen, and early in the morning, fishing boats from the village went out to sea one after another.
Although the rain had stopped at this time, the road was still very bad.
Jiang Wan fell twice in her yard early in the morning. Not only was she covered in mud, but her face was also scratched by stones.
This further strengthened her determination to lay the slabs.
It rains frequently during the rainy season on the island. You can't leave your home like a mud puddle, and you have to be nervous every time you walk.
So she went to the old village chief's house again.
The old village chief is the most well-informed person in the village, and he must know the price of the slate.
"What? You want slabs?"
The old village chief was no longer calm.
How come we have just built a brick house and are now laying stone slabs? Can selling condiments make so much money?
Jiang Wan nodded.
"Just to build two roads, how much money do you think it will cost, village chief?"
"Slate..."
The old village chief frowned as if he was recalling something. After a while, he answered, "I remember the price of the slate was over a hundred or two hundred a few years ago. I heard it from others at the time and I didn't pay much attention to it. I can't remember clearly."
"One piece?"
"Of course it's by the piece, or do you want to weigh it?"
The old village chief had a look on his face that said "you are so stupid".
Jiang Wan couldn't help but smack his lips.
A piece of slate starts at three figures. If you want to pave your own yard with it, wouldn't you have to buy hundreds of pieces?
Several dozen taels of silver were gone in a flash.
Jiang Wan was reluctant to spend so much money to buy slabs of stone, so she only planned to pave the roads between the houses, as well as the roads to the toilet and the gate.
As long as it does not affect your walking, it will be fine.
As for other places in the yard, she would wait until she had a few hundred taels of silver in savings. Anyway, she was reluctant to part with them now.
After Jiang Wan finished asking questions, she said goodbye to the old village chief. As she stood up, she remembered something else.
"Grandpa Village Chief, how many squids do the fishing boats in our village catch every day?"
"It's hard to say. Sometimes there are more, sometimes there are fewer. From March to August, you can often catch them because they often come in groups. If you come across them, you can catch a lot. Do you want to buy some squid?"
The old village chief's eyes lit up slightly.
This girl used to collect oyster meat in the village, and more than 20 households in the village suddenly got rid of the poorest hat. Now when I meet her on the road, she stands straight, holds her head high, and has a different spirit.
What is there to sell this time?
"Girl, are you going to make some seasoning again?"
Jiang Wan gave a dry smile.
"No, I just want to make some snacks."
Now the oven is not built yet, and there is no sign of squid shreds. It would not be nice to draw a big cake for the old village chief. I'll wait until I make it myself.
Jiang Wan really left this time, but she didn't go home. She went to the home of one of the villagers who had built a house for her family before, and made an appointment with him to build a barbecue stove in her home.
She had already thought about the location of the stove, which was to be built next to the stove room so that it would be convenient for transporting firewood and other things.
She couldn't wait to try out the new oven.
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Everyone in the village is busy with their own things, and it's almost the same in the city.
The houses in the city were much better than those in the fishing village, so at most the roofs were leaking and the windows were broken, which was not a big loss.
Fengweilou and Dongfuju took a break and decided to resume business today.
However, the disparity in customer base between the two sides was so great that Fengwei Restaurant was deserted, and the young owner was so angry that he smashed another set of cups.
Shopkeeper Sun had a sullen face and cursed Dongfuju countless times in his heart.
Ever since Dong Fu started serving oyster sauce dishes, the number of customers has been increasing day by day, and it seems to have surpassed Fengweilou.
He secretly overheard the waiters talking about how the lack of customers in the building was because they were not as good as the shopkeeper Yu at entertaining and pleasing people.
fart!
It's obviously because the young master made the building so smoky and foul, okay? What does it have to do with him?
If Dongfuju had such a young boss, it would definitely not be a good place.
He is so mad at these useless people who can't attract any customers!
The waiters were so scared that they could hardly smile and greet the guests. When the guests approached the door and saw the strange atmosphere, they immediately turned around and left.
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(The second update has been posted, but I don't know why it's stuck in review)