Fu Wan wasn't going to lend the boat for nothing. She not only paid for the diesel fuel but also the rental fee. As a result, not only her close friends but also other villagers were eager to lend their boats to her.
They offer money without wasting fuel; only a fool wouldn't do it, since the boat's just sitting there anyway!
After weighing most of the scallops, Fu Wan looked them over and was very satisfied.
Based on this weight, today's harvest should be more than ten tons of scallops.
It looks like I've got enough scallops for myself.
As Fu Wan was thinking this, she turned her head and saw the aunties and grandmas watching the commotion on the side, and a thought suddenly popped into her mind.
Among the crowd, Liu Sanniang, the village chief's wife, was watching the excitement with a smile on her face, her hands tucked in. She had never seen so many scallops before, except at the dock.
She was right. Boss Fu's daughter was truly capable. She decided to get into aquaculture and did it right away. Others might not know, but she had heard from her son that Fu Wan had invested at least a thousand yuan in the early stages of developing this aquaculture area.
Wow, that's over a thousand yuan! All our savings combined don't even amount to that much.
Fu Wan is not only bold but also ambitious. Those gossipy old women used to say that Fu Wan was wasting her money, but now they've proven them wrong!
She heard the bosses scrambling to buy so much seafood without even having to go out to sea to trawle. Wow, that's amazing! Maybe she can learn from Fu Wan and lease a small area of sea to raise some seafood too?
Liu San Niang was a decisive person by nature, and she immediately began to silently consider the feasibility of this matter.
Her son has experience and such; if Fu Jian can learn something, she, as his mother, can definitely learn it too.
She could talk to Fu Wan about fish fry and ask her to help her buy some.
Whether her own husband would agree to this was completely outside of Liu San Niang's considerations.
If they support me, fine. But if they oppose me, well, let them oppose me, I'll just do my own thing and it won't affect me at all!
As she was making plans, Liu Sanniang felt her hand being patted by someone next to her.
"Oh dear, what are you thinking about, Auntie? Wan is calling you!"
Upon hearing this, Liu San Niang looked at Fu Wan and, sure enough, saw Fu Wan waving at her.
"Wan, what's wrong? Why did you call me?"
Liu Sanniang pushed through the crowd and strode up to Fu Wan. For some reason, she felt that Fu Wan had called her because she had something important to do.
Considering that she was the women's representative of Fujia Village, if Fu Wan needed her help in any way, she would definitely help her!
Fu Wan nodded and smiled, then pulled Liu Sanniang aside and said, "Grandma, I need your help with something."
"What's wrong? Tell me, I'll definitely help if I can!"
Upon hearing that she really needed help, Liu Sanniang immediately perked up.
Fu Wan pointed to the mountains of scallops around her, "I plan to keep some of these scallops for myself, dry them later and send them to the food factory."
However, the food factory wants dried scallops, so I'd like to ask Grandma to call a few aunties and grandmas to help me process these scallops.
Let's process two thousand catties now. I won't let everyone work for nothing. Five yuan a month for each person, what do you think?
Fu Wan spoke with such sincerity that Liu San Niang initially doubted whether she had misheard, but after realizing what she had said, she waved her hand.
"Hey kid, I'm just helping out, why do you want payment!"
"No, we have to give it to them. Everyone has their own difficulties."
Fu Wan insisted, but Liu San Niang still disagreed after thinking about it.
"Even if you give it to me, it won't cost five yuan, Awan, that's too much, too much!"
These scallops can be finished in an hour at most if you call five or six people. These are all minor tasks, not as tiring as unloading fish at the dock. If they are paid so much, wouldn't Fu Wan be treating them like outsiders?
No, no, I can't accept this payment!
Little did Liu San Niang know that her objections were completely unconvincing to Fu Wan.
"Grandma, listen to me, this money isn't much, it's two thousand catties of scallops. Besides, everyone came here today to watch the excitement, and now that I need everyone's help, it's only right that I pay them."
"That's settled then. Could you call a few aunties and grandmas for me? I trust you to handle things."
Fu Wan spoke sincerely, and Liu San Niang had no choice but to pat her chest and guarantee it.
"Alright, then leave this to me. Don't worry, I'll go get someone to deal with the scallops right away!"
Since Fu Wan trusts her, she definitely has to handle this matter perfectly!
Liu Sanniang's influence in the village was second only to that of Old Village Chief Fu. In fact, among the women, Old Village Chief Fu's words sometimes carried less weight than Liu Sanniang's.
At Liu San Niang's shout, five or six women immediately stepped forward.
Aunt Huang, Aunt Qian, and Wang Xiuer, who were familiar with Fu Wan, as well as two women who got along well with Liu San Niang, and even Qian Xiaohua, who had a previous unpleasant experience, also got involved.
This is actually Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan's forte, but since Zhao Gang, Su Ran, and Jiang Wanghai are coming over today, the family definitely has to host lunch, so Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan naturally took on the task.
The women in the village are usually dressed for working. At this time of year, they are either busy in the fields or shopping for seafood at the beach.
But today, with such a big event happening—harvesting seafood in the aquaculture area—they couldn't resist coming to watch the excitement. They had originally thought they'd go home empty-handed, but now they had work to do and were getting paid. Since then, the women's faces have been beaming with smiles.
Hey, Ah Wan is so generous! She didn't forget about them even though she's making money. Five yuan is enough for her family to buy five or six pounds of meat!
The women in the village can easily open scallops with their bare hands. Even if it's the middle of the night with their eyes closed, they can still carefully remove the scallop meat without damaging it.
Since they had come from the beachcombing route and were carrying knives, it didn't matter if they didn't bring stools. In the short time it took Fu Wan to turn around, Aunt Huang and Aunt Qian went to the side and moved a few flat rocks to use as stools.
They were very efficient; they could easily open a red scallop by simply turning it around in their hand, then pick up a knife, pry off the scallop meat, and throw the whole scallop meat into the clean empty bucket next to them.
Sun Youjin found it amusing to watch from afar. Seeing how quickly the fishermen worked, he thought for a moment and then went to discuss it with Fu Wan: "Hey, Comrade Fu, I need your help. Could you please put in a good word for me and ask these comrades to help me process my scallops?"
He looked around and saw that Liu San Niang and the others had cleaned the scallops very well. He figured they could wash them clean and send them to the restaurant kitchen directly after taking them back.
Fu Wan wasn't surprised by Sun Youjin's request, and taking the prepared scallops back would reduce the workload of Sun Youjin's restaurant.
Otherwise, if several tons of scallops are transported back and piled up in the kitchen, it will be inconvenient to do things later.
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