In the blink of an eye, Shi Tou disappeared again, and a few minutes later, Li Chunhua returned with a basket on her shoulder.
Upon learning that Fu Wan and the others were leaving after breakfast, Li Chunhua gritted her teeth and cooked all the dishes she had originally planned to have for lunch.
There were only four or five dishes, and Fu Wan had just finished eating when Shi Tou came running over with two buckets.
"Hey, Stone, have you had breakfast yet?"
Stone smiled憨厚ly, about to lie and say he had eaten, when his stomach growled first.
Seeing this, Li Chunhua gave him two cornbread cakes.
When making this pancake, Ye Xiaocui stuffed it with dried bamboo shoots that Fu Wan and the others had brought, and paired it with the cracklings from Li Chunhua's rendered pork fat. It was incredibly delicious.
The stone was so enticed by the aroma that after taking a bite, it finished the whole thing in a few bites without even looking up.
After Ye Lin and Fu Ming finished eating, they came over to help. Seeing that Shi Tou had picked out quite a few eels, the two of them poured the eels into a bamboo basket and weighed them.
"Four buckets of eels, a total of 174.2 jin. Goodness, you must have collected all the eels around here!"
Fu Ming couldn't help but sigh, while Shi Tou, with his mouth full of biscuits, couldn't help but chuckle smugly.
“I told my brothers to go to the next village and collect some too. I’ll give them five cents for every pound they collect from me.”
There were many people catching eels last night, and it's still early, so everyone is still working and hasn't had time to go to the market yet.
Hehe, and I even bought all the ones that were saved up at home to sell at the market next time!
After saying that, he couldn't help but look at Fu Wan again.
"Haha, but I have to thank Sister Wan for the reasonable price. Everyone saw that the price was the same as what they would get if they sold their goods at the market, so they all sold them to me!"
If they were to sell them themselves, they would have to walk along mountain paths before dawn and store the eels for several days.
After all, a pound or two isn't worth walking more than ten kilometers of mountain road.
However, if you keep eels alive, they will get thin or die, which would be a huge loss.
Fu Wan smiled upon hearing this, thinking that the stone could indeed speak and was quite intelligent.
It's truly clever that they could think of using their friends as downlines and recruiting all the eels around them in such a short time.
Ye Lin and Fu Ming weighed all the eels, and Fu Wan counted out the money and gave it to Shi Tou.
The purchased eels weighed 174.2 jin, and the ones belonging to Shi Tou were exactly 15 jin. When Shi Tou made the purchase, he specifically picked and chose, and didn't buy any of the very small ones.
So Fu Wan was quite straightforward and simply charged 1.5 yuan per jin.
The total cost for the eel was 283.8 yuan, and the fee for the stone was 34.84 yuan. Fu Wan was too lazy to take the change, so she simply overcharged him and gave him 320 yuan.
Holding this stack of banknotes in his hand, Shi Tou felt like he was dreaming.
He's never seen so much money before!
After deducting the money he had to give to other people for the eels, he earned more than thirty yuan from his busy morning, in addition to what he gave to his brothers!
Shi Tou was immediately excited and began to think about how much of the money he should spend and how much he should save.
We haven't had meat at home in a long time, so I need to take out a few dollars to buy some for her mother. We'll save the rest, because in two years, he'll have to get married!
Oh, I wish Sister Wan could come more often!
"Sister Wan, will you come again next time?"
Shi Tou looked at Fu Wan with bright eyes. It wasn't the peak season for eels yet. By July or August, there would be countless eels in the fields!
Fu Wan couldn't help but shake her head with a smile. Her idea to collect eels today came on a whim.
"I don't have time to come, I have a lot of things to do!"
Upon hearing this, Shi Tou immediately hung his head in dejection. Ye Jianguo, who was also good friends with Shi Tou's father, saw his stupid appearance and immediately cursed him.
"My niece is very busy, so don't keep thinking about her coming over."
"I'm not saying this to be naive, but you're not stupid. Why don't you collect them yourself tomorrow and then sell them in the county town?"
Upon hearing this, Shi Tou realized it made sense, but when the topic of going to the county town came up, he immediately lost his temper.
It's no exaggeration to say that he didn't even know which way the roads in the county town led!
Moreover, he didn't have a bicycle or anything. If he were to pull a cart to the county town, he was afraid that the eels on the cart would die from the sun before he even reached the county town!
Seeing this, Fu Wan could no longer bear to watch.
She whispered a couple of words to Ye Lin, but Shi Tou didn't hear them clearly and was then given a disapproving shove by Ye Lin.
"Alright, alright, don't look so dejected now that you've made money."
You go ahead and do your work. I'll be home these next few days. If there are any more eels later, sell them to me and I'll take them to the county town!
"When I have some free time, I'll take you to the county town. That way, when I get busy, you can borrow a bicycle and take me there yourself!"
This business can only last for a few months anyway. If this kid can make a fortune, that's his good fortune.
Ye Lin also had the idea of making this money, but he would go out to sea as soon as the weather cleared up.
If we go out to sea, it will take several days.
The village's eels can't wait that long; cooperating with Shi Tou is the best option.
Most importantly, this guy is loyal, and Fu Wan thinks he's quick-witted, so she's happy to help him.
Upon hearing this, Stone could hardly believe his ears.
"Brother Lin, are you serious?"
"Nonsense, do I look like I'm joking?"
"Haha, then I'm relieved! I'll have everyone catch eels tonight! No, I'm going to Xiushan Village to collect eels right now!"
All the meat is put on the back shelf; he has to use that little bit of money as capital!
After all, Xiushan Village is so far away, and most people wouldn't give him credit like the villagers do.
After finishing his sentence, Shi Tou excitedly headed out, but Li Chunhua shouted loudly at him.
"Don't forget to wear your shoes to protect yourself from snakes when you go out at night!"
"Auntie, I understand!"
Stone disappeared in the blink of an eye, and Ye Zhenxing was itching to make a move.
"Dad, can I go and collect eels too?"
Ye Lin raised an eyebrow and kicked him with her leg.
"How old are you? Don't you want to go to school anymore?"
Ye Zhenxing covered his backside and dodged away, still shouting fearlessly, "What's the use of studying? I can't pass the junior high school entrance exam anyway..."
Yes, this child has repeated a grade. He should be in junior high school, but he's still in fifth grade.
Upon hearing this, Ye Lin was furious and immediately picked up the bamboo whip behind the door and chased after them.
Seeing this, Fu Ming and Fu Wan quickly stopped them.
"I'm so angry! Tell me, who else is like him and doesn't study?"
Li Chunhua laughed gleefully upon hearing this.
"Who is it? You! Back when we were sent to school, you were the same way, we had to chase you there with a stick!"
Ye Lin was stunned for a moment, recalling his school days. He had to admit, this son was indeed his biological son!
Fu Wan couldn't help but burst into laughter at the sight, but seeing Ye Lin's headache, she still gave him an idea.
“If Zhenxing wants to go out and make money, then let him go, but not now. Let him go in two months.”
"I'll even catch eels for him, let him experience hardship before he goes back to school!"
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