"Help me handle it? Sure, but I'll be paying them. If you want them to handle it, Mr. Sun, you'll probably have to pay them too."
Fu Wan said bluntly, and Sun Youjin nodded in agreement.
"Okay, no problem, the price will be yours!"
Having received Sun Youjin's promise, Fu Wan turned to discuss it with Liu Sanniang.
Sun Youjin had to process more scallops than Fu Wan. He planned to take three tons, or six thousand catties, of the nine tons of scallops he had bought and process them into scallop pieces to be transported to the county.
Liu San Niang was also stunned. She never expected that by simply coming out to join in the fun, she could find an easy and well-paid job for the women in the village.
So Liu San Niang called eight or nine more women to help process the scallops. The women who were called to help were very happy. Just now, when Fu Wan asked Liu San Niang to organize people to process the scallops for her, many people went to look at the freshly caught prawns and missed the opportunity to make money.
They were just regretting it when the opportunity to make money came back soon.
Liu San Niang did not disappoint Fu Wan's request; even from a distance, Fu Wan could hear her voice.
"We're all women from the village, so we need to be as careful and patient as women when we work. These scallops are for a big boss in the county, so everyone needs to be careful. We can't let that big boss regret hiring us!"
After he finished speaking, the women all agreed. The men watching the scene were so envious that their eyes were practically red. Damn it, they wanted to do such an easy and lucrative job too! But Fu Wan had Liu San Niang organize the women, so there was no chance for the men to use their skills!
Actually, it's not that there wasn't a place for them to work, but this group of people arrived late. Before they came to watch the excitement, Fu Ming and Fu Liang had already called on many young and strong men in the village to help catch shrimp and scallops, and now there were enough people.
If they want to help, they'll have to come earlier next time!
The harvesting and weighing of scallops and shrimp continued until nearly 11 a.m. Zhao Gang still had other things to do, so after taking a look around and being quite satisfied, he answered a few questions from Su Ran about aquaculture policies. Afterward, he planned to say goodbye to Fu Wan and return to the county.
Seeing this, Fu Wan was not about to let him leave.
"Leader Zhao, my mother and aunt have already prepared lunch at home. It's almost noon, why don't you come back with us for lunch before you leave!"
Village Chief Fu chimed in, "That's right, leaders. People need food to survive. You've come all this way, we can't let you leave hungry!"
They were so enthusiastic that Zhao Gang was very touched, but he really had something waiting for him in the county, and he had squeezed in time to come today.
"Comrade Xiao Fu, Comrade Village Chief, to be honest, I also miss the communal meals in your village, but I came here today specifically to see how your contracted livestock farming is going. Seeing how well you're doing, I'm satisfied."
Zhao Gang smiled, then said regretfully:
"I won't eat. I have a meeting later. Xiao Fu, if you have time, come to Uncle Zhao's house for dinner with Qianzhou later!"
Village Chief Fu was somewhat shocked when he heard the last sentence; he was unaware of Fu Wan's relationship with Bai Qianzhou.
Good heavens, Gouwa is quite the hidden talent. No wonder Fu Wan refused when Liu San Niang tried to introduce her to someone last time!
"Ah Wan, when did this happen? How come I didn't know about it?"
Faced with Village Chief Fu's question, even the usually composed Fu Wan felt a little embarrassed. She had almost forgotten that Zhao Gang was also Bai Qianzhou's elder.
"Village Chief, it happened not long ago."
After saying that, she looked at Zhao Gang and said, "Uncle Zhao, I've made a note of this. I'll go see you with Bai Qianzhou when he comes back from his vacation."
Zhao Gang nodded in satisfaction. "Alright, I'm off then."
Seeing this, even if he had a thousand questions, Village Chief Fu could only put them aside for the moment.
"Boss, you're really leaving? Then next time you come to our village, you must have a meal before you go!"
The world is vast, but nothing is more important than eating!
Faced with the enthusiastic village chief, Zhao Gang could only smile and nod in agreement, then drove away with Chen Lichun and the others.
After he left, Mr. Qian and his companions were eager to take the scallops and prawns they had bought back with them.
It's not that they don't appreciate the food, but these days seafood preservation conditions are limited, and it's not easy to keep so many scallops alive. They're in a hurry to transport them back to the restaurant's table!
Sun Youjin was the same; he didn't stop using his mobile phone all morning.
Even though the scallops and prawns haven't been transported back to the county yet, Sun Youjin has already arranged a truck to deliver them to the nearest restaurant that afternoon.
Of course, he also notified Sun Youcai to find a factory that could dry scallop meat and send the processed scallop meat there that afternoon.
However, to Sun Youjin's surprise, the processing plant that Sun Youcai finally found was Fu Wan's food factory.
After all, the Five Star Food Factory has the largest drying equipment in the county, and it also produces food, so there's no need to worry about hygiene.
After hanging up the phone, Sun Youjin couldn't help but rub his temples. He was so busy that he couldn't even think that the owner of the best drying equipment was right next to him.
It wasn't that he was too busy to notice, because Fu Wan hadn't mentioned it, and she herself didn't plan to dry it; instead, she intended to sun-dry it.
Both sun-drying and machine drying can evaporate the moisture from scallop meat, turning it into dried scallops.
However, sun-dried scallops are more fragrant than oven-dried ones. Fu Wan guessed that it was a matter of temperature control. The temperature of the drying equipment was too high, and the process of rapidly evaporating the moisture inevitably caused the scallops to lose some of their sweetness.
After a busy day, Fu Wan's seafood salvage operation finally came to an end.
The scallops were indeed more than ten tons; a total of nearly twelve tons, or more than 24,000 jin, were harvested, along with 13,000 jin of prawns, all of which were sold.
Sun Youjin took all the extra scallops, but he didn't want the whole ones. Instead, he asked Fu Wan to help him process them, then send half to the food factory to dry, and leave the other half to sun-dry. He was to be notified when they were dry.
This operation can reduce a lot of trouble for Sun Youjin, even though it costs more, but he doesn't care.
These scallops are huge, each one is bigger than a beer bottle cap. Once they are dried, packaged, and sent to Beijing to sell, they will bring him and Sun Youcai a large sum of money in the city where land is incredibly valuable.
"Ah Wan, you were absolutely right to call me here today! I can't wait to get back and write my article!"
Su Ran examined the camera in her hand. As expected of a camera her brother had bought with nearly a year's salary, the quality of the photos was far superior to her previous Seagull camera.
Fu Wan, who rarely paused to catch her breath, raised an eyebrow and smiled upon hearing this.
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