Upon hearing Fu Wan's words, Boss Fu was momentarily stunned. Fu Ming, on the other hand, looked on with anticipation; he desperately wanted to hire a few more boatmen!
Although there are many boatmen and they pay more wages themselves, at least they can be more comfortable.
Of course, it would be best if his father could let him go to sea with the Fully Loaded Ship. It's not that Chen Balang is bad, but Fu Ming always feels uncomfortable without Fu Wan by his side.
Sometimes, you don't even know who to brag to about your good finds.
Fu Wan felt that her family was making a good profit, with their ships always going full at sea. However, she also knew that everyone was working hard, and if they hired a few more people, they could take turns setting up the nets at night.
Seeing that his two children both agreed, and considering the harvest from their own voyage at sea, Boss Fu nodded in agreement.
"Alright, I'll go out and ask this afternoon, maybe we can add two more people to the boat!"
After discussing it this way, Fu Wan and the others have been watching the weather forecast on TV every day for the past few days. In fact, the weather at the seaside is not very stable, and the weather forecast is not always accurate.
But with the experience of Boss Fu and the others in observing the sky, it's pretty close to the truth.
Once she was certain that the weather would be good for the next few days, at least without wind or rain, Fu Wan called Ye Lin and the others in advance to tell them that they were preparing to go out to sea.
During these few days of downtime, Boss Fu went out and found a few boatmen. Without exception, they were all men, but they were all hardworking young men.
Unfortunately, there aren't many women who would go out to sea like Fu Wan. Although life was tough these days, most women still preferred to earn money by mending nets and going beachcombing.
Going to sea is hard and tiring, and most people can't endure it.
The day before their departure, Fu Wan and the others prepared and checked their supplies as usual. Fu Ming drove his tricycle back from the county town with a load of diesel fuel. As soon as he entered the house, Fu San pushed open the gate to the courtyard.
"Brother, sister-in-law, are you busy? Is Awan home?"
"Home, home! Third brother, come in and sit down. I'm cooking right now, we'll eat at home later!"
Ye Xiaocui was happy to see Fu San. There was no way around it; since her family went to sea, Fu San had brought them money eight out of ten times.
Fu San laughed and shook his head in refusal.
"Sister-in-law, I'll skip the meal; I'm busy at home. I need to talk to Awan; I have something to discuss!"
As they were talking, Fu Wan came out from the backyard. She was somewhat surprised to see Fu San.
"Third Uncle, what brings you here?"
"Haha, I need to talk to you. What are you doing?"
"Oh, it's getting dark. Help my mother gather up the dried seaweed in the backyard. Third Uncle, what do you need me for?"
Fu Wan washed her hands, wondering if something had happened to the seafood collection boat again.
In fact, the fish-collecting boats have already started going out to sea to work these past few days. Before setting sail, Fu San even bought a big and loud firecracker, making everyone think that Fu San was not only not doing fish-collecting but was also preparing to go out to sea to fish.
They were only relieved after Fu San and Fu Wan explained the uses of the fish-collecting boat to everyone.
There are four people on the fish-collecting boat: Fu Huanghua is in charge of driving and managing the boat, two younger guys are in charge of collecting the fish, and the other is Fu San's brother-in-law, who is in charge of weighing the fish and writing the invoices.
They are not responsible for settling accounts. The fishermen who go out to sea can just come back to Fu San with the bill and ask for their money.
None of them had ever seen a seafood collection boat before, so when Fu San and Fu Wan told them that they could sell their seafood at sea and then catch a couple more nets, they were overjoyed. However, at the same time, many people were also worried that this was unreliable and might cause them some losses.
However, they had other ways of dealing with this, so Fu Wan didn't pay much attention to them.
Fu Wan also met Fu Huanghua, and he was indeed an honest and hardworking fisherman.
Fu San had his brother-in-law work on the boat for two reasons. First, his brother-in-law didn't earn much money farming. Second, he thought that he and Fu Huanghua could check and balance each other. One was bold and the other was reliable, so they complemented each other.
In the few days since the seafood collection ship set sail, Fu San hadn't come over to tell Fu Wan the specifics, so Fu Wan naturally assumed that something had happened to the seafood collection ship again.
Upon hearing Fu Wan's words, Fu San hurriedly shook his head.
"Hey, what's wrong? Pshaw! The fish-collecting boat is doing great. Although we didn't have much fish on our first day out to sea, the catch has been steadily increasing these past two days!"
Speaking of the fresh seafood collection boat, Fu San was full of admiration. "Awan, you really thought of everything. On the first day, quite a few people were unwilling to sell their goods to the fresh seafood collection boat, fearing that we would shortchange them or default on the payment. But after using your method, several people actually took the lead in selling their goods."
Fu Wan raised her eyebrows upon hearing this. She didn't really have any other ideas, so she just thought that since it was the first time the seafood boat had set sail, she would simply raise the price by five cents for the customers from the previous few days.
Five cents may not seem like much, but a boatload of fish can weigh several hundred pounds. One five cents may not seem like much, but several hundred five cents can be quite tempting.
However, the event is only for the first three days. Today is the first day after the event ends. Fu San was worried that without the extra activities, people would not hand over their fish to the fish collection boat.
But who would have thought that the cargo ship had already returned twice today, and Fu San had also made two trips to the county town to deliver goods, and had just returned from the county.
The sales efficiency is much faster than before. Fu San felt that his business with Fu Wan, which involved collecting fresh seafood, should be going smoothly!
Since it wasn't about collecting fresh seafood, Fu Wan became quite curious.
"Third Uncle, if it's not about the seafood boat, what else could it be?"
"Oh dear, look at me, I forgot about something important!"
Fu San was so startled that he slapped himself, and then pulled a box out of his pocket.
"Ah Wan, this thing was asked to be brought to you by Mr. Sun from Jinlai Restaurant. He said it's a trendy little gadget that you can play with."
Fu Wan accepted the box with surprise, and Fu San was also curious about what it was. When Sun Youjin gave him the box, he was busy collecting money and didn't ask carefully.
Fu Ming and Fu Laoda and the others came over when they heard this. Fu Wan opened the cardboard box and exclaimed in surprise when she saw what was inside.
"Pager?"
"What chicken? We've got plenty of chickens at home!"
Ye Xiaocui was herding the chickens into the coop when she heard this and casually asked a question.
"It's alright, Mom, I was just talking about this thing!"
Fu Wan took out the small, dark gadget from the box. She never expected to see this thing again. But thinking about it, it had been 1988, which was about the time when pagers were being promoted in major cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou.
"What? This is a pager?"
Fu San was shocked. "Awan, I heard that a lot of big bosses use this pager now. It's very expensive. Boss Sun is too generous!"
For Fu San, who often dealt with wealthy bosses, pagers were something he only heard about but never actually saw. After all, he was always delivering fish, and at most, he would exchange cigarettes with the bosses.
He's not that shameless. He can't exactly go to those bosses and say, "Hey boss, can I take a look at your pager?"
Pager screenshot, this chain really brings back memories, hahaha.
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