Although Fu San was already quite satisfied with the modifications to the seafood collection ship, he was still overjoyed to hear Fu Wan's affirmative answer.
"Ah Wan, does this count as a deal? We're going to start our seafood boat business now?!"
Happiness came too suddenly, and Fu San was a little excited.
"We've succeeded halfway, Uncle. We still need to recruit people. We need someone to sail the ship, someone to move cargo, and someone who can do the accounting."
At least three people are needed.
Actually, we can take four or five people, let alone three.
But since the business hasn't opened yet, Fu Wan is thinking of hiring a few people first to see how things go, and then adding more if things get busy once the business gets going.
Upon hearing this, Fu San immediately nodded, "Don't worry, I've had this on my mind for a while now."
"I have someone in mind for the boat captain, Fu Huanghua from our village. As for the other boatmen, I'll also look for people from our village."
"Fu Huanghua, who is that?"
Fu Wan asked in confusion, but it couldn't be blamed on her. Very few people in the village called each other by their full names; they all called each other by their nicknames or pet names.
There's no way around it, Chinese people just like to give each other nicknames that are easy to understand and tailor-made, like "donkey egg," "dog egg," or "dung egg." They just want a humble name that makes it easier for the child to be raised!
Fu Laoda and Fu San didn't have any nicknames because their names were easy to pronounce.
However, many people don't like calling Fu Laoda "Laoda" (boss). His peers or elders still call him Gouwa (Dog Boy).
Fu Huanghua is related to Fu Laoda and Fu San. Fu Huanghua's grandfather and Fu San and Fu Laoda's grandfather were brothers. According to seniority, Fu Huanghua should call Fu Laoda his cousin.
Fu Wan should call Fu Huanghua her cousin.
Upon hearing Fu San's words, Fu Wan immediately connected the person with the name.
"Oh, Uncle, why don't you just say it's Uncle Huang?"
Why make it so formal, and still call it Fu Huanghua?
Upon hearing this, Fu San chuckled and said, "Haha, isn't this just introducing your Uncle Huang's real name, Awan? Do you know why his name is Fu Huanghua?"
Why?
Fu Wan asked curiously, while Fu San suppressed a laugh.
"Because yellow croaker is valuable, his parents originally wanted to name him Fu Huanghua, but they didn't expect that he would be born a boy, so they changed his name to Hua instead of Hua, haha!"
Fu Wan was shocked to hear this. What a simple and unpretentious reason! They even put yellow croaker in the name.
As Fu San spoke, he couldn't help but laugh and tell Fu Wan about the origin of Fu Huanghua's nickname. This person was nicknamed Da Huang because his hair was yellow when he was born. Later, he raised a yellow dog, and since there was a "Huang" in his name, everyone simply called him Da Huang.
Actually, they originally called him Yellow Dog, but the word "dog" was already taken by Boss Fu, and Yellow Dog already had a dog-like smell, so everyone let him off the hook.
In terms of age, Fu Huanghua was four years older than Fu Da and six years younger than Fu Lao. He used to work as a sea diver with Fu Lao and the others. Later, he made money and wanted to buy a boat, but his father suddenly fell seriously ill, so Fu Huanghua used all his savings to pay for his father's medical treatment and medicine.
Illness is the most expensive thing, and coupled with his family's poverty, he got married much later than his peers. After getting married, he had three more children, the eldest being eighteen years old and the youngest only seven.
For many years, Fu Huanghua had worked as a boatman on other people's boats until recently when the boat owner disliked him for being too old and made him leave the boat.
Fu San sought him out because he wanted to help his own family.
Even if the bones are broken, the tendons remain connected; you can't write a single character with a single stroke.
Most importantly, they had been through thick and thin together when they were sea monsters, and Fu Huanghua's experience was far superior to that of Boss Fu.
Although Fu San wanted to help him, Fu Wan was the major shareholder of the fresh ship, so he could only offer suggestions at most.
Hearing Fu San say this, Fu Wan remembered such a person.
If she remembers correctly, this Uncle Huang used to pick mangoes for her when she was little.
"Third Uncle, I have no objection to asking Uncle Huang, but will he agree?"
"Yes, of course you can!"
Fu San immediately shouted, "He even went to the beach a few days ago to collect seaweed and kelp to sell to me. He wouldn't let go of such cheap seafood. Even if you offered him fifteen yuan a month, he would still come!"
Fu Wan frowned upon hearing this, "Fifteen yuan won't do, that's too little!"
"Oh dear, I was just using an analogy, just using an analogy!"
Fu San chuckled twice. "Awan, how much salary do you think we should offer?"
To be honest, he has never actually hired anyone properly.
Previously, Fu Shi and his crew who moved seafood were paid by the day or by the number of trips, but Fu San usually settled accounts with them on the same day and never delayed their wages.
Fu Wan thought for a moment and said, "It's hard work for the seafood collection boats to go out to sea, but since the seafood collection boat business hasn't taken off, I can't ask for a high price."
How about this: the boat captain can be paid 45 yuan a month for now, and the boatmen 35 yuan each. Or, if business stabilizes after a month, we can add 10 yuan to each person's pay.
In addition, there are red envelopes during Chinese New Year and other holidays.
Fu San thought it sounded good; forty-five a month, more than Da Huang earned when he was a boatman.
"Okay, I'll talk to him about it later."
"Okay, Third Uncle, I'm not familiar with Uncle Huang and the others, so I'll leave this to you."
However, I need to make it clear to them that the benefits on our ship are quite good, but I'm not one to be taken advantage of. If someone is trying to get paid without doing any work, I absolutely do not welcome them.
"Okay, I'll definitely tell him that."
Fu San went to communicate with the cargo ship, so Fu Wan turned around and went home.
Just then, Boss Fu and Fu Ming returned from cutting some bamboo on the mountain. Seeing Fu Wan coming back from the direction of the dock, Boss Fu couldn't help but ask casually, "Wan, where have you been?"
Fu Wan then told her about the completion of the renovation of the seafood collection boat and the recruitment of staff.
"Dad, Third Uncle said he wants Uncle Da Huang to be the boat captain. What do you think?"
After pondering for a moment, Boss Fu nodded and said, "That's fine too. Da Huang is a reliable person, but he's a bit too honest and stubborn."
Speaking of which, he and your Uncle Chen were on the same ship. I never imagined that not long after your Uncle Chen left that ship, he would also lose his job.”
Fu Laoda sighed. He had told Fu Huanghua before that one shouldn't be too honest. When his father was sick, there were five sons in the family, but Fu Huanghua, as the eldest son, contributed the most effort and money.
After his father passed away, his mother simply took the money his father had saved and went to live with his youngest brother.
If it weren't for the help of Fu Laoda and his brothers lending him money, Fu Huanghua wouldn't have been able to get married.
"Being honest is good, at least honest people won't overthink things."
With Boss Fu's positive feedback, Fu Wan was naturally relieved. However, she also planned to see if she could hire a few more boatmen in the near future, because if the business took off, three people on the boat wouldn't be enough to handle it all.
Moreover, when Fu Wan returned from her last voyage, she felt that there were fewer people on her boat.
"Father, elder brother, do you think there aren't enough crew members on the ship? We're going out to sea again the day after tomorrow. Should we ask for a few more people to help?"
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