"I'm not buying fish, sister!"
"Then what are you doing here? To chat with your older sister?"
Li Xiangdong was speechless after the fishmonger said, "Hehe, hehe, I wanted to ask you something. There are so many rivers around Huichuan County, so there should be plenty of fish. Why are there only two fish on our supply and marketing cooperative counter?"
"You don't know this! Our county has a lot of fish, but the aquatic product company buys them all up and supplies them to Dongfang City and other cities. There aren't many fish left for the county!"
"Aren't there people who specialize in raising fish and shrimp to supply seafood companies?"
"I've never heard of that. The seafood company gets its fish from various communes."
"Whatever fish are in the river, that's the type of fish the seafood company will buy."
"Whatever the Dragon King gives us, we eat it. Why should we be picky?" the fishmonger said matter-of-factly.
"That's like a woman selling oil combing her hair with water," Li Xiangdong sighed. "Our county only produces fish and shrimp, but our own people can't even get enough to eat!"
"Yes, but fish and shrimp without oil and salt are fishy and not tasty! Ordinary people don't have much oil to eat with fish! Besides, if you want to eat fish, just go to the river and catch it yourself, why do you need to spend money to buy it!"
The fishmonger auntie has a pretty thorough understanding of her job, which makes her much better than most people who just occupy positions without doing anything and just coast along.
"Besides the people in our county who toil in the fields, the people in the county town, and the people from the oil refinery in the east, they must have money to buy fish to eat!"
"That's true. They always come to ask if we have any fish for sale. But then again, people can go without fish, but they can't go without meat. More people still buy meat."
"You're absolutely right, sister!" Li Xiangdong gave a thumbs-up in agreement, and then said, "I'd like to supply fish to our supply and marketing cooperative, is that alright?"
"You can sell your fish to a seafood company!" the fishmonger said, puzzled.
"I'm just trying to solve the problems of our own people in the county. Let others do the icing on the cake; we should do what's truly needed! Actually, the main thing is, we don't have that much volume, and even if we send it to the seafood company, they might not accept it!"
Instead of competing with seafood companies that already have a stable customer base, it's better to conquer the untapped potential of the supply and marketing cooperatives.
"Your idea is good! And it makes sense. Seafood companies aren't places that just anyone can easily get involved in!"
The more Li Xiangdong talked, the more he felt that the fishmonger was a wise person.
It's good to befriend this person; you never know when you might need their help.
"Sister, do you think I could have a chat with the director of our supply and marketing cooperative?"
Li Xiangdong stuffed the remaining three milk candies into the fishmonger's hand.
"Alright, just call me Aunt Lan! My son is older than you!" The fishmonger put the candy into her pocket. "Take it home for my grandson."
"Hehe, Aunt Lan, could you show me the way?"
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