"Brother Ye, don't just look and not read."
Ah-Can held a pen in his hand, ready to do calculations, but seeing that Feng Ye hadn't spoken for a long time, he finally couldn't help but urge him.
"What's the rush? Can't I take a look first?"
Feng Ye rolled her eyes at him impatiently before putting down the expense slip and reading aloud the first income slip: "2745 yuan!"
Ah-chan quickly wrote the number down on the paper.
"We contacted a fish-collecting boat to sell these goods on the afternoon of our second day at sea. I was really shocked when I heard the prices; a lot of the goods were half price. But my dad said that's normal..."
Xiao Guowen explained the origin of this first order from the side.
"2950 yuan!" Feng Ye continued reading.
"This order was sold on the morning of the fourth day, which was also when a large amount of supplies were replenished..."
Ah-Can took notes quickly while listening to Xiao Guowen's explanation.
"2768 yuan!"
"These were sold on the afternoon of the fifth day..."
"3152 yuan!"
"This was sold on the afternoon of the sixth day. We encountered a small school of fish and had a pretty good catch."
"5266 yuan! This one has the highest price; it must have been sold after it landed, right?"
"Yes, on the way back, I passed through the next county, asked about the price, thought it was pretty good, so I sold it."
As each order was read out, Ah-chan carefully wrote it down.
Xiao Guowen will also explain in detail the situation behind these orders.
They worked together seamlessly, and the whole process proceeded smoothly.
"Let me add it up, 5 plus 8 plus 2 plus... that's a total of 10 pieces. Wow, there are so many!"
"Don't just look at the income, the expenses are not small either."
Xiao Guowen smiled and reminded him, pushing over three other expense slips: "Here, these are the expense slips, Aye, read them aloud."
"Do I have to read out the expenses? Just calculate them for me directly, won't that be better?" Ah-Can said, somewhat speechless.
"Let's read it aloud, so everyone can listen."
Feng Ye picked up the bill, glanced at it, and read out a number: "2715 yuan!"
Upon hearing this, Ah-Can was shocked and exclaimed, "What did you buy? It cost so much money?"
His voice was filled with surprise and disbelief, as if he couldn't believe the number.
"This is the order form for the fourth day of supplies purchased from the cargo ship. By then, we had almost run out of supplies on board, and we replenished them with diesel, ice, fresh water, grains, coal briquettes, vegetables..."
This time, it was Feng Xuan who spoke up to explain: "The things sold on the fishing boats are much more expensive than on land, so the expenses are naturally higher."
"So that's how it is. You scared me half to death."
Ah-Can's doubts disappeared after hearing the explanation.
"So that's how it is. You scared me half to death."
"1652, 1723."
"The last two are mainly for replenishing diesel and ice..."
Ah-chan took a pen and started doing addition and subtraction on the paper. After a while, he said, "The total expenditure is 6090 yuan. After subtracting, there are still 0 yuan left."
Looking at the number, he was filled with excitement.
Feng Ye was also very happy; the result was even better than he had expected.
This voyage was very fruitful, a truly successful start.
However, despite the high income, the expenses are equally high, which is not something that ordinary people can afford.
Feng Ye thought for a moment: "Let's deduct another 100 yuan. The grain, oil, coal briquettes, and other supplies we brought on the boat when we went to sea were all provided by Uncle Jun, so we still have to pay for them..."
"Let's skip the first voyage and talk about the future ones."
Xiao Zhaojun waved his hand.
"That won't do, we have to calculate it."
"Yes, it needs to be calculated."
"It definitely needs to be calculated..."
Unable to refuse, Xiao Zhaojun had no choice but to say, "Then let's just calculate a little bit."
Ah-Can waved his pen a few times: "Subtract another hundred dollars, and the total income will be [amount] dollars."
Xiao Zhaojun nodded: "We made a few dollars in eight days, averaging a little over 1,000 dollars a day. That's normal for a big ship, considering how much diesel fuel it consumes, about 600 to 700 liters a day, and how much ice it also consumes."
"Furthermore, not all the catches we manage to bring up are worth anything; there are plenty of worthless fish, shrimp, and crabs. If only we had your luck, Ah Ye, we could catch more valuable catches," Xiao Guowen chimed in.
"Who can say for sure about luck?"
Feng Ye smiled but didn't respond to the question.
Luck is such a mysterious thing.
Moreover, he didn't rely on luck, but on a magic touch that could attract fish.
"Alright, if there are no objections, let's start dividing the money. For this first voyage, the four of us won't take any wages; we'll divide it according to our shares."
"Here's what I'm thinking: let's leave the small change of 691 yuan and use it to buy supplies for the next voyage. It'll be easier to divide the larger portion among us, right?"
"One share is exactly 1000 yuan, Ah Ye has three shares, so it's 3000 yuan, and Ah Xuan and Ah Can each have 500 yuan, right?"
After Xiao Zhaojun finished speaking, he looked at everyone.
"That's right."
Feng Ye nodded.
Feng Xuan and A-Can had no objections, both wearing smiles.
Xiao Guowen also took out the money he had counted earlier and placed it on the table in front of the three of them.
"You all count the numbers and see if they are correct. If there are any discrepancies, point them out on the spot, and we will refund any overpayment or make up any underpayment."
Xiao Guowen then added with a smile, "If you leave this room, my father and I won't recognize you."
Feng Ye didn't say anything, and simply picked up the money and started counting it.
The money was all in whole bills, 30 hundred-yuan bills, easy to count.
Fortunately, the fourth set of RMB banknotes was issued three years ago, adding denominations of 50 and 100 yuan.
If it's still the third set, the largest denomination is only the 10-yuan "Great Unity," which would take quite a while to count.
Feng Ye was quite satisfied with this achievement.
This was only the first trip out, and I already earned so much. I immediately received 3,000 yuan.
If we can maintain this level of performance, and do more than ten trips, we should be able to recoup our investment.
Compared to the speed at which you make money on the Rising Sun, it's much slower, but at least you don't have to work hard and just wait to collect the money, so don't be too demanding.
Feng Xuan and A-Can happily counted the money, even though there were only five bills, they counted them several times.
They weren't afraid of making mistakes in counting the money; they were simply enjoying the pleasure of it.
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