Upon arriving at the dock, after paying a one-dollar mooring fee, Ah-Can volunteered to take charge of steering the boat.
After the ship left the dock and sailed into the vast ocean, Feng Ye and Feng Xuan went into the cabin.
The sun was quite strong at this time, and it was impossible for anyone to stay on the deck.
The cab was noisy and hot due to the roar of the diesel engine and the heat it emitted.
It was just a little cooler inside the cabin.
"Ah Ye, will you come again tomorrow?"
"Come on, why not? My arm has been hurting these past few days, so I can't go out to sea. You won't be going out until after the holiday either. Why not take this opportunity to sell the dried fish at home? What are we keeping them for?"
"That's true, at least we can make some money, which is better than staying at home idle."
Feng Xuan nodded in agreement.
"Dude, you're getting too cocky!"
Feng Ye joked, "You used to work yourself to the bone carrying sacks for a month, and that's about what you'd earn today. What, you're looking down on this little bit of money?"
"No, no, I just said it offhand."
Feng Xuan smiled awkwardly.
"We still have five or six hundred catties of dried fish at home. Even at the wholesale price, we can sell it for four or five hundred yuan, which is a lot of money."
"Now that you mention it, I feel like we haven't sunbathed enough. The last few times the Harvest ship came back, everyone complained about it, and we gave away the smaller fish. Now that I think about it, it's a bit of a pity."
"There's nothing to regret. We won't send any more next time. We'll just collect them all and dry them into fish."
Feng Ye paused for a moment, then continued, "Okay, next time the Harvest comes back, tell Uncle Jun to bring back as many as possible, and we'll pay to buy them."
"Huh? Do we have to spend money to buy it?" Feng Xuan asked in surprise.
“It’s fine if they don’t pay once or twice, but if it happens too often, I’m afraid some people will have a problem with it. After all, we’re drying our produce to sell, not to eat ourselves.”
"What price should I offer? I'll discuss it with Uncle Jun."
Feng Ye thought for a moment and said, "Let's go with eight cents a pound."
"That high?"
"A higher price will provide motivation, and others won't be able to say much. If it really sells well, I'd like to ask Uncle Fa and the others to help me buy it."
"In addition, I want to get more varieties, both cheap and expensive, and dry them all."
Upon hearing this, Feng Xuan frowned: "Is it going to be this big? The cost will be enormous."
"It will indeed be very high, possibly requiring tens of thousands of yuan to invest. If you don't participate, I can handle it by myself. However, that's for the future; I won't do it that way for now."
"Let's talk about it later. I was really afraid you'd make such a big deal out of it right away."
Feng Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, then added, "However, even if it's just drying miscellaneous fish, we don't have time to come to the city to sell them every day."
“Indeed, that’s a problem. Although we can make a lot of money in a day, it still can’t compare to going out to sea. If the weather is good, we still have to go out to sea to fish, so we don’t have that much time to come here and open the shop.”
"Yes, and if we dry too many fish at once, we won't have anywhere to store them if we don't deliver them to the shops in time. The new house isn't finished yet, and the old house leaks when it rains heavily."
"Well, then we'll just have to wait." Feng Ye sighed. "I was thinking of collecting all the dried fish that everyone has been drying and making a profit from the difference."
Pity!
What a pity!
It is said that the 1980s and 1990s were the best times to make money. As long as you were bold, you could make a fortune no matter what you did.
I tried it out, and it's true; even unwanted dried fish sells so well.
We have a way to make money, but the hardware isn't quite up to par.
Wherever he had a place on the island to store dried fish, he would dry them in the sun, and he would even let the villagers dry them together.
He may not have time to sell them himself, but he can hire someone.
Of course, he wouldn't dare invite a stranger these days.
However, you can invite relatives and friends.
If all else fails, he can have his parents sell, or even sell, a smaller boat to use as a transport vessel.
Feng Xuan felt quite regretful after hearing his thoughts.
If you dry more crops yourself and collect more, you can easily make money by taking them to the county.
For now, it can only be put on hold for the time being.
This made him feel like he had a fishbone stuck in his throat, and he was very uncomfortable.
"Let's dry and sell them ourselves for now, and stop buying from others for the time being," Feng Xuan said. "We'll consider expanding once the new house is built."
"Well, that's the only way." Feng Ye nodded. "However, let's make some points clear beforehand to avoid future conflicts and blaming each other."
"Ah Ye, please speak freely."
“If you and Ah-Can want to get involved in this dried fish business, I’ll take half, and you and Ah-Can will split the other half.”
The shops are shared, and Feng Ye can't just leave them out and run the business on his own.
"Sure, I have no objection."
Feng Xuan agreed without hesitation.
He was a little puzzled, not understanding why his younger brother always thought about his cousin who was beyond the fifth degree of kinship.
"Then it's settled. I'll go ask Ah-Can for his opinion."
"I'll go with you."
The two brothers got up and went to the driver's seat to tell Ah-Can what had happened.
Upon hearing this, Ah-Can's eyes lit up, and he appeared very excited: "That's a great idea! Just like with the shops and this ship, I want a 25% stake. Brother Xuan, you don't have any objections, right?"
"Okay, from now on, whatever we do, if it's a partnership, we'll divide it this way."
Feng Xuan had no objections.
Ah-chan chuckled and said, "That's exactly what I was thinking."
"Alright, if we brothers are of one mind, our strength can break even metal!"
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