There's no guarantee that some unscrupulous people won't get jealous and come to steal, or even do something even worse.
"Oh, okay."
Ah-Can responded and then turned and hurriedly ran away.
Before long, Ye Qingling arrived first.
"Where are your sister-in-law and Ah-Can and their son? Why didn't they come with you?"
“Ah Can went back to call his mother, and his sister-in-law went to call his aunt and sister-in-law to come and help.”
Did you also call out to your aunt and uncle this morning?
Feng Ye's aunt and sister-in-law also married into the village.
We should keep the good stuff within our own family.
These days, when there's work to be done, people always prioritize relatives who live nearby and have free time.
"Hmm, with so many fish, how long will it take us to process them all by ourselves? We'll have to call in some help."
"Just my eldest aunt and youngest aunt might not be enough; we need to invite one or two more."
Ye Qingling frowned: "Is it necessary to call so many people? We can just work a little later if necessary. After all, asking for help isn't free."
"There's only a little over a thousand kilograms here, and that's just the cargo from our own shipment and the cargo from the ships that came back earlier. The main force should be back by now."
Feng Ye pointed to the sea and saw two fishing boats slowly sailing towards the dock.
He continued, "Look, boats are starting to come back. There were already quite a few small fish, and now that you've caught mackerel and filefish, the quantity is even greater."
"I thought these fish were cheap, so I discussed it with my sister-in-law and Aunt Ling, and we decided to bring them over to dry."
After explaining, Ye Qingling asked somewhat nervously, "Shouldn't we have accepted these fish?"
Feng Ye said, "I didn't say you bought the wrong thing. It's good to dry these cheap goods. It can enrich the variety of our dried fish."
"But with so many fish, even if we work non-stop, we probably won't be able to finish processing them by the time we're done, even if we're busy until late at night."
"Besides, Ah-chan and I can't work too late. We have to go back to sleep around 8 or 9 o'clock at most, because we have to go out to sea tomorrow."
"What you said makes sense; I didn't think it through."
Ye Qingling gently patted her forehead, looking somewhat annoyed. "Then let's call two more people, but who should we call?"
"I don't care about that, you can handle it yourselves. It would be best if Aunt Ling could also invite one."
Ye Qingling naturally understood what he meant. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Let Aunt Ling call them all. If we need to add more people next time, we'll go find someone else."
"It doesn't matter who calls me, I have no objection."
Just then, Ah-Can and his mother arrived in a hurry.
"Auntie, you've come at the right time. We're short-handed. Go and find a couple more people to help us."
Upon seeing their arrival, Ye Qingling quickly spoke.
Aunt Ling wiped the sweat from her forehead: "Didn't you ask your aunt and your younger sister to come and help?"
“My sister-in-law went to call them, but A-Ye said it wasn’t enough and they needed to add two more people.”
"Okay, I'll go and call two people over."
After saying that, Aunt Ling turned to leave, but Ah Can turned around and ran back first.
He ran while shouting, "Mom, you rest for a bit, I'll go get her."
"Remember to tell them to bring kitchen knives and cutting boards; we don't have enough of our own."
"I see."
Watching her son run off into the distance, Aunt Ling sighed softly, found a spot to sit down and clean the fish.
A little while later, Du Guilan also came over.
Feng Ye's aunt and sister-in-law also came along.
As for Xiao Chunxiu, she has to cook at home.
It doesn't matter if it's just family; they can eat whatever they want. But the workers and their assistants have to be treated to good food and drinks.
"Auntie, Auntie, you'll have to work hard again today. There's a lot of work to do."
Feng Ye stood up and greeted him with a smile.
"We're all family, so let's not stand on ceremony. I'm glad I can help."
The aunt responded with a smile, while rolling up her sleeves to get to work.
"Ah Ye, don't worry, with a few of us experienced guys working together, this little bit of fish is nothing. We'll finish it in no time."
My aunt also said confidently.
They knew in the morning that there weren't enough kitchen knives and cutting boards, so they brought their own and started working as soon as they put them down.
There weren't actually that many stools, but there were plenty of red bricks. You could just move a few bricks together and use them as stools.
They were unaware of the situation and only assumed it was a little over a thousand kilograms.
Feng Ye didn't waste any more words explaining; they would find out soon enough.
Soon, Ah-Can returned with his men, carrying a large scale.
There were quite a few people. Besides the man and woman holding kitchen knives and cutting boards, there was a large group of men and women pushing carts.
There were more than a dozen bamboo baskets on the cart, and a fishy smell could be smelled from afar.
Clearly, that large group of people had come to sell fish.
And they shouted from afar, "Ah Ye, we've brought you fish!"
Feng Ye ignored them and greeted the man and woman first, asking Ye Qingling to arrange their work.
Then I asked Ah Chan, "How did you two meet?"
"We bumped into each other when we passed by Uncle Fa's shop, so we came together."
"How many kilograms of fish are there? Have they been weighed?"
"I borrowed Uncle Fa's scale and weighed it. It weighed 578 jin in total. I even borrowed his scale."
Ah-chan raised the scale in his hand, then took out a receipt from his pocket and said with a smile, "Look, I even asked Uncle Fa to help me get a receipt."
"Great, you've gotten smarter."
Feng Ye praised, took it and glanced at it, and sure enough, it was Feng Jiafa's handwriting.
He turned to the group and said, "One of you come and get the money. The rest of you go with Ah-Can to unload the goods."
After a brief discussion among the crowd, a middle-aged man stepped forward and approached Feng Ye.
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