The staff member was somewhat surprised to see the neatly stacked banknotes.
Unexpectedly, Feng Ye, who looked so poor, actually had so much money.
However, considering that this person was a fisherman and should have his own boat, it didn't seem so strange.
The staff member glanced at the remittance slip: "That's it, right?"
"That's right, that's the number."
Feng Ye nodded and confirmed the amount.
"The handling fee is 50 yuan."
"Wow, is it that expensive?"
Ah-chan couldn't help but shout it out.
"The remittance fee is 1% of the remittance amount, with a minimum fee of 2 yuan and a maximum fee of 50 yuan."
The staff member didn't even look up, and recited the script verbatim.
Ah-Can felt a pang of heartache: "This is too much."
"The handling fee is a minor issue; the important thing is that the money arrives safely at home."
Feng Ye shook his head.
He was more concerned about the safety of his money.
50 yuan is a lot of money for ordinary people, but it's nothing to them; it's just 100 jin of small yellow croakers.
"Is this safe? What if I don't get my money?"
Ah-chan had a new question.
The staff member rolled his eyes and said irritably, "This is the post office, a government-run place. Do you think it's safe or not?"
Feng Ye glanced curiously at the staff member sitting behind the counter, not expecting that this person could actually understand the Hokkien spoken by A-Can.
However, he didn't press for details, simply agreeing, "Safe, definitely safe."
As he spoke, he handed over a 100-yuan note.
Luckily, I had an extra 100 yuan in my pocket when I came, so I didn't have to rewrite the remittance slip or reduce the remittance amount.
After counting the money and processing it for a while, the staff handed out a receipt and 50 yuan.
"Here is the remittance slip and your 50 yuan change. Please keep it safe."
Feng Ye took the receipt and change, glanced at them casually, and carefully put them into his pocket.
"That's it? Sister Ling can just take her ID card to the post office in town to get the money?"
Despite being told it was safe, Ah-Can was still a little panicked when he saw the money go in and he came out with a piece of paper instead.
"Yes, but we have to wait until A-Ling receives the money order from the post office."
Feng Ye nodded. "There's a phone here, I'll call back and tell her to keep an eye on things."
It was an hour later when they finished their call and came out of the post office.
The remittance itself didn't take much time; the phone calls took longer.
Upon receiving their call back, Ye Qingling, Xiao Chunxiu, Du Guilan, and A-Can's mother all went to the village committee.
After everyone said a few words, time passed by without us even realizing it.
During the phone call, they also learned some news.
The Harvest ship had already come to Haizhongzhou to catch small yellow croakers, arriving two days earlier than them.
However, they don't sell their fish on land; they sell to fish-collecting boats, so they haven't been able to contact their families.
Until yesterday, due to bad weather, we stopped at a nearby island to rest and took the opportunity to make a phone call back.
...
As I walked out of the post office, the rain was still falling, showing no signs of stopping.
Ah-Can was still very distressed about the handling fee.
"They're really ruthless; the remittance fees are way too high!"
"There was hardly anyone inside; it was deserted and quiet."
"It costs tens of yuan to come in once, who would want to come?"
"That's outrageous..."
Feng Ye listened to his complaints, but just smiled and said nothing.
With so many fishing boats coming to Changgu Island to sell their fish, how could the post office be deserted?
Although the procedures are indeed very expensive, many people will definitely feel the pinch but still send the money back.
They just didn't run into each other.
Perhaps it's because of the heavy rain today; everyone is waiting for the rain to subside before coming over.
"Stop complaining, let's go to the market and buy some groceries."
I had some time today, so I cooked something for myself.
However, the staple food is still mainly noodles and rice noodles, as it is not convenient to steam rice on the ship.
However, you can change the side dishes. You'll get tired of eating seafood all the time, so you need to take it easy.
"Hurry up, and bring back a few decks of cards while you're at it, otherwise we'll be so bored..."
...
Another half hour passed before they returned to the dock.
Watching them climb onto the boat carrying large and small bags, Feng Jiaqing complained, "Why did it take so long? Why didn't you come back sooner and instead wandered around aimlessly?"
Feng Jialing added, "That's right, we were all worried that something had happened to you, that you'd been robbed or stolen from, and we were even preparing to go ashore to look for you."
"Where did we wander around? We went to the market after we transferred the money and bought some groceries..."
While Feng Ye was still explaining, A-Can crawled into the cabin and took out the cards: "I bought cards, come on, let's play cards."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Guowen and the others immediately perked up.
“Great, we were so bored.”
"Yeah, I'm so bored, playing cards is a good way to kill time."
"Playing cards, playing cards..."
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