"Cough cough."
Feng Ye cleared his throat and said leisurely, "Gentlemen, the results are in. For those under one jin, the highest bid was from General Manager Liao, at 94.5 yuan per unit. Congratulations, General Manager Liao."
He had already heard from Feng Jiafa that the boss ran a supermarket, and fish weighing less than one pound were perfect for him to sell in the supermarket.
"Haha, thank you for acknowledging me."
A middle-aged boss with a center-parted hairstyle exclaimed excitedly.
The others' faces darkened, cursing him inwardly for being cunning and even taking a small portion.
In particular, Mr. Song, who arrived first, was unusually dark-skinned and extremely regretful. He had quoted a unit price of 94.1 yuan, anticipating that others would likely quote a round number.
Unexpectedly, someone else had also anticipated this and bought a large yellow croaker of a certain size for only four cents more than him, making him feel like he had eaten shit.
"Don't rush, there's still a chance."
That was the only way he could console himself.
"For the items weighing between one and two kilograms, the highest bidder was Mr. Qin, at 121 yuan per unit. Congratulations, Mr. Qin."
This President Qin was much more composed, simply showing a faint smile and clasping his hands in a fist and palm salute, saying, "Congratulations to you both."
Next, Feng Ye announced the ownership of the other sizes of large yellow croaker.
Two to three kilograms of fruit were bought by a hotel owner surnamed Yang, at a price of 137 yuan per kilogram.
Mr. Song bought the three to four jin (2.5-3 catties) pieces at a unit price of 162.1 yuan.
When he heard that his unit price was the highest, General Manager Song breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that his trip hadn't been in vain.
Those weighing four to five pounds were sold for a high price of 180 yuan.
The 5.6-jin one is priced at 220 yuan, the 6.2-jin one at 249 yuan, the 6.7-jin one at 260 yuan, and the largest one, weighing 8.6 jin, is priced at 300 yuan.
Basically, all six bosses gained something; the only question was how much.
Next, naturally, it's time to pay and deliver the goods.
Feng Jiafa took an abacus out of the counter and handed it to Feng Ye.
Feng Ye was dumbfounded.
He did learn this skill when he was in school; he has a junior high school education.
But having been used to calculators in my past life, I've long forgotten all about abacus formulas.
For Feng Ye, even vertical calculations were faster than using an abacus.
"Uncle Fa, you calculate it with an abacus, and I'll calculate it with vertical calculation to see if they match, so we don't make a mistake."
In a moment of inspiration, Feng Ye came up with a reason that sounded perfectly reasonable.
"good."
Feng Jiafa readily agreed, as he also had money involved; if things went wrong, he would also lose money.
"Let's calculate the ones weighing less than one jin first. The total is 31.3 jin, which is 94.5 yuan per jin."
"The total is 2957.85 yuan."
As the abacus beads clicked and clattered, Feng Jiafa immediately quoted the total price.
At this moment, Feng Ye had just finished setting up the vertical calculation and was still multiplying the first digit.
After a long while, Feng Ye said, "That's right, that's the number I calculated too."
The boss, surnamed Liao, stepped forward, took out a wad of cash from his bag, all in 100-yuan bills, counted out 30 bills, and handed them to Feng Ye.
"Let's round it up to 2958 yuan."
"The boss is generous."
Feng Ye offered a compliment, took the money, and then said to Feng Jiafa, "Uncle Fa, I don't have any money on me. Could you help me find some money?"
"good."
Feng Jiafa nodded, counted out 42 yuan from the drawer of the counter, and handed it to General Manager Liao.
Mr. Liao took the change and turned to the crowd of onlookers: "Two people, help me put the fish on the boat, one yuan each."
"I'll do it."
Upon hearing of a money-making opportunity, everyone, regardless of gender, rushed forward.
Mr. Liao casually picked two people to help, paid each of them one yuan, and left in a hurry, ignoring Feng Jiafa's attempts to persuade him to stay.
Feng Ye continued calculating the accounts and collecting the money.
Soon, the owners left with the fish, leaving behind a pile of money.
"How much? How much did you make in total?"
Xiao Guowen was overjoyed and asked impatiently.
"I don't know yet," Feng Ye replied, then added, "Uncle Fa, let's add up the total again. Brother Wen, please count the money so we don't make a mistake."
A moment later, Feng Jiafa spoke first: "It's 80 cents in total."
Feng Ye then nodded: "That's right."
"coax……"
The villagers who were watching were ecstatic, each one of them incredibly excited.
"With so much money, each person can get more than 10,000 yuan. That's incredible! Suddenly, our village has four more households with 10,000 yuan each!"
"Damn, I'd have to work for years without eating or drinking to earn that much money!"
"Cucumber croaker is really valuable; one haul and you'll be rich!"
"Who doesn't know that yellow croaker is valuable? But you also need to be lucky enough to find one."
"I'll go to worship Mazu tomorrow too, no, I'll go right now."
"Yes, let's worship Mazu together later."
...
Unlike the onlookers, Feng Ye felt that large yellow croakers were too cheap in this era.
Even though he knew that this was the highest price he could get.
But considering the prices in later generations, this comparison can only be described in two words—heartbreaking.
Before long, Ah-Can and the others finished counting the money, which totaled [amount missing].
This included money that Feng Jiafa had given out, and many of the bosses had paid in whole hundred dollars, so change was needed.
Feng Jiafa kept a record of every change he made.
According to Feng Jiafa's notes, after returning the money to him one by one, they found that there was still three yuan left over.
After a moment's thought, Feng Ye understood.
Some of the change was a few cents, but the shop owners didn't bother with it and just tossed it up to the nearest whole number, which is why there was an extra three dollars.
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