Xiao Zhaojun was carrying fish and shrimp from the fish hold to the deck when he vaguely heard their conversation. He looked up and saw Feng Ye approaching, so he stopped what he was doing and asked, "Ah Ye, what's up?"
"Our reward for helping the coast guard smuggle goods has arrived..."
Before he could finish speaking, Ah-Can interrupted him: "What reward? How much money is it?"
"What's the rush? Let me finish."
Feng Ye rolled his eyes at A-Can and continued, "The Coast Guard sent a letter and a money order to my home, which A-Ling received."
The money was 1,500 yuan, and the letter also said that the reward for each ship was 500 yuan.
Here, the letter is.
As he spoke, he took a letter out of his pocket and handed it over.
"Huh? Only 500 yuan? That's so stingy."
Ah-Can was very disappointed when he heard this, and muttered, "We helped so much, and this is all we get? It's like giving a beggar a pittance."
Xiao Zhaojun took the letter, glanced at it casually, and said slowly, "Ah Can, you can't say that. This reward from the Coast Guard is more of a recognition and encouragement, and it can't be measured simply by the amount of money."
Feng Ye nodded in agreement: "Uncle is right. Although the money is not much, it is the Coast Guard's recognition of us. Besides, we didn't expect to get much of a reward anyway."
Feng Xuan also said, "The money isn't much, but everyone's hard work hasn't been in vain. Besides, we all got some stuff, which can be sold for a good amount of money."
Ah-Can scratched his head and smiled sheepishly, "Yeah, I just feel like the money is a bit too little, and I'm a little disappointed."
"That's all the money we have. The boatmen also put in a lot of effort, so I'm thinking of giving them a red envelope as a token of my appreciation."
Feng Ye looked at the three of them. "What do you all think?"
"I have no objection."
"Can."
"Brother Ye, it's up to you to decide."
All three spoke up, expressing their agreement.
"Since you all agree, let's discuss how much money is appropriate for the red envelopes."
The three of them looked at each other, and finally focused their attention on Feng Ye.
"Ah Ye, judging from your expression, you must have thought it through. Just say it."
"Dividing it equally is not feasible. Let's each get 50 yuan, that way we can still have some left over."
"Only you, Ah Ye, are so generous."
Xiao Zhaojun gave a wry smile, "Fine, 50 yuan it is, it's settled then."
Feng Xuan and A-Can had no objections and both nodded in agreement.
Feng Ye chuckled and pulled out a stack of wrapped red envelopes from his pocket: "I've already prepared the red envelopes."
"You little rascal..."
Xiao Zhaojun shook his head. "You've already prepared everything, what's there to discuss?"
Feng Ye said with a smile, "This process is necessary. In case you have different opinions and the result we come up with is different from what I prepared, we can make adjustments in time."
Ah-Can joked from the side, "Alright, Ye-ge, your thoughts are truly something else."
"Alright, now that the red envelopes are settled, let's distribute them to the boatmen later."
Feng Ye took out six red envelopes and handed them to Xiao Zhaojun, saying, "These are for the six boatmen of the Harvest Ship. I'll give you the remaining 200 yuan later."
Then, he turned to Feng Xuan and said, "Brother, I didn't bring any money with me. Go and get 200 yuan for Uncle Jun."
"good."
Feng Xuan responded and turned back to the Dong Sheng.
"Uncle Jun, I'm going to give the boatmen red envelopes."
Feng Ye greeted Xiao Zhaojun and returned to the Dong Sheng with A Can.
When the crew of the Dongsheng saw them return, they all stopped what they were doing and looked expectantly at the red envelopes in their hands.
They didn't deliberately avoid the boatmen when they were discussing things, but they lowered their voices when it came to the amount of money.
So the boatmen vaguely knew there would be red envelopes, but they didn't know the exact amount.
Feng Ye smiled and handed out the red envelopes one by one. The boatmen's faces immediately lit up with smiles, and they thanked him repeatedly.
When he opened it and found a 50-yuan note inside, he was overjoyed and even more motivated to work.
The crew of the Dong Sheng, including Xiao Mingshi, who was already the first mate, numbered seven, and so they gave out seven red envelopes.
Feng Ye still had six red envelopes left, which were prepared for the six boatmen on the Donglai.
But all six of them had already gone back, and it was getting late, so they could only be given to them tomorrow.
He put Ye Chenliang's red envelope into his pocket, and handed the remaining five red envelopes to A-Can who was standing next to him: "I have to go to the county tomorrow, so I don't have time. Please distribute these red envelopes to everyone."
"Oh, okay."
Ah-Can took the red envelope and put it away, then asked curiously, "What are you going to the county for? Do you want me to go with you?"
"I took your sister-in-law to a prenatal checkup, what's the point of you coming along?"
Feng Ye gave him a disapproving look, ignored him, and turned to help with the work.
Ah-Can touched his nose, smiled, and went to move the fish and shrimp.
The atmosphere on the boat became even more lively as red envelopes were distributed. Everyone was full of energy and worked together to quickly fill the small boat.
However, it was only about half full, with more than 10,000 jin left on the Dongsheng.
It wasn't that the ship had reached its maximum load capacity, but rather that space was limited and there wasn't enough room to pack everything, so the remaining cargo would have to be transported on another trip.
On the shore, Feng Jiaqing and Feng Jialing had already pushed their cart over and were waiting.
As soon as the boat docked, everyone quickly unloaded the fish and shrimp from the boat and loaded them onto the cart.
Once a cart was full, Feng Jiaqing would push it back to the workshop, while Feng Jialing would stay behind to continue loading carts.
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