Okay, I understand.
"Old He, don't listen to his nonsense. There are no giant groupers. He's just teasing you."
"What!?" Old He was immediately shocked. He looked at the boat, then turned to look at Xiao Hu, his face turning red and then pale.
"You dare to make fun of me, Wang Xiaohu?"
Old He flew into a rage, took off his slippers and threw them at Xiao Hu, but they were too far away and Xiao Hu easily dodged them.
Ye Cheng quickly pulled him back and patted him on the shoulder, "Alright, Lao He, he's still young and immature."
"He's taller than me, and he's still so immature," Old He muttered under his breath.
Xiao Hu walked over with a grin, looking at Lao He with a teasing expression, "Boss He, you're getting old, running is good for your physical and mental health."
Old He snorted in dissatisfaction, "I'm an old man, if we get separated, you'll be responsible."
"Tch, you didn't seem to have any problems when there was a giant grouper the other day," Xiao Hu retorted jokingly.
"Alright!" Ye Cheng said lightly, interrupting the two's pointless conversation.
"Let's inspect the goods."
Duan Chunsheng had already moved quite a lot ashore, and Lao He looked at them box by box.
Upon seeing the mantis shrimp, Lao He's anger vanished instantly. His legs no longer ached, and his bones felt lighter. He picked up two and examined them closely.
"This size is alright, isn't it? This batch has some yellow on it. Look at this yellow, it'll definitely fetch a good price." Duan Chunsheng brought up a box of yellow ones.
"You have yellow ones?" Old He quickly grabbed another one that was yellow, and his old face immediately lit up.
"Second brother, I want all of these mantis shrimp."
"Okay, I called you over here so you could collect it."
"I'll give you 30 yuan per jin for females, 20 yuan per jin for males, and 50 yuan per jin for those with yellow spots, is that okay?" Old He quoted prices skillfully.
Ye Cheng shook his head slightly. "Old He, add more of these with yellow spots. It's rare to see one this big with yellow spots."
Old He picked up the mantis shrimp with roe, examined it a couple more times, and gestured to confirm that it was indeed large.
"Okay, the ones with yellow spots are 60 yuan per jin, that's already a lot, any more and I won't be able to offer them."
"Okay, 60 yuan per jin then."
Old He shouted, and the men behind him came over heavily.
"The prices of mackerel and cod are about the same, so I packed them up for 5 yuan per jin. Sardines can only be charged 2 yuan."
"Whelks are 40, snails are 30, octopus is 30, and sea carp is quite rare, at most 20 per catty."
As Lao He walked, he quoted prices for common, low-end fish.
"Huh, what's this?"
Old He stopped in front of the croakers; a dozen or so croakers, gutted and disemboweled, lay in the basket.
"Why did you kill them?"
"Oh, I made a mistake. I won't sell this one. I'll use it to feed the shrimp. Look at this one."
Ye Cheng kicked the croakers away and pulled over another basket.
Old He's expression flickered, and he squatted down in confusion.
"Fish bladder?"
"Hmm, fish bladders, see if you'll buy them. If not, I'll go back, dry them, and sell them myself."
"What kind of fish bladder is this? And you're even drying it and selling it?"
As Lao He was speaking, his eyes suddenly flashed, and then an idea struck him. He took the basket of fish that had just been cleaned and turned it over to take a look.
Wow!
Croaker!
Old He's eyes widened suddenly.
These are fish bellies.
No wonder, no wonder Ye Cheng said he wanted to go back and dry them to sell.
"What? Old He, you accept this too?"
Ye Cheng's voice came from behind.
"Take it! We must take it!" Old He picked up the fish maw with delight and weighed it in his hand.
As long as they know their stuff, that's fine. Ye Cheng is afraid of someone who doesn't know their stuff, and then things won't go smoothly.
Old He liked it more and more as he looked at it, clicking his tongue repeatedly, "Great, really great, it's just a little small. If it were a bit bigger, it would be even more valuable."
Ye Cheng, who was waiting in the back, was getting bored. "Alright, that's about enough. Tell me, what price can you offer?"
When it came to bidding, Lao He began to hesitate. This item was not common, and he had to ask about the online price.
In less than five minutes, Lao He returned and held up two fingers.
"This size costs 200 yuan each."
200 each, that's not cheap either. Ye Cheng nodded, agreeing.
Calculate by category, settle accounts uniformly.
In the end, I made a total of 10,000 yuan, which was purely from fish maw and mantis shrimp.
After paying, Lao He wanted to leave, but Ye Cheng grabbed him.
"What's wrong? Is there something else?"
"Yes." Ye Cheng pulled Lao He aside and lit a cigarette.
Seeing Ye Cheng's mysterious demeanor, Old He's eyes flickered. "Is it about the Boss Kong I introduced to you?"
"Damn, are you a god? How do you know this?" Ye Cheng was a little surprised. You even answered before I could.
Seeing Ye Cheng's surprised expression, Old He immediately revealed a smug look.
"Let me tell you, this old Kong has a bit of a penny-pincher streak, but he's been in this business for a long time and has a wide network of connections, so as long as you're familiar with his methods, it won't be a problem to find him."
"You just arrived, he'll definitely want to test you out."
At this point, Lao He looked at Ye Cheng curiously and asked, "What did you ask him to sell you? I didn't ask you before."
"I delivered 200 jin of crayfish this morning, but they said they only sold 60 jin."
"Either your crayfish are hard to sell, or he's trying to lower the price."
Lao He spoke with a firm tone.
It's not impossible for it to sell poorly on the first day.
Ye Cheng didn't believe it would sell poorly for several days in a row.
He understands foodies very well; money isn't the issue, the important thing is having something to eat.
That means there's a high probability this guy wants to lower the price.
Okay, let's see what happens tomorrow.
After receiving the money, which amounted to just over ten thousand, Ye Cheng gave 2,000 to each person and kept 6,000 for himself. After factoring in the expenses of the voyage, he didn't earn much.
Before he even got back to the village, Jiang Yunxiang called and asked him to come over at noon, saying that her uncle had already arrived.
Since the person had arrived, Ye Cheng bought some braised dishes at the dock to take with him, since they were relatives after all.
When I got back to my older brother's house, it was bustling with activity. As soon as I entered, I saw Jiang Yunxiang running around busily.
Ye Guowei didn't need to work today; he stayed inside chatting with the two men.
Upon seeing Ye Cheng enter, Ye Guowei immediately stood up, a warm smile on his face.
"Acheng, come here, let's get acquainted. This is Yunxiang's uncle, Sun Baocheng."
"Ah, hello Uncle."
Ye Cheng extended his hand, intending to shake hands with Sun Baocheng.
Sun Baocheng already had quite a few gray hairs, and his dark face was full of the marks of time. When Ye Cheng reached out his hand, he quickly wiped his hands on his clothes and then smiled憨厚ly.
As soon as Ye Cheng grasped the hand, he felt as if he were holding a piece of old tree bark. Looking down, he saw that it was covered in calluses, indicating that the person had definitely done a lot of work.
Sun Baocheng shook hands briefly, then quickly withdrew his hand and stood awkwardly, not daring to sit down.
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