On her way home, Chen Zhiyao lay on the deck at the stern of the ship, enjoying the sea breeze and reflecting on the past month.
After leaving her job at the end of October, she returned to the village on November 1st. In the blink of an eye, she has been home for almost a month and a half.
At first, she only went beachcombing on the village's beaches and rocky shores.
The harvest was actually quite good, but the village had limited resources and fierce competition. That's why they turned their attention to the islands outside.
Then she rented the boat she's on now and went out to sea to go beachcombing and fishing on nearby islands.
The marine resources outside have indeed become much more abundant, and income has risen sharply.
Time flies, and a month has passed just like that. Now, the charter period for this ship only has one day left, tomorrow.
Including the money she earned in the past few days, she now has 200,000 yuan in savings, and it's time to put buying a boat on the agenda.
After thinking it over, she still felt that the small boat she had was pretty good, and she estimated that she could get it for a few tens of thousands of yuan.
And she's gotten used to it. Although it's a bit old and consumes a lot of fuel, it hasn't caused any problems.
Although she had 200,000 yuan, she was indeed reluctant to spend it all to buy a new boat.
If you buy an old boat, it's no different from the one you have now, and it might even be more expensive.
The more she thought about it, the better she felt that the current ship was quite good, and it would be suitable to buy it as a temporary measure.
You can buy it for tens of thousands of yuan, use it for two or three years, and then resell it for 20,000 yuan.
It only costs 10,000 yuan a year, which is much more cost-effective than renting a boat, and it also puts less pressure on me.
In a couple of years, when she has more money in her pocket, she'll consider buying a bigger boat.
Chen Zhiyao is essentially quite laid-back. Since she already has a golden touch and isn't worried about making money, there's no need for her to work too hard.
Buy a boat that's neither too big nor too small, and spend your days wandering around the nearby islands, occasionally going deep-sea fishing for tuna, and enjoying your mom's cooking every day. That's a comfortable and carefree life.
Chen Zhiyao is quite satisfied with her current life and has no need to struggle anymore.
After understanding, she immediately sent several voice messages to her mother.
The gist of it is that she wants to buy the boat she's currently renting, and she wants to ask Aunt Lotus how much it would cost to buy the boat.
Within two minutes, my mom replied with a message:
“Your fishing boat can still operate for another day tomorrow, and you’re going to Guangzhou for fun afterward, so there’s no rush to buy a boat.”
“Your lease isn’t up yet. If people find out you’re in a hurry to buy a boat, the price will definitely go up. Why don’t we wait until you come back from Guangzhou?”
“They’ve been using this boat for over seven years, and most people wouldn’t buy it. Let them wait a few days, and the people from Hehua will come to inquire about it themselves. Then the price will be easier to negotiate.”
Chen Zhiyao felt that her mother's words made sense. She had been going out to sea every day recently and was quite tired. It would be good to rest for a few more days and she could talk about buying a boat later.
Yan Shuting and Chen Weiqiang had previously looked down on Aunt Hehua's old boat, thinking it was too old and wouldn't last more than a few years even if they bought it.
However, after making some inquiries, I found that new boats are quite expensive. It would be even more uneconomical to spend tens or hundreds of thousands of yuan to buy a new boat.
Beachcombing depends on luck, the resources of the ocean, and even more so on policy. Who knows what the future holds?
If you spend a lot of money to buy a boat, but the catch is bad, you'll lose a lot of money. It's more cost-effective to buy a cheap, used boat.
After chatting with her mother for a few minutes, Chen Zhiyao handed over the entire matter of buying the boat to her.
She was just waiting to get paid and take back the boat.
When I got home, my mom and grandma had already prepared a delicious dinner and were waiting for me.
Even Ah Huang was quite enthusiastic, rushing towards Chen Zhiyao as soon as he entered.
During dinner, Chen Zhiyao and Chen Weiqiang kept talking, making the dinner table very lively.
Right after dinner, Chen Weiqiang called his family over, saying he wanted to have a family meeting.
"What's going on? Why are you being so mysterious?"
In Chen Zhiyao's memory, the number of times her family held a family meeting could be counted on one hand.
Chen Weiqiang cleared his throat and then said:
"The last few times I went beachcombing and fishing with Tangtang, the catch was pretty good, so I was thinking of hiring someone to come back and look after the shop."
"And what about you? You go fishing, and you don't care about the fishing tackle shop anymore?" Yan Shuting reacted strongly, feeling that this person was not doing his job properly.
Grandma Chen, who was standing nearby, also looked disapproving, feeling that it was still important to have a stable job.
Grandpa Chen fell silent. He knew perfectly well how much money he had made going fishing with his granddaughter these days.
But with things like this, nobody can say for sure whether they'll end up with nothing next time.
The fishing tackle shop is doing quite well now, making a profit of 10,000 to 20,000 yuan every month, which is considered very good in this small county town.
The old man didn't actually want his son to take this risk.
Seeing that everyone was overthinking things, Chen Weiqiang quickly explained:
"It's not that I'm ignoring it, I'm just hiring another person to help. Besides, what boss doesn't have employees and do everything themselves?"
"I just want to find someone to stay in the store permanently, but I will definitely handle things like getting the goods and weekly inventory myself, so it won't interfere with the store's business."
"Besides running my fishing tackle shop, I usually go fishing at sea with Tangtang and the others. Occasionally, I can also set up a stall at the breakwater to sell fishing tackle."
After this explanation, everyone understood that it was just a matter of hiring one more employee to help manage the store.
That's alright. If I still fail every day, I can just go back to being the owner of his fishing tackle shop.
Seeing that no one objected, Chen Weiqiang then added with a grin:
"This way, it won't affect the fishing tackle shop's business, and we can earn extra money. Isn't that great?"
Chen Weiqiang had made all the arrangements perfectly, so Yan Shuting didn't say anything more, only offering a few words of advice:
"You can handle the hiring yourself, but you should find someone honest."
Chen Weiqiang chuckled and continued, "I already have someone in mind."
The people in fishing groups aren't all rich kids; most of them still have to work to earn money.
The shop is usually bustling with people, and he knows that several of them are currently looking for work.
One of them had worked in a fishing tackle shop before, and after a few days of training, he was able to get started immediately.
He had been thinking about this matter since he left the purchasing station. He had already contacted the person on the way and was ready to come to work at any time.
So it was agreed that they would hire one more person to help run the shop, while Chen Weiqiang would go fishing with his daughter.
Chen Zhiyao not only had no objections, but was also very happy, because this meant there was one more person to share the daily fuel costs with her.
And her own dad can even help her earn points.
After discussing the fishing tackle shop, Chen Zhiyao also brought up the matter of buying a fishing boat.
Chen Zhiyao had originally planned to buy the boat herself.
However, now that they have reached an agreement, the three of them will go to sea together in the future, and Chen Weiqiang thinks that the cost should be split equally among the grandfather and grandson.
As a result, the budget tripled, with each person contributing tens of thousands of yuan, enough to buy a 12-meter medium-sized fiberglass fishing boat.
This increases the range of choices available.
"Although this fishing boat is cheap now, it is too old, and the maintenance costs will be very high later. In addition, it can't go to the open ocean."
Chen Weiqiang suggested that his daughter take a look around and go straight for a 12.8-meter fiberglass fishing boat.
Chen Zhiyao didn't really know much about fishing boats and was too lazy to think about it, so she left the decision to her parents, who would just provide the money.
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