Lin Hu cursed, "Bullshit."
Everyone burst into laughter.
There were still many general's hats left. Gao Qiangqi said, "A'an, I can't give these general's hats 25 yuan per jin, I can only give them 20 yuan per jin."
“When I transport these goods to the county, there are deductions and transportation fees, all sorts of things. Besides, I'm not working alone; I have quite a few brothers under me who need to eat.”
He was worried that Wu An might have some thoughts about it. After all, the price he offered was several yuan different from the retail price, which would amount to several hundred yuan for several hundred kilograms.
Wu An nodded: "I understand."
He felt it was reasonable. While retail sales could certainly earn more money with so many general's hats, it would also take time and effort. It had taken him quite a while to sell 60 jin (30 catties) of them at the town market.
There are still more than 200 kilograms left that can't be sold.
If relying solely on retail, it's unlikely that even a day's worth of supplies would be enough to sell them all.
Although the price Gao Qiangqi offered wasn't as high as the retail price, it was still higher than what Lao Xie at the dock offered, so he was quite satisfied.
A business cannot be run by one person alone.
Instead of going through all that trouble, why don't we all cooperate and each make a little profit?
To reiterate, Gao Qiangqi might make a profit, but he definitely won't lose out.
Finally, there were some barnacles.
Gao Qiangqi's eyes lit up when he saw the barnacles: "You've had quite a haul on this voyage, even managing to get barnacles. These are rare items."
"The quality is just average, and it costs 100 yuan per kilogram."
Wu An nodded.
He didn't know much about the price of barnacles, but he felt that Gao Qiangqi wouldn't quote a price randomly.
There weren't many barnacles, only 17 jin (8.5 catties). He kept two jin (1 kg) to take home and try. He sold the 15-jin (7.5 kg) barnacles for 1500 yuan.
Some of the general's hats were kept, and the rest weighed 230 jin (115 catties). There were also some spicy snails weighing over ten jin (5 kg), which cost 11 yuan per jin.
The final total came to 4765 yuan, and Wu An voluntarily took the change, keeping 4700 yuan.
Aqing counted on her fingers.
Lin Hu gritted his teeth and couldn't help but say, "You're so stupid, it's 7700 in total."
Hearing himself mention so much money, Lin Hu felt himself consumed by jealousy.
Ah Qing suddenly realized: "Brother, you made a lot of money on this trip."
Wu An nodded: "It's nothing special."
"Going out to sea, despite the risks, only earns you a tiny bit more than staying at the seaside."
Gao Qiangqi laughed and said, "Brother, could you please keep your voice down?"
"The guy next to me has red eyes."
Lin Hu quickly rubbed his eyes: "No, I didn't, don't talk nonsense."
Gao Qiangqi was taken aback. He had only made a joke, but he hadn't expected the man to react so strongly. He smiled, turned to Wu An, and asked, "How's Guang Liangjun's fishing boat?"
Wu An nodded: "It's alright, I'll pay the balance tomorrow."
"Old Mike..."
Turning my head, I realized that Old Mai had disappeared sometime earlier.
After calling out twice, Lin Hu suddenly asked excitedly, "Wait a minute, what does 'paying the balance' mean?"
Wu An didn't want to talk about it, and looked around at Lao Mai, but he didn't find him.
Ah Qing boasted, "My brother bought a fishing boat!"
Lin Hu stood there dumbfounded.
Ah Qing's words kept swirling and repeating in his mind.
Wu An bought a fishing boat?
How could that be!
That can't be!
He's lying to me, isn't he?
He still clearly remembered that a dozen days ago, Wu An stole his fish and almost fell to his death, looking as pathetic and reckless as could be.
At that time, Wu An had nothing; he even had to borrow Wu An's fishing rod to go fishing.
But today he bought a fishing boat?
People say you're going from a musket to a cannon, but you're going straight for a rocket, aren't you?
Wu An had no idea how much of an impact these words had on Lin Hu. When he couldn't find Lao Mai, he quickly called him. Lao Mai answered the phone quickly and said he was going home first.
"Old Mai, why did you go home without saying a word? We haven't even split the money yet..."
"What money? I'm just going along for fun."
"That's not right. You were sailing and beachcombing today. You're tired and hot. That can't be considered playing."
"In that case, I can help you navigate the boat when you go out to sea in the future, and I'll always reserve a fishing spot for you."
"Okay, no problem."
"Hey, I'm getting a great deal then."
"Old Mike, what you've done..."
Wu An was both amused and exasperated. Old Mai had already made his point so clearly, so he didn't insist on saying anything more, as saying more would only hurt feelings.
I can only say that I'll return it when I have the chance in the future.
Ah Jin was carrying boxes back and forth, and Wu An and Ah Qing were helping him out.
By the time we finished our work, it was already dark.
After saying goodbye to Gao Qiangqi, the two quickly rode their bikes home.
The market entrance.
Lin Hu is still alive.
But Wu An didn't notice and drove straight past him.
Lin Hu remained unsettled for a long time.
Watching Wu An ride away on his motorcycle until his taillights disappeared from sight, he muttered to himself, "It's only been a little over ten days, not a decade or more!"
"Why did he buy a fishing boat?"
"How could he afford it..."
He was extremely resentful, and late at night, his eyes glowed red, making him look like he had mutated.
...
It was already 7 p.m. when we got back to Xiaoxi Village, and every household had its lights on.
Motorcycles passing by occasionally startled dogs into barking.
Some dogs even chased after them, barking, which made Aqing so angry that she wanted to go down and get a brick to hit them.
They first took Aqing home, and just then they saw Li Juan at her doorstep. Seeing them return, she asked, "Was the trip at sea successful?"
Wu An nodded and greeted him.
Aqing got out of the car, took the money in one hand, and then took out a plastic bag from the car containing some barnacles, tuna, and snails. She said, "Mom, my brother gave this to me."
Li Juan waved her hand: "A'an, we can't give A'qing things like this every day."
Wu An said, "On the first day A Qing joined me, I told him that I had some, and he had some too, but not much, just a plateful, just for you to try something new."
After saying that, he turned on the throttle and rode away.
Aqing said, "Mom, why are you being so polite? My brother is no stranger to us."
"What are you saying? Who's being polite?" Li Juan punched him lightly and said irritably, "Just because A'an gave it to you, you take it?"
Aqing nodded: "Yes."
"..." Li Juan pushed him into the yard: "I can't talk to you about this."
"Work hard for Ah An from now on."
"Don't take advantage of your good relationship to slack off, understand?"
Aqing nodded: "Do you even need to tell me that?"
Li Juan glared at her and twisted her ear: "You think you've grown wings, huh?"
Aqing quickly ran away, saying, "Mom, my brother said that money gives men courage, and he told me to be bolder."
Li Juan was both amused and exasperated. After a while, she said, "Fine, you should just listen to your brother."
On the other side.
Wu An was riding his bike home when he saw a group of people gathered around his door from a distance, making a lot of noise, and he didn't know what they were doing.
He was startled and quickly stepped on the gas to head home.
It's not that he's timid.
The main problem is that whenever this happens in this family, nothing good ever comes of it.
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