But Ye Zhiqiu remembered again what Li Daqi had said about the food shortage. Now he was a little worried. Should he transport some food back to Lijiawan?
Because he really has no shortage of food, it seems that except here, he has no chance to produce food!
He thought about it again and again and decided to pull a cart of food back!
Because he didn't sell it this time, he basically had no chance to sell grain. He didn't even have the courage to sell 100 kilograms of grain in the capital.
Wang Fugui said that food is something that is strictly controlled. Meat and vegetables are not as strictly controlled as food.
A significant portion of the grain currently flowing out of the black market is actually being used to maintain order, and it's not the grain that some well-connected individuals are bringing in from other places.
The temperature of the space made him fall asleep, and Ye Zhiqiu rested for more than ten hours.
By this time, it was past five in the morning. Ye Zhiqiu came out of the space and walked towards the distant beach with a flashlight.
Because he needed to verify whether he could collect seawater into the space and form a seawater fish pond.
The temperature today should be around minus one or two degrees Celsius. The snow on the ground left long footprints as Ye Zhiqiu walked.
The sea water is blue and the shore is white. This scene must be very beautiful during the day.
When they arrived at the beach, it was already dawn. Ye Zhiqiu looked at the sea and thought.
Collect!
Like a non-existent monster, a large area of water more than fifty meters long and wide, the marine life inside disappeared along with the sand, but soon the sea water rushed in to fill it up again!
Ye Zhiqiu quickly put his thoughts into the space and saw a pond that was different from the fish pond. He was delighted and knew that it was a success.
He then began to walk down the beach, collecting seawater continuously. Slowly, the space became much larger. By the time he had formed a pool of seawater covering an area of about ten acres and about ten meters deep, it was already eight o'clock in the morning!
Ye Zhiqiu could sense that there weren't many creatures in the seawater pond, at least not as many as in the freshwater pond. However, he didn't find it strange, because what kind of fish could there be near the shore?
This time, all my plans were disrupted. I didn't have to go to the black market, and if I wanted to buy private seafood, I could buy it in the fishing village. And I hadn't thought about selling food, but I unexpectedly found that I could sell it!
Ye Zhiqiu heard from them that because Tianjin is close to the sea, rice and flour are the most expensive grains sold on the black market, about four or five yuan per pound.
At that time, the economic fish that could be caught in Tianjin were mainly yellow croaker, hairtail, and Spanish mackerel, and the selling price was 20 to 30 cents per pound. The others were classified as miscellaneous fish, and the selling price was only a few cents to 10 cents per pound!
In other words, you have to catch at least 20 kilograms of economic fish to exchange for one kilogram of rice!
Of course, if the fish is traded privately on the black market, the price can rise to around fifty cents.
In fact, most of the so-called miscellaneous fish here are pike and sea catfish, but these two like to be made into salted fish. Because salted fish can be stored, the price can be increased to a few cents per pound.
So there is indeed a shortage of food in the fishing village, but now the fishery resources are abundant, and Lijiawan and his people are not really poor.
The roof is covered with thick straw thatch, which is purely for the purpose of insulation, so it does not look like a poor and dilapidated village at all as it appears on the surface.
Ye Zhiqiu returned to the main road, released the empty car, and drove back. He wanted to sell the grain, but he had to bring it tonight. If he didn't discuss it with them, wouldn't that be forced buying and selling?
As he drove the car back to the village and jumped out with a bag in his hand, all the team members who came this time came over happily.
Ye Zhiqiu asked with a smile, "What's going on? Why are you all so happy?"
Li Jie said excitedly, "Captain Ye, the dried kelp and seaweed here are 20 cents a pound! Frozen prawns are 30 cents a pound, and yellow croaker and hairtail are 40 cents a pound. Take your pick and buy whatever you want. They have a lot of fish and shrimp piled up in their warehouse!"
Besides, salted fish here is only 30 cents per pound, so everyone doesn’t have to go out to buy things, and they spend all their money here in the fishing village.”
Actually, there are also many crabs and mantis shrimps, but they just don’t want these things. Crabs because they have less meat, and mantis shrimps because they are ugly!
That’s right, mantis shrimps are so ugly in their eyes that they have no intention of buying some to bring back to Beijing!
"That's great! But we shouldn't leave until tomorrow. I have some things to discuss with the villagers, so I'll probably have to make another trip tonight."
"That's fine, we'll follow your instructions and can't wait to have a few more seafood meals here!"
"By the way, have we already discussed the matter of exchanging beer for seafood?"
"We've already discussed it. Regardless of the weight, we'll pay 3,300 yuan for one truckload of hairtail and yellow croaker, one truckload of dried kelp, and one truckload of dried seaweed."
Ye Zhiqiu estimated in his mind that the fishing village made a lot of money because dried kelp and seaweed were not very heavy, and hairtail could not be sold at a high price here.
But the factory also made a lot of money, because this little money and beer can bring back these things, which is better than dealing in any other supplies!
Everyone is happy. If it weren't for the certificate Wang Fugui got, they wouldn't be able to take back the things they bought!
Ye Zhiqiu walked inside with the bag and saw Li Daqi peeling shrimps and eating them without any appetite in the cafeteria.
There are old people in the village who are older than him, but none of them have as much prestige as him. It can be seen that he is very respected by the villagers.
Ye Zhiqiu put the bag on the table. He smiled and said to Li Daqi, "Uncle, I brought you two bottles of Erguotou, two red peony cigarettes, and a piece of good news. Do you want to hear it?"
Li Daqi smiled and said, "Good grandson, you know how to respect others! Open a bottle quickly. I've been drinking too much of the wine here and I've almost forgotten the taste of Erguotou!"
Ye Zhiqiu felt that he was scolding someone, but according to the relationship between him and Wang Fugui, it seemed that he had no choice but to be his grandson!
He simply pretended not to hear and opened the wine for Li Daqi. Someone nearby brought two wine glasses. Ye Zhiqiu thanked him and started pouring the wine.
As soon as the wine was poured, someone brought a basin of mantis shrimps and prawns, as well as crabs and fish and placed them on the table.
Ye Zhiqiu didn't hesitate to pick up a mantis shrimp and peeled it, then dipped it into the soy sauce and vinegar dish in front of Li Daqi and ate it.
Li Daqi took a sip of wine and sighed, "Damn it, I haven't had Erguotou in months because of all the food. This is the taste, delicious!"
Ye Zhiqiu peeled shrimp and asked with a smile, "It's not that easy to ask for food. The good news I just told you is that you can exchange seafood for food. It was because you said you were short of food last night that I suddenly had the idea to see if I could exchange seafood for food. I didn't expect that there would actually be someone who wanted it!"
"What? You said someone is willing to exchange food for seafood?"
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