Chapter 160 The highest bidder wins
"Yes, I got another rice fish. I estimate it's about sixty pounds. If you charge me the same price as last time, we won't have to talk. You can sell me ice for two yuan. When the wind calms down, I'll just go ahead.
Send it to the restaurant."
Li Changle looked at the villagers here, thinking that he would get the fish out later so that everyone could see it, so he would not be secretive at all.
Chen Dong was stunned for a moment, "How can you not! When you bought the ice, we agreed that I would help you find the boss to buy it, and I would earn some agency fees."
As he spoke, he gestured with his hand, indicating that he would take the five-point commission he said in the morning.
"Okay, you call and ask, if the price is right I will sell it." Li Changle thought for a while, "Uncle Kun, don't forget it."
"Don't worry. Let's go see the goods first." Of course Chen Dong will not forget that Phoenix Restaurant is also a wealthy family in his family, so of course he has to notify them if there are good things.
Although the commission of five points is less than that of other companies, it is still better than Ah Le selling the fish to a restaurant and not earning a penny of his own income!
The villagers who had finished weighing and those who were waiting to be weighed were all excited. They crowded in front of Li's house and said, "A Ping, did your A Le get rice and fish again?"
Brother Li shook his head in confusion, "I don't know either. I just picked them up and haven't had time to say anything yet!" He then looked at Li Changan and Ah Wei excitedly, "Really!"
"Well!" Brother Li and Awei lifted the bamboo basket down, and the rubber bucket below exuded a chill. "Under these fish, there is something wrapped in cotton wool."
Brother Li was stunned by the surprise, ""
Some people started to turn over the fish in the rubber bucket. Chen Yongwei was so angry that he pointed at the tiger fish and shouted: "Are you dying? We won't pay for it if you poke it!"
The man sneered, "We want to see how big the rice fish is!"
"Ale, take the fish out and have a look. I have been fishing for most of my life, but I have never seen a rice fish weighing fifty or sixty pounds!"
"Yeah, just to see if it doesn't lose a ounce of meat, let's show it to everyone."
"Ah Le's luck is good. This is the second time he has caught rice fish."
"Not only rice fish, but also giant flower dragons, moving crabs, sea urchins, and schools of fish. We have been fishing for half our lives, and we have never encountered such good things once."
"If you only knew that my brother could make tiger fish give away fish, you wouldn't be surprised if your jaw dropped!" Chen Yongwei cursed, imitating Brother Li, picking the tiger fish's mouth and putting them all into the bucket.
Then red grouper, yellow croaker, black snapper, yellow-finned fish, barracuda, red-eyed fish...the rice fish wrapped in cotton wool below were exposed.
Li Changle peeled off the cotton wool, and the onlookers were in an uproar, "Ah, ah, ah, kick to kill, it's so big!"
"Ale, where did you catch it? Did you see it at another puddle?"
"Impossible. How big is a puddle that can hold such a big fish?"
"I didn't catch him, it was my Ah Le who threw the net with his hand and netted it up..." Brother Li was very excited and described the situation when Li Changle cast the net to everyone.
Chen Yongwei would go up and make gestures from time to time, but Brother Li's mouth never closed. Li Changle looked at the three of them and suddenly thought it would be good to let them show off happily like this.
When that brat Xiao Hai persuaded his seriously ill relatives in the village, he told them to think more about happy things and stay in a happy mood. He said, happiness will secrete pamine, and he also said that stuff can prevent cancer!
"Awei, hurry up and get the fish out and put it on the scale to weigh it." Lao Chen was even more excited. It had been a long time since he had bought a large product, and several big restaurants had almost forgotten about his fish shop.
Chen Yongwei looked at him and said, "Uncle, you can take it out and weigh it. After the scale, you have to get some ice cubes for me, otherwise it won't be fresh."
"Okay, okay!" Lao Chen patted him, "I will give your brother the freezer for free later."
"That's pretty much it!" Chen Yongwei proudly took out the fish with the cotton wool and put it on the scale. Old Chen stepped forward to weigh it happily.
After adding two weights in a row, he shouted: "Sixty-three catties and nine taels!"
Brother Li and the three of them happily patted Li Changle.
Suddenly, the room was filled with sounds of "killing armor~" and "fuck~".
"It must be several hundred, right?"
"This thing is also called Qianqiangu. Isinglass is extremely valuable. In the old days, only rich families could afford it."
"Isn't it the same now? Who would fish for it and keep it for themselves?"
"Yes, yes, the good ones are all sold for cash, so you can eat some small fish and shrimps yourself."
"Ale, I found a great deal online. Let's go for a cigarette walk and feel happy!" I don't know who shouted.
Someone else pointed to the big red eagle placed in the Chen family's cigarette cabinet and said, "Ale, big red eagle, get a pack of the one with the mouth."
"Okay!" Li Changle agreed readily, and immediately took a pack of filtered Big Red Eagles from Dong Chen's cigarette cabinet and distributed them to everyone in the shop.
Some even joked that they would go fishing with their boats in the future.
Li Changle pretended not to hear and went over to help Brother Li and Brother Li sort the fish.
Chen Dong picked up the phone and made a call. After reporting the weight of rice and fish, several bosses said they would come to see the goods when the wind and rain calmed down.
A Kun was not in the restaurant, so he called after a while. After talking to Chen Dong, he asked Li Changle to answer the phone.
He told him that he was in a restaurant on the other side of Haimen, and that the ferry had stopped running after the storm made landfall. He told him that he would rush there when the ferry started sailing, and asked him to leave the rice and fish to him, and the price was negotiable.
We are all old friends. Thanks to Phoenix Restaurant, they have earned so much these days. Li Changle readily agreed immediately.
After Chen Yongwei and Lao Chen put the rice fish into the freezer, Brother Li and Brother Li had already sorted the blue crabs. Those weighing more than one pound were seventy-five pounds, and one piece weighed four to one pound, which was one hundred and five yuan.
Thirty-six pounds under one pound, exactly thirty-six. The blue crab alone was sold for 141 yuan, and the orchid crab and swimming crab were sold for a total of 15 yuan.
Then there are those tiger fish. Chen Dong gave him a conscientious price of five yuan per catty this time. After calculating the shortfall, it was thirty yuan, so the total was thirty yuan.
The yellow-finned fish and black sea bream were both dead, and the price was more than half less. They sold for a total of thirty-nine yuan, the conger eel for twenty-five yuan, and the mackerel for thirteen yuan.
Li Changle was too lazy to sell the Pipi shrimps, Qingzhan, Huangzhan and Shuizhan shrimps, which weighed a pound each, so he kept them and took them home to dry.
The wind and rain outside were still very strong, and everyone crowded together to watch Li Changle's family being weighed. Seeing that they had caught so many fish in one day, those who were close to them were happy for them, while some were sour.
Just these catches amount to more than two hundred, and there is also a rice fish weighing more than sixty pounds, which can bring in several hundred dollars in one day. If someone works in one day, they will get more than what they get in two months.
Chen Dong came out with the banknotes and receipts and handed them to Li Changle and said: "The total is two hundred and sixty-three. Take the receipt for the rice and fish. When the wind calms down and the buyer comes, I will call you."
"Okay!" Li Changle put the money in the bag and looked outside. It was windy and rainy, and they couldn't leave. He packed up his things, pushed the tricycle to the corner, and watched everyone selling fish.
After waiting at the fish shop for nearly an hour, the wind and rain subsided a little, and the villagers who had taken shelter from the wind and rain at Chen Dong's house began to rush back.
The sky had completely darkened, and the three of them, Li Changle, were so hungry that they were growling.
"Brother, I'm back. Grandma and my sisters-in-law should be worried at home."
"Let's go, I'll ride the tricycle."
The brothers packed up their belongings and put them on the storage wheels. Brother Li pedaled on the three wheels and hurried back happily in the wind and rain.
"Brother, it's a pity that those yellowfin fish and black snapper were sold today for more than double the price."
"There is no way, the price of dead fish is lower." Li Changle also felt distressed. It cost dozens of yuan, and the family could not spend all the money in two months.
Brother Li thought about it and said worriedly: "Ale, you said that Uncle Kun also wants rice and fish. If other buyers offer a higher price than him, what will we do?"
"Yes, we have such a good relationship, and Uncle Kun takes good care of us. Wouldn't it be better not to sell it to him? I think if it's similar, it's better to sell it to Uncle Kun."
Brother Li and the other three never dreamed that they would be worried about not having enough to sell.
"Brother, don't worry. Phoenix Restaurant is the best and largest restaurant in Tuxiaqiao. If only restaurants here on the south bank come to bid, Uncle Kun's bid will definitely not be lower than other restaurants."
Li Changle felt that if there was anyone else with a higher bid than them, it would be unless it was a big restaurant from Lucheng.
As soon as the four of them reached the entrance of the alley, they saw Zhou Ruonan's three sisters-in-law, wearing raincoats and holding flashlights, walking towards them. When they saw Sanwan approaching, they knew they were back, and they all happily greeted them.
Brother Li went to the dock for so long and didn't come back. The sisters-in-law, Father Li, Mother Li, and Grandma Chen were at home, waiting like ants on a hot pot, and couldn't help but run out to inquire about the news.
"Ale, you are back!"
Zhou Ruonan couldn't help but grabbed Li Changle's hand. The moment it got dark, they were all frightened, worried that Li Changle and the other two would not be able to return in time and be swept away by the waves.
"Well, I'm back!" Li Changle shook her cold hand, "It's okay, I'm back!"
"Agen said he didn't see you returning home. They had come back a long time ago. Why did you take so long?"
"I'm selling my catch at Adong's house!" Brother Li happily told the three of them about Li Changle catching rice fish.
The three sisters-in-law looked at Li Changle in surprise, "It's rice fish again?"
Li Changle smiled and nodded, "Yeah! It's rice fish again, this time it's more than sixty pounds!"
Sister-in-law Li couldn't close her mouth. "Mom, the rice fish caught by Ah Le are getting bigger every time. So next time, do you want to net a 100-jin fish?"
Brother Li laughed and said, "It's just like talking in a dream! The rice fish are not raised in our fish pond. If you want to cast a net, just cast a net."
Sister-in-law Li glared at him angrily, "I don't even know what to say!"
"Brother is telling the truth." Li Changle also thought it was impossible, and suddenly remembered the oysters he got back last night, "Hurry up and talk about it when we get back."
Chapter completed!