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Chapter 2483 How much is a pound of watermelon!
Boss Xie didn't know when he would be able to find Wang Yue's parents. After all, not many lost children could be found at this time. He felt that Wang Yue might have to live in Huajie permanently.

He didn't lack that little money, so it was no problem for him to support Wang Yue. He smiled and said, "Go ahead. He will have to stay with us temporarily until he finds his parents. You can just treat him as one of his friends."

After hearing this, Dahuazi immediately looked at Wang Yue and said, "Come on, I'll take you to meet the friends in our courtyard! And the new Siyi, she is so pretty, like a doll."

Wang Yue didn't expect that this tomboy was Xia Laoer's daughter. He always felt that this girl was a little silly.

You know, what does Siyi's beauty have to do with her? Doesn't she feel outdone?

However, this girl was so warm and hospitable, she must be very easy to get along with, so Wang Yue did not leave immediately, but looked at Boss Xie and Old Xia and asked, "Uncle, then I'll go and take a look!"

Boss Xie knew that Wang Yue would most likely live in his house. After all, Old Xia had only one daughter, and the space in Europe was not big, so it was not particularly convenient.

So he just smiled and said, "Go play with Dahuazi, and then you can come back with my brat to eat!"

After hearing this, Dahuazi immediately retorted, "Uncle Xie, Wanghe is not stinky!"

Boss Xie didn't expect Dahuazi to defend his son so much. He was very happy and laughed and said, "Okay, it's not stinky. Go and have fun. I just happen to have something to do."

Dahuazi looked at Wang Yue again, and Wang Yue followed Dahuazi.

Dahuazi was really an enthusiastic person. It didn't take him long to help Wang Yue get to know all the kids in the alley.

After getting to know a group of people, Wang Yue also knew who lived in the yard where Boss Xie lived.

There was a man named Zhou Yanlin, who was a very famous Anhui cuisine chef. He opened a restaurant here and his business was very good.

He has a son named Zhou Haikuo and a beautiful wife who can sing opera.

Zhou Yanlin's father, Grandpa Zhou, also lives here, so they have three generations of grandparents and grandchildren living together.

The old man loves calligraphy, and most of the couplets for the Spring Festival are written by him.

The other child was named Shao Xingchi. His father was a writer who worked in a cultural center. He had good writing skills and often contributed articles, earning a lot of royalties.

Her mother, Mother Xia and Grandma Ma, the three of them, bought some snacks together by the canal and also helped to look after the children, which supplemented the family income.

There is another child named Xie Wanghe, who is the child of Boss Xie.

Although his mother also set up a stall to do business, most of the time she helped Boss Xie with accounting.

In addition to Xia Fenghua, also known as Dahuazi, there is another girl in the courtyard. She is Grandma Ma’s granddaughter, Ma Siyi, who was introduced earlier.

After everyone got to know Wang Yue, they were all curious about how Wang Yue knew Boss Xie and Second Boss Xia.

Of course, Wang Yue told the children what he could say, leaving them stunned.

After all, when they heard adults scare them, they often said that someone was kidnapping children, but they had never heard of someone floating directly in the river.

As Wang Yue was telling a story to everyone in a slightly exaggerated tone, he suddenly integrated into the group of people.

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After Boss Xie came back and packed up briefly, he gathered everyone together as usual, and then said to everyone in a very heroic manner, "We made 2 yuan this time. We will still follow the old rules and put 4 yuan into the public account. The rest of the money will be divided according to the shares."

After hearing this, the families in the alley were overjoyed, and the children couldn't help but shout with excitement.

Seeing the atmosphere getting so tense, Boss Xie knew the opportunity had almost come, so he smiled and said to Lao Xia, "Second Brother, you divide the money."

After hearing this, Xia Lao Er quickly took the wallet from Xie Lao Da and started dividing the money.

After the money was in everyone's hands and everyone took photos enthusiastically and prepared to have dinner together, Boss Xie finally got to the point.

He looked at everyone very seriously and said, “While everyone is here, I want to discuss an important matter with you.

Construction is going on all over the country now, and freight rates have been skyrocketing. Our cargo ship is still a little small. Some people's big ships can make twice as many trips as us, and the fuel costs are not much different.

So I thought, let's take this opportunity to sell our 500-ton ship, and then add another 1000 to exchange it for a -ton one.

This way, we can make money faster.

We now have 20 in our joint account, and we only need 10 to buy a big boat. What do you think? "

After listening to what Boss Xie said, everyone had different reactions.

The women had no objections and looked at their men. Seeing that no one was talking, Zhou Yanlin said uncertainly, "Boss Zhou, it's not that I don't want to. It's like this. Our Beijing-Guangzhou line will be open to traffic at the end of the year. The transportation on our canal will inevitably be affected. Isn't it inappropriate to buy a ship at this time?"

Boss Xie said very seriously, "I have actually inquired about this matter. Now the construction of high-rise buildings over 20 floors has been scheduled until 08, mainly because the freight cannot keep up. Therefore, the transportation of materials is very urgent. Now is a good time for us to change ships."

After hearing this, Xia Lao Er quickly agreed and said, "Yes, the Jiangnan Shipyard's ship reservations have all been made until the year after next."

After listening to what Xia Laoer said, Zhou Yanlin didn't know how to refuse.

Wang Yue originally wanted to say something, but he felt that he absolutely could not let Boss Xie spend all his money on the boat at this time. If he did that, the family conditions of these new friends he had made would probably be affected.

Moreover, Wang Yue had already noticed that Grandpa Zhou's face was obviously not right, and Zhou Yanlin and Mr. Shao obviously wanted to object. He didn't want to see unpleasantness in the courtyard because of such a small matter on his first day, so he suddenly interrupted and asked, "Uncle Xie, wouldn't it be okay to make the existing boat run faster?" Grandpa Zhou was ready to criticize his son angrily because he saw that his son didn't want to participate, but after hearing what Wang Yue said, he kept silent.

After all, he also knew that money was hard to earn. If he could make more money from freight by modifying existing ships, that would not be impossible.

Boss Xie had never thought that the kid he picked up could actually understand this, so he said with emotion, "The design of this ship is very complicated. The ship we bought now is already fast enough. If we want to buy a faster cargo ship, we can only order it from abroad."

Wang Yue actually interrupted suddenly, knowing that it was totally against the rules at that moment, because at that moment it was the adults who were talking and children were not allowed to interrupt.

Boss Xie is a man of rough but meticulous character, which is why he was able to expand his business. He could obviously sense that Mr. Zhou was unhappy, so he explained it to Wang Yue very patiently.

So, after listening to Boss Xie's explanation, Wang Yue nodded and said, "Uncle Xie, I have a suggestion, but I don't know if it's right. If you want to hear it, I'll tell you."

Boss Xie originally used Wang Yue to ease the atmosphere. Seeing Wang Yue suddenly make a suggestion, he asked curiously, "Okay, go ahead and tell us what you want to say. We are all free to speak our minds and don't care about dictatorship."

Wang Yue saw that everyone else was curious after Boss Xie finished speaking, so he said seriously, "Uncles and aunts, this is what I think. In fact, this ship is just a tool for transporting goods. To put it bluntly, it is just a laborer.

If you want to make a lot of money, you still have to find a good source. For example, the building materials Uncle Xie just mentioned. If Uncle Xie is not just transporting goods for others, but can get the building materials at a low price, and then sell them at a high price to where they are needed, wouldn’t he make more money this way?

Of course, if you can’t find one and have to buy a bigger boat, I think it’s better to buy a second-hand one.

Because the delivery cycle of new ships is too long, by the time a new ship is purchased, most of the cargo dividends will have been missed. "

The reason why Wang Yue gave Boss Xie such advice was because in the construction and transportation industry, to put it bluntly, efficiency is still a matter of utmost importance, and ships are still slower after all.

Especially after the Beijing-Guangzhou railway was opened, the endless flow of trucks could transport goods much faster than ships.

This is nothing, the most important thing is that the transportation industry is updating very quickly. In a short period of time, you can still make a lot of money by transporting goods by ship. However, if it takes two years to make a profit, by the time you make money, the business may not be as good.

But if you buy a second-hand one, you don't have to pay an extra 30. Maybe you can get enough by selling the existing cargo ship.

Don’t think that a 1000t cargo ship must be more expensive than a 500t cargo ship. Second-hand cargo ships also depend on their newness.

Of course, the best way is to use large ships that can transport goods on the sea, load the goods transported from the canal onto large ships and ship them directly abroad. This is the only way to survive.

However, these families now have no money to buy a large sea ship, so the matter of the sea ship can only be postponed.

After Wang Yue finished speaking, a large group of people saw him. Several people looked obviously surprised, so he pretended to be a little embarrassed and asked, "Is there something wrong with what I said?"

Seeing that no one was talking, Mr. Zhou smiled and asked, "Xiao Yue, you sound very knowledgeable. Have you learned this?"

Wang Yue shook his head and said helplessly, "I don't know either. Just now when I heard you mention the boat, these words came to my mind. I think I heard someone say it, but I can't remember it."

Several people nodded in understanding, especially Boss Xie, who smiled and said, "Maybe your family said that? It seems that your family may have switched to other businesses, otherwise, we would not have met each other along the way."

After hearing this, Wang Yue could only shake his head helplessly and said, "I don't know either. But, Uncle Xie, can you let me work on your boat? On the one hand, I can find my family, and on the other hand, I can support myself."

After hearing this, Boss Xie immediately shook his head and said, "How can this be possible? You are still a child, you should go to school."

Wang Yue didn't want to go to school, so he said helplessly, "But for me, finding my family is more important than going to school."

Wang Wangyue's words made it difficult for everyone to refute for a moment. After all, they had always heard about Grandma Ma's ancestors looking for their relatives.

Finally, it was Grandpa Zhou who made the final decision and said, "I think this is how it should be. Let's all help you look for it first. If we can't find it within two or three months, you should just go to school honestly.

Since you were rescued from the canal, you are the children of the canal. You will have food to eat and you don’t have to worry about not having money to eat or go to school.”

When he said this, he looked at Zhou Yanlin, and it was obvious that his son ran a restaurant and it was impossible for him to let Wang Yue go without food.

Seeing that the old man was looking at him, Zhou Yanlin quickly said, "You can eat at my place. What do you want to eat? Just order whatever you want."

After listening to what the father and son said, Wang Yue nodded and did not continue to force anything. Anyway, he felt that in a few months, he might be able to solve his identity problem.

As long as the identity problem is solved, Wang Yue will be able to do whatever he wants.

Because of his episode, the banquet that was about to end in a bad mood continued. As for whether to change careers or buy a new or old boat, they can discuss it slowly later.

The children at the small table next to them ate happily, and after they finished eating they all went out to play, while the adults also went back home.

Although Wang Yue was unwilling to hang out outside with the little brat, he couldn't possibly affect the reunion of the couple.

So, he chose to watch the children playing there from a distance, and when it was a little later, he followed Xie Wanghe home.

When they arrived, Boss Xie had already finished soaking his feet and was ready to go to bed. When he saw Wang Yue coming back, he said to Xie Wanghe, "Wanghe, you will live with Xiaoyue for the next few days. After a few days, when we find a suitable place, he will move out."

Xie Chunhe nodded quickly and prepared to leave with Wang Yue. He was tired from playing and wanted to go back and have a good rest.

As a result, before he had taken a few steps, Boss Xie suddenly thought of something and frowned and asked, "How much is a pound of watermelon now?"

Xie Wanghe didn't react. He thought his father wanted to chat with him. He thought of the watermelon he had hidden. He happily ran to Boss Xie and said excitedly, "2 cents! Dad, do you want to eat watermelon?"

(End of this chapter)