1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 309: Take it now and save yuan

The blue-gray ship had been completely built. When Liang Ziqiang arrived on board, he carefully looked at everything from the engine to the entire set of trawling equipment, to the refrigerated compartments and piston refrigeration compressors.

He and his father had worked on large state-owned fishing boats before, and were familiar with the facilities and operations on board. The only difference was that those large state-owned ships were even larger than the one in front of him, reaching 28 or 30 meters.

It was those experiences that planted the seeds in Liang Ziqiang's heart early on, making him yearn for it again and again, especially wanting to own a large trawler of his own.

At this moment, I looked around and touched everything on the boat and was reluctant to get off.

Old Xu naturally saw that he loved the blue boat with a red bottom, and asked with a smile: "How about buying this boat?"

Liang Ziqiang nodded subconsciously, then shook his head:

"I want to buy this one, but not now. To be honest, I don't have enough money. I still need several thousand!"

The longer he looked at the boat, the more determined Liang Ziqiang became. He decided to buy the trawler for 10,000 yuan.

Although the 6500-ton boat has a tonnage of about 30 tons and a length of 20 meters, it still does not meet the standard of sailing in the deep sea. It is usually good enough to haul fish in the deep-shallow area. This is useless to him.

Instead of buying that, he thought it would be better to spend more money and buy a 24-meter boat.

Of the two 24-meter ships, he would rather choose the one with refrigeration equipment.

The only problem now is that there is not enough money.

My family's current assets are just over 6,000 yuan. I can't just buy the 20-meter one temporarily and then change it when I earn enough money in the future, right?

As long as steel ships are well maintained, they have a long service life and can be used for more than 20 years.

It seems that if you want to go to the deep sea in one go, you have to save a lot of money!

After staying on the boat for a while, Liang Ziqiang finally got off the boat reluctantly.

Old Xu didn't say anything when he saw that he didn't have enough money. If it were later sales managers, who were afraid that customers would be lost later, they would definitely persuade him to buy the boat for more than 6,000 yuan immediately.

Sales staff these days are not that motivated. Generally speaking, whether a ship is sold or not has no direct correlation with their salary.

On the way back, Old Xu reminded him a few words:

"If you really want to buy the one that costs 10,000, you may have to raise the money as soon as possible. According to the information I have, not only your seafood is starting to increase in price this year, but many other things are also increasing in price. In addition, the price of our Harvest Shipyard is a bit low to begin with, and we have recently decided to adjust the price. The one you just liked, I estimate that in a month or so, if you come back to buy it again, it will not be 10,000, but around 11,000 to 12,000! The news is not completely confirmed, but it should be correct!"

"What a coincidence, the price is adjusted after one month?" Liang Ziqiang was a little confused.

If it happened in later times, what Lao Xu said would be pure marketing talk and not very credible.

But at the moment, Liang Ziqiang did not feel that Lao Xu was deliberately urging him to achieve his sales goals, but it was more likely an objective reminder.

Lao Xu said that the price will go up in a month, and there is a high probability that it will really go up to around 12,000 yuan.

"Yes, the new price is planned to be between 11,000 and 12,000. I heard from the factory leaders that it has already been reported and is just waiting for approval from the higher-ups. I estimate that it won't take too long for the official approval." Old Xu affirmed.

Even if all the savings were used to buy the boat, there would still be a shortfall of three thousand. Taking into account the unavoidable expenses, the gap would be even bigger.

Where can I get more than 3,000 yuan in just one month? Liang Ziqiang thought, I am afraid that if I delay it, I will have to accept the reality of price increase.

After leaving Fengshou Shipyard, he just returned to the village and met Li Liang on the road. After they greeted each other, he asked Li Liang:

"Liangzi, how is your wife doing now? I think she's fine, right?"

Li Liang's expression darkened a little: "The hospital said that her fetus was not stable, and she even bled later..."

Liang Ziqiang didn't expect it to be so serious: "How could this happen? Last time you said you went to the hospital for a check-up, the doctor said there was nothing wrong!"

Li Liang said angrily: "I think that doctor is just guessing. Last time he just took my pulse and said there was nothing wrong. This time I changed the doctor and the result is totally different!"

Liang Ziqiang didn't know what to say: "You were sent to the hospital early in the morning, so it shouldn't have delayed you much. I think everything is going well after the birth."

Li Liang was a little confused: "At that time, I was prescribed some medicine to stabilize the fetus, and I have been taking it these days. My stomach doesn't hurt as much anymore, but the doctor said he couldn't guarantee whether it can really stabilize." "Then you have to pay attention to it in your daily life, let your wife rest more and move less..."

Liang Ziqiang saw that Li Liang was looking very haggard, and there was nothing he could do except to comfort him.

Li Liang's situation is quite special. He is the only boy in the family, and he is the only one who can carry on the family line.

If Yuan Xiaomei can't keep her first baby stable, it will be a big blow to Li Liang's family.

He really hopes that Li Liang's child can be born safely.

When he got home, Liang's father and mother came over to ask him about the new boat.

Liang Ziqiang told her about the type of boat he was looking at and the price. The price shocked Liang's mother, who said with a sharp sound of pain:

"Who has more than 10,000 yuan to buy a boat? Every family uses wooden boats to go out to sea, and they still live a normal life. How can you catch a few goldfish or silverfish with such an expensive boat?!"

Father Liang glared at his wife:
"Who told you that they are all the same? If you can really go to the deep sea, what are goldfish and silverfish? Those big and valuable fish are called mountains of gold and silver! If you have never been to the sea, you really don't understand anything!"

Liang's mother couldn't stand it when she heard this:
"You know! You've been out at sea for most of your life and earned a fortune. Where is it?!"

Liang's father felt that he couldn't get the old woman to explain himself, so he pulled Liang Ziqiang aside and said:

"You've taken a closer look on the ship. Is it really equipped with a refrigerated compartment and a built-in refrigeration compressor? A 24-meter-long, 4.5-meter-wide steel ship with this equipment is worth buying for ten thousand. I've heard of it on state-owned large ships before. This type of ship was priced at this price two years ago! What Old Xu said about the price going up soon should be true. In my opinion, you have to find ways to get the money together this month. How much money do you still need?"

Liang Ziqiang also confessed the truth: "At most, 6,900 yuan. If we leave aside the food, groceries, diesel, and childbirth, we are still short of 3,100 yuan."

Father Liang exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "I'm tight on money, but I can spare some money and give it to you to help you make ends meet. The problem is that I've been spending all my money on your disciple Feng these past few months, and I've also spent some on contracting the shrimp pond, so I can only spare a few hundred. How about this, your eldest brother has made a lot of money recently, see if you can borrow some more from him, anyway, you should have made your money back by the end of the year, and you can just pay him back to build a house!"

In the smoke, his father's expression was quite thoughtful. To be honest, he was quite touched when he heard his father say these words with a frown on his face, not only lending him money on his own initiative, but also suggesting that he borrow from his eldest brother.

He really felt that his father was making plans for him.

But he didn't plan to consider borrowing money from his elder brother. In a word, it was unrealistic.

All the money in my eldest brother's family is in the hands of my eldest sister-in-law. To borrow money from my eldest sister-in-law is as easy as the sun rising from the west. The most likely result is that I won't get the money, but my eldest sister-in-law will talk about me for the rest of my life.

If the eldest brother was in charge of the money, then everything would be fine. But the reality is that the eldest brother managed to hide a dozen yuan of private money, but last week the eldest sister-in-law saw through it and confiscated it completely...

As for the money my father was willing to lend, there was no problem, and my mother would definitely not object. The problem was that these few hundred dollars could not solve the urgent need!

In the evening, Liang Ziqiang sat at home and sorted out his thoughts silently.

I can go to Wuming Island twice in a month. Unfortunately, the number of chicken claw snails is decreasing, and I can only sell a few hundred in two trips.

There were no more snappers to catch, but the lampreys in the small trench had not been completely caught. If you could catch a big fish recently, you could get a few hundred bucks by fishing for eels.

These two sources of income are the most certain. If you work hard, you may be able to get seven or eight hundred or even close to one thousand.

The income from longline fishing and casting nets is different each time, and it varies from time to time, so we will first calculate it as a few hundred.

By this calculation, the gap is reduced to about 1,500 or 1,600.

If it really doesn't work, I will really consider borrowing a few hundred from my father, and then borrow a few hundred each from Li Liang and Lin Baixian.

The couple had just gotten married and their expenses were not small, but they should be able to borrow a few hundred now.

By the way, there is also Zhu Tianpeng, it would definitely be no problem to borrow some money from him.

When it is time to buy a new boat, I can sell the lotus-patterned boat I am currently driving and get several hundred dollars.

Liang Ziqiang had never expected that when he was just reborn and was penniless, he didn't even borrow money to buy a wooden boat. Now, in order to buy that big steel boat before the price goes up, he has to borrow money from everywhere...

(End of this chapter)