1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 79: Making a Big Profit (To be Updated!)

The father and son had just taken a few steps with their load of catch when Jinsheng saw them not far away on the beach.

Cai Jinsheng had a good relationship with Liang's father, and the boats of both families were moored at the small pier, close to each other. At this time, Jinsheng saw the heavy baskets of Liang's father and son, walked up to them and congratulated them a few times, then asked:

"Would you like my cow to help you and share the burden?"

As he said this, he pointed to a big buffalo that was being led behind him.

There were two baskets hanging on both sides of the buffalo, and it was turning its head from the sea towards this side.

This is also a unique scenery of Changwang Village.

Some villagers raise buffaloes at home, but these buffaloes are not used for plowing rice fields.

Except for a few times when they were used to plow the sugarcane fields, most of the time, the main job of these buffaloes was to be led to the seaside to help transport the fish returned from the sea.

When the catch is small, two large baskets are hung on the cow's body; when there are more, an ox cart is simply towed.

Of course, there are one or two households that also use buffaloes to transport sea salt in the salt fields.

Jinsheng's family raises a buffalo like this.

Liang Ziqiang had heard his father mention it a long time ago, saying that when he had money one day, he would buy a buffalo to help transport seafood. However, he could not save any money in those years, so buying a buffalo was just talk.

After hearing what Jin Sheng said, Liang's father asked with a smile:
"Aren't you also transporting the catch yourself? Are you ready?"

"I'm ready now. I was just about to take the cows back. And I ran into you."

"That's good, thank you very much, old friend. Come on, you two, lead the cow to the boat and fill its basket!"

Liang's father was no longer polite and immediately asked Yuan Qiuying and Kuang Haixia to be responsible for loading the baskets for the buffaloes. The three of them, father and son, did not rest and continued to carry the catch to Zheng Liu at the big pier.

Zheng Liu was very busy today. He was weighing the catch for other fishermen. When he saw the Liang family father and son, he casually said, "Wait a moment!"

As a result, when he finished speaking, he just looked up at Liang's father who was walking in front, and his movements suddenly stopped:
"This is Red Gage. Did you bring a full load of it?!"

The surprise was beyond words.

Father Liang was quite proud and said:

"Zheng Liu, you are a little confused now. What's the one load? Look at what my second son is carrying on his shoulders at the back. Isn't it also a full load?"

This time, Liang's father walked in front, followed by Liang Tiancheng and Liang Zifeng, while Liang Ziqiang walked at the back.

Zheng Liu only saw that Liang Tiancheng and Liang Zifeng were not carrying a load of red mulberry, but he did not expect that Liang Ziqiang was carrying another load of red mulberry.

"Two loads? Oh my god, when did red jackfruit become a common commodity? Can you pick it up at sea? It's incredible. I've been collecting goods for so many years. I've seen new ships have good luck, but I've never seen one as lucky as yours. You bought a ship to make money, a ship of wealth!"

Zheng Liu sighed and said a lot of auspicious words, which Liang's father found very useful. Originally, he had some opinions about Zheng Liu because of the price of chicken claw snails, but now he didn't take it to heart for the time being.

"Come, weigh these two loads of red agar first." Liang's father waited for Zheng Liu to finish his work with the fisherman in front, then stepped forward and said.

"Okay, okay, lift it up! Lao Liang, you know the price anyway, this fish is one dollar per pound!"

There are usually some transactions of red radish every now and then, so the price is clearly stated, and recently it has been one yuan per catty.

The four baskets weighed 182 kilograms, which means that the two loads of red jackfruit alone were worth 182 yuan.

After weighing the red snapper, weigh the needlefish and golden pomfret.

After the basket was empty, Liang Ziqiang immediately carried it back to the small dock to see if there was any cargo left in the cabin that needed to be picked up.

After two trips back and forth, and with the help of the buffalo, the cabin was quickly emptied and all the fish were transported to Zheng Liu.

"It's rare to catch so many golden pomfret in one go! I'll add it up for you. Five hundred and thirty-two kilograms! At thirty cents a kilogram, that's one hundred and fifty-nine dollars and sixty cents!"

Zheng Liu quickly calculated the price of the golden pomfret using an abacus.

Red snapper, golden pomfret and needlefish, these three things account for the vast majority of the weight.

Others included sea bass, a dozen yellow croakers, swimming crabs, sea bass, green shrimps, red shrimps, and small squids, all of which were scattered and not much.

Among them, some of the needle fish, stone crabs, mantis shrimps, gobies and hair shrimps were not brought to Zheng Liu because they were relatively worthless. Instead, they were given to Liang's mother and Kuang Haixia to take back home.

Normally, I would not eat them, but this time, the harvest was rich, so I picked out some cheap ones to improve my life, so I would not feel bad. Zheng Liu took out an abacus and added up the amount of the fish he had caught.

The final total was three hundred and sixty-nine dollars and sixty cents.

In fact, the bulk of the money spent was on red snapper and golden pomfret, which alone totaled more than 300 yuan.

The others are either too small in quantity or, like the needlefish, very cheap, and the total cost is only a few dozen yuan.

Zheng Liu started counting the money.

There were thirty-six Great Unity bills alone, plus some Yuan and Mao bills.

After the money was given to Liang's father, he naturally counted it again.

Zheng Liu asked from the side:
"How much did you pay for this wooden boat?"

"Three hundred and fifty. Didn't I mention this to you last time?" Liang's father had just finished counting the money and replied to Zheng Liudao.

Zheng Liu said in an exaggerated tone: "Tsk tsk! Incredible, your trip to the sea has paid back the cost of the boat, and even more! When I'm done here, I'll go to your little pier for a stroll!"

"You're such a busy man, do you have time to go out for a walk?" Liang Ziqiang took over Zheng Liu's words and teased.

"I have to go no matter how busy I am. I have to go and touch your boat, to get some good luck and make a little fortune!"

"Uncle Zheng, who would believe you? You are the richest person in the village!"

Liang Ziqiang didn't care too much about the price of the chicken claw snails last time. He still smiled and joked with the other party as usual.

The father and son sold their four catches, thanked Jinsheng, and went home carrying the baskets.

When they got home, Liang's father took out more than 360 yuan and gave it to Liang's mother for safekeeping. The more Liang's mother counted, the more she felt something was wrong:
"A new boat is only three hundred and fifty. Did you earn back a boat?"

"You think it's too much? If you think it's too much, keep it for me later!"

"That won't do. My money box is big. You guys make so much money every time. I will still keep it well for you!"

Liang's mother took the money and turned around and walked into the inner room.

After thinking about it, he took out a big unity card and handed it back to Liang Defu:

"By the way, Defu, you go to Dayu Village before dawn tomorrow! They are going to slaughter pigs at midnight today. I have already made an agreement with them. You take these ten yuan and go buy a pair of pig's feet!"

When Liang Ziqiang heard this, he asked in confusion:
"Why are you buying pig's feet? Is this also the rule for new ships returning from the sea? How come I have never heard of it?"

You know, the family seldom spends money to buy pork, let alone whole pig's feet, and buys two at a time, so he naturally thought about the rules of the new ship.

"What does this have to do with the new ship? Tomorrow is the day you propose marriage. Do you think the things you bought are enough? Take a pair of pig's feet to Old Chen's house tomorrow!"

After taking a look at his son, Father Liang added:
"Go find yourself some clean and decent clothes, put them there first, and wear them tomorrow morning. Proposing marriage is a big deal, don't be careless!"

Liang's mother had already answered for Liang Ziqiang. In the inner room, she said loudly:

"It's already been prepared! The three of us will go to Old Chen's house to propose marriage tomorrow. I've already left three sets of clean clothes there!"

Liang Ziqiang finally understood that buying a pair of pig's feet was actually a preparation for his marriage proposal tomorrow!

In addition to gifts, cigarettes, alcohol, wedding cakes, etc., does proposing marriage also require a pair of pig's feet?
He really doesn't understand this.

After all, this was the first time. In the previous life, when I went to Chen Xiangbei's house to propose marriage, it was not so complicated at all, and I couldn't have the money to do all this.

"Aqiang, come here. Tomorrow we will not only propose marriage, but both parties will have to sit together and set a wedding date. It will probably take only ten days for you and Xiao Chen to get married!"

His father called Liang Ziqiang aside and discussed the most important event in his life.

Liang Ziqiang then realized that after saving some money, many things seemed to be fast-forwarded.

The wedding scene that had appeared in my dreams several times would become a reality in just ten days!

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