Looking at the somewhat dazed young man, the crew member pointed to the smoking brazier not far from him.
"We were passing by here. There are so many mosquitoes outside. Turn on the lights and there will be so many mosquitoes surrounding them. I'm here to keep watch, and I'm also adding a brazier to suffocate the mosquitoes."
When the young man heard this, he wondered if he was fearless or something, and asked curiously: "Why are we still partying on the boat if we are afraid of mosquitoes on the boat?"
"It's hot! That's why we found a boat and gathered our friends to have fun on the boat. As for the mosquitoes, aren't we there to take care of them? They still have to eat and drink as usual!"
Hearing this, the young man's face became a little vulgar, and he said in a low voice: "Is it just like the flower boat that people say, on top..."
The young man winked, his face full of flattery, as if he wanted to hear and see a colorful world here.
"...Don't be ridiculous. There are no women on board. Many young men are from scholarly families. Their families are very strict, but they don't dare to do these things..."
The young man refused to give up and said: "There are people who are good at performing arts but not selling themselves! They just play music, sing lyrics, recite poems and so on. It is said that the scholars in the past were good at this."
"You know a lot, kid!" the crew member glanced at the young man and said this in a somewhat sinister tone.
"That's what storytellers in teahouses say." The young man replied quickly with a shy face.
"That's called a slut, but in this world, even if there are people like this, but if you say you didn't do anything, who would believe it? Right?"
"...That's true..." The young man nodded and regained his previous expression. It seemed that he was still a little disappointed.
"By the way, what do you do?" the crew member looked at the ship a few times and asked with a frown.
"I just came over to take a look. My family has a vegetable stall in the city. My mother and sister are responsible for selling at the front. I am responsible for driving the boat around to buy food. When I come back from buying food, I encounter curiosity and come over to have a look.
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"...Is there any food? Is it fresh? Please move the boat forward and let me take a look." The crew member's eyes lit up, he asked a few questions, and simply gave instructions.
When the young man heard this, his face showed a bit of joy. While complimenting him, he shook the boat a few more times and let the boat move forward.
The crewman took a flashlight from the side, jumped on the boat, and got under the awning to take a look.
"Is it okay? We negotiated in advance and started picking when the sun was halfway down. After picking, I just collected it and transported it back. It will be sold early tomorrow morning. It is definitely fresh enough."
The crew member, who had just emerged from the awning and jumped back to the side of the ship, nodded and said, "It's not bad indeed. There happens to be a shortage of fresh food on the ship. I'll send a message to the chef on the ship and let them take a look."
After saying that, the crew members went in for a while, and when they came out, they saw that the young man had rowed the boat and came to the door. When he saw the crew members coming out, he immediately gave them cigarettes and compliments.
"You have some conscience, but I wouldn't give you this opportunity for this reason. The chefs are all up there waiting for the young master, so please work a little longer!"
"...It should be, it should be..." the young man replied, his excitement in his tone barely concealing it. Even through the lights on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, his face was already a little flushed.
"By the way, I have half a bucket of fried fish left. No one likes it very much. Do you want..."
"...I want..." The young man responded a few times in a daze. When he came to his senses and wanted to say something, the crew had already entered.
"...Here..." The crewman carried a foreign leather bucket as big as a man's head and handed it directly to the young man. The young man quickly let go of the boat and took it.
He glanced at the lights on both sides of the bank and saw that it was almost full, at least two-thirds of the barrel. It looked like it had not been touched much. The smell of fried food made his throat tremble slightly.
He did not dare to delay, so he quickly took out an empty bamboo basket from under the canopy of the boat on the side and poured the fried fish pieces into it. In the end, he only picked up a small piece and put it in his mouth, then carefully put it away and held the boat.
"Just keep it in this position! It's convenient for the chef to check. They are all brought by the young master. If you don't make them happy, I can't help you."
"Brother, I really envy you for your job. You won't even eat fried food."
"They are all rewarded by the young masters. Today they caught a lot of fish, most of which were fried into fish pieces. I don't know if there were too many to eat, but they still didn't like it, so they rewarded us a lot.
Everything else has been eaten, but since we are working on the boat, there is definitely no shortage of fish to eat. Sometimes fish is even cheaper than vegetables. Many people are tired of eating it, so there is a lot of fish left. You can let it go if you like it.
Try it too, you can still eat the leftovers for several meals."
The crew member's tone and attitude softened a lot. The young man felt that it was a compliment. In fact, the crew member had basically confirmed that there was nothing wrong with him. They had tested his words and actions many times. Some things are difficult to perform. For example, after confirmation, his attitude was subtle.
The changes are the same.
As for why you need to test people instead of driving them away directly? There is a problem with impure thoughts. The more you chase people away, the more curious you become. If you are just purely curious and have the courage to come up and talk, it at least shows that your communication skills are not bad, and you are likely to
There are many local friends. Once you kick them out, the information they spread will be out of your control. You might as well use their mouths to spread the information you want to convey to cover it up.
The young man recalled the taste just now and was immersed in a lot of fish pieces. Although his family had a small shop, his life was tight and he was not so wealthy.
This can be seen from the fact that he sailed out of the city alone to do shopping. Not only to earn more hard-earned money to reduce costs, but also from the fact that he has not been able to get married at his age, it also shows his family background.
Of course, this is not the only reason why I am so happy and excited. The business of a vegetable shop like his is almost fixed, and the various miscellaneous expenses are almost always based on these amounts.
The purchase of the ship from him is an extra big business, and the profits belong almost entirely to his family. Excluding living expenses, it may be worth what the whole family can pocket in a month's work. This is why the ship is purchased from him.
That’s why your face turns red with excitement.
The chef did come down, and the ship did need to buy food. Yesterday, we went a little late to buy food. Many of the dishes were leftovers from others, so we didn't buy too much. This morning, we set sail too early, and there was no time for them to buy.
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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! When I entered the cabin and took a look, I saw that they were all relatively common vegetables, such as beans, melons and vegetables, all kinds of green vegetables and cabbages, green peppers and eggplants, young wild rice water chestnuts, water chestnuts, leeks, etc., everything.
They were all newly harvested and contained two or three baskets.
"It's pretty good. I'll buy as much as you can." The chef emerged from the bow of the boat and asked directly. He had regular customers in the store, so he definitely couldn't give it all to him.
However, the young man's small shop only has individual customers such as neighbors and no big customers such as restaurants to maintain. After thinking about it, he said that as long as he leaves at least half a basket of perishable side dishes, the other vegetables stored at home should be enough to sell.
One day, just go out for a run tomorrow.
The chef nodded and said: "I'll leave you half a basket of green cabbage and leeks. I'll take the rest. If you agree, I'll have someone move it. However, outsiders are not allowed on the ship. We can only weigh it and report it to you."
The price will definitely not be lower than the market price, and you won’t suffer a loss, but I don’t want to waste time talking to you about the details, so I’ll just let you know if it works.”
The young man thought for two seconds and then hurriedly agreed, saying: "You can just move it. I can count the weight just by looking at it. The price is all up to you."
The chef just nodded lightly and returned to the boat. After a while, he brought people over to move things. After a while, most of the dishes in the boat were emptied. After a while, the chef came out and handed a piece of paper to the crew.
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"Read the specific price per pound to him. After confirming that there is nothing wrong with it, go and pay him the money."
After saying this, the chef went back. The crew reluctantly turned on the flashlight and started reading in front of the flying mosquitoes.
"...a basket and a half of leeks totals thirty-two kilograms. The unit price is seven cents per kilogram. The total is two yuan, twenty-four cents, and the total is nineteen yuan, fifty-seven cents. No problem, right?"
"...No, no..." The young man shook his head quickly and said: "The price is right, the unit price is higher than my retail price, it's no problem at all."
The young man glanced at the list and complimented with a red face: "I didn't expect that my elder brother knows so many words. It's really amazing!"
"What's so great about it? I only know a few words, and I can barely understand it. I guess I'm reading it to you. Are you sure it's okay?"
He asked the crew to confirm it again, and the young man still nodded and confirmed that the amount of money moved was basically the same as when he purchased it. Not to mention the unit price, when he purchased the goods, he only spent a little over ten yuan, and now he has almost doubled the profit.
Even with the slightest error, he would not cause any problems.
Besides, I really didn't hear anything wrong with it. Normally, he had to bargain and find fault with the price when doing retail. He had never seen such happy customers. Based on this alone, he was willing to believe that his little money would not be missed.
The crew member nodded without saying anything. He took the list and entered the ship. After a while, he came out with a small purse and handed it to the young man, asking him to count it.
The young man counted them and found that there were nineteen ocean dollars, one and a half ocean dollars, and seven one-cent copper coins, all of which were of good quality. The fineness alone would allow him to earn half a percent more profit.
The young man struggled for a moment, then finally took out three pieces of ocean and said in a low voice: "Brother, take this to buy a drink."
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If you do, you will be kicked out. You are not being filial but cheating on me."
The young man looked at it cautiously and anxiously. His slightly raised hand was neither stretched nor unstretched. The atmosphere was a bit awkward for a moment.
"Okay, okay, it's time for you to leave. We are almost out of the city. We must have passed your house long ago, and the boat will speed up after leaving the city. If your boat gets close, you may be sucked into the bottom of the boat, and you won't be able to follow even if you want to.
Already."
Hearing this, the young man took the money back with peace of mind, let go of the money, bowed his hands to the crew, and said: "Brother, there is an old willow tree with a crooked neck by the canal, and there is an alley next to it. Walk through it and walk to it.
At the end of the alley, there is a small vegetable shop diagonally opposite. That is my home. Come and sit at my house when you have time."
"...Okay..." The crew member nodded and said cheerfully: "I haven't asked for a wife yet. When the time comes, I will abduct your little sister. You can't stop me by saying that your brother is not married yet!"
After making a joke, the young man didn't know what to say. He could only bow his hands again, shook his head, and went back. However, the load on the ship was obviously much lighter when it was unloaded.