Dismissing the patrol, Gu Kun drove the boat safely into the fishing port dock on the Sarawak River.
There are a group of cat statues on the pier. Because the place name "Kuching" is a Malay transliteration, and the free translation means "cat". Therefore, cat statues are erected at piers all over the city and at the entrances and exits of Chinatown.
As soon as the boat docked, a terminal toll collector came over and asked for money.
"Below 12 meters, please pay the berth fee! It's 150 berths in total, and parking is allowed for 72 hours."
If he followed Gu Kun's usual behavior, he would definitely have to play some tricks.
For example, if you don’t have cash, ask the other party to find someone who collects dead fish and use part of the price of the dead fish as an offset.
It's the boss who owes money.
But this time he wanted to keep a low profile and attract as little attention as possible, so he readily gave the cash.
After paying the berth fee, he didn't go to the wholesale market. He just took out the lobsters, lobsters and yellow fins in boxes and placed them on the bow of the boat. Within a few minutes, several fishmongers crowded on the pier.
The working people's wisdom in avoiding fees is endless. During the Chinese New Year, there are few fishing boats and many fishmongers. It is a seller's market.
"Little brother, I specialize in lobsters. I'll take all of you, 50 each. Come on, feel free."
"Yellowfin and Su Mei are both 60 pounds, how about it?"
After some haggling, the boatload of fish was almost sold out by evening.
Lobster, yellow fin, shellfish, grouper, and snapper, the total is 8,000 lings.
The 700 to 800 kilograms of rare and fine fish such as Sumei caught on the return trip were sold for 13,000 lings.
In addition, there were more than 3 tons of fresh and live fish, which were sold for 7,000 lings at 1 ling per pound.
All the harvest was exchanged for 28,000 lings of income, which is equivalent to the income of the five months before rebirth.
What surprised Gu Kun the most was that the purchase prices of all high-end seafood had increased. After thinking about it, he realized that it was caused by the Chinese New Year. Normally, the cargo could sell for up to 24,000 yuan.
After collecting the money, Gu Kun left the pier and strolled into the city, planning to buy some decent clothes to facilitate subsequent work.
Kuching is a typical city where ethnic groups are separated. The Sarawak River separates the southern city and the northern city. The southern city is Chinese, the northern city is Malay, and there are commercial streets on both sides of the river.
Gu Kun had just walked a few dozen meters along the south bank when he smelled a burst of fragrance.
When I looked up, I saw a Chinese-style archway and a big white cat statue on the roadside. It turned out that I was in Chinatown.
This big white cat was built in 1988 to commemorate Huama Branch.
Behind the archway you can see several restaurants selling Hu Jian cuisine, and the aroma comes from there.
Ever since he got the underwater clairvoyance device and superhuman physique, Gu Kun was very prone to hunger. After eating seafood on the ship for a week, he finally smelled the smell of stew, and he couldn't walk in an instant.
Gu Kun thought to himself: "It's better to have a good meal before buying clothes. It would be embarrassing if you dress decently and then eat nonsense."
So he glanced at the signboards of those shops and without hesitation chose "Xichun Yuan", which is the best Hu Jian cuisine in Kuching.
Among Malaysian Chinese, 80% are from Hu Jian, and 10% to 20% from Shantou Chaozhou.
Although Gu Kun was dressed in rags, he was tall and handsome. As soon as he entered and sat down, a beautiful waitress rushed over to greet him eagerly.
"What would you like to eat, sir?"
Gu Kun deliberately answered with a slight accent of Hu Jian and his ordinary hair: "A large pot of curry beef brisket, a crock pot of stewed chicken, a big bowl of fried rice noodles, and three steamed dumplings."
Curry beef brisket is a local dish, and the other dishes are Hu Jian cuisine.
"Can you finish eating so much? Lun's house is very famous for its oyster pancake and fish balls." The waitress also switched back to Chinese and kindly reminded her.
"After eating, I'm tired of seafood, no need to introduce it."
"It turns out he is a little brother who runs into the sea. No wonder he is so strong."
The girl shyly went to place her order, and the dishes arrived soon. Hu Jian's soup dishes were always simmered, similar to Shaxian snacks.
The portions of the dishes were larger than expected. The curry beef brisket pot with meat and vegetables weighed about three to four kilograms, and the clay pot stewed chicken was a whole chicken weighing several kilograms.
"Is your family so affordable?" Gu Kun was a little embarrassed.
He had read the menu and found that meat dishes only cost 20 ringgit. Nanyang beef and mutton are imported, which is relatively expensive. One pound of beef can be exchanged for seven or eight pounds of fish, so a restaurant with this amount in the center of Kuching should not be very profitable.
The girl smiled sincerely: "I think it's a good idea and I'll come back next time."
"That's necessary." Gu Kun was not polite.
However, the guests at the two tables next door were not happy.
The person at the table to the left of Gu Kun was quite good-tempered. They just complained in a low voice that Gu Kun was disheveled and even covered their noses with fake jealousy.
The table on the right just slapped the table and started yelling: "Girl! You are bullying me. Why do we have less brisket than him? I want to complain to the boss's wife!"
Unexpectedly, that girl acted like a quail in front of Gu Kun and became aggressive as soon as she turned around.
He put one leg on the stool and put the hand holding the menu on his knee: "You can just complain! I'm happy to treat you, okay? The boss lady is my mother!"
However, those diners still accepted this trick and felt relieved after being aggressively treated.
Gu Kun shook his head secretly, wondering if all the diners here were masochists. He couldn't help but think of those scumbags who were scolded at Japanese seiyuu concerts, and he felt a chill.
Gu Kun ate the three or four kilograms of curry beef pot and the whole crock pot chicken as if there was no one around, leaving not a single strand of the fried rice teow as his staple food.
The girl was amazed at what she saw, and chatted up her in a chatty manner, saying that she was still in high school, and because the Chinese New Year was coming soon, many of the store's clerks had asked for leave in advance, so her parents asked her to come and help.
After introducing herself, she couldn't help but ask about Gu Kun's situation.
"I am the kind of vulgar person who lives all over the world. I have nothing to say." Gu Kun wiped his mouth, took out a one hundred ringgit note to pay, turned around and left.
"I'll ask you for money later. You have a total of 82 orders."
"You don't have to look for it. If you increase the amount for me, it will be considered a tip." Gu Kun didn't even look back.
"Then come back next time." The girl wanted to chase but didn't dare. She just took out a business card of her restaurant and forced it on Gu Kun, "We have takeout in our store. Just call this number and we'll deliver it all over the city."
Gu Kun couldn't resist the kindness and pretended to accept the business card.
Other customers continued to make noises: "Xiao Lin, why didn't I hear when your family lowered its profile to do takeout?"
The heckles naturally led to a fierce counterattack from the girl.
Gu Kun took the opportunity to pull away and was very satisfied with his handling.
In his previous life, he was relatively casual with women.
First of all, he was licking blood with the knife tip and could die at any time, so he didn't want to worry about his wife, and he didn't want to harm the other woman in his previous life. If a woman married him, she would definitely be targeted by his enemies, and they would not be able to offend him.
Secondly, it is because people who travel long distances for their families are often at sea for months at a time, and it is impossible to have a stable woman.
This is not a moral issue, it is the same for sailors all over the world. Whoever docks does not go to the shore to make a show, wash his hair, kill a chicken or something like that.
However, Gu Kun also has principles. He will take the initiative to keep a distance from girls who are very homely and traditional, and will not harm them.
Those girls from good families are too young and too innocent. They have no idea what it means to live with someone like him.
As long as she has a casual marriage with him, he is very generous. He will never put a woman in financial difficulty, and he will try his best to protect her in terms of safety. When they are in trouble, he will step in to take care of them.
To be a boss, you have to act like a boss.
After leaving Xichun Garden, Gu Kun strolled into a brand store not far away.
The weather in Malaysia is too hot, and no one wears suits or leather jackets. So denim and hard linen shirts are the most popular. Gu Kun spent 700 lings to change himself from head to toe into the most stylish style in the store, including sunglasses and hats.
It's all counted.
If you don't look at the face, he looks like those Latino characters in Hollywood movies.
After having a decent outfit, Gu Kun relied on his previous life experience to carefully find a store selling equipment and spent 1,500 lings to buy a Gurkha dog leg for self-defense. As for the reason, he said that he wanted to explore the rainforest and survive in the wild. This
It is completely legal in Malaysia.
In fact, Gu Kun would prefer to legally hold a gun, but Malaysia's laws in this regard are also very strict, and his current status is far from qualified.
Urban residents in Malaysia cannot legally hold guns. Only a few rural tycoons with property rights certificates for durian plantations can apply for "weapons necessary to protect their own industries."
Moreover, only the durian certificate is useful, while the cat poop coffee certificate is not. And durian cannot be grown anywhere. If you use unqualified land to falsely report a durian plantation, it is a crime in itself.
Gu Kun plans to wait until he becomes a tycoon in the future to buy some suitable land to grow Musang King. Even if he does not want to make money from durians, at least it will be more convenient.
In many countries in Southeast Asia, there are durian plantations, which is basically equivalent to having a title in ancient times.
After buying the equipment, Gu Kun rented a van, parked it near the pier, and then returned to the fishing boat to sleep overnight.
He didn't want to leave a record of his hotel stay in Kuching for the past few days, and someone needed to watch the fishing boats as they docked.
He got up before dawn the next day, and took advantage of the darkness to transfer one of the goods to a van. Then, based on his memory from his previous life, he drove to a nearby second-hand goods trading place with an unclear address.
When he was still a few hundred meters away from his destination, he parked the van on the side of the road and entered alone.
After a negotiation process that is difficult to elaborate on, the transaction was concluded at a price of RM60,000.
Gu Kun was very smart throughout the whole process and successfully disguised himself as a fisherman who really didn't know anything and just accidentally hauled in a big cargo.
The other party inspected the break of the metal cable in person and confirmed that it was not cut but torn, so he believed it.
Both parties paid the money and delivered the goods, and no transaction records were left.
After receiving the money, Gu Kun didn't dare to deposit it in the bank. He just took the money bag, returned the rental car, boarded the ship and left the port to return to Lanfang Island.
After a three-hour boat ride, we arrived home smoothly.
When my sister saw him, she was as happy as ever: "Brother, you are finally back. The New Year is coming soon. I am so worried about you."
"I'm doing well. Nothing happened while I was away." Gu Kun pushed Gu Pan away domineeringly, and then placed a large bag of purchased supplies on the table.
He bought most of the things last night, including several sets of new clothes, daily necessities, dozens of kilograms of meat, imported cream cheese, and various canned goods.
When Gu Pan saw these things, he was immediately dumbfounded: "Have you made a fortune this time? How can you spend money like this? If you buy so much meat and butter at one time, it will go bad if we don't have time to eat it."
Gu Kun said lightly: "Don't worry, I also bought a refrigerator. It's on the boat. You and I will carry it in later. It doesn't cost much. It cost more than two thousand ringgit including the refrigerator. After eating,
I will go to Uncle Liu’s house to pay back the money.”
Gu Pan held a large piece of imported cheese and sniffed it obsessively: "How much have you harvested in total? You haven't answered me yet."
Gu Kun subconsciously reported a number: "It was indeed a great harvest. A total of 40,000 were sold."