Ding Xiaoxiang curled her lips, originally thinking not to talk back, but for some reason, she heard that Zhao Dahai was a poor boy, and she couldn't help it.
"Isn't it true?"
"What happened?"
"My daughter is good-looking, and your father and I can make money. How can you marry a poor boy?"
Zhang Li became even more angry when she heard that Ding Xiaoxiang was protecting Zhao Dahai.
When Ding Xiaoxiang saw this, she rolled her eyes a few times and came up with a way.
"Mom!"
"I just looked at it, and the mussels on the motorcycle weighed three hundred kilograms. They were all big!"
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"The bucket was hung on the handlebar. I took a look and saw that it seemed to be an orchid crab. It looked like it weighed twenty or thirty kilograms."
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"It's very early now. Zhao Dahai will definitely go to the sea again! At the end of the day, he will probably have to haul 800 kilograms of mussels!"
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"If you really accept it, you will definitely make a lot of money!"
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"What a pity!"
"Zhao Dahai doesn't want to sell at all!"
"Go back home, work harder, peel the meat and dry it into dried products. This will make more money than selling fresh products!"
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Zhang Li was fuming, Ding Xiaoxiang did it on purpose, but what she said was true, so she could only stare.
Ding Xiaoxiang was secretly proud, but after talking for a while, she shut up obediently. If she really made my mother angry, she would definitely suffer a loss, so it was enough.
Zhao Dahai parked his motorcycle at the gate of the yard, untied the rope, and carried two large net bags of mussels on the back seat into the yard, followed by two large baskets.
Zhong Cuihua came out after hearing the sound and was shocked when she saw so many mussels.
Zhao Dahai walked into the kitchen, poured a bowl of water and drank heavily.
"Hey!"
"The sea."
"This costs three to four hundred kilograms, right?"
"Are you planning to cook them all and dry them in the sun?!"
Zhong Cuihua pulled up the mussels that fell on the ground in the yard. They were really big.
Zhao Dahai gave a thumbs up. What he said was correct. This was his plan. If it weighed one hundred and eighty kilograms, it would definitely not take this effort. The difference between selling fresh goods and drying them was not much different, but this trip
It's about three hundred kilograms, and after a few more trips, it will be seven or eight hundred kilograms or even a thousand kilograms. If you work harder and dry it, you can make more money. I am short of money now, and every extra point is worth it. Hard work? Don't worry about it at all.
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"Grandma."
"It's still early."
"I will continue to go into the sea right now, and I estimate that I can make at least three more trips."
"These mussels need to be cooked as quickly as possible. They can be dried well while they are fresh. But you don't have to work so hard. You can cook as much as you can."
"That's right."
"I caught 20 to 30 kilograms of orchid crabs. Now hurry up and sell them in the town. Don't let them die and be worthless."
Zhao Dahai wiped the sweat from his forehead, drank the water in one gulp, packed up the basket and mesh bag and put them on the back seat of the motorcycle, stepped on the accelerator and rushed out, and immediately rushed to the town, where Liu Gang sold orchid crabs
, hurried back to the village, didn’t go home, and went straight to the sea.
Zhong Cuihua walked into the kitchen. There was water in the big iron pot and a small dustpan filled with mussels. It weighed about five kilograms. If it was too heavy, it couldn't be carried. Time after time, an iron pot was filled and the fire started.
Open, they all opened their mouths, and they took it out again and again with a small dustpan, spread it out to dry, and immediately started cooking another pot, working non-stop.
The sun begins to set in the west.
Zhao Dahai held a large mesh bag containing more than 100 kilograms of mussels with both hands and placed it on the back seat of the motorcycle. He gasped for air. He had done it three times and now this was his fourth time.
Every trip, I rushed back as quickly as possible to unload, and I had to seize the time to get into the sea. When the time came, I immediately picked up the mussels with an iron rake, which was a huge physical exertion.
Zhao Dahai rested for about ten minutes and regained some strength before riding his motorcycle back to the village.
"Is this kid Zhao Dahai crazy?!"
Zhong Shizhu stood up. He had been squatting and pulling mussels with an iron rake for several hours. His waist was a little unbearable.
"It's great to be young."
“I don’t feel tired at all when I work!”
Liu Bin hammered his thigh. The place where Zhao Dahai was raking mussels was not far from him and Zhong Shizhu. He could see clearly and his hands and feet were nimble. He could dig out two to three hundred kilograms in less than an hour.
After working with Zhong Shizhu for a while, I stopped to smoke a cigarette and drink some water. After a few hours, the mussels in the mesh bag could not hold more than a hundred kilograms.
"Hey!"
"What did you say?!"
"Could you have had Zhao Dahai's body when you were young?!"
Lei Dayou laughed. No matter it was in the sea or in the fields, you just had to work hard. Without a body like this, you couldn't do it even if you wanted to. Not to mention anything else, the mussels, which weighed more than a hundred kilograms, were picked up with both hands and placed on the motorcycle.
In the car, if I don’t have enough strength, I definitely can’t do it. I might twist my waist, so I don’t dare to do it.
"Who said it wasn't?!"
"With a body like this, I can support my family even if I work hard."
Zhong Shizhu nodded. Zhao Dahai is about 1.8 meters tall and as strong as a calf. One person can do the work of several people. This is God's gift of food. There is no room for reasoning about things born in nature.
"You mussels are relatively small."
"Two yuan and fifty cents a pound!"
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"What's going on?!"
"It's not washed at all, it's all muddy water."
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"Three yuan and a pound."
"Aren't there a few people collecting them there?!"
"If you think my prices are low, you might as well go there and take a look."
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Zhang Li was sharp-tongued and kept talking like a machine gun. People kept carrying mussels ashore. It was the prime time for business, and more and more mussels were collected.
Ding Xiaoxiang helped and negotiated the price, but the process, including settling the accounts and counting the money and paying, was extremely busy.
The sun sets.
The sea breeze blew over, bringing with it the scorching heat of the sun all day long.
Ding Xiaoxiang took the water glass and handed it to Zhang Li.
Zhang Li drank gulps of water and worked hard for almost three hours without stopping at all. Not to mention drinking water, she didn't even have time to take a breath.
“We’ll get a lot more this year!”
Zhang Li was very happy. The mussels on the tarpaulin were like a hill.
"Can there not be too many?"
"There must be six or seven thousand pounds here."
"I have already pulled a cart back. The total weight is estimated to be almost 10,000 kilograms."
Ding Xiaoxiang took her own water glass and drank the water in small sips, her face flushed and sweat beads popping out one by one.
"Do you know why?"
"We came early this year and occupied a good place. No matter who comes up from the sea, they have to pass in front of us. They have more opportunities than others."
Zhang Li was very proud. She was not the only one who came here to buy mussels today. There were more than ten mussels in total. The price she offered was no higher than others. Sometimes it was even lower than others, and she received more than others. But it was
Occupying a favorable location, don’t look at the difference between your stall and others, but the business is completely different.
"Hey!"
"Did you listen to me?"
Zhang Li talked for a long time but did not respond. She looked at Ding Xiaoxiang and found that she was looking forward with wide eyes. She turned around and saw Zhao Dahai.