Chapter 39 Fishmonger (Please Read On)

It was about five in the morning.

It was still dark.

Uncle Li Zhengfa had already driven the fishing boat into the Sharp Wharf.

At this point, there were actually several fishing boats that had arrived earlier than them, already unloading at the wharf.

Fortunately, those boats were not all fishing for swimming crabs. Two of them were fishing for hairtail. Otherwise, if there were too many swimming crabs, the fishmongers would lower the price.

Hairtail is also produced in large quantities in the local area.

As long as the season is here.

Often a trawl net can pull up a whole boat.

Hairtail is the most bizarre of the four major sea fishes. The catch of large yellow croaker and small yellow croaker is getting less and less, while hairtail is caught in large quantities every year, but there is no reduction.

It can only be said that its reproductive capacity is too strong.

After waiting at the wharf for about half an hour, it was their turn to unload. The Sharp Wharf has a special crane. When unloading, as long as you pay the two yuan fishing boat berthing and loading and unloading fee, a master will help you to hoist the fish down.

Just when they had hoisted all the swimming crabs down, the boat captain and the fishmonger in front had an argument.

"There's something wrong with your scale. I weighed it on the boat, and it was clearly 100 kilograms per load. How come you only weigh 70?"

"Crabs will spit out water, okay? It's normal for them to lose weight."

"I've been out of the water for several hours, and I would have spit out all the crabs long ago."

The fishmonger immediately frowned and said shamelessly:

"Do you want to sell them? If you think there's something wrong with my scale, you can sell them at other docks. If the crabs die on the way and can't be sold at a high price, don't blame me."

The boat captain's face was very dark, and he wanted to punch the fishmonger, but after weighing the pros and cons, he still sold all the swimming crabs to the fishmonger.

But this scene was already commonplace for Li Zhengfa, even when he was in the fishery team. How many kilograms of seafood and whether the seafood was fresh or not all depended on the inspectors.

In the past few years since the opening up, the collusion of interests has become more obvious. Since the fishmonger dared to tamper with the scale so blatantly at the dock, it proves that there must be someone behind him.

Foreign fishermen like them have no way to deal with such a local snake. This is not only his territory.

He has been held in a tight spot.

If you don't sell it to him, and take it to other docks, the swimming crabs may die halfway. Besides, no one can guarantee that the fishmonger at the next dock will be better than this person.

It may be worse?

As a reborn person, Li Duoyu has the experience of two lives, but he has no way to deal with this situation.

But just when he gave up.

He found that a newsstand near the dock was open so early.

With a try-it-out mentality, Li Duoyu came to the newsstand and asked:

"Uncle, do you still have the Rongcheng Daily from half a month ago?"

"Which day?"

"September 20th."

"Let me look for it."

The uncle unpacked the pile of newspapers that had not been sold in time, and then searched through them and found the newspaper of that day.

"Just one copy left."

But when the uncle picked up the newspaper and saw the group photo, he suddenly looked at Li Duoyu.

"Is the person in the newspaper you?"

Li Duoyu nodded.

"No wonder I felt familiar when I saw you." The uncle continued: "I won't charge you for this newspaper, I'll give it to you directly."

"Thank you, uncle."

After Li Duoyu got the newspaper, he found that the fishmonger had almost finished the transaction with the previous boat boss, and it would be their turn soon.

He quickly went back to the cabin to change into clean clothes, washed his face, put on the thick watch, and then cut out the photo of the group photo with the leader with scissors and put it in the plastic wallet.

Afterwards, Li Duoyu swaggered to the dock and found that his uncle was negotiating the price with the fishmonger.

"You charged him 1.2 cents per pound before, why did it become 1 cent when it came to me?"

The fishmonger was indecisive: "Whoever gets there first will have a higher price. I have to take risks when I buy so many crabs from you, okay?"

The uncle had a bitter face:

"How about this, compromise, 1 cent is fine?"

The fishmonger refused on the spot:

"I don't like to bargain with others. I still say that if you don't want to sell, move the crabs. There are still a lot of people behind you who want to sell."

"Forget it..." Just when the uncle was about to agree, Li Duoyu came over.

"Ahem."

"Comrade Zhengfa, why didn't you tell me before you sold swimming crabs."

The uncle looked at Li Duoyu in confusion.

When did this kid change into clean clothes, and... why did he call him comrade for no reason?

But when he saw the group photo of the leaders that Li Duoyu showed him behind him.

He understood instantly.

Uncle San smiled flatteringly: "How can I bother you with such a small matter?"

"I haven't thanked you enough for driving the fishing boat to accompany me to investigate the basic fish situation in the Sharp Sea area."

Leader?

The fishmonger looked at the young man in front of him in confusion. He was dark and didn't look like a leader at all.

Which of the leaders he met was not a ****, white and gentle?

He was a little dark, but the posture he put on was indeed a bit like the leaders he knew.

For a moment, the fishmonger couldn't grasp it. What if?

He smiled and handed over a cigarette:

"Hello, comrade, where are you from?"

Li Duoyu waved his hand: "Pai, I don't smoke. I'm from the Fisheries Research Institute under the Rongcheng Fisheries Bureau. I happened to be out with this fishing boat these days to inspect the fish situation."

The fishmonger put his cigarette back in embarrassment. The young man obviously smelled of cigarettes, so he couldn't have looked down on his cigarettes.

"It turns out he's a comrade from the Fisheries Research Institute. Director Zhang of yours is still from Sharp."

Li Duoyu: "..."

No wonder those honest and responsible boat bosses couldn't compete with him. This fishmonger was really too clever.

If I hadn't read a lot of award-winning information about the institute in the reception room that day and found out that the director's surname was Zheng, I would have been tricked by this fishmonger.

"Director Zhang, where is Director Zhang? Our director's surname is Zheng."

The fishmonger patted his thigh:

"Oh, look at my memory, yes, it's Director Zheng."

When the fishmonger saw that the other party didn't seem to be pretending, he smiled flatteringly and said:

"Comrade, you should also know that it is not easy to do our job. Every time we collect seafood and take it to the city to sell, most of it may be damaged. If we don't order Xiao Jiujiu, we will lose our pants." , since you have come forward, I will replace your friend's swimming crab with a new scale, and the price will be the same as home, do you think it will work?"

Li Duoyu said righteously: "I also know that it is difficult for you, but now we are in the early stage of opening up, and we must pay more attention to honest management. Otherwise, you alone will ruin the reputation of the entire Sharp Pier. It’s you Sharp people who will suffer in the end.”

"Understood, that's what comrade said."

At this moment, Third Uncle Li Zheng was so shocked that he couldn't even speak. He felt that the Li Duoyu in front of him had completely changed.

Why do you speak in Mandarin so many times?

Not long ago, Zhu Xiuhua kept telling him that what Duoyu said to the leader was what his uncle Chen Dongqing taught him.

But looking at it today, it doesn’t look like it.

Not only was this guy a good talker, he also scared the fishmonger to death.

At this time, my uncle just got off the boat. When he saw Li Duoyu dressed like this, he thought he was going out to play just after catching fish all day, so he cursed:

"I've only been hunting crabs for a day. Why do you want to go out and have fun? We'll leave as soon as we sell out. There's no way I'm waiting for you."

After hearing this, Li Duoyu and his third uncle Li Zhengfa were both quite embarrassed, and the fishmonger also had a dark face. He found that he seemed to have been deceived.

At this time, an open plastic wallet fell just beside his shoes, and you could clearly see the photo of the young man taking a group photo with the senior leaders.

"Sorry, I dropped my wallet."

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