Goldfield
Chapter 162: Jealousy

In Dongshan Village, Third Young Master Zhou earnestly entrusted Yu Hai to help him buy those items. Of course, he would not let Yu Hai work without pay. Zhenxiu's restaurant would give him ten percent of the profits in return. Dongshan Village is not the only fishing village around the area, so Zhenxiu Restaurant has also chosen a staff member to be responsible for the duties in other fishing villages.

Seafood such as oysters and fish***** are all too common in coastal areas, and not many people eat them, so very few people will buy them. Even with the occasional acquisition, it was difficult to sell them at such a high price. However, the Zhenxiu Restaurant price that Zhenxiu Restaurant offered for these items was higher than the market price: ten copper coins for one kati oyster and twenty copper coins for catties of spoon worms.

Despite offering a much higher price for spoon worms, it was only a temporary acquisition for the treatment room. Zhenxiu restaurant, on the other hand, buys spoon worms all year round.

After the news came out, there was an endless stream of people coming to visit the Yu Family residence. They all asked about the purchase and the price of oysters and spoon worms. After they received reliable information from Yu Hai, both the old and young villagers in Dongshan Village all started digging spoon worms and collecting oysters.

The giving of the sea to selfless people. Whenever the tide is low, people will flock to the beach and leave as the tide rises. Even if the water recedes at night, people will still carry lanterns and work hard throughout the night.

As long as one was willing to work, there would definitely be a harvest. The average adult can dig at least ten catties of spoon worms in a day. Parents, women, and children can also harvest some kati oysters. This way, as long as someone from every household in Dongshan Village was willing to contribute, they could earn several hundred copper coins in a day without any problems.

There was a stream of oysters and spoon worms purchased. Yu Hai had eaten over a thousand catties of seafood. These seafood products were all transported to the workshop at the pier. The employees of the seasoning factory were all servants who had signed death contracts with the Zhou Family. Be it oyster sauce or MSG, the recipe should be kept secret. So, the core employees must have served the Zhou Family for generations. Fifty people were carefully selected from the servants to work in the workshop, but when faced with endless orders, they were still short on manpower.

Cleaning sandworms is a time-consuming job. So, Third Young Master Zhou established a new purchase rule: the price of cleaned oysters and spoon worms would be twice as high as those that had not been cleaned. Seafood should be fresh.

What is the least lacking of the villagers? That is energy and time. Although oysters are not bad, there are not many advantages that can be obtained after the shell is removed. Conversely, spoon worms will not lose much weight even after the sand is removed from them. The price of spoon caterpillars was more expensive than pork, so even though it took longer, the villagers were willing.

For a while, Yu Hai had more work than he could handle. All cleaned seafood and unclean seafood must be weighed and paid for separately, and must also be stored separately. The Yu family had planted their entire courtyard with vegetables. In order to prevent the people who came to his house to sell seafood from damaging their garden, Yu Hai specifically set up a wooden warehouse on the west side of the fence that would be used to buy seafood. It was too much work for just one person, so he asked Yu Hang for help. The father and son were very busy and could barely handle everything.

Yu Hai had become more strict with the purchase of seafood ever since he learned that his daughter owned a share of the stock of the seasoning factory. He does not receive spoon worms that are not cleaned properly, seafood that is not fresh, and also if they commit fraud by putting water into spoon worms to increase its weight… Although he offended some people who wanted to take advantage of him, Yu Hai's reputation in the village was still quite good.

Wherever Madam Zhang went lately, she had always heard: the XX family earned XX as much money from selling seafood; The XX Family was able to pay off their debts for several years due to starvation in just ten days; the XX Family had nothing to eat or wear in the past, either, but now they could afford to buy meat.

Of course, he could not cause trouble in the old residence. The imperial envoy was now living in Zhao's old house and was going to eat all three of his meals in the Yu Family home. With such a huge Buddha there, even if Madam Zhang was given three times more courage, she still did not dare to look for trouble.

But at his house, Old Yu and his son had to go to sea every day. So, he focused on Madam Li and Yu Heizi. Yu Heizi diligently ran to the dock every day, but she was not even willing to bring home a single copper coin. If they were greedy like this granddaughter of his, where would she get the money for her daughter's dowry? Where did he get the money to finance the education of his younger son?

She could not bear to let her daughter, who was about to get married in the fall, go to the beach under the sun and wind. So, he forced Madam Li and Yu Heizi to go to the beach to dig for spoon worms. One catty of a cleaned spoon worm is worth fifty copper coins. With the work of Madam Li and her son, it shouldn't be a problem for them to obtain two or three hundred copper coins in a day!

Yu Heizi was not someone who obeyed. Although he could earn money by digging for spoon worms, he knew that he would not accept the money he earned. So why would he have to waste so much energy to obtain it? After a month of physical training, Yu Heizi did not look like the short and fat Yu Heizi of the past. Although her skin was still dark, she was much stronger, and she did not have much body fat. He had also grown taller, so now he looked like he was full of spirit.

To hide from her grandmother, she would run away every day before the sky turned bright. Madam Zhang couldn't catch Heizi who was slippery like a mud fish, so she tightly watched Mrs Li, forcing him to go to the beach every day. But with Madam Li's voracious and lazy character, how could she be the type of person who could work? After digging only a few times, he would start lamenting the sky while crying with tears and snot dripping from his nose.

When Madam Zhang saw that others had harvested more compared to them, she felt extremely unhappy in her heart. When he got home, he scolded Madam Li for being worthless, Old Yu for not having the ability, and Yu Dashan for being useless who could not even control his wife … The entire Yu Family was shrouded in a shadow of fury.

Yu Dashan was sandwiched between his mother and wife, and he was also bad at conveying his feelings. In order to restore peace to the family, he would take the initiative to dig out sandworms with Madam Zhang when the tide receded after she returned from the sea.

There was a strange phenomenon in the Yu Family. The more they work, the less they get. In Madam Zhang's eyes, this was fine. Yu Hai was like this in the past, and now Yu Dashan had also experienced the same thing. They work more, but they also receive more complaints!

Madam Li was unlike Madame Liu, who was willing to endure the hardships without complaint and saw all the hard earned money she and her husband earned go into her mother-in-law's pocket. It would be better if the money was used for them ah! They now obtained at least several hundred copper coins from fishing and collecting seafood in the sea, which should be about three to five taels of silver a month. However, they still ate black and rough flatbreads and boiled vegetables without oil.

Madam Li immediately became dissatisfied with this situation. She looked at her suffering husband and touched his big tanned face. He complained to Yu Dashan who was behind him, “Heizi Father, we worked ourselves to death, but none of the money we earned was used for us! Everything was spent on Caidie and Xiaobo! What's the point of doing all this hard work? ”

Yu Dashan had no strength left in his body as he lay on the kang bed. His eyes were half closed, and he looked like he was about to fall asleep. He was an honest person, so in a muffled voice, he replied, “You can't talk like that! Isn't my sister getting married soon? The family condition of my prospective brother-in-law is not bad, so if the dowry is too unsightly, he will be persecuted after he gets married. My third brother had to take the exam for these two years, so he couldn't be put off in his studies.

Madam Li was so angry that she pinched her arm and said, “Well, good for you, just thinking about your sister. Have you thought about our son? This year Heizi was fourteen years old, it was time for him to start looking around for a suitable wife. However, your mother did not mention this at all! He even wanted Heizi to give up the money he earned! As their older brother, you make money raising your younger siblings, but it doesn't make sense that his nephew is looking for money to support them! ”

Yu Dashan rubbed his pinched arm and turned around, “Heizi is still young! It's not too late for him to start looking for a wife next year. In addition, if Heizi is married, the engagement gift will be revoked from the public account. Don't worry about that! Go to sleep, I still have to go to the sea tomorrow morning! ”

Madam Li had a lot of thoughts in her mind, so how could she fall asleep? He said with annoyance, “I won't say anything about your brother because he has to study every day. But your sister has arms and legs, so why can't she work? Your mother treated her like a noble young lady! When she enters her husband's house, she won't know how to do anything. It was astonishing that he was not beaten! ”

Yu Dashan couldn't fall asleep due to the noise, so his tone wasn't good as he said, “You don't know how to do anything, but does anyone beat you?”

“You dare?! I have a few brothers at home who will support me. Over the years, my mother's family has subsidized our family a lot. Only with the food we eat at home, it will be a miracle that we do not die of hunger. How do you think we can stay plump and healthy? ” When Lady Li talks about her mother's family, her waist and back will be straight.

Yu Dashan looked at the fat accumulating on his body and snorted, “I think it's not bad for you if you lose weight! Look at our son, Heizi. After he was skinny, he increasingly looked like me, like a real man! ”

Madam Li touched the fat on her waist (Author note: Where is her waist? Do you have a waist?) And sigh. He said, “Seeing it now, it doesn't seem like a bad idea for the second branch to move on. Look how they live! I heard that he earned at least several hundred copper coins in a day just by helping the owner of Zhenxiu Restaurant buy seafood! If our branch also moved at that time.. ”.

“Never think about it! Mom won't let us out !! It's not like you didn't know about the situation when Second Brother moved; they were expelled and abandoned. Second Brother was able to endure it because of his fate .. He is also someone with a very lucky ah! ”

Yu Dashan's mood was very complicated when he thought of his half-brother, who was only a few months younger than him. Yu Hai's ability made him look mediocre. He also worked very hard, but he could never catch up to Yu Hai's footsteps.

At one point, when Yu Hai was injured and the doctor said that Yu Hai would not survive his injury, he felt relieved for a long time. He thought that the huge mountain stuck to his head would eventually fall.