Siheyuan: Walking the Path of Qin Huairu

The next day, at five in the morning, Xu Huizhen got up and quietly went to Cai Quanwu's old house. She took out some of the seafood from the space, which was enough for a day's sale, and put it in the yard. The rest was stored in the space first. If they were all taken out at once, they might not be sold out and would not be fresh. In addition, if too much was shipped at one time, it would be difficult to sell at a good price.

Soon Cai Quanwu arrived. He looked at the seafood, which was large and fresh, and looked very good. He said, "I think the price of big fish can be increased. Where can I buy such fresh fish in this season?"

Xu Huizhen nodded and said, "For those particularly large Spanish mackerel and large yellow croaker, you can contact the restaurant. The restaurant likes to use it as a gimmick to attract customers. Maybe you can sell it for a high price. Go to Fengze Garden to find the master of Zhuzi and Hongxinglou. Large yellow croaker should be sold for at least 1.3 yuan per catty, right? Large Spanish mackerel sells for more than 70 cents. You can decide the details. Don't worry about the tavern. I will arrange it."

After Xu Huizhen left, Cai Quanwu moved the fish that he was going to sell to the restaurant into the house and locked the door tightly to prevent Qian from coming in and seeing it.

Qian Jinlai arrived at the time agreed yesterday. He picked up a Spanish mackerel and looked at it. Such a big fish was firm in his hand without bending, which meant that the fish was very fresh. He then pulled up the gills and looked at it. He said, "This fish is really fresh. It must have been shipped in overnight. Brother Cai, the person behind you is really capable!"

Cai Quanwu said with a straight face: "Don't ask about things you shouldn't ask about. Do you know how I got my name? Those who know nothing will lose everything, and those who save will lose half. Don't say some things even if you know them, and try to say as little as possible. Too much talk will lead to mistakes, and disaster comes from the mouth. You and I have no power, and we have this opportunity to make a little money, so we should be content. If you ask too much, I'm afraid you won't even have this opportunity. If you cut off my source of income because of you, I will never forgive you!"

It must be said that Cai Quanwu is the most sober person in the world. He knew Xu Huizhen had a secret, but because of Xu Huizhen's trust in him, he had to build a firewall. Xu Huizhen really didn't misjudge this person.

Although Qian Jinlai was young, his father was an old hand and had been guiding him a lot. He knew he had said something wrong and nodded to admit his mistake. The two men exchanged the goods, and Qian Jinlai took a group of brothers, some pulling carts and some riding tricycles, to take the goods away.

In the tavern, Xu Huizhen took out the seafood to be distributed to the employees from the space in advance and placed it in the backyard of the tavern. Each person got 40 kilograms. There were 100 kilograms of big fish, kilograms of small fish, kilograms of various shrimps and crabs, and kilograms of other shellfish. She also took out kilograms in case of emergency.

She called Manager Cao over and asked him to look at the seafood. He was the public manager. Although he was recently the public manager of Sihai Restaurant and was often not in the tavern, he never made things difficult for Xu Huizhen. On the contrary, he cooperated with Xu Huizhen's work, which was completely different from Fan Jinyou in the original plot. Therefore, Xu Huizhen also respected Manager Cao and had a harmonious working relationship with him.

Xu Huizhen said, "Manager Cao, look at these seafood. They are given to us as extra gifts by the village chief after he saw that our tavern bought some of their dried seafood. I think fresh seafood doesn't last long, so let's distribute them to all the employees, right?"

Manager Cao nodded: "Okay, this will greatly encourage everyone's enthusiasm. The canteen's business has been booming recently, and the employees have been working hard from dawn to dusk. It's only right that we give them some benefits."

Xu Huizhen: "I calculated that each person has 40 kilograms, and there will be some left. Do you have anyone you need to do a favor for? For example, the section chief of the meat processing plant, they have meat, but no seafood. We can exchange what we have."

Manager Cao nodded and said, "Manager Xu, you are very thoughtful. We need to maintain a good relationship with the meat processing factory. The raw materials for our stewed food are in their hands. If we build a good relationship, they can give us more offal."

In the cafeteria, after selling breakfast, everyone ran to the backyard. Zhao Yali was originally on the afternoon shift, so she didn't need to come so early. But she was not active in distributing benefits, and her thinking was problematic.

In the cafeteria, after breakfast was sold, everyone ran to the backyard. Zhao Yali had already informed everyone that seafood would be distributed today. Life was difficult these days, and seafood was even less common. Occasionally, the food stores had some, but they were either not fresh or out of stock.

When everyone saw so many varieties of seafood, their eyes lit up. Some of the varieties had never been seen before and they didn't know how to eat them. So, they all gave Xu Huizhen compliments, "Manager Xu, you are awesome!"

"Follow Manager Xu and you'll have meat to eat!"

"Manager Xu, we will firmly support your work from now on. If you tell us to go west, we will never go east."

"You ask us to chase chickens, we will never chase dogs!"

"Hey, hey, you're treating me like I don't exist, right?" Manager Cao interrupted everyone's nonsense. He pointed at the divided seafood and said, "Everyone gets one share, 40 kilograms. Those who have bicycles can take them home, and those who don't have bicycles can ask Master Ma to find a cart to deliver them to everyone. If they are not fresh for a long time, they will become stale."

Xu Huizhen added: "If anyone asks, just say it was the rotten fish and shrimp left over from our cafeteria."

Kong Dongmei stared with innocent eyes: "How can it be smelly? It's obviously fresh."

Zhao Yali gave her a slap on the head: "Are you stupid? That's for others to hear. We just need to know whether it's new or not. But it doesn't matter whether it's a festival or not, we have to have a reason to give out benefits."

Kong Dongmei suddenly realized: "The reason is that these fish and shrimps are smelly? The canteen doesn't want them anymore."

Xu Huizhen nodded: "Yes. We should keep a low profile and make money quietly, understand?"

Master Ma nodded quickly: "Yes, it is smelly. We can't sell smelly food in the canteen. It would be bad if someone gets sick from eating it."

Everyone looked at each other and nodded in agreement, "It stinks. The stench can travel thirty miles against the wind." Then there was a burst of laughter. The laughter pleased everyone's heart. Happiness is so simple.

Cai Quanwu was not at home, and Master Ma was the only male laborer. With so much to share, even if he only had to do a little bit of work, he felt like drinking honey. In one word, "sweet".

He found a cart and loaded everyone's fish on it, putting the big fish at the bottom and the small fish on the top so that it would not attract attention. Finally, he covered it with a torn sack, pulled the cart up, and ran at a very fast speed.

Cai Quanwu almost had his legs worn out from running so hard today. Fortunately, Li Shunfa helped him. Cai Quanwu was still relieved about Li Shunfa because Li Shunfa's wife also bought goods from Cai Quanwu and they had common interests. It could be said that they were grasshoppers on the same rope and could not run away from one and jump over the other.