Fisherman Fubao made his fortune by fishing

In the end, Li Erlang was successfully persuaded by Li Yuer.

With Li Erlang's help, they quickly and quietly made ten whale oil lamps.

The brightness and smokelessness of whale oil are simply unmatched by other oils, especially spermaceti.

In the past, spermaceti was the raw material for the brightest candles in the world. Of course, only nobles could use it.

A pure spermaceti candle weighing about 76 grams can burn out about 7.8 grams of light per hour.

With the advent of the Age of Navigation, the whole world became a whaling ground, and whales suffered a devastating disaster until new lighting replaced candles.

Many whales have also been listed as endangered species by some developed countries.

Busy times always pass quickly, and three days passed in a flash, and the whale was finally mined.

On the vast golden sand beach, only a huge skeleton was left. The whale skin was folded by the Li family, taken home, and placed in the ice room awaiting subsequent processing.

The extremely cold weather brought by the typhoon is receding day by day, and they must hurry to transport the whales out.

Old man Li borrowed a cart from the village chief's family. It was a gift from the village chief's eldest daughter, and the village chief's family usually used it to transport seafood.

When the village chief asked, Old Man Li said he used it to push firewood. The village chief sighed and said feel free to use it, there was no need to worry about the money owed to him.

The village chief sighed as he looked at Old Man Li's back. In the cold winter, Old Eleven's family had to go up the mountain to chop firewood and sell it just to make a living. It was obvious that their life was really hard.

The village head's wife, who was somewhat reluctant at first, looked at the hunched back of Old Man Li as he walked away and said with pity, "This damn God, is he going to let us live? I'm afraid Old Eleven's family will never get up again."

The village chief glanced at her, spat on the ground, put his hands together, and said to the sky: "God, please don't bother with this woman with long hair and short knowledge. The bad ones don't work, but the good ones do."

The ancients revered gods and the dead, especially the fishermen who made a living on the sea. During festivals, they might not eat meat, but they would buy incense, candles, and paper money to burn incense and worship the gods.

At this time, several men from Old Li's family were carrying loads and pushing carts, walking on the frozen seashore, while Old Mrs. Cai was in charge of watching things on land.

In the morning light, baskets of whale meat were brought to the shore.

At one time, the cart can push about 300 kilograms of weight, and the person carrying the load can carry about 150 kilograms. Three men can only carry 600 kilograms in one trip.

It would take about 17 or 18 trips to carry more than 10,000 kilograms. With the speed of an adult man and his familiarity with the road, and no strong wind today, one trip would take 25 minutes, which is two or three times faster than that of Old Lady Cai and Li Yuer.

It would take about 9 hours to transport, and it would definitely not be completed in one day. Fortunately, they did not agree to deliver the goods all at once.

It’s just right to pay half a day.

I worked from morning till afternoon and picked out more than half of the whale meat.

At the appointed time, several horse-drawn carriages came shakily over.

A young man wrapped tightly in clothes sitting on the shaft of the front carriage waved at them.

"Yu Baoer! Grandpa Li and Grandma Li!"

The Li family recognized the voice as Lai Fu.

Lai Fu's real name is Sun Fuan. When he was a waiter, the shopkeeper gave him a pseudonym, Lai Fu, for the sake of good luck.

"It's Brother Laifu." Li Yuer said happily.

Lai Fu has now been promoted to be an apprentice following the accountant. Because he is smart and familiar with the Li family, Qian Zhangui gave him such an important task of collecting whale meat.

In fact, he also intended to promote him. If this matter is handled well, his promotion will be more legitimate and can shut up other people.

Looking at the neatly stacked whale meat, Lai Fu was very happy. It turned out that the Li family was honest and conscientious in their work.

"Quick! Load the car!"

Lai Fu waved his hand towards the guy behind him and said proudly, "You know what, you really have the air of a manager."

The guys also knew the importance of this cargo, otherwise how could the boss pay them such high wages.

They work very hard. After all, if they do a good job, not only will they be rewarded, but they may also be chosen for such a good job next time.

The waiters hired for Nongchaolou this time were all people Lai Fu was familiar with in the past. Manager Qian took this opportunity to let Lai Fu win over more people and make friends with his own people, which would make it easier for him to do things in the restaurant in the future.

"Laifu, have you grown taller again?" Old Mrs. Cai looked up at Laifu and felt that he was much taller than when she saw him a few days ago.

Lai Fu smiled and said, "It's all thanks to you that I got promoted. From now on, I can work in the restaurant with my head held high."

In the past, Lai Fu worked as a waiter, responsible for welcoming and seeing off guests, and entertaining them. They all nodded and bowed, so they never stood up straight to speak.

At this moment, if you hold your head and chest high, you will appear taller.

Lai Fu felt very proud of being able to look people in the eye and talk to them openly.

The Li family hardly had to do anything, as a dozen men quickly weighed the whale meat and loaded it onto the truck.

While the clerk was weighing the goods in front of the Li family, Lai Fu was fiddling with an old abacus unskillfully, and then taking a pen to write down the accounts on the edge of the carriage.

Li Yuer looked at Lai Fu's struggling expression and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that arithmetic was more convenient in later generations. With such a small amount, he could just do the mental calculation.

The total weight was more than 5,080 kilograms. Old Man Li and Lai Fu argued about it, and finally they decided to do as Old Man Li said and calculate it as 5,080 kilograms.

Shopkeeper Qian helped their family a lot, and Old Man Li, who had been honest all his life, didn't know how to repay him, so he could only express his gratitude in this way.

However, Li Yuer did not agree with this approach. Public is public and private is private. This kind of concession can only benefit the owner of Nongchaolou and will not benefit Manager Qian.

So, Li Yuer smiled and said to Lai Fu: "Brother Lai Fu, my grandfather has prepared some good things for Shopkeeper Qian. If you take them back, Shopkeeper Qian will be very happy."

Lai Fu understood that the Li family wanted to express their gratitude to the shopkeeper, and guessed that it was some dried seafood.

When Uncle Li lifted the straw mat on the cart, revealing a beautifully curled whale tail, Lai Fu was so surprised that he could fit an egg in his mouth.

“It’s a whale’s tail!”

Nongchaolou has a famous dish called Golden Fish Tail, which is made from the fried tail of a giant Spanish mackerel.

As the saying goes: "Jiaji head, Spanish mackerel tail, knife fish belly, pure mouth."

Even the top-quality Spanish mackerel tail cannot compare with the huge fish tail in front of you.

The whale's tail was more than three meters long, but only a small section was tied to the cart. The rest was wrapped tightly with a straw mat and placed behind the cart.

Lai Fu's eyes turned green with envy, like a wolf seeing meat. He exclaimed in his heart: If this huge tail is used to cook, it will surely cause a sensation in the entire Xinpu Town, no, the entire Huihai County, and even the entire Ninghai Prefecture.

"Great! Our shopkeeper will definitely like this gift very much!"

Lai Fu bowed to the old man Li and his wife and said, "You two are truly the benefactors of our Nongchao Tower!"

The old man and his wife were so uncomfortable with this that they quickly waved their hands and said, "We can only do what we can. We cannot justify the great favor that Manager Qian has shown us."

The fish tail is precious, so Lai Fu dare not name a price. Old Man Li does not want money. Their family had discussed this before. This is a gift for the shopkeeper Qian, so no money is required.

Lai Fu disagreed and said, "Uncle Li, listen to me. I will definitely convey your kindness to the shopkeeper, but the goods will eventually be sold in the restaurant. You must accept the money. However, this cannot be calculated based on the price of fish and meat. I have to report back to the boss and calculate the price. I will settle it with you tomorrow when I come to pick up the goods."

Now that things had come to this, the Li family had no choice but to comply.