A 50-year-old man is reborn and becomes a complete slacker, leaving his scumbag children completely

Hu Dahai glanced at Chen Wen with surprise. What he said was sincere and earnest. He thought to himself that this person was really different.

Even though he himself was having a very difficult time because of these farmed fish, he still thought of others and didn't want them to suffer because of his fish.

Hu Dahai had a much higher opinion of Chen Wen from the bottom of his heart.

"It's alright, my fish aren't for sale in the city, so it won't have any negative impact on me. 1000 catties of fish a day, just tell me how much a catty of fish costs," Hu Dahai said with a smile.

Chen Wen looked Hu Dahai up and down again. Seeing that Hu Dahai didn't seem to be lying, he nodded and said, "Since that's the case, your quantity is really large. If it's 1000 catties a day, I'll charge you 15 cents per catty."

"And we can deliver it for you. No matter where you want us to deliver it, we can deliver it for you."

At 15 cents a pound, plus delivery to his desired location, this was far more profitable for Hu Dahai than buying fish at home.

I can just ask them to help deliver the fish to the vicinity of Hangzhou, and then I can deliver them to the food factory myself. That way, I won't have to push so many fish back and forth between Hangzhou and Qunyi Brigade.

“Okay!” Hu Dahai readily agreed. The two parties had a good discussion in the office of Fengsheng Brigade and decided on the daily delivery location and payment method.

Just as Hu Dahai finished arranging everything and was about to return home...

Zhang Zude's home was indeed bustling with activity.

As soon as Zhang Zude announced his purchase price, it immediately caused a sensation in all the surrounding villages.

All the people who used to sell fish to Hu Dahai now choose to sell to Zhang Zude.

After all, the price difference is a full five cents per pound, so ten pounds would be fifty cents. Those who can still sell fish now are basically people who own their own boats or nets. They sell a lot of fish each time, so they are even less willing to give up the price difference.

Although Zhang Zude's family was on credit, their house was there, so no one was afraid they would default on their debts. If they really dared to default, they would raid their house.

The Zhang family was thoroughly enjoying their fish-collecting business at home. Zhang Zude was in charge of collecting the fish, while Zhang Yuzhen, who never did any work at Hu Dahai's house, volunteered to help with the record-keeping.

Mr. and Mrs. Zhang were responsible for packing the fish into large buckets.

The whole family worked until nearly midnight. Zhang Yuzhen counted and found that they had harvested a total of 860 jin (480 catties) of fish.

"Tsk tsk, now I finally understand why they stopped us from speculating a few years ago. The profits in that business were just too huge," Zhang Zude couldn't help but exclaim.

Zhang Yuzhen nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes. We collected 860 jin of fish in one day. Although it didn't reach the 1000 jin of fish we had imagined, we can still earn 86 yuan by selling these fish!"

"The key is that the sales channel is stable, and we can earn this much every day!"

"If we can do this for ten days or half a month, won't our family immediately become a family with ten thousand yuan?" Zhang's mother counted on her fingers.

"The bold get rich, the timid starve. We really dared to be bold this time. Even though it's so late, I'm not tired at all. If there were still fish, I could work all night!"

The four of them chatted away at home, their faces beaming with contentment.

Mr. Zhang was a cautious man, and he was the first to recover. He asked Zhang Zude again, "Zude, are you sure the food factory will want these fish?"

"If we send these over and they don't want them, we'll suffer a huge loss. So many fish will cost a lot of money."

Zhang's father's words calmed the family down a bit, which had made them a little more composed.

One by one, they all looked at Zhang Zude with confirming eyes once again.

"Don't worry!"

Zhang Zude pounded his chest loudly: "Don't worry! You can rest assured! I was treated very well at their factory yesterday. They told me personally that I should just send it over."

“If these fish are delivered to the place today and they refuse to accept them, I, Zhang Zude, will eat them all.”

Hearing Zhang Zude say this, the family didn't say anything more. Besides, they had already bought the fish, and they had no other choice but to trust Zhang Zude.

"Really, what are you worrying about? Shouldn't you be happy that your son is capable!" Zhang's mother pinched Zhang's father's waist and scolded him, then called to everyone, "Go to bed early, go to bed early, get up early tomorrow to deliver the fish!"

Meanwhile, at Hu Dahai's home, Bao Yuanshan and Hu Wangfei were anxious as they watched the few scattered people who brought eels and snails.

"Dad, what's going on today?" Hu Wangfei's notebook, which records the number of fish collected, still hasn't had a single person come to sell fish.

Only Hu Dahai, having nothing else to do, would catch a dozen or so fish from the bay and let them frolic in the fishpond.

Hu Wangfei was somewhat worried that this kind of business might cause him to lose his 5-cent-a-day job.

"What's the rush? They'll still be selling fish tomorrow," Hu Dahai said with a smile.

"Should we raise the price too, Dad?" Hu Wangfei said after thinking for a moment.

In his view, as long as he raises his price to be as high as Zhang Zude's, everyone will definitely send their fish to him to sell.

The people who came to sell eels today basically said the same thing to Hu Wangfei.

After all, they pay in cash, while Zhang Zude insists on paying on credit.

Hu Dahai glanced at Hu Wangfei: "What have you learned from your studies? Think about it, if he raises the price, we raise the price too. Then if they raise the price again, are we just going to keep following suit?"

"The day will come when we're all locked in a fierce battle until we've reduced ourselves to zero profit. The fishmongers will naturally want us to raise prices, so they can make more money and won't care about your profit margin!"

Upon hearing this, Hu Wangfei felt that Hu Dahai's words made sense. He scratched his head, feeling anxious but helpless, and could only keep muttering to himself, "What should I do? What should I do?"

Hu Dahai looked at Hu Wangfei, who was as restless as an ant on a hot pan. He finally understood why Hu Wangfei, a college student of this era, had fared so poorly in his previous life. It seemed that his biggest problem was judging things only by appearances.

Thinking back to my previous life, I actually hoped that Hu Wangfei would achieve enlightenment and bring prosperity to his entire family and friends. It's truly laughable.

“Starting tomorrow, Yuanshan and Wangfei, you two spread the word that Zhang Zude raised the price to two mao (0.2 yuan). Our fish purchase price has dropped; we're only paying 13 mao (0.13 yuan) per jin (0.5 kg) of fish now,” Hu Dahai said to the two men.

"what?"

"Dad, are you sure you're not mistaken?"

Bao Yuanshan and Hu Wangfei exclaimed in surprise, their mouths agape, almost dislocating their jaws.

Hu Dahai calmly replied, "Why is it so strange?"