This price was far below market value.
A boat of this caliber would be worth at least eight thousand yuan on the market.
Forget the whole boat—even if they just removed the engine and sold it at the market, it could fetch three or four thousand yuan.
Lu Ao voluntarily raised the price. "Eight thousand yuan. You need money right now, and I'm not short of two thousand yuan. Let's go with the market price."
Lin Manzhang fell silent for a moment, then patted him on the shoulder. "Then I'll accept your kindness. We really are rather short on money right now."
Lu Ao smiled. "What's there to say? You've helped me so much since I came back. It'd be too formal to talk like that between us. I've transferred the money for the boat. Check that you received it."
As he spoke, Lin Manzhang's phone chimed.
Lu Ao's transfer had arrived.
Lin Manzhang was grateful, but he did not know what to say. He paced around the room half a circle before finally digging out the fishing nets, fish keepers, and other fishing gear from the house and stuffing it all into Lu Ao's tricycle as a bonus for buying the boat.
Lu Ao did not stand on ceremony with him. Fishing gear had a shelf life, and if left unused for too long, it would rot away. It was better to take it.
When Lu Ao rode home with a tricycle full of fishing gear, Song Zhou had already returned and was cooking in the kitchen.
Seeing him come back, Song Zhou walked out of the kitchen and asked, "What day are Lin Manzhang and the others moving?"
"The day after tomorrow. I'll go help them then."
Lin Manzhang and Ye Zhiying were frugal people. Since they were