The moment the two brothers heard someone asking for them over the phone, they hurried over to the desk. Ye Yaohua eagerly took the receiver from the Old Lady.
"Dongzi, is everything going smoothly over there?"
Ye Yaodong kept things brief on his end again, describing what he had seen and heard, as well as how the afternoon's sales had gone.
Ye Yaohua's mouth fell open in shock. "There really are that many? And you sold them for 520? Isn't that several times more money?"
He was thrilled, but also filled with regret. He should have gone along before dawn.
"All right, all right, I'll discuss it with our eldest brother in a bit. Where are you staying tonight? Is eating and sleeping convenient? You won't have to stay on the boat, will you?"
"Oh, good, good. Renting an Educated Youth Site works too..."
Ye Yaodong held nothing back, explaining the situation there clearly and thoroughly. Whether they came was up to them to discuss. He also left them the village's phone number so they could call if anything came up.
"Oh, right. If you do come, remember to hire a few more people and bring extra knives for cutting them up, along with baskets and long, flat bamboo trays for drying. I left in such a hurry that I forgot the bamboo trays. I'm afraid we won't be able to dry the Jellyfish Blood."
Then he asked A Qing to take the phone and told her to prepare a few bedsheets. If his second brother came, he could bring them along.
As for the other odds and ends, anything easy to buy could be bought in the village to save trouble. He really had overlooked bedding, though. Still, a few grown men could make do for one night.
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