Chapter 536 535. Tender to build a building (please ask for a monthly ticket)

   Chapter 536 535. Tender to build a building (please ask for a monthly ticket)

   Good spring, it is better to have a dream, in which the herbs are fragrant.

   This statement is not correct. The spring sunshine on the island in April is really more beautiful than in a dream, and the island really has the aroma of red flowers and green grass.

  The island is prone to fog in the deep spring, and the fog locks the sea surface, enchanting and hazy.

   But now the sun has come out earlier, and the sun has warmed up. The spring mist will gradually dissipate as soon as the rays of light are scattered. The ocean shows its true appearance, and the islands and mountains hanging above the water also show its true appearance.

  Wang Yi and Qiuweishui strolled all the way, breathing the spring morning mist, feeling refreshed.

   There is frost in late autumn and dew in spring night. This is formed by fog and weathered water. When the trees on the wet island are blown by the sea breeze, it is a rain of apricot flowers.

   There are also wild vegetables that are moistened, and green onions can be seen in the crevices of the stones inadvertently, but the green wormwood is more popular.

   Qing mugwort is tender mugwort, nourished by spring wind and rain, and now it is the most delicate. Some people on the island come to pick green mugwort early in the morning.

  The green wormwood that has not been exposed to the sun will have little weedy smell, and the women of the outer islands will use it to make green wormwood cakes.

  Wang Yi casually greeted the women who got up early: “Aunt Shanhua got up very early, did you get up to clean up Qingai?”

   “Second sister-in-law, you’re really good, you hugged so many Qing Ai, you can do it…”

  The women responded by greeting him.

  Manshanhua directly bundled the green mugwort with thatch rope and stuffed it to Wang Yi: “Take it back to make mugwort cake, it’s delicious and can also dispel wind and evil.”

  Wang Yi laughed dumbly.

   is too enthusiastic.

  The other women also packed up the green ai and gave it to him, so he quickly took Qiu Weishui to the seaside.

   The tide is surging, its sound is booming.

   The strength of the surging white waves is still the same, but at this time the sea has started to turn green, and with the spring breeze that is not cold on the face, the waves are softer.

   is the so-called new green and tender yellow, which can comfort people the most.

  The green ones are wild vegetables and wormwood, and the yellow ones are small seafood. Now the small seafood is active, especially the yellow snails are the most at this season—

   As the old saying goes, on the third day of the third lunar month, the yellow snails climbed onto the beach.

   Now that the season is here, some fishermen who like to catch the sea get up early, **** around on the island and reef on the beach, and there are yellow snails in the bamboo baskets around everyone.

   Catching the sea on the reefs, at least in the late spring and summer, will be comfortable.

   However, the weather on the outer islands is good. At this time, the temperature has risen, and the sea water is no longer biting. The fishermen have adapted to this temperature and rolled up their trousers to go into the water.

  Not only yellow snails, but also sea melon seeds, fragrant snails, clams and the like can also be harvested. Many small seafood have accumulated from winter to spring and are plump and delicious.

   These things are also fresh!

  Wang Xianghong squatted on the pier while smoking a cigarette while looking at the sea. When he saw the couple approaching, he waved and said hello.

  Wang Yi came over and asked, “Captain, are you watching the wind?”

   Wang Xianghong nodded: “Well, look at the wind, see how the wind is today, how is the sea situation.”

   Wang Yi asked: “There are weather forecasts on the radio and TV, do you still need to watch the wind?”

  Looking at the wind is like looking at the sea and the weather.

   As the saying goes, the east wind brings rain, the west wind lifts the soil, the east wind is muddy, and the west wind clears.

   Once the east wind blows at this time, a layer of yellow mud soup will pour out from the seawater of the outer islands. This is the good sea—

  Yellow mud soup is formed by the surging of seabed sediments, which contains rich organic matter, so that it can drive the fish and shrimps hidden on the seabed, and drive them to float up for food.

   But the west wind does not have this ability, which leads to a saying in the outer islands, saying that the east wind does not destroy the sea, and the west wind sweeps away the poor.

   Today is the west wind.

   Southwest wind.

  The water is clear and beautiful, but it is not liked by fishermen.

  Wang Xianghong frowned and said, “The weather forecast broadcasts the Wengzhou area, so it’s not specific enough.”

   “As the old saying goes, there is an eagle in the sky, and a gust of wind in a piece of sea water. We should look at the weather forecast and use the weather forecast as a reference, but we cannot rely on the weather forecast.”

   “The experience accumulated by the seniors is more accurate than the weather forecast!”

   Wang Xianghai went down the mountain to the pier after eating and drinking.

  Wang Xianghong also greeted him: “Today are you going to the Banana Sea?”

  Wang Xianghai said while tidying up the net rope: “Well, yes, yesterday people from Piandan Island came to watch TV and told me that there is a good harvest of sole fish there.”

   “They were lucky the first two days. They caught more than 4,000 catties of sole fish in one boat. I want to lead the fleet to have a look. It’s better if we don’t have meat and drink soup.”

   Wang Xianghong said: “How about we go to Qiantanghai to catch eel fry and try? Zhou Mindong is an expert in marine aquaculture. He suggested that we raise eels. I think we can try it.”

  Wang Xianghai heard it and said, “Okay, then go to Qiantanghai, but we are not proficient in fishing for eel fry.”

   Wang Xianghong said: “We are our own labor and our own boat, and the cost will be less when we go to sea, so this time you should study and experiment, accumulate experience, and strive to achieve good results in the future.”

  Wang Yi said: “Then I’ll follow along and have a look. Qiantang is a big city. I heard that there is a machinery market there facing Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai.”

   “It seems that there is a noodle rolling machine in the market. I want to see if I can buy two. Let’s come back and open our own noodle workshop.”

  Wang Xianghong was very interested: “How much does this cost?”

  Wang Yi said: “I don’t know the specifics, but I have money. If the price is right and the machine is good, I will advance the money first.”

  The matter was settled, Wang Xianghai began to arrange for people to go back to prepare.

  Wengzhou is not far from the Qiantang area, only five hundred miles away, but the boat can’t run fast, and the sea voyage time is long. Even if it runs in a straight line, it still has to run all day.

   They are unprofessional about catching eel fry, so they have to spend time learning.

   As a result, the time for them to go to sea this time will be longer, at least three or four days.

   But because Wang Yi still has to preside over the bidding activities of construction units, he cannot leave for the time being, so the trip to Qiantang has to be delayed for a day or two.

  Wang Xianghong contacted a total of six construction companies, all of which were private construction teams.

   However, the level of the workers inside is not mentioned. They are all people who have worked as temporary workers in China Construction.

  With the surge of production and construction after the reform and opening up, there are not enough workers in China Construction, so wherever the construction site is, we have to temporarily recruit farmers from the local area as workers.

  Workers can go to school after a year and a half of schooling on the construction site, so when a construction site is over and the migrant workers are dismissed, they are greeted to form a private construction team.

  The heads of the six units came to Tianya Island, some in suits and leather shoes and ties, and some in work clothes.

  Wang Xianghong said ‘decent’ when he saw the man in the suit, and ‘professional’ when he saw the man in work clothes. Anyway, he felt that the bosses of these construction units were quite reliable.

  He brought Wang Yi to greet the six.

  The teaching building was not fully utilized, and some vacant classrooms were used as temporary offices, so this bidding event was held in this office.

   Wang Xianghong was embarrassed to come forward, so he asked Wang Yi to preside over the bidding meeting.

   The six bosses will be in high spirits. They have all heard that Tianya Island is going to carry out construction and build small buildings for all employees.

  So after they were called, they thought they were going to participate in the construction of the building together.

   The bosses these days are just daring, and they don’t have any bad intentions or routines. They don’t know that Wang Yi is about to teach them a lesson.

  Wang Yi served them tea politely, and the tea served was West Lake Longjing.

  The bosses are very happy about it.

   This handsome and elegant young man is really nice. The tea he served us is really fragrant, almost like the ink of RMB.

   Then Wang Yi started to introduce them to the bidding information.

  According to his inquiry, the matter of bidding appeared as early as the end of the Qing Dynasty in the early twentieth century.

   However, after the founding of New China, from then until the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, the country implemented a highly centralized planned economic system, under which it was impossible and unnecessary to use the method of bidding and bidding to carry out economic activities.

  After the reform and opening up, bidding and bidding began to be linked to the production activities of the country.

   Among them, in 1980, the central government put forward in the “Interim Regulations on Developing and Protecting Socialist Competition” that “for some production and construction projects and business projects that are suitable for contracting, the method of bidding and bidding may be implemented on a trial basis.”

   This is the first time in China that bidding and bidding are mentioned in the policy, and then it is put into the domestic construction industry. The bidding work was first piloted in Pengcheng in 1981, and then slowly spread to all parts of the country.

   The bosses here are all local bosses, with a low level of education, but they are very courageous and smart.

   They are very concerned about the dynamics of the industry, and Jiangnan Province is at the forefront of reform and opening up.

   So the six bosses here all know the meaning of bidding.

   So they were very depressed about it.

   They suddenly lost their goodwill towards Wang Yi. They thought how could this young man be so cunning?

   Otherwise, the ancestors said that the face is born from the heart, this young man has a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, so he is not a good person!

  The bosses bowed their heads one after another, and the steaming tea in their hands suddenly became fragrant.

   A boss named Yi Haichuan was the first to attack and said to Wang Xianghong, “Captain Wang, although I’m not from your Fuhai, right, but I’ve heard of your reputation.”

   “It is said that you, Captain Wang, are the most practical and particular. You said that you called us here, and it doesn’t matter if we don’t need us. After all, now the country wants to engage in a market economy, and it cannot be forced to buy or sell, but to buy and sell freely. We all understand this.”

   “But you said that you are engaging in this tender, isn’t it too much?”

   “That’s right, bidding is a bit of a nonsense.” Another boss named Jingdi looked helpless.

When    bidding first appeared in the market, it was resisted by capitalists, which was considered to be a breach of the rules—

   Some years after the reform and opening up, businessmen did not talk about business acumen when doing business. They talked about human feelings, credibility, and rules.

  Wang Yi doesn’t want to talk to them.

   is to bid!

  He first emphasized the reasonableness and legitimacy of the bidding, and sent the printed document “Interim Regulations on the Development and Protection of Socialist Competition” to six people.

   Then he said frankly: “Our production team has at least 150 small buildings to be built. This is a big business, all bosses know.”

   “Let’s be honest, the market is still very chaotic, and it’s not that easy for you to keep your business going.”

   “In the next two to three years, the market will continue to be chaotic, the fittest will survive and the fittest will be eliminated. Some bosses will expand their business, while others will fail.”

   “I can’t say how the bosses’ business will do, but I can guarantee that whoever wins this big business of our production team will definitely gain a foothold in the market!”

  Yi Haichuan said unceremoniously: “Your teacher Wang is a college student. There is no problem with these words, but there is a big problem with bidding. That is the old saying, good goods are not cheap, and cheap goods are not good.”

   “We can quote a low price here, and then what? Then the low price can only cut corners, and in the end it is you who will lose.”

  Wang Yi said: “I didn’t ask you to quote a low price, you can offer a reasonable price. I also say an old saying, ‘Some people do the business that kills the head, and no one does the business that loses money’.”

   “So the bosses’ quotations must retain profit margins, but this margin should be smaller.”

   “It’s also an old saying, you can make money with small profits but quick turnover. With 150 buildings, even if one building can only earn 100 yuan, it will cost 15,000 yuan to build 150 buildings!”

   Yi Haichuan laughed and said, “Mr. Wang, are you kidding me? We have so many brothers, and we only earn 100 yuan to build a building? What are you planning?”

   “Serve the people.” Wang Xianghong said half-truth.

   The bosses laughed.

  Wang Yi said: “First of all, I said, this is not a matter of one hundred yuan or a few hundred yuan, it is a matter of fifteen thousand yuan or tens of thousands!”

   “Secondly, the projects on our island can support your construction team for at least ten years!”

   “How much money can you make in ten years?”

   Another boss named Cao Liudi said subconsciously: “Ten years? That’s impossible.”

   “You don’t need to build a foundation for the building you want to build. If my construction team does it, with all the materials, a team can build one in 20 days!”

   “And I now have five such teams!”

   Yi Haichuan’s eyes were rolling.

   He understood what Wang Yi meant.

   In other words, the other five bosses understood what Wang Yi meant. They wanted to do the business of Tianya Island, and they were even willing to share the business of Tianya Island with their peers. Why?

  Wang Yi gave the answer: “Tianya Island is now the benchmark of the county’s rural areas. Believe it or not, what kind of buildings do we build, and others will follow ours to build buildings in the future?”

   “So no matter who wins the business on our island, it means that you have won the business on the outer islands. Will the money flow in the future?”

  Yi Haichuan laughed and shook his head with a smile: “Mr. Wang, you deserve to be the one with the pointer, you are very eloquent.”

   “But it’s useless for you to say that. Bidding has drawbacks. This is determined by materialism. We all know about the wages of our employees. This is the price when we bid later.”

  Wang Yi said: “Then let the bosses bid and see.”

   He prepared the tender.

   is simple.

  Now there are two ways to build houses in rural areas, just like the decoration in the future, one is full package and the other is half package.

  The whole package is for the construction team to purchase materials, large and small laborers and handymen, while the half package is for the main family to purchase materials, and the construction team only needs to provide large and small laborers and handymen.

  Tianya Dao adopts the half-package method. Now generally speaking, it is half-package. The construction team has no conditions to buy a large number of building materials such as bricks, tiles, cement, wood, purlins and other building materials required for building houses.

   So the bidding document is to ask them to report the wages of the big workers, the small workers and the handymen.

  Wang Xianghong had already inquired about the current wages of construction workers.

   For large workers in the outer islands, it is generally 40 to 80 yuan, for small workers 30 to 50 yuan, and for handymen 15 to 35 yuan.

   This salary level is not low, and even experienced workers earn very high wages.

   For example, one work point on Tianya Island is 5 cents, and a full day of forced labor costs 12 work points and only 6 yuan, 18 yuan a month, and 216 yuan a year.

   And the income of handymen among construction workers can be equal to theirs, and the income of major workers is several times that of strong laborers.

   Of course, construction workers are hard.

   Can the fishermen not work hard?

   Strong labor is harder to fight the waves at sea!

   As for the danger, the two should not be compared, both are quite dangerous.

   In addition to the wages of large and small workers, the tender document also includes the number of workers and the length of working hours required to build a building.

  With these three elements, there is another place to quote, that is the daily meal price standard.

  The custom of building houses on the outer islands is that whoever builds the house will take care of the meals for the workers and masters.

   There is no time limit for the bidding work. Wang Yi asked them to study and calculate slowly, and be sure to give accurate data.

   Because once the construction unit is selected, they sign the contract on the same day, and all work is carried out according to the contract.

  Wang Yi thoughtfully prepared a small calculator for them. If the water in the teacup was low, he would add tea and pour water, but he just couldn’t talk to each other.

   The atmosphere of the scene became very solemn.

   is the same as the exam room.

  The six bosses became candidates, scratching their ears from time to time, and plucking their scalps from time to time.

   Of course, there is no need to look around.

  If you can see your opponent’s offer…

   They daydream with hope, then despair and despair—not at all.

   But there are quick ones.

   Within two or three minutes, Cao Liudi was the first to submit his bid.

   He said unhappily after the payment: “Didn’t you just use the big guy’s usual price to bid? Why are you so slow?”

  Other people’s bidding is not generally slow.

  It took him two or three minutes for the first place. Among the remaining five, Jingdi, the second one who submitted the bid, took half an hour.

   Cao Sixth Brother was a little frightened, and asked, “Captain Wang, I, I, and I bid. The filling in is a bit random, can you change it?”

  Wang Yi shook his head: “I’m sorry, Boss Cao, this tender is an exam, and the tender is an exam paper. Once it is handed in, it cannot be taken down.”

   Hearing this, he walked towards his Jingdi and hesitated before putting away the tender.

   Cao Sixth Brother pointed at him and shouted: “Lao Jing, you have handed in the papers, you have handed in the papers!”

  Jingdi said calmly, “Who said I handed in the papers? I came here with the tender document to tell me something—that my stomach is uncomfortable and I want to go to the toilet.”

   “I’m going out to the toilet, and I’ll take my tender to prevent people from peeking. Is that okay?”

   Cao Liudi was dumbfounded.

   I don’t blame myself for being too honest, only that these competitors are too cunning!

  The final six tenders were sent.

  Wang Xianghong quickly squeezed up to see.

   After reading this, his face was very exciting, frowning, staring, then tilting his head and pouting.

  Wang Yi watched with joy.

   In terms of facial expression control, isn’t it better than Yifeng Yibo? Shouldn’t this be given to the Emperor of Hundred Flowers?

  Wang Xianghong sighed after reading it: “The old saying is so good, the one who buys the goods is the one who buys them!”

  The six bosses looked at them eagerly.

  Wang Yi said: “Every boss knows that it is best to avoid black box operations in bidding and bidding, so your bids have been put away, so let’s submit the bid on the spot?”

  The bosses waited for the result with haha.

   The result is that Yi Haichuan won the bid!

   This guy complained the hardest just now, but when it came time to bid, he lowered the price the hardest!

   Cao’s sixth brother is going to die of anger.

  This stupid kid actually bids at the market price…

   He said angrily: “Didn’t you say that you will use the market price? How can you deceive people? Is there still integrity? Is there any justice!”

   Isn’t this bullying honest people?

  Yi Haichuan laughed and said vaguely: “My main consideration is that those of us who do engineering should not belong to businessmen, right, we are not businessmen.”

   “How do you say that? Well, that, that we are workers, we are the working class, that one has to serve the people, yes, serve the people…”

  Jingdi asked angrily, “What’s your offer?”

   He felt betrayed!

   Yi Haichuan continued to be vague: “Serving the people, mainly serving the people, it’s nothing to earn more and earn less, just find a job for your brothers!”

  Wang Yi looked at the tender.

   Yi Haichuan is really cruel.

  The monthly salary of a large worker is 34 yuan, a small worker is 21 yuan, and a handyman is 14 yuan.

   Then the construction period is 16 people, and a two-story building can be compressed to 14 days.

   After all, there is no decoration, just build a building.

   Plastering, installing doors and windows, and tiling are all the responsibility of Tianya Island, and the tiling is gradually added in the later stage, anyway, the external walls are tiling.

  The building group of Bold Band mainly does this.

   Yi Haichuan’s team is quite large, and now he can pull up hundreds of people. If he has sufficient funds and sufficient living, he can double the team!

   In this way, if the construction work on Tianya Island is done quickly, it will be able to be fully completed in that year!

  Wang Xianghong took out the contract that Wang Yi had prepared in advance and gave it to Yi Haichuan.

  Yi Haichuan lay on the table and looked carefully, and was surprised after reading it: “This is the first time I have encountered such a detailed and comprehensive contract. It is much better than the contract I prepared.”

   He asked Wang Xianghong: “Captain Wang, can I keep a copy of the blueprint of this contract?”

  Wang Yi said: “Okay, you can stay. We have a copier in our team, so I can make a few copies for you.”

   Yi Haichuan couldn’t help but sigh: “Your production team is really amazing.”

  This year, the production team is going to carry out a major construction project.

  The members have to take turns to work on the air defense island, and the production scale of the brick kiln factory needs to be expanded to produce more bricks and tiles for supply.

   This matter was dispatched by Wang Xianghong and Wang Dongxi.

  Wang Yi was busy with the bidding and went to Qiantanghai with Wang Xianghai.

  This trip is a total of four big boats, and each big boat carries two small boats.

   There are motor boats and oscillating boats, and it is a must for eel fry.

  The crew members are all experts in the offshore operation team, and Wang Yi also brought a big confusion—

   The security is not good these days, and some security incidents will inevitably happen when you go to other places to work at sea. A person with such a physique can shock many people.

   When he got on the boat, he told him to be confused, not to laugh, to have a straight face or no expression at all.

  Dazedly put away his habitual grin, put on a denim jacket, and looked like a war machine…

  At this point, the fleet is ready and ready to go.

   They set off after listening to the weather broadcast. In late April, the sky was bright and the sea was clear.

  There is a sea-line island outside Qiantanghai. It is a fairly large island, but the island is lack of fresh water resources, so it is an uninhabited island.

  The area around this island is a good place to fish for eels and eel fry.

  It is located on the golden line of marine and aquatic products at 30 degrees north latitude.

   Hailine Island is named after the fry of the eel.

  The life history of the eel is divided into 6 different developmental stages. The inland people are not very clear, the eel is a very magical fish.

   Take its **** as an example. The **** of eels is determined by the environment. When the number of groups is small, the proportion of female fish will increase, and the number of groups will decrease. The overall ratio is for the stability of the group.

   Take their appearance as an example, in order to adapt to different environments, the body shape and body color of eels at different stages have changed a lot:

   The first is the egg stage, where eels lay their eggs in the deep sea. Then it becomes a leaf eel. At this time, the body is flat and transparent, as thin as willow leaves, which is easy to follow the current and can drift long distances in the ocean with the current.

   Then there are glass eels. As they approach coastal waters, their bodies transform into a streamlined shape that reduces drag and allows them to escape strong currents.

   Next is the eel line. When they approach the estuary waters, melanin begins to appear, and the aquaculture eel fry is to catch them.

   Then enter the river and grow into a yellow eel.

  Finally at maturity, they turn into a silvery-white body similar to deep-sea fish, with enlarged eyes and widened pectoral fins to adapt to migrating to the deep sea to spawn.

   At this time, it is an adult eel, also called a silver eel.

   It is precisely because there are so many different metamorphoses in the developmental stages of eels that eel fry cannot be cultivated by artificial reproduction, only eel thread can be caught, and then freshwater cultured into silver eel.

   And the name of the sea line island is also related to the eel line.

  In the early years, when eels were not very popular with fishermen, this place was the mouth of the Yangtze River, resulting in a lot of eels.

  The eels in the eel line stage swim from the sea to the Yangtze River. During the period, they are full of sprinkling and countless, just like black lines floating in the sea.

   The fishermen call them sea lines, and in this case there are sea lines.

It was evening when the    fleet arrived in the sea line island area.

  The sky is full of sunset.

  The sea breeze is gentle.

   The fishing boat was driving close to the sea line island, and found that there was a simple pier on the island, the boat was docked on it, and then there was smoke on the island that was swayed by the sea breeze.

  Wang Donghu asked in confusion: “Hey? Is there a master living on Haixian Island now?”

   Someone saw their fleet and ran to the pier to wave vigorously.

  Wang Xianghai thought this man needed help, so he directed the fishing boat to approach.

   As a result, the man shouted: “Boss, bosses, have you eaten yet?”

  Wang Xianghai said: “No, but we have food, what’s wrong, comrade, you are out of food?”

  The fishermen are charitable and charitable, and they have food themselves. Those who see the cooking at sea will help them no matter what.

   As a result, the man smiled and said, “No, we also have rice here. We opened a restaurant on the island, specializing in eel rice and grilled eel.”

   “Boss, do you want to try our eel rice? It’s delicious.”

  Wang Yi was moved and asked, “Are your eels fresh?”

   The man laughed when he heard it: “Boss, are you testing me on purpose?”

   “The most famous thing here is the eel rice, which is made by old women over 70 years old. They have cooked eel rice all their lives, and they are delicious.”

   “Eel is used to make eel rice. How can the eel be fresh? Isn’t it?”

   He said and quickly added: “Of course, it’s okay if you want to eat fresh eel, there must be fresh eel on our island, fat and fresh, absolutely delicious!”

  Wang Donghu asked, “Are you making new wind eels?”

  The man nodded: “Yes, although it is not blown by the northwest wind, but the north wind is salty and the south wind is fresh, and the winter wind blows a good taste in the sky, haha, it is also delicious.”

  Wang Yi looked at the sky and said, “Okay, go up and have a taste.”

  Wang Xianghai became more concerned and asked, “What’s the price of your eel rice here?”

  The man said: “Don’t cheat people, bosses can rest assured, we are doing long-term business, and we won’t cheat people.”

   “If you only eat eel rice, one yuan per person is enough.”

   Wang Xianghai was shocked: “Ah? It costs a dollar to eat eel rice? Isn’t this a scam?”

  The man said helplessly: “You all eat at sea. You can eat with great effort, so you only need one dollar.”

   “Besides, this is a restaurant. Is it expensive for a strong worker like you to spend a dollar per person? It’s not expensive!”

  Wang Yi said: “Okay, let’s try it first.”

   He is not afraid of being slaughtered, anyway, he has a pistol attached to his waist.

The    fishing boat docked and a group of fishermen disembarked.

  The man was overjoyed when he saw that he had attracted so many customers, nodded and greeted them to the restaurant.

  Wang Yi asked: “Isn’t there no water on this island? Why is there a restaurant?”

  The man said: “So the things on this island are expensive, because our water is obtained from the land, and the freight is expensive.”

   “The main purpose of opening a restaurant on this island is to entertain our comrade fishermen. The location of this island is good, and the eels are fresh when they are caught.”

  Hailine Island is a reef island. The island is covered with trees, and the hotel is in a clearing in the woods.

  The scenery here is very good, surrounded by new leaves, and women are busy making fresh eels.

   Fresh wind eel is a good thing, especially the eel made on the island.

   They use large eels of about a pound to a pound and a half, wash the mucus on the skin of the eel with sea water and dry the water, and then cut the eel.

   Eel cutting is a meticulous job. The women here are all experts, and it is very quick and easy to handle.

   They use simple tools, just nail an iron nail to a piece of wood, hang the eel on the nail, cut open the stomach with a quick knife, and remove the internal organs.

   These people are holding scalpels, and they can reveal the smooth and flat blade and the pink fish flesh of the eel with one stroke. Their craftsmanship is even better than that of the members of Tianya Island.

  The cut eel is marinated with salt. It doesn’t take too long, two or three hours, and the rest is drying.

  Let the wind and the sun blow for seven days and eight days, and what comes out is the new wind eel.

  Now there are wooden racks placed in some open spaces, bamboo curtains are placed on them, and many eels are dried.

  The place is not worth the money, and the hotel is big.

   And it was built with color steel tile houses.

  Wang Yi saw the color steel tile house of this era for the first time, and the texture was much worse than what he brought.

   Fishermen No. 40 went in, occupied a corner of the restaurant, and began to order food.

  The dishes of the restaurant are written on a small blackboard with chalk.

  Wang Yi went over to take a look. The man who had touted them earlier picked up a pen and paper and began to jot down, and asked, “Boss, what would you like to eat?”

   There are many dishes in the restaurant.

  Wang Yi nodded, pointed at the blackboard and said, “This, this, this and this, these dishes…”

   “Just order these dishes? Don’t eat eel rice?” the man asked in surprise.

  Wang Yi said: “No, don’t need these dishes, give a plate to every other table!”

   (end of this chapter)