Chapter 492: Subleasing
Chapter 492: Subleasing
Zhou Chenglei followed Yu Boss's large ship every day, accompanied by over a dozen people, as they headed out to sea to install wang xiang and build houses, making a grand spectacle.
News of this spread throughout the village, and it became the talk of the town whenever people gathered.
During breakfast, Zhou Bing Qiang's wife, thinking of their leased sea area that still had time left on the lease, felt it was a waste to leave it idle. She suggested to Zhou Bing Qiang, "Why don't we ask Yu Boss how much those wang xiang cost? We could also order some and start fish farming. I heard each installation can hold up to 100,000 catties of fish."
Zhou Bing Qiang immediately rejected the idea without a second thought, "No way! It's not easy to save up, and I want to save more for ordering a deep-sea vessel. I won't be following others blindly anymore."
"Then what about the thousands we spent on leasing the sea area? It's a waste of money!"
Zhou Bing Qiang explained, "What else can we do? I've already inquired, and those two sea areas we leased are not suitable for fish farming."
Zhou Bing Qiang's wife was shocked, "How is that possible?"
Then, she had a realization and angrily asked, "Was someone trying to harm us on purpose? Didn't Zhou Chenglei take the sea area we wanted? Did they deliberately switch it with us?"
Zhou Bing Qiang, annoyed, replied, "Don't talk nonsense. It was us who failed to secure the sea area Zhou Chenglei wanted, and the people helping us randomly assigned us two nearby areas. Don't go making wild accusations and reporting them!"
Zhou Bing Qiang's wife was furious, "How could he be so careless in assigning the areas? This is putting people's lives at risk!"
Zhou Bing Qiang added, "It's not their fault either. It was an urgent situation, and the fishery department officials who measured and surveyed the areas later said that those two sea areas were not suitable for fish farming. It was our ignorance at the time that led to the misunderstanding, and we insisted on leasing them."
Zhou Bing Qiang's wife was a bit skeptical.
Zhou Bing Qiang didn't dare believe Wen Wan, and directly responded, "We don't have the money! Those wang xiang aren't cheap. Besides the wang xiang, you also need equipment and electricity, and I heard you have to build a house on the island. It'll cost over 100,000, and I doubt we can even manage that! Do you have that kind of money?"
Zhou Bing Qiang's wife was surprised, "Is it that expensive? How does Zhou Chenglei have so much money?"
Zhou Bing Qiang, annoyed, said, "Can't you see that their whole family is involved? The men go out to sea to fish and make money, and the women stay home, selling small fish and doing translation work to earn a living. With five people in their family, four of them are adults earning money. How can they not have a lot of money?"
And what about the two women in his family?
One is always arguing, and the other brings trouble!
One constantly fights with her daughter-in-law, and the other got her son injured, leaving him unable to go out to sea for three months!
Zhou Bing Qiang was infuriated when he thought about how they reported Jiang Xia for poisoning the small squid. Just when his luck seemed to be turning for the better these past two months, they ruined it again!
After breakfast, as Zhou Bing Qiang's wife headed out to the vegetable garden, she happened to see Zhou Chenglei and Zhou Chengxin leaving together.
Today was another day of installing wang xiang.
Watching the two brothers hurry off, Zhou Bing Qiang's wife couldn't help but feel a twinge of regret for the money spent on leasing the sea area, now seemingly wasted.
It was several thousand, hard-earned savings accumulated over a long time!
At that moment, Zhou Bing Qiang's mother appeared, carrying a basket of vegetables. She walked past Zhou Bing Qiang's wife without greeting her and continued on her way.
Soon after, Jiang Xia came out and headed towards the old house to help with the fire.
Zhou Bing Qiang's wife glanced at Jiang Xia, her heart stirred, and she quickly called out to her, "Xiao Xia, are your wang xiang almost installed?"
Jiang Xia gave her a strange look, as the two families barely spoke to each other these days. Despite this, she replied, "No."
Zhou Bing Qiang's wife continued, "I heard your net cages are quite large. Is your leased sea area sufficient?"
Jiang Xia was too tired to listen to her nonsense and bluntly said, "What are you trying to say? I'm busy."
Zhou Bing Qiang's wife immediately responded, "We leased two sea areas before, right? We don't plan to fish there anymore. I'm thinking of subleasing those two areas to you at a lower price. We leased them for almost four thousand, and I'm offering them to you for two thousand. We got the approval quite late, and there's still over half a year left on the lease! Isn't that a great deal?"
Jiang Xia was straightforward, "I'm not interested in leasing it! Do you take me for a fool?"
After saying this, she walked past her and headed into the old house.
Zhou Bing Qiang's wife persisted, "If you think two thousand is too much, how about fifteen hundred?"
"I won't lease it for any price!"
"A thousand! A thousand is really low! It's for two large sea areas! You can set up many net cages, raise a lot of fish, and make a lot of money!"
Jiang Xia was firm, "I'll consider it for one yuan."
Zhou Bing Qiang's wife was speechless.
One yuan?
Was she trying to get rid of a beggar?
Did she look like someone who needed a single yuan?
She was a well-off family, at least a ten-thousand-yuan household! Zhou Bing Qiang's wife left with a dark face.
One yuan? Who was she insulting? She'd rather let it go to waste than lease it to her!
However, she still couldn't bear the loss of several thousand yuan! Jiang Xia wasn't easy to fool. Maybe she should try finding someone else.
There were many in the village who wanted to learn fish farming from Zhou Chenglei, right? There should also be many who wanted to learn fish farming from Zhou Chenglei! Zhou Bing Qiang's wife first thought of Great-Grandma's family! Zhou Yongguo helped Zhou Chenglei with deep-sea fishing, He Xinghuan and Jiang Xia partnered in dried fish business, and Great-Grandpa ran a small shop at the town's elementary school, reportedly earning a few hundred yuan daily, more than the village shop.
Apparently, her family had already chosen a date to build a new house, indicating they had money to spare! Zhou Bing Qiang's wife headed to Great-Grandma's house.
She soon returned!
This Tiger Granny was even more unreasonable than Jiang Xia!
She said she didn't want the money, and if it was given to her directly, she'd take it, but if it was offered, she wouldn't!
Zhou Bing Qiang's wife muttered curses as she walked towards the vegetable field.
In the morning, the vegetable field was bustling with people tending to their crops.
She was determined to find someone to take over the two sea areas.
Zhou Bing Qiang's wife promoted her sea areas in the vegetable garden, even using Zhou Chenglei as an example: "You all saw it too, right? The net cage Zhou Chenglei ordered can raise 100,000 catties of fish! After they grow, he can make over ten thousand yuan in a year! If my family hadn't just ordered a new boat, we'd have bought more net cages. That's why we're subleasing the sea areas."
"Zhou Chenglei leased those two sea areas for over five thousand yuan. Our leased areas are similar in size, and there's still over half a year left on the lease. You only need five hundred yuan! After you get them, you can make your own net cages, place them on the seabed, and follow Zhou Chenglei's method. You can catch some gray groupers and other fish, and by the end of the year, you'll make over a thousand yuan. It's a guaranteed profit, right?"
Hearing this, someone was indeed tempted. Five hundred yuan for two large sea areas was a great deal.
"Is it really five hundred yuan? Are those two sea areas near the area leased by A Lei?"
Tian Caifen felt something was amiss! Could people actually believe this?
The promised extra chapter is here! Thanks to An Zhi Su Ruo, and thanks to all the readers who voted and supported!
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