Island Management: Starting With the Heart of Ocean as a Prize - Chapter 16

Chapter 16: Buying an Injured Cormorant

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After dinner, Li Yizheng was about to invite Qi Hang to walk around the city.

After a few steps, it was too hot, so he gave up.

Qi Hang invited him to have afternoon tea.

While enjoying the cool air conditioner, Li Yizheng was relaxing his body and leaning on the single sofa with a satisfied look on his face.

“It would be great if I could live like this every day. How perfect.” He rubbed his stuffed belly and chuckled.

“Good-for-nothing.”

Qi Hang could not help but laugh and shake his head. He picked up a cup and tasted the herbal tea here. The taste was not bad.

“What do you plan to do this afternoon?” Li Yizheng asked.

Qi Hang thought for a moment and said, “What you said before makes sense. Now that we have money, we really should take good care of our home and change everything.”

Li Yizheng’s eyes immediately lit up. “Boss, my boss, look at me!”

“Why are you looking at me?”

“You can be my rich boss!” Li Yizheng answered righteously. “Don’t let the good water flow to outsiders. Whatever you want to buy, I’ll buy. Be it transport, storage, or after-sales disposal, I’ll handle it all for you!”

Qi Hang could not help but give a middle finger to a certain shameless person. “Then how much do you plan to charge, young master Li?”

“Not much, not much. It’s not too much to charge 1% for each item to run errands, right!” Li Yizheng’s smile was too wretched, and Qi Hang could not help but want to beat him up.

However, he thought about it carefully. If he bought a set of better furniture and electrical appliances and replaced them all, he would be able to settle it with around 100,000 yuan. 1% would only be around 1,000 yuan. Relatively speaking, it was still considered cheap.

Brothers definitely did not care about such a small amount of money. Qi hang was thinking about another problem.

This kid seemed to be in need of money?

Hence, he pinched his chin and began to ask, “Little Zhengzi, are you in need of Money?”

“No, I’m all alone. I’m not hungry if I eat alone. How could I be short of Money?”

“Tell me the truth!”

“Hehe…”Li Yizheng scratched his head in embarrassment. “You know me better than I do. Look at how fast your relationship with President Chen is progressing. To be honest, I’m a little envious. I want to find a girl that I can control and fall in love with.”

“What nonsense are you talking about? There’s nothing going on between President Chen and me.”Qi Hang felt that it was necessary to explain.

“There’s nothing going on now.”

Li Yizheng sneered. “But can’t you see how President Chen’s sister treats you? With that degree of initiative, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that she’s willing to sacrifice.”

Hearing what he said, Qi hang suddenly felt that it made sense.

It was said that those who were involved in the matter would be able to see things clearly. With Li Yizheng as a witness, it seemed that when Chen Fanxing and Chen Jiaoyue treated him, it was a little special.

At least compared to Li Yizheng, it was like this.

However, Qi Hang did not have the habit of guessing other people’s thoughts. Before everything was inconclusive, he did not want to think about it, thus, he casually said, “maybe it’s because I brought so much good stuff to them. If you can catch so many good fish one after another, people will also look at you in a new light.”

Li Yizheng rolled his eyes. Was this a big deal?

Qi hang did not continue this topic and changed the topic. “If you really want to find a girlfriend, you can take my 100,000 yuan first and have a good talk with me.”

“How can that be? Wouldn’t I become a gigolo?” Li Yizheng rejected seriously.

“Don’t worry, you are not a gigolo to begin with.”

“F*ck, how can you say that! Are you still playing around!”

“You really don’t want it?”

“No!”

“Alright then.”

Qi hang nodded, then took out 20,000 yuan from his bag and handed it over. “Take this.”

Li Yizheng was a little helpless. “Didn’t I say that I don’t want it? If I really get a girlfriend at that time, won’t I be raised by you?”

“What are you thinking about?” Qi hang rolled his eyes. “Didn’t you say you would help me buy furniture? When that time comes, you have to pay a deposit for it.”

“Oh, oh…” only then did Li Yizheng react. “So that’s what you’re talking about. I thought you wouldn’t agree.”

“What the hell!”

Qi Hang scolded with a laugh and stuffed the money into his bag.

In the afternoon, Li Yizheng went to help Qi Hang with his work conscientiously while Qi Hang wandered around the city twice.

He discovered that the market in the city not only sold seafood such as fish and shrimp, but also some domesticated animals.

For example, Qi hang saw a stall selling cormorants over here. The stall owner was a young man with skin as dark as Li Yizheng’s. He looked at the people passing by with a worried expression.

He stopped in front of the stall and squatted down.

“Boss, do you want to buy an osprey? I raised it at home. It’s very obedient and understands all kinds of instructions.”The young man saw that someone had stopped and quickly started selling.

“Can I pick it up and have a look?”

“Sure, sure. Of course, there’s no problem. Feel free to look.”

Qi hang nodded and flipped the cormorant that looked extremely weak. After a simple look, he saw a few wounds.

“Your cormorant is injured?”

The young man smiled embarrassedly. “When I was catching fish, I accidentally got caught in the net. The hook scratched the outer skin. It’s not a problem.”

In fact, the wound was already infected and festering. Even if it was treated now, it might not survive.

Qi Hang did not mention this. Instead, he asked, “Are you also a fisherman?”

“Yes.” The young man was a little surprised. “Brother, are you also a fisherman?”

“We all live on an island. What can we do without fishing?”

“That’s true…”

“Since you’re a fisherman, why are you going to sell your food?”

The young man smiled bitterly. “We can’t catch any fish. The coastal environment is too bad. We might not be able to produce any goods for a few days. Our family’s boat is small, so we can’t go further to fish. It’s a little difficult to ensure that we can eat.”

“Don’t you still have this cormorant?”

“Sigh, it would be fine if it wasn’t injured. But now it’s injured so badly, and there’s no money for treatment. I can only sell it to exchange for travel expenses and go out to work,” the young man said with a sad face.

Qi Hang pondered for a while. It seemed that there were indeed many people on the island with low incomes. Moreover, due to the pollution of the sea, they could not catch any fish and could not go out to the sea. They would only become poorer and poorer.

“Brother, do you want this cormorant?” There was some hope in the young man’s eyes.

“Yes.”

Qi Hang did not mind helping him. Moreover, this cormorant was very rare on the island. If he had one, it would be a great help to him, so he asked, “how much?”

The young man thought for a while. “12,000 yuan?”

“8,000,” Qi Hang said decisively, “it’s injured. I will spend a lot of money to treat it.”

The young man gritted his teeth. He thought that if he missed this person in front of him, basically no one would buy it in the market. Finally, he steeled his heart and nodded. “Deal. I want cash.”

“No problem.”

Qi Hang took out the money from his bag and handed it to the other party. The young man then took out a notebook that recorded some of the actions and sounds for commanding the cormorant.

After the transaction was settled, the young man left happily. Qi Hang found a quiet place and went over alone.