Rebirth of Fishing Village: Starting from Hua Axiang in Jiehu Village

Chapter 959 is real!
When Ding Xiaoxiang returned home, she saw that her father Ding Chongshan and elder brother Ding Jie had already returned. She felt a little strange because it was only a little after nine o'clock in the evening and they usually didn't come back at this time. After asking them, she found out that they had finished all the work and might as well come back early.

"dad!"

"The number of fish, shrimp and crabs purchased in recent times has been decreasing? And is it very obvious?"

Ding Xiaoxiang suddenly remembered what Zhao Dahai had just told her not long ago.

"Xiao Xiang!"

"Not only has it decreased, but it has really decreased a lot. The number of fish purchased in the past few days may have decreased by one-third or even by half!"

Ding Jie shook his head.

"Hey!"

"What's going on? Why are there so few fish in the sea all of a sudden?"

Ding Weijun had a headache.

"What's the big deal? How could there be so many fish, shrimps and crabs in the sea every day? If people who go out to sea can catch a lot of fish, shrimps and crabs every day, what would happen?"

"This is a very normal thing. There are always a few such situations every year. After a period of time, maybe ten days or half a month, or at most a month, the fish, shrimps and crabs will be abundant again."

Ding Chongshan didn't care at all. Having been purchasing fish, shrimps and crabs for so many years, he had seen this kind of thing many times and had long been used to it.

"dad!"

"How are the prices of fish, shrimp and crab rising now?"

Ding Xiaoxiang was very happy.

"It's gone up really fast. Today's purchase price has already gone up by almost a quarter. Tomorrow it will definitely go up by at least a third. In a few days, it might even go up by half."

"what?"

"Why are you asking this?"

Ding Jie was a little confused. Ding Xiaoxiang had long since stopped caring about the purchase of fish, shrimps and crabs at home, or even anything else at home.

It really feels a bit strange to ask this question suddenly tonight.

"How many fish does Zhao Dahai have on his fishing boat now? Are you planning to raise the price?"

Ding Chongshan was very experienced and he quickly realized why Ding Xiaoxiang was asking about this matter.

"Yes!"

"Zhao Dahai said that the fish caught in the last few trips out to sea were relatively small. And it's not just him who caught fewer fish. The speedboats fishing for sea bass in the island reef foam area also caught fewer fish. It's estimated that we may not be able to catch many fish in the near future, including in the next ten days or half a month."

"If the number of fish, shrimp and crabs we purchase continues to decrease, then this is a foregone conclusion and the price will definitely go up."

"There aren't too many fish now, but there aren't too few either. If you add them all up, there should be about ten tons. About two tons are the fish in the cold storage, and the remaining eight tons are various groupers and black porgy fish raised in the live water tanks."

Ding Xiaoxiang did not hide anything and directly told Zhao Dahai the number of fish on his fishing boat and her plan to raise the price.

"what?"

"Ten tons of fish? Eight tons of live rockfish or other fish?"

Ding Jie was startled.

Zhao Dahai is very good at fishing and he can catch a lot of fish every time he goes out to sea. But now he is really surprised to hear that he can catch so many fish, or that there are still so many fish on the fishing boat.

"Yo!"

"The price is rising so fast now. If I sell it in two or three days, I will make twice as much money as I did ten days or half a month ago."

Ding Weijun quickly did a quick calculation and thought that most of the fish had been sold, but he didn't expect there were still so many.

"Ok!"

"When you buy such a big boat, aren't you thinking of raising some fish and selling them when the price is high?"

"During this period, I have some fish that I don't really want to sell."

"Now it seems that this risk is well worth taking."

Ding Xiaoxiang smiled and nodded. There were so many fish on the fishing boat, and they were all valuable groupers. Some even weighed 100 to 180 kilograms or 70 to 80 kilograms. The small ones weighed more than 20 kilograms, including some red groupers that weighed more than 10 to 20 kilograms. She was under a lot of pressure, but now it was all worth it.

"How are you going to sell it? Are you only going to sell it to Wu Weimin or Liu Gang and Liu Lei's Hongyun Restaurant?"

Ding Chongshan looked at Ding Xiaoxiang. Although his little daughter was young, she was really good at doing business. Not only was she very clear and familiar with the market prices, but more importantly, she had courage. Most people could not keep so many live fish in their hands, but Ding Xiaoxiang had such ability and courage.

"dad!"

"There's no need to rush this matter."

"The prices of fish, shrimp and crabs have indeed gone up in the past few days, but the increase is not too high or too fast. If it is really like what Zhao Dahai said, and we can't catch too many fish in the next ten days or half a month, the prices will definitely continue to rise."

"I don't plan to sell all these fish in the next two days. I might even sell less and wait for the price to go up."

"There are definitely risks in doing this. Who knows, in three or five days, there might be a lot of fish caught in the sea. The price will fall at that time, but I think it is definitely worth taking such a risk."

Ding Xiaoxiang was sure that the number of fish, shrimps and crabs purchased by her family had been decreasing recently and the decrease was very obvious, so she decided not to sell the fish so early.

"Correct!"

"It is definitely not possible to sell these fish right now."

"It will take at least seven or eight days for the price of these fish to reach its highest. Anyway, these are live fish, so the risk difference between raising them for a few more days or a few less days is not that big."

Ding Chongshan agreed with Ding Xiaoxiang's idea. The prices of fish, shrimp and crabs have just started to rise, and they have definitely not reached their highest point. If you sell these fish now, you will definitely suffer a loss.

"correct!"

"Big brother and second brother."

"How are the preparations for your wedding with your elder and second sisters-in-law going? Have you set a date?"

Ding Xiaoxiang looked at Ding Jie and Ding Weijun. About twenty days ago, father Ding Chongshan and mother Zhang Li went to Zhang Qi and Chen Miaomiao separately. The parents of both sides met at home and the marriage was confirmed.

"The final time has not yet been determined."

"Hasn't it been very busy recently? There are so many things going on at home. Zhang Qi and Chen Miaomiao both said that they would talk about getting married after things have been busy for a while."

Ding Jie shook his head.

"Hey!"

"I say, what's going on between you two? Things have already been decided, so why not just get married sooner rather than later?"

Ding Xiaoxiang looked at her eldest brother Ding Jie and then at her second brother Ding Weijun.

"Ha!" "Are you thinking of getting married soon? Otherwise, why would you care whether we get married or not?"

Ding Weijun made a joke that the traditional custom in the village is that the older brother or sister has to get married first before the younger brother or sister can have the turn.

"Do I need to be in a hurry? All of Zhao Dahai's things are in my hands now. I have the final say on when to get married."

Ding Xiaoxiang blushed.

"correct!"

"Has the construction of the house in Zhao Dahai's village started? This is an important matter. Don't be too busy with the building in the town. It will be bad if you forget about this matter or delay it."

Ding Chongshan reminded that we must pay attention to this matter. Zhao Dahai and Ding Xiaoxiang may think that the building in the town is more important, and it is okay to build their own houses in the village later, but Zhong Cuihua must not think so. She must want to build the houses in the village as soon as possible.

Ding Xiaoxiang nodded. The construction of the house in the village had started about five or six days ago. However, since this was a rented house, the requirements were relatively high, so the progress would not be too fast.

"Row!"

"Just pay attention to this matter. Zhao Dahai's grandmother, Zhong Cuihua, is old, and she must want you two to get married soon. Building a house is related to this matter. You must hurry up and go there more often to take a look. Don't just focus on the building in the town."

Ding Chongshan took a sip of tea. The thoughts of the elderly are different from those of the young. Zhao Dahai and Ding Xiaoxiang are definitely thinking about making more money as soon as possible. Zhong Cuihua is thinking about having more children and carrying on the family line.

"Ok!"

"Zhao Dahai will continue to go fishing at sea."

"I am keeping an eye on these things. I will go to the village more often to see how the houses are being built."

Ding Xiaoxiang nodded vigorously. She had been very busy recently and had indeed neglected this matter.

Hongyun Restaurant.

Twelve o'clock in the evening.

Liu Lei saw off the last table of guests, stretched, yawned, turned around and walked inside, went up to the second floor, and walked into his office. His father Liu Gang rarely came here during this period, so this place had become his office.

"Yang Qin."

"It's so late, why don't you go home? Go back to bed early. Don't you still need to watch over the construction site tomorrow?"

Liu Lei saw Yang Qin dozing off on the sofa and when he heard his footsteps, he immediately opened his eyes and stood up to boil water for tea. This is how the restaurant business is. You never know when you will be able to finish your work every night.

"Hey!"

"The building has already been built to four or five floors, and it will be completed in a few months."

"Seventeenth floor!"

"There are many such tall buildings in other places, even in the county, not to mention the people living inside, but our building in this town is first-class. No one will build such a tall building in the next ten years."

Yang Qin made tea, picked up a cup and placed it in front of Liu Lei.

"Who said it wasn't?"

"Brother Dahai and Sister Xiaoxiang had the foresight to decide to build such a tall building. It costs more money, but the benefits are greater."

Liu Lei took a sip of the hot tea and felt a little tired after a busy day. The building was only built with ten floors at the beginning, but Zhao Dahai and Ding Xiaoxiang finally decided to build seventeen floors.

"Correct!"

"Such a tall building, plus our building is located in the very center of the town."

"It's impossible not to attract attention!"

"The only headache now is that with such a tall building, what on earth is the top floor good for?"

Yang Qin has a headache.

There was no need to worry about the floors below, especially those below the tenth floor and especially those below the fifth floor. Ding Xiaoxiang and I had already figured out that these floors would all be shops.

"Didn't Brother Dahai or Sister Xiaoxiang do this?"

Liu Lei's attention has been entirely focused on the restaurant during this period, and he has ignored the affairs of the building.

Yang Qin shook her head. Neither Zhao Dahai nor Ding Xiaoxiang mentioned this matter.

"what!"

"If he didn't mention this matter, he might as well just ignore it!"

"We've already agreed that the top two floors won't be rented out. Aren't they reserved for us?"

"The five floors at the bottom, especially the shops on the first and second floors, are very valuable. As long as we rent them all out, we will definitely make money, and a lot of money."

"We'll see how to plan the other floors later. There's no need to rush."

Liu Lei was a little anxious when he heard what Yang Qin said, but he thought there was no need to be anxious. If the lower floors were rented out, he, Zhao Dahai, and Ding Xiaoxiang would be able to get back 100% of their investment, and they could do whatever they wanted with the rest. It was impossible to rent out such a large building all at once.

Yang Qin did a quick calculation. What Liu Lei said was right. It would be enough to rent out the lower floors. At least there would be no loss. As for the upper floors, there was no need to worry. It was impossible to rent out such a large and tall building all at once.

"Hey!"

"The building issue is not urgent, but the other issue is a bit of a headache!"

"The fish, shrimp and crabs delivered to the restaurant this morning were very few in number, at least half less than usual."

Liu Lei was not in a hurry about the building at all.

Ding Xiaoxiang is a real master in business. Even if she and Yang Qin can't think of any good ideas, Ding Xiaoxiang will definitely be able to think of a solution.

"What's going on? Why is it like this? Could it be that the fish, shrimps and crabs in the sea are harder to catch?"

Yang Qin frowned.

"what?"

"Didn't we plan to go find Zhao Dahai to buy fish yesterday? But something happened and there was still some left in the restaurant from the last trip, so we didn't go?"

"This is going to be troublesome!"

Yang Qin immediately remembered this incident.

"Who says it's not true? Who could have thought that the prices of fish, shrimp and crabs would rise in just one or two days?"

Liu Lei sighed. He really didn't expect something like this to happen. The prices of fish, shrimp and crabs have been very stable recently. He thought that raising the fish in Zhao Dahai and Ding Xiaoxiang's fishing boat would be safer than raising them in his own live water pond. He didn't expect something like this to happen so suddenly.

"I wonder if Ding Xiaoxiang has realized what's going on? How about we go buy some fish tomorrow morning, and we need to buy more this time!"

Yang Qin's eyes rolled around and an idea came to her mind.

(End of this chapter)