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

Chapter 960 Want to take advantage? No way!

"Yang Qin."

"Do you think this is possible?"

Liu Lei kept shaking his head. He didn't think that this would be a mistake for Zhao Dahai or Ding Xiaoxiang. To be honest, he really wanted to do something like this. The problem was that a business expert like Ding Xiaoxiang was not something he and Yang Qin could handle.

"We all know that the prices of fish, shrimp and crabs have increased. How could Sister Xiaoxiang not know about this?"

Liu Lei really didn’t think that Ding Xiaoxiang didn’t know about the price increase of fish, shrimp and crabs.

"Fat!"

"How did you forget something?"

"Ding Xiaoxiang doesn't care about the family business now. She doesn't interfere with the selling or purchasing of fish, shrimps and crabs."

"The weather has been very normal recently, with no major changes."

"How could Ding Xiaoxiang find out so quickly that there were fewer fish, shrimps and crabs and that their prices had gone up?"

"Anyway, let's give it a try. If we can buy fish at the price these days, it will definitely be a good thing. We can make a lot of money. Even if Ding Xiaoxiang already knows that the price of fish, shrimp and crab has increased, so what? Anyway, we will definitely not lose money, right?"

Yang Qin knew that Ding Xiaoxiang was a good business person, but Ding Xiaoxiang had not been taking care of the family business recently. If the weather was bad, windy and rainy and there were not many fishing boats going out to sea, she would immediately know that there were fewer fish, shrimps and crabs. However, the weather has been very stable and there has not been much change in recent days, so Ding Xiaoxiang might not be able to notice the price increase of fish, shrimps and crabs so quickly.

"what!"

"Yang Qin!"

"You have a better brain. You figured this out so quickly!"

"It's settled. Let's go to the dock at Shijiao Village to buy fish tomorrow morning! Let's try to buy as much as possible."

"correct!"

"We must not buy fish too early tomorrow. We have to go at a normal time. Otherwise, it might attract the attention of Sister Xiaoxiang!"

Liu Lei is ready to try and see if he can fish in troubled waters tomorrow.

Liu Lei looked at the time and found that it was almost one o'clock in the morning. Yang Qin had been keeping an eye on the construction of the building recently and went out early and came back late every day. Liu Lei immediately rode his motorcycle to take Yang Qin home.

early morning.

six o'clock.

The sun has just risen.

"What's going on these days? There are no fish at all?"

……

"What's so strange about this? You've been fishing for twenty years. Is this the first time you've encountered something like this?"

……

"Forget it!"

"What can be done about this?"

"If we can't catch any fish, we can just go home and sleep more!"

……

There were quite a few fishing boats parked at the pier, which had been fishing in the nearby sea. Most of them had just returned from fishing. Some of the boats had caught fish, but almost no one had caught extra fish. All of them were fish weighing about ten pounds, and the fish were not big in size. It's not that you can't make money with such a small amount of fish, but you really can't make much money.

"Zhao Shi."

"It seems that what we said yesterday about the lack of fish, shrimps and crabs in the sea is true!"

Shi Guangming pointed to the fishing boats around. He had already inquired about it when he came here just now. Recently, especially in the past few days, the fishing boats have not caught many fish, shrimps and crabs.

"Ok!"

“The price has definitely gone up!”

"correct!"

"Wasn't Shi Zhongwei and He Jian's sea fishing boat coming back in the next few days? Maybe we can catch it in time! We can make a lot of extra money."

Zhao Shi recalled the time when Shi Zhongwei and He Jian took a fleet out to sea to fish for croaker.

"Yo!"

"How could I have forgotten this?"

"The sea fishing boat will definitely be back in the next few days!"

"It really happened to be the time when fish are more expensive!"

Shi Guangming slapped his thigh hard. This was a very good thing.

Ding Dawen walked into the cab and called Shi Guangming and Zhao Shi to have breakfast.

Zhao Dahai did not go out to sea to fish today. He drove his big fishing boat to the dock of Shijiao Village yesterday. There was nothing to do but rest.

After finishing breakfast, Shi Guangming and Zhao Shi returned to the cab and saw Ding Dawen drinking porridge from a large bowl.

"Ding Dawen."

"Do you want to go home?"

Zhao Shi asked Ding Dawen.

Ding Dawen shook his head. He had just returned home a few days ago, so he would definitely not go back today.

"what!"

"I'm not married yet, so why should I go home every day?"

"There are a lot of fish on the fishing boat, and they are very valuable."

"I'm not too sure. I have to stay on this fishing boat."

"Liu Lei should come over to buy fish today. He has a lot of things to do."

Ding Dawen shook his head.

"what!"

"Ding Dawen."

"you're right."

"Isn't Liu Lei here?"

Shi Guangming pointed to the pier.

Ding Dawen and Zhao Shi turned their heads and immediately saw a seafood truck slowly approaching. It stopped at the dock directly in front of the large fishing boat. The door of the car opened and Liu Lei and Yang Qin got out.

Ding Dawen quickly finished the porridge in the bowl and immediately went to the deck to pick up Liu Lei and Yang Qin onto the fishing boat.

Liu Lei and Yang Qin walked into the cab and immediately greeted Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming.

"Liu Lei."

"Have you and Yang Qin had breakfast?"

"We had seafood porridge this morning!"

“The shrimp and crab tasted great!”

Ding Dawen glanced at Liu Lei and Yang Qin. They came so early, so they might not have had breakfast.

"Then I won't be polite. I came a little early this morning and didn't have time to eat breakfast."

Liu Lei was really not polite at all. He went to the kitchen and got two bowls, filled them with two large bowls of porridge, and brought them back to the cab. He ate one bowl himself and gave the other to Yang Qin.

"Yo!"

“This seafood porridge is really good.”

Liu Lei was very fast. In less than two minutes, a bowl of seafood porridge was poured into his stomach.

"what!"

"Liu Lei."

"It's not that they were cooked very well, but the shrimp and crabs are very fresh. They were caught in the cage yesterday when we were waiting for Zhao Dahai to come back from fishing in the island reef foam area."

Ding Dawen smiled and shook his head. Recently, he always brought crab cages and fishing rods with him every time he went out to sea. When he had nothing to do, he would either fish or put crab cages in the water when Zhao Dahai came back. The porridge he had this morning was made with the shrimps and crabs that were caught in the crab cages yesterday, and even a few small octopuses. The shrimps, crabs, and octopuses together were more than the rice in the porridge, so it was impossible for it to be bad.

"correct!"

"What fish did Brother Dahai catch yesterday?"

"What kind of fish are there on the fishing boat now?"

Liu Lei finished one bowl, then ate another, finishing it quickly and wiping his mouth.

"The fish Zhao Dahai caught yesterday were mainly groupers. In addition to the blue groupers and sesame groupers that he often catches, the most important fish he caught yesterday were red groupers, which were all of good size. In total, I estimate that they weighed about 600 or 700 kilograms."

Ding Dawen knew very well what kind of fish Zhao Dahai had caught, and he told Liu Lei immediately when he asked.

"what?"

"Did you catch 600-700 kilograms of red snapper yesterday? They were all 10-20 kilograms."

Yang Qin couldn't help but ask.

"Correct!"

"Zhao Dahai didn't catch many fish yesterday, only about a thousand kilograms, but most of them were valuable red groupers."

Ding Dawen nodded. Zhao Dahai often went fishing at sea and could catch a lot of fish, especially various kinds of grouper, but most of them were blue grouper, followed by sesame grouper or oil grouper. Red grouper could be caught, but not many were caught each time. It was rare to catch 600 to 700 kilograms of red grouper at once.

"what!"

"Brother Dahai is really awesome! Red spots are truly valuable."

Liu Lei clapped his hands vigorously, thought for a while, and said that he would take 500 kilograms of red grouper and 4,000 kilograms of other grouper.

"Yo!"

"Liu Lei."

"Why do you need so many fish today?"

Ding Dawen was very puzzled. Recently, every time Liu Lei came here, he only took 1,000 kilograms of grouper and some other fish. Not all of them belonged to Liu Lei. Half of them were from Wu Weimin's private restaurant. But today, he took 500 kilograms of red grouper and 4,000 kilograms of other groupers. This was not right.

"what!"

"What's so strange about this?"

"Some bosses have ordered banquets, so I must get more fish. How can a banquet in our fishing village be possible without red spots or blue spots? Wouldn't that be embarrassing for the big bosses?"

Liu Lei was a little nervous. This was the excuse he and Yang Qin had agreed upon last night. Whether it would work or not depended on whether Ding Dawen would find any problem. As long as the fish was weighed and put on the seafood truck, the price would be the same as these days, and he and Yang Qin would have succeeded.

"Oh!"

"Is that so? No wonder so many groupers are needed."

Ding Dawen nodded. When holding a banquet in a fishing village, grouper is a must. Those who are poor use artificially raised grouper, while rich bosses must use naturally large grouper. The bigger the grouper, the more prestigious it is. The most prestigious are the big groupers. It is not surprising that someone has booked a banquet with Liu Lei and wants to get more fish.

"correct!"

"Are there any more croakers?"

Liu Lei's eyes rolled, and he thought that there must be more croakers in the cold storage on Zhao Dahai's fishing boat, so he spoke up immediately. This was a rare opportunity. Ding Dawen clearly didn't notice anything wrong.

"Have!"

"But there aren't many left. I estimate this is about 1,000 kilograms. How much do you want?"

Ding Dawen looked at Liu Lei and nodded. There were indeed some croakers in the cold storage, but not too many.

"A thousand pounds?"

"No more?"

"It's a little bit insufficient. It looks like we need to buy some from somewhere else."

Liu Lei shook his head deliberately.

"There's nothing we can do about it. Liu Lei, you have to hurry up. Croakers are hard to find."

Ding Dawen reminded Liu Lei that he must hurry up. Other fish are easier to find, but croaker weighing 20 to 30 kilograms is really hard to find.

"Row!"

"I'll go back to Hongyun Restaurant and call other boat captains to see if anyone has croakers, or find other buyers and wholesalers."

"We have to find a way to buy another 500 kilograms to make up for it."

Liu Lei couldn't help but look at Yang Qin. Things were going very smoothly. Ding Dawen didn't react at all. He didn't realize that the prices of fish, shrimp and crabs had increased. This was a great thing for him.

"what?"

"Dindawen."

"What are you doing?"

"Hurry up, hurry up! I have to go back to Hongyun Restaurant soon."

Liu Lei waited for a while, but Ding Dawen didn't move, which was a bit strange. In the past half month, he had been dealing with Ding Dawen when he came here to buy fish. Ding Xiaoxiang would only come when she had time. He would tell her how many fish he wanted and what kind of fish he wanted, and Ding Dawen would go to the cabin to pick up or pull out the fish and start weighing them, but now he didn't move.

"Are you so anxious?"

"What time is it now?"

"There's no use worrying about it."

"Zhao Dahai told me yesterday when he came back from fishing that there's no need to rush to sell today's fish. Zhao Dahai will be here in a little while, around eight o'clock."

"Liu Lei, just discuss with Zhao Dahai when the time comes as you want how many fish you want and what kind of fish you want."

Ding Dawen waved his hand. Zhao Dahai had already said yesterday that he would arrive at the Shijiao Village Pier today.

Liu Lei was a little dumbfounded. He didn't expect Zhao Dahai to come.

"Hey!"

"Why do we need to wait for Zhao Dahai to come here? Why don't we hurry over and load the seafood onto the truck? When Zhao Dahai arrives, we can talk to him about this, right?"

"That way it won't delay things."

Yang Qin suddenly felt a little anxious. Zhao Dahai would be here soon and this matter might not be accomplished.

"This is not okay."

"Don't look at me because I'm Ding Xiaoxiang's cousin."

"If Ding Xiaoxiang marries Zhao Dahai, Zhao Dahai will have to call me cousin. But this is only true for relatives. I can't forget that Zhao Dahai is my boss."

"If I hadn't asked, I would have been able to sell these fish. But if I had asked, I would have to wait for Zhao Dahai to come."

Ding Dawen thought about it and immediately shook his head.

"What difference does it make?"

"Ding Dawen."

"Don't you know what the relationship between Ding Xiaoxiang and I is?"

"I've been doing business for such a long time, why should I care about these things?"

Yang Qin became even more anxious. She finally had the chance to trick Ding Xiaoxiang and she absolutely could not let it go. However, Ding Dawen refused to give in.

"hehe!"

"That won't do! Wait another half an hour and Zhao Dahai will be here! You can talk to Zhao Dahai then."

Ding Dawen shook his head firmly.

"Ugh!"

"Yang Qin!"

"There's nothing we can do! There's nothing we can do!"

"It's harder than climbing to the sky for us to take advantage of Brother Dahai and Sister Xiaoxiang."

Liu Lei looked at Ding Dawen and shook his head after a long while. He and Yang Qin had no chance. Zhao Dahai or Ding Xiaoxiang already knew that the prices of fish, shrimp and crab had increased.

(End of this chapter)