Chapter 145: I Have Something to Tell You!
Chapter 145: I Have Something to Tell You!
Zhou Fu chuckled and asked Zhou Chenglei, "Did your wife think of another way to make money?"
Zhou Chenglei jumped off the boat, "It's probably to collect dried fish."
Dried fish? Zhou Fu thought for a moment and felt that collecting dried fish wasn't a bad idea. They knew Marquis Hou, so they could resell and profit from the price difference. Now that the reform and opening up had begun, many resellers were doing it openly, and there was no need to fear reselling anymore.
Wen Wan and Zhou Guohua's boat also docked at this time. From a distance, Wen Wan saw Jiang Xia being surrounded by villagers, looking like the moon among the stars. A look of surprise flashed across her eyes.
Jiang Xia's eyes weren't on his forehead; he usually didn't interact with the villagers, did he?
What happened today?
Why was everyone gathered around Jiang Xia, chatting and laughing?
She felt something was amiss and wanted to find out.
At this moment, Jiang Xia also spotted her family's fishing boat returning. She smiled and said to everyone, "If you have fish, send them to my house! Our boat is back, and I need to help out."
After saying this, she smiled and quickly made her way past the crowd, heading towards Zhou Chenglei.
Zhou Chenglei saw Jiang Xia running towards him.
He quickly wrapped the rope around the pillar and took large strides forward to greet her.
Jiang Xia reached his side, leaned in to take a look at their fishing boat, and seeing no fish, still smiled, "Why are you back so early today?"
Zhou Chenglei pulled her to his side and used his body to shield her from the fishermen carrying fish on their shoulders, "Next time, don't walk so fast. The wharf is crowded, be careful of the baskets bumping into you."
Jiang Xia glanced at the people passing by and moved a little closer to him to avoid blocking others.
Zhou Chenglei caught a whiff of her unique fragrance.
He held her shoulders with both hands, protecting her in front of him, and led her onto the boat.
Jiang Xia boarded the boat and looked at the remaining basket of small fish and a large basket of fish fry. She asked, "Did you sell the fish at the city wharf?"
"Yes, we were quite lucky today. By three o'clock, our boat couldn't hold any more fish, so we went directly to the city wharf to sell them."
Zhou Chengsen had heard Jiang Xia mention that she wanted to make spicy fish fry as a snack, and when they returned, they encountered a group of fish leaping out of the water, which they specifically caught.
Zhou Chengsen laughed, "Today's luck was indeed incredible! In all my years of fishing at sea, I've never had such good fortune!"
A fish weighing over four hundred jin! They had encountered it!
Zhou Fu huffed, "You're making a fuss over nothing. How many times have you gone fishing at sea? Is this considered good luck?"
Lack of experience! Since Prosperity God started going out to sea, he had seen this happen many times!
Zhou Chengsen: "..."
His father made it sound like he often saw big fish! Jiang Xia smiled.
Zhou Chenglei took out a thick stack of money and handed it to Jiang Xia, "Keep this safe. I'll go unload the fish from the boat."
Jiang Xia took it, her eyes and brows curving with delight, "This much? Is it over a thousand?"
The thickness of the stack should be over a thousand, right? Zhou Chenglei saw her greedy expression and smiled, "Yes, it's over a thousand. We caught a 3-meter-long yellowfin tuna weighing over four hundred jin."
Jiang Xia stuffed the money into her bag, feeling a bit regretful that she hadn't gone out to sea today, "A yellowfin tuna over four hundred jin? I've never seen such a large yellowfin tuna."
She didn't know the difference between yellowfin and bluefin tuna.
Zhou Chengsen: "Not just you, even I haven't seen one! The city wharf was in an uproar! Several restaurants were fighting to buy it!"
Zhou Chenglei: "Next time we encounter one, I'll bring it back to sell and let you see it."
Zhou Chengsen: "..."
Next time?
It's as if there will be another opportunity? He felt that encountering such a large fish in a lifetime was already an incredible stroke of luck.
Jiang Xia immediately waved her hand, "No need! Compared to fish, I'd rather see a thick stack of money!"
If they brought it back to sell, the price would be much lower.
Her eyes aren't that valuable!
Zhou Chenglei laughed.
Without selling fish, the brothers unloaded two baskets of fish from the boat and headed home.
Wen Wan finally got off the boat and stopped a woman who had just been chatting with Jiang Xia. She asked, "Aunty, what were you all talking about just now? Did something happen in the village?"
"Nothing happened. Chenglei's wife mentioned buying dried fish, so everyone is asking her what kind of dried fish she wants."
Wen Wan frowned, "Jiang Xia wants to buy dried fish? What's she going to do with them?"
Another woman carrying a basin of small fish walked by and overheard the conversation. She said, "Xia's mother is the manager of the textile factory! She's buying dried fish to send to the factory's canteen!"
"Yes, she's sending them to the canteen. She's been buying them for a long time! Ah, Chenglei has married a good daughter-in-law. In the future, they can make a lot of money just by selling dried fish!"
"I used to think that marrying a daughter-in-law from the city was useless, as they can't do any work. But now I think he's brought home a treasure!"
"Jiang Xia is clearly a lucky person. Look at her earlobes, they're so plump! Marrying a woman like her will bring prosperity to the family."
"I noticed that too, and her hands are so delicate. I held her hand just now, and it's so soft! The palms are plump, and the three mounds are raised, indicating wealth from real estate."
"And her nose, the tip is fleshy, a sure sign of wealth!"
The two women discussed enthusiastically.
It didn't stop there; someone else overheard and joined in, "And her chin..."
"Her eyebrows are also well-shaped..."
Wen Wan was deep in thought. Selling dried fish to the textile factory?
There must be more to it.
Wen Wan didn't know how Zhou Chenglei had made his fortune in his previous life, as she was already married and didn't pay much attention to him.
She only knew that after he returned from his previous job, he went into fishing, quickly bought a fishing boat, and rented several sea areas with his eldest brother to farm fish and shrimp. Later, they successfully cultivated abalone and pearl oysters.
That pearl farm was said to be very profitable!
Could it be that Zhou Chenglei made his initial fortune by selling dried fish?
Wen Wan was a little excited by this thought. Whether it was selling dried fish or renting sea areas, it was all about seizing the initiative!
Especially with renting sea areas, the best ones were already taken by Zhou Chenglei. Later, when others wanted to follow suit, they could only choose more distant areas!
Wen Wan grabbed Zhou Guohua's hand, "I have something important to tell you!"
Zhou Guohua felt his face warm when he saw Wen Wan taking his hand. "What is it?"
Wen Wan pulled Zhou Guohua away from the crowd and said, "Let's buy dried fish too. We'll collect dried fish from the villagers and sign contracts with them, ensuring they only sell to us."
Zhou Guohua was stunned, "Why buy dried fish? What's the point of signing contracts? Is it necessary? Selling dried fish in the city is troublesome."
"I dreamed that Zhou Chenglei made a fortune by selling dried fish! Not just dried fish! We should also rent sea areas and farm fish!"
Zhou Guohua was even more surprised, "Rent sea areas to farm fish? Can fish farming be profitable? Besides, there are so many fish in the ocean; why farm when you can just catch them?"
Wen Wan was almost exasperated by his short-sightedness, "The ocean's fish aren't infinite! Take the golden yellow croaker, for example. Haven't they become scarce in the past two years? Most importantly, I dreamed that Zhou Chenglei rented a large sea area for fish farming and made a lot of money. There aren't many suitable areas for fish farming, and he's already taken the best ones. If we don't act fast, we'll miss out!"
In her previous life, she knew which sea areas the Zhou family had rented for fish farming, and she was determined to get there first!
(End of Chapter)
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