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Chapter 471: Satisfaction
Chapter 471: Satisfaction
After two rounds of luring with the lights, it was already 5 a.m., and the sky was beginning to brighten.
Zhou Chenglei seized the moment and continued to attract fish with the lights.
They set several small nets on both sides of the boat.
Zhou Chenglei was on one side, and Zhou Kangping on the other, both illuminating the waters with their lamps.
As the sky brightened, the two of them began to haul in the nets one by one.
Jiang Xia observed that each net they pulled in was filled with small cuttlefish weighing around ten to twenty pounds, but there were no fish fry, which she assumed had escaped.
In total, they had set four small nets and caught about a hundred pounds of small cuttlefish!
Today's trip to the sea had indeed been a bountiful harvest.
The entire deck was filled with fish, and there was no more room to drag the net. Moreover, with the strong wind, it was best to transport these fish fry back and start drying them.
Strong winds were ideal for drying the fish.
Once dried, they could be made into flavorful fish fry and sold for money.
Zhou Chenglei steered the boat towards Zhou Guodong's vessel and shouted as they approached, "A-Dong, we're heading back first. We'll take you to that scallop island tomorrow."
The three Zhou Guodong brothers glanced at the boat loaded with fish and responded, "Okay!"
Jiang Xia also took a look at the fish on their boat.
Indeed, they had caught two baskets of small cuttlefish and several baskets of fish fry.
Jiang Xia said, "A-Dong, can you sell me those fish fry later?"
Zhou Guodong quickly replied, "Sure, we were just thinking the same. You don't need the fish heads for the dried fish, right? We'll clean and dry the fish heads and then send them to your place."
Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Yes, we don't need the heads. Thank you!"
Drying and then selling the fish would save her a lot of trouble.
Jiang Xia thought about how these fish could be turned into flavorful fish fry after drying for a day or two. She hurriedly said, "A-Dong, do you know if Xu Ling's production team has a phone?"
Zhou Guodong shook his head, "I don't know. Is Sister-in-law looking for Xu Ling to help with the fish drying? I'll let her know when I return from the sea."
Xu Ling had mentioned to him that Jiang Xia wanted her to help with the fish drying, offering a trial period of one month at sixty yuan, and eighty yuan after the trial.
Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Alright, then tell her that if she's free tomorrow, she can start working. If not tomorrow, the day after is fine too."
"Okay, I'll go and inform her this afternoon."
At 7:30 a.m., Zhou Chenglei docked the boat at the pier.
The morning pier was bustling with activity as well.
Many boats that had gone out to sea the previous night were returning, and villagers from nearby villages were there to buy seafood.
The villagers were amazed at the sight of the fish on Zhou Chenglei's boat, "A-Lei, where did you catch so many fish fry?"
"There's over ten thousand pounds!"
"There are also small cuttlefish!"
"Can we take pictures of the small cuttlefish? I went out for two hours the night before last and didn't catch much!"
"I didn't catch any last night either!"
"I tried for a while last night, but I didn't catch any either!"
"A-Lei, where did you go to lure the cuttlefish?"
Zhou Chenglei replied, "Quite far."
"No wonder! They must have swum over by now."
"Tonight, prepare more diesel, and let's head out early. I'll go a bit further to try my luck too."
"Me too! Let's buy the fish quickly and go home to sleep. We'll set out early tonight."
...
For fishermen, nothing was more exciting than encountering a fishing season.
Jiang Xia and Zhou Kangping sorted out the small cuttlefish on the boat.
Zhou Chenglei rode his motorcycle back to get the tractor and hauled the fish fry home, asking his mother to find people to process them.
Mr. Jin walked over and glanced at the fish fry on the boat. Knowing that the Zhou family was selling the flavorful fish fry, he didn't have any intentions of buying them. Instead, he asked, "Comrade Xia, are you selling these small cuttlefish?
Jiang Xia nodded, "Yes, I'll keep one basket, and sell the rest."
Jiang Xia planned to keep one basket of baby squid and experiment with making flavorful baby squid.
Mr. Jin was delighted to hear this, "Alright, send them over after you sort them out, and I'll give you a good price!"
Jiang Xia asked, "How much?"
"One yuan per pound!"
Jiang Xia laughed, "Mr. Jin, are you trying to take advantage of me not knowing the market price? During the peak season, baby squid can sell for one yuan per pound. This is just the beginning, and there aren't many baby squid in the entire market. You're only offering one yuan per pound. Moreover, look how plump these baby squid are, the lowest I'll go is one yuan and twenty cents!"
Rarity commands a higher price, so the initial price should be a bit higher. It's normal for the price to drop a little later when more people start catching them.
"Nonsense! During the peak season, I buy them for eight or nine cents per pound. Alright, to prove I'm not tricking you, one yuan and ten cents per pound. That's already a high price!"
"I won't sell for less than one yuan and twenty cents. I'll take them home and make flavorful baby squid."
Mr. Jin: "One yuan and twenty cents is too high. But if you catch baby squid in the future, bring them to me, and I'll buy them at one yuan and twenty cents this time."
Jiang Xia refused, "In that case, I won't sell. I'll take them home and make flavorful baby squid."
Mr. Jin: "..."
People with such business acumen are truly impossible to negotiate with.
If it were anyone else, they would just accept his offer. Whether to sell or not is their choice!
"Fine, one yuan and twenty cents it is! This price is even higher than the market price. From now on, when you catch baby squid, don't bother going to the market, just come directly to me!"
Jiang Xia smiled, "Alright, but only if I call and confirm that the market price is the same."
Mr. Jin: "..."
Zhou Chenglei soon returned with the tractor.
Great-Grandmother and He Xinghuan also came to help with the small fry, using sieves to separate the baby squid and then pouring them directly into the baskets.
Not long after, Zhou Mu arrived with a few others, and they quickly sorted out all the baby squid and packed the small fry.
Everyone carried the baskets of small fry down to the boat and loaded them onto the tractor.
The tractor couldn't hold all the baskets, so they started processing them right there at the pier.
Zhou Chenglei carried a load of baby squid to the purchasing station and sold it for one hundred and seven yuan.
There were probably over eight thousand pounds of these small fry. Jiang Xia estimated that making flavorful small fry from these dried fish could earn her around ten thousand yuan.
Since they caught these fish themselves, there were no costs involved. However, when splitting the earnings with He Xinghuan, they still needed to consider the costs.
This meant she could make around six thousand yuan.
Jiang Xia was very satisfied with their first fishing trip of the new year.
Zhou Chenglei handed the money to Jiang Xia and helped her onto the tractor.
Zhou Mu and Great-Grandmother also got on the tractor to head back and process the small fry.
As Jiang Xia took the money and put it in her pocket, preparing to get on the tractor, someone from the production team ran out, "Xia Xia, your brother called and asked you to return his call when you're free."
Jiang Xia turned to Zhou Chenglei and said, "I'll make a quick call, you guys go ahead! I'll walk back later."
Zhou Chenglei: "I'll come to pick you up later."
"No need to go to such trouble, I can walk back myself." Jiang Xia left these words and went inside to make the call.
When the call connected, Jiang Dong's voice came through the phone, "Sister, do you have two hundred thousand yuan?"
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