Chapter 477: Stirring Emotions
Chapter 477: Stirring Emotions
Jiang Xia continued discussing the benefits of their collaboration with Mr. Jin.
Zhou Chenglei went to bring all the Ma Jiao Yu fish to the purchase point.
Then, Jiang Xia supervised the weighing process, and he headed home to fetch the tractor to transport the small tube squids back home.
The combined catch from the five boats amounted to over 600 jin of small tube squids.
The first to be weighed was Zhou Chensen's fish. This time, Zhou Chensen's net yielded over 770 jin of Ma Jiao Yu, earning him 460 yuan.
The Li brothers watched as Jiang Xia folded a large stack of banknotes and tucked them into his pocket.
Jiang Xia glanced at them, "I'll give this money to your second brother. Are you going out to sea today?"
Li Qingmin immediately replied, "Yes, we're heading out now."
How could they make money from fishing without going out to sea? The two brothers hurried towards their boats.
Upon returning to the boat, Li Qingjie said to his eldest brother, "Big Brother, let's head back to town early tonight to find Xiao Mei. We'll talk to her, telling her that we're going out to sea tonight. We can take turns with Ah Sen's hired men."
Li Qingmin slapped his thigh, "Exactly! We'll take turns with Zhou Kang'an's group. Ah Sen has to work during the day, how can he go out to sea every night? If Ah Sen doesn't go, who knows if they'll secretly sell some fish at the city wharf and keep a portion of the money?"
"That's right. It's the boon season for small tube squids, and we can make a lot of money in one night. Who knows how much they might keep for themselves!"
...
The two brothers plotted as they set out to sea on their boat.
After selling the fish, Zhou Chenglei also arrived with the tractor. He loaded the squids onto the tractor and then went to pick up Jiang Xia.
They still had to weigh the squids from each household, distribute the money, and Zhou Chengxin and Zhou Guodong were still selling fish. Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei drove the tractor home first.
When Zhou Mu saw the tractor loaded with small tube squids, she exclaimed with joy, "Are these all ours? Or did you buy them back?"
Jiang Xia smiled, "There are some from Big Brother, Second Brother, and Guodong."
Zhou Mu smiled and first moved the small basket of mixed fish and a few smaller Ma Jiao Yu from the tractor, saying, "Then today's harvest is not bad either."
Jiang Xia laughed, "It's not bad at all. They encountered a school of Ma Jiao Yu. Our two fishing boats caught a total of 1,863 jin of Ma Jiao Yu, earning 1,117.8 yuan. Big Brother and Second Brother's catch also sold for over 400 yuan. Guodong's earnings are similar, around 400 yuan as well. And this is without counting the money from these small tube squids. Each household is guaranteed to have over 500 yuan."
Zhou Mu couldn't stop smiling after hearing this, "Your second brother has finally started making money after buying the boat!"
Jiang Xia smiled, "He'll make even more in the future."
Zhou Chenglei and Zhou Mu unloaded the small tube squids from the tractor, weighed them, and then handed them over to He Xinghuan and the other two women for cleaning and processing.
The three women were cooking a large pot of spicy small tube squids.
It was their family's turn for the two fishing boats to go out to sea, and they had lured and caught a total of 536 jin of small tube squids.
Jiang Xia recorded the data.
Next was Zhou Chensen's turn to weigh his catch. His fishing boat had also lured and caught 123.4 jin of small tube squids.
Jiang Xia counted 148.8 yuan, including the previous earnings of over 400 yuan from selling Ma Jiao Yu, and handed it to Zhou Mu, asking her to give it to Zhou Chensen later.
Just then, Tian Caihua arrived, and Zhou Chengxin's boat had also finished weighing. It caught a total of 106 jin of small tube squids, and Jiang Xia calculated and paid her 127.2 yuan.
Tian Caihua asked, "How much did your second brother's boat catch today?"
Jiang Xia replied, "123.4 jin."
Tian Caihua: "..."
That's almost twenty pounds more than her own family's catch!
Tian Caihua pursed her lips, feeling envious of Li Xiuxian's good fortune.
It just wasn't fair!
Why did Li Xiuxian earn more than her?
Zhou Chenglei finished weighing the last few baskets of small tube squid and did a quick calculation, "After cleaning, the total weight is one hundred and forty pounds and five ounces."
Tian Caihua immediately asked, "Whose catch is this? Is it yours?"
Jiang Xia: "It belongs to Guodong's family."
Tian Caihua's heart sank upon hearing this.
Something must have gone wrong! Why did their family have the least catch today?
There was no need to ask about Jiang Xia's catch; it was undoubtedly the most abundant.
Tian Caihua couldn't help but ask, "Xia Xia, how much did you catch today?"
"Five hundred and thirty-six pounds. Each boat caught around two hundred pounds."
Tian Caihua: "..."
As expected, one family's catch was equivalent to three others'!
Something must have gone wrong! Could it be because she hadn't spent enough time bonding with Jiang Xia lately? With this thought, Tian Caihua hugged Jiang Xia tightly.
She wanted to absorb some of her good fortune!
Tomorrow, she would also have an abundance of wealth.
She was determined to become the second-highest earner.
How could she earn less than the other two families?
Tian Caihua felt a surge of determination.
After all, she and Jiang Xia were the closest!
Jiang Xia: "..."
Zhou Chenglei, who was carrying the squid: "..."
Why was his sister-in-law acting so strangely, hugging her wife?
Tian Caihua felt that a hug wasn't enough, so she reached out to pat Jiang Xia's round belly.
"My little nephews, I'm your Da Bo Niang!"
Remember to bring some good fortune my way!
After you're born, I'll buy you candies!
Remember me, I'm your real Da Bo Niang, your loving Da Bo Niang. Don't get me confused with that annoying Er Bo Niang next door!
Listen up, your Er Bo Niang is so annoying!
You mustn't get close to her, understand? You should be close to me, your Da Bo Niang!
At that moment, the baby in her belly moved.
Tian Caihua exclaimed excitedly, "Oh, it moved! It moved! They're agreeing with me! They're agreeing!"
Jiang Xia: "..."
"Agreeing to what?" Jiang Xia was confused.
Tian Caihua blurted out, "Agreeing to bring me good fortune!"
Jiang Xia: "..."
Zhou Chenglei's face darkened, and he almost rolled his eyes, immediately separating Jiang Xia from Tian Caihua:
"Xia Xia, aren't you going to decide how to prepare these squids?"
"Yes, I need to make arrangements."
Jiang Xia calculated the total weight, including the fifty-six pounds they collected from the villagers in the morning, which came to nine hundred and sixty-one pounds and nine ounces.
Jiang Xia then picked a small tube squid from the basket they had set aside for their own consumption and casually tossed it into the basket with the rest, making it nine hundred and sixty-two pounds.
Jiang Xia turned to He Xinghuan and said, "Let's make three hundred pounds each of the spicy and braised flavors, and around one hundred and eighty pounds each of the remaining two flavors. What do you think?"
The three of them agreed, "That sounds good. We'll start with this plan, and later we can make more of the flavor that sells better."
Jiang Xia nodded.
Tian Caihua watched as He Xinghuan and the other two women wore matching aprons, hats, and sleeve covers, feeling a twinge of envy.
Jiang Xia was generous, offering high wages, rumored to be eighty yuan per month. Tian Caihua could also work for her! It wasn't like there was work every day! Even if there were daily tasks, there would still be time after work to do household chores.
He Xinghuan and Fen I also finished their household chores before starting work, didn't they? With this thought, Tian Caihua asked Jiang Xia, "Xia Xia, do you still need help with making dried fish?"
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