Carry an aquarium with you

Chapter 181 Golden Pearl (big chapter)
"Husband, are you a pirate?" Sensing the start of the Future, Li Xinyue, who was already dressed and clutching a pair of large scissors, came from the bedroom to the cab and stood by the window looking around.

"There should be a lot of pirates in Indonesia. They don't have hot weapons, only some controlled knives. If Xiaojin and Xiaobu didn't remind me quickly, I would leave in time with the Future, otherwise we would be in trouble."

Qin Feng glanced at the scissors in her hand, and suddenly felt that he should prepare some suitable weapons in his bedroom and add a layer of insurance.

If there were no king squid and big tiger and little tiger, then they would not even have room to defend against today.

Seeing that the pirates did not catch up, Li Xinyue breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, there are Xiaojin and them, my husband, the sea area in Southeast Asia is too unsafe, we should contact the Indonesian Coast Guard at night and drive the boat to the pier!"

"It's fine." Qin Feng originally planned to stop the boat at another place, but seeing that Li Xinyue's expression was still nervous, he agreed to this suggestion in order to prevent her from continuing to be frightened tonight.

But at night, while Li Xinyue was dozing off, he slowed down the boat and waited for the pets to come over.

The killer whale was fine, with a fast speed. The main reason was that the king squid was slow, which made him wait for a long time.

After taking back all the pets, he entered the waters of Indonesia and contacted the local maritime police department on duty to explain the situation.

Whether in Australia or Indonesia, you can communicate in English. If you can’t use a mobile phone translator, you can roughly express your own meaning, so there is no communication barrier, it’s just a little troublesome.

After arriving at the nearest pier in Indonesia, it was already six o'clock in the morning. Qin Feng was very tired after not sleeping all night, so he went back to the bedroom and hugged Li Xinyue, whom he had brought in a long time ago, to sleep.

Because of the incident of pirates robbing the ship, Li Xinyue felt particularly insecure and felt that the seas in Southeast Asia were too chaotic.

So they did not stay in Indonesia for the next few days, but filled up their gas and returned home as quickly as possible.

It took only three days for them to reach the edge of the South China Sea and contact the domestic coast guard.

At this moment, she really relaxed.

Qin Feng himself is not afraid, if he hadn't considered his wife, he wouldn't be in such a hurry.

Now the time has come to August NO.11, but it will not take a few days to return home from the South China Sea. After the inspection by the coast guard, the two parked the boat near a small island with coconut trees on the side of Zengmu Shoal. .

The king squid has been released by him, and has been guarding the entrance and exit of the island.

Big tigers and little tigers are patrolling around these small islands, not only guarding against pirates who may enter the South China Sea, but also guarding against some ferocious marine life, such as sharks.

Today's weather is very good, even if Qin Feng and Li Xinyue are not physically tired after driving for such a long time, they can't bear it mentally.

So they put on their snorkeling gear and prepared to have a good time near this small island.

On the deck, Li Xinyue was warming up in a diving suit.

Her fair skin may not be exposed, but her perfect figure is clearly visible.

For today's dinner, the two plan to eat only what they caught and experience the life of surviving on a deserted island.

Li Xinyue dived into the water to catch lobsters and pick up shells, while Qin Feng took a rubber boat to the small island with a few coconut trees.

With a knife, he picked up a few yellowish coconuts on the ground and chopped them to see if they were good.

These coconuts that fell on the ground are very likely to be broken, but if you are lucky, you can pick them up and drink them.

"Yuck~"

Apparently Qin Feng was very unlucky, the first coconut he opened was stinky.

Opened two more, the same, it seems that his luck is not very good.

Looking up at the few blue fruits on the coconut tree, Qin Feng finally felt that it would be more reliable to climb up to pick a few.

Coconut trees are very tall, and the biggest problem with climbing up is lack of strength, so tools are used. If there are no tools, shoelaces are used.

But Qin Feng obviously won't have this problem. He has enough physical strength and strength now. Although climbing with bare hands is difficult and the skin rubbed against the bark is painful, it is no problem to climb only once.

After picking four coconuts, he slowly climbed down. Four coconuts were enough for the two of them to drink at night.

Then he went to find some dry branches and trunks in the bushes, which he used to light the fire at night.

After all these were prepared, he put on his diving goggles and slowly dived into the water directly from the shore.

The sea water on Zengmu Ansha is extremely clear, not much worse than that of the Paracel Islands. If it is not too far away from the domestic coastline, this place will definitely become a holy place for tourists to check in.

Qin Feng dived into the water and started looking for lobsters along the coral reef.

But the lobster didn't find it, but a white shell caught his attention.

The shell was as big as the palm of his hand. Qin Feng picked it up and carefully identified it, and found that it was indeed a white butterfly shell with white sea pearls.

Pearls are divided into freshwater pearls and seawater pearls, and their cost material structure is basically the same.

Now pearl-producing river mussels and marine shellfish can be cultivated on a large scale, so the price of pearls is extremely cheap now.

But the white butterfly shell is different. It has extremely high economic value, and it can be said that the whole body is a treasure.

Its meat is very delicious and nutritious, and it is known as a good feast.

The color and shape of the shell are also very unique, and the nacre is thick and shiny, which is a very good craft material.

The most precious thing about white butterfly shells is the pearls it cultivates. They are not only large in size but also good in color. They are not only precious decorations but also precious medicinal materials, and their value is much higher than that of ordinary seawater pearls.

As famous as white butterfly shells are black butterfly shells and golden butterfly shells. Black butterfly shells are rarely encountered here, but golden butterfly shells are also produced in the South Pacific, and they can breed extremely valuable golden pearls.

Qin Feng immediately changed his goal, go to the lobster, are pearls expensive?
White butterfly shells and golden butterfly shells basically inhabit coral reefs and sedimentary geology at a water depth of 40 to [-] meters.

Qin Feng dived and snorkeled, but later found it too troublesome, so he returned to the Future and took out the oxygen cylinder, so that he could concentrate on searching for deeper water areas.

When searching underwater, he also came across a few Tsing Yis and two Mouse Spots. It has to be said that the fish resources here are indeed abundant enough.

If he didn't have a speargun, he would definitely try one tonight.

After diving to a position of about [-] or [-] meters, Qin Feng was lucky enough to find a white butterfly shell again, which was the same as the one just now, and it was also as big as a palm.

Just as he turned to leave, a light yellow came into his sight.

Qin Feng grabbed the coral reef, lowered his head slightly, and saw a shell with a light yellow center and white edges on the sand.

His eyes lit up immediately, isn't this the golden butterfly shell?

Its color is not obvious at the bottom of the water, but it will have a touch of gold under the sun.

Put it in the net pocket, Qin Feng continued to search.It's a pity that most of these butterfly shells live in the northwestern region of Australia. Although there are, they are relatively rare here.

It took him an afternoon to find seven of them.

However, Li Xinyue also found three white butterfly shells, which surprised him a bit.

"You caught so many butterfly shells, do you want to open pearls?" Qin Feng had nothing in his net pocket, only butterfly shells, which made Li Xinyue a little dumbfounded.

She was serious about looking for food in the afternoon, and caught a big green dragon.

"Yes, if there are enough pearls, I will make you a pearl bracelet."

Forget about the pearl necklace, that thing is too difficult.

"Why do you want that? It's better to sell it for money." The corners of Li Xinyue's mouth curled up, looking very happy, but there was something insincere in her mouth.

Or is this a skill that all women have?
"How much money do you sell, your husband, am I short of money now? But you have too little jewelry, so you should prepare more." Is Qin Feng short of money now?

Temporarily lacking, but there will be no shortage soon, so he is a little indifferent to small money now.

Good quality pearls may not be cheap, but they are not expensive either.

Those expensive ones are also made into jewelry, with the value of the brand itself and the unique design, so the price is just driven up.

"Why do I need so many jewelry? Wear it and let others grab it!" Li Xinyue really has no special feelings about this aspect, she has always been a more practical woman.

But when Qin Feng really gave her a string of pearl bracelets, she would be very happy and keep them well.

"Haha, you don't have to wear it, but you can't do without it." Qin Feng didn't say much anymore, but took out the dagger, ready to open the shell to hunt for treasure.

Li Xinyue also put down the lobster and other ingredients for the meeting, and brought the three white butterfly shells she caught to come over. Obviously, she was also very interested in the matter of opening pearls.

Including her three white butterfly shells, Qin Feng has a total of eight here, and the other two are golden butterfly shells.

He picked up the smallest white butterfly shell first, and drew the tip of the dagger along the crack of the shell, and the shell that was originally tightly closed was slightly loosened.

Then he inserted his dagger a little deeper, and slowly cut open along the upper part of the shell, and then broke it open with his hand, and the white butterfly shell was easily opened.

He didn't see the pearl after opening it, so Qin Feng touched its internal organs with his hand, and then he really let him touch a round hard substance.

"Looks like there are pearls!"

"Really, take it out and have a look."

Then, Qin Feng cut a hole in the white butterfly shell, and immediately squeezed out a white pearl.

It's just a pity that the surface of this pearl is irregular, and there is a small eye in the middle. The color of the pearl surface is also average, without that translucent feeling, obviously it cannot be used to make decorations.

Both were a bit disappointed, but the pearl would still be there and could be sold to drugstores.

The first pearl didn't come out well. When he was about to open the second one, Qin Feng thought for a while and brought the biggest white butterfly shell over.

If the small one doesn't work, try the big one.

When the white butterfly shell was opened, a translucent white pearl with very translucent luster appeared in front of the two of them.

"Wow, what a beautiful pearl." Li Xinyue picked up the pearl in amazement, the surface was perfect, without any small eyes.

The shape is very round and very large, estimated to be about 10mm. This pearl is definitely worth a lot.

"This pearl is not bad. From now on, I will use this pearl as my goal and only collect pearls of this quality and size until I have enough for a bracelet."

Qin Feng was also very satisfied, and then he picked up the golden butterfly shell to see if there would be golden pearls.

But this meeting seems to be lucky. Lady Luck may have been delayed by going to the bathroom just now. As soon as the golden butterfly shell was opened, a touch of gold appeared in the eyes of the two of them, which was brighter than gold.

It was also round and flawless, with a beautiful luster, a little bigger than the white pearl in Li Xinyue's hand.

These two pearls are already worthy of his busy afternoon.

Of the remaining seven butterfly shells, five had no pearls, and although all the remaining ones were opened, only one met the specifications.

Ten butterfly shells yielded five pearls, and another three were of extremely high value. This probability is already very high, and neither Qin Feng nor Li Xinyue was dissatisfied.

This is because the white butterfly shell itself has a high probability of producing pearls, and the probability of high-quality pearls is much higher than other shellfish.

If it is cultured, the probability of producing pearls can reach more than 80%, and the probability of high-quality pearls can also reach more than 40%.

The only disadvantage is that although butterfly shells can be cultivated now, the degree of difficulty is very high, and they cannot be cultivated on a large scale like river mussels. This is why the pearl value of butterfly shells is higher than that of other pearls.

"Yueyue, you put away all these pearls, and let's keep those pearls that are of poor quality. We can sell them to pharmacies or use them ourselves."

"Hmm~" Li Xinyue would have kept these pearls without Qin Feng's orders.

Today's ingredients are basically butterfly shells, and the two immediately gave up their plan to survive in the wilderness. They returned with the ingredients and coconuts, and cooked a delicious grilled shellfish meal with Chef Tan's secret garlic sauce on the Future.

"Well~ the taste of this butterfly shell is much better and fresher than that of a scallop." Qin Feng commented after tasting one.

"I feel that adding some vermicelli will taste better."

"It's a pity we didn't buy fans."

After enjoying a seafood feast, the two of them went back to the bedroom early to sleep after resting at night.

The next day, Qin Feng went into the water in another place to look for butterfly shells, but only caught five of them and returned to the Future.

I didn't open the butterfly shell either, but put it in a small box and planned to take it back for my parents to taste.

Because the live water tanks were all empty, the two of them worked together in a division of labor, with one sailing the boat and the other trolling at the stern.

I also caught a few grouper parrotfish in the coral area when I encountered it, and I will add some seafood to the aquatic product store when I go back.

Five days later, they returned to their hometown. The Shenhai International Seafood Market is not far from the pier here, and Qin Xuanmin specially bought a seven-seater van for daily deliveries.

So when the two arrived, Qin Xuanmin and Wang Ailian were already waiting for them at the pier.

As for the store door, Aunt Qin Feng was watching.

Wang Ailian complained as soon as she came up: "It's true, you go to sea for three months at a time. How many days do you stay at home this year? It's better not to go so far in the future."

Qin Feng and Li Xinyue could only laugh together and let her talk.

It was Qin Xuanmin who gave the relief: "Okay, okay, the children are also going to work to make money. They owe 800 million to buy this boat, and they are under a lot of pressure."

When Wang Ailian heard the words, she stopped talking and started to care about their harvest: "Is the trip going to sea this time going well? How is the harvest?"

"Before you said you were going to catch that Antarctic toothfish, but your dad's news has been released, and many hotels have purchased it and made reservations."

Qin Feng's eyes lit up, he looked at Qin Xuanmin and exclaimed: "Dad, you can do it! It has already expanded without any business. How much has it been booked?"

"How much do you have here? I have booked seven hotels and five seafood restaurants here. I counted and I asked for a total of [-] tons. Do you have enough on board?"

Qin Xuanmin asked a question, and then he was afraid that there were not so many people on Qin Feng's boat, and he was afraid that he would think too much, and explained: "It doesn't matter if there is not enough, I just released the news, these people came to ask by themselves, and they insisted on booking. If there is not enough, we will Everyone has a little less, it’s not a problem.”

"Don't worry, there are fifteen tons on board, there are plenty!" Qin Feng smiled lightly.

Not to mention fifteen tons on board, he still has ten tons in the aquarium, which is only a little over three tons, so where is it going?

"So many?" Qin Xuanmin and Wang Ailian were both surprised.

Immediately, they showed a look of surprise again, without so many words, the two of them would not have worked so hard to go to the South Pole.

If there is less, it is better to rest at home for two months, and then go fishing for tuna in the South China Sea after the fishing ban is over.

But the warehouse in the store is not that big, and the two began to worry about so many toothfish again.

Qin Feng seemed to see their troubles, and said with a smile: "Dad, Mom, you call two transport trucks over first, and we will load five tons in one truck and send them back to the shop. The other truck will load [-] tons for the old man Dad followed to deliver the goods."

"The rest I have to sail to Lynch's, they'll take it."

Hearing that Qin Feng had already made arrangements, the two were also relieved, and began to arrange for people to come over to unload and load the van. At the same time, Qin Xuanmin took a lot of transparent plastic bags from the van.

The toothfish are all quick-frozen, and each piece is as hard as a wooden stick, so it is easier to carry.

However, Qin Feng and Li Xinyue didn't think about packing the box because of saving space at that time, so they needed to put plastic bags on it when they took it out. in the bag.

"Mom, if the aquatic product store next door also wants to buy toothfish, you can give me a wholesale price of [-] yuan per catty for less than [-] catties, and [-] catties for more than [-] catties."

"The retail price should be negotiated with them. Everyone agrees, [-] catties for less than [-] catties, and [-] catties for more than [-] catties."

If the price is cheaper, ask the nearby aquatic product store to help sell it. Obviously, it will sell faster.

Qin Feng will not only have toothfish here, but there will be a large number of king crabs and other seafood in the future, some of which may be smuggled like king crabs.

Therefore, it is necessary to build a good relationship with everyone. If someone is jealous and reports something, it will be easy to get cold when they come here and find something.

Earning less is nothing, maintaining a long-term business is the right way.

After hearing this, Wang Ailian didn't have any complaints. With so many toothfish, the fear is not that the price is not high enough, but that they cannot be sold.

After the two transport vehicles were full, Qin Xuanmin went to deliver the goods, and Wang Ailian took Li Xinyue and another transport vehicle back to the store.

Qin Feng will sail to Lynch's side to sell goods, and come back to rest as soon as they are sold out.

Now there are only [-] tons of toothfish left in the refrigerated compartment of the ship, and the vacant space is just enough for the fish in the aquarium.

(End of this chapter)