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

Chapter 1119 Ulterior motives
Xie Daxian was stunned for a long time and sighed. What he said was really true. If other people came here to buy fish, shrimps and crabs, they could say a few words. If they did not abide by the rules of the industry, they could always say something. But if Ding Chongshan came here to buy fish, shrimps and crabs, especially the fish on Shi Jiehua's sea fishing boat, there was really nothing he could say about it.

"Humph!"

"If Ding Chongshan only bought the fish on Zhao Dahai or Shi Jiehua's sea fishing boat, we certainly can't say anything, but do you think Ding Chongshan only bought the fish on the sea from Zhao Dahai and Shi Jiehua?"

"This is just the first step."

"It won't be long before Ding Chongshan starts buying fish, shrimps and crabs from other fishing boats here."

Liu Baojiang frowned.

"Correct!"

"It must be like this!"

"It's impossible that Ding Chongshan only wants to buy the fish on Shi Jiehua's sea fishing boat. He must be trying to steal our business."

Xie Daxian nodded vigorously. What Liu Baojiang said was absolutely right. It was impossible for Ding Chongshan to just buy the fish on Shi Jiehua's sea fishing boat.

"Correct!"

"You are all right."

"Ding Chongshan must be thinking of buying fish, shrimps and crabs from other fishing boats at Shijiao Village Wharf. This way, the business will be expanded and he can make more money."

"But the problem is that Ding Chongshan is not doing this now."

"We can't just run up to Ding Zhongshang and tell him he's unconventional, right?"

"We can't stand the logic in this matter."

"You should know that the dock is not just for us few people, nor for us buyers. We can come here to do business and buy fish, shrimp and crabs, and Ding Chongshan or others can also come here to buy fish, shrimp and crabs."

Xu Fu took a look at Shi Jiehua's sea fishing boat. There were more and more fish. Needless to say, he must have caught a lot of fish on this trip. He had originally thought that he could collect them and sell them to make a lot of money, but now he has no chance at all. He also has to worry that Ding Chongshan will steal his business next.

Xie Daxian and Liu Baojiang were speechless for a moment. There were indeed industry rules and Ding Chongshan should not have come here to buy fish, shrimps and crabs and robbed them or destroyed their jobs. But there was nothing to say about this kind of thing. There was no sufficient reason. Anyone could come to Shijiao Village Wharf to do business. They were the same at the beginning. They did not buy fish, shrimps and crabs at Shijiao Village Wharf, but were from other places. They came here when they saw the fishing boats at Zhijiao Village Wharf and saw that there were more fish, shrimps and crabs going out to sea. If they could come, Ding Chongshan could come as well. Ding Chongshan was not the first one to come here, and it was even more impossible for him to be the last one.

Shi Guangming was standing on the deck smoking a cigarette when he saw Liu Baojiang, Xu Fu, Xie Daxian and other people who were buying seafood. After thinking it over, he decided to go straight to the dock without beating around the bush and explained the situation directly.

Liu Baojiang, Xu Fu, Xie Daxian and the other people around who were buying seafood all smiled bitterly. This matter was a foregone conclusion.

"Captain Shi Lao."

"How many fish did these people catch on this trip?"

Liu Baojiang knew that there was really no chance, so he simply gave up the idea and no longer thought about purchasing fish. Now he was a little curious about how many fish Jiehua's sea fishing boat caught on this trip.

"Who knows exactly how many fish there are? We haven't weighed them yet, so we definitely don't know how many there are. But people like Wu Dabin and Wu Xiaobin who go fishing on fishing boats should be able to earn 40,000 to 50,000 yuan on average this month. Some people who are quicker should be able to earn a little more."

"If you want to know how many fish they caught, you have to wait here."

Shi Guangming pointed to the deck of Shi Jiehua's boat.

Shi Guangming chatted with Xie Daxian and others for a while, then turned around and boarded Shi Zhongwei's sea fishing boat.

"grandfather!"

"Why did you come here?"

"All the fish on the sea fishing boat were sold to Dahai's father-in-law Ding Chongshan!"

"what!"

“This should have been done a long time ago.”

Shi Zhongwei saw Xu Guangming, who was busy with the work at hand while talking. He dragged baskets of fish out from the cold storage or the running water. After weighing them, he had to remember how much they weighed.

"Zhao Dahai and Ding Xiaoxiang took over a piece of sea in our village and built a fish farm to raise fish. They mainly raise the fish that Zhao Dahai catches when he goes out to sea, as well as the fish that are still alive when the sea fishing boat goes out to sea."

"Ding Ailian is helping work on the fish rack now."

"Let others take care of the weighing here. You can go to the fish farm now and take a look around."

Shi Guangming pointed to the fish farm in the distance and came here to talk about this matter.

"grandfather!"

"I know what you are thinking!"

“But this can’t be done this way.”

"If I really go there as you said, Ding Ailian will definitely scold me to death."

"I took this boat out to sea for fishing myself."

"Coming back to weigh the goods is something the captain must do personally. If I take responsibility for this and go find Ding Ailian, isn't that asking for trouble?"

"I can't leave this job to you, can I?"

"How can such a thing happen?"

Shi Zhong kept shaking his head.

Grandpa was thinking that he could spend more time with Ding Ailian, but he absolutely couldn't do this. If he really did this, Ding Ailian would definitely scold him severely if she knew about it. As the captain of the ship, he must do the job of the captain well.

"grandfather!"

"We've been out to sea for a month!"

"I'll definitely have to rest for several days after I come back before I can go out to sea again. There's plenty of time."

"Wait until I'm done with things here, I'll go to the fish farm right away."

Shi Zhongwei really didn't dare to go to the fish farm to see Ding Hailian at this time.

"Row!"

"Do this as you say. When you're done with the work here, no matter what time it is, you must go to the fish farm to meet Ding Ailian."

Shi Guangming thought about it and nodded. It was indeed the case. Shi Zhongwei was now going out to sea to fish with a sea fishing boat. He had to do what he was supposed to do. If he couldn't do his job well, then there was no need to worry about other things.

Shi Zhongwei agreed and continued to busy himself with his own things. Although the amount of fish caught on this trip to the sea was not the largest, it was not a small amount either. Each person's fish had to be weighed and recorded, which took a long time.

Shi Guangming stayed for a while and found that there was nothing for him to do. He saw Ding Chongshan park the speedboat and go up to the dock, so he walked over immediately.

Liu Baojiang and his people all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Ding Chongshan and Ding Xiaoxiang board Shi Jiehua's sea fishing boat. The situation now was a foregone conclusion and there was really nothing to think or say.

"Should we go up and take a look now?"

Liu Baojiang hesitated for a moment.

I had guessed that the person who bought these fish, shrimps and crabs could only be Ding Chongshan, but I wanted to go on the fishing boat to see how many fish I caught this time. But now that I really saw Ding Chongshan, I didn't want to go on the boat to take a look.

Aren't you just watching others making money? It really makes you feel bad.

"Look!"

"Why not? No matter what! You have to take a look!"

Without thinking, Xu Fu immediately followed Ding Chongshan and Ding Xiaoxiang onto Shi Jiehua's sea fishing boat.

Liu Baojiang hesitated for a moment, but immediately followed Xu Fu onto the fishing boat. Xie Daxian and several others followed him.

Ding Chongshan greeted Shi Jiehua, and seeing Shi Jiehua busy weighing and keeping accounts, he didn't say much and walked into the cab with Ding Xiaoxiang and Shi Guangming.

"Uncle Shi!"

"This matter is really troublesome for you!"

Ding Chongshan looked at Liu Baojiang who had boarded the fishing boat and surrounded Shi Jiehua. They were all in the same business. Although they did not do business at the same dock, they had dealt with each other to some extent and recognized each other.

"We are all family, so how can there be any trouble?"

"Besides, this matter is not troublesome at all."

Shi Guangming shook his head.

This matter is really not troublesome. These fish are collected by us, and we can sell them to whoever we want.

Ding Chongshan did not continue to be polite. Shi Guangming was actually right. There was really no big trouble in this matter. Everyone had a very close relationship. They could be polite, but there was no need to be polite all the time. That would be bad.

"Grandpa Shi!"

"Why do I feel like we caught a lot of fish this time?"

Ding Xiaoxiang pointed to the fish that were being weighed on the deck.

There are many people on the sea fishing boat, and the fish caught are tied with ropes of different colors.

It has been about ten minutes since the fishing boat arrived, but the fish of one color have not yet been caught.

These fish are all packed in large baskets. One basket weighs at least 100 kilograms, and at most 160 to 170 kilograms.

"The spots Zhao Dahai selected are really amazing. Shi Jiehua and his crew lead the people on the sea fishing boats to fish at the specific spots Zhao Dahai selected. The harvest from each spot is good. I dare not say how much, but we can definitely make 30,000 to 50,000 yuan."

Shi Guangming really had to admit defeat.

My family has been in the sea fishing boat business for decades.

Almost every trip out to sea was the same route and the same fishing spots, but with the same route and the same fishing spots, Zhao Dahai actually caught more fish at the spots he had chosen.

What else can I say? This is really a question of technology, a question of ability.

Zhao Dahai did not go to the deep sea but fished in the nearby open sea. However, no matter whether it was the island foam area or the artificial island reef area, the fish he caught far exceeded that of other people. This is actually a skill.

"Wu Dabin, Wu Xiaobin and others are extremely happy now!"

"If you can earn tens of thousands of dollars every time you go out to sea, you can make a lot of money in a year."

Shi Guangming pointed at Wu Dabing, Wu Xiaobin and others who were waiting to be weighed on the deck.

It is generally believed that deep-sea fishing can make a lot of money, but in reality it is not like that. On average, if you can make five or six thousand yuan a month, it is already considered good.

Sometimes you can make a little more, but sometimes you can't make a penny and even lose money.

If Wu Dabin and Wu Xiaobin can earn 30,000 to 50,000 yuan on every trip out to sea, it would be truly amazing.

Shi Guangming, Ding Chongshan and Ding Xiaoxiang stayed in the cab chatting, waiting for the scale to be finished.

"What the hell!"

"Wu Dabin."

"It looks like you caught a lot of fish this time."

Xu Fu walked up to Wu Dabin and Wu Xiaobin and pointed at the fish that were being weighed. He said that those might not necessarily belong to Wu Dabin and his friends, but if the others could catch so many fish, then Wu Dabin and Wu Xiaobin could definitely catch as many fish as well, or even more.

"Does this even need to be said?"

"Don't you see whose fishing boat this is?"

"Shi Jiehua's sea fishing boat definitely can't catch so many fish!"

"How could Zhao Dahai's sea fishing boat not catch any fish?"

"For everyone on this fishing boat, including my two brothers, we can earn 30,000 yuan or even 50,000, 60,000 or 80,000 yuan."

Wu Dabin sneered in his heart. Xu Fu must have had bad intentions when he came over to them at this time.

"So many fish? You guys are making a lot of money now, much better than us who are out here at the dock collecting fish, shrimps and crabs in the wind and sun!"

When Xu Fu heard Wu Dabin say that each of these people on the sea fishing boat could earn 30,000 yuan or even 50,000 yuan, his eyes suddenly widened, and he couldn't help but quickly calculate in his mind how much money he could make by collecting the fish caught by these people.

"what!"

"Boss Xu!"

"You have been buying fish, shrimps and crabs at the dock for many years. You know very well how we make money and how much money we can make."

"Normally, we make money when we go out to sea, but when have you ever seen us make money like this?"

Ouyang Hua smiled.

It is definitely not normal for Xu Fu to speak like this, and he has something else to say next.

Going out to sea to fish is not a leisure activity for people like us.

People like Xu Fu must have been exposed to the wind and sun here at the dock, but to be honest they were much more comfortable than himself and people like Wu Dabing and Wu Xiaobin.

When it comes to making money, people like us can also make money, but there is definitely no way we can compare with people like Xu Fu who do business here at the dock.

"Correct!"

"We have made a lot of money in the past few months. Everyone can see this. We won't say that we don't make money."

"But we all know very well why we made money. It's because of Zhao Dahai. We were able to catch so many fish because we followed Zhao Dahai's fishing boat out to sea."

"How many people on other sea fishing boats can make as much money as we do?"

Liu Yun pointed to several sea fishing boats parked at Zhouwei Wharf.

(End of this chapter)