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

Chapter 1129: Selling Fish

"By the way, we are living a really comfortable life now!"

"It's a lot of money!"

“Fishing spots are being reserved!”

"I never dreamed that something like this would happen to us!"

He Jian took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it and took a puff, then threw the whole pack to Shi Jiehua.

"Your sea fishing boat business is pretty good, but it's still not as good as others, at least here at Shijiao Village Pier, it's not first-rate. In fact, it has been greatly affected in recent years. You make money, but not much."

"My sea fishing boat didn't make any money, and I even made a small loss a lot of the time."

"Since the end of last year until now, have we not made money on every trip? And we have made a lot of money."

He Jian was not joking. In recent years, his sea fishing boat has not made any money and sometimes he even had to lose money. But recently he has really made money and a lot of money.

"Shouldn't this matter be written back to Zhao Dahai?"

"If it weren't for Zhao Dahai, how could we have such a good life now?"

"How many people envy us? But they don't have such luck!"

"There's nothing we can do about it! Who says our luck is so incredible? This is how it is. The work we can do can also be done by other people, but Zhao Dahai just picked us."

When Shi Jiehua said this, he couldn't help laughing.

There are many fishing boats going out to sea at the pier.

My own business is doing better. He Jian's business is really not that good.

If Zhao Dahai had found someone else, that person would have been able to do the same things, but Zhao Dahai found his own family and wanted He Jian to get rich with him.

This is really just better luck.

"Correct!"

"That's it!"

"Now that our sea fishing boats' fishing spots are so popular, we can not only make money, but also make a lot of money!"

He Jian's face was full of smiles.

Shi Jiehua stayed in He Jin's house for a long time before leaving and going home. He agreed to go out early the next morning to see the sea fishing boats.

Shi Zhongwei left home, went to the dock, and drove the speedboat back to the fish farm.

"Hurry up, what are you doing so fast?"

Ding Ailian saw Shi Zhongwei driving a speedboat towards them from afar. The speed was too fast and she started complaining as soon as she saw it.

"Didn't I come here in a hurry? I won't do such a thing again next time!"

Shi Zhongwei smiled and shook his head. The sea water here was relatively calm, without any wind or waves. He drove the speedboat in the hope of arriving earlier, so he drove faster and faster. However, Ding Ailian was right, there was no need to drive so fast.

"What are you doing? Didn't you go home? Why are you here again?"

Ding Ailian helped tie the speedboat's cable and waited for Shi Zhongwei to get on the fish raft.

"My dad is eager for me to stay at the fish farm all day! He said he had to spend more time with you, otherwise he would have to go out to sea again in three to five days or seven to eight days, and it would take another month for him to come back next time."

Shi Zhongwei was quite thick-skinned and there was no one else around, so he just said it directly.

"How can this be possible? You have been at the fish farm for the past few days since you came back. You can't stay here forever. Go back later and drive the speedboat to pick me up here tomorrow morning so that we can go see the fishing boats together!"

Ding Ailian blushed and shook her head.

"Row!"

"I just came here to tell you that I have already told my dad that we will go to see the fishing boats together tomorrow morning."

"I'll be here to pick you up at five or six!"

Shi Zhongwei thought about it and nodded, it was indeed true. He had been staying at the fish farm in recent days, and he couldn't go back to the dock and not go home. His father Shi Jiehua and even his grandfather Shi Guangming all wanted him to stay here forever, but this was really not possible.

After Shi Zhongwei finished talking to Ding Ailian about this matter, he immediately drove the speedboat back to the dock and then went home.

"What happened? Why did Shi Zhong come here and then go back?"

Ding Xiaoxiang was staying in the house at the fish farm. She had seen Shi Zhongwei coming to the fish farm in a speedboat a long time ago. She thought about not going out to disturb him, but she thought that Shi Zhongwei would leave soon after he came.

Ding Ailian told Shi Zhongwei that he came here to tell her to go see the sea fishing boats early tomorrow morning. She originally wanted to stay at the fish farm, but she shouted that she wanted to go home.

"Correct!"

“This is the right thing to do!”

"Shi Zhongwei is here as soon as he comes back, but no one here has ever gone home properly!"

"You and Shi Zhongwei are both young people. You have plenty of time and days. There is no need to rush."

"You need to spend more time together, but you don't really need to be together all day."

"Everyone has their own things to do, and what matters is living a good life."

Ding Xiaoxiang nodded. It was absolutely right for Ding Ailian to do so. Shi Zhongwei had been away from home for a month and had stayed at the fish farm as soon as he came back. Guangming and Shi Jiehua would definitely support this, but Ding Ailian could not force Shi Zhongwei to do so all the time. It was not reasonable.

Ding Xiaoxiang and Ding Ailian walked along the fish row while whispering to each other, looking carefully at the fish inside.

"sister."

“There’s nothing wrong with these fish!”

"It's okay for Brother Dahai to put all the fish he caught here."

Ding Ailian saw a group of big sea bass, all weighing about 20 kilograms, swimming around in the net cage. She saw a few small fish swimming in from outside the net cage, which immediately caused the sea bass to scramble for food frantically. The fish flew up to the sea water almost one meter high.

"correct!"

“Will there be any sea bass flying out?”

Ding Xiaoxiang suddenly remembered this incident.

"When it's later, we have to pull the fishing net on top!"

"The mesh is only as big as the tip of a chopstick." "Otherwise, a lot of these sea bass would jump out!"

Ding Ailian has been staying on the fish rack these days and knows exactly what is going on.

Ding Xiaoxiang breathed a sigh of relief. He knew very well how ferocious these sea bass were.

Without a fishing net, a lot of fish might jump out in a day. These are big sea bass weighing more than 20 kilograms each. If one escapes, it will cost a lot of money.

Not to mention someone this big, even if someone weighs only three or five kilograms, running like this is not an option.

"sister."

"Why should you worry about this? Didn't we hire someone to take care of the fish farm? What if they don't have experience with this?"

Ding Ailian smiled. Actually, Ding Xiaoxiang didn't need to worry about this matter. Both herself and Ma Baozhu were keeping an eye on it. Even if they didn't pull the fishing net at the beginning, they would not be able to quickly notice the fish jumping out and would know how to solve the problem quickly.

"correct!"

"sister!"

"Do the fish here really not need to be fed? Is it okay to just keep them like this?"

Ding Ailian pointed to the fish swimming back and forth on the surface of the water above the fish farm. These fish were actually looking for food.

"Can't you get some small fish or something to feed them?"

Ding Ailian has been thinking about this matter these days. He knows that Ding Xiaoxiang doesn't feed these fish because she is worried that others will think these fish are farmed. However, if she feeds small fish, it shouldn't have any impact.

"It doesn't matter if it's small fish or anything else. Once you feed them, people will wonder how these fish are farmed, or if they were caught but farmed. If they are farmed, the price will go down."

Ding Xiaoxiang shook her head. This thing really couldn't be done.

The small fish caught by the fishing boats at the dock are used to feed the fish in the fish farms. In fact, it does not affect the quality of these fish. But it is useless no matter what you say. Other people, even Liu Lei and Liu Gang, who run restaurants, think that as long as the fish are artificially fed, they are no longer natural fish.

Or maybe it's not just Liu Gang and Liu Lei who think this way, but those who eat at their restaurant who have this idea.

Liu Gang and Liu Lei rely on word of mouth for their business, so it is impossible for them not to make this business clear. As long as this matter is made clear, people who come to the restaurant to eat will not be willing to pay more to eat these fish.

"All right!"

"I originally thought that if we feed them something, these fish will grow fatter and healthier. If they eat a little, since these people think that these fish are not natural fish or wild fish, we can save ourselves some trouble!"

Ding Ailian had no idea what to do.

Whoever pays is the boss. Those who want to eat this kind of fish can get this kind of fish.

"But if that's the case, wouldn't the fish have to become thinner if they were kept as fish?"

This is what Ding Ailian is really worried about.

"Correct!"

"That's exactly what will happen!"

Ding Xiaoxiang nodded. These fish were kept in fish farms with running water, but if they were not fed, they would definitely become thinner, especially over a long period of time.

"There's nothing we can do about it, but luckily there's water flowing here, so there are always small schools of fish flowing along the tide to the fish farms, and the fish in the cages can get some food."

"Another idea is to turn on the lights for a longer period of time at night so that we can attract small schools of fish to gather here."

"More importantly, we have to control the time!"

"We have to sell them when the price is about the same. We can't wait too long. If we wait too long, the fish in the fish racks will probably become very thin. At that time, we may not be able to sell them at a good price, and we may not make much money."

Ding Xiaoxiang is very clear about this. These fish cannot be raised for too long. Don't think that they are for the fish during the fishing moratorium. As long as the fish in the fish racks reach a certain number, they will be sold.

"It's impossible for all the fish that have been put into the fish farms in the past few days to be sold after the fishing season begins!"

"We have to wait for seven or eight days, and then we have to start selling these fish!"

"Even if the price is not very good, we will sell these fish. We can't stockpile too much fish, otherwise the risk is really too great."

Ding Xiaoxiang pointed to a group of fish that had just emerged from a net cage in the fish farm.

These fish kept here in the fish farm are very healthy and vigorous, and until now there is nothing wrong with them. Not to mention one or two months, they can be kept alive even for a year or two.

But no matter what, it is really impossible to keep these fish forever. Zhao Dahai can catch a lot of fish every day. No one can tell how many fish are there in the fish farm in a year or two. All the fish are in his hands, which is a bit risky. He must sell the fish.

Only then did Ding Ailian understand Ding Xiaoxiang's thoughts.

"If we sell fish, what should Sister Baozhu and I do? Neither of us is very familiar with the market for this fish."

"Don't we have to find some time to understand this?"

Ding Ailian was a little anxious. She and Ma Baozhu were the only ones looking after the fish here. The most important thing in selling fish was to know the price, but she and Ma Baozhu really didn't understand this.

"You guys don't really know the price yet."

Ding Xiaoxiang nodded. Ma Baozhu and Ding Ailian really didn't understand the market for fish, shrimp and crabs. This matter could not be understood clearly in a short period of time. One had to keep an eye on this industry and keep an eye on market changes.

Ding Xiaoxiang told Ding Ailian that she could set her own price when selling fish.

"I will set the price of each type of fish when the fish is sold. You just need to sell the fish according to the price."

"For sea bass, what is the price of five kilograms of sea bass? What is the price of five to ten kilograms of sea bass?"

"I've set the price and you and Sister Baozhu can just sell the fish according to that price."

"Another thing is that most of the fish in our fish stall are bought from Liu Lei and Liu Gang's restaurant or Wu Weimin's private restaurant."

"For these, the prices are all set."

"As for the other fish, especially the ones we just talked about for a long time, there are too many fish in the fish racks. If we need to sell some of them, these fish will basically pass. I will sell Ding Chongshan and the others."

"I set the price of these fish."

"What you and Sister Baozhu need to do is actually to watch these fish and weigh them."

"It can be said that there are almost no fish sold to other buyers. If we have to say, it is that there may be some people near the dock who come to our fish farm to buy one or two fish to take home and eat."

Ding Xiaoxiang explained the matter of selling fish in detail. It was not complicated at all. Jin Ailian and Ma Baozhu did not need to care about the price of the fish. They just needed to keep an eye on the weighing.

Ding Ailian breathed a sigh of relief. She was really worried about this matter just now.

(End of this chapter)