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

Chapter 1199 The Bigger the More Popular

“Isn’t this too many fish?”

Ding Chongshan reminded Zhao Dahai.

There are already a lot of fish in the live water tank. If all the groupers in the net bags on both sides of the speedboat are put in, there will be a huge number of fish.

"No way!"

"If we need to get back quickly, we definitely can't hang these groupers on both sides of the speedboat."

"One is that it has to affect the speed, and the other is that under such a high speed, these groupers will basically die."

"It would be better to just put it in the live water tank. As long as it can fit, then put it in."

"If there were too many, there might be a lack of oxygen, but the speed of the speedboat was very fast when we were returning, and the seawater rushed into the fire water tank. Some fish died, but I don't think it's a big problem."

Zhao Dahai knew that Ding Chongshan was right. There were already a lot of fish in the live water tank. If he continued to put more fish in, it would be packed full. It was very likely that these groupers would die from lack of oxygen. However, he wanted to save time now and there was really no other way.

"Row!"

"It can only be like this!"

Ding Chongshan understood what Zhao Dahai meant and no longer objected to this matter.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou packed up quickly, first packing up the fishing rods, then collecting the large groupers in several net bags hanging on the side of the speedboat and putting them into the live water tank.

"Zhao Dahai."

"There are indeed a lot of fish now, but the speedboat will be moving faster, the seawater in the live water tank will flow faster, and our oxygenator will be turned on high."

"It shouldn't be a big problem!"

After Lei Dayou released the fish, he took a careful look and felt that there shouldn't be any serious problems.

Zhao Dahai nodded without saying anything, and watched the speedboat quickly rush back to the fishing boat.

Don't think you are sure, but you have to avoid accidents as much as possible and hurry back. It is safer to put all the fish in the live water tank of the large fishing boat.

When Zhao Dahai rushed back to the fishing boat, it was already dark.

Ding Dawen had already seen Zhao Dahai's fishing boat and immediately arranged for people to work.

"Are all the fish we caught today small?"

Zhao Shi took the cup of brewed strong tea and handed it to Zhao Dahai.

"Correct!"

"They are all small in size, not to mention those weighing 50 or 60 kilograms. Even those weighing 20 or 30 kilograms are not many, but there are quite a lot of them. The live water tanks are all full."

"Come back early, but after eating and sleeping for a while, we have to go out to sea again."

Zhao Dahai wiped the sweat from his forehead.

We actually caught quite a few fish today, but they were a little smaller. All together, we weighed about four thousand kilograms.

In this case, it is definitely more cost-effective to catch big groupers, and you can make more money. However, there is nothing anyone can do about this. If there are no big fish in the sea, you can only catch small fish. In fact, small groupers are easier to sell, so in a sense, the money you make will not be too little.

"Are you going out fishing so early?"

Zhao Shi was stunned for a moment. He had originally thought of going to the sea to have a good rest and waiting to go out to sea to fish at five or six in the morning. Now, from what he heard, it seemed that they would go out to sea to fish at one or two in the morning.

Zhao Dahai told Zhao Shi that many speedboats had appeared on the artificial islands in the afternoon. Needless to say, the news that grouper could be caught here and it was relatively easy to catch grouper had spread. In this way, all the speedboats that had been crowding in the sea bass fishing spots in recent days must have flocked to the artificial islands at once.

We should seize the time and catch more fish. When many speedboats appear during the day tomorrow, we can consider coming back to sleep.

"Second Grandpa."

"Today's fishing time is not too long. We just need to grit our teeth and hold on for a while. Once all the other speedboats have arrived at the artificial islands and reefs, we can come back here to sleep and rest."

"We need to create a time difference. Otherwise, if too many speedboats appear on the artificial islands and reefs, it will have a great impact on us."

Zhao Dahai knew very well that there would be a lot of speedboats waiting for the artificial islands and reefs tomorrow. It would be better for him to go to bed early today and go out to sea early in the morning to fish until tomorrow when all the other speedboats will come to the artificial islands and reefs. If there are too many people, it would be too much of a problem to continue fishing if he can't catch any fish. If he can't catch many fish, he might as well go back to the fishing boat to sleep and rest.

"Row!"

"That's all it takes."

"You and Shizhu don't need to worry about the things on the speedboat. Go eat, take a shower and go to bed right away."

When Zhao Shi heard that many speedboats had appeared on the artificial islands and reefs this afternoon, he knew what was going on. Zhao Dahai was right to do this. He had to take advantage of the time when there were fewer people to fish and make more money, and then come back to sleep when there were more people.

Zhao Dahai nodded, and immediately shouted loudly to Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou to get on the fishing boat. All the remaining matters were left to Ding Dawen and the other people on the fishing boat.

Zhao Dahai, Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou took a shower, changed their clothes, ate their meal and went back to the cabin to sleep.

"Zhao Dahai and his friends are fishing, it's really hard work."

Wu Guodong patted his forehead.

Today, Wu Weimin and I went fishing on a speedboat. Although we stayed on the speedboat all day, we didn't fish much. Even so, we still felt very tired.

Zhao Dahai, Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Da did not stop the whole day. They just ate something at noon, drank some water and rested for less than ten minutes. The rest of the time they were fishing.

Not only do I have to keep going all day, but now I have to continue fishing at sea after only three or four hours of sleep. If you don't have a body of iron, you really can't handle it. At least I definitely can't do it.

"hehe!"

"Boss Wu."

"This kind of thing is not too difficult. One thing is to have such a physique, and the other is to grit your teeth. You are a businessman, busy in the store all day long. Zhao Dahai and the others are young, and more importantly, they have been working on these fishing boats all year round. They have long been accustomed to it, or you can say that their bodies have been trained." Shi Guangming said as he stared at the groupers that were being hoisted up from the speedboat. Almost all of them were small in size.

"Although the price of these small groupers is not too high, they are definitely very popular and easy to sell, especially in Liu Lei's restaurant or in your private restaurant, Boss Wu Weimin. Groupers of this size are definitely the best sellers."

Shi Guangming looked at Wu Weimin standing next to him, drinking water in big gulps. The big grouper has its own advantages, and the small grouper has its own advantages.

A large grouper weighing more than one hundred kilograms is very expensive and not easy to sell, but a grouper weighing three to five kilograms can be afforded by ordinary people, not to mention the rich, and they are willing to pay for it.

"Correct!"

"Large groupers weighing dozens of kilograms or even hundreds of kilograms are generally bought when there are customers to entertain, and only when the big boss is entertaining customers."

"When these people eat on their own, they usually like the ones that are three to four kilograms or ten kilograms."

"But those groupers weighing several dozen kilograms or more than 100 kilograms are very popular in my store or in Liu Gang and Liu Lei's Hongyun Restaurant."

Wu Weimin nodded, but immediately shook his head. What Shi Guangming said was correct, but not entirely true. The price of large grouper was indeed very high and it was not easy to sell under normal circumstances. However, this problem did not exist in his own store.

"Why? Is it really easy to sell a grouper weighing 100 to 180 kilograms?"

Shi Guangming was really curious about what was going on.

Wu Weimin told Shi Guangming that his private restaurant or Liu Gang and Liu Lei's Hongyun Restaurant is now very famous, and many people who want to eat giant grouper have all called to make reservations.

"No matter how big the grouper Zhao Dahai catches, it is very popular in my restaurant and in Liu Gang and Liu Lei's Hongyun Restaurant. Not everyone can afford it. Basically, it is those wealthy bosses who call to make reservations."

"It's not easy for other seafood restaurants or private restaurants that don't have such a reputation to sell such large fish, especially if they want to sell such large fish in large quantities."

Wu Weimin was a little proud. This was something that only his own private restaurant or the restaurant owned by Liu Gang and Liu Lei could accomplish.

"On average, we can sell at least two or three large groupers weighing more than 50 kilograms every day every month."

"Most of these groupers are reserved by wealthy people who call in to order them. In their opinion, as long as the grouper is big enough, it will give you face and a grand show, so it's no problem to pay more."

Wu Weimin has been doing business for many years and knows very well what those rich people are thinking. To be fair, a large grouper weighing 100 to 180 kilograms is not very delicious, especially if the chef's skills are not good enough. However, such a large grouper is for show and face. He is not worried about not being able to sell these groupers. Instead, he is worried about whether Zhao Dahai can catch enough large groupers.

"In that case, don't you want Zhao Dahai to not catch small groupers, but only those that weigh several dozen kilograms?"

Lin Zuhua laughed. Most of the groupers caught by Zhao Dahai today were small in size.

"Do I need to say this? This is definitely the case. I really hope that every fish I catch every day is more than 50 kilograms, or even more than 100 kilograms. Unfortunately, there are not so many large groupers in this sea. Even if Zhao Dahai has great ability, he can't do this."

"But then again, there are still more big groupers on the artificial island than in other places. The groupers Zhao Dahai caught here far exceed those he caught at the Fengchejiao fishing spot before, both in terms of quantity and size and weight."

Wu Weimin has been buying fish from Zhao Dahai and is very familiar with the changes in these fish that have been caught through sea fishing.

"When we eat fish, we definitely want to eat the small ones. Those weighing about three to five kilograms are very tender and delicious. But when it comes to selling, the big ones are really easier to sell."

Ding Chongshan strongly agreed with Wu Weimin's statement.

Big fish seem to be more expensive and difficult to sell, but in fact this is not the case.

“Are there a lot of people ordering fish?”

Wu Weimin immediately remembered what Ding Chongshan and Ding Xiaoxiang had been doing recently, which was to sell some big fish. However, they were not selling them in the store like he, Liu Gang and Liu Lei did and taking reservations. All the fish were big ones and were transported to other places via seafood trucks.

"Correct!"

“There are actually a lot of orders recently!”

"On average, we get at least two big fish a day!"

"All of them are concentrated on those weighing over 70 or 80 kilograms!"

"Everyone wants a grouper weighing more than 100 kilograms, but there aren't many fish of this size!"

"One is Hongyun Restaurant owned by Liu Gang and Liu Lei, and the other is Wu Weimin, Boss Wu, your private restaurant must be supplied. Only the remaining ones will receive orders."

“It’s really in short supply!”

"We have to think about whether to collect some of these fish from other places, but the big ones caught by other speedboats that go offshore to fish for grouper are really too few."

Ding Chongshan nodded. Recently, there are really a lot of people who have ordered these fish, and they are all concentrated on large groupers weighing 70 to 80 kilograms or even hundreds of kilograms.

"All these large groupers are sent to restaurants and other places in the province."

"I didn't expect there would be so many orders."

"It's definitely not enough, but there's no way I could get such a big grouper from someone else. It's really too difficult."

Ding Chongshan felt a little helpless.

The business of Liu Gang and Liu Lei's Hongyun Restaurant or Wu Weimin's private restaurant is mainly concentrated in this town and the surrounding counties and will not exceed the city. People from too far away will not come to eat.

All the orders that he and Ding Xiaoxiang received were from within the province, so as not to affect the business of Liu Gang, Liu Lei and Wu Weimin.

I thought there wouldn't be too many orders, and having three to five orders a month would be good enough. I didn't expect that now there are only one or two orders a day on average. The key is that we are not open to accepting orders yet.

If we really open up to it, there will definitely be more.

Do you want to buy big grouper from other people?

Don’t be fooled by the fact that there are many speedboats going out to sea to fish for grouper in the surrounding towns. The groupers caught are generally smaller in size. There are not many that are over 30 kilograms, and even fewer that are 70 to 80 kilograms or over 100 kilograms.

Not to mention, those speedboats generally have their own familiar buyers, so even if someone occasionally catches a few fish, it will not be their turn.

Ding Chongshan has been troubled by this issue recently, but he has no better solution.

(End of this chapter)