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

Chapter 1321 Beware of Ding Chongshan

"correct!"

"dad."

"Aren't there some farmed fish at the fish farm? Those fish are actually of very good quality. I brought two back last time and cooked them. They were really delicious, not worse than those wild fish, and may even be better."

"I was originally thinking about selling the fish, but Sister Xiaoxiang disagreed."

Liu Lei remembered what he had talked about with Ding Xiaoxiang. He had been busy in recent days and had no time to discuss it with Liu Gang.

"Are you talking about those fish that are caught in the net cages and kept in the net boxes?"

"There are big ones and small ones, all put together?"

As soon as Liu Gang heard it, he knew which fish Liu Lei was talking about.

"Correct!"

"In fact, we put all the big and small fish we catch together, and the big fish eat the small ones. In this way, the big fish grow very fast. These fish are very fat. I think there is no problem with the taste. If we put them in our restaurant, we can even sell them at a higher price. But Sister Xiaoxiang strongly disagrees. She thinks that the risk of us doing this is too great."

Liu Lei nodded.

"There's no need to talk about this. If Ding Xiaoxiang explicitly says she doesn't agree with this, then she should just not do it."

Liu Gang waved his hand.

If Ding Xiaoxiang didn't say it explicitly, we could consider it, but since Ding Xiaoxiang said it explicitly, then there's really no need to consider it, and the matter is settled.

"Should we go ask Brother Dahai?"

Liu Lei hesitated for a moment, still a little unwilling to give up, and wondered whether he should ask Zhao Dahai for his opinion.

"Why not? Ding Xiaoxiang is right about this matter. The risk is too great for us."

"If you really want to sell these fish, don't put them on the menu. Just tell the regular customers who come to our Hongyun Restaurant that we have these fish. If they want to eat them, we can prepare some in advance, but we must not sell them properly, and definitely not publicly."

"If you ask Zhao Dahai, he won't have any other opinions. His opinion is definitely the same as Ding Xiaoxiang's. No matter how you look at it, the risks are much greater than the benefits."

Liu Gang has been doing business for many years and knows very well how terrible the risk that Ding Xiaoxiang mentioned is. There is really no need to do such a thing.

Liu Lei didn't say anything more about this matter.

Night falls.

After finishing dinner, Yang Qin hurriedly left Hongyun Restaurant and went to the pier of Shijiao Village.

Yang Qin went to the shop immediately after arriving at the dock and saw Ding Chongshan, Ding Xiaoxiang and Zhang Li in the shop from a distance.

"Uncle Ding."

"Auntie."

"Why are you two here?"

Yang Qin walked into the store and greeted Ding Chongshan and Zhang Li, feeling a little strange. She didn't know what was going on. Ding Chongshan had been here recently, which was normal, but Zhang Li rarely appeared here, and this was the first time she saw her.

"I'm going to go to the fish farm and take a look!"

Zhang Li pointed to the fish farm in the distance at the dock. It was no longer visible at night, and only the lights on it could be seen.

"Are you going to see the black porgy caught in the cages?"

Yang Qin immediately knew that Zhang Li must have gone to see the black sea bream. Ding Xiaoxiang must have told her about this. She went up to take a look at the fish and see what the situation was. Only then did she know what was going on.

"Yang Qin."

"Are you planning to go to the fish farm to take a look at the fish?"

Ding Xiaoxiang thought that Yang Qin came here most likely for the fish.

"Correct!"

"After discussing it, Liu Gang and Liu Lei, father and son, decided that it was inappropriate to sell black porgy weighing about one pound in a restaurant."

"I just thought that some of those fish you mentioned were a bit bigger."

"I'm thinking of going to the fish farm to see how many of these black sea bream weighing two or three pounds there are. If there are more, I can pick them out and sell them in Hongyun Restaurant, or in Wu Weimin's private restaurant."

"If there aren't too many, then we might as well not sell the fish!"

Yang Qin went to the fish farm tonight to check on the fish. If there were a lot of them, she could sell them. If there weren't a lot, she would simply not sell them.

"Row."

"Let's go up and take a good look at the size of these fish."

“But I think it’s really a bit overwhelming!”

"There aren't many big ones, so it's hard to pick out enough of them that weigh two or three kilograms!"

Ding Xiaoxiang nodded.

Liu Gang and Liu Lei’s idea, or decision, is really not surprising at all.

The current level of Hongyun Restaurant is really a bit high, and black sea bream of about one kilogram in size is really not easy to sell and is not very suitable.

"Xiaoxiang."

"Can you really catch so many fish in that fish farm?"

Ding Chongshan took a sip of tea. Ding Xiaoxiang had just told him the whole story, but he still found it a little hard to believe.

"Can this be false?"

"These fish are already being raised in the cages in the fish farm."

"When I left the fish farm, there were already 6,000 kilograms of fish. I don't know how many there are now. I estimate that there may be 7,000 to 8,000 kilograms of fish!"

Ding Xiaoxiang nodded. This was really hard to believe, but that was the fact.

"Ding Chongshan!"

"I have to make this matter clear to you!"

"These fish can only be sold at the fish stalls in town. They have nothing to do with you."

"If you want to take these fish from Hongyun Restaurant, just pick out some of the big ones."

Zhang Li looked at Ding Chongshan very vigilantly. These fish were sold at the fish market in the town, and Ding Chongshan must not be allowed to sell them to wholesalers.

"We are all family, aren't we? What's the difference?" "We can't sell all these fish here. Wouldn't it be better to sell some to wholesalers? There's a shortage of fish everywhere since the fishing moratorium begins."

Ding Chongshan smiled bitterly, he was really planning to catch these fish.

The fishing moratorium has begun, and all the fresh fish, shrimps and crabs, no matter their shape or size, are in great short supply. In a business like this, I really don't care whether the fish are big or small. As long as they are fresh fish, they will be in great demand during the fishing moratorium and will sell very well.

"Don't even think about it!"

“These were not the planned fish, but the extra fish that were caught.”

"Your wholesalers don't know about this kind of fish. Even if they do, what good will it do? This was not part of the plan at all."

"Besides, even if the wholesalers sell these fish to you, the price is definitely not higher than the price sold here in the town's fish market."

"Why should I put away the money I could earn more money and instead give it to you to earn less money?"

Zhang Li did not give Ding Chongshan any face at all. These fish must not be allowed to be taken away by Ding Chongshan and sold to those wholesalers.

If the fish were in the plan, there would be nothing to say and I would definitely not stop it. However, this batch of fish was extra and was not at all in Ding Chongshan’s plan or in the sales channels of his wholesalers.

Ding Chongshan taking these fishes was just the icing on the cake. As for making money, it would definitely not be as high a price as selling them at the town’s fish market.

Ding Chongshan didn't know what to say. What Zhang Li said was actually very right.

One is that the fish that Ding Xiaoxiang caught in the fish farm were not in her plan, and she didn’t know there were such fish through her channels from the beginning.

Another more critical point is that the price of these fish sold wholesale is really not as good as selling them in the town’s fish market.

This means that if Ding Xiaoxiang sells these fish through her own wholesale channels, she won't make more money, and Zhang Li and the others won't make any money either. If this continues, the losses will be huge.

Is there any benefit? Of course there is a benefit. If you still have so many fresh fish during the fishing moratorium, it will be good for opening up channels or showing your strength.

"dad!"

"Don't even think about these fish! They really have nothing to do with you!"

"If it's your place, the money you make is really much less. And it's not just me and Zhao Dahai who make less money. They all don't make any money either. Why is there any need to do something like this?"

Ding Xiaoxiang really doesn't stand on Ding Chongshan's side.

Even if they are doing business as a family, it is really impossible for this to harm the interests of himself and Zhao Dahai's small family.

With so many fish caught in the fish farm, we need to think carefully about how to sell them and make more money.

Selling these fish through wholesale channels would really mean losing a lot of money. This is definitely impossible and I would not agree to do this.

Ding Chongshan sighed. There was really nothing he could do now!

No matter what, you will really make less money.

Ding Xiaoxiang must have considered this matter when selling these fish.

Zhang Li laughed. She had always been a little worried that Ding Chongshan would take away some of the fish. However, after Ding Xiaoxiang brought up the matter, there was nothing more to say. It was definitely settled that Ding Chongshan could not take away the fish.

"Xiaoxiang."

"When these fish can be sold, I'll ask your eldest and second sisters-in-law to come here every day to get the fish."

"Just talk to the people on the fish rack and compare the quantities when the time comes!"

"No matter what the price is, your eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law and I will take 20%, and the rest is the price of your fish."

Zhang Li did not take it lightly, she knew she had to do this matter properly.

"Isn't it necessary to be like this?"

"Xiaoxiang has already said that these fish cannot be sold to my sales channels. Can I still snatch these fish away?"

Ding Chongshan and Zhang Li have been married for many years. When they heard what was going on, they knew that they were definitely worried that they would steal those fish one day.

"You really have to be careful about this. You never know when you won't be able to get fish, or there may be too little fish, or your wholesalers may be in a hurry to get fish."

"Just find a random excuse to take these fish?"

"I have to call Zhang Qi or Chen Miaomiao and keep an eye on the fish. I have to come to the fish farm every day and take the fish directly to the town's fish market."

“It takes a little more effort, but it will definitely ensure that these fish can be sold in the market.”

"How can making money be easy?"

Zhang Li was confident.

"mom!"

"You're right. This matter really needs to be done by myself. I really need to keep a close eye on it!"

Ding Xiaoxiang smiled and nodded. This was really the case. She absolutely could not be careless. She really had to keep a close eye on these fish. Otherwise, Ding Chongshan or her elder and second brothers might intercept and catch these fish one day.

Yang Qin couldn't help laughing when she heard what Ding Chongshan, Zhang Li and Ding Xiaoxiang were saying. But there was nothing strange about it. This was how business was done. Once you made up your mind, you had to do it yourself. Otherwise, you would be asking for trouble. Who knows, one day Zhang Li might find that there were not many fish to sell at her fish stall.

Ding Chongshan kept shaking his head, but there was nothing he could do.

Don't be fooled by what you say now. You may say that you will definitely not take these fish. But if one day some channel dealers really are short of fish and call you in a hurry to tell you, you might do something like this.

Both Ding Xiaoxiang and Zhang Li knew very well that the tricks of doing business were all designed to guard against this move of theirs.

Zhang Qi and Chen Miaomiao come here to get fish every day. If they follow the car, I really have no good solution.

"dad!"

"It's almost time now. We are going to go to the fish farm to check out the fish. Do you want to go?"

Ding Xiaoxiang pointed to the lights of the fish farm in the distance. She came here today to go to the fish farm with her mother Zhang Li and Yang Qin to see the fish caught in the net cages.

Ding Chongshan really wanted to go and take a look, but these fish had nothing to do with him now, so he simply decided not to go.

Ding Xiaoxiang, Yang Qin and Zhang Li left the shop, went up to the dock, and drove the speedboat directly to the fish farm.

Ding Chongshan stood at the door of the shop, looking at the brightly lit fishing boats on both sides of the dock and frowned. His purpose here was to collect the fish, shrimps and crabs brought back by these fishing boats, but he really couldn't do such a thing now.

"It will definitely take three to five months!"

Ding Chongshan shook his head, muttered something quietly, turned around and walked back to the shop, made some tea, and drank it while sitting on a chair, thinking about waiting to go to other shops nearby or some fishing boats to take a look around and deal with these people later.

Ding Xiaoxiang, Yang Qin and Zhang Li drove a speedboat and slowly arrived at the fish farm.

(End of this chapter)