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

Chapter 1324: So energetic!

"No way? Is the business of Hongyun Restaurant so good now?"

Zhang Li was startled.

Hongyun Restaurant's business is very good. I have known this for a long time, but I didn't expect it to be so good.

Zhao Dahai was very clear about his fishing skills, but from what Yang Qin said, it was clear that the fish Zhao Dahai caught were not enough for Hongyun Restaurant to sell.

"Now the business of Hongyun Restaurant is really good. What's more, Zhao Dahai caught these fish, but he not only sold them to Hongyun Restaurant, but also to Wu Weimin!"

"The business of Wu Weimin's private restaurant has also been booming recently."

"I heard that Wu Weimin's private restaurant now mainly sells grouper. It is almost becoming a private restaurant specializing in grouper."

"Nowadays, many people who want to eat grouper have to go to Wu Weimin's private restaurant."

Yang Qin was very familiar with Wu Weimin's situation, and they often dealt with each other. Wu Weimin's private restaurant had now become a place specializing in eating grouper, and was very famous in the entire circle.

Zhang Li then remembered that the fish caught by Zhao Dahai were not only sold to Hongyun Restaurant, but also to Wu Weimin. There was also another sales channel here through Ding Chongshan, but it was a high-end route and all the orders were large fish.

"Sea bass, especially those weighing 30 to 40 kilograms, are very popular in Hongyun Restaurant and Wu Weimin's private restaurant. There are really not enough of these fish to sell now."

"Sometimes I really wonder how there are so many people in this world with so much money to eat these fish?"

Yang Qin was not joking, she really had such an idea. Not to mention the groupers weighing dozens of kilograms, which were very expensive, just take the sea bass weighing 20 to 30 kilograms for example. Hongyun Restaurant could sell a lot of them every day, and Wu Weimin's private restaurant could also sell a lot of them every day.

Yang Qin really didn't know where these people got so much money, or where so many people came from who would pay to eat such expensive fish.

"What's so strange about this?"

"There are really too many rich people in this world. There must be a lot of people who are willing to pay for good food."

"Let's not talk about other places. Just take our town as an example. The number of rich people far exceeds your imagination."

"The people who eat at Hongyun Restaurant now are not only from our town, but also from other surrounding towns, including the county seat."

"How could there not be a lot?"

"Generally speaking, Hongyun Restaurant can sell thirty groupers a day, which is already a lot."

"But these thirty groupers are just for the thirty people who came to eat. If we put them in the whole town and the surrounding towns, including the county seat, how many would there be?"

Zhang Li was just a little surprised that Hongyun Restaurant was doing so well now, but she was not surprised at all that they could sell so many fish.

There are really too many rich people in my town and other towns around it. Too many people are willing to pay to eat these delicious fish, not to mention places like the county town.

Hongyun Restaurant is now very famous, and many people know about it. Many people even come from far away to eat here.

"Yang Qin."

"You didn't expect to encounter a situation like this, did you?"

"It's not that no one comes to eat, but there's not enough food to sell in the restaurant!"

Zhang Li couldn't help but laugh as she spoke. In fact, the two things that business people fear the most are that one is not being able to sell things, and the other is not having enough things to sell.

"It's the same with the fish stalls. They have to face the same problem. Sometimes if there are not enough fish, shrimp and crabs, they are sold out very quickly. You have to watch helplessly as many people want to buy, but there is nothing to sell."

I felt a little helpless when Zhang Li talked about this, but there was nothing I could do.

"Groupers are relatively better, but catching black bream and sea bass is really a bit difficult. A few days ago, Ding Xiaoxiang and I discussed whether we could talk to Zhao Dahai and ask him to catch more black bream and sea bass when fishing."

Yang Qin shook her head. She and Ding Xiaoxiang had indeed discussed this matter some time ago, but there was really nothing they could do about it. What Ma Baozhu said made a lot of sense. There was really no way to go fishing in the sea. They couldn't catch any fish they wanted. They could only catch whatever fish were available.

It's getting darker.

11pm.

The sea breeze was a bit cold when it blew over, and waves began to form on the sea. The fish rack began to shake slightly, but it was still very stable.

"grandmother."

"Second Grandma."

"What do you think? Are you comfortable on the fish rack now?"

"If you're not feeling well, why don't we just go back home? Or go ashore and find a place to stay near the pier?"

Ding Xiaoxiang walked to the side of Zhong Cuihua and Huang Jintao.

At this time, the wind and waves had started to pick up. Although the fish raft was relatively stable, it was still shaking a little.

"What's the problem with that?"

"It's just a little bit of wind and waves. Even if it's bigger, it won't be a problem. There's no need to bother tonight. We can just stay here at the fish farm."

"How's everything going? Everything is ready in the kitchen, how about eating something first?"

Zhong Cuihua knew that Ding Xiaoxiang was just worried that she might not be able to sleep well because she was lying on the fish steak, especially that she felt a little dizzy or something, but there was really no problem.

"Row!"

"It's getting late now, and I'm hungry. We've almost finished talking about everything. I'll have to wait three to five days before I can sell these black porgy caught in the nets at the fish stall. I wanted to pick out some big ones and sell them to Hongyun Restaurant, but there aren't many of them, especially those weighing more than two kilograms. I need to think about this matter a little more."

Ding Xiaoxiang nodded and said that she could eat it once the food was cooked.

Ma Baozhu immediately called out to the people in the kitchen to bring up the cooked food.

Ding Xiaoxiang, Yang Qin and Zhang Li finished their meal, chatted for a while and then left the fish farm and returned to the dock.

Zhong Cuihua and Huang Jintao were both old, so they went back to their rooms to sleep early. Ding Ailian and Ma Baozhu were both awake.

"Sister-in-law."

"Why do I feel like there are more and more fish in the net cages tonight? Could it be related to the weather? The sea water is flowing faster, and the weather is not so good, so the fish are more likely to come to the shore. Is there more fish now?"

Ding Ailian looked at the net cage soaked in sea water at her feet. She could see the fish rushing in one after another very clearly.

"It really could be like this. The weather is really not very good now."

"The waves seem to be getting stronger. In this case, it is easier for these fish to get close to the shore. Then, it will be easier for them to rush into the net cages along the current."

Ma Baozhu thought about it and thought that this might be the reason. When the weather is bad, the fish in the sea will be affected and sometimes will run to the deep sea. However, when the fish are at the seaside, they will most likely only run inside.

The water in places like the pier is deeper than the surrounding water, and it is a relatively sheltered place, so it is normal for more fish to gather there.

"If that's the case, then we won't be able to sleep tonight and will have to stay here the whole time?"

Ding Ailian was talking as she pulled the iron hoist to lift the net cage. There were already nearly 400 kilograms of fish in it. She hadn't paid much attention when she was talking just now, and there were so many fish rushing in at once. If she didn't pull it up, it would be too late and they were too heavy and would require a lot of effort.

"If you can catch thousands of kilograms of fish in one night, why would you need to sleep or not?"

"We two have to take turns guarding this place. It's safer for the two of us to pull up these fish ourselves."

Ma Baozhu didn’t care at all whether he could sleep today. There were so many fish that he didn’t know how many he could catch in one night.

"Whee!"

"I was just saying it casually!"

"Although this cage is big, there are already quite a few fish in it. We have already transferred some of the fish to another net line next to it. I hope the whole cage will be full tonight, right?"

As Ding Ailian spoke, she pointed to the fish cages that had been used to release fish in recent days.

The lights at night shine on the entire fish farm, and the net cage next to it can be seen clearly. Groups of fish are swimming in the sea. They are very large and very dense.

"Looks like we'll have to catch more fish and put them in another net cage next to it, otherwise there will be too many!"

Ma Baozhu looked at it carefully for a while, nodded, and looked at another net cage a little further away. It was an empty net cage, and the next caught fish would be put into it.

"If we keep catching fish like this, even an empty net cage will be filled up!"

"Fortunately, Ding Xiaoxiang built these cages at a relatively deep depth and they were relatively large, otherwise it would have been quite a hassle."

Ding Ailian knew very well how big the cages were on the fishing raft.

It's easy to hold 10,000 kilograms of fish in a net cage. Fortunately, it is like this, otherwise it would be a bit troublesome. Ordinary small fish cages for offshore fish farming would definitely not be able to hold so many fish.

"Let's put all the fish caught in the net cage in this new net box and see how many fish we can catch tomorrow."

Ma Baozhu made up her mind.

"Row!"

"We will put all the fish we catch in this new net cage and see how many fish we can catch tomorrow morning."

Ding Ailian nodded.

Ma Baozhu stood up and walked around the entire fish farm to make sure that everything on the farm was very stable, especially the fish nets on top of the fish cages, all of which were pulled up. One reason was to make sure that the fish could not jump out, and secondly, even if there were other small fishing boats or speedboats around who wanted to catch the fish in the cages, they would not be able to catch them.

Ma Baozhu arranged for the people to guard the entire fish farm tonight and then went back to her room to sleep.

Four o'clock in the morning.

Ma Baozhu woke up and walked out of the room. A very strong sea breeze blew towards her, which must have been around force six. The fish rack was shaking a little, but not too much. The splashes of water from the sea water hitting the fish rack were quite large.

Ma Baozhu frowned and immediately walked to the door of the room where Zhong Cuihua and Huang Jintao slept. She listened carefully but heard no movement inside. She called out softly a few times but heard no response from Zhong Cuihua and Huang Jintao. They must have slept well. If they were not asleep, they must have heard her words and would have replied to her.

Ma Baozhu did not go to the door of the room where Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming were sleeping to see what was going on. There was no need to do so. They were people who had been fishing or swimming in the deep sea all their lives. They would encounter weather like this many times. It was just a little shaking, so it was impossible for them to not sleep and it would not have any impact on them.

Ma Baozhu walked around the fish rack and checked it carefully. There was no problem. He then asked the person who had been watching the situation around the fish rack, and there was no problem either.

Ma Baozhu walked to Ding Ailian's side.

"How come you seem so energetic even though you didn't sleep all night?"

Ma Baozhu took a look at Ding Ailian and found that she was really energetic, with a smile all over her face and she looked extremely excited.

"Does this even need to be said?"

"Who would be sleepy or tired after catching fish all night? You must be very energetic!"

As Ding Ailian spoke, she pointed to the net cage right at her feet, and then pointed to another fish box not far away.

Ma Baozhu lowered his head to look at the fish cage, which now contained about a hundred kilograms of fish.

"Yo!"

"Why do these fish seem so big? They must be two or three pounds, right?"

Ma Baozhu immediately discovered that although the fish caught in the net cage were still black sea bream, these black sea bream were much larger than those caught during the day. They seemed to weigh two or even three kilograms.

"That's right, these fish are not only big, but much bigger!"

"The smallest of the black sea bream we caught now weighs two kilograms, the largest weighs three kilograms, and some even weigh four kilograms!"

Ding Ailian was very excited and stayed here all night. At the beginning, these black breams were not much different from the previous ones, all of them were about one kilogram in size. But as time passed, starting at two o'clock in the morning, the size of these black breams became bigger and bigger, and now some have begun to weigh about four kilograms.

(End of this chapter)