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

Chapter 1326: Always Catching!
"what!"

"That's right, it's absolutely true. Who doesn't want to make more money?"

"Hey!"

“I still have to say that watching catching prawns is much more enjoyable than catching fish!”

Shi Guangming was smoking a water pipe and watching Ding Ailian and Ma Baozhu carrying another basket of shrimps over and pouring them into the net cages. His mouth was about to split open with laughter.

When Zhong Cuihua and Huang Jintao woke up and walked out of the room, they immediately saw Ma Baozhu and Ding Ailian busying themselves, and Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming standing in front of a fish cage in the fish farm, talking about something.

Ding Ailian saw Zhong Cuihua and Huang Jintao, and called out and waved.

"What's this for? Have you caught anything good?"

When Huang Jintao saw Ding Ailian's look, he knew that she must have caught something good again. As he spoke, he and Zhong Cuihua walked over.

"Yo!"

"Are all of these nine-segmented shrimps?"

Zhong Cuihua walked over to Ding Ailian and Ma Baozhu, took a look at what was in the net cage, and was a little scared when she found that they were large nine-segmented shrimps.

"Correct!"

"We caught about 500 to 600 kilograms! All of them were placed in the net cage next to Grandpa Shi and Second Grandpa standing."

Ma Baozhu smiled and pointed at Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming.

"Are the shrimps coming?"

"Are all those black snappers gone? That's such a shame!"

Huang Jintao was stunned for a moment. What was caught in the net cage were all shrimps. There were not many fish. She immediately thought of the black sea bream that she had caught in the whole day, weighing at least six or seven thousand kilograms, but now they were all gone.

"Second Grandma!"

"This is the more valuable nine-segmented shrimp. Is it possible that it is not as good as those black sea breams that weigh one or two kilograms?"

Ding Ailian found it a little funny that Huang Jintao was only thinking about the black sea bream he had caught and had never imagined that these nine-segment shrimps were more valuable.

"Golden peach."

"What are you thinking? Why would you catch the small and not-so-valuable black sea bream when you can catch the more valuable nine-segment shrimp?"

"A thousand kilograms of nine-segmented shrimps of this size, wouldn't that be worth four thousand kilograms of those smaller black sea breams?"

Zhong Cuihua laughed.

Huang Jintao was stunned for a moment before she remembered this matter. The price of a nine-segment shrimp of this size is much more valuable than those black sea breams that weigh about one kilogram. She really had forgotten about this matter.

"grandmother."

"What do you two want for breakfast? These shrimps were just caught. They are delicious. How about we make shrimp porridge or something?"

Ma Baozhu pointed at the nine-segment shrimps that were constantly rushing into the net cage. These were the freshest. Whether used to make porridge or blanched, they were very delicious.

"Second Grandpa and Grandpa Shi just said that they wanted to eat boiled shrimps!"

Ding Ailian pointed at Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming not far away.

"Row!"

"How about making some shrimp porridge? And blanching some shrimps? It doesn't take much effort, and it tastes good."

"Hey!"

"Why isn't Xiaoxiang here? These are the shrimps I just caught. They're delicious!"

Zhong Cuihua shook her head.

"grandmother!"

"Is this a difficult matter?"

“It’s so simple!”

"Didn't we have a phone line at the fish farm a few days ago?"

"Can't we just make a phone call and find the person? Even if we can't find the person by phone, can't we just drive the speedboat to the dock and go find him directly?"

Ding Ailian smiled.

Zhong Cuihua saw the delicious food and thought of Ding Xiaoxiang.

"Forget it!"

"You don't have to be like this. Although fresh food is delicious, it's not something rare."

"Ding Xiaoxiang has something to do. If I call him, won't he have to make an extra trip here?"

Zhong Cuihua shook her head.

I was thinking that if Ding Xiaoxiang was here, we could have a fresh meal. However, if Ding Xiaoxiang had no plans to come here, I would definitely have to come over after I called her, which would delay things.

"OK OK!"

"It's not something rare, so there's no need for Xiaoxiang to make a special trip."

"We've caught so many, let's put them in the cage."

"They are all alive and kicking. Have you fed them anything?"

"Why don't you just grab it and eat it whenever Xiaoxiang comes? What's the big difference?"

Huang Jintao smiled and patted Zhong Cuihua's hand.

When people get older, they want to see their children and grandchildren every day, but they are also worried that their children and grandchildren have a lot of things to do.

This is a normal thing.

There's really no need to ask Ding Xiaoxiang to make a special trip so she can eat when she gets here.

Ma Baozhu took a small basket, filled it with more than ten kilograms or even twenty kilograms of large nine-segment shrimps that had just been poured out of the net cage, and carried it to the kitchen.

Five or six pounds are used to cook shrimp porridge, and the rest is used for blanching.

Whether it's shrimp porridge or boiled shrimp, it's cooked very quickly and served to everyone who eats the whole fish fillet together for breakfast.

“It’s really fresh and delicious!”

"If Liu Gang, Liu Lei, or Wu Weimin from Hongyun Restaurant knew that we caught so many shrimps, it would be a big deal. They might come running over right away!"

Shi Guangming took a shrimp, peeled off the shell, and stuffed the whole shrimp meat into his mouth. It was cooked just right, very chewy, fresh and sweet. This is really the unique taste of seafood shrimp.

"Shrimp of this size are very popular even in normal times, not to mention that it is the fishing off-season now."

Zhao Shi nodded.

Small shrimps and big crabs are always more popular than fish. But if there is no fishing moratorium, these big nine-segment shrimps are really in great demand. Now is the fishing moratorium, there are fewer fish, but there are still some anyway.

This is the fishing moratorium period and you cannot go out to sea to fish, but you can go fishing.

But the shrimps and crabs are basically very scarce, and not just a little bit less.

In this case, it will be really popular.

Hongyun Restaurant or Wu Weimin's private restaurant actually made some preparations and collected a lot of shrimps in advance.

But no matter what, the quantity is not enough, and these are caught freshly.

If Liu Gang, Liu Lei and Wu Weimin knew about it, they would definitely not let these shrimps go and would definitely want to get them.

"correct!"

"Didn't Zhang Li take all the black porgy we caught to the town's fish market to sell?"

"We have to take these prawns there and sell them!"

Zhong Cuihua suddenly remembered this incident and looked at Ma Baozhu and Ding Ailian beside her. She decided to remember this incident and tell Zhang Li about the prawns next time when she came to get the fish.

"grandmother!"

"There's no need for that. These nine-segment shrimps are bigger. We must sell them to Liu Lei at Hongyun Restaurant, or to Wu Weimin's private restaurant. The price is higher and we can make more money!"

Ding Ailian shook her head. She could make more money by selling the nine-segment shrimp to Wu Weimin's private restaurant or Liu Gang and Liu Lei's Hongyun Restaurant. If she sold it at the fish stall in the town, she would not make much money.

"what!"

"Ding Ailian."

"How could your grandma Zhong not know about this?"

"Some things don't depend on how much money you make, but on who you give it to."

"If it weren't for the fishing moratorium, Ding Chongshan would be able to harvest enough fish, shrimp and crabs, and Zhang Li would have fish, shrimp and crabs too. There's no need to worry about it."

"But now is the fishing moratorium, there are fewer fish, shrimps and crabs, Ding Chongshan can't get too many fish, shrimps and crabs, does that mean the fish stalls in the town will stop doing business?"

"That's definitely not possible!"

"Selling these shrimps at the fish stall in town will definitely make less money, but it doesn't matter. We are all family, so why do we need to calculate so much?"

Shi Guangming smiled. Ding Ailian was only thinking about what kind of people she could sell to in order to make more money. However, Zhong Cuihua did this not for the purpose of making the most money. She just thought that it was the fishing moratorium and there were fewer fish, shrimps and crabs. Zhang Zhangli also had fewer fish, shrimps and crabs, so she had nothing to sell. This would not do. She must have something to sell.

Ding Ailian now understood what was going on.

"Row!"

"grandmother."

"I've made note of this!"

"These shrimps must not be sold to anyone else. They can only be sold at the fish stalls in town."

Ding Ailian nodded immediately. Even the most powerful person would be of no use in this matter, as it was Zhong Cuihua who had suggested it.

The sun slowly rose, but the sea breeze was still a little strong.

After Zhong Cuihua and Huang Jintao finished their breakfast, they sat on the platform. The fish rack was shaking a little, but neither of them thought it was a big deal. Instead, they felt a little comfortable.

"There are fewer speedboats and fishing boats around. It's really impossible to fish here in this weather!"

Zhong Cuihua pointed to the surrounding sea. There were a lot of fishing boats and speedboats nearby a few days ago, but today there were obviously much fewer of them.

"There aren't many fish to be caught around here, so you can't make much money. And with the weather being so bad, there won't be many people coming here to fish!"

"The waves on the sea are almost half a meter high. It would be very uncomfortable for a small fishing boat or a small speedboat!"

"The fish fillet here is quite large, and Xiaoxiang used enough ingredients and spent enough money, so it is so stable. If it were an ordinary fish fillet, it would definitely be more shaky."

Huang Jintao knew what was going on. The fish fillets of other shops were not made with enough ingredients or were too simple. If they encountered such wind and waves, they would be quite shaky. However, Ding Xiaoxiang's fish fillets were made at a really high price. You get what you pay for. Don't be fooled by the current wind and waves. Even if the wind and waves are bigger, they will be very stable.

"There are so many fish here, and they are so valuable, so we must spend a lot of money. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, the loss will be even greater!"

Zhong Cuihua pointed to the bowls on the surrounding fish plates. The fish in them were all big and valuable. They must use enough ingredients, otherwise if something went wrong, the loss would be too great.

"It looks like they've caught a lot of shrimps. It's been three hours already, and they're still catching more!"

Huang Jintao would look at Ma Baozhu next to him from time to time. He was always guarding the net cage. It wouldn't take long for him to pull it up. Each time, there would be more than a hundred kilograms of prawns.

"We should have caught about 1,500 or 1,600 kilograms of fish by now. If we keep catching them like this, we will really make a lot of money!"

Zhong Cuihua was really surprised. Not to mention the black sea bream that were caught yesterday, so many prawns were caught today. If this continues, she really doesn’t know how many fish, shrimps and crabs she can catch during the entire fishing moratorium.

"The more we catch, the better!"

Huang Jintao patted her thigh.

"Yo!"

"There's a speedboat coming at this hour. The one on it belongs to Ding Xiaoxiang, right? Could it be that she feels the weather is bad and the waves are too strong, so she came here to check on us?"

Huang Jintao looked in the direction of the dock and immediately saw a speedboat approaching. She knew from a distance that it must be Ding Xiaoxiang.

Zhong Cuihua stood up and was about to walk over when Huang Jintao reached out and pulled her.

"What are you doing?"

"The fishing board is swaying in the wind and waves. If you walk over like this, Xiaoxiang will see it and you'll have to worry. If you get distracted, won't that just cause trouble? We're driving a speedboat!"

Huang Jintao glared at Zhong Cuihua. At this moment, Zhong Cuihua couldn't just walk away like that.

Zhong Cuihua then realized that she really couldn't walk over now. If Ding Xiaoxiang was watching from afar, she would definitely be anxious and would definitely drive the speedboat over quickly. Now there were some wind and waves, which would cause more trouble.

Zhong Cuihua stood up, but did not walk over. She turned around and called Ma Baozhu.

Ma Baozhu had been looking at the net cage and didn't pay attention. When he looked up, he found Ding Xiaoxiang driving a speedboat towards him. He immediately walked over and stood where the speedboat was parked at the fish farm waiting.

Ding Xiaoxiang slowed down the speed of the speedboat, and the bow of the speedboat hit the fish farm.

Ma Baozhu immediately took the cable and tied it tightly to the fish rack.

Ding Xiaoxiang grabbed Ma Baozhu's outstretched hand and climbed onto the fish fillet.

"It's windy and turbulent, there's no need for you to come here. Grandma and Second Grandma are at the fishing raft. There are so many of us here, there's no need to worry. If you really feel unwell, we'll take you back to the dock."

Ma Baozhu knew very well that Ding Xiaoxiang came here to see Zhong Cuihua and Huang Jintao. The weather was a bit windy and choppy, and the fishing raft was still shaking a little.

"I don't have much to do, so I came here to take a look."

Ding Xiaoxiang smiled and walked towards Zhong Cuihua and Huang Jintao.

(End of this chapter)