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

Chapter 1553 Ding Xiaoxiang's Clever Scheme

"Is there really no need to worry?"

"Is it really true that tomorrow we'll be able to openly collect all these fish, shrimp, and crabs like we are now?"

Zhang Li frowned. Not only was Chen Miaomiao a little worried about this, but she was also a little worried about herself. She really felt that there were far too many crabs that had been harvested.

Just like Yang Qin said, under normal circumstances, there would be no need to worry. Even with so many crabs, they could sell them all, it would just take a few more days. But now that the fishing moratorium has just ended, the quantity of fish, shrimp and crabs is relatively large, and the prices are relatively low.

In this situation, it is actually very difficult to sell these crabs in a short period of time, especially to get a good price.

"There's no need to worry about this."

"The crabs we harvested are all very large, at least 70% or even 80% of them weigh more than a pound each."

“These crabs are very popular at Hongyun Restaurant or Tianwu Weimin’s private restaurant, especially now that the fishing moratorium has just ended, and many people haven’t eaten fresh crabs for several months.”

"Yang Qin".

How many crabs can this restaurant sell in a day?

"A thousand catties?"

Ding Xiaoxiang smiled and glanced at Yang Qin.

"Ding Xiaoxiang".

"Who are you looking down on? How could you possibly only sell a thousand catties? If you sold a thousand catties, how much money would you make?"

"At least three thousand catties!"

"I estimate that selling four or five thousand catties a day in the next few days would be no problem at all."

Yang Qin was very clear about how good business was at Hongyun Restaurant during this period, and she knew exactly how much food they could sell every day.

With the fishing moratorium over, plenty of fish, shrimp, and crabs will be on the table, with crabs being the largest, especially those weighing a pound. Despite their high price, they are extremely popular, and many people are willing to spend a lot of money to eat them.

"Isn't that enough?"

Even if we can only sell 3,000 jin a day.

"Can your Hongyun Restaurant sell all of these we've acquired today in just a few days?"

"Not to mention Wu Weimin's private restaurant, where the crabs sold, especially now that the fishing season has just opened, are really popular. How many crabs do you think he can sell in a day?"

"If you calculate it this way, the two of you sold a total of 5,000 catties of crabs in one day, and that's an understatement."

Ding Xiaoxiang meticulously calculated the accounts for Yang Qin, one by one.

Yang Qin was stunned for a moment.

I just saw that they harvested 20,000 catties of crabs in one day, and that they would be able to harvest even more crabs in the next few days, so I thought that was a huge quantity.

However, when Ding Xiaoxiang did the math, she realized that not only were there not many crabs, but there were actually quite few.

“My dad has his own sales channels and can sell quite a lot of crabs. He can even sell a lot of crabs at his stall in the town’s fish market.”

"I'm not worried at all about harvesting too many crabs now; on the contrary, I'm a little worried about harvesting too few."

Ding Xiaoxiang wasn't worried about this at all. He genuinely felt that 10,000 to 20,000 catties of crabs was too little. Even if he collected 50,000 catties of crabs today, let alone 20,000 or 30,000 catties, he wouldn't think it was too much.

“If other buyers take in so many crabs, they have to sell them as soon as possible. If they can’t sell them, the crabs may die. Or other problems may arise, and the price will plummet. They are under a lot of pressure.”

“We have a place like this where we can keep fish, no matter how much we collect. Even if the price is bad these days and we don’t want to sell, we can wait a few more days or even ten days or half a month without any problem.”

"If you calculate it this way, there's no need to worry about it, no need to be concerned about having too many crabs."

Ding Xiaoxiang pointed to the fish rafts not far away. Without fish rafts, it would be very difficult to support so many crabs. Most buyers don't have the means to do so. They have to sell the crabs they buy as soon as possible. But it's different for people like them.

Zhang Li breathed a sigh of relief.

My thoughts are actually very similar to Yang Qin's; we both feel that Shou must be under a lot of pressure harvesting so many crabs.

At first I was a little worried, but now I realize my worries were unnecessary and there's no need to pay attention to them. Tomorrow I definitely have to continue collecting crabs, and collect as many as I can, as many as possible.

"There's even less to worry about regarding the price. Have you noticed something? Today, other buyers, especially those outside their shops, hardly have anyone else selling crabs. They're all selling to us."

Ding Xiaoxiang pointed to a row of shops around the dock, many of which were for buying and selling fish, shrimp, and crabs.

However, from this morning until now, not many people in these shops have been able to buy crabs.

"Ding Xiaoxiang".

"What exactly do you mean by that? We're offering higher prices than others, so the crabs these fishermen catch are definitely being delivered to us. Isn't it normal that other fishermen aren't getting any business?"

Yang Qin was a little confused, wondering why Ding Xiaoxiang suddenly brought this up. Today, when they were buying fish, shrimp, and crabs, they had offered higher prices than others. Under these circumstances, everyone who caught crabs would definitely bring them over, and the shop couldn't possibly take them to someone else. Even if others received mostly fish, shrimp, or small crabs, or even dead crabs, their business would be slow and quiet.

“You’re right. The price we set was relatively high, so their business will definitely be affected, and it will be greatly affected.”

"What does this mean? Do you know? It means that it's very likely that the vast majority of the crabs on the fishing boats that return today are in our hands."

"If we open up and buy crabs here at a relatively high price in the next few days, it means that the vast majority of the crabs caught by the fishing boats at Shek Kok Village Wharf will be in our hands."

"What kind of things do you think will happen if this happens?"

Ding Xiaoxiang smiled and reminded Yang Qin that she must pay attention to this matter.

"what?"

Is that true?

Yang Qin was a little dumbfounded.

What Ding Xiaoxiang said might not sound like anything special, but in fact it is very important.

If the vast majority of the crabs are in one person's hands, it means that no one else has crabs, or only a few.

This means that there aren't many crabs available in the market, which means that the price of crabs is likely to rise, even if it doesn't rise much, it will definitely rise.

"How could such a thing not happen?" "If we take away most of the crabs at the Shijiao Village pier in the next few days..."

"That's how the situation we just mentioned came about."

"These crabs don't need to be sold too early at all. In fact, we need to keep them at the fish farm for a while longer to build up inventory."

"A price of thirty yuan per kilogram is definitely not low, and it's even more than what others are buying, but the price will definitely have to go up when it's sold."

Ding Xiaoxiang smiled like a little fox. This was something that probably no one expected, but in fact, this kind of thing would happen if we waited a few days and collected more and more crabs here.

"Shijiao Village Wharf is the largest wharf in our county, and even in our city. If all the crabs here are concentrated in our hands, it will have a huge impact on the quantity of crabs in the entire market."

"One is that the price of crabs is bound to rise, and the other is that others don't have crabs, but you and Wu Weimin not only have crabs, but also a lot of big ones."

"Not only can we sell crabs at a higher price, but you can also sell crabs at a higher price."

"More importantly, your competitors don't have enough crabs."

"From any perspective, I feel this is the best thing that could be possible."

As Ding Xiaoxiang spoke, she couldn't help but laugh at herself.

That's the truth. Don't be fooled by the high prices you pay for these crabs; in the end, you might not only make money, but a lot of money.

Yang Qin, Zhang Li, and Chen Miaomiao were all dumbfounded, never expecting such a thing to happen.

"Ding Xiaoxiang".

"According to your logic, when we buy crabs tomorrow, shouldn't we try to buy as many as possible? And if other shops compete with us for business, shouldn't we have to raise the price even higher?"

Yang Qin immediately thought of this matter.

Why not?

“We definitely have to go all out to collect these crabs. Now that we’ve started, we have to go all out.”

Ding Xiaoxiang nodded without hesitation.

There's no need to elaborate on this; it's absolutely necessary to accept as much as possible, and the more the better.

"The biggest problem faced by other fish, shrimp and crab buyers is whether they can sell the crabs in a short period of time."

"Don't even mention tens of thousands of catties of crabs, even if it were 10,000 catties, these people wouldn't be able to find a place to raise them."

"This means that if the crabs they collect cannot be sold in a short period of time, for example, if the crabs they collect cannot be taken away and sold immediately, they will not dare to collect them, or they can only collect them at a low price."

“But we have fish rafts, and we can raise a lot of crabs there, so we don’t have to worry about this at all.”

"In this way, we can collect as many crabs as we want until we have enough crabs in our hands."

"There's definitely no shortage of crabs in the market, since the fishing season has just started."

"But the quantity is certainly not as abundant as people imagine."

"This is when our opportunity comes."

Even if prices don't go up.

"Losing money is absolutely impossible."

"Putting aside other things, we have so many crabs in our hands, while your competitors don't have enough crabs, especially at this special time when the fishing season has just opened. They don't have enough large, live crabs."

“You and Wu Weimin’s private restaurant has already gained an enormous advantage.”

Ding Xiaoxiang knew very well what was going on.

The market will not be short of crabs because we have taken so many, but the quantity will definitely be affected, especially in towns and county seats.

No matter what's on the market, if the quantity is slightly different from what people expect, it will definitely be reflected in the price.

This is definitely a benefit for people like us.

In fact, the current situation is the best for Hongyun Restaurant and Wu Weimin's private kitchen, or rather, they benefit the most from this situation.

"Ding Xiaoxiang".

"I need to go back and discuss this with Liu Lei's father, Liu Gang, but my current idea is simple: we can just sell these crabs to our Hongyun Restaurant and Wu Weimin's private kitchen!"

“I’ll call Wu Weimin in a bit and discuss it with him. The two of us can take care of all the crabs you received.”

"We should be able to finalize the price tonight."

Yang Qin's expression changed, and she immediately told Ding Xiaoxiang that she wanted to buy these crabs, and that she and Wu Weimin would buy them all together.

"Ding Xiaoxiang".

"What exactly does that smile mean? Is it not good enough for you?"

After Yang Qin finished speaking, she noticed that Ding Xiaoxiang was looking at her with a smile on her face, but she didn't say anything.

"Yang Qin".

"Don't rush, don't rush."

"These crabs we collect will definitely be mainly sold to your and Wu Weimin's private restaurant, but how can we decide when and at what price now?"

"Besides, what use would you be if you bought all these crabs? You don't have enough space to keep them."

"You can't just buy the crabs and then keep them at my and Zhao Dahai's fish raft, can you? That won't do. Even though we're familiar with each other and have a good relationship, business is business."

"It's actually very simple. These crabs will stay here at our fish raft, waiting for you to come and buy them whenever you want to sell them!"

"These crabs may be alive, but they could still die eventually, which means there's a certain risk involved. There's no reason for you to bear those risks, is there?"

Ding Xiaoxiang shook her head and refused Yang Qin's request without even thinking.

(End of this chapter)