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

Chapter 1557 Change of Mind
Yang Qin had no choice but to nod in agreement; that's just how things are these days.

The longer the fish in Ding Xiaoxiang Fish Fillet are raised, the tastier they become. As a result, there's really nothing we can do about raising prices.

After Yang Qin finished eating, the crabs she had ordered had been weighed and loaded onto the fishing boat.

Yang Qin knew that Liu Gang was probably still waiting for her crabs at the restaurant at this time. Without thinking about anything else, she immediately boarded the fishing boat, went straight back to the dock, loaded the crabs onto the truck, and drove them back to Hongyun Restaurant.

"Are these crabs from Hongyun Restaurant selling so well? They've already taken 5,000 jin, and now they're taking another 2,000 jin."

"Can you sell this many crabs in one night?"

"I won't say more. I make one yuan per pound. I made seven thousand yuan just selling crabs in one night."

Ding Ailian walked to Ding Xiaoxiang's side and watched the fishing boat pulling crabs go further and further away, and was very surprised.

Hongyun Restaurant was doing very well, which I already knew. They sold a lot of fish, shrimp and crab every day, but I never expected that they could sell 7,000 catties of crab in one night.

It's not noon and evening, but only evening.

"We can definitely sell 7,000 catties of crabs, but I estimate that it might not be enough, though it's already late."

"Yang Qin probably won't come back here to get it; it's too late."

"Making a dollar per pound?"

"How is that possible? If we take these crabs back to Yang Qin's Hongyun Restaurant, we can make at least thirty yuan per jin in gross profit, and possibly even fifty yuan per jin."

Ding Xiaoxiang shook her head.

Ding Ailian's eyes widened instantly, becoming as big as copper bells.

If you can earn 30 or even 50 yuan per kilogram, then 7,000 kilograms would immediately bring in over 200,000 yuan, or even 300,000 yuan.

"That can't be right, can it? How could someone make so much money?"

Ding Ailian really couldn't believe it.

"What's the big deal? It's really just a casual thing!"

"The food business is very profitable, of course, that's the kind of business that's good. If business is bad, you'll lose everything."

Ding Xiaoxiang knew that Ding Ailian had never been involved in the food and beverage industry and didn't understand it well. She thought it was too simple. But in fact, any business that was doing well was very profitable. Hongyun Restaurant was doing extremely well. It was impossible for it not to make money, not just make money, but make a lot of money.

"How about it? You want to open a restaurant? Just sell the fish from our fish stall!"

Ding Xiaoxiang glanced at her cousin, Ding Ailian.

"I?"

“I’ve never had such a thought. Why would I need to do this kind of work? The most important thing is that I can’t even make money doing this kind of work, so I might as well not do it at all.”

"I'm just waiting for my brother-in-law to assemble a deep-sea fishing fleet. If that happens, I can just sit at home and count the money. Why bother with all this trouble?"

As Ding Ailian spoke, she laughed to herself. She and Shi Zhongwei had already settled their affairs, but they were still quite young, so it was impossible for them to actually get married and have a wedding banquet.

I really don't need to open a restaurant or do any other business. I should just wait patiently for the day when Zhao Dahai really builds a larger deep-sea team, and then I'll have to take charge of things.

How can anyone possibly manage all that?

Another issue is doing business, especially opening a restaurant, which I'm really not familiar with.

Never do things you are familiar with, or you will definitely end up with a bad outcome.

Ding Xiaoxiang smiled and didn't bring it up again. She had just been joking and it was impossible for her to actually open a restaurant.

"Ding Ailian".

"The price of fish may be affected in the next couple of days. If it drops, we absolutely cannot sell it. All of our fish are raised here on fish rafts, so there is not much difference between selling them a little earlier or later."

"As for crabs, one is Hongyun Restaurant, another is Wu Weimin's private restaurant, and the other is some of my father's clients."

"We won't sell to the other people who come here to get crabs."

Ding Xiaoxiang told Ding Ailian that the crabs on the fish raft were only sold to these few places, and that no matter what price other people offered, they would not sell them.

"Will other people really come to our fish stall to buy crabs?"

"The fishing season has just opened, and the other fishing boats have only just returned. Will there be a shortage of crabs in the market?"

Ding Ailian was a little surprised.

If someone comes to the fish farm, it really only proves that there's a shortage of crabs in the market; otherwise, no one would come looking for them.

"It's hard to say what will happen. In previous years, this kind of thing might not have happened."

“In previous years, when other buyers here encountered a situation where there were a lot of fish, crabs, or shrimp all at once, they would only buy a portion of them.”

"It's absolutely impossible to collect a lot."

"One reason is that when the fishing season just opens, there are many fish, shrimp, and crabs in the sea, so prices will drop. Another more crucial reason is that the fish, shrimp, and crabs they collect cannot be kept alive, or they do not have enough cold storage. They can only sell them on the same day and will not be able to keep them in their hands."

"Especially live crabs or shrimp, that's even more true."

“We have fish rafts that can support a lot of crabs or shrimp.”

"On the first day, we collected tens of thousands of kilograms of crabs, and they were all large crabs."

"Other buyers can acquire some, but the quantity is small and the items are small." "Large restaurants in county towns or cities are definitely not satisfied."

"We can get crabs today, but not many people can get enough crabs."

"In addition, most of these crabs are small."

"Someone will definitely cause a stir, someone will definitely find out that most of the crabs are in our hands, someone will definitely come to the fish farm."

"But for us, whether it's fish, shrimp, or crabs, we already have our own established sales channels, so we don't need to sell to people who come to us."

Ding Xiaoxiang was very clear about what would happen next.

The first day, the dock brought back the most crabs, and most of them were in my hands.

There will definitely be a gap in the market. This gap may not be too big, but once there is a gap, problems will definitely arise.

Will someone come looking for fish farms here?
There's no need to even think about it; not only will there be, but there definitely will be, and there will be quite a few.

Ding Ailian nodded. She could keep this to herself; it was other people begging her and her group to sell crabs anyway, and she could simply refuse. In fact, the fish, shrimp, and crabs sold at the fish farm were rarely sold to strangers. They were mainly sold through Wu Weimin's private restaurant at Hongyun Restaurant, or through her uncle Ding Chongshan's sales channels. The fish, shrimp, and crabs at the fish farm were relatively expensive, and they genuinely had no trouble selling them. It was really unnecessary, and it was very laborious with little profit.

After Ding Xiaoxiang and Ding Ailian finished talking, they glanced at Ma Baozhu, who was looking at something on the other side of the fish raft, and the two of them immediately went over to her.

"sister in law."

"What are you doing? It's getting late. If you don't have anything to do, you might as well go back to sleep. The others have been keeping an eye on things here the whole time. Nothing will happen."

Ding Xiaoxiang walked over to Ma Baozhu's side, looked down, and saw that the fish raft was full of crabs. She knew that Ma Baozhu was worried about whether the crabs that had just been harvested that day could survive in this place.

"I just wanted to check what these crabs looked like and see if there was anything wrong with them."

"I work here on the fish raft all day long. I can sleep whenever I want, it doesn't matter if it's early or late, it doesn't matter."

Ma Baozhu smiled.

Both Ding Ailian and I work at the fish farm. One of the biggest advantages of working here is that we can eat and sleep whenever we want, and we don't have to worry about the wind or sun. This is a benefit that you can't get when working elsewhere.

"These crabs don't seem to have any problems; they're all very ferocious."

"I estimate there won't be any problems for a month. These crabs are really huge; it's rare to see crabs this big in previous years. I think if we can sell them a little later, we can make a lot more money."

Ma Baozhu wasn't joking; she was genuinely surprised when she saw these crabs today. She really didn't expect them to be this big this year. Many people don't have a concept of what a one-pound crab looks like, thinking it's not very big, but in fact, a one-pound crab is already very large. There are tens of thousands of pounds of crabs here right now, and fish are still being raised at home.

“If it were someone else, they would definitely have to sell them if they didn’t have a place to raise so many crabs, but it’s better for us to raise so many crabs and sell them at night.”

Ma Baozhu really hoped to sell the crabs later.

"Seven thousand catties!"

"Yang Qin's Hongyun Restaurant has already taken away 7,000 catties of crabs tonight alone. Although we have tens of thousands of catties of crabs here, it won't last for more than a few days. I estimate that Wu Weimin will definitely call tomorrow to ask for more crabs."

"I was thinking of selling these crabs later, but that's really impossible now."

Ding Xiaoxiang felt a little helpless. Right now, she really hoped that Yang Qin's Hongyun Restaurant or Hu Weimin's private kitchen wouldn't sell out so quickly.

This way, we can sell our crabs later and at a higher price.

Judging from the current situation, Hongyun Restaurant or Wu Weimin's private restaurant are doing extremely well. In addition, these crabs are very large and very popular, so they can be sold out in just a few days.

Even if he knew perfectly well that waiting longer would mean higher prices and more money, he still couldn't stay. He couldn't possibly tell Hongyun Restaurant or Wu Weimin's private kitchen to close down and wait for the price of crabs to go up before doing business, could he? Not to mention his father, Ding Chongshan, had customers waiting, and that was another big expense.

These are established sales channels built up over many years of business. It's impossible that they're not selling now or holding onto these crabs, waiting for prices to rise. They'll definitely sell as many as needed, as many as they have, as they always do.

"We've really lost a lot of money this time. I estimate that if we had just waited a week, we could have made a lot more money, but there's really nothing we can do now."

Ma Baozhu had worked at the fish farm for a while and was very familiar with the prices of fish, shrimp, and crabs. She even knew the market well. She knew that the price of these large crabs might be slightly lower for the next few days, but it would rise again in a few days. However, the problem was that, judging from the current situation, all the crabs at the fish farm would be sold out in three days, so even if the price rose, it would be useless.

"Xiao Xiang".

"Will we be able to collect even more crabs in the next few days? It would be great if we could collect this many every day."

As Ma Baozhu spoke, she pointed to the horse's head.

Ding Xiaoxiang did not speak immediately.

When Yang Qin or Ding Ailian were talking about this matter, especially when they were thinking about raising the price to buy crabs from the dock tomorrow, they said they probably wouldn't do it, and even their father, Ding Chongshan, might not do such a thing. Tomorrow's price wouldn't be much different from today's, and they would buy as many as they could. But now, after hearing what Ma Baozhu said, they've changed their minds.

Should we buy more crabs?

Should we raise the price a little?
Ding Xiaoxiang hesitated for a while, gritted her teeth, and suddenly made up her mind.

"Sister Xiao Xiang".

"Does that mean you've changed your mind? Are you thinking of collecting as many crabs as possible from the dock tomorrow?"

Seeing Ding Xiaoxiang's expression, Ding Ailian realized that she might really change her mind and consider buying more crabs from the dock.

"You all stay here and watch the fish rafts. I'll go to the dock and discuss this with my dad to see how to handle it."

As Ding Xiaoxiang spoke, she hurriedly boarded the speedboat and headed straight for the dock. This was not a simple matter, and she had to discuss it with her father, Ding Chongshan, before she could make a decision.

Do you really think they'll raise prices and continue scrambling for crabs at the dock tomorrow?

Ma Baozhu watched as Ding Xiaoxiang's speedboat disappeared in an instant, and then looked curiously at Ding Ailian standing next to her.

(End of this chapter)