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

Chapter 1561 Another busy day

"Sister Xiao Xiang".

"What are you trying to do?"

Ding Ailian was stunned for a moment, wondering why Ding Xiaoxiang had left in such a hurry.

Before Ding Xiaoxiang could speak, the speedboat had already sped off.

"What are you doing in such a hurry? Are you trying to collect the crabs from those fishing boats?"

Ding Ailian thought of a possibility.

"Hurry up!"

"We need to hurry and unload all these crabs as soon as possible. There are still many crabs waiting for us to pull them up at the dock!"

Ding Ailian was a little anxious and urged the workers to hurry up.

"What's the rush!"

"The work definitely needs to be done, but we should do it the way it should be done. Do you think those crabs flew away to do that?!"

Seeing Ding Ailian's anxious expression, Zhong Cuihua simply waved her hand, beckoned Ding Ailian over, and pulled up a stool to place next to her.

"laugh!"

"grandmother!"

"I really didn't expect we would receive so many crabs today. I really need to hurry up and bring them all back to the fish farm to keep them."

Ding Ailian smiled. She was really anxious and wanted to finish these tasks as soon as possible.

"The work definitely needs to be done! That's for sure! But we really can't rush this little bit of time."

"Sit down and have a drink of water. There's no rush."

Huang Jintao pointed to a chair and called for Ding Ailian to sit down.

Ding Ailian nodded. She knew very well that the people working were already very fast, and no matter how much she shouted, it would be useless; she would definitely have to wait.

"How did you manage to get so many crabs? I heard from Ding Xiaoxiang that the price is a bit higher today."

"But even if the price is high, it's not easy to get a lot of crabs, right?"

Zhong Cuihua found it a bit strange. Yesterday, Xiao Xiang said that there might not be as many crabs today, but now it seems that there are more crabs today than yesterday, and by a significant amount.

"The price of crabs is higher today than yesterday. Another major reason, I think, is that we were able to catch more crabs from the large fishing boats today."

"A day has passed, and we've offered even higher prices here. The word has already spread that we're buying crabs."

"When those fishermen come back from the sea, they have to wait to see what price we offer before they sell their crabs. If they find that our price is higher, they definitely want to sell to us."

"Some of them are fishing boats that returned yesterday, but that's only a part of them. Most of the fishing boats will be returning today."

Ding Ailian has been running back and forth at the dock since early this morning, and she is very clear about the situation.

"If this continues, we'll end up taking most of the crabs from the dock."

"Sister Xiaoxiang just heard that my uncle Ding Chongshan was talking to a big fishing boat about selling crabs at the dock, so she went to the dock right away. I guess she has to help with this."

Ding Ailian pointed to the dock.

As soon as Ding Xiaoxiang heard about this, she left the fish farm immediately, most likely to go to the dock to discuss the matter.

"Hehehe!"

"Do whatever you want!"

"Isn't this how buying fish, shrimp, and crabs works? You can only buy them if you see the price offered."

Zhong Cuihua waved her hand, ignoring the matter.

Ding Xiaoxiang can make the decisions about business; she doesn't need to worry about anything else. She and Huang Jintao can't help, so they should just wait here and not cause any trouble.

Ding Ailian sat for a while, waiting for all the crabs on the fishing boat to be unloaded and placed in the fish raft. She then immediately boarded the fishing boat and hurried back to the dock to continue hauling crabs.

Ding Xiaoxiang went ashore, glanced at the bustling shop entrance, but didn't go there; instead, she turned and walked back to the dock.

As Ding Xiaoxiang walked, she looked around. There were small fishing boats on the boats, but not many people. Some were selling fish, but there were hardly any selling crabs.

Ding Xiaoxiang knew that the small fishing boats wouldn't catch many crabs, and most of them would probably have already been sold to shops. The main catch now would be the crabs from the larger fishing boats.

Ding Xiaoxiang kept walking forward, and before long she saw Ding Chongshan talking to several people on a large fishing boat.

Ding Xiaoxiang went up immediately.

As soon as Ding Chongshan saw Ding Xiaoxiang, he immediately knew what she had come here for.

Ding Chongshan quickly told Ding Xiaoxiang the price of crabs for today, and then immediately pointed to a large fishing boat next to them.

Ding Xiaoxiang nodded, went to the dock, and boarded another large fishing boat.

"These crabs are all quite large, most of them weigh over a pound, and they are very plump, not much different from the ones we brought back yesterday."

……

"I think you all know the purchase price yesterday. Today we want to buy even more crabs, and the price will be even higher than yesterday."

……

Ding Xiaoxiang quickly negotiated the price with the boat captain, and they reached an agreement in no time.

Ding Xiaoxiang didn't linger. She immediately went to the dock, called out to her father, Ding Chongshan, and asked about the next fishing boat before continuing to negotiate prices with the captain of another fishing boat.

sunset.

Ding Xiaoxiang, Ding Chongshan, Zhang Li, and Ding Weijun stood at the entrance of the shop, all of them exhausted.

"dad!"

"We harvested a full 60,000 jin of crabs today, and it's possible that we'll get even more."

Ding Xiaoxiang drank water in big gulps, she never expected to harvest so many crabs today, even more than yesterday.

The whole family, including those working on the fish raft, has been busy until now, and only now are they finally finished.

The harvested crabs have all been taken back to the fish farm to be kept alive.

This task seems very simple, but in reality, there's a lot to do. One of the tasks is to inspect all the crabs and then weigh them. While it's impossible to actually check every single one, you have to lift up and inspect every crab in each net bag. This task itself isn't complicated, but it's extremely time-consuming and physically demanding.

"I thought that yesterday had the most fishing boats returning and the most crabs caught, and that there wouldn't be more fishing boats and crabs today than yesterday. But I didn't expect that there would be the most fishing boats and crabs today."

Ding Chongshan never expected to receive even more crabs today than yesterday; no one else had anticipated this.

"dad!"

"There probably won't be as many routes around the dock tomorrow, right?"

Ding Weijun glanced at Ding Chongshan and then at Ding Xiaoxiang.

Yesterday, my older brother Ding Jie came here to help, and today it's my turn to help.

I started working a little before 4 or 5 a.m. and have been working until now. I haven't even had time to drink water in between.

I've been back home taking over the family business for a while now, and I've never been this busy before. But when I think about how much more than 60,000 jin of crabs we've harvested, I feel incredibly happy and excited.

"That's about enough!"

"Even if crabs come back tomorrow, there won't be many, at least not as many as today. Some of them might be crabs, and some might be other fish and shrimp."

Ding Chongshan shook his head. Tomorrow, many fishing boats will definitely catch crabs, but logically speaking, it shouldn't all be crabs; there should be fish and shrimp as well.

"dad!"

"If fish and shrimp come back tomorrow, especially if there are a lot of them, we won't need to buy them. We'll only buy crabs. This time, we'll make enough money just from the crabs."

Ding Xiaoxiang thought about it and realized that this time her family didn't need to collect any other fish or shrimp; collecting crabs would be more than enough.

"what?"

"Why not? Why don't we accept other fish and shrimp?"

Ding Weijun was a little surprised; he never expected that Ding Xiaoxiang would talk about this with her father, Ding Chongshan.

"This is the first time we've done business here."

"There are many things we need to think about carefully. We can't just take all the fish, shrimp, and crabs by ourselves. That would be a terrible thing."

"We only buy crabs to tell our competitors that we only make money from crabs this time, and we don't touch other fish or shrimp."

Ding Chongshan strongly agreed with Ding Xiaoxiang's statement. There was really no need to try to catch every kind of fish, shrimp, and crab. The crabs they had collected this time were enough to establish themselves in this place, and moreover, they could make a lot of money.

Ding Weijie felt it was a bit of a pity, but he was very clear that his sister Ding Xiaoxiang and his father Ding Chongshan were the right ones in this matter.

"Ding Chongshan!"

"Although we've already assigned quite a few people today, I still feel it's a bit too few. Everyone is quite busy and tired. We'll need to add more people tomorrow, even if we don't have as many crabs as we have today."

"Another issue is that we need to increase the number of fishing boats used for hauling crabs, otherwise we'll all have to wait."

Zhang Li reminded Ding Chongshan that he must pay attention to this matter.

We already had a lot of manpower today, but unexpectedly there were even more crabs than yesterday. As a result, everyone was extremely busy, and we've only just finished now.

Ding Chongshan nodded. This is something we really need to pay attention to. We need to arrange more manpower tomorrow.

It's easier to get things done when there are more people.

Today was really busy.

"Xiao Xiang".

"I don't know how many fishing boats will return here tomorrow, and I don't know how many of them will have crabs on board."

"When it comes to negotiating prices and dealing with these boat captains, we still need you."

Ding Chongshan thought about it and decided that Ding Xiaoxiang still needed to come and help tomorrow.

Weighing and inspecting crabs is something that I, Zhang Li, Ding Jie, and Ding Weijun can all do. But when it comes to dealing with those boat captains, apart from myself, Ding Jie, Ding Weijun, and Zhang Li are not quite up to the task. Only Ding Xiaoxiang can handle the situation.

Although Ding Xiaoxiang was younger than Ding Jie and Ding Weijun, and was a girl, she had been doing business with him since she was a child, so her experience in this area was far richer than that of Ding Jie and Ding Weijun. More importantly, everyone at the dock knew very well about the relationship between Ding Xiaoxiang and Zhao Dahai.

Ding Xiaoxiang's words carried more weight than her own.

After talking with the boat captains, the crabs had to be weighed before they could be transferred to the next fishing boat. Otherwise, the captains wouldn't trust them, or if they left, someone else might take advantage of the situation and sell the crabs to someone else.

Things will change if someone else offers a higher price than you agreed to.

But Ding Xiaoxiang is different. As long as she agrees on a price with the fishing boat captain, the captains are not worried at all that she will go back on her word. More importantly, once the captains agree to Ding Xiaoxiang's price, they will never dare to change their minds.

The fact that he was able to do this had nothing to do with Ding Xiaoxiang being his daughter; it was determined by the relationship between Ding Xiaoxiang and Zhao Dahai.

Ding Xiaoxiang nodded and agreed.

"dad!"

"It's getting late, I need to go back to the fish raft to check on the crabs we harvested today."

"You should eat early and rest early. Tomorrow is unlikely to be as busy as today, but I estimate there will still be a lot of things to do."

Ding Xiaoxiang reminded Ding Chongshan and Zhang Li that they both needed to eat and go to bed early, as they would still be busy tomorrow.

Ding Xiaoxiang left the shop, boarded a speedboat, and headed towards the fish raft.

Zhang Li watched as Ding Xiaoxiang boarded the speedboat and left the dock before quickly walking back to her shop.

Ding Weijun and Zhang Qi went to a nearby food stall to order food.
"The fact that we were able to get so many crabs today is really thanks to Ding Xiaoxiang. If it were me, I wouldn't have been able to get all those crabs from those fishing boats."

Ding Chongshan knew exactly what was going on. Today, when he was negotiating prices with the captains of those large fishing boats, the negotiations had been extremely difficult.

It took a long time to negotiate the deal for the crabs on a fishing boat, but Ding Xiaoxiang arrived and was very quick, managing to secure a deal for a fishing boat in no time.

"Dealing with these boat captains tomorrow will be even more difficult, and we'll definitely need Ding Xiaoxiang's help."

Ding Chongshan knew very well that if he wanted to catch the crabs caught by the fishing boats going out to sea tomorrow, he really couldn't do it by himself alone. He had to get Ding Xiaoxiang's help. Otherwise, he wouldn't have brought this up earlier.

"Who told Ding Xiaoxiang to have more influence than you now!"

"This time, it's not because of Zhao Dahai's influence that this business is really difficult to get off the ground."

Zhang Li pulled up a chair and sat down. She was really tired after a busy day.

(End of this chapter)