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

Chapter 1562: There were just too many things they collected!

"Ding Weijun".

"We received about 40,000 catties of crabs yesterday, and 60,000 catties of crabs today. In the past two days, our family has received more than 100,000 catties of crabs at the dock."

"I really didn't expect to receive so many!"

Zhang Qi was extremely excited.

I'm very tired after a busy day, but right now I'm incredibly excited.

I was trying to suppress my feelings when we were at the shop, but now that we're out here with Ding Weijun waiting for our food at the food stall, I can't hold back anymore and keep talking to him about it.

I've been doing business in this town for a while now, and I can say I know this industry very well.

Zhang Qi was almost 100% certain that his family's business at the Shijiao Village wharf had made a name for itself, and could even be said to have established a firm foothold.

In two days, we harvested 100,000 catties of crabs. In the next week or so, we can expect to harvest even more crabs. If all is said and done, we might harvest 200,000 catties, or even 300,000 catties if things go well.

Even now, Zhang Qi still finds it hard to believe, but it's really true.

"what!"

"Correct!"

"That's right! That's exactly it!"

"Who could have imagined this? Who could have imagined that we would receive so many crabs in just two days here!"

Ding Weijun smiled and nodded. Like Zhang Qi, he really hadn't expected this.

When Ding Weijun saw that the food at the food stall was ready to be packed up, he and Zhang Qi immediately carried it back, talking as they walked.

"Zhang Qi".

"Have you noticed that the way these people around us are looking at us is a little strange? They're all staring at us, and some of them are even saying something to each other."

Ding Weijun recalled how, when they were at the food stall earlier, the people eating there, including the stall owner, looked at him and Zhang Qi with slightly different eyes.

"We've received so many crabs these past two days, so the way these people are looking at us is definitely not right."

Zhang Qi smiled.

I noticed what Ding Weijie was talking about at the food stall just now, and it really is true.

"On the other hand, we received so many crabs, but the prices we paid for them were all quite high."

"I don't know if we can make money. If we can't, the cost of these 100,000 catties of crabs is quite high."

Zhang Qi was a little worried about this.

"There's no need to worry about that. If we were only buying 20,000 to 30,000 catties of crabs, we might not be able to make a profit even if the price was high. But we've already bought 100,000 catties of crabs, and we'll be able to buy even more in the next few days."

"You might not make money with 20,000 to 30,000 catties of crabs, but you can make a lot of money with 100,000 catties of crabs, even at the current purchase price."

"If we can acquire 200,000 catties of crabs, even if the purchase price is higher than today, we can actually make more money."

Ding Weijie wasn't worried about this at all.

When we received about 40,000 catties of crabs on the second day, I was really a little worried. But today we received 60,000 catties, and in two days we received a total of 100,000 catties of crabs. He already knew that we would not only make money on this trip, but make a lot of money.

"Why do you say that?"

Zhang Qi found it a bit strange; she had been somewhat worried about receiving so many crabs these past two days.

“There are many fishing boats going out to sea from Shijiao Village Wharf, and they catch a lot of fish, shrimp and crabs every day, but there is a limit to how much they catch.”

"In the past few days, most, if not the vast majority, of the crabs caught by these fishing boats and brought back to the dock have been collected by us."

"With so many crabs leaving, the number of crabs in the market will definitely decrease."

"If the quantity decreases, the price will definitely have to go up."

"If we only received a small quantity of crabs, it wouldn't affect the price. But now that we've received so many crabs, the price will definitely be affected, and the impact is likely to appear very soon."

"After the price goes up, the crabs we have will become more and more valuable, and we will be able to sell them at a higher price and make money."

"In the next few days, everyone will rush to collect any crabs they can find, the more the better."

"I estimate that the price of crabs will continue to rise in the next few days, but I mean the price we pay will not continue to rise."

“Unless the other buyers at the dock don’t compete with us, as long as they do, the price will definitely go up.”

"The goal is to have as many crabs as possible on hand, so that we can influence the market price and control the price when we sell them, preventing it from dropping rapidly."

Ding Weijun is now gradually seeing through Ding Chongshan and Ding Xiaoxiang's plans and intentions.

Especially today, with the price increase and the competition for crabs with other competitors, it's very clear that the real goal is to grab as many crabs as possible to make more money.

Zhang Qi thought for a moment and nodded. Ding Weijun was right; that made sense. If you only had 20,000 to 30,000 jin of crabs, you wouldn't make much money. But if you had 100,000 jin, you would definitely make money, and if you had 200,000 jin, you could make even more.
The more crabs you have, the more money you can make.

"Why don't the other buyers do this? They could all afford this amount of money, right?"

As Zhang Qi spoke, he glanced at the shops on both sides, many of which specialized in buying fish, shrimp, and crabs—his competitors.

Raising prices to buy crabs definitely requires a lot of money, but if it's profitable, people will be willing to pay even more, let alone less.

"Hey!"

"It's not that other people don't know this method, it's not that they don't have the money, it's just that they don't have the ability."

"Who has such a large fish raft, especially one that can support tens of thousands of kilograms of crabs?"

"If we have so many crabs but nowhere to raise them, we need to sell them quickly, so the price definitely won't go up."

There are quite a few people in the same industry here at the dock, and quite a few smart ones, but they don't have the necessary skills or the ability to do this job.

Ding Weijun smiled and pointed to Zhao Dahai and Ding Xiaoxiang's fish rafts not far from the dock. He explained that one crucial element for starting this business was having a place capable of raising crabs. Earning that kind of money from crabs would likely only be possible during the few days immediately following the end of the fishing moratorium.

You can't possibly prepare a large fish fillet just for the money you earn this once a year, can you?

No one would do such a thing!
In previous years, everyone would buy a little of everything and then resell it. This year, it's only because our family is here to steal business that we're doing this.

"Looking at it now, Zhao Dahai and Ding Xiaoxiang's fish fillet really came in very handy."

"At first, it was just used to raise the fish that Zhao Dahai caught at sea, but now it seems that there are many things that can be done here."

“You’re right. Without such a large fish farm to raise so many live crabs, no one, no matter what kind of person, could do such a thing or collect so many crabs at once.”

Zhang Qi nodded vigorously.

People who buy fish, shrimp, and crabs generally buy and sell them on the same day; they can't keep them in their possession indefinitely.

One issue is the risk of keeping these fish, shrimp, and crabs, and the other is the immense pressure if even more fish, shrimp, and crabs come back tomorrow and you end up with them all.

Without Zhao Dahai and Ding Xiaoxiang's fish raft, all the crabs they collected would have had to be sold on the same day.

It's certainly easy to raise prices to buy things, but it's not so easy to raise prices to sell things.

Without fish farms to raise crabs, the crabs that are harvested must be sold on the same day, which will put pressure on prices. In order not to lose money, it is certainly impossible to keep buying crabs without any restrictions, let alone keep raising prices to buy crabs.

There's absolutely nothing to worry about in this situation.

With such a large fish raft raising these crabs, it wouldn't matter if we harvested even more crabs.

On the contrary, the more crabs you have, the more you can influence and control the price of crabs in the entire market, and it will definitely continue to rise. Even if you don't make much money, you will definitely not lose money.

Without the pressure of losing money, the goal is definitely to collect as many crabs as possible, because the more crabs there are, the more money is likely to be made.

Other workers at the dock really don't have the conditions to do this kind of thing. Even if they could see it clearly, it wouldn't be of any use.

Ding Weijie and Zhang Qi returned to the shop with the packed food. The group gathered together, eating and discussing what to do the next day.

After finishing the meal, I immediately went to arrange all sorts of things.

Ding Xiaoxiang was served fish.

"Sister Xiang!"

Ding Ailian saw Ding Xiaoxiang and immediately came over.

"How are the crabs we harvested today? And how are the crabs we harvested yesterday?"

Ding Xiaoxiang nodded and led Ding Ailian to Ma Baozhu's side, who was looking at the crabs in the fish raft.

"no problem."

"All the crabs we brought back today are kept alive in the fish rafts. So far, there are no problems; they are all alive."

"When we collected these crabs, we checked them carefully. Although it's impossible to see that all of them were alive, the vast majority of them were fine."

"The crabs we brought back yesterday, I just casually pulled up about ten net bags to take a look, and they were all alive, except for one dead crab in one net bag."

Ma Baozhu wiped the sweat from her face. She had spent the whole day collecting crabs and pulling them back to the fish farm. She had only drunk a few sips of water by now, and her stomach was growling with hunger. But when you're busy, there's really nothing you can do.

Ding Xiaoxiang breathed a sigh of relief.

In the past two days, we've harvested nearly 100,000 jin (50,000 kg) of crabs, all of which have been raised on fish rafts and sold. Some of them have been sold, mainly to Wu Weimin and Hongyun Restaurant.

The vast majority of the remaining fish are kept on the fish rafts.

To sell crabs at a good price, especially those weighing about one pound, the most important thing is that they must be alive to fetch a higher price.

Whether this fish farm can support so many crabs is the key to whether we can make money this time, and make a lot of money.

"No need to worry!"

"Looking at it now, there really isn't a problem at all. The main thing is that the seawater here is deep enough and the current is fast enough. Otherwise, I really wouldn't dare to do something like this."

Ma Baozhu smiled. She knew Ding Xiaoxiang was very worried about this, but she had been keeping a close eye on it for the past two days and there really wasn't any problem.

Ding Xiaoxiang nodded. She was actually very clear about the situation here. If the seawater wasn't so deep and the current wasn't so fast, she really wouldn't dare to do such a thing.

"Sister Xiao Xiang".

"Will we be able to collect a lot of crabs tomorrow?"

Ding Ailian was a little curious about this.

Ding Xiaoxiang turned her head and looked at the brightly lit dock not far away.

"We'll definitely be able to collect a lot of crabs tomorrow. I estimate we should be able to collect crabs for the next week or so, but the number of crabs we collect tomorrow will definitely not be comparable to today's."

Ding Xiaoxiang nodded, but then immediately shook her head.

We received a lot of crabs yesterday, and another 60,000 jin (30,000 kg) today, bringing the total to about 100,000 jin (50,000 kg) in two days.

I thought I had received enough crabs yesterday and that I couldn't possibly receive this many today. But I was surprised to receive even more today than yesterday. In any case, I know I definitely won't receive as many tomorrow.

"Ding Xiaoxiang".

"Will the crabs harvested in the last ten days or so amount to 200,000 jin?"

Ma Baozhu glanced at the fish rafts in front of her, which were filled with crabs harvested in the past two days. The total amount was already 100,000 jin. If crabs could be harvested in the next few days, even if only 20,000 to 30,000 jin could be harvested each day, the final harvest would definitely exceed 200,000 jin.

If that's really the case, it's incredible, considering that almost all of these are over a pound each, and they're all alive.

Ding Xiaoxiang nodded without hesitation. It was indeed possible, and the possibility was very high.

(End of this chapter)