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

Chapter 1568 Business is booming!

Ding Xiaoxiang and Yang Qin stood on the fish raft and waited for a while before Ding Dawen's large fishing boat slowly approached.

"Sister-in-law Xiao Xiang, what are you doing here at the fish raft?"

Liu Lei waited for the fishing boat to stop before getting on. He first greeted Ding Xiaoxiang before glancing at Yang Qin.

"Not bad!"

"Judging from this, you've really suffered a lot while fishing with Zhao Dahai lately."

Ding Xiaoxiang looked Liu Lei up and down. He was tanned dark and shiny, and most importantly, his once-protruding belly had disappeared, making him look very robust.

"That's how it is when you've done the work!"

"I'm bursting with energy right now!"

"I'm definitely not as good as Brother Dahai, but I can easily carry things weighing a hundred or two hundred pounds!"

Liu Lei proudly showed off his muscular arms.

Yang Qin looked closely at Milk. Although he was very tanned, he was really strong.

Ding Xiaoxiang, Yang Qin, and Liu Lei walked to the platform of the fish raft and pulled up stools to sit down.

"How's the fishing been lately? Have there been many more fishing boats since the fishing season opened?"

Ding Xiaoxiang has been busy with things at the dock lately and hasn't paid any attention to how Zhao Dahai's fishing is going; she knows absolutely nothing about it.

While drinking water, Liu Lei recounted in detail Zhao Dahai's fishing activities over the past few days.

"Sister-in-law Xiao Xiang!"

"You know how good Brother Dahai is at fishing!"

"No matter how many people are in the sea, whether they are fishing or casting nets, it has no impact on him."

"If I had to say, it would be that during the fishing moratorium, Brother Da mainly fishes for sea bass or black sea bream, but after the fishing moratorium ends, there are many more fishing boats around."

"Brother Dahai mainly fishes for large groupers on artificial islands and reefs."

As Liu Lei spoke, he pointed to the fish that Ding Dawen was calling for people to unload.

"This fishing boat is almost 80% covered with large groupers of all shapes and sizes."

"Brother Dahai and our two speedboats catch a total of more than 4,000 jin of grouper every day, and sometimes even 8,000 jin."

"After a few days, it's no joke, the fish we caught were so amazing that they made your eyes pop out."

Liu Lei was deeply moved.

I already knew that Zhao Dahai could catch a lot of fish, but recently, I've been on the speedboat and seen it with my own eyes, and I'm truly amazed.

Ding Xiaoxiang breathed a sigh of relief.

During the recent fishing moratorium, Zhao Dahai mainly fished for sea bass or black snapper, which resulted in a large number of sea bass and black sea bream catching at the fish raft.

There are fewer and fewer top-quality fish like grouper that can fetch high prices.

If this continues, the grouper at the fish raft will not be able to meet the demand of Hongyun Restaurant and Wu Weimin's private kitchen.

Now that I see Ding Dawen's fishing boat returning, with about 80% of the fish on board being grouper, I can finally relax.

"Ding Xiaoxiang".

"Why would you need to worry about this?"

"Zhao Dahai must know what he's doing. Once the grouper at the fish farm is almost sold out, he'll definitely go fishing for grouper."

"If other people don't have this skill, and you can't just fish for grouper, then you'll definitely have to keep fishing for grouper."

"Zhao Dahai can catch fish whenever he wants. Why do you need to worry about this? Even if there aren't any left, you can just tell Zhao Dahai, right?"

Yang Qin had no idea that Ding Xiaoxiang had been worried about this matter; it was completely unnecessary.

"Correct!"

"Brother Dahai really knows what he's doing!"

"If you can catch fish whenever you want, then there's really no need to worry or care!"

Liu Lei glanced at Ding Dawen's large transport fishing boat parked next to him, which was currently unloading large groupers weighing over thirty or forty kilograms each.

Only the red spots were relatively small.

"Humph!"

"If all the grouper here at the fish farm is sold out, I don't need to worry. It won't affect me. Anyway, Zhao Dahai will definitely catch some, and he'll definitely catch some later."

"I'll sell it whenever I catch it, but your Hongyun Restaurant and Wu Weimin's private kitchen will suffer the consequences."

Ding Xiaoxiang smiled.

I'm a little worried about this, but it's just a minor concern. Even if all the grouper at the fish raft is sold out, it won't really have a big impact on me.

However, this incident has a very significant impact on Wu Weimin's private restaurant and on Liu Gang, Liu Lei, and Yang Qin's Hongyun Restaurant.

Yang Qin and Liu Lei then realized what was going on.

"How could I forget about this? We need to keep an eye on the number of grouper here. If there aren't many, we must tell Brother Dahai and remind him that we absolutely have to fish for grouper!"

Liu Lei slapped his forehead. He hadn't really realized what Ding Xiaoxiang was talking about earlier, but this was something he really had to pay attention to. He couldn't wait until the grouper was gone before telling Zhao Dahai about it.

Hongyun Restaurant sells a lot of grouper every day, sometimes as little as 1,000 jin and sometimes as much as 3,000 jin.

These aren't farmed fish; they were all caught by Zhao Dahai when he went out to sea.

Or perhaps all the fish that Shi Jiehua and Shi Zhong caught on their deep-sea fishing boat were completely natural.

Hongyun Restaurant sells other fish, shrimp, and crabs, all of which are of very high quality, but its competitors also sell these high-quality fish, shrimp, and crabs.

Hongyun Restaurant, including Wu Weimin's private kitchen, has a truly unique competitive advantage: it can obtain the large grouper from Shanghai that Zhao Dahai catches.

Many people come to Hongyun Restaurant and Wu Weimin's private kitchen to eat, mainly because of the grouper that Zhao Dahai caught.

If they were to disappear one day, the consequences would be unimaginable. Neither Hongyun Restaurant nor Wu Weimin's private kitchen could withstand such consequences. Ding Xiaoxiang smiled; Liu Lei was finally realizing what was going on.

"Sister-in-law Xiao Xiang!"

"Has anything happened at the fish farm lately?"

"Have we already started collecting the fish, shrimp, and crabs from the docks?"

As Liu Lei spoke, he pointed to the dock not far away. During this time, he had been following Zhao Dahai to go sea fishing and hadn't paid attention to anything else. He didn't even know what the situation was like at Hongyun Restaurant. Now that he was back, he had to find out about these things. Next, he would have to take over the business of Hongyun Restaurant again.

Ding Xiaoxiang quickly explained the situation at the dock.

Liu Lei was very surprised. He never expected things to go so smoothly, and he was even more surprised that he had collected so many crabs in just a few days.

"what!"

"That's great, that's great! I reckon that after this period of time, Uncle Chongshan will definitely start collecting other kinds of fish, shrimp and crabs. This will really give us a foothold."

Liu Lei was very happy, even very excited.

Hongyun Restaurant and Wu Weimin's private kitchen are doing better and better, consuming large amounts of fish, shrimp and crab every day.

Hongyun Restaurant and Wu Weimin's private kitchen both have their own channels to buy high-quality fish, shrimp and crab. However, the demand is increasing, and the original acquisition channels can no longer meet the needs. New channels are needed.

Now that Ding Chongshan has established himself at the dock, he will definitely start buying other kinds of fish, shrimp and crabs. This means that he and Wu Weimin will have a new, stable and high-quality supply channel.

Liu Lei was well aware of Ding Chongshan's business acumen and knew there would be no problem, but he didn't expect it to be so fast.

"Come on, come on!"

“You’ve just come back from outside, and there are many things you don’t know. I have no interest in telling you these things.”

"You and Yang Qin should go back quickly. One of you should get some rest, and the other can ask Yang Qin if you want to know anything."

Ding Xiaoxiang knew that Liu Lei had just returned and must be very tired after fishing with Zhao Dahai for so long. Moreover, she really didn't know the specific situation at the dock, including Hongyun Restaurant. She definitely needed to ask Yang Qin for clarification, so she simply sent him away.

Ding Xiaoxiang told Yang Qin that the fishing boats that were supposed to bring the crabs would arrive soon, and that the people who were supposed to do the work would just need to stay here and keep an eye on things.

Liu Lei and Yang Qin nodded and drove their speedboat away from the fish raft.

"Is business this good? Are they all selling crabs here?"

As soon as Liu Lei arrived at the dock, he saw a large crowd gathered in front of Ding Chongshan's shop; they were all there to sell crabs.

Yang Qin smiled and told Liu Lei that almost all the crabs from the entire dock were sold here, so it was impossible for business not to be good.

Liu Lei strode over, but didn't go into the shop. He just looked around from the outside of the crowd and saw that everyone there was selling crabs. The crabs were all very large, almost all weighing over a pound.

Liu Lei didn't stay long; after watching for a while, he and Yang Qin left, got into their car, and returned to Hongyun Restaurant.

"dad!"

You've really worked hard these past few days!

Liu Lei sat down on the sofa, took the teapot, boiled water and brewed tea. He poured a cup and placed it in front of Liu Gang, then poured another cup for Yang Qin, and poured one for himself.

During this period, I went fishing at sea with Zhao Dahai, and I didn't take care of anything at home, including the business of Hongyun Restaurant.

"What hardship do I have? I just come here every day to take a look around."

“At the beginning, I did some work, but most of the work, especially the daily management, was done by Yang Qin, and had nothing to do with me.”

"It will definitely be hard work, but the restaurant will be yours from now on. If you don't put in the effort, who will?"

Liu Gang pointed to Yang Qin next to him.

I had already handed over Hongyun Restaurant to Liu Lei to manage. Although I am not very old, I have entered a semi-retired state. Unless there is something special, I will not come to Hongyun Restaurant. This time, it is only because Liu Lei has to go out to sea to fish with Zhao Dahai that I have to start taking over Hongyun Restaurant.

However, this only lasted for the first few days. Soon, the entire business of the restaurant was handed over to Yang Qin, and he became a hands-off manager.

Liu Gang was very satisfied. Despite Yang Qin's young age and the fact that she was a girl, she quickly got the hang of things and managed Hongyun Restaurant perfectly, no less capable than Liu Lei.

If Yang Qin has such abilities, she can immediately take over the management of Liu Lei's fishing trips with Zhao Dahai or any other matters, without requiring any effort from Yang Qin.

Yang Qin must be working very hard managing such a large restaurant all by herself. However, this restaurant is very profitable, and it will belong to Liu Lei and Yang Qin in the future, so she definitely has to work hard. There is no such thing as making a lot of money by sitting at home without doing anything and without feeling tired.

"dad!"

"Yang Qin just told me on the way that we might be able to sell 10,000 jin of crabs today?"

Liu Lei nodded slightly.

Yang Qin must have been exhausted during this time, but just as Liu Gang said, the restaurant will belong to him and Yang Qin in the future, and no matter what, he and Yang Qin must do everything themselves.

No matter how tired I am, there's nothing to say.

Yang Qin made it very clear to me on the way back to Hongyun Restaurant that the crabs sold yesterday and the day before totaled several thousand jin, almost ten thousand jin, but today it is very likely that about ten thousand jin of crabs will be sold in one day.

Liu Lei was very surprised by this.

"Correct!"

"Yang Qin is right. We are very likely to sell 10,000 catties of crabs today. Even if we don't sell 10,000 catties, we will definitely sell 8,000 catties."

"One reason is that everyone really wanted to eat crabs at the beginning, and the crabs sold at Hongyun Restaurant are all very large."

"An even more important thing is that the vast majority of crabs are now in the hands of Ding Chongshan, Ding Xiaoxiang, and people like us. Other places sell crabs, but the quantity is small and the crabs are mostly small."

"If you want to eat bigger crabs, you can only come to Hongyun Restaurant or Wu Weimin's private restaurant."

"We've already sold a lot in the last two days."

"But at that time, the news had not spread completely, and many people did not know that Hongyun Restaurant and Wu Weimin's private restaurant had a large number of crabs, and they were large crabs."

"Today is different. Many people must know the news that in the future, they will either go to Hongyun Restaurant or Wu Weimin's private restaurant to eat crabs."

"The number of crabs ordered by people who called to reserve a table yesterday and today has exceeded three thousand catties."

As Liu Gang spoke, he held up three fingers.

Liu Lei was startled. He never expected that three thousand catties had already been ordered. It was still early, and the number would definitely be even greater if it were later.

(End of this chapter)