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

Chapter 1571 The more you earn, the more you make
“There are definitely risks involved in doing this, but we can afford to take them.”

Liu Gang had been pondering this idea for the past few days and felt there was no problem with it. These were temporary tables and chairs, not permanent ones. If business was good on a particular day and there were many people waiting for a table, these tables would be set up. Those who wanted to eat here could eat here, and those who didn't would have to wait and go to the restaurant.

Another point is that only as many tables and chairs as the number of people wanting to eat there are set up. There's no need to set them all up at once. People coming and going only see how busy the restaurant is. With no seats left inside and only outdoor seating available, they would never imagine that Hongyun Restaurant is doing poorly or anything like that. This is actually the biggest difference between this and expanding Hongyun Restaurant.

"We can try setting up tables and see if it affects the restaurant's business. If it doesn't, then there's no problem, and we can continue doing it. If there are any problems, we can just remove them and stop setting up tables and chairs."

Liu Gang had already planned his escape route. He felt there was really no major problem, and he could bear any risks. He even planned to remove the tables and chairs immediately if he felt anything was amiss.

The risk isn't too great, and there's room for flexibility. Even if there are any problems, they can be corrected immediately. From this perspective, there's really no need to go to Zhao Dahai or Ding Xiaoxiang for an idea.

Liu Lei no longer hesitated and immediately agreed to this approach.

"Our business has been very good lately, hasn't it? Especially today, we are likely to sell 10,000 catties of crabs. There are a lot of people coming here to eat crabs."

"Let's try it tonight and see how it goes."

"I don't think there should be any major problems."

Liu Lei immediately wanted to set up tables in the open space in front of the store that evening.

"Row!"

"I've already prepared the tables, chairs, and stuff. I was planning to do this in a few days."

"But now that you're back, let's just try it tonight and see how it goes. If nothing unexpected happens, there shouldn't be any problems."

Liu Gang had already made preparations a few days ago when he came up with this idea, but he hadn't been able to make up his mind to do it. Now that Liu Lei was back, he had manpower, and he had just suddenly made up his mind. Since that was the case, they could start tonight.

Liu Lei and Liu Gang discussed the matter and immediately began preparations.

One thing is that tables, chairs, and other items need to be prepared in the end. Another thing is that we need to prepare something to provide shade, or something to cover the dew at night.

Everything is ready, but how to arrange it, or how to handle it, all these things need to be arranged. Let's try it out and see how it goes.

These things aren't difficult at all, but you have to take the time and hurry up. You can't afford to be flustered and overwhelmed by the evening if you don't try.

3pm.

Fish fillet.

Ding Xiaoxiang watched Ding Ailian and Ma Baozhu sitting in chairs, eating their meals heartily.

"Slow down, slow down! No rush, no rush!"

As she spoke, Ding Xiaoxiang took a bowl, filled two bowls with soup, and placed them in front of Ding Ailian and Ma Baozhu.

Ailian and Ma Baozhu started hauling the crabs they had collected from the dock to the fish farm very early this morning.

They were busy until half an hour ago when they finally stopped, and all the crabs were pulled back to the fish raft.

"I'm really hungry. I didn't expect there to be so much today. I was thinking I could have lunch by noon."

Ding Ailian finished eating the rice in her hand, picked up the soup, drank a small half bowl, let out a long breath, and finally felt full and stopped.

"I originally thought that I could harvest 20,000 to 30,000 catties of crabs today, but I didn't expect that the number of crabs I received today would far exceed the plan."

"It's definitely at least 40,000 jin!"

Ma Baozhu put down the bowl in her hand and looked at Ding Xiaoxiang sitting opposite her.

Everyone thought that the number of crabs received today was not too many, but unexpectedly, the crabs received today were not much different from those received yesterday.

I don't know if it's 50,000 jin, but it's definitely at least 40,000 jin.

"I really didn't expect this!"

Ding Xiaoxiang shook her head, somewhat incredulously.

Yesterday, I thought that if I could get 30,000 catties of crabs today, that would be amazing, and it was even possible that I would only get 10,000 or 20,000 catties, since this is no longer the two days before the end of the fishing moratorium.

It turns out that my idea was wrong; the number of crabs today was not much different from yesterday's.

Ma Baozhu's estimate of 40,000 jin was an understatement. The actual amount was certainly much more than 40,000 jin.

It's possible that there are 50,000 jin, or even more than that.

"This is really strange, where did all these crabs come from?"

Ding Ailian was really puzzled. She didn't know what was going on or why. The crabs today were about the same as yesterday's.

"The large fishing boats that came back today are not much different from those yesterday, but a significant portion of the crabs caught today were caught by the smaller fishing boats."

"These small fishing boats can't go very far, but the fishing season has only just begun."

"When there are many fish, shrimp and crabs in the sea."

"Even if you can't run too far, you can still catch a lot of crabs."

Ding Xiaoxiang had already noticed something was wrong around noon; the number of crabs being brought back was unusually high. She immediately went to the dock and, after a careful inspection, realized what was going on. The large fishing boats returning today had caught about the same number of crabs as yesterday, but the smaller fishing boats were catching significantly more crabs than yesterday.

If you calculate it this way, the number of crabs caught today is slightly more than yesterday's, but at least no less.

Ding Ailian and Ma Baozhu were busy working and hadn't paid attention to the matter until Ding Xiaoxiang mentioned it, at which point they learned what had happened.

"sister!"

"The more crabs we receive, the better! Nobody expected there to be so many crabs today. I reckon the other guys at the dock are probably kicking themselves right now."

Ding Ailian pointed to the dock.

There are quite a few people in Shijiao Village who buy fish, shrimp, and crabs. Besides Sun Tie and Ma Ping, there are many others who do this business. Some of these people are very powerful, but today they almost tacitly agreed not to buy any crabs, directly giving up competing with them.

At Shijiao Village Wharf, almost all the crabs caught in the past few days are now in their hands. The market price for crabs has started to rise significantly, which is good news for them—a very good thing. The more crabs they collect, the greater their profits. While they are happy, their fellow crab farmers at the wharf are not so pleased. If they had known there wouldn't be so many crabs today, they might have started bidding high prices to grab as many as possible.

"You're right."

"The other crab vendors at the dock have already noticed that the price of crabs in the market is rising. It's just that they thought there wouldn't be many crabs at the dock today, so they didn't compete with us for them. If they had known earlier that there would be 40,000 to 50,000 catties of crabs at the dock today, they definitely wouldn't have let them go so easily, and they would definitely have competed with us for them."

Ding Xiaoxiang burst into laughter.

I've been incredibly lucky lately; God has been very kind to me.

"Seeing so many crabs returning to the dock today, these people must already be regretting it. But tomorrow they'll probably think there won't be many crabs coming back, and they won't be competing with us. If there are still a lot of crabs coming back to the dock tomorrow, won't these people be furious?"

Ma Baozhu suddenly remembered this matter.

"Correct!"

"This kind of thing is not only possible, but the probability of it happening is very high."

"These people aren't fighting over crabs today, but they're even less likely to do so tomorrow. If that happens, their regrets will go far beyond what they expected."

The more Ding Xiaoxiang thought about it, the more she felt that this was indeed very likely to happen.

Today, none of the other fishing boats are collecting crabs, and it's even less likely they will be able to collect them tomorrow. However, judging from the current situation, the number of crabs that the fishing boats returning tomorrow can catch, even if it's not as many as today, will certainly not be much less.

"Sister Xiao Xiang".

"These people definitely won't be competing with us for crabs tomorrow, but why do you think the number of crabs coming back tomorrow won't be much different from today's?"

Ding Ailian wasn't surprised at all that the other buyers wouldn't be buying crabs tomorrow. What she was really curious about was why Ding Xiaoxiang said that the number of crabs returning tomorrow would likely be about the same as today's.

Ding Xiaoxiang told Ding Ailian that the small fishing boats that returned today caught a lot of crabs, not that these small fishing boats had just returned.

“These small fishing boats were already back on the first day.”

"The fishing season has just started, right? There are plenty of fish, shrimp, and crabs in the sea. It's not just the big fishing boats that sell their catch and immediately go back to sea; the smaller fishing boats do the same thing."

"When the fishing season had just started, large fishing boats could catch a lot of fish, shrimp, and crabs in the closer waters. But now that it has been several days, these large fishing boats definitely have to go further out to make a profit."

"Large fishing boats go out to sea to farther places, which takes time on the journey and also takes time to fish."

"It might take two or three days to get back, but most of these small fishing boats fish in relatively nearby areas. Two or three days is definitely enough time for them to make a trip back!"

"I estimate that many of the crabs caught from these small fishing boats today are from their second trip."

"Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many."

Ding Xiaoxiang felt that this must be the reason.

These small fishing boats are definitely enough for two trips.

Ma Baozhu and Ding Ailian listened and nodded repeatedly; this really was the most likely thing.

"If that's really the case, then wouldn't there be an abundance of crabs this year?"

Ding Ailian was a little surprised.

If we can receive so many crabs over so many days in a row...

There must be an abundance of crabs in the sea this year, otherwise this wouldn't have happened.

"There's nothing strange about that."

"That's what fish, shrimp, and crabs in the sea look like."

"Who knows, one year there might suddenly be a lot of them."

"This year there were a lot of crabs, and we were very unlucky, but we got a great deal."

"But in the next few years, there won't be many crabs left in the sea,"

Ding Xiaoxiang, who had been doing business with Ding Chongshan for many years, knew very well that such things happened frequently.

In a certain year, the number of a certain type of fish, shrimp, and crab in the sea will suddenly become extremely large.

However, once something like this happens, there won't be many fish, shrimp, or crabs for the next few years.

This year happens to be a year with an abundance of crabs, and for some reason, my father, Ding Chongshan, decided to buy crabs and nothing else. As a result, he has really made a huge profit.

At the beginning, no one could have imagined that something like this would happen.

Sometimes, especially in business, you really have to rely on luck.

This time, however, it wasn't just good luck; it was really too good.

There's really nowhere to seek justice in this kind of situation.

"If we can get this many crabs again tomorrow, that would be amazing. We've really made a fortune on this trip."

"Yang Qin took away 10,000 jin of crabs today, and Wu Weimin took away another 10,000 jin of crabs. Almost half of the crabs we collected yesterday are gone. I'm heartbroken!"

"I feel much more at ease receiving so many crabs today. Otherwise, if the price of crabs goes up in a few days, we won't have any left."

As Ding Ailian spoke, she pointed to several net cages not far away, which were filled with harvested crabs.

Leaving aside the past two days, just today alone, 20,000 catties of crabs were taken away.

Even a blind man can see that the price of crabs will rise very quickly in a short time, and the more crabs you have, the more money you will make.

(End of this chapter)