1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 130: Half Sea Cucumber, Half Abalone
This shipment did not disappoint Liang Ziqiang.

The only fish caught at night were a few fewer diamond-fin squids than the previous night, but there were still plenty of other fish like bluefish, fat-eyed herring, and spotted mullet.

The night catch alone sold for over 160 yuan.

Then there is the income from the four "Underwater Drifters".

The fish weighed about 40 kilograms, and at 50 cents a kilogram, that was already over 20 yuan.

The most amazing one is the red crab, which weighs 31 pounds in total. It costs 1.2 yuan per pound, which makes 37.2 yuan in total.

The price of dragon head fish is six cents per pound, which is only a little over two yuan, which is a small amount;

White mullet, sea bass, and mantis shrimp were just average, selling for nine yuan;

In short, with the more than 160 yuan from the night catch, plus the 68 yuan from the four underwater fish, the total income directly exceeded 200 yuan, reaching 230 yuan!
After giving Liang Zifeng six dollars as wages, there was still more than two hundred and twenty dollars left.

When I got home, the savings in the wooden box increased again, this time it was already 1,370 yuan!
They continued to catch up on sleep during the day, and did not go out to hunt at night. Because hunting at night was too exhausting, the six of them had already agreed to take a rest tonight.

Even the sea bream has been brought back and stored at home, waiting to be released next time we go out to sea.

After resting for a day and a night, when the sun rose again, it was already Sunday, which was also the day I had agreed with Lu Feng to go to the island.

The tiredness between Liang Ziqiang's brows had completely dissipated, and when he appeared at the beach again, he was in good shape again.

This time, Lu Feng did not bring a large group of young men and women like last time. The only person who appeared at the dock with him was a man who looked to be in his forties. He was about the same size as Lu Feng, but he was a little more mature than Lu Feng. In addition to his maturity, he also had a hint of elegance.

When Lu Feng saw Liang Ziqiang, he took the initiative to step forward and patted his arm, and asked:

"How's things going with Manager Du? Is the business going smoothly?"

"It went very smoothly! Manager Du is a nice guy, very straightforward!" Liang Ziqiang said with some gratitude when talking about Yuehai Restaurant. "It's all thanks to Brother Feng. Otherwise, we would have spent a lot of effort to get some seafood, but we still couldn't sell it at a decent price."

He was truly grateful to Lu Feng. After all, if it weren't for Du Ziteng, who was introduced by Lu Feng, he would have had to reluctantly sell all the high-end seafood he found on Wuming Island at bargain prices. In that case, it would be impossible to make a large sum of money by buying hundreds of ships at a time, and it would be impossible to come up with enough funds to purchase two ships.

Today he was willing to take the time to accompany the other party to the island to look for things, more out of their friendship, and not just because of the ten-dollar guide fee.

The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and Lu Feng turned sideways and immediately introduced himself:

"This is my sister-in-law's cousin, Jiang Wen'ang, the same as "Ang" in Chinese. By the way, his business is also related to fish!"

After hearing his introduction, Liang Ziqiang realized that the other party was a very indirect relative of Lu Feng. After all, he was only the cousin of Lu Feng's sister-in-law.

Hearing that Jiang Wenang was also doing fish-related business, Liang Ziqiang became interested. You know, what he needed most now was still a good sales channel. Even with the Yuehai Restaurant, new sales channels were still something he was eager to find.

After all, there is still a lot of "deposits" on the Nameless Island. If we can find another sales channel based on the Yuehai Restaurant, the money collected once every half a month may become once every seven or eight days, and the speed of saving money will soar.

"What a coincidence, Brother Jiang is also in the seafood business?" Liang Ziqiang asked after greeting him.

"It is inseparable from the sea, but it cannot be said to be a seafood business." Jiang Wen'ang also nodded to Liang Ziqiang and Lin Baixian, and then explained.

But his explanation was obviously worse than no explanation at all, as it made people even more confused after hearing it.

Liang Ziqiang saw that he was so vague, so he naturally didn't need to ask further, and asked:
"We're going to the island today. What kind of things are we looking for? I can see which island is easier to find."

When Jiang Wenang mentioned this, his expression immediately became serious: "Do you know what abalone means? Abalone means abalone, and pearl means pearl!"

Upon hearing this, Liang Ziqiang and Lin Baixian both had strange looks on their faces.

How could Bao Zhu not know about it? Just a while ago, he happened to get one and sold it for a full two hundred dollars!

"I'm sure you know about abalone beads, but they're not that easy to find. There's only one in tens of thousands of abalones. I really don't know which island to go to look for them..."

Liang Ziqiang was in a dilemma. The last time he met Bao Zhu, it was pure luck, but how could he find Bao Zhu again so easily? This was definitely harder than winning the lottery again.

"No, the abalone I'm talking about can move and crawl. I don't even know its real name, so it's been hard to find.

It's like this, my dad has asthma, and 17 or 18 years ago, when he was doing "socialist education" in another faraway coastal province, his asthma also attacked. The local villagers caught something called "abalone" from the island and made soup for him to drink. Unexpectedly, after eating it, it worked better than taking medicine, and his asthma was cured at that time!
Now my dad is old and his asthma has recurred. He has used a lot of medicine in the hospital but has not recovered completely. Even if I go to other provinces, I may not be able to find the abalone island. I thought there should be something like this in the South China Sea, right? But I don’t know what it is called in Yanghai City..." Jiang Wenang said anxiously.

Abalone that moves and crawls? Can you make soup with it?
After hearing so much, Liang Ziqiang became even more confused.

"What does this thing you are talking about look like?" Liang Ziqiang thought that the same kind of marine creature is called differently in different places. In some places, the local names are so confusing that it is better to just say the shape.

Jiang Wenang came prepared and had already taken out a pen and paper from his bag:

"I'll draw it for you. I drew it based on what my dad said. See if you can tell what it is."

As he painted, he muttered:

"It's soft, like a snail without a shell crawling on the ground, but the meat on its back is not as smooth as a snail. It has many thorns and looks like a toad..."

Halfway through the painting, Lin Baixian was still confused, but Liang Ziqiang slapped his forehead:
"That's what you're talking about? You could just say the back of him is a sea cucumber and the front is an abalone, there's no need to elaborate!"

Jiang Wenang was somewhat bewildered:

"But the old man didn't say that. He said the back looks like a toad, and the other side looks like a snail with its shell removed..."

In fact, Jiang's father's description is not wrong, but it is not vivid enough...

"Half sea cucumber and half abalone, do we have such a monster here?" Lin Baixian still didn't quite understand and asked in confusion.

Liang Ziqiang estimated that Ah Xian had never seen one. The main reason was that this kind of thing only existed in a very limited area. Even in the coastal areas, not every village's fishermen had seen one.

Liang Ziqiang met him once on an island with his father when he was a teenager, which may have been related to the fact that it was a cloudy day at that time.

"You haven't seen it, but some older villagers have. We old fishermen call it 'local abalone' or 'local sea cucumber', but this is the first time I've heard it called 'abalone beads'!" Liang Ziqiang replied to Lin Baixian.

"So, do you know which island it is on?" Jiang Wen'ang's eyes showed a little more joy.

"I know, it's just a little far from here. Let's hurry up and get going. We can still make it back before dark!"

Liang Ziqiang immediately boarded the boat and took the other three people with him, heading towards the distant sea.

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