He forced me to sever ties with my family and sleep on a dilapidated boat, then turned around and be

It turned out to be Mr. Wu, who came to Jinlong Village specifically to buy fish.

Soon, the fishing boat docked, and Boss Wu excitedly climbed onto the deck, looking around.

"Bayi, what kind of fish did you catch tonight?"

The fishing boat next to them belongs to He Rong and He Laifu; they had just returned as well.

He Laifu exclaimed excitedly, "August 1st! My dad and I had a pretty good catch today, at least 500 jin of mackerel!"

Immediately, the surrounding fishermen burst into laughter.

Boss Wu was also laughing, and his laughter was rather amusing.

He pursed his lips.

"Mackerel? Why bother with that kind of fish? It's trash fish, even less valuable than ribbonfish. Even if you go to the county dock, they'll only buy it for 35 cents a pound at most."

"I only have 25 cents left."

That's true; of all the fish that fishermen can catch, mackerel is the cheapest.

This type of fish is too common; they come in large groups, numbering in the thousands, and the meat is of relatively poor quality.

The fish are mostly collected and sent to processing plants to be dried or made into fish jerky.

Even if you weigh a thousand kilograms, you can only sell it for two or three hundred yuan.

Therefore, many fishermen will not cast their nets even if they see schools of mackerel swimming in the sea, so as not to occupy their fish holds.

He Laifu snorted.

"Don't look down on these few hundred kilograms of mackerel, because there are other fish among them that are much more valuable."

Immediately, Boss Wu became interested and temporarily forgot to greet Niu Bayi.

"A very valuable fish? What kind?"

He Rong said with some pride and excitement, "When we found the mackerel, we saw them being chased by a lot of sea bass, so we quickly cast our nets. Once we cast the nets, it wasn't just mackerel anymore."

"There are still more than a dozen sea bass!"

"Each sea bass weighs twenty or thirty pounds!"

Sea bass are prepared by feeding on mackerel.

Upon hearing this, the surrounding fishermen gasped, their faces showing envy.

Mr. Wu exclaimed happily, "Sea bass? Sea bass weighing twenty or thirty pounds? Wow, that's really valuable! Today, the purchase price for sea bass is 1 yuan, and for ten pounds or more, it's 5 yuan."

"If you really have sea bass weighing 20 or 30 pounds or more, I'll buy it from you for 2.5 yuan per pound!"

Upon hearing this, He Rong and He Laifu immediately became excited and opened the fish hold cover.

The new fishing boat has a large fish hold and is equipped with baffles.

When not in use, simply pull out the baffle to create a complete fish hold.

When needed, insert the baffle, and it becomes two fish tanks.

The main purpose is to catch different types of fish so that they can be released separately.

The fish hold was filled with countless mackerel.

The other fish tank contained sea bass, which were still lively and jumping around in the water.

The smaller ones all weigh over 20 pounds.

The larger one weighs close to thirty pounds.

Although there were only a dozen or so, they all weighed over 300 jin (150 kg).

He Rong asked smugly, "Boss Wu, can you buy these sea bass for 2.5 yuan per jin?"

Boss Wu squatted down, stared at it carefully for a few moments, and then nodded happily.

"Yes, yes, absolutely! I'll take all of your sea bass, it's only 2.5 yuan per jin."

He Laifu said, "I can sell it to you for 2.5 yuan per catty, but can you give me a higher price for this mackerel? 2.5 yuan is too little, how about 30 cents? Anyway, you can still make a good profit."

Boss Wu glared at him.

"Damn, you're even haggling over five cents? You've caught so many sea bass and made a fortune, so don't be so stingy, okay?"

He Laifu said matter-of-factly, "How can I not care? These mackerel must weigh at least 500 jin. At 5 cents more per jin, that's more than 20 yuan more for 500 jin!"

Next, the two sides entered the bargaining stage.

This happens all the time; it comes and goes quickly anyway.

Before long, both sides compromised, with the sea bass set at 2.5 yuan per jin and the mackerel at 0.28 yuan per jin.

After calculating the price and paying, Boss Wu immediately called over the dockworkers to help him unload all the fish from the fish hold and load them onto the truck.

Then, he couldn't wait to look at Niu Bayi.

"Bayi, your side is the real show. What kind of fish did you catch this time? I brought plenty of money to buy it from you, so don't let me down."

He Laifu said, "We've already caught more than a dozen valuable sea bass, not to mention my future brother-in-law, he's much better than me. The amount of fish he caught is probably more than you have on you to collect."

Boss Wu snorted.

"If I don't have enough money, I'll go back and get it right away. Ba Yi, hurry up and open the fish hold cover so I can see. I really hope for a big surprise, preferably the same abalone as last time."

"Oh my, I took those abalone directly to the city to sell, and so many people loved them; they sold out in no time."

Other fishermen were also eyeing Niu Bayi, or at least his fish hold.

Everyone was wondering what valuable fish the Dragon King's godson had caught this time.

He Laifu couldn't hold back any longer. He jumped onto Niu Bayi's boat, ran to the fish hold, squatted down, grabbed the cover handle, and suddenly opened it.

"Come on, let me show you what kind of fish my brother-in-law caught this time. It's probably worth several thousand yuan."

When he opened it, he was dumbfounded, and everyone around him was dumbfounded as well.

Because the fish hold was completely empty, there was nothing there.

Mr. Wu's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

"Where's the fish? Bayi, where's the fish you caught?"

Without saying a word, Niu Bayi went back into the cabin and brought out a bucket.

boom!

It was placed in front of Boss Wu!

"Look, Mr. Wu, this is the fish I caught. It's a rare, precious, and hard-to-catch kind. You like it, right?"

When Boss Wu looked down, he was pleasantly surprised.

"Oh dear, it's a crab goby. This fish is good, a very nourishing one. But there's so little of it, only a dozen or so pounds. I can buy crab gobies from you for 3 yuan a pound, but this is only a dozen or so pounds, so it's only a few dozen yuan."

"You only caught so few fish on this trip, not even enough to cover the diesel cost."

The surrounding fishermen shook their heads upon seeing this, some even gloating.

"This doesn't seem like the Dragon King's godson at all. While crab goby is rare, you only caught a dozen or so pounds. What's the point?"

"I told you, a woman who goes out to sea works for nothing all day, and I told you not to take your wife fishing, but you insisted! Now look, you've only caught a few dozen yuan's worth of fish, and you've embarrassed yourself as the Dragon King's godson!"

"Don't ever take He Zhenzhen out to sea again, or you'll still catch nothing! Your reputation will be ruined!"

……

After hearing this, Boss Wu stomped his feet repeatedly.

"Oh dear, oh dear, Bayi, how could you be so foolish? So you took a woman out to sea? How could you take her? Look, it's like you caught nothing at all."

"You could have earned thousands of dollars, but now you're only earning tens of dollars. How could you be so stupid?"

Even He Rong and He Laifu looked very embarrassed.

He Rong sighed and muttered to himself.

"Bayi, let's not take Zhenzhen out to sea anymore. It's a waste of diesel fuel."