Chapter 251

"Sure, Da Huang, you know all this." Ye Cheng lightly patted Da Huang's head.

This gap is a bit small; Ye Cheng squeezed his hand in, fumbled around, couldn't quite reach, so he pulled his hand out again.

"Xiao Hu, where are the pliers? Give me the pliers."

This time for the tide gathering, Ye Cheng brought everything he should and shouldn't have; he got the pliers from Xiao Hu, inserted the pliers, and now he could clamp it.

This blue crab still tried to resist, its two big claws struggling, but Ye Cheng still clamped it from top to bottom and dragged it out.

This blue crab was much smaller than the earlier bread crab; Ye Cheng rinsed it in water, and his eyes lit up instantly.

"Damn! Yellow butter crab, you're awesome, Da Huang." Ye Cheng exclaimed delightedly; yellow butter crab is a good thing, the price is sure.

"Da Huang, naming you Da Huang was right—you're a yellow fish, a yellow butter crab; what kind of yellow are you looking for? When will you find some gold? Hahaha."

This yellow butter crab weighs about one catty; it's smaller than the bread crab, but among blue crabs it's a big one; most importantly it's still a yellow butter crab, its joints oozing oil.

Yellow butter crab is inherently top-notch; the bigger, the more valuable. Last time I sold one to Old Qian that wasn't this big, it still fetched 300 each; this one should go for four or five hundred.

"Brother, there's even such a big yellow butter crab." Xiao Hu ran over curiously to look; having seen yellow butter crabs, one this size is truly rare.

"Of course, and it doesn't matter who made it." Ye Cheng pointed at Da Huang.

Da Huang was lowering his head to eat small fish, not knowing where he got them from.

Ye Cheng took Xiao Hu around the water puddle for over an hour, then, guided by Da Huang, caught a large yellow butter crab, and then grabbed a dozen or so spear crabs, plus a few sea eels.

As for shrimp, they also scooped up quite a few, but none were precious varieties; they were likely meant as snacks for Da Huang.

After digging the pits was nearly done, the two lifted the stuff, hauled it out of the pits, and loaded each item onto the tricycle.

The tricycle already had little space, and with two water pumps added, there was even less room.

No choice; in the end one rode while the other walked. Like Da Huang, whom Ye Cheng placed on a water tank nearly two meters high, wobbling, shaking the creature's head until it felt dizzy.

Upon entering the village, they ran into the group of aunts and uncles they had met that morning; seeing the pile two meters high, each was shocked.

"Lao Er, you gathered all this from tide gathering?"

"You got quite a bit of good stuff, right?"

"This must sell for a good amount of money."

Ye Cheng replied while walking, "No, it's just a pile of stones; we thought it looked fun, so we brought it back to put in the yard as decoration."

Hearing that, each person's face showed a speechless expression; they were like, "You're fooling us, stones? Surely you hauled in a lot of big goods again."

Amid everyone's envious and jealous gazes, they finally managed to transport the stuff back; next time, they really need to get a vehicle.

Actually, speaking of it, an electric tricycle like those used for modern delivery would be most suitable.

The problem is, such a thing isn't available now.

Arriving at Ye Cheng's place, the two first unloaded the items, then tallied today's haul.

Seven-star Grouper: 3 pieces, over 3 catties

Blue-clothed Fish: 2 pieces, over 5 catties

Golden-eye Bass: 1 piece, about ten catties

Seabream: 3 pieces

Black Seabream: 1 piece, eight catties

Sea bass: 1 piece

Dog Shark: 1 piece

Horse pomfret: 1 piece,

Flower-tail Pepper Seabream: 3 pieces

True Seabream: 4 pieces

Eastern Star Grouper: 1 piece

Sea Catfish: 2 pieces

Mouse Grouper: 1 piece, over 1 catty

Sole Fish: 2 pieces

Small Yellow Fish: 3 pieces

Sea Eel: 5 pieces

Octopus: 3 pieces

Bread Crab: 1 piece, over 2 catties

Yellow Butter Crab: 2 pieces

Spear Crab: 14 pieces

The variety was dazzling, but not much was valuable; the most valuable were that Mouse Grouper and the two Yellow Butter Crabs, the rest being mid- to low-end seafood.

Before returning, Ye Cheng had already called Boss Qian; thus, as soon as the two finished tallying, Boss Qian's vehicle arrived.

Upon alighting, Boss Qian went straight up and hugged Ye Cheng, saying, "Brother, you haven't sought me in ages; have you been using other channels lately and forgotten your brother?"

Ye Cheng felt a bit embarrassed, but this period wasn't intentional; whenever he went to the dock, he got robbed, and he couldn't help it.

Otherwise, it would be bird's nest and Mei Le Zhu, which Boss Qian also doesn't accept.

"I've been busy with other things; it's not like I call you every time I go tide gathering—let's check the goods."

Before Boss Qian even looked at the goods, he spotted Da Huang over there and asked in surprise, "You guys have this too? Do you sell it?"

Upon hearing someone wanted to buy him, Da Huang warily lifted his head, his two little eyeballs rolling around.

"Boss Qian is joking; this is a protected animal—who would dare sell it? You're not even allowed to keep it; this guy just wants to follow me, so I let him."

As soon as it was said to be a protected animal, Boss Qian immediately knocked his own head, saying, "Right, right; I'm old, my mind's gone fuzzy—let's look at the goods, look at the goods."

Seeing the two no longer paying attention to him, Da Huang then continued enjoying his dinner.

Speaking of which, Ye Cheng also realized that Da Huang couldn't be kept like this long-term; it's a wild sea turtle, and he had merely picked it up to help treat its wound—nothing more.

If we keep it for a long time, we might get reported.

One day we'll take it to the seaside to release it; if that really doesn't work, we'll build it a nest by the seaside.

Right, I happen to have contracted the tidal flat, so we'll find a spot there to make a nest for it; it's fine if it wants to stay on the tidal flat, or if it wants to go back to the sea, whatever.

"Mouse Grouper, long time no see, this is good."

"These two butter crabs are also good stuff."

"Brother, your stuff is always top-notch, ah, hahaha." Boss Qian looked at several crates of seafood and felt delighted, "I'll definitely give you a good price."

"Boss Qian, you decide the price; I've always accepted what you offer." Ye Cheng said.

Boss Qian gave 800 for that mouse grouper, 500 each for the two butter crabs, 1000 total for the spotted grouper and seven-star grouper, and 500 total for the bread crab and swimming crab.

That big black seabream, being large, fetched a higher price, calculated at 800; as Boss Qian said, some people just like big ones, it's impressive when entertaining guests.

The other sea bream sold for 800, and the two sea bass sold for 200.

The miscellaneous items added up to another 800.

This time the total sales were 5400, income a bit low.

After settling accounts with Boss Qian, Ye Cheng gave Xiao Hu 2000, then they agreed to go to the seaside in the evening to check and set the fish trap.

Today's luck value of 90 shouldn't be this low.

In the afternoon Ye Cheng didn't go out; dinner was also at Ye Guowei's place, and after eating, Ye Guowei happened to want to take him to see the plot to be contracted.