Chapter 113

A Cai praised with a smiling face, "Amazing, to be able to catch such a big haul! I'll make a few more phone calls to ask which restaurant offers a higher price."

Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows, "Wouldn't it be better to just call Hongsheng?"

Hongsheng Hotel is the largest in the town and has the most business. Having traded a few times, he has a good impression of that young master; he is generous!

"That won't do. Last time, after that big croaker was bought back by the young master of Hongsheng, other familiar restaurants said I wasn't loyal because I didn't notify them. They told me to notify them next time I have good things. Whether they buy it or not is their business, but not notifying them is my problem."

"Then you call. It's good to have a few more people bidding. There are still good things on the boat, we'll go lift them."

A Cai's hand holding the phone book paused, looking at them in surprise, "There are still good things? What other good things? How do they compare to this giant grouper?"

A Guang said proudly, "Not worse than it. Wait, we'll go lift them now."

"What is it?"

"You'll know when you see it in a while."

After the two finished speaking, they walked toward the shore again. A group of nosy people followed them after hearing this, asking, "What else? You guys have a good harvest this time?"

"Is it still a grouper? Or some other big haul?"

After the two perfunctorily said no, they boarded the boat one after another, intending to lift the basket of three-knife fish down first. As a result, as soon as they boarded the boat, they saw one had fallen on the deck, and it was more than a meter away from the basket.

Ye Yaodong bent down to pick it up, frowning, "Did someone get on our boat?"

Otherwise, how to explain the three-knife fish falling on the deck, and so far away from the basket? Even if it were alive, it couldn't jump that far.

"Is there a thief?"

Ye Yaodong thought for a while. When he came over just now, he seemed to see someone wearing only a short-sleeved shirt, with a jacket rolled into a ball in his hand, hurriedly going ashore and walking toward the small path.

To prevent wronging anyone, he went to the basket of three-knife fish and looked at it. The basket that was originally full was obviously less.

"Seems like it's less?"

"It should have been stolen. You watch here. I seem to have seen someone just now. I'll go down and take a look."

"Who is it?"

"I only saw the back of his head, didn't see clearly. You watch here first, don't let anyone steal anything else."

He said while getting off the boat. The people on the shore were originally waiting to see what other good things there were, but they saw him get off the boat with a foul face.

"What's wrong?"

"What's the situation? Did you guys quarrel?"

"Our fish was stolen. Please help me find it. Someone seemed to have walked toward that small path just now." After speaking, he ran quickly. He had to catch up quickly, don't let him run away.

The small path is a long dirt road, slightly curved, but you can still see the end from the beginning.

That person should be afraid of arousing suspicion, so he didn't run, but was walking fast. Ye Yaodong actually didn't delay for long before running out and saw him at a glance.

Feeling the movement of running behind him, that person panicked and hurriedly started running. Only then did Ye Yaodong shout, "There's a thief, don't run~"

The more he shouted, the faster the thief ran.

"Damn it~"

Human potential is infinite. He was exhausted after walking for an hour, but at this moment he could explode, actually shortening the distance at high speed and catching up.

But just as he was about to catch up, the thief cleverly bent down and turned around, pushing him aside, causing him to stagger and support the ground with both hands.

As a result, the thief himself slipped on the pebbles under his feet while running fast, directly falling into a dog-eating-shit. The clothes in his hand were thrown out directly, and three-knife fish fell all over the ground. At the same time, a scream sounded immediately.

Falling on this kind of pebble road is no joke. Such a big person, the center of gravity fell directly, and the palms and knees could see blood immediately.

Seeing this, Ye Yaodong rushed up and stepped on his back, and even stepped on him twice fiercely, "Screw you, you can actually run so fast, and you dare to push me. I almost let you run away!"

The person under his feet groaned twice, struggling to get up but couldn't.

At this time, A Guang also ran over, followed by two nosy people, "Caught him?"

"Didn't I tell you to watch on the boat? What if someone steals something else?"

"I moved that basket of three-knife fish off the boat and took it to A Cai's place. It doesn't matter if other fish cargo is left on the boat. There are people at the pier watching for us."

"That's good. You go pick up the fish on the ground first."

"I'll see who is so bold as to steal our fish first!" A Guang directly grabbed his short hair and lifted his head, "Damn, it's Uncle Awei's brother-in-law."

The two people who followed also pointed at Uncle Awei's brother-in-law, "Oh my~ why is it him..."

Ye Yaodong identified it carefully, it seems it really is.

"Don't let him go first, take him to the pier. We'll weigh the cargo, and by the way, let someone help notify his family to come and collect him."

Ye Yaodong grabbed his collar, "Okay, or after weighing, we'll send him home and talk about it by the way."

Three-knife fish are not cheap. Although it was an attempted theft and he is Uncle Awei's brother-in-law, it's not good to beat him up directly, but an apology is necessary, right? He doesn't look small, yet he actually does such dog-stealing and chicken-thieving things.

After A Guang picked up the fish and wrapped them in the clothes again, Ye Yaodong grabbed his collar and was about to walk to the pier, but was pushed again. Then Uncle Awei's brother-in-law took the opportunity to turn his head and run.

"Damn~ this brat."

A Guang called him, "Don't chase. Anyway, everyone saw it. It's not like we wronged him. The clothes are still in our hands. We'll send them to his door later."

"Really annoying, such a good and happy thing turned into this, disgusting. We'll go to his house later."

The two walked toward the pier while cursing.

The other two nosy people also followed and muttered, "Stealing fish left on the boat, too unreasonable. These three-knife fish are quite valuable."

"That's right, these aren't just a few fruits on a tree that you pick for fun. These are rare fish. We must go to his house and talk to the adults..."

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As soon as Ye Yaodong and A Guang walked back to the pier, everyone asked one after another, "Did you catch him? How much did he steal?"

"He ran away, but the fish were recovered. There are more than ten of them. Thank you all for helping us watch the boat. Let's go to the boat and move the other cargo down first."

After all the cargo was moved off the boat, they cleaned the dozen or so three-knife fish at A Cai's place and threw them into the basket to weigh them together.

A Cai was also cursing there, "Who is so desperate? The cargo was left on the boat and hadn't been unloaded yet, and it was actually stolen."

"Weigh it first, we are in a hurry."

"Wait, you haven't said how much money yet?"

"Don't worry, you won't lose out. I just made three or four phone calls and said there are big giant groupers and three-knife fish. People will come to see the goods in a while. The highest bidder wins, and I'll just earn an introduction fee from you."

"That's about right!"

"Excluding the weight of the basket, the three-knife fish is 22.8 jin. You guys are really amazing. Good things all entered your net. These three-knife fish are at least 8 yuan per jin."

The faces of the two instantly turned from cloudy to sunny, "Weigh the others too."

Ye Yaodong put the cargo from his ground cage separately. This is his own, so it must be weighed separately to open a bill.

After everything was weighed, Ye Yaodong put the two bills in his pocket and waited at the pier for the restaurants in the town to come.

There are quite a few restaurants in their port town, but there are only two or three large ones.

Not long after the accounts were settled, the bosses from the town came to see the fish.

After the first person who came said a price, he couldn't wait to take it away directly. It was only after they stopped him and said there were others who wanted to see the goods and the highest bidder would win that he waited regretfully.

After people came one after another, before A Cai could speak, the three bosses started arguing among themselves first, each shouting with their necks stuck out.

Such a big giant grouper is indeed rare. It might not be caught in a few years, and even if fishing boats occasionally catch one, none are this big. They are all people who know the goods, so there is no need for them to brag. The three bosses competed there themselves.

Three-knife fish are occasionally seen when ocean-going ships dock, but ocean-going ships go out for months and rarely dock, so they are not often seen at the Yujing pier.

The three argued on the basis of reason, and everyone else waited for the result.

Ye Yaodong felt that this was also quite good. He didn't need to spend his own words, and they raised the price themselves. For restaurants, only good goods can attract gourmets, and there are quite a few rich bosses coming and going in the port town.

Finally, Wang Maoquan of Hongfa took down this 190-pound big giant grouper for 550 yuan, and the three-knife fish were divided equally by them at a price of 8.5 per pound, otherwise no one would be willing to return empty-handed.

Once the price was discussed, everyone was stunned. Just with these two types of fish, Ye Yaodong and A Guang earned more than 700 yuan, not counting the other cargo. If the other cargo were counted, they earned more than 800 yuan on this trip.

Everyone looked at them with envy and jealousy.

Ye Yaodong hurriedly exaggerated the power of the wind and waves at sea, lest everyone think he earned money easily. They took a great risk!

"When we just finished dragging a net, the waves rushed up more than ten meters high one after another, and the waves splashed onto the deck. We almost couldn't run in time..."

"That's right, the boat was swaying and pitching so much that we could only squat there and couldn't stand. We almost capsized. Fortunately, we were quick to see the situation. We didn't pull up the last net and ran away quickly. When we reached the inner sea, there were no waves, and we pulled it up. I didn't expect there to be a big giant grouper in it..."

A Cai praised with a smile, "Sure enough, only young people dare to fight and break through. Where would those older people in the village dare to go to sea when the typhoon is coming? Are they tired of living?"

"We were just lucky for a while."

Wang Maoquan said with a smile, "Only those who dare to fight will win. It is right for young people to dare to break through and fight. Call me next time you have good goods. Our proprietor is very generous."

"You can also tell me. As long as the things are good, the price is easy to discuss."

"Yes, yes, notify us if you have good things."

The other two also followed suit.

"Okay, okay, thank you very much, sorry for your trouble." Ye Yaodong smiled and exchanged pleasantries.