Chapter 848: Doing Things Must Be Accounted For

Zhao Dahai opened his eyes and turned his head to look at the window. It was pitch black. He turned over and sat up, put on his clothes, and stretched his body. In the morning, he returned to the dock of Langtou Village and sent all the fish to the seafood truck. Then he came back to eat and sleep. It was dark now.

Zhao Dahai walked out of the room and suddenly noticed that the lights were on in the yard.

Ah?

Who came?

Zhao Dahai strode out and saw Ding Xiaoxiang and Yang Qin sitting on low stools chatting with their grandmother Zhong Cuihua.

"Why did you come?"

Zhao Dahai was a little surprised.

Ding Xiaoxiang saw Zhao Dahai and immediately said that dinner was ready. She walked quickly into the kitchen and filled the food.

Zhao Dahai took a bowl of rice and a bowl of soup and placed them in front of his grandmother Zhong Cuihua. Then he filled Ding Xiaoxiang and Yang Qin with rice and soup, and then took a big bowl full of rice.

Ding Xiaoxiang ate her meal in small bites while telling Zhao Dahai what she had discussed with Liu Lei and Yang Qin during the day.

"Dahai."

"I've thought about this."

"If you're fishing for two or three hundred kilograms of sea bass, there's no need to do this."

"If you're fishing for a thousand kilograms of sea bass, it's very cost-effective to do this!"

Ding Xiaoxiang did some calculations. The sea bass Zhao Dahai caught in the island and reef foam area were not too small. At least five or six kilograms, and most of the time they were more than ten kilograms. Sometimes he even caught twenty or thirty kilograms of sea bass. The price difference between such sea bass fresh in ice and alive is very large. A five or six kilogram sea bass can be sold for fifty or even sixty yuan per kilogram if it's alive, but if it's dead, it can only be sold for twenty yuan, and sometimes it can only be sold for fifteen yuan per kilogram, not to mention the larger sea bass.

"Even if we only catch about 1,000 kilograms of sea bass each time, it's very cost-effective if we calculate it this way."

Ding Xiaoxiang and Yang Qin came here in the afternoon to wait for Zhao Dahai to discuss this matter, and they had already calculated the account clearly.

Zhao Dahai thought about it for a while and agreed immediately.

"Xiaoxiang."

"On this trip out to sea, I caught two trips of sea bass."

"I fished once while out at sea and caught a lot of fish."

"At this time, there is plenty of space in the live tank of the sea fishing boat. Except for some dead ones caught, more than 90% of the remaining ones are alive and all are placed in the live tank."

"When fishing for grouper on artificial islands and reefs, the live tank can only be used for grouper and sea bass. Whether alive or not, they have to be put in the refrigerator."

"On the way back, I passed by the island and reef foam area and fished for sea bass for a while. However, at this time, both the live tank and the refrigerator were full, so I could only pile them directly on the deck."

Zhao Dahai sighed. Ding Xiaoxiang just said that the total amount of sea bass caught this time was about 6,000 kilograms.

Most of these fish are alive when they are caught, so it is not difficult to raise them back to the dock. With so many sea bass, the live ones can be sold for 10 to 10 yuan more per pound than the dead ones. This means that I can earn 100,000 or 80,000 less. This is the money I earn less from one trip to the sea. As long as the weather is suitable, I sweat almost every day. I lose a lot of money in a month.

"It is impossible to catch more sea bass every time I go out to sea, but if I don't catch sea bass, I can catch black porgy, black porgy or yellow chicken."

"The fishing spots are not too far away. They are all places that everyone knows. I will buy a second-hand fishing boat and find someone to drive a fishing boat to pull fish."

The more Zhao Dahai thought about it, the more he felt that this was a good idea. This boat is responsible for going to the island reef foam area or the fishing spot for black porgy, pulling the fish I caught back to the dock, and driving the speedboat to other places to fish for grouper or other fish without any delay, so that I can free up space on my speedboat. In the morning, I caught a lot of sea bass in the island and reef foam area. When I could only put them on the deck, I was thinking about whether to reduce the sleeping space of the speedboat and expand the cold storage or live cabin. The method discussed by Ding Xiaoxiang, Liu Lei and Yang Qin is more practical.

"Zhao Dahai."

"If you have no objection, then you have to hurry up. Aren't you going out to sea to fish tomorrow?"

"Are you fishing for sea bass again? In that case, hurry up and hire a boat and go to fish tomorrow."

Yang Qin couldn't wait.

Zhao Dahai nodded. The recent tides and water flows are good. A lot of sea bass can be caught in the island and reef foam area. Tomorrow, I will go out to sea to fish. I will go to the island and reef foam area to fish for sea bass first. After fishing for sea bass, I will go to the artificial island and reef. I will rush there at noon. If there is no one, I will start fishing immediately. Some people will wait until the evening like yesterday to fish and fish until dawn.

Zhao Dahai thought about it and realized that it was too late to buy a boat now. The only way was to rent a boat first, and then slowly buy a boat and hire people.

"Dahai!"

"I'll talk to my dad about renting a boat later. He knows a lot of people in this field. Let's rent one for ten days or half a month."

"Wait until I buy a boat and then use my own!"

"Another thing is, the big sea bass we catch will be sold to Liu Lei and Liu Gang, and the smaller ones will be collected by my dad."

Ding Xiaoxiang looked at Yang Qin.

Liu Gang and Liu Lei's restaurant is a business, and it is a relatively high-end business.

Sea bass is not a particularly precious fish, and the small ones are not easy to sell, and they can't be sold at a high price.

Five catties is a dividing line.

Ding Xiaoxiang is not unwilling to do business with her family, but it depends on what kind of fish it is and whether it is suitable.

The bigger ones are sold to Liu Gang and Liu Lei's restaurant, and the remaining ones are sold to their own family. Liu Gang and Liu Lei don't want to sell the small sea bass to others, but to their own family, and the price will definitely follow the market.

Sell it in the big restaurant, and after the small ones are purchased by their own family, they can make money whether they are sold in the town's seafood market or wholesaled to others.

"Okay."

"Just take care of these things!"

Zhao Dahai nodded, and he only needed to go out to sea to fish. He didn't need to worry about the rest of the things. Ding Xiaoxiang would handle them properly.

"Grandma."

"The big croakers that Dahai caught have been contacted with Grandpa Sun Ersun. Yesterday, they were taken away from Uncle Shi Jiehua. After drying, the fish glue will be sent back to our house."

Ding Xiaoxiang knew that Zhong Cuihua was very concerned about these croakers, and she had already taken care of this matter yesterday.

"Yeah!"

"Just do it for you. I'm too old to take care of such things."

Zhong Cuihua nodded with a smile.

Zhao Dahai, Ding Xiaoxiang, Yang Qin, and Zhong Cuihua talked and ate, and they didn't finish until after eight o'clock in the evening, close to nine o'clock.

Ding Xiaoxiang and Yang Qin knew that Zhao Dahai would go out to sea early tomorrow morning, so they helped to clean up the dishes and rode their scooters to leave Langtou Village.

Zhao Dahai stood at the gate of the yard and watched Ding Xiaoxiang and Yang Qin's scooters leave and disappear. Then he turned around and went home. He had to go out to sea to fish early tomorrow morning. He didn't have so much love and didn't send Ding Xiaoxiang and Yang Qin home.

Zhao Dahai walked back to the yard, said a few words to his grandmother Zhong Cuihua, and then went to take a shower and go to bed. He had to get up early tomorrow and go fishing. He would not come back until the morning of the day after tomorrow. He had to seize the time to sleep an extra hour.

Three o'clock in the morning.

Zhao Dahai woke up and left the room quietly, worried about waking up his grandmother Zhong Cuihua. He went into the kitchen to eat the breakfast cooked last night, and walked out to the dock.

As soon as Zhao Dahai got to the dock, he saw his speedboat light up. He looked at Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou from a distance and quickened his pace.

"Ah?"

"Uncle Shizhu."

"What are you doing here so early?"

Zhao Dahai didn't know why Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou came so early. Yesterday, he said that they would go to the dock and go out to sea at around four o'clock, but now they are all here at a little after three o'clock.

Zhong Shizhu smiled and said that they must go to refuel or something, and they came early to drive the speedboat.

Zhao Dahai was not polite. Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou hoped that he could rest more.

Zhao Dahai got on the speedboat and untied the rope.

Zhong Shizhu drove the speedboat away from the dock and drove towards the refueling place.

Zhao Dahai told Zhong Shizhu to go to the island reef foam area to fish for sea bass after refueling, and went into the cabin to lie down and sleep.

Zhong Shizhu drove the speedboat to a nearby special refueling dock to refuel. He had already called the live bait seller to deliver live shrimp, live crabs and big octopus to the dock and took them to the live cabin of the speedboat to keep them.

After Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou finished these things, they checked again. There was no problem. They drove the speedboat away from the refueling dock and headed for the island reef foam area.

Four o'clock in the morning.

The two brothers Xu Dachui and Xu Xiaochui walked quickly to the dock and went directly to the side of their speedboat. Each of them was holding a large water tank in their hands.

"Why are you here so early today?"

Song Tianping saw Xu Dachui and Xu Xiaochui, shouted loudly to greet them, and looked down at the two large water tanks in Xu Dachui and Xu Xiaochui's hands.

Song Tianping's heart moved.

This thing is not right. In the past seven or eight years, I have seen Xu Dachui and Xu Xiaochui more than I have seen my family. I know very well that the water tanks in Xu Dachui and Xu Xiaochui's hands are filled with live shrimps for fishing sea bass. Usually, they only carry one water tank when going out to sea. Now Xu Dachui and Xu Xiaochui each have another water tank in their hands, and they are all large water tanks.

Song Tianping immediately realized that the two water tanks of Xu Dachui and Xu Xiaochui were filled with not only live shrimps, but also other baits for fishing giant grouper in the open sea, such as crabs, octopuses, or other things.

"How can it not be early? It's a bit late now. We have to go out quickly, otherwise we won't be able to occupy a position and won't catch many sea bass today!"

...

"Let's go!"

"Let's go!"

"Hurry up!"

"Hey!"

"I hope we don't run into Zhao Dahai today to steal our fish!"

...

Xu Dachui and Shui Xiaochui said as they hurriedly got on the speedboat and untied the ropes. After a brief inspection, they immediately left the dock and disappeared in the dark sea.

"What are you looking at?"

Song Tianping looked back and saw that Cao Hong had walked behind him without knowing when.

Song Tianping smiled and talked about how Xu Dachui and Xu Xiaochui, the two brothers, had just carried two large water tanks on the speedboat and hurriedly left.

"Ha!"

"Song Tianping, it seems that our guess is correct. Xu Dachui and Xu Xiaochui are clearly planning to go fishing somewhere else after fishing for sea bass in the island and reef foam area. Otherwise, why would they need to bring so many live shrimps or other things!"

Cao Hong took out a lighter, lit the cigarette at the corner of his mouth with a "pop", took a deep and strong puff, and exhaled a long thick smoke.

"That's right!"

"Are we going to the island and reef foam area today or to another fishing spot that we agreed on yesterday?"

Cao Hong glanced at Song Tianping.

I don't care what the two brothers Xu Dachui and Xu Xiaochui want to do. They won't share what fish they catch or how much money they make. The key now is whether Song Tianping really wants to go to another place to fish for sea bass today as the two discussed yesterday.

Song Tianping looked at the direction where the speedboat of the two brothers Xu Dachui and Xu Xiaochui disappeared, hesitated for a while, gritted his teeth, and made up his mind.

"Does this even need to be said? Let's go to another place to fish for sea bass today."

"Today's tide is very good. There will definitely be a lot of sea bass in the island and reef foam area. Zhao Dahai will definitely not miss such an opportunity and will definitely go to grab the fish."

"Xu Dachui and Xu Xiaochui are both crying today."

"We may catch more fish in another place!"

Song Tianping is very familiar with the island and reef foam area. He knows that today's tide is very good. If there are no accidents, there will definitely be a lot of sea bass. However, when he thought that Zhao Dahai would appear in the island and reef foam area to grab the fish, he was immediately discouraged. It would be better to change to another place. Maybe he could really catch a lot of fish.

Song Tianping and Cao Hong got on the speedboat, smoked the cigarettes in their hands, and immediately left the dock and rushed to another sea bass fishing spot.

It was a little after five in the morning.

Xu Dachui and Xu Xiaochui drove the speedboat to the island and reef foam area.

"Damn it!"

"This is really weird, do all these speedboats know that Zhao Dahai will definitely come here to grab fish today?"

Xu Xiaochui was very angry. Today, he and his elder brother overslept and came a little late. There were other speedboats around, but none of them occupied the largest and best foam area. They occupied several other places that were not so good but not bad. Needless to say, they must have thought that Zhao Dahai would definitely come here to grab fish today.

When Xu Xiaochui was on the way here just now, he and his elder brother Xu Dachui discussed it and thought about standing in another good place and giving up the largest foam area. He didn't expect to encounter such a thing when he came here.

"Brother."

"What should we do now? Should we stand in this position or not?"

Xu Xiaochui looked at the best position in the largest foam area and was very hesitant.