The hotel staff began to rigorously inspect the tuna meat. The meat of each fish met the standards perfectly, and each fish was tagged and labeled.

After working for more than three hours, Chen Hong finally finished shipping the cargo. At 12:30 a.m., the hotel owners settled their accounts with Chen Hong and left.

After settling the bill with the crane operator and seeing off the hired workers who were tidying up the canvas and cleaning, I called for a refueling truck.

After filling up his fishing boat with diesel, Chen Hong went back to his cabin and slept for more than three hours.

At four o'clock in the morning, Chen Hong ate steamed buns for breakfast while driving his fishing boat out of the harbor.

After sailing around the sea, Chen Hong collected forty more bluefin tuna and then sailed back to the dock to sell the fish.

Using this opportunistic method, Chen Hong sold two batches of fish every day, working tirelessly day and night for three days.

In Shanghai alone, Chen Hong sold more than 340 bluefin tuna, earning over 65 million yuan.

She now has seventy-eight bluefin tuna left in her space.

She's getting ready to go home! Today is already the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, and this year the twelfth lunar month is a short month with only 29 days.

The 29th of the twelfth lunar month is also considered New Year's Eve. There are only four days left until the New Year. Chen Hong has spent too much time in Shanghai.

At 1 a.m. on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, Chen Hong left the Shanghai dock and set sail directly home.

She didn't even have time to appreciate the scenery at sea, as she spun the boat at maximum speed, sailing at 45 knots.

The boat didn't even stop for meals, and finally arrived home at 5 pm the next day.

As the ship entered familiar waters, the buildings on the shore drew closer and closer, and soon it would be entering the dock.

The village dock is quiet now. It has snowed for three days, and everything is covered in white, even the fishing boats at the dock are covered with a thick layer of snow.

Fishermen stopped fishing a few days ago, and with no catch, fishmongers and individual customers at the dock also went home and stopped going out.

Chen Hong didn't feel any trepidation about returning home; her heart was warmed by her newfound home.

Everywhere she looked felt familiar; this was her home! As she steered the boat into its berth, Chen Hong wondered, "Hasn't Zhang Baiqiang and the others arrived yet?"

She had already called them; hadn't they already agreed to pick up the goods at the dock this afternoon?

Where are they? Did they forget the time, or was the road too snowy and difficult to travel, causing a delay?

Chen Hong moored the boat and was about to tie the mooring ropes when she heard the sound of a car starting.

Following the sound, Chen Hong smiled.

It turned out that Zhang Baiqiang and the others had arrived long ago and were taking shelter from the snow in their car!

They were all drowsy in the warm car, and it was the sound of Chen Hong's fishing boat entering the harbor that woke them up.

Chen Hong's berth is in a great location, with a very wide open area on the shore, enough to park five large trucks.

Their trucks were parked in the parking space, their roofs covered with a thick layer of snow.

Chen Hong glanced around and didn't see anyone, so she thought no one was there!

After all that, the people in the truck ended up hiding in the boss's SUV in the back, keeping warm and chatting.

Upon seeing Chen Hong arrive, they all got out of the car and appeared. Zhang Baiqiang was wearing a black leather jacket, seemingly unconcerned about getting wet in the snow.

He ran up to Chen Hong first, "Sister, you're finally back!"

You went out to sea and the weather changed. Were you alright on the way? You don't know, we were all terrified when we found out you went to the Pacific Ocean!

Thank goodness, you're finally home safely! There are only three days left until Chinese New Year, and you've gone way too far this time.

Liu Quantian and Zheng Gaoxing both came, and not only did they come, they also brought three more clients to Chen Hong.

These three clients are all from Qingdao. They received orders from Beijing last month, but unexpectedly, the weather changed drastically before the Lunar New Year, and their company's ocean-going vessels could not return before the holiday.

Some customers were simply impossible to refuse, so they frantically searched everywhere for connections to source goods, trying to maintain good relationships with a few customers they couldn't afford to offend.

They're no longer concerned about making money; they've delayed their Beijing client's important business, and they can't explain that to themselves.

These people have extensive connections. Chen Hong had just called Liu Quantian and Zheng Gaoxing yesterday morning when they received the news. They drove nearly 300 kilometers through wind and snow and only arrived today.

One of the men, a tall man in his thirties, reached out his hand to Chen Hong, saying, "Ms. Chen is truly a heroine among women!"

It's truly impressive that someone dared to venture all the way to the Pacific Ocean by themselves. I am Xue Yuliang, the Deputy General Manager of Qingdao XX Ocean Fishery Group.

"We've come to Rongcheng this time because we need Mr. Chen's help. We heard you brought back quite a few bluefin tuna this time, and we came all the way from Qingdao. We hope Mr. Chen can spare some for us."

The other two bosses also stepped forward to shake hands with Chen Hong, expressing their desire to make a deal.

Chen Hong was momentarily stunned. No one had informed her of this beforehand, and she didn't know what to do.

"Dear bosses, we have tuna, and I'm also very happy to have new customers joining us."

However, I wasn't prepared for this. How about this, let's go aboard the ship first to inspect the goods, and then we can discuss it properly together.

This time, I brought back fifty-two bluefin tuna; that should be enough for you to share.

When everyone heard that there were quite a few, with each family getting eight or nine, they were naturally even happier to secure an even larger share.

After all, they've traveled such a long way, braving the freezing cold and snow, who wouldn't want to earn more money?

The customers were already quite confrontational at the beginning, and the atmosphere became even more heated after they saw the freezer full of bluefin tuna.

Chen Hong directed the workers brought by the bosses to spread a large canvas on the dock, made a cup of hot tea for the bosses, and asked them to stay in the cabin to discuss things first.

She led a group of people to prepare to unload the fish using the crane on the boat. At this time, the villagers, along with Uncle Erhu and his son, Wang Yusheng and Wang Yuyong, also arrived.

With everyone pitching in, some lifting, some carrying, and along with the workers brought by the customers, a total of more than twenty strong laborers began unloading the ship.

As the ship was being unloaded, the bosses couldn't sit still any longer, even though the cabins were warm and air-conditioned.

Snowflakes were falling on the dock, and the weather was very cold. But everyone's hearts were warm.

The sight of so many bluefin tuna lined up in rows on the dock is quite impressive!

The owners even personally took the initiative to obtain tools from the workers to inspect the tuna's flesh.

Zhang Baiqiang nodded repeatedly: "Girl, if you're talking about tuna, the meat is best in winter. Look at this fat, it's obviously fattier and more tender than the tuna in summer."

Girl, I don't care about anyone else, these tuna are all of good quality, you have to give me at least thirty.

I won't haggle over the prices. The highest grade is 500 yuan per jin (500g). Slightly lower grade is 450 yuan, and the smallest is 400 yuan.

"If that's okay, I'll have someone start weighing and loading it onto the truck."

Chen Hong thought to herself: What's wrong with that? I have no objection if you take care of everything yourself.

All I want to do right now is sell everything and go home. Who wants to sit with you grown men in this freezing weather?

But before Chen Hong could nod, Xue Yuliang from Qingdao objected, saying, "Brother, the way you're doing things is a bit unethical."