Chapter 364 Return of Capital
Jiang Xia looked up at them and greeted them: "Second brother, second sister-in-law, father-in-law, ..."
Zhou Chengsen introduced at the right time: "This is my uncle Li Qingmin."
Jiang Xia took the opportunity to shout, "Uncle Yingying."
"Dad, Brother Min, this is my fourth brother's wife, Xiao Xia."
Both of them stood up and greeted Jiang Xia with a smile.
Half of Mr. Li's hair is white, his skin is dark, and he looks much older than Mr. Zhou.
I heard that Li Qingmin is the same age as Zhou Chengxin, but he looks older than Zhou Chengxin and has a lot of white hair.
It must be genetic.
Jiang Xia saw that Li Xiuxian also had a lot of white hair.
There are a lot of fish on their boat, mostly croaker. This fish is very cheap and can probably be sold for seven or eight dollars.
Li Xiuxian's father and elder brother are dividing the fish.
Zhou Chengsen: "Alei went to the sea to feed the fish?"
Jiang Xia nodded: "Yes, I just went down."
Li Xiuxian asked again: "Didn't you guys drag the net all morning?"
It shouldn't be like this!
Her father and eldest brother didn't arrive until 7:30, and they had already hauled in a full net.
Jiang Xia: "No, I caught a giant rock grouper and went to the city dock to sell it first."
Li Xiuxian looked at Zhou Chengsen in confusion: "Is giant grouper expensive?"
Otherwise, why would you sell the grouper you catch first?
There are many types of grouper, and no one in the entire village has caught a large grouper weighing several hundred kilograms for decades.
Li Xiuxian never imagined that Jiangxia could catch a grouper weighing hundreds of kilograms.
Zhou Chengsen: "A very big one?"
Jiang Xia nodded: "Four hundred kilograms."
Li Xiuxian: “…”
Four hundred kilograms, at one yuan per kilogram, I still make four hundred yuan.
Zhou Chengsen was surprised and said with a smile: "Four hundred pounds? That's pretty good luck!"
It’s a pity that I didn’t see how big the 400-pound grouper was.
Jiang Xia smiled and said, "We didn't expect to be so lucky. We caught a big fish in the first net."
Li Qingmin asked curiously, "Can 400 kilograms of grouper be sold for 500 yuan?"
Father Li: "Absolutely!!"
"Xiao Xia, how much did you sell it for?" Li Xiuxian asked.
Jiang Xia: “I sold it for 2,000.”
Li Xiuxian: “…”
Two thousand?
Five yuan a pound? She caught a 400-pound grouper, or a 400-pound lobster? How could it be sold for 2,000 yuan? Was the grouper inlaid with gold? Father Li glanced at Jiang Xia. He believed it a little if it was 1,000 yuan, but 2,000 yuan was pure bragging!
What fool would spend two thousand to buy it? Xiuxian, the sister-in-law, looks quite well-behaved and pretty, but I didn't expect her to be so dishonest.
At this time, the fishing line moved and a fish was hooked. Jiang Xia said, "A fish has been hooked. I will catch it first."
After saying that, she hurried to the other side.
Zhou Chengsen saw that the fishing rod was shaking a little bit, and hurriedly said, "Be careful, it's not strong enough, don't force it."
The two boats were close to each other, so Zhou Chengsen simply jumped over and came to Jiang Xia. He took a look and found that it was actually a tuna!
Zhou Chengsen excitedly took the fishing rod and said, "Let me do it. What did you use as bait just now?"
"A giant squid."
All the small fish and shrimps were taken down to feed the fish, and this fishing rod was specially used to catch big fish, so Jiang Xia took a squid that Zhou Chenglei had kept, which he had originally intended to use to cook seafood noodle soup on the island at noon, and used it as bait.
Zhou Chengsen: “…”
No wonder! Who would be willing to do that?
But this was not the first time Jiang Xia caught a tuna. Last time she used an anchovy.
Squid is valuable, anchovies are not.
Jiang Xia stood aside and picked up the hand-held net that was inserted nearby. Zhou Chenglei had specially nailed a few iron rings to insert the net bag and iron hooks.
Jiang Xia took the net bag to catch the net.
Zhou Chengsen: "No, don't be anxious, take your time, you don't have enough strength. I'll wait until it runs out of strength before getting it up."
The fish is too big!
You can’t catch it all at once.
The bigger the fish you catch, the less impatient you should be.
Big fish are very strong and can easily break free from the hook.
Zhou Chengsen reeled in the line while playing with the fish, waiting until the fish was exhausted.
Seeing Zhou Chengsen so excited, Li Xiuxian asked, "What fish did you catch?"
Zhou Chengsen did not respond.
Father Li: "Asen, do you need help?"
"Need not!"
A Lei swam up.
Zhou Chenglei surfaced from the other side and climbed onto the boat.
He quickly took off his diving gear.
Jiang Xia hurried to get him clothes.
"Slow down." Zhou Chenglei hurried in, fearing that she would fall.
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Zhou Chengsen: “…”
Could this couple please get the fish out first?
Zhou Chenglei can go into the water in the middle of winter, so is he still afraid of the cold? "I can get it myself next time. I'm not afraid of the cold. Walk slowly on the boat, be careful not to fall." Zhou Chenglei said to Jiang Xia.
"I know my limits."
He knew, just in case something unexpected happened.
Zhou Chenglei took the clothes she handed over, put them on, and then pulled her out.
Zhou Chenglei asked Jiang Xia to stand still. He picked up the long-handled net bag and looked at the sea.
Zhou Chengsen: "Wait a moment, wait for its head to show up."
When the fish's head emerged from the water again, Zhou Chenglei aimed at its tail and scooped it up! Jiang Xia saw the fish's tail being touched by the net bag, and the fish subconsciously swung its tail hard, and ended up throwing itself into the net bag.
Experienced people know that it is best not to scoop from the head of the fish, but from the tail, as the success rate will be higher.
Jiang Xia saw that Zhou Chenglei always copied from the tail of the fish.
Touch the fish's tail.
The fish will panic, flick its tail hard, and its body will turn over and fall into the net.
He is the most accurate one, even Zhou's father and Zhou Chengxin are not as accurate as him.
Zhou Chenglei poured the tuna onto the deck.
Father Li exclaimed: "It's so big! It must be about 70 or 80 kilograms? You are so lucky! You can catch such a fish!"
Li Qingmin asked: "What kind of fish is this?"
Father Li: "Yellowfin tuna."
Li Qingmin: "Very expensive?"
Father Li: "It's an expensive fish. The price depends on the size, ranging from one yuan to more than three yuan per pound. This one is so big, I guess it can be sold for more than two hundred yuan."
Li Qingmin: “…”
Li Xiuxian: “…”
She glanced at the pile of worthless trash on her boat.
Even a deck full of fish is not worth as much as one fish of others!
She said, "Drag the net! Get to work quickly, or it will be dark!"
Then be proactive in helping others fish.
She hasn’t even earned back the money she spent on diesel, let alone the wages of her father and brother!
Others have already made more than 2,000 yuan, and even earned back the boat fee! They really have no self-awareness at all.
Zhou Chengsen asked Zhou Chenglei: "Have you finished feeding the fish? Are you still hauling the net? Or are you going to sell the fish directly?"
Zhou Chenglei bled the tuna and said, "After feeding it, I plan to drive farther away to chase the tuna school, and then go to the city dock to sell the fish. Do you want to come with me?"
"No, I'll drag a net all the way back and then sell it directly at the village dock." Zhou Chengsen said and jumped back into his boat.
Li Xiuxian: "Why don't you drag a net to the city dock to sell it like A-lei did?"
Zhou Chengsen: "I'm afraid I'll even lose money on gas."
Li Xiuxian: “…”
Father Li: "Alei, did you see a school of tuna on the seafloor? Let's chase them. If we can catch a tuna, we'll win!"
Li Xiuxian: "Yes! If we go back and catch another net of barramundi, we will lose even the gas money!"
Zhou Chengsen: "Go ahead and chase them, but the fish have already run far away, and their direction is uncertain. Don't regret it!"
If they sail farther, they will use more oil for the round trip. With their sea transportation, they lose money every minute.
Fortunately, he brought an extra barrel of spare oil, otherwise he would not have bothered to listen to Li Xiuxian.
After washing his hands, Zhou Chenglei went to drive the boat.
The two ships headed for deeper waters together.