Chapter 31 He's Coming
"Really? Then what do you want?"
Facing the confusion on Chu Xuan's face, Mu Chenze could only prompt, "What did you promise yesterday?"
"What did I promise?" Chu Xuan muttered softly. Belatedly, he finally realized what it was and took out a bag of grilled fish fillets from his backpack. "Here! I prepared it a long time ago. I wanted to give it to you after I finished fishing."
Mu Chenze took it and smelled the aroma of the grilled fish fillets, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.
"You collect seafood!"
Everything was arranged clearly for Chu Xuan.
He took off his old coat and threw it aside, then stood on a rock holding a cloth bag of grilled fish fillets and ate with relish.
Chu Xuan had no temper at all. The original agreement did not include him helping to catch seafood.
Just get to work.
Just as he was concentrating on catching the delightful-looking red snail, Mu Chenze's voice rang out from behind him, "The fish bones are crispy, and the fish meat is sweet and fragrant. Not bad. Have you seen a Chinese doctor?"
Chu Xuan didn't stop what she was doing, and turned her back to him. "I checked it and packed some Chinese medicine. Can I trouble you for something?"
"What do you say first?"
Mu Chenze picked up another piece of grilled fish fillet and put it in his mouth. He was a little hungry at the moment, and eating this could fill his stomach. It was even more delicious than the fish fillets grilled by his mother and sister-in-law.
Chu Xuan turned and looked at him.
I couldn't help but sigh that the way he stood on the reef and ate fish fillets was really eye-catching, as if he was an immortal banished to the mortal world.
Huh? I noticed he was wearing a different outfit; the white silk shirt looked like a new one.
Wearing such high-end clothes when going to the beach?
Are you here to go fishing or take a walk?
"When you go to the city again, can you help me find a place to buy fish livers? Especially the Pengshi Pharmaceutical Factory. Skinned fish livers can be used to extract cod liver oil, and I don't want to throw them away."
"It's good to make the best use of it. I'll help inquire, and if there's anyone willing to come and pick it up, that would be great."
Having said that, Mu Chenze deliberately stroked his clothes.
Chu Xuan finally understood that this was a reminder to her, "The new clothes are nice, silk, right?"
Mu Chenze pretended to be aloof, "That's right. When you get better, I'll reward you with one. You're too fat now, and it will waste too much fabric."
Chu Xuan held his forehead...
Too lazy to talk anymore, I continued to focus on catching seafood.
There are quite a few good ones today.
In less than half an hour, I caught six sea bass, over a hundred pounds of red snails, a dozen octopuses, eight sea cucumbers, a dozen abalone the size of a child's fist, over thirty skinned fish, over twenty prawns, over ten swimming crabs, half a bucket of clams, and a small bucket of snails...
Mu Chenze put on his old clothes and helped her carry the things ashore.
"The sea cucumbers are good quality, and there's also some abalone, swimming crabs, and prawns left for me. The price is one hundred yuan, which I'll deduct from my share! Tomorrow morning I'll go to the dock to collect deep-sea fishing, and then go to the city to sell the seafood."
In fact, he didn't need to explain so much.
This moment reminded Chu Xuan of his previous life, when he had told her this after they got married.
At that time, she didn't even raise her eyelids, and said indifferently that there was no need to talk to her in the future, she didn't want to listen, just give her money.
She would never say that in her life.
Instead, he said with concern, "It's cold in the early morning, and there are a lot of ice cubes in the car. You should dress warmly."
Mu Chenze was very pleased with these words, and the corners of his mouth showed a nice arc, "I will. You are indeed a good brother, you know how to care about me."
Chu Xuan said with a generous expression, "Good buddies must show concern for each other!"
She doesn't mind being treated as a man by Mu Chenze.
The tide was about to rise. She looked out at the sea with a look of regret. Today was a high tide, but the seafood wasn't as valuable as yesterday's. Going to the sea was really a matter of luck.
Yesterday's sea-hunting had made her heart grow stronger, so she had to keep a calm mind.
Mu Chenze saw what she was thinking and continued, "Hasn't going to the beach delayed your opening of the grilled fish fillet workshop? You don't have to come every day. Don't worry, I won't look for other partners. Just come over whenever you are free in the future."
Chu Xuan quickly stated, "No need to delay. Fishing is my main job, and the grilled fish workshop is just a side job. Let's go! Let's go to the dock."
"good."
They stopped talking.
When they were near the dock, Mu Chenze took away the seafood he had specifically requested.
Today's goods are not as eye-catching as yesterday's, so Chu Xuan can sell them himself.
When he arrived at Li Tong’s stall, Chu Xuan saw a mountain of red snails.
Li Tong took the initiative to speak, "The purchase price of red snails has dropped to 40 cents per pound."
Chu Xuan expressed his understanding. This is how seafood works. Once it becomes abundant, the price will drop. Who knows, it might drop again tomorrow.
Fortunately, the price of sea bass did not drop, it was still one yuan and fifty cents per catty, a total of forty-nine catties and six ounces, so the price was 75 yuan for fifty catties.
Thirty pounds of octopus, priced by size, fifty cents per pound, a total of 15 yuan.
The conches, clams and skinned fish are not valuable, so I put them all in the backpack and take them home later.
Chu Xuan took the ninety yuan from Li Tong, counted it, and put it in his pocket.
I made an appointment with Li Tong to collect more fresh skinned fish in the future. Starting from tomorrow, she will come to bring in 1,000 kilograms every day, and each kilogram will be 5 cents higher than the market price.
In other words, Li Tong can easily earn five dollars a day.
After all, the supply from Mu Chenze alone is not enough, and Chu Xuan does not have time to wait at the dock for the fishing boats to return and collect the fish.
With Li Tong's line, I will never have to worry about skinning fish.
He carried a backpack and an empty wicker basket and prepared to go home.
I happened to meet Liu Zhaodi coming with a bucket to sell seafood.
Chu Xuan took a look and saw more than a dozen skinned fish and half a bucket of clams in the bucket.
Today, the price of skinned fish has dropped to four cents a pound. Clams are even cheaper, at two cents a pound.
The total cost is less than 1 yuan.
Thinking of Liu Zhaodi's family situation, Chu Xuan made a sincere invitation, "My family hires someone to kill and skin fish. The processing fee is one cent per pound. They remove the head and skin, but keep the liver. If anyone in your family is willing to do this, you can come to my house tomorrow."
With Liu Zhaodi's speed, it is no problem for her to kill 300 kilograms of fish in three hours.
Liu Zhaodi quickly calculated that she earned three yuan in three hours, which was three times higher than a worker's salary in a month.
He cast a grateful look towards Chu Xuan, "Thank you! I will definitely be there tomorrow morning."
Chu Xuan smiled back and walked towards home.
Although Liu Zhaodi's family will avenge their enemies, they also know how to repay kindness.
Helping her family now will create a good relationship. Who knows, the Liu family might be of use in the future.
After returning home, Chu Xuan put down the things he brought back and told her that he would be harvesting more than a thousand kilograms of skinned fish tomorrow and that Liu Zhaodi was coming to help.
Everyone agreed.
Liu Zhaodi is a good worker. With her joining, everyone is very confident in handling more than a thousand kilograms of skinned fish.
Chu Feng learned how to pickle sweet and salty foods last night, and today he pickled 120 kilograms of food himself. Together with the more than 30 kilograms that Chu Xuan had pickled before, the total was 150 kilograms, which were divided into two ovens.
Chu Feng lit the fire in advance, and now the fire is burning brightly.
There are a lot more fish slices than last night, so the baking time is extended and it is out of the oven after an hour.
It is salty, sweet, fresh and fragrant, golden in color, and looks great.
At nine o'clock in the evening, all the skinned fish had been processed, washed and marinated.
Marinate in spicy and sweet and spicy flavors respectively.
There was a knock on the door.
Gao Meijuan thought it was Wang Depin who came to take her and her daughter home, so she volunteered to open the door.
But when I opened the door, I saw Mu Chenze standing outside.
"this……"
He quickly reacted and shouted towards the kitchen, "Xiao Xuan, they must be looking for you."
Chu Xuan walked out of the kitchen and was very surprised when he saw Mu Chenze. Why did this guy come here so late?
(End of this chapter)
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