Because the city's traditional Chinese medicine company buys abalone shells, and the price is even higher than that of abalone meat, at 50 cents per pound.
Jiang Si also saw a lot of large flower dragons, which were sold individually. A dragon weighing over 8 jin (4 kg) was only 5 yuan! Dragons weighing five or six jin (2.5 kg) were only 2.5 yuan each!
As for seafood that is troublesome to handle and can easily damage fishing nets, such as starfish, sea urchins, and mantis shrimp, basically nobody wants them.
After the fishermen finish their day's work, they will crush these pieces together with broken crabs and rotten shrimp, and then use them as compost.
Jiang Si spent the morning wandering around the fish market, and finally ordered a batch of seafood from the commune leader under the guise of purchasing for the canteen.
1000 jin each of swimming crabs, butter crabs, mantis shrimps, eels, squid, baby octopus, and sea-caught ribbonfish.
2000 single-head abalone, large yellow croaker, yellow croaker, various grouper, 5 baskets of each, and as many large lobsters as you can get!
Anyway, there's a spiritual spring, so as long as you can still breathe, you can survive.
It doesn't matter if you die, the space has a preservation function.
In addition, we also ordered 3,000 sea urchins, which are excellent for sashimi, steamed eggs, or dumplings.
Because Jiang Si bought a lot, the commune leader also gave her several extra baskets of oysters bigger than her palm, as well as various kinds of sea snails.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Early that morning, both the National Daily and the Yangcheng Daily published a news article on their front pages.
Upon learning that the group had been apprehended and that the police had also seized a considerable amount of supplies, Jiang Si silently breathed a sigh of relief.
After finishing breakfast, she took a car to Taikoo Wharf.
During her few days off, Jiang Si had already inquired beforehand and found out that there were only two flights a day to Qiongzhou Island.
The departure times are 6:00 AM and 3:00 PM respectively.
The entire voyage takes approximately 27 hours.
There are five cabins in total.
The fifth-class cabins are located on the lowest deck and are the kind with large dormitory-style beds. You can't see any sea view during the entire journey, and the smell inside is comparable to a biological weapon.
However, it's cheap, costing only 11.8 yuan.
Fourth class has bunk beds, 16 people per cabin. Although it is also on the lower deck, the advantage is that it has a small, ventilated window, making it less oppressive than fifth class.
First, second, and third class cabins are all on the second floor, consisting of 2-person, 4-person, and 8-person cabins respectively.
The first class cabin offers the best conditions, as it includes a small bathroom and a toilet, unlike the other two cabin classes.
Naturally, it's the most expensive, costing over 40 yuan.
However, due to the heavy rain a few days ago, many passengers were stranded, and some cabins were requisitioned as "educated youth" seats, making it particularly difficult to buy tickets for individual passengers now.
Jiang Si had no choice but to find another way. Seeing that the ticket seller was a middle-aged man in his forties, she directly smuggled out a pack of Grade A cigarettes from her spatial storage.
At this time, even top-grade cigarettes are in limited supply; you can't buy brands like "Chunghwa" even with a ticket.
"Hello comrade, I need a ferry ticket to Qiongzhou Island."
"Could you please check what the next flight is on? I'd like to fly first class."
Jiang Si handed the letter of introduction wrapped with cigarettes to the ticket seller.
The ticket seller was quite accommodating, but her tone of voice remained as cold as ever.
"Wait a moment, let me check for you."
After waiting for about five minutes, he turned his head and asked a question.
"First class tickets are all sold out for the next week. Do you want a second class ticket? It's for 3 PM today, and there's only one left."
Second class is a four-person cabin.
Well... that's fine too, at least it has two fewer people than a hard sleeper.
Jiang Si nodded, took out 22.6 yuan from the price list posted on the window, and handed it over.
Unexpectedly, the ticket seller refunded her 3.2 yuan.
Seeing Jiang Si's bewildered expression, the ticket seller kindly offered an explanation.
"Military personnel have a discounted price. It's 19.4 yuan in total. Here's your ticket and change."
Jiang Si was truly dumbfounded.
They haven't even gotten their marriage certificate yet, but they can enjoy preferential treatment for military dependents just with a letter of introduction. That's amazing!
No wonder people these days say: When eating vegetables, eat the heart of the cabbage; when marrying, marry a People's Liberation Army soldier!
After buying the tickets, Jiang Si went to the nearby post office first.
I told my third uncle that I would be arriving at Qiongzhou Island the next day, and also sent back some photos I had taken a few days ago.
After the matter was settled, Jiang Si quickly paid and left.
Just as I reached the platform, the bus arrived.
As soon as the car door opened, a bunch of people jumped out.
Jiang Si was focused on getting back to pack her luggage as soon as possible and didn't notice at all that a gaze was fixed on her.
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