Fu Wan took her luggage, and only after taking it did she realize how heavy it was.
"You have stones in your bag?"
"Get lost! That's a camera, my brother just bought it!"
Throughout the journey, she was worried about the camera being stolen, so she had to hold it in her arms. The camera was very heavy and exhausted her.
Fu Wan was just joking, and immediately called Jiang Wanghai and the others who were waiting by the car to get in.
On the bus, there was another round of introductions. Jiang Wanghai's junior brothers and sisters were about the same age as Fu Wan and Su Ran, but they didn't seem to be talkative.
"Ah Wan, have you contacted the buyer for this batch of seafood?"
Fu Wan was driving when Jiang Wanghai suddenly asked.
As the person in charge of the aquaculture area, whether the first batch of seafood sells well is also one of the data he needs to record.
Fu Wan nodded firmly, her eyes fixed on the road ahead.
"I've contacted them. I've asked the owners of seafood restaurants in the city and county. A few of them who are interested in farmed seafood will come over."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Wanghai immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
“That’s perfect. I also brought some photos of sea cucumber farming. I can show them to them later. If they’re interested, I can get you another batch of sea cucumber seedlings to raise at the end of the year.”
"Alright, Uncle Jiang, you handle it!"
Fu Wan trusts Jiang Wanghai, and Jiang Wanghai likes that about her. After all, if she didn't trust him, Fu Wan wouldn't have achieved the success she has today in managing the sea area.
Because the seafood retrieval was scheduled for the morning, Fu Wan did not return to the village, but instead drove directly to the aquaculture area.
Fu Ming, Fu Liang, along with Boss Fu and Village Chief Fu, were already waiting there.
Not only them, but also the boatmen Fu Wan had called to help and many villagers who were watching the excitement. Fu San had also arranged a tricycle, just waiting for the seafood to be hauled up, weighed, and the money calculated.
"That's Awan's car, right? Now that she's back, let's set off some firecrackers!"
When Village Chief Fu saw Fu Wan return, he hurriedly urged Old Master Fu to hurry up.
But to his surprise, Boss Fu didn't listen to him at all.
"Oh dear, don't rush. We can still make it if Awan comes over and says it's okay."
Besides, there's still plenty of time, let's take our time, no rush.
Upon hearing this, Village Chief Fu glared at Boss Fu speechlessly.
"What are you talking about! Dog Boy, look at the time! It's just that it's cloudy today and there's not much sun. Otherwise, if we catch fish at this hour, they'll all be dead as soon as they're brought up, and they won't be fresh. Let's see how you're going to make money then!"
Fu Wan overheard this when she arrived, and she quickly looked up at the time; it was exactly 8:30 in the morning.
It's getting late.
"Third Uncle, have Boss Sun and the others arrived yet?"
Upon hearing this, Fu San hurriedly replied, "We've arrived! We've arrived!"
Sun Youjin waved to Fu Wan, and Fu Wan looked at Fu Laoda and said, "Dad, let's set off firecrackers!"
"Okay!"
Fu Laoda was happy to listen to his daughter.
Just as the people here were about to nod, another jeep approached from a distance. Fu Wan found it strange, but when she saw the people getting out of the car, she couldn't help but laugh.
"Leader Zhao, I thought you were too busy to come today!"
"Haha, such an important thing as the harvesting of farmed seafood, I definitely had to squeeze in some time to come and take a look. See, I'm not late!"
Zhao Gang strode over and asked with a smile. Fu Wan hurriedly shook her head. She had thought Zhao Gang was too busy to come over because he hadn't returned her call earlier.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Gang still arrived, which made Fu Wan very happy.
When he contracted the sea area, Zhao Gang was also his guarantor.
He was under pressure to get such a large area approved for himself, and it took him so many years to get it approved.
I have no way to repay him, so I can only develop the aquaculture area.
"It's never too late for you to come over. We were just about to light the firecrackers to start the salvage operation, sir. Why don't you say a few words first?"
"Haha, okay, I actually have a few words to say!"
Zhao Gang walked to the middle of the crowd, looking at the expectant eyes of the people around him.
His heart was filled with excitement.
"Comrades, today is a good day for our Comrade Fu Wan to reap the rewards of the sea area she contracted."
When our fishery administration encouraged everyone to try aquaculture, Comrade Fu Wan was the first person in our area to step forward.
Today, she succeeded. I hope everyone can learn from Comrade Fu Wan and her family and employees, and join the ranks of seafood farming, so that our seafood farming can become more and more widespread and prosperous!
As soon as he finished speaking, a deafening round of applause erupted from the crowd.
After the applause subsided, Zhao Gang smiled and raised his hand, waving it in Fu Ming's direction.
"Now, let's set off firecrackers and scoop up the fish!"
The children who had been watching the commotion clapped excitedly upon hearing this and joined Zhao Gang in shouting.
"Let's set off firecrackers and haul in the fish!"
Amid the children's cheers, the crackling sound of firecrackers also rang out.
Hearing the commotion, Fang Min and the others on the sea also began to act, shouting slogans as they pulled the nets of the scallop farming cages that had sunk in the water onto the boat.
Even though there was still a lot of smoke from the firecrackers that hadn't dissipated, it didn't prevent Fu Wan and her group from clearly seeing the scallop cages, each one full of shells, being scooped up from the water and loaded onto the boat.
Meanwhile, Fu Liang and Fu Jian also began harvesting farmed shrimp. Fu Mancang and Fu Daniu each had their own tasks; after the scallops and shrimp were harvested, they were transported ashore in wooden boats.
Wow, so many scallops!
Seeing the scallops that instantly piled up into a small mountain on the shore, someone in the crowd couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
With a beaming smile, Jiang Wanghai stepped forward and opened the net of the aquaculture cage. He had tied the net himself back then, and now, more than half a year later, he was opening it again by his own hands.
This feeling is hard to describe in words; the seeds you planted with your own hands have yielded a bountiful harvest.
That sense of accomplishment that overflows from the bottom of one's heart is exactly what aquaculture farmers like Jiang Wanghai pursue throughout their lives.
"Ah Wan, come quickly and come see our farmed scallops!"
Jiang Wanghai looked proud, as if he were holding not a scallop, but a child he had carefully nurtured.
Fu Wan answered loudly and then strode forward to take the scallop.
Whether it was due to a built-in filter or not, Fu Wan always felt that the scallops in her hand were big and red. Although there were a few small mussels attached to the scallop shells, it did not affect the beautiful color of the scallops at all.
Not only Fu Wan felt this way, but Zhao Gang and others also shared this sentiment.
"Comrade Xiao Fu, are these farmed scallops? They seem much bigger than wild ones to me?"
Zhao Gang picked up a scallop and examined it from head to toe in surprise. Fu Wan then handed him a small knife.
"Boss, why don't you open it and take a look?"
The quality of seafood cannot be judged solely by its appearance.
Zhao Gang wasn't stupid; of course he understood this. Without Fu Wan even needing to demonstrate, he took the knife, inserted it into the scallop's opening, made a circular cut, and then forcefully pried it open, revealing the scallop meat inside.
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