"Wow, this thing is amazing! How can it grow so long!"
"Duh, it can shrink, right? Ah Wan, you and your third uncle really went all out. This thing doesn't look cheap!"
Fu Ming asked curiously, and Fu Wan agreed wholeheartedly, "It's indeed not cheap. Three months' profit from collecting seafood from the bow was used to buy such a big thing."
"Damn, that's so expensive!"
Fu Ming exclaimed in surprise, "Although the profit from the fresh seafood boat in the first three months was not much, it was still three or four thousand yuan. This thing actually costs several thousand yuan!"
"That's not all. If it weren't for the cooperation between the cannery and the machinery factory, they wouldn't have agreed to do it in the first place!"
Although Fu Wan didn't manage the matter much, she was the one who gave Fu San the contact information of the factory director. Not only that, she also had Wang Jianmin and Fu Jian accompany Fu San to the factory several times before the crane was finally installed on the seafood collection boat.
"Alright, that's enough talk, let's put the crabs up there first!"
Fu Wan waved her hand and instructed, "Everyone, remember to check and secure the crabs when you lift them up, so they don't fall when the crane starts operating!"
Crabs falling from the basket isn't a big deal, but there are several people under that machine; if they get hit, it could be disastrous.
However, after several months of operation, Fu Huanghua has become very skilled at using the crane.
Seeing this, Lin Wei quickly started weighing and counting the items with Shen Jianqian and the others.
The baskets of crabs were put down, and soon the deck of the cargo ship was completely filled.
The baskets are all the same type used throughout the village, and Lin Wei has also recorded their weights.
In a flash, Fu Wan and her team transported 32 baskets of swimming crabs, weighing 2,720 jin.
Twenty-six baskets of orchid crabs, weighing 2,158 catties.
There weren't many red flower crabs, only five baskets, which weighed a total of 432 jin.
In total, all the crabs weighed over 5,300 jin (approximately 2,500 kg).
Wow, it truly lives up to its reputation as the largest boat in the Fujia Village area. In less than a day at sea, it has already caught over 5,000 jin of crabs.
Lin Wei muttered to himself, just then, Fu Wan's voice floated down from the Wind and Waves again.
"Uncle Lin, is there any room left on your boat? I still have some shrimp here, you can take them back with you!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Wei immediately considered the matter in his mind and then replied, "Also, you should bring it down first!"
After saying that, he turned to Shen Jian and Qian Gang and said, "After you finish weighing the crabs, quickly put them into the live water tank. The sun is strong now, and the crabs will easily die from the heat."
Of course, another reason is that we need to quickly make room for the shrimp, otherwise there won't be a place to queue up for weighing when the shrimp are transported down!
Seeing that there was space on the deck of the fish-collecting boat, Fu Wan waved to the people behind her, instructing them to move the fish baskets full of shrimp onto the crane.
As basket after basket of shrimp were carried down, Lin Wei watched from the sidelines, completely numb with exhaustion.
Palm-sized mantis shrimp, giant prawns, and even mantis shrimp bigger than a human face—good heavens, the "Riding the Waves" ship has reaped an incredible harvest!
He had originally planned to bring some more fish back later, but now it seems he doesn't know if there will be enough space to put them in.
Few of the mantis shrimp and prawns caught in trawling nets survive, so they are basically sent directly to cold storage. Fu Wan was also taken out of the cold storage, and they feel very cold to the touch right now.
Lin Wei and Fu Huanghua hurriedly weighed the shrimp one by one. By the time the shrimp were weighed, all four of them were exhausted.
They really didn't expect that not only were there more than 5,000 jin of crabs, but the shrimp also weighed more than 4,000 jin.
The nine-legged shrimp weighed about 1,800 jin, the prawns weighed 2,000 jin, and the most outrageous one was the mantis shrimp, which weighed 1,000 jin!
"Brother Lin, can all these shrimp fit in the cold storage?"
Looking at the countless fish baskets, Shen Jian couldn't help but turn to ask Lin Wei.
Lin Wei picked up a pen and scratched his head a couple of times, feeling a bit of a headache.
Before he arrived, he wasn't sure if he could find the "Riding the Waves" ship, so when he encountered the "Fully Loaded Return" ship, he also loaded some of their crabs and shrimp onto it.
The quantity was small, far less than what the "Riding the Waves" ship had collected.
The crabs and shrimp together weigh less than 5,000 jin.
The problem is that his ship also has seafood from other fishing boats that he collected along the way. He thought that leaving a third of the space for the "Riding the Waves" would be enough, but now it seems that it might not be enough.
"What's going on? Weigh it right away!"
Fu Huanghua took the last batch of shrimp off the rack and turned around to see Lin Wei staring blankly.
"Brother Hua, what should we do? The cold storage is about to overflow, and we haven't even loaded the fish from the 'Riding the Waves' ship yet!"
Upon hearing this, Fu Huanghua immediately stood up.
“I thought something was wrong. Here, you guys weigh the rest of the shrimp first. Qian Gang, you come with me to the cold storage. We’ll sort out the fish.”
"Will this work?"
Lin Wei was somewhat skeptical, but Fu Huanghua nodded affirmatively.
"I can do it! I learned how to organize fish baskets from Brother Gouwa!"
Lin Wei was immediately relieved when he heard that it was Boss Fu who taught him.
There were still more than 500 kilograms of shrimp left. Lin Wei weighed them one by one, and then he and Shen Jian moved all the shrimp to the entrance of the cold storage.
And you know what? After Fu Huanghua tidied things up, the cold storage did have some extra space.
But it can't hold too much, since the space is limited, and there are still quite a few shrimp waiting to be stored at the entrance of the cold storage.
On the "Riding the Waves" ship, seeing that there was nothing else to do, Boss Fu simply continued casting his line to fish.
Before the fishing boat arrived, he had been fishing for half an hour. In that short time, he pulled up two pomfret, one weighing one pound and the other three pounds.
Based on the market price of pomfret a while ago, these two fish together are worth seventy or eighty yuan.
It's not an exaggeration, Mr. Fu; the economy this year is visibly doing well, and the price of fish is rising every day.
Of course, the prices of cheap fish, such as sardines and golden pomfret, don't change much, but high-end fish like fighting pomfret can increase by several dollars a day.
Think back to last year, pomfret caught by trawlers were only two or three yuan per kilogram, and those with full scales were a bit more expensive, around five or six yuan.
Now, these fully scaled ones are worth at least fifteen or sixteen yuan per kilogram!
Fu Laoda's catch in just half an hour was so impressive that he was quite proud of himself. The old fox is still the most cunning. Look at those younger fishermen, how many of them can compare to him!
After his initial triumph, Boss Fu felt unsatisfied. Seeing that others were busy transporting the fish, he simply changed direction to the opposite side of the fish-collecting boat and cast his fishing rod again.
Compared to Boss Fu's triumphant demeanor, Dong Haiyang was somewhat depressed.
In the past, he spent all his time dealing with ships at the shipyard and was very busy with work, so he didn't have much time to go fishing.
I started fishing after I went out to sea, thanks to Boss Fu. Everyone says that beginners catch fish easily, but Boss Fu, an experienced fisherman, has already caught several fish while I haven't even seen a single scale!
Not only that, but every time he cast his bait back, it was eaten clean. He was very puzzled. It was the same sea area, but the fish on Boss Fu's side were honest and took the bait, while the fish on his side were like they were possessed. It was really unfair!
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