Fu Wan glanced down at her watch; it was 11:20. The ship heading towards them looked rather familiar.
She took out her binoculars and looked at the ship. When she saw the words on the hull, Fu Wan couldn't help but laugh.
No wonder it looked familiar, it's the fresh seafood collection boat I bought!
It's not easy, they actually tracked us all the way here!
The arrival of the seafood collection ship was a novelty for everyone. Although Ye Lin, Fu Ming, and Fu Liang knew that Fu Wan had set up a seafood collection ship in cooperation with Fu San, to be honest, knowing this was one thing, but encountering it at sea was a first for them.
The crew on the cargo ship were also very excited. The cargo ship had been operating for two months, and today was the first time they had collected cargo for their boss's ship.
Both sides were excited, and in their excitement, they honked their horns. For a time, the sound of horns on the sea was incessant, making Fu Wan's head buzz.
The person in charge of the cargo ship was Fu Huanghua, whom Fu Wan and Fu San had found together. As soon as the two ships met, Fu Huanghua stood at the bow and waved excitedly towards Fu Wan and the others.
"Ah Wan, Ah Wan, is that you?"
At this moment, Chen Balang also stopped the boat. Without the sputtering noise of the diesel engine, Fu Huanghua's voice was loud enough for everyone on the Chengfeng Polang to hear.
Hearing Fu Huanghua call her name, Fu Wan also greeted him loudly.
"Uncle Huang, it's me! How did you find this place?"
"Hey, we've been looking for you at sea two or three times already. Yesterday we went back with a round of seafood, and your third uncle said he was worried your ship wouldn't have enough room, so he specifically asked us to keep an eye out."
We asked every fishing boat we passed all day, and finally found you!
Speaking of this, Fu Huanghua kept grumbling. He never expected that Fu Wan and the others would run so far away. He had set sail last night and searched all night and morning before finally finding Fu Wan and the others.
Fu Wan was both amused and exasperated upon hearing this. She understood what Fu San meant; he was probably worried that the refrigerated hold of the "Riding the Waves" would burst, leaving nowhere to store the seafood that had been stored away.
But Fu San forgot that her ship could carry several thousand tons, and even with limited space in the refrigerated compartments, storing hundreds of tons of cargo was no problem.
However, since they had already run into each other, they decided to move some of their goods onto the cargo ship so that the cargo ship could work at sea for a couple more days.
With that thought in mind, Fu Wan greeted Fu Laoda, who was cooking, and then asked Fu Ming to start moving the fish that had just been picked out from the boat to the receiving boat.
Fu Huanghua hurriedly instructed the boatmen to throw the conveyor belt onto the Chengfengpolang. Because the Chengfengpolang was much taller and larger than the cargo ship, he couldn't see exactly how much cargo was on board.
The conveyor belt on the fresh produce ship wasn't the kind that could move on its own like in later times; to be precise, this conveyor belt was actually a rather sturdy tarpaulin.
The tarpaulin is about 1.5 meters wide. After the tarpaulin is secured on both sides of the boat, the pre-packaged and tied fish baskets are placed on it. Using the slipperiness of the tarpaulin and the control of the ropes, the fish baskets are lowered onto the cargo ship until they are stopped by the crew and carried onto the deck.
There was a large scale on the cargo ship. As soon as the seafood was brought aboard, Fu San's brother-in-law, Lin Wei, took out his notebook to weigh and record the goods.
Before this, Fu Wan had specifically asked Fu Huanghua how much space was left in the ship's warehouse. After learning that there was still half left, Fu Wan gave up the idea of moving seafood from the cold storage.
Although the cold storage on the cargo ship has been modified, half of that space is probably not enough to hold all the seafood that has been picked out from the deck.
I had originally planned to send the pufferfish and the yellow croaker back first, but now it seems I'll have to take them back myself.
However, she was unaware that the seafood on the deck alone had already astonished the crew of the cargo ship.
Fu Ming and Fu Liang had Fu Erlv and the others bring over large prawns first. Each prawn in this net weighed over half a pound and was about the size of an adult man's palm.
"My God, these shrimp are of such high quality!"
Lin Wei couldn't help but sigh, saying that it was no exaggeration to say that in the two months since they started operating the fresh shrimp collection boats, they had rarely seen shrimp of this quality.
Even if you could see them, it would only be one or two baskets at most, but now Fu Ming and the others are delivering basket after basket like a flowing stream, and every basket is of this quality.
Twelve baskets of prawns were delivered to the receiving boat, and Lin Wei weighed them one by one. Fu Wan's fish baskets had their empty basket weight recorded by Fu San, so by simply subtracting the weight, he could determine the net weight of a basket of prawns.
Twelve baskets of prawns, each weighing about sixty jin (approximately 30 kg), totaling seven hundred and twenty jin (approximately 340 kg) for Fu Ming and his group to deliver.
Lin Wei knew that his brother-in-law, Fu San, was recently buying prawns of this quality for over two yuan per kilogram, so this batch of prawns could sell for over 1,400 yuan.
When Lin Wei calculated it this way, he was completely dumbfounded.
These aren't shrimp, they're money!
He now understood why his brother-in-law treated Fu Wan's family with the same respect he would show to his ancestors whenever they were mentioned.
Putting everything else aside, just these shrimp alone, if he makes 50 cents a pound, his brother-in-law can earn 360 yuan!
Seeing that the prawns had all been loaded onto the cargo ship, Fu Ming looked at the deck full of seafood and turned to ask Fu Wan, "Wan, should we send the fish down first, or continue sending the prawns?"
Fu Wan estimated the price of the seafood in her mind, and then thought about the remaining space in the cold storage of the fresh seafood ship. She simply pointed to the fish basket next to her.
"Send the mantis shrimp and these pomfret down first. As for the rest, you and Dahai can take them to the cold storage on our ship. The ship can't hold them all."
Ye Lin, Fu Dahai, and the others had no doubt about Fu Wan's words and immediately carried the remaining fish to the cold storage.
Meanwhile, on the receiving ship, Fu Huanghua and Lin Wei were stunned again when they saw the newly delivered pomfret and mantis shrimp.
They thought those two shrimp were already the best, but who knew there were so many more mantis shrimp.
Seeing the fish being delivered to the collection boat in a steady stream, Fu Huanghua was initially pleased, but then he suddenly remembered Fu Wan's earlier question.
No, we can't take any more. Otherwise, the cold storage won't be able to hold them all, and the way back is a long way. If so much valuable seafood rots on the ship, he'll be held responsible!
"Alright, alright! Stop sending the seafood downstairs, let's do some inventory here first!"
Fu Huanghua gave a shout, and then pulled the boatmen to carry the weighed seafood to the cold storage. There were several baskets of live shrimp, which had to be put into the large oil drums on the boat to be kept alive in seawater.
As they tidied up, Fu Huanghua and Lin Weicai discovered that not only was the cold storage room full, but even the large oil drums on the fresh food receiving boat were filled!
Fu Wan had been keeping an eye on the activity on the cargo ship, and she hadn't expected it to be filled with seafood so quickly.
But thinking about it, it's normal. After all, Fu Huanghua didn't know if he could find them, and he probably collected a lot of seafood along the way.
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