There are five eels in the puddle in front of us: two oil eels and three conger eels.
In just a few minutes, Bai Yu caught four of the eels, while Wang Hai caught the other one with crab tongs.
During the capture, Bai Yu also pulled three large shrimp from under the mouths of the five eels. These shrimp were not lobsters, but king prawns. If Bai Yu hadn't acted quickly, these three shrimp would have become food for the eels.
After catching these few eels, Bai Yu and his companion had nearly twenty pounds of catch in their bucket. Although the eels made up the majority of the catch, the value of their haul was still considerable, worth at least a thousand yuan.
While Bai Yu was still looking for his next prey, Hu Tao and one of his roommates had already come ashore.
It's not that they're not going to go beachcombing anymore, but their buckets are simply overflowing. They need to go to the purchasing station first to sell their catch before they can come back to continue beachcombing.
Otherwise, if they have a catch of fish but nothing to put in it, then it's all for nothing.
When Bai Yu thought about selling the goods, he suddenly remembered something: who should they sell their harvest today to?
You know, he just made an agreement with the owner of Liu's shop yesterday, saying that he would sell good stuff to him in the future.
However, the place where they are currently beachcombing is too far from Liu's food stall; it would take at least forty or fifty minutes to go back and forth.
On the other hand, the fish collection station between them only takes two or three minutes to get there by bike, which saves them a lot of time.
After much deliberation, Bai Yu decided that he would take most of the fish he caught this time to the purchasing station to sell. As for Boss Liu, he would save some of the good fish for him and sell him the last catch of the trip.
Just as Bai Yu and Wang Hai were working hard to fill the two plastic buckets, Li Xue walked over empty-handed.
"Brother Xiaobai, do you know where the purchasing station is around here? Xiaojing and I want to go sell our goods there."
"Huh? You two are so efficient, you filled the plastic bucket so quickly?"
Bai Yu's first reaction to Li Xue's arrival was that they had filled the plastic bucket, but then she thought about it again and it seemed a bit off.
After all, he and Wang Hai were already very efficient; they hadn't even filled the bucket to the brim. Li Xue and Xia Jing couldn't possibly have been that fast.
Didn't they see Hu Tao's roommates, who arrived before them? There were still two of them continuing to go beachcombing.
"No, we only picked up half a bucket of crabs and conch. The bucket was already too heavy to lift, so we decided to sell it."
"Hey, Bai-ge, can you give me directions? I'll take Xiao-jing there; it won't interfere with you and Hai-ge's beachcombing."
"That's true, you two are girls after all, so it's understandable that you're a little weak. How about this, I'll take you there. We've already had quite a haul, so let's sell it all along the way."
Ah Hai, you'll have to do the beachcombing yourself from now on. You can put the video camera away for now, and I'll continue filming when I get back.
After Bai Yu finished speaking, he poured the harvest from the two buckets into one, put any extra in a small net bag, and then carried it away casually.
The only thing he kept was the small green dragon that weighed nearly a pound, which he left for Liu Ji.
Bai Yu originally planned to have Wang Hai take Li Xue and the others, but then he thought that Wang Hai was bad at negotiating prices, and Li Xue and Xia Jing didn't know the prices of seafood.
He was afraid that they would be ripped off by the owner of the recycling station, so he decided to take them there himself.
It's important to know that the seafood purchasing business is a very complex and complex affair, and this goes beyond just the variety and whether the seafood is alive or dead.
Just as Bai Yu and his two companions came ashore, Li Shuang and Lu Sheng followed with buckets. They also planned to go with Bai Yu to sell their goods and, incidentally, find out about the prices at the purchasing station and for seafood.
Five people in four electric bikes arrived at the recycling station two minutes later.
Just as Bai Yu and his group arrived, Hu Tao had finished selling his goods and was coming out.
"Cousin, how was the harvest? How much did you make?"
Upon seeing Hu Tao, Bai Yu immediately asked him how his harvest had gone.
"It's alright, I barely made a little over three thousand yuan, nothing to mention, absolutely nothing to mention."
"Bro, when you say something is insignificant, can you please pay attention to your facial expressions? Look at your mouth, it's practically stretched to the back of your ears."
Bai Yu looked at Hu Tao, whose face was like Versailles, and felt utterly helpless.
"Okay, I'll definitely pay attention next time. You guys hurry up and line up. There are so many people selling goods today, I won't stay here with you any longer, I have to go back to making money."
After Bai Yu said that, Hu Tao controlled his expression slightly and then left the purchasing station.
After being reminded by Hu Tao, Bai Yu and the others carried their respective catches and quickly walked into the purchasing station.
You wouldn't believe it until you come in; once you're inside, you're shocked. There's already a long queue in the yard of the purchasing station, with at least a dozen people ahead of them in line to sell their goods.
These people included men and women, young and older, and they were all dressed similarly, wearing sun hats and carrying fish boxes or plastic buckets.
Bai Yu and his group arrived relatively late, so they were naturally the last ones in line. Fortunately, the owner of the purchasing station was quite quick with the accounting.
While waiting in line, Bai Yu went up and took a basket, then sorted the quick harvest from his bucket.
From the time they arrived at the rocky beach until now, it has only been an hour or so, but in such a short time, they have already gained quite a lot.
Eels, crabs, whelks, scallops, and other sea fish are all available.
Li Xue and the others, who were standing nearby, followed suit and did exactly what Bai Yu did, also categorizing their findings.
After telling Li Xue to check on the fish catch, Bai Yu went to the purchasing station, offered the owner a cigarette, and then stood aside without any pretense.
He learned this trick from Hu Tao. Ever since he saw Hu Tao carrying cigarettes, he also carried a pack with him, and it came in handy this time.
Bai Yu's purpose in coming over was mainly to inquire about the recent seafood prices and then estimate how much his own batch of goods could sell for.
Soon, the people ahead of Bai Yu and the others finished paying and left. They all had good earnings, ranging from a few hundred yuan to one or two thousand yuan.
Just as Bai Yu was observing, Li Xue and Xia Jing walked in. Together, they carried two plastic baskets, each containing the goods they wanted to sell.
"Boss, these two are both our own people, could you raise the price a bit more?"
When Bai Yu saw Li Xue and Xia Jing come in, he immediately started subtly inquiring with the boss.
After observing for a while, Bai Yu discovered that the price of fish was very flexible; this flexibility meant that prices could not only be pushed down but also raised.
"Are you one of our own? Your girlfriend and classmates? Or your sisters? But for Xiao Tao's sake, I can give you face and raise the price by two yuan each, okay? I'll give Xiao Tao the same price."
The shopkeeper first glanced at Bai Yu, then at Li Xue and Xia Jing, then at the cigarettes in his hand, and finally gave Bai Yu a price.
I still have some impression of Bai Yu. The reason is that when Hu Tao brought him here before, he and Wang Hai gained a lot.
"Okay, thank you, boss. Shuangzi, Asheng, please bring everything in too, and bring in my share as well. Thank you for your hard work."
Bai Yu was just saying it casually; he didn't expect the boss to actually agree, since he had only met the owner of the purchasing station once, and they had only met once.
But since the boss had already agreed, he naturally seized the opportunity and called Li Shuang and the other person outside in. At the same time, he also ordered a coconut king for the boss.
Li Shuang and his companion outside, upon hearing Bai Yu's voice, also carried their belongings in. They didn't forget Bai Yu's belongings either, bringing them in as well.
"Xiao Bai, right? I love buying your stuff. You always manage to sort everything out before I even weigh it, which saves me a lot of time."
"You already know the prices of all the seafood when I received the goods, right? So, shall I start calculating the costs?"
"No problem, boss, you go ahead with your work, we'll just watch from the side."
After the boss took stock, Li Xue's haul consisted of 4.4 jin of mud crabs, 2.7 jin of blue crabs, 3 jin of conch, 2 jin of various scallops, and a grouper weighing over 2 jin.
All the items weighed thirteen or fourteen pounds and sold for over seven hundred yuan, which is a pretty good price.
Her roommate, Xia Jing, was similar to her, with roughly the same total value.
Li Shuang and Lu Sheng each had a slightly larger amount, almost reaching a thousand yuan. There's a reason they had more: they weren't picky and basically picked up whatever they saw.
Unlike Li Xue and Xia Jing, who only had large crabs, sea snails, and scallops, their haul included spicy snails, which they mistook for small sea snails.
Bai Yu's harvest was calculated last, since he had the most and the highest value. He sold three sea eels for five or six hundred yuan and two oil eels for several dozen yuan.
Other items like crabs and conch, added together, amount to over a thousand yuan. Combining the two, the total profit is just over two thousand yuan.
Well, the price isn't a lot, but it's not a small amount either. The main problem is that there aren't many valuable items. If only I could catch a lobster like Hu Tao did.
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