Seeing that the two feed buckets were full of eels again, and knowing that it was inconvenient to carry these eels to the beach, Bai Yu and Wang Hai each carried one bucket to the purchasing station.
Arriving at the entrance of the purchasing station, this was the second time the two of them had come this afternoon. Last time, they sold their catch for over a thousand yuan, and this time, nearly a hundred kilograms of sea eels should fetch several thousand yuan.
"Third Uncle, we're here again. This time we have some good stuff too. Do you want to take a look?"
"Hey, you two guys are pretty quick, you've come to see me twice in such a short time. Wow, so many moray eels, did you two stir up a moray eel nest?"
It was still early, and the villagers who were gathering seafood at the beach hadn't come over to sell their goods yet. Uncle San was leisurely basking in the sun at the entrance of the purchasing station.
When he saw Bai Yu and Wang Hai return, he immediately came over because he could tell that the buckets in their hands contained goods.
"Third Uncle, you were right. Ah Hai and I probably really stirred up a moray eel nest today. We caught so many moray eels in a rocky pit."
Uncle, why are all these eels gathering together? Could it be that they're about to spawn?
Bai Yu briefly explained the process of catching sea eels, and at the same time, he asked his third uncle some questions that he was curious about.
Although Bai Yu grew up by the sea and started beachcombing from a young age, he really didn't know much about the habits of some marine creatures.
"So many of them were caught in one rocky pit? Then maybe these moray eels really were spawning. The breeding season for moray eels is indeed from May to August."
But it's alright, they haven't laid any eggs, so it's not a big problem.
After Uncle San finished speaking, he took the plastic bucket from Bai Yu's hand. He first took out all the other fish from the bucket, and then weighed only the conger eel.
22.3 kg
Wang Hai's bucket contained no other fish, only conger eels, weighing a total of 26.4 kg.
The two buckets of conger eels weighed a total of 48.7 kg, or 97.4 jin (48.2 catties), just over two jin short of 100 jin (50 kg).
This time, the conger eel wasn't as big as the last one, which weighed over ten pounds and was in a completely different league.
None of the eels this time weighed more than ten pounds, so the price was naturally not comparable to the previous large eel. This time, Uncle San offered a price of sixty yuan per pound, and all the eels were sold at the same price.
Bai Yu had no objection to this, of course. This wasn't his first time selling fish to his third uncle, and the price his third uncle offered was absolutely fair.
This time, the conger eel weighed a full 97.4 jin (48.2 catties), which means it could sell for 5844 yuan.
Don't be surprised, this number wasn't calculated by Bai Yu mentally; he doesn't have that ability. He calculated it using the calculator on his phone.
Besides the dozen or so eels, Bai Yu and his companion had some other catches in their bucket. After Uncle San weighed them, he rounded up the amount, including the eels, and transferred six thousand yuan to Bai Yu.
Bai Yu used to accept cash, but this time the amount was a bit too much. Six thousand yuan, plus the more than one thousand yuan he had already received, was a lot of money, and it was hard for him to hide it in his t-shirt and shorts.
He had just turned 18 recently, and his WeChat account was now verified with his real name, allowing for large transfers. So, Bai Yu had his third uncle transfer the 6,000 yuan to his WeChat account.
"Third Uncle, you must have made a lot of money from catching so many eels this time. Is your line of work easy to do these days?"
Carrying over forty pounds of fish for several miles, even though Bai Yu was an athlete, it still exhausted him.
Taking advantage of the break after selling the fish, he asked Wang Hai to go to the convenience store to buy a few drinks to quench his thirst, and chatted with his third uncle in the process.
"Xiaoyu, we're really close relatives, so I won't hide anything from you. I can make money buying fish here, but it's only a very limited amount."
Our place is just a small fishing village, and the dock is also a small dock. The number of fishing boats is pitifully small. I usually rely on the villagers to go to the beach to collect some goods.
"With the eels you caught today, I could easily make this much money by reselling them."
As he spoke, Uncle San held up one finger.
Looking at the finger his third uncle held out, Bai Yu realized he understood; his third uncle could earn at least a thousand from this batch of eels.
Bai Yu had nothing to say about this, after all, it was what his third uncle deserved. After all, this was his line of work, and he naturally had his own way of doing things in the fish-selling business.
If this were Bai Yu, he wouldn't dare guarantee that he could sell these eels at a high price. Anything that can't be sold is worthless.
"Okay, Uncle, you go ahead with your work. Ah Hai and I will go see if we can find anything else good, and we'll bring it to you later."
Just then, Wang Hai came over with a few bottles of drinks. Bai Yu took one and handed it to her third uncle, then left with Wang Hai.
More than an hour later, Bai Yu and Wang Hai reappeared at the entrance of the purchasing station.
This time it was even more outrageous than before. Their buckets only contained conger eels; there wasn't a single other fish, let alone any other seafood.
"Third Uncle, Third Uncle, we're here again. Are you home?"
"Oh, it's Xiaoyu. Your third uncle went to the city to deliver goods. Did you two each get a bunch of seafood again? It's not conger eels again, is it?"
It wasn't Uncle San who came out of the purchasing station, but Aunt San. According to Aunt San, Uncle San had brought the sea eels he had just collected that day to deliver to the city.
"Third Aunt is amazing! She knows what we caught without even looking at it. Third Aunt, could you weigh it for us?"
After Bai Yu finished speaking, she picked up the plastic bucket and went over.
"Oh dear, two more buckets of conger eels? Xiao Yu, tell your aunt the truth, did you catch these conger eels at someone's fish farm?"
When Auntie San saw that there were two more buckets full of eels, she didn't seem very happy. Instead, she asked about the origin of the eels.
Logically speaking, Auntie San shouldn't have asked this, but Bai Yu and his companion brought over too many sea eels today. It didn't look like they were picked up while beachcombing. After all, who can catch more than 200 pounds of sea eels in a few hours while beachcombing?
Rather than buying so many eels from Bai Yu, Auntie San was more worried that the two children would catch eels from other people's farms because they wanted to make money.
"Third Aunt, we really caught these on the rocky beach. Besides, who here farms eels?"
Auntie, you have no idea how many eels there were at the rocky beach today. We couldn't catch them all. After I finish selling them all, I'm planning to ask a few people to come with me to catch more.
"Third Aunt, is my brother out of school yet? Why don't we go catch some eels together? The money from selling them can be his pocket money."
Bai Yu was naturally aware of her aunt's thoughts; after all, anyone would find it unbelievable to catch a sea eel weighing over 200 pounds while beachcombing.
As for taking people to the rocky beach to catch eels, it wasn't that Bai Yu didn't want to make money because he thought he had too much, but rather that there were simply too many to catch; there were far too many eels to catch at the rocky beach.
Before coming to the purchasing station, Bai Yu and Wang Hai took a stroll on the rocky beach and found hundreds of eels in just a few minutes.
It's getting late, and it'll be getting dark soon, making it even more inconvenient to go beachcombing. Plus, the tide is about to come in, so Bai Yu and his companion don't have much time left.
Rather than letting these eels return to the sea during high tide, it's better to tell some villagers the news now, which can help them gain favor among the villagers.
Of course, this news is something anyone can know. Even if Bai Yu tells others, she is selective, such as telling villagers who have a good relationship with their two families.
“There are still some on the rocky beach? Wait for me to call your brother. Xiaoyu, keep a close eye on your brother and don’t let him get too close to the beach.”
After calculating the accounts for Bai Yu and her son, the third aunt took out her phone and called her son. After learning that he could keep half of the income from today's beachcombing, he appeared in front of Bai Yu in just three minutes.
At the same time, Auntie San transferred the money from this fish catch to Bai Yu. Just like last time, this time the sea eels sold for a total of more than 6,200 yuan.
In just one afternoon, Bai Yu and Wang Hai earned more than 10,000 yuan by beachcombing. Even if they stop beachcombing now and go home to rest, they can each get six or seven thousand yuan, which is more than the average person's monthly salary.
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