While Bai Yu and the others discussed the possibility of buying a boat, Bai Yue and Li Xue talked about their specific gains from this trip.
For these girls, whether or not they buy a boat is not a big deal. Even if they do buy a boat, they most likely won't go out to sea with it.
Regarding sailing, apart from family boats, larger vessels generally do not consider female crew members when recruiting.
Unless the entire ship is composed of women, no one would take female crew members out to sea under any other circumstances, as there are too many inconveniences involved.
"Sister Xue'er, how much money do you think we can make on this trip to sea? Will it be around ten thousand yuan?"
I don't know if it was because she went beachcombing with Bai Yu a while ago that Bai Yue's appetite has grown bigger.
She asked for 10,000 yuan right off the bat. Didn't she even consider how much her mother's monthly salary was? She just wanted to earn 10,000 yuan in one trip to sea.
Li Xue thought for a long time before finally giving Bai Yue a heartbreaking answer:
"Yueyue, judging from the fish we've caught these past few days, it seems a bit difficult for the two of us to earn 10,000 yuan."
We haven't caught any big fish these past few days. Wait, Yueyue, you should still be able to catch some. You caught two tuna before, so your catch should be worth about 10,000 yuan.
But if we're talking about who got the best catch, it has to be Brother Xiaobai. Yueyue, let me tell you, your brother's one fish is worth more than all our catch combined. So when we get back this time, you absolutely have to make your brother treat us to a meal."
"One fish is worth more than all our fish combined? Is it that big grouper? Is that fish really that valuable?"
While Bai Yue and Li Xue were settling accounts, their conversation drifted to the giant grouper.
Just as Li Xue said, grouper is very valuable. If their catch this time does not exceed 10,000 yuan, Bai Yu's grouper is indeed more valuable than all their fish catches combined.
Unbeknownst to Bai Yu, Bai Yue and Li Xue had already secretly planned to treat him to a nice meal after he returned to shore.
Even if Bai Yu knew, he would just laugh it off. To him, it was just a meal; he could just accept the invitation, it wasn't a big deal.
As it approached one in the morning, lights appeared ahead of the fishing boat, indicating they were close to returning to the town's dock.
Just then, Bai's father, who had been waiting at the dock, received a phone call from Bai Yu.
"Dad, are you and Uncle Sun at the dock? We'll be there soon. We have a big catch this time. Have you prepared enough vehicles? Don't blame me if we can't fit all the fish!"
"Okay, your Uncle Sun and I have arrived. We have a live fish truck and a refrigerated truck ready. How much longer until you arrive?"
"It'll be about ten minutes. We can already see the dock lights. We'll be docking soon!"
After briefly explaining the current situation to her father, Bai Yu hung up the phone.
He's using a satellite phone on his fishing boat now, which is quite expensive, so he has to keep things brief and get to the point.
A dozen minutes later, Liu Tianyu steered his fishing boat to its designated berth at the dock.
On the shore, Bai's father, Uncle Sun, and two hotel employees were already waiting. After confirming that Bai Yu and his group were on the fishing boat, they waved to Bai Yu and his group on the deck.
"Dad, Uncle Sun, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Let's get on the boat and take a look at the cargo. Should we look at the live fish first, or the frozen ones?"
After the fishing boat came to a stop, Bai Yu waved for his father and Uncle Sun to board.
After Uncle Sun and Bai's father boarded the boat, Uncle Sun walked over to Bai Yu, while Bai's father went over to his second uncle and younger uncle. The three brothers chatted together.
"You should look at what's valuable. Your dad and I are here to set a price for the big fish. You can discuss the other catches with our hotel's purchasing staff later."
"Look at the big fish! Those are frozen fish. Uncle Sun, let's go straight to the fish hold. We've been quite lucky this time; we've caught a lot of big fish."
"By the way, Uncle Sun, does your hotel buy grouper? I caught one on this recent fishing trip, and it's quite big, weighing over 100 pounds."
Since Uncle Sun wanted to see the big fish, Bai Yu naturally took him there. He walked ahead and chatted with Uncle Sun about the general haul.
"A giant grouper? This kind of fish is too big. It's usually used for banquets, so our hotel generally doesn't use it."
But don't worry, if you want to sell it, I can help you find a buyer. By the way, your dad knows that buyer; he runs a high-end wedding banquet business, and the owner and your dad are even fellow apprentices.
"Okay, then I'll trouble Uncle Sun to help me make the contact."
As Bai Yu and his companion arrived at the door of the freezer, Bai Yu opened the door and showed Uncle Sun the fish caught inside.
As soon as the hatch opened, what came into Uncle Sun's view was a row of large fish that looked like cannonballs; these fish were tuna.
There are more than 20 tuna in this row. They are all the tuna caught by the seven fishermen in five days. The largest weighs about 80 or 90 pounds, and the smallest weighs more than 30 pounds.
In addition, there were more than ten red octopuses and a whole bunch of mackerel, their colorful plumage filling the fish hold.
"Xiao Yu, you guys have caught quite a variety of fish on this trip! Look at these, there are red ones, green ones, yellow ones, and blue ones, basically every color imaginable!"
"Uncle Sun, you can't blame us for this. These sea fish naturally come in so many colors; it's not something we can control."
"By the way, Uncle Sun, now that you've seen the fish, why don't you go up to the deck first? We'll move them out, sort them, and then we'll settle the bill together later, okay?"
"Okay, you can handle it. Oh, and remember to wear coats when you go into the fish hold. It's too cold inside, don't let them freeze."
After Uncle Sun finished speaking, he walked towards the deck, and Bai Yu also called Wang Hai and Liu Tianyu over.
They were about to get to work. In addition to moving all the fish out of the fish hold, they also had to sort the fish.
This classification isn't based on the type of fish, but rather on whoever caught the fish gets to claim it.
The fishing boat only had one refrigerated fish hold, so all of Bai Yu and his crew's catch was kept together, only marked.
Now they need to divide the catch according to the markings they made beforehand, and then sell the fish.
After working busily for more than an hour, Bai Yu and his team finally sold all the fish, and Bai Yu and Wang Hai received more than 60,000 yuan in payment.
It's worth mentioning that the 60,000 yuan doesn't include the giant grouper, since that fish hasn't been sold yet. Uncle Sun will have to wait until dawn to contact buyers who want the giant grouper.
There were seven people on this voyage, and all of them earned more than 10,000 yuan. Li Xue earned the least, but she still earned 12,000 yuan.
Aside from Bai Yu and Wang Hai, the other person who made the biggest profit was Second Uncle. He was the one who caught a giant fish weighing over 100 pounds on the last day. He caught a swordfish that weighed over 100 pounds, a swordfish with a long snout.
This one swordfish sold for several thousand yuan, and with the other catches, my second uncle earned more than 30,000 yuan by himself.
In total, Bai Yu and his team spent five days at sea, and the total cost was about 15,000 yuan, but their profit exceeded 150,000 yuan.
The return of more than ten times the initial investment stunned the group who had set sail.
After all, only five days had passed from departure to return, and each of them earned at least 12,000 yuan. How can you compare that to working a regular job? There's absolutely no comparison!
By the time Bai Yu and the others had unloaded everything from the boat, it was already four in the morning, and the sky was beginning to lighten with the first hint of dawn.
"Tsk, it's almost dawn? Did we stay up all night?"
"Yes, it's almost dawn, let's hurry home and rest."
"Let's go, let's go home and sleep."
Having received the money from selling the fish, everyone present was in high spirits, especially the young people like Bai Yu, who practically skipped and jumped as they left the dock.
We also had breakfast at the dock entrance, and then rode our tricycles towards the small fishing village.
A few minutes later, a tricycle stopped in front of Bai Yu's house, and Bai Yu, Bai Yue, and Li Xue got out of the back of the vehicle.
"Uncle, ride slowly on your way back, and be careful!"
"I know, I'm already back in the village, what could possibly happen? You kids should get some rest too."
After watching their uncle leave, Bai Yu and the others carried their belongings home. After washing up, they went to rest.
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