"Brother Ye, we've made a fortune again!"
While panting heavily, Ah-Can kept moving his aching arms.
That face, which had been exhausted, was now beaming with undisguised joy.
"Yeah, I made a fortune again. But it's really tiring; I feel like my hands are about to break."
Feng Ye also moved his hands with a smile on his face, but his tone revealed a hint of fatigue.
After all, they had been working non-stop for more than an hour, and their hands were already sore and aching, almost exhausted.
"If I could encounter such good things every day, I would be happy no matter how tired I am!"
Ah-chan said half-jokingly, his eyes filled with anticipation.
Feng Ye smiled and shook his head: "There's no such thing as a free lunch. This kind of opportunity is extremely rare."
"It's a pity that someone interfered and took a lot of the profits..."
Ah-Can glanced regretfully at the red fishing boat slowly sailing away and sighed softly.
"There's nothing we can do about it; everyone who sees it will want a piece of the pie. But luckily, we managed to get quite a bit, probably three or four thousand catties."
"Yes, definitely."
Despite some slight regret, the two were still very gratified by the fact that they had gained a lot.
"The sun must be very strong today. We can't leave these little yellow croakers on the deck for too long. We have to go back quickly."
Feng Ye wiped the sweat from his forehead and squinted at the rising sun.
"Yes, yes, we definitely need to go back as soon as possible and sell them while they're still fresh."
Ah-chan quickly agreed.
Having caught so many small yellow croakers, we've already made enough money for today, so there's no need to go trawling anymore.
After resting for about ten minutes, when he felt his arm had recovered somewhat, Feng Ye got up and set sail to return to port.
...
When the Rising Sun docked, it was not yet 10 a.m.
There weren't many boats docked at the pier at that time, and there were hardly any people around.
After all, the weather is great today, with only a slight breeze and small waves, making it an excellent day for a sea trip.
In addition, it is currently high tide, and those who go beachcombing have already finished their work and gone home.
If they hadn't found so many small yellow croakers for free, Feng Ye and A-Can wouldn't have been able to come back so early.
When Feng Jiafa saw the Xuri ship return early at the purchasing point, he thought something had happened again, so he quickly ran to the dock to wait.
When Feng Jiafa arrived at the dock and saw that the Xuri ship was full of small yellow croakers, he was completely stunned.
He stared wide-eyed, asking incredulously, "How can there be so many small yellow croakers? Did you run into another school of fish and haul them up in your trawl net?"
“The fish are real, but they weren’t hauled up,” Feng Ye shook his head. “If they had been hauled up, would we be back this early?”
Feng Jiafa was even more confused, scratching his head and asking, "If it wasn't dragged up, did you find it?"
"It was like finding a needle in a haystack. While I was sailing at sea, I suddenly saw many small yellow croakers floating on the surface, and there were more and more of them..."
Ah-chan, who was standing nearby, excitedly took over the conversation and recounted the whole story in detail.
Feng Jiafa was stunned and completely bewildered.
Such a good thing actually happened?
Did I step in dog poop when I went out this morning?
While Feng Jiafa was still in a daze, Feng Ye called out, "Uncle Fa, don't just stand there in a daze, come up and help with the work."
These small yellow croakers are still lying on the deck; we haven't had time to put them into the baskets yet.
Both of them were too tired to move, and they even had to take turns driving the Rising Sun back. They had no energy left to care about these little yellow fish.
"You guys are really something, always running into good things every time you go out to sea."
As Feng Jiafa spoke, he boarded the Rising Sun.
"It doesn't happen every time; it's just that I got lucky occasionally..."
The three of them worked for more than an hour on the Rising Sun before they were able to put all the small yellow croakers into the basket.
A total of 67 baskets were filled.
Because there weren't enough baskets on board the Xuri, they even went to Feng Jiafa's shop to get dozens more as an emergency measure.
Fortunately, there weren't many people at the dock at that time; otherwise, seeing so many small yellow croakers would have aroused envy and jealousy.
A single trip out to sea can yield thousands of kilograms of fish for free; it's hard not to feel envious.
After all the small yellow croakers were moved to Feng Jiafa's shop and weighed one by one, the final total weight was 4125 jin (approximately 266.5 catties).
This weight was within Feng Ye and A-Can's expectations.
However, the acquisition price offered by Feng Jiafa was lower than expected.
The Feng family offered only 80 cents per kilogram for the purchase.
Feng Ye originally thought that even if he couldn't sell it for a dollar a pound, he could at least sell it for 90 cents a pound.
But upon closer reflection, this price is actually quite normal.
Yellow croaker is an economically important fish, and the catch is very large. Every fishing boat that goes out to sea can bring back some, more or less.
Its price will naturally fluctuate with changes in market supply.
It's not bad now; at least the price has recovered somewhat.
If it were two months ago, during the croaker season, they wouldn't even sell for 50 cents a pound.
"The total is 3300 yuan. Count it and see if it's correct."
After Feng Jiafa finished calculating the bills, he counted out 33 hundred-yuan bills and handed them to Feng Ye along with the receipt.
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