All the goods were moved onto a cart on the shore and then transported to Feng Jiafa's shop. It took another round of moving and lifting before they were weighed.
"Uncle Fa, how's the market today? It shouldn't have changed, right?"
Feng Ye helped lift a basket of large toadfish onto the scale, asking questions as he did so.
"The market is alright, mostly the same as yesterday, but the price of toadfish has dropped."
As Feng Jiafa spoke, he skillfully operated the weight on the scale. "This basket weighs 65 jin and 6 liang."
He then wrote down the weight of the basket on a piece of paper.
"Huh? What price are you charging now?"
Feng Ye frowned slightly. "How much has the price been reduced?"
Feng Jiafa looked up: "It's gone down by 5 cents, now it's 35 cents a pound."
"Damn! It dropped so much all of a sudden?"
Although a price drop of 5 cents may seem small, for large-scale fishing, every cent change directly affects the final profit.
If he were to sell all the toadfish he caught today, he would lose several tens of yuan.
"As you all know, frogfish become so plentiful in winter that a price drop is inevitable."
"This fish was already cheap, and now it's dropped so much. Luckily, the younger ones wanted to save some to dry, otherwise we wouldn't be able to do anything!"
"There's nothing we can do about it; that's just how the market works."
"Alright, what about the other fish?"
"The price of black mullet has dropped by one cent, and the price of flounder has also dropped somewhat."
"Why are all the prices dropping, and none going up?"
"Yes, that's right. Large mantis shrimp have gone up another 10 cents, now they sell for 2.1 yuan. Mantis shrimp are 5.2 yuan, and sea bass have also gone up 5 cents..."
Feng Ye listened to the price once and silently calculated it in his mind.
Although some fish prices have dropped, the price increases of other fish and shrimp can offset the losses caused by those price drops.
Thinking about it this way, I immediately felt much better.
All the goods were weighed one after another, and the results came out.
The frogfish sold were only large ones weighing over five pounds, but the total weight was quite heavy, totaling 768 pounds, for only 268.8 yuan.
The mantis shrimp were also quite good; they weighed 48.5 jin (approximately 24.75 catties) and sold for 252.2 yuan.
The other fish, shrimp, and crabs were also quite good, totaling 768 yuan.
In addition, that large yellow croaker weighed 3.4 jin (approximately 1.25 catties).
After some haggling, the final price was 127 yuan, which is 431.8 yuan.
Since it's not an auction, it's normal for the price to be a little lower.
The final calculated total price was 1478.8 yuan, and Feng Jiafa readily tossed two mao (0.2 yuan) up the price.
There are still quite a few toadfish left to be dried, and according to Feng Ye's estimate, the total weight should be no less than 800 jin.
If he sold them all, his earnings would be about the same as he estimated, totaling over 1,700 yuan for the day.
"I didn't expect you to have so much to show for it today. I don't have enough money on me."
Feng Jiafa handed a receipt to Feng Ye and said, "Bring the receipt to collect the money tomorrow."
“Okay, I’ll call Aling over tomorrow.”
Feng Ye took the receipt, glanced at it, and then put it in his pocket.
Seeing them about to leave, Feng Jiafa suddenly remembered something and quickly said, "Aye, have you forgotten something?"
"Forgot what?"
Feng Ye looked at Feng Jiafa with a puzzled expression, but couldn't figure it out after thinking for a long time.
He then turned to Ah-chan and asked, "Have we forgotten anything?"
"Really? Or probably not?"
Ah-chan also looked completely bewildered.
"Otter, otter!"
Feng Jiafa asked anxiously, "You didn't release them, did you?"
"Otter?"
Feng Ye was stunned for a moment, then suddenly slapped his forehead. "Damn, we really forgot about it if you hadn't mentioned it. I'll go get it for you right now."
Ah-Can also realized, "Damn, how could we forget about them?"
"Otter? What otter?"
Both Feng Jiaqing and Feng Jialing looked puzzled.
"Oh, I see."
Feng Ye explained, "We also caught eight otters today, but we forgot them on the boat and didn't take them down."
Feng Jiaqing and Feng Jialing were overjoyed to hear that there were still eight otters.
"Eight otters? Wasn't it five?"
Feng Jiafa asked with a surprised look.
Upon hearing this, Feng Ye immediately understood.
Feng Jiafa knew they had caught otters because Guo Changling told him.
He laughed and said, "At first we only caught five, then we caught three more with the net. So, there were eight in total."
"I see. You guys are really lucky."
Feng Jiafa then urged, "Then hurry up and get it."
"I'll go right away."
Feng Ye and A Can quickly pushed the cart and jogged towards the Rising Sun ship docked at the pier.
Eight otters, weighing over a hundred kilograms each, are quite heavy and require a handcart to move.
Upon arriving at the dock, they quickly boarded the Rising Sun, loaded the two baskets containing otters onto a cart, and then hurried back.
Looking at the eight otters, Feng Jiafa's face was full of uncontrollable smiles: "They are all adult otters, that's great."
"Uncle Fa, what price are you going to offer for these eight otters?"
"Five yuan a pound, how about that? That's a pretty high price, isn't it?"
Upon hearing this, Ah-Can exclaimed in surprise, "So tall?"
Feng Ye was unaware of the market situation for otters.
But that doesn't stop him from thinking that five yuan per kilogram is a reasonable price.
However, in order to maximize profits, bargaining is a necessary process.
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