Everyone was in a hurry to get back, and it wasn't convenient to talk; you had to shout to be heard.
Therefore, they didn't talk much, only exchanged a few words, and then hurriedly headed to the dock.
By the time we reached the shore, it wasn't completely dark yet, but it was almost dark.
There weren't many people at the dock; most of the fishing boats had returned.
No one came to pick up Feng Ye and A Can today, so they had to unload the goods themselves.
Chen Fusheng, on the other hand, had someone come to pick him up; his wife came over.
Moreover, he wasn't the only one on his boat; there was another unfamiliar face that Feng Ye didn't recognize, and he didn't know who Chen Fusheng was.
The two ships were moored side by side.
Looking at the baskets piled high on the Rising Sun, Chen Fusheng and his wife couldn't help but gasp in amazement.
"I knew you were lucky, but I didn't expect it to be this good, with so much stock."
Although his boat returned fully loaded, it was far less successful compared to Feng Ye and his group.
"It's alright. There hasn't been much cargo from the trawls these past few days. We've only managed to collect a little more by using the gillnets."
"This is only a little bit? With so much stock, we're going to make a killing."
"You've had a great catch today too; the boat is piled high with fish."
"We can't compare to you. We don't even have half of yours, and they're all worthless fish."
"We're not like that yet. Most of our fish are toadfish, so we can only dry them."
"Hmm, how many sticky nets did you set?"
"I bought 60 tickets, and I'm taking turns downloading 30 each day."
"Oh, are you able to handle it? I only downloaded 20."
Feng Ye pointed to the roller: "With it, we can keep up with the workload starting at noon."
"The scroll wheel can definitely save a lot of money."
Chen Fusheng nodded and continued, "We spent the whole afternoon collecting 20 nets. Not only were we exhausted, but the efficiency was also too low. It seems I need to buy a machine too."
"Human power can't compare to machines, and besides, they're not that expensive."
How much does this machine cost?
"Mine cost 500 yuan. I don't know if there are any cheaper ones."
"500 yuan isn't expensive?"
Chen Fusheng replied with some surprise, "How many fish would I have to sell to make that back?"
"We've already bought such a big ship, why would we care about this tiny machine?"
Feng Ye smiled and said, "Besides, with this machine, not only will it save us a lot of effort, but we can also collect a lot more netting every day. It won't be long before we can earn back our investment."
"That makes sense!"
Chen Fusheng nodded thoughtfully.
The two chatted as they unloaded the cargo onto the shore.
Chen Fusheng's boat was already carrying far less cargo; aside from what he kept to dry fish, even less was left to sell.
Therefore, he unloaded his goods quickly and, together with his wife, pushed them on a cart to the collection point to sell them.
It was quite late, and there weren't many people selling their goods; they were scattered across three different collection points.
Therefore, there is no need to wait any longer.
They sold out quickly and returned to the dock.
At this point, Feng Ye and A Can had just finished unloading the goods they were going to sell.
Upon seeing nearly ten baskets of dried noodles, Chen Fusheng was surprised again.
"So many ghost-faced creatures! You've found a den of ghost-faced creatures!"
Feng Ye wiped the sweat from his forehead: "They were collected from the net. A group of ghost-faced kids just happened to run into the net."
"What great luck! This is worth much more than a toadfish."
Chen Fusheng said enviously, "I'll help you push it over. With my nephew watching over it, there won't be any shortage of cargo on the ship."
"Then I'll have to trouble you."
"Don't mention it, we're all family."
The three of them worked together to push the heavy cart to Feng Jiafa's purchasing point.
Chen Fusheng didn't rush to leave either, waiting until they had sold all the goods.
The price of the noodles was just okay, 1.6 yuan per catty. It weighed 624 catties and 8 taels, just 32 cents short of 1000 yuan.
There weren't as many toadfish as yesterday; only 657 jin were sold for 230 yuan.
The other miscellaneous fish, shrimp, and crabs totaled 332 jin (approximately 161 catties) and cost 588 yuan.
In total, I received 1818 yuan.
The numbers are auspicious; they mean good fortune.
However, it's more than 400 yuan less than yesterday.
The figure was quite different from what Feng Ye had estimated; he had thought it would only be a hundred or two hundred yuan less.
The main reason was that the price of the noodles was much lower than he had expected.
It is said that the pufferfish is a very common fish, but he had never caught one before, so he didn't know the price.
Chen Fusheng, on the other hand, was both surprised and envious when he saw that they had made so much money.
He was incredibly lucky today, catching a lot of fish, but he only made a little over a third of that, just over 500.
He thought to himself that if he bought a reel, he could cast more nets and catch more fish, thus increasing his income.
"Your income is truly unbeatable."
He shook his head. "No wonder your dried fish business is thriving, yet you still insist on going out to sea to fish."
Feng Ye smiled but didn't say anything more.
Ah-Can said proudly, "It's not like I get this much every day, it's just occasionally this high, usually it's only a few hundred yuan."
The extent of their daily income is mostly impossible to hide.
Although they had told Feng Jiafa not to talk nonsense, they were usually not alone when selling fish; there were other people with them.
Feng Jiafa was willing to keep their goods confidential in order to secure their business, but he wouldn't do that with others.
Actually, everyone knows how much money each family makes from selling fish.
"That's still better than us who go out to sea. We earn a hundred or two hundred yuan, and we can wake up laughing at night."
"Uncle Fusheng must have made a lot of money today. He'll be laughing in his sleep several times tonight, won't he?" Ah Can joked.
Chen Fusheng waved his hand and laughed, "Today was an exception; we did make a little money, but who knows what tomorrow will bring?"
"It will definitely be good. Even if other fish are hard to catch, there will be plenty of toadfish. We can make a lot of money by drying them into dried fish."
"That's true..."
Back at the dock, they loaded their goods onto carts and walked and chatted together toward the large area of former saline-alkali land by the beach, now a cluster of workshops.
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