Abalone! This whole basket is full of abalone?
His voice trembled slightly as he tossed aside the little green dragon in his hand and strode over.
Feng Ye nodded: "That's right, it's all abalone."
Feng Jiafa picked up an abalone, looked at it, put it back in the basket, then reached into the basket and rummaged around in it a few times, his eyes growing brighter and brighter.
“They’re all about the same size, so they’ve obviously been sorted. You can find more outside.”
Feng Jiafa was so excited he almost jumped for joy.
He took two steps at a time and darted to the cart outside the door to inspect it.
"So many! There are even five more baskets! Did you wipe out the entire abalone colony?"
"Uncle Fa, calm down, don't get so agitated."
Feng Jiafa took a deep breath to calm his excitement and said, "How could I not be excited? I've been in the acquisition business for so many years, and this is the first time I've ever seen someone catch so many abalone."
Abalone is quite common; people often find a few while fishing.
However, catching such a large quantity of abalone at once is not something that can be easily seen, not just on this island, but even in the entire county.
"Hehe, it's because we were prying open the abalone that we were delayed." Ah Can chuckled and reached out to grab the edge of a bamboo basket. "Uncle Fa, lend a hand."
"You're going to make a fortune again with baby lobster and abalone."
Feng Jiafa and A-Can excitedly carried a basket of abalone into the store.
"We were lucky. It wasn't high tide today, was it? While trawlers, we came across a reef that was just peeking out. Ye-ge said there might be some good stuff on it, so we took the boat over to check it out when the tide went out in the afternoon. Wow, the reef was crawling with abalone and conch, and little green sea bream were darting around in the water..."
Ah-Can said excitedly.
If Feng Ye hadn't been carrying the basket with both hands, he probably would have been jumping for joy at the sight.
Feng Jiafa was stunned and speechless for a long time.
"Did you step in dog poop while you were out at sea? How could you run into such good luck?"
After a long while, he finally managed to utter a somewhat jealous remark.
Feng Ye wasn't afraid of Feng Jiafa finding out, since no one knew which sea area they were fishing in, let alone the reefs that were usually submerged in the water.
But to avoid attracting envy and being followed, he still reminded him, "Uncle Fa, just keep this to yourself, don't tell anyone."
"I understand the importance of keeping a low profile, but I won't tell anyone."
Feng Jiafa patted his chest and guaranteed it.
After several more trips, the group finally managed to move all the goods into the store.
"Uncle Fa, what are the prices for abalone and baby lobster?"
Ah-chan swung his arm and couldn't help but ask.
Feng Xuan also looked at Feng Jiafa, waiting for him to give him the price.
Feng Ye frowned slightly.
If the quantity is small, it doesn't matter if you sell it directly to him; you'll just earn a little less.
However, with such a large quantity now, especially since many of the abalone are quite large, including a king abalone weighing over a pound, it's not cost-effective to sell them directly.
He hoped that, like when he sold large yellow croaker and grouper, Feng Jiafa would earn a referral fee.
However, he didn't bring it up immediately, wanting to see what Feng Jiafa had to say first.
“We’ve known each other for a long time. Let’s do the usual with the abalone and baby lobster. I’ll just take the referral fee, okay?”
Feng Jiafa didn't even think before he spoke.
He wasn't greedy; with such a large volume, the referral fees alone would be enough for him to earn.
"Okay, let's weigh it quickly."
Upon hearing this, Feng Ye and the other two nodded, quite satisfied.
"Let's weigh the abalone first and see how heavy these baskets are."
Feng Jiafa stood by the scale, holding a receipt with an excited expression.
Feng Xuan and A Can carried a basket of abalone and placed it on the scale.
"72.6 jin with skin on, move it aside and empty the basket to remove the skin."
As he spoke, he grabbed a few abalones, put them on the scale, and weighed them out to be about 1.2 jin (approximately 0.6 kg).
He counted six abalones and wrote "six heads" on the receipt. After the basket was weighed, he wrote down the weight as 68.8 jin.
Feng Xuan and A Can carried the baskets one by one onto the scale to weigh them, while Feng Ye pulled over a basket, squatted down, and picked out the small green dragons.
Seeing Feng Ye's actions, Feng Jiafa couldn't help but ask, "Why did you pick out the little green dragon? It doesn't need to be categorized by size..."
Before he could finish speaking, he remembered that Feng Ye had done the same thing when he sold the baby lobsters last time, and his eyes widened immediately: "You picked them out, you're not planning to keep them to eat again, are you?"
"Of course, after spending the whole afternoon in the sea, I have to treat myself to something nice," Feng Ye replied with a smile.
"You two should persuade him not to be so extravagant; it would be much better to sell it for money."
Last time, Feng Jiafa watched helplessly as Feng Ye kept a few to eat. He knew he couldn't persuade him this time either, so he had to ask Feng Xuan and A Can for help.
"Uncle Fa, there are so many, why not keep a few to eat?"
Ah Can smiled and said, then turned to Feng Ye and said, "Brother Ye, there are four people in my family, so please save four for me."
Feng Xuan didn't want to keep them; he wanted to sell them for money. But seeing that A-Can had kept some, he had no choice but to say, "Then keep four for me too."
His family also has four members, so one is enough for each person.
Feng Ye laughed and said, "I'll keep four for you and five for myself."
"you……"
Feng Jiafa was speechless and could only sigh.
He felt heartbroken watching Feng Ye keep picking out items and throwing them into another basket.
But there was nothing I could do, so I turned my head away and refused to look, out of sight, out of mind.
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