"Great, Dahuang, you even know that." Ye Cheng gently patted Dahuang's head.
The gap was a bit small, so Ye Cheng squeezed his hand in and reached inside, but couldn't quite reach it, so he had to take his hand out again.
"Little Tiger, where are the pliers? Give me the pliers."
Ye Cheng brought everything he should and shouldn't have brought on this beachcombing trip. He got some pliers from Xiao Hu, and after inserting the pliers, he was able to clamp them down.
The crab tried to resist, desperately struggling with its two large pincers, but Ye Cheng managed to grab it from both ends and drag it out.
This blue crab was much smaller than the bread crab from before. Ye Cheng washed it in the water and his eyes lit up.
"Wow! A butter crab! You're amazing, Big Yellow!" Ye Cheng exclaimed happily. Butter crabs are a good thing, and this price is definitely justified.
"Big Yellow, it's definitely right that I named you Big Yellow. You're talking about yellow croaker and yellow butter crab, what kind of yellow are you looking for? When are you going to find some gold? Hahahaha."
This butter crab weighs about a pound. It's smaller than a bread crab, but it's considered quite large among mud crabs. Most importantly, it's a butter crab, with oil oozing from its joints.
Butter crabs are already top-grade, and the bigger they are, the more expensive they are. The ones I sold to Lao Qian last time weren't even this big, but they still sold for 300 each. This one should be worth four or five hundred.
"Brother, there are such big butter crabs!" Xiao Hu ran over curiously to take a look. He had seen butter crabs before, but such a big one was truly rare.
"That's right, look who did it." Ye Cheng pointed at Big Yellow.
Big Yellow was eating small fish with its head down, and no one knew where it got them from.
Ye Cheng led Xiao Hu around the puddle for more than an hour, and with Da Huang's guidance, they got a big yellow oil crab, then caught more than a dozen swimming crabs and a few sea eels.
As for the shrimp, they caught quite a few, but none of them were particularly valuable; they were probably used as snacks for Dahuang.
After digging out enough holes, the two men lifted the items out of the holes and carried them one by one onto the tricycle.
The tricycle was already small, and with the addition of two water pumps, there was even less room to put them.
There was no other way, so in the end, one person had to ride and the other had to walk. Da Huang was placed on the water tank, which was almost 2 meters high, by Ye Cheng. It swayed and shook so much that the guy got dizzy.
As soon as we entered the village, we ran into the group of uncles and aunts we had met earlier that morning. They were all shocked to see the pile of things that was 2 meters high.
"Second brother, you guys got all this stuff from beachcombing?"
"You must have a lot of good stuff, right?"
"This must fetch a lot of money."
As Ye Cheng walked, he replied, "No, it's just a pile of stones. We thought they were fun, so we brought them back to put in the yard."
The group of people listened with speechless expressions. They thought, "Are you kidding me? Stones? They must have gotten a lot of big stuff again."
Amidst everyone's envious and jealous gazes, we finally managed to transport the stuff back. Next time, I really need to get a car.
Actually, the most suitable vehicle would be an electric tricycle, like those used for delivering packages in later generations.
There's no such thing as a problem right now.
When they arrived at Ye Cheng's place, the two first unloaded the goods and then took stock of today's harvest.
Seven-star spotted: 3, weighing over 3 jin (approximately 1.5 catties)
Two bluefin wrasses, weighing over 5 jin (2.5 catties)
Golden-eyed perch: 1 piece, weighing approximately 10 jin (5 kg)
3 sea bream
Black sea bream: 1 fish, 8 catties (approximately 4 catties)
Sea bass: 1
Dog shark: 1
Spanish mackerel: 1 piece
Flowertail Pepper Snapper: 3
Red sea bream: 4
Eastern Star Grouper: 1
2 sea catfish
Rat-spotted mouse: 1, weighing over 1 jin (approximately 500 grams)
Shoe-shaped fish: 2
Small yellow croaker: 3 pieces
5 conger eels
Octopus: 3
Bread crab: 1 piece, over 2 jin (1 catties)
Butter crab: 2
swimming crabs: 14
The selection was dazzling, but not much of it was valuable. The most valuable items were the grouper and two yellow croakers; the rest were mid- to low-end seafood.
Before returning, Ye Cheng had called President Qian, so President Qian's car arrived just as the two finished counting.
As soon as he came down, Mr. Qian went straight up and hugged Ye Cheng. "Brother, you haven't contacted me in a long time. Have you been looking for other channels lately and forgotten about your brother?"
Ye Cheng himself felt a little embarrassed, but he hadn't done it on purpose. He just kept getting robbed as soon as he arrived at the dock, and there was nothing he could do about it.
It's either bird's nest and Mirabilis japonica, but Mr. Qian doesn't accept those.
"I've been busy with other things lately, but I called you as soon as I went to the beach to check on the goods."
Before Mr. Qian could even inspect the goods, he spotted Big Yellow over there and asked in surprise, "You have this too? Do you sell this?"
Upon hearing that someone wanted to buy him, Da Huang raised his head warily, his two little eyes darting around.
"Mr. Qian is joking. This is a protected animal. Who would dare to sell it? They don't even allow you to keep it. This guy just wants to follow me, so I'll let him follow me."
Upon hearing that the animals were protected, Mr. Qian immediately tapped his head and said, "That's right, that's right. I'm getting old, my head is getting muddled. Let's check the goods, let's check the goods."
Seeing that the two were no longer looking at him, Da Huang continued to enjoy his dinner.
Speaking of which, Ye Cheng also remembered that this big yellow turtle couldn't be kept like this for long. It was a wild sea turtle, so he could only pick it up and help treat its wounds.
If we keep it for a long time, someone might report us.
I'll release it back to the beach someday. If that doesn't work, I'll build it a nest on the beach.
Yes, we just happened to have contracted the mudflats, so we'll find a place there to make a home for it. It can stay on the mudflats if it wants, or go back to the sea if it wants. It's up to it.
"A rat-spotted plant? I've seen this in ages, it's great."
"These two yellow crabs are good stuff too."
"Brother, your stuff is as good as ever, ah, hahaha." Mr. Qian was overjoyed as he looked at the several boxes of seafood. "I'll definitely give you a good price."
"Mr. Qian, you can give me whatever you think is fair. I always accept whatever price you offer," Ye Cheng said.
The grouper cost 800 yuan, the two yellow croakers cost 500 yuan each, the red grouper and the seven-star grouper cost 1000 yuan in total, and the bread crab and the swimming crab cost 500 yuan in total.
The large black sea bream was quite expensive because of its size; it cost 800 yuan. As Mr. Qian said, some people just like big fish because it makes them look good when entertaining guests.
The other sea bream sold for 800 yuan, and the two sea bass sold for 200 yuan.
All the other miscellaneous items came to a total of 800 yuan.
This time, we sold a total of 5,400 yuan worth of goods, which is a bit low for us.
After handing over the money to Boss Qian, Ye Cheng gave Xiao Hu 2,000 yuan and then arranged to go to the beach in the evening to set off the fish trap.
Today's luck score of 90 shouldn't be this low.
Ye Cheng didn't go out in the afternoon, and he ate dinner at Ye Guowei's place. After dinner, Ye Guowei wanted to take him to see the land they were going to contract.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com