Chen Zhiyao stared wide-eyed at the two plump, yellow crabs in front of her, her joy erupting like a volcano.
These two butter crabs are so fat!
She rushed forward in a swift yet gentle motion, as if afraid of disturbing the two precious treasures.
She carefully caught a slightly larger yellow crab, and then skillfully tied it up with a rope she had prepared beforehand.
Then, she did the same thing again, binding another, smaller yellow crab tightly as well.
After doing all this, Chen Zhiyao happily lowered her head and looked at the butter crabs that were now bound in the bucket.
Adding to the one she caught before, she now has three yellow crabs, which together weigh about two pounds.
The thought immediately conjured up an image in her mind of cute little coins flying towards her.
Not wanting to flaunt her wealth, Chen Zhiyao quickly grabbed several handfuls of dragon's beard vegetable from a puddle ahead.
Then they placed them all on top of the bucket, completely obscuring these expensive butter crabs.
Such a blessed place must not be discovered by the rest of the village.
Seeing that it was getting late, Chen Zhiyao happily carried the bucket back, still calculating in her mind how much money she could get for the three yellow crabs.
With such a large size, it's bound to cost several hundred yuan per kilogram.
She had only walked a short distance when she saw Chen Hu waving excitedly at her from not far away.
"Tangtang, come quick, I've got something good to show you."
Hearing this, Chen Zhiyao quickened her pace and asked curiously:
"What is it? It's so mysterious."
Chen Hu kept everyone in suspense, saying in a cheeky tone, "You'll see when you come over."
"They're here! They're here!"
Seeing his cousin arrive, Chen Hu proudly removed the seaweed from the bucket.
Chen Zhiyao craned her neck to look and saw two yellow crabs in the bucket.
These two yellow crabs were a little smaller than the ones she had just caught, each weighing about half a pound.
"Second brother, look at mine."
As she spoke, Chen Zhiyao smugly picked up the dragon beard vegetable at the top of the bucket, revealing three golden butter crabs.
Chen Hu: "..."
He originally wanted to show off, but unexpectedly, his own little cousin showed off to him instead.
Chen Hu was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, "Tangtang, you're amazing!"
After the laughter subsided, he looked at the butter crabs in the bucket and suggested with a grin:
“We can take these butter crabs to big hotels and sell them; we’re sure to get a good price.”
Although the purchasing station was convenient and easy, the price was low, so he preferred to try his luck at a big hotel.
Chen Zhiyao nodded immediately, her eyes filled with excitement:
"Great! Let's go ask around at the hotels in the county right now. We're sure we can get a good price."
The brother and sister made a quick decision to go to the hotel in the county to sell their catch.
Not long after, the two drove the fish they had caught from beachcombing to a renowned luxury hotel.
The hotel manager occasionally goes fishing on Chen Feng's fishing boat.
The two brothers would often bring over good catches of fish to the hotel.
Although the price is not as high as the retail price in the market, it is about 10% higher than that of the average fishmonger.
When the two arrived at the hotel's back door in a great hurry, they found Manager Yang already standing quietly at the entrance, eagerly waiting.
Unfortunately, it's the fishing ban season now. Regular seafood is fine, but some top-quality wild seafood is hard to find.
But those wealthy bosses just happen to like eating fresh, wild seafood.
Moreover, the harder something is to find, the more popular it becomes.
He had already left work long ago, but when he heard Chen Hu say there were butter crabs, he immediately rushed over from home.
Chen Hu got out of the car, beaming, and strode quickly toward Manager Yang:
"Brother Yang, these are all the fish we caught from beachcombing just now. Do you see any that catch your eye?"
Chen Zhiyao followed closely behind her cousin, greeting him with a slightly nervous expression:
"Hello Manager Yang, we had good luck today. We caught five yellow butter crabs weighing over half a pound each, several small green lobsters, and some other common seafood such as conch and crabs."
Manager Yang leaned forward slightly, his gaze falling on the pile of fish the two had brought.
The moment he saw those yellow crabs, a glint of light flashed in his previously calm eyes:
"These yellow crabs are pretty good, I'll buy them all at 600 yuan per catty. The small lobsters are a bit small, but they're still okay during the fishing ban, I'll take them at 228 yuan per catty."
"As for the rest, only whelks and a few large blue crabs are worth it. Whelks are 63 yuan per jin, and large blue crabs are 95 yuan per jin. The rest are not worth it."
Chen Zhiyao and Chen Hu exchanged a glance, both seeing satisfaction in each other's eyes, and nodded with smiles.
After the price was agreed upon, Manager Yang called over a kitchen helper to help weigh the items.
2.2 jin of yellow butter crab, 1320 yuan in total. 1.6 jin of small green lobster, 365 yuan in total. 5.3 jin of whelk, 334 yuan in total. 4.8 jin of mud crab, 456 yuan in total.
In total, Chen Zhiyao earned 2475 yuan.
1.1 jin of yellow butter crab, 660 yuan in total. 5.6 jin of whelk, 353 yuan in total. 3.9 jin of mud crab, 371 yuan in total.
Chen Hu earned a total of 1384 yuan.
Both are well-known hotels, but the price quoted by Manager Yang was significantly higher than that of Manager Lin, with whom they had previously cooperated.
Chen Zhiyao specifically asked for Manager Yang's contact information, planning to send any such top-quality seafood she came across here in the future.
Back in the car, Chen Hu said excitedly:
"I didn't expect these yellow butter crabs to be so valuable. If we had known, we would have caught more."
Chen Zhiyao chuckled and teased, "These kinds of good things are rare and hard to come by; you can't catch them every day."
She wanted to catch one weighing 8 or 10 pounds, but there weren't any. She spent almost an hour at the rocky beach that night before finally finding three.
Amidst laughter and conversation, the brother and sister soon arrived at the Yang family's purchasing station.
The two sold the remaining conch shells, smaller crabs, and the seemingly dying fish.
There wasn't much left. Chen Zhiyao earned 586 yuan, and Chen Hu earned 628 yuan.
In total, Chen Zhiyao earned 3061 yuan. Chen Hu earned 2012 yuan.
The beachcombing trip tonight was quite successful; the catch was significantly more than during the day.
When they returned, the two looked quite pleased with themselves, and even made plans to go beachcombing again the next night.
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