Fortunately, Chen Weiqiang had driven a van to the dock when he left home in the morning.
Four people braved the rain to load their catch onto the car.
However, there were too many fish, filling the trunk and the back seat area, and it was only half full.
Grandpa Chen wiped the rain off his face and turned to Chen Weiqiang, saying:
"Qiangzi, take Tangtang and the others back to change their clothes. I'll stay here and watch the rest of the catch."
When the group returned home, Grandma Chen was sitting outside the hallway in front of the living room, lovingly wiping Ah Huang, who was soaking wet.
This little guy has run off to play somewhere, and not only is most of his fur soaked, but all four of his paws are covered in dirty yellow mud.
Grandma Chen treated it like a child, carefully cleaning it while gently scolding it:
"You can't do that again. If it rains, you should hurry home."
Ah Huang, who had done something bad, was very attentive, grinning ingratiatingly at Grandma Chen, his big tail wagging happily behind him.
Hearing familiar footsteps coming from the doorway, Ah Huang and Grandma Chen looked over at the same time.
"You're back! There's ginger soup brewing in the kitchen. Hurry up and change your clothes and have a bowl."
"No rush, let's unload the fish first."
As she spoke, Yan Shuting hurriedly opened the trunk and began unloading things.
Chen Weiqiang told his wife and daughter to go change their clothes first, but the mother and daughter did not listen to him.
Working together, the group quickly unloaded all the fish from the truck, and then Grandma Chen urged them to change their clothes.
After changing their clothes, the family of three was given a large bowl of ginger tea by the old lady to ward off the cold.
After drinking a bowl of steaming ginger soup, Chen Zhiyao felt warm all over, and even broke out in a thin layer of sweat on her forehead.
After drinking the ginger soup, Chen Weiqiang drove his family's van out again, while Grandpa Chen and the remaining fish catch were still at the dock.
As soon as Chen Weiqiang left, Yan Shuting secretly closed the door, then, beaming, pulled Grandma Chen and Chen Zhiyao aside and said:
"I hit the jackpot today! I just found a big yellow croaker weighing over two pounds on the deck."
"Seafood prices are high at the end of the year. A large yellow croaker weighing more than two kilograms can probably sell for over a thousand yuan."
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhiyao's face lit up with joy, and she immediately took out the basket that had been specially marked from the fish catch.
"Look what this is!"
She pulled out the big yellow croaker she had just found and proudly showed it off.
Grandma Chen looked at the big, golden yellow croaker and couldn't stop smiling.
"I never expected that this heavy rain would actually benefit you and make you some money."
Yan Shuting smiled, and then found the large yellow croaker she had just picked up from the pile of fish:
"Seafood prices are usually high at the end of the year, and with the recent rains that have kept fishing boats out for several days, seafood prices are sure to be good today."
Just as they were having a good time, another clap of thunder sounded in the sky.
Then, the rain intensified, pouring down as if it were being dumped directly onto the ground.
Listening to the rapid sound of the rain, Chen Zhiyao frowned, then suggested:
"We caught quite a lot of fish today, but we only have one car at home, and only my dad can drive. I'll just call Mr. Yang and ask him to come and collect the fish."
Grandma Chen nodded in agreement, "That's good, it saves your dad the trouble of going back and forth. There are big yellow croakers and a lot of valuable seafood today, he'll definitely be willing to come."
It was pouring rain outside, and Yang Jiajun wasn't really keen on going out to collect fish at that time.
However, upon hearing that there were two large yellow croakers, his attitude immediately changed, and he eagerly took another employee from the shop and drove off.
Yang Jiajun arrived very quickly; Chen Zhiyao and the others had just finished cleaning up their catch when he arrived.
The car couldn't drive in; it had to be parked at the entrance.
After leading the two inside, Chen Weiqiang closed the courtyard gate.
As soon as Yang Jiajun entered, he saw baskets of various kinds of fish displayed outside the living room corridor, as well as a large scale specifically for weighing them.
Apart from the fish caught later, the rest of the catch was mixed together. Yang Jiajun started weighing and calculating the price from the most valuable large yellow croaker.
"You're in luck! Yellow croaker is the most popular fish at the end of the year. I'll give you the big one for 680 yuan per jin, and the small one for 580 yuan per jin."
These two large yellow croakers were relatively small, and the price was only due to the Chinese New Year. Chen Zhiyao and the others were still quite satisfied.
The larger yellow croaker weighed 2.6 jin (approximately 1.8 kg) and cost 680 yuan per jin, totaling 1768 yuan. The smaller one weighed 1.8 jin (approximately 0.9 catties) and cost 580 yuan per jin, totaling 1044 yuan.
The small green lobster weighs 12 jin (6 catties) and costs 230 yuan per jin (0.5 kg), totaling 2760 yuan. The whelks and coconut snails are both 120 yuan per jin (0.5 kg), totaling 9 jin (4 catties) and costing 1080 yuan.
Sandworms: 9 jin (4.5 catties), 88 yuan per jin (0.5 kg), total 792 yuan. Yellow clams: 46 jin (23 catties), 28 yuan per jin (0.5 kg), total 1288 yuan.
Pearl grouper, 53 jin, 45 yuan per jin, total 2385 yuan. Large green grouper, 48 jin, 53 yuan per jin, total 2544 yuan.
13 jin of sea cucumbers, priced at 120 yuan per jin, totaled 1560 yuan. The remaining smaller quantities of various seafood brought the total to 2396 yuan.
In total, today's catch from beachcombing and fishing was [amount missing], which averages out to 4404 yuan per person.
Next, we'll show the fish that each of the four people caught.
Grandpa Chen caught a large barracuda and more than 10 black sea bream, earning a total of 1,680 yuan.
Chen Weiqiang only caught one blue-spotted grouper, but the fish weighed a full 13 jin (6.5 catties), earning him a total of 1,560 yuan.
Yan Shuting caught a pearl grouper, a red snapper, and two sea bass, earning a total of 1385 yuan.
The rest were all fish caught by Chen Zhiyao.
Peppered snapper, 4.6 jin, 150 yuan per jin, total 690 yuan. Tigerhead fish, 2.2 jin, 165 yuan per jin, total 363 yuan.
20.6 jin of barracuda, 10 yuan per jin, totaling 206 yuan. 10 jin of black sea bream, 65 yuan per jin, totaling 650 yuan.
Chen Zhiyao earned 1,909 yuan from fishing, plus 4,404 yuan from other catches, bringing her total earnings for the day to 6,313 yuan.
Today's earnings were the lowest she had ever made since she started renting the boat and going out to sea.
Today we encountered a storm, so we only had half a day to work. The income is still acceptable.
Although the earnings weren't much, everyone used the lucky fishing rod today, so the points increased quite a bit.
Host: Chen Zhiyao
Level: Fishing Level 2, Beachcombing Level 3
Points:
Perspective range: 3 meters on the ground, 30 meters in the sea.
Visible viewing time: three hours each day for both the land and sea areas.
Yang Jiajun divided the money among the four people and then led the shop assistants to efficiently move the fish out.
After the two drove away, Chen Zhiyao suddenly remembered that they hadn't had lunch yet.
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