Yu Shengnan continued cleaning for two and a half hours. He filled up the two sacks and the bucket. It was a huge harvest. No one else came to this place. If others saw it, they would probably be jealous.
Yu Shengnan's gains can be said to exceed those of four or five other people.
In the end, Yu Shengnan even poured the seafood in the sack into the truck bed, and then continued to sweep with the sack in hand.
He just looks around to see if there is anyone around. If there are people around, he wouldn't dare to do that. If you go out to the beach to pick up trash, others will dare to pick it directly from your truck bed.
When Yu Shengnan came down again, he went straight to the big fish in the distance. At this moment, the fish was already on the beach. He went over quickly because he was afraid that the person in the distance would discover the fish and come over to grab it first.
Only when it got closer did Yu Shengnan realize that the fish was really big, but why did it look so familiar? The more she looked at it, the more it looked like a cutlassfish.
He took a photo of the fish and then checked online to confirm the information about the fish.
The oarfish, also known as the oarfish, earthquake fish, and dragon fish, belongs to the oarfish family and has nothing to do with the cutlassfish we see.
The oarfish has a slender body and silver to silver-blue skin with spots. It can grow up to 17 meters in length and weigh more than 270 kilograms. Its dorsal and pectoral fins are red, and its pelvic fins are a pair of long fins. It usually has no tail fin or it is very small.
It should be noted that the oarfish is a carnivorous fish and will even cannibalize its own kind. It usually feeds on small fish and shrimps. But don't be afraid, because although this fish is a carnivorous fish, it has no teeth.
This fish generally lives alone. Except for spawning, it will go to the South Pacific island of Savaii to mate and reproduce. It generally lives in waters 200 to 1000 meters deep.
This kind of fish usually scares people when it is discovered, not because of how ugly it looks or how ferocious it is, but because it is called the "earthquake fish".
In 1743, the oarfish was discovered in a certain sea area in Xiaozi. Not long after, a major earthquake occurred there, and the name of the earthquake fish has been spread since then.
If an oarfish is spotted in this area, it is often considered a precursor to an earthquake.
In 2011, this statement was confirmed again. A large number of oarfish were found around Xiaorizi, and then Xiaorizi experienced the largest earthquake and tsunami in history.
Later, scientists studied that this kind of fish may be extremely sensitive to the vibrations caused by the movement and collision of plates. When they appear on the sea surface, it is likely that something bad has happened in the sea.
Because earthquake fish is very rare, there is no reference price in the market, but there is a historical reference price. It has been sold for 50-250 yuan per catty.
Yu Shengnan estimated that the oarfish in front of her was about ten meters long. How much did it cost?
He went forward and checked the fish's gills. Fortunately, the fish should not have been dead for long. The color of the gills was still very red, so it should be able to be sold at a good price.
Yu Shengnan directly called Chef Lu Tongwei of Oriental Seafood City and told him that there was a giant oarfish and a lot of seafood, and asked him to come and get them.
It was a high tide today, so Oriental Seafood City had trucks harvesting fish at other beaches. But Chef Lu had to come here himself this time because the fish here are so rare!
That’s right, oarfish is a relatively rare fish, because even deep-sea fishing boats rarely encounter this kind of fish.
When Lu Tongwei got out of the car, he saw Yu Shengnan still sighing, saying that this guy really knew how to find a place. He saw two abalone when he came over from above, but he was too disdainful to pick them up as it would be embarrassing.
"Oh, it really is the king of cutlassfish, a very auspicious fish!" Yu Shengnan was stunned by Lu Tongwei's words.
"Boss Lu, what do you mean? Isn't it said that oarfish and cutlassfish are unrelated and don't belong to the same family? And isn't this an earthquake fish? How can it be called a lucky fish?"
Lu Tongwei glanced at him with a smile, "Xiao Yu, your brother Lu is a businessman."
"Oarfish, why can't the oarfish be the king of cutlasses? And as for the auspicious fish, this fish can warn of earthquakes in advance, so why isn't it an auspicious fish?"
Yu Shengnan was stunned by what Lu Tongwei said. What he said actually made some sense, and he had no way to refute it!
The fish that was originally called earthquake fish has become a symbol of auspiciousness after being described as such. Auspiciousness is good, but if it is auspicious, will the price of this fish be higher?
No wonder they say all businessmen are dishonest. This businessman is the smartest. He can make the dead look alive and hype it up in all kinds of ways.
However, Yu Shengnan is not at all opposed to the businessman's cunning behavior.
"Mr. Lu, what do you think of this fish?"
Lu Tongwei measured the length of the oarfish with his feet and gave him a positive answer.
"This fish, I saw it was more than ten meters long. I'll give you a hundred and fifty pounds. However, we need to weigh it when we get back. But don't worry, Mr. Yu, we can broadcast the weigh-in live so you can watch it directly on your phone."
"Okay, Mr. Lu, I trust you to do the job. Oh, and I have some seafood in my car. Let's take it all away."
Only then did Lu Tongwei notice the pickup truck parked over there.
Yu Shengnan brought them to the front of the car. Lu Tongwei was surprised and thought that this guy was really blessed by God. Four or five other people might not be able to catch as much as he did in a day, but this guy not only caught so much, but also got a very valuable oarfish.
"The swimming crabs are around 220 yuan right now, but with the high tide these past two days, I think the price will drop a bit. I'll charge you 220 yuan per catty, for a total of 78 catties. The orchid crabs will be a bit higher, so I'll charge you 240 yuan per catty, for a total of 69 catties. That means you've picked most of them, all over a catty. If they're different, I can't give you that price. The big abalone are 110 yuan, for a total of 38 catties. I won't take the small ones, so you can go back and enjoy them yourself. As for these scallops, geoducks, and oysters..."
"I won't sell these. I'll take them back to eat myself. There's nothing to eat at home. I don't go to the sea often. It's not easy to get a harvest, so I'll keep some more." Yu Shengnan didn't wait for Lu Tongwei to say anything else and told him directly that she wouldn't sell anything else, which made Lu Tongwei a little helpless.
This guy makes money so easily that he doesn't even take money seriously. Although your thing is not that expensive, it still makes money if you sell it. But seeing that Yu Shengnan is so young and you don't want to sell it, then don't sell it.
The seafood weighed previously totaled 37,900. Well, before, it was said that four or five people could collect this much, but now it seems that twenty people can only collect this much, and this does not include the oarfish.
Yu Shengnan, is this a typo? Could his real name be "Yu Shengnan"?
The person in the distance may have noticed someone coming to collect the fish, and the person over there ran over shouting.
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