Seafood prices are not fixed.
It will change with market demand.
There are also off-seasons and peak seasons. For example, when swimming crabs are in abundant supply, the price will be much lower than usual.
Old Chen walked out of the shop, and as he passed the water vat, he scooped up a handful of water, casually washed his hands, and called out, "Hey, it's you two rascals."
"Such a big fishing box!"
"You two pulled off a big hit today. Did you manage to steal all the fisherman's catch?"
Others may dislike Wu An, but he quite likes it when Wu An and his companion come to sell their goods. After all, these are stolen goods, and he can take the opportunity to lower the price by helping them sell them.
Even if the victim comes looking for him, he can't be found.
Aqing immediately shouted, "It wasn't stolen!"
"My brother and I caught it while fishing at the beach."
"This is much more tiring than stealing fish, so you'd better give me a good price this time."
Wu An nodded. That's just how A Qing is. She's too honest and says whatever comes to mind. No wonder people say she's stupid, but he doesn't think it's a big deal.
It's better to be honest.
That's why he's willing to bring Aqing along; if it were someone shrewd, he'd have to think twice.
Old Chen smiled, his eyes clearly saying, 'Do you think I'm stupid? I don't believe you.' Without further ado, he said, 'Alright, alright.'
"Open the tackle box and let me see the catch."
Aqing opened the fishing box.
Old Chen looked down and his eyes widened: "Holy crap, this... so many! You guys are really something!"
Aqing laughed: "What courage do you need to fish?"
Old Chen glanced at him sideways, thinking to himself, "You're quite the actor. If I didn't know what kind of people you two were, I might have been fooled."
He really wanted that box of fish; he could make a fortune selling them. But then he rolled his eyes and said, "I can't accept so many."
Aqing panicked: "You won't accept it?"
"Old Chen, we didn't steal this."
“My brother borrowed fishing rods from Lin Hu and Lin Bin and caught them one by one.”
Old Chen's eyes widened: "What?"
"You stole from Lin Hu and his brother?"
"Then I definitely can't accept it. What if they come and overturn my purchasing stall?"
Aqing scratched her head: "How come you're even dumber than me? I already said it wasn't stolen."
Old Chen laughed: "Who would believe that?"
"This isn't just one or two cases; the risks are too great."
"unless……"
Aqing quickly pressed on, "Unless what?"
Old Chen said, "I'll only buy it if you charge ten yuan per fish."
"I'll give you two hundred dollars for this box of fish."
"That's quite a lot, enough for you two to live it up for several days."
Ah Qing glared and cursed, "Old Chen, how can you be so heartless!"
"My brother caught a sea bass that weighs at least ten pounds, and you're only giving us two hundred yuan?"
Old Chen said, "That's practically free, so what's there to be unhappy about?"
"Besides, who else at this dock would dare to accept your goods besides me?"
"In short, sell or not. If not, get out."
He was very blunt, saying that there was no need to put on a good face for those two scoundrels; it would be best if they could make some money, but it didn't matter if they couldn't.
He wasn't just making things up; there were indeed risks involved. If Lin Hu caused trouble, he would have to find a way to smooth things over.
“Ganlinmu… damn it…” Aqing didn’t hold back her anger and started cursing on the spot.
As Aqing began to shout and curse, more and more people gathered around, all coming to watch the spectacle.
Li Juan rushed back and pulled A Qing, telling her to shut up.
Aqing was still furious.
"What the heck? Old Chen gives two hundred for just one catch of boxfish?"
"Old Chen, you're treating people like fools."
"You should at least give me three hundred."
"Old Chen is too heartless."
The people speaking were all other vendors buying and selling goods; they were all competitors, and now that they had a chance to criticize Old Chen, once one of them spoke up, the others joined in.
Anyway, it's just a joke. If Lao Chen gets angry, it means he can't take a joke.
Old Chen shouted, "Go away, go away, what are you making a fuss about?"
"You dare to buy the fish these two scoundrels are selling?"
"Aqing just said that the fishing box belongs to Lin Hu and Lin Bin."
Upon hearing this...
People immediately started discussing it, and some passersby who didn't know what was going on even asked questions out of curiosity.
"Those two are thugs who steal other people's catch to sell."
"Looks like they pulled off something big today."
"Old Chen deliberately tried to drive down the price."
"Don't even mention two hundred, I wouldn't dare accept even one hundred."
"Exactly, accepting that would cause trouble. So many fish, it's enough to get you sentenced."
"Wu Erzai, you'd better return the fish right away, or you'll get arrested and your father will be implicated too."
Wu An sighed inwardly.
He didn't blame these people for misunderstanding; it was because he had been too outrageous before, and now he had to bear the consequences. However, he also had his temper. You won't accept it, huh?
I'm not selling it anymore.
If all else fails, I can just go back and ride my bike to town to sell them.
It takes more than an hour to ride over a mountain, and the road is a bit long and troublesome, but at least you don't have to put up with this nonsense.
He said, "Aqing, close the fishing box."
"Let's go."
Aqing grumbled as she closed the lid, while Li Juan sighed and went to pull the cart.
Not to mention the vendors like Old Chen, even she herself was having doubts. But Wu An seemed quite different; he didn't make a fuss or shout, but calmly said he wanted to leave.
She could tell that this wasn't out of guilt, but rather a disdain for arguing with everyone.
They had only taken a couple of steps when a smuggler named Lao Xie shouted, "Don't go! Don't go!"
"No one else will accept it."
"I dare to accept it!"
Wu An was somewhat surprised and asked, "How dare you?"
Old Xie chuckled: "Anyway, I dare to do it."
"If you go to town and make a mess of things, all these fish will definitely die, and the price will be greatly reduced."
"Why not sell it to me? I guarantee I'll give you a fair price."
Wu An thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay."
Old Xie's shop wasn't far away; it was just two storefronts away from Old Chen's purchasing stall.
As Wu An went over, everyone else followed to see what was going on.
Old Chen was also there, and he sneered, "Old Xie, Lin Hu and Lin Bin are your regular customers. Aren't you afraid your stall will be overturned later?"
Among the crowd, some people who recognized Lin Hu secretly made phone calls to him.
Those who saw this laughed, thinking that a good show was about to begin.
Old Xie ignored what others were saying, poured the fish from his fishing box into a large basin, sorted them by size, divided them into several portions, and quoted prices for each one.
The most expensive is naturally the grouper, which costs 150 yuan per catty.
Sea bass is the cheapest, only 25 yuan per pound.
However, the largest sea bass weighs a full sixteen pounds, and it's priced separately at 35 yuan per pound.
Wu An was somewhat surprised by the price of Shi Jiugong, which was 30 yuan per catty. However, the fish was too small to sell for much money.
Black sea bream is also priced well, at 45 yuan per jin (500g).
These are all acquisition prices.
If they were to sell their catch at the town's market, the price would probably be much higher. The fishermen in their village mostly sell their catch to purchasing stalls or set up their own stalls at the docks, but they can't get a high price for their catch.
Customers who come to the pier to buy seafood are all there because it's cheap.
If the price is high, people might as well buy it at the farmers' market.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com