The two helpers looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Brother Jin, I'm afraid the two of us can't make it."
"Why don't you call two more people over?"
“We do want to earn more money, but these shrimp are no ordinary creatures; we need to move them as soon as possible. If they die, we can’t afford the responsibility.”
Mantis shrimp and tiger prawns are similar; both are very temperamental.
If you feel even slightly uncomfortable, I'll kill myself right before your eyes.
Ajin was both amused and exasperated.
Wu An was right. Compared to the previous harvest, this trip was a bit worse, but compared to the harvest of other fishing boats, it could be described as a bumper harvest.
He quickly made a phone call.
They called two more people over.
Seeing this, many idle people who had nothing else to do came over to watch the spectacle.
"Why did you call two more helpers over?"
"It's that handsome guy from Xiaoxi Village, he's incredibly lucky."
"It's him."
The fisherman who had been refused when he tried to sell shrimp earlier also came over to take a look. He said sarcastically to the others, "Ah Jin really takes good care of this kid. He always calls so many helpers to do the work. We all help out when we're selling goods, but he just has to watch. It's so enviable."
"You can't be envious of that. I heard that kid is friends with Boss Gao."
"Hmm, no wonder." The man chuckled twice and said, "Then, out of respect for Boss Gao, Ah Jin will definitely offer a high price."
"Don't worry about the business. Boss Gao won't do business at a loss. This kid is lucky too; he always manages to get good stuff."
"There are always times when you're unlucky. Just now, Ah Jin didn't even want the mantis shrimp in order to take this kid's cargo. I heard today that there aren't many mantis shrimp coming ashore at our dock."
"There's nothing we can do about it. They have connections, so we'll definitely have to give them preferential treatment."
"You're lucky! How many shrimp did you catch?"
"About a hundred pounds."
"Damn, that's great today! You'll have to buy me drinks later."
"Sure, sure," the man replied cheerfully, but his smile froze when he saw baskets of shrimp being brought out.
"Shrimp, still shrimp..."
"This basket must hold about 20 or 30 pounds."
"Of course there are, there are almost ten baskets already."
"I counted, this is the eleventh basket. Wait, another basket. I estimate it weighs about 300 jin."
Basket after basket.
The helpers worked quickly, not daring to stop, carrying baskets weighing dozens of kilograms back and forth. They were soon drenched in sweat, their sweat pouring down as they went back and forth.
Not only are they tired, but even the bystanders are tired of watching.
Not over yet?
Several people felt that this scene seemed familiar.
"This boat, which is about ten meters long, can carry so much cargo!"
"You think this is a raft? This boat is big enough to hold a lot of fish, it can definitely hold four or five tons of fish."
"Can it hold that much? That's impossible. My ship is about the same size, and I've never carried that much before."
"Dude, is it possible that it's not that the boat can't hold the fish, but that you can't get that many fish?"
"..."
Holy crap!
That really hit home, my friend.
The truth is a sharp knife, silencing many people.
Someone spoke to the guy who hadn't sold his shrimp to Ah Jin before: "If Ah Jin won't take your shrimp, don't be upset. Ah Jin probably wouldn't even look at yours."
"Haha, that makes sense."
The others laughed along with them.
The man was speechless, covered his face, and walked away.
It took the four helpers about ten minutes to unload the shrimp. This was only because Wu An and his team had already packed the shrimp into net baskets in advance. If they had packed and moved them on the spot, it would have taken even longer.
"It must weigh about a thousand pounds."
"Holy crap, that's worth fifty or sixty thousand!"
"Pretty much. There aren't many shrimp left, and the price has gone up quite a bit compared to before."
"That kid from Xiaoxi Village is really lucky."
"Yeah, I'm so envious. He must have used a fish trap. I wonder where he set it."
"Shh, keep your voice down, don't do anything taboo."
"What's wrong?"
"You don't know yet, someone stole this kid's cage and has been arrested. It's from the neighboring town. They arrested a lot of people, and I heard they'll go to jail."
"Is it that serious? It's just stealing a fish trap."
"Stealing a few fish traps is a small matter, but what about the catch? Don't you see how much fish this kid catches every time he comes back from the sea?"
"Hiss... Now that you mention it, it's true."
"Be careful what you say. If something goes wrong and they find out you said this, they might investigate you."
"You think you can find out by searching me?"
"I don't know, but people from the neighboring town have already been arrested."
The people whispered among themselves.
Wu An followed A Jin off the boat. He looked around but didn't see Yu Kailang. Too lazy to make a phone call, he simply waited at the dock.
Hearing the whispers around him, a smile appeared on his face. It was good that Ma Weiqun's matter had become a big deal.
High crime costs can also reduce a lot of trouble.
He wasn't making baseless accusations; high costs of crime usually have a deterrent effect on crime rates.
"Come on, have a smoke, drink some water, and take a break," Wu An called out, scattering cigarettes around the room. The workers didn't stand on ceremony; they downed a bottle of mineral water in one gulp, smoked their cigarettes, and then got back on the boat.
"Is this a mackerel?"
"And it's coming in baskets and baskets again."
"This stuff is cheap; even a hundred or so kilograms won't sell for much."
Everyone stood on tiptoe to look, and someone came over to greet Wu An: "Handsome, how did you get the mackerel?"
Wu An said, "Light trap."
The man looked the fishing boat over and said, "This isn't a lighted boat either."
As the name suggests, a light-up boat is covered in lights. His boat was a light-up boat, and it was full of lights. Wu An's boat only had a few large lights.
Wu An said, "Isn't it enough to have lights?"
The man tried to argue, but seeing the helper carrying basket after basket of mackerel back and forth, he walked away dejectedly and took out a cigarette to smoke.
After the helpers finished moving the load, the man muttered, "A little over a thousand pounds, damn it, it's about the same weight as a trip to sea."
He felt resentful.
soon.
A boatman called him, and he boarded the boat. A lighted boat slowly set sail, and the boatman asked, "Brother, we're about to go out to sea, why are you still going to watch the excitement?"
"A boat that just came back had caught about a thousand catties of mackerel."
"What's the big deal? We encountered mackerel last time and caught almost two thousand catties of them."
"But that ship wasn't a lighted ship."
"ah?"
After unloading the mackerel, they unloaded the mullet. When Ah Jin saw the eel, he nodded. When he saw a red-spotted eel, his face lit up with joy: "Wow, this big eel with a red spot! I knew you could bring back good stuff every time you go out to sea."
Wu An said, "That's about it. This longline fishing and fish trap fishing aren't very good."
Ah Jin said, "It's not bad either."
Although only one red grouper is valuable and the rest of the catch is average, the large quantity and the presence of the king eel can still fetch a very good price.
When he saw the four helpers struggling to carry out the yellowfin tuna, his eyes widened and he jumped up excitedly: "Brother An, you're still pretending with me! You managed to get such a big yellowfin tuna, and you still say this trip wasn't good?"
Wu An shrugged: "Getting this yellowfin was purely accidental."
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