128: Bai Lang's pocket money

The fish in the freezer were weighed and loaded onto a truck, and next up was the live fish hold.

First on the scale were boxes of Crab and Spiny Lobster, followed by the Red Grouper, one of the "Four Fish Kings."

Yu Dafu salivated at the sight of the Red Grouper, each weighing over seven catties. These were definitely rare and valuable fish.

When the individual large Porgy were loaded into fish baskets and carried ashore, the bigger ones weighed over ten catties, looking like little piglets.

Yu Dafu even had a misconception, his breathing became a little heavy.

"Damn it, why are they all such high-quality goods? These are usually rare fish species; how come there are so many today? It's truly a rare find!"

It's not that Porgy are particularly expensive, but they are indeed relatively rare, and their price absolutely surpasses most fish species.

"Holy cow, the freshest in the South China Sea!"

"I came at the right time this time. No matter what, I have to bring some good stuff back later."

Next, the most numerous were various Grouper, the largest weighing over thirty catties, the smallest one or two catties.

The rest were some Porgy, Black Seabream, Yellow Chicken Fish, Sea Bass, etc., with the most noticeable being two twenty-plus catty Green Wrasse.

Chen Tianming pried open a fish's mouth and looked, his eyes crinkling into a smile.

The group returned to Chen Tianming's seafood wholesale market, and the others went to watch the workers load fish onto the containers.

Chen Tianming began to settle accounts with Yang Qi.

Zhang Jun and Zhang Fei's fish catches, among which Zhang Jun's large Sailfish was sold to Yu Dafu, and he planned to take his Yellowfin Tuna home to cut and give away as gifts.

As for Zhang Fei's Yellowfin Tuna, after being weighed, it had already been moved to the training center, and he also sold his large Sailfish to Chen Tianming.

Aside from a portion given as gifts and a portion kept for themselves, the remaining fish were not wanted and were all counted as part of Yang Qi's catch.

As for Bai Lang, Yang Qi still decided to give him a share.

Finally, Yang Qi's three-meter-long, two-hundred-twenty-plus-catty large Sailfish, plus five large Yellowfin Tuna, were sold.

They sold for a total of: 265,000 yuan.

The other one hundred fifty or so large Pomfret, Red Grouper, Porgy, various Grouper, Crab, Spiny Lobster, Green Wrasse, etc.,

All the remaining fish catches sold for a total of: 437,500 yuan.

The grand total was: 702,500 yuan.

"Holy cow, good fish really are worth money. It seems my decision was correct; in the future, I still need to target valuable fish species."

Chen Tianming immediately transferred the money to Yang Qi's account, and Yang Qi was also moved by the numbers on the SMS.

Everyone else was busy buying some fish they liked. After all, what others gave as gifts might not always be the best fish.

Since they were already here, they definitely had to pick some high-quality goods they liked; it wasn't like they didn't have money.

Yang Qi didn't pay attention to them, nor did he concern himself with the transaction between Yu Dafu and Chen Tianming.

After all, the fish had been sold to Chen Tianming; how much money he wanted to make was his business and had nothing to do with him. It would be awkward for him to stay here.

After greeting everyone, Yang Qi took some of the fish catch and his mother and went home.

Upon arriving home, Yang Qi showed Chen Lanying and the others the manifest, then, according to their agreement, transferred 70,000 yuan to her.

Chen Lanying initially refused, but under Yang Qi's insistence, she no longer declined.

He felt that since Bai Lang joined the boat, he had worked hard and was quite capable of enduring hardships. Giving him a 10% commission was also appropriate.

He secretly transferred another 10,000 yuan to Bai Lang himself and sent him a message:

"Spending money, don't show off, or your mother will confiscate it again, and I won't get involved."

Bai Lang's eyes lit up, and he nodded at Yang Qi. His mouth stretched to his ears and stayed there until dinner.

Dinner would definitely be at Yang Qi's house; his mother and Bai Xue had already gone out to buy groceries.

At the dinner table, Yang Qi announced that he planned to rest and recuperate for the next few days.

"By the way, how are my dad and the others? Have they returned yet?" Yang Qi asked his mother.

"They usually make one trip a day. They returned yesterday afternoon and went out to sea again this morning."

"Don't let them get too tired. There's no need to rush the timing so much. They need to pay attention to their health and rest more."

Yang Qi said seriously to both mothers,

"If they get too tired, it would go against my original intention of buying the boat."

"I know, this amount of work won't tire them out. Besides, now they've hired two crewmen to help, just as you said," his mother replied.

Last time when Yang Qi and Bai Xue returned, his mother mentioned that the harvest was short-staffed. Picking fish and tying Crab were a bit too much to handle.

They planned to hire one Ship worker, but Yang Qi made the final decision to hire two, adding more if needed later.

The harvest was a trawler, and its operating method differed from the setting sail. They primarily used trawling, gillnets, longlines, and bottom traps.

The crew configuration on the boat needed to be much larger. Unlike the setting sail, which mainly focused on fishing, it didn't require as many crewmen.

If the setting sail were also equipped with a small trawl, he himself wouldn't know whether to hire people, and the key was whom to hire.

"Forget it! Let's just go with the flow for now."

"I don't like money; I'm not interested in money," Yang Qi thought of that famous quote again. He even laughed at himself.

"By the way, how did you do selling fish at the dock?"

"They sold very well. We both gave customers a certain discount, so they sold quickly," Chen Lanying interjected.

"A slight discount on the price, and they still sold very well. Now that the fishing season has just opened, many people come to buy fish."

"Even if there were more, they would all sell out. Your boat basically doesn't have small fish or shrimp."

"Hahaha, otherwise, next time I'll leave a portion of fish for you to sell so you can also increase your income."

Yang Qi was also very happy to hear this, as it was a good thing in every way to give his mother something to do, keep her from being bored, and increase her income.

All the income from selling these small fish and shrimp went to the two mothers.

"You don't need to specifically save fish. If there are some inexpensive fish in the future, you can give them to us to sell."

His mother said.

"Okay, if there are any in the future, they're all yours. If there's a lot of fish, you can try selling them at the entrances of some residential areas. Anyway, we have a tricycle at home."

"When I didn't have much fish catch before, I sold them at the entrance of residential areas, and it wasn't bad."

Yang Qi offered them advice.

"Okay, we'll try it if we get a chance. Not now though, they sell out at the dock."

Yang Qi went to Bai Xue's side and gently asked, "Xiao Xue, how are you? Are you feeling any better?"

Upon hearing Yang Qi's concern, Bai Xue's heart felt as sweet as honey.

"Mm, I'm a little better today, but it's only the second day, so it still hurts."

"Then I'll go make you a cup of brown sugar ginger tea. Wait a moment; I'll be right back."

"Mm."

Yang Qi walked away to make tea, not seeing the two mothers behind him with their beaming 'auntie' smiles.

Drinking the brown sugar ginger tea Yang Qi made, Bai Xue's face was filled with a sense of happiness.