191: Harvest enters port

The harvest was steadily moving forward, pulling its trawl net, and at this time, Zheng Tie's breakfast was also ready.

It was 8 o'clock before everyone sat down to eat breakfast, which was a normal occurrence for all fishing boats.

When they were busy, they couldn't even think about eating. The harvest was a bit better because both boat owners were on board.

Moreover, Yang Qi had repeatedly instructed them to rest more, and that the food on the boat must be good, allowing them to eat whatever they wanted.

Anyway, it was all caught by their own boat, so the cost wasn't that high.

They didn't have to worry about finding fish schools; their catch would definitely exceed others'. If the two of them didn't listen to him, he would sell the boat and no longer let his dad go out to sea.

So, under Yang Qi's 'tyranny,' they decided not to deploy the gillnet for now and to go back and rest for a day.

Previously, they would always sell their catch, resupply, and immediately head back out to sea, without even returning home.

And now, every meal on the boat was very good. Before, they only thought about selling for money and would eat small fish and shrimp themselves.

Sure enough, besides a large basin of Meitong Fish, two Grouper Fish were also served.

Actually, these two Grouper Fish had their heads smashed by a large sea turtle, which was why they were kept for their own consumption.

Otherwise, no matter what Yang Qi said, they wouldn't eat fish that cost over a thousand yuan per jin.

After first delivering the meals to Chen Zhongwei in the wheelhouse, the others began to eat.

"Brother Bai, why is this Grouper Fish so expensive? I'd say the Meitong Fish doesn't taste any worse!" Zheng Tie asked while eating the fish.

"Grouper Fish tastes quite good, but it's just not common. The rarer it is, the more expensive it gets," Bai Dahai explained.

"If it were me, I'd rather buy this Meitong Fish. Even if it's smaller, it's still fresh enough," Zheng Tie said.

"It's absolutely delicious."

"That's right, during lunch later, you can deep-fry some Meitong Fish; it's very fragrant and almost as tasty as deep-fried Large Yellow Croaker," Bai Dahai suggested.

"Alright, then we'll make a plate of that for lunch to try."

After eating, everyone consciously put away unused items, tying down everything that needed to be secured. This way, they wouldn't have to spend so much time dealing with these things after docking.

Finally, it was time to haul in the net again.

It was quite good: about two tons of Crab, sea shrimp, mantis shrimp, and some shellfish.

Looking at the Crabs and mantis shrimp crawling all over the deck, everyone felt both pain and joy.

After being pinched by Crabs twice, Zheng Tie gave up and specialized in sorting sea shrimp and mantis shrimp.

Finally, some small Crabs and mantis shrimp were scooped back into the sea by Chen Dong.

They finally saw the shoreline, and everyone took out their phones to report their safety to their families.

Bai Dahai contacted Chen Tianming, asking him to prepare to receive the goods in half an hour.

When they docked, they found their respective families waiting there. After all, they each had two boxes of Little Squid to take home.

As per the old rule, they first unloaded the goods from the freezer hold. When everyone saw six Yellowfin Tuna of various sizes being hoisted out, the scene erupted.

A trawler actually managed to catch so many Yellowfin Tuna; this was unheard of.

Their luck was simply incredible.

"Hey! A-Ming, these foam boxes are their own goods."

Yang Limin quickly reminded the workers when he saw them placing the foam boxes containing Little Squid together with the other fish.

"Uncle, why are you bringing in private goods? What is it?"

Chen Tianming was in a great mood. A few days ago, Yang Qi's Large Yellow Croaker had earned him a lot of fame.

Now, many people knew that Chen Tianming could get good goods. These were intangible assets; for business people, connections and channels were money.

"Hahaha, these are the Little Squid they caught themselves; they belong to them. They're not part of the harvest's cargo," Yang Limin explained with a laugh.

"No wonder you two uncles are so generous; you can't help but get rich. Our brothers have a future working with you."

A businessman's mouth, a businessman's soul.

However, the several people still laughed heartily.

Hearing that it was the Ship worker's Little Squid, he didn't say much. Although this item was quite delicious, his trading company wasn't lacking it.

As more and more fish were hoisted ashore, Chen Tianming liked what he saw more and more.

"What? There's live Grouper Fish too? That's great! How much is there?"

When he heard there was live Grouper Fish, he couldn't remain calm; he was even more excited than when he saw the Yellowfin Tuna earlier.

"Not much, about 1,000 catties," Yang Limin said with a hint of humblebragging.

"1,000 catties? That's fantastic! Uncle Yang, your luck is truly amazing!"

Chen Tianming also inwardly marveled at the harvest's incredible luck. His own trading company didn't receive this much Grouper Fish in a whole year.

"To be honest with you two uncles, I really need this kind of high-end product to connect with a client in Hong Kong and Macau. How about this: for fish weighing two catties or more, I'll pay you 1,000 yuan per catty."

Chen Tianming's words were astonishing, leaving the several women nearby looking surprised.

"Such expensive fish!"

"A-Ming, if you pay such a high price, won't you lose money?" Yang Limin asked, though he was secretly pleased. Bai Dahai had told him that 1,000 yuan per catty was the retail price, not the purchase price.

They would have been satisfied with an estimated 800 yuan per catty.

"Don't worry, I won't lose money. At most, I just won't make a profit. My main goal is to establish that connection; the profit will come later," Chen Tianming said very frankly.

"Alright, then we'll go with what you said, as long as you don't lose money!" Yang Limin finally said.

This time, Chen Lanying was responsible for weighing and recording, while Bai Xue taught her beside her. Bai Xue couldn't always be the one keeping records.

What if she also went out to sea?

Finally, after reconciling the accounts, the total was 2.26 million yuan.

Everyone on the boat received an eight-catty Cobia, five catties of mantis shrimp, and a few catties of miscellaneous fish. Of course, the Little Squid they caught themselves remained theirs.

The several crewmen came over with their families to say hello and then left with their share of the catch.

Chen Dong, riding his tricycle, looked at Chen Lanxin, who was still clinging to Zheng Tie. He shook his head and left without a word.

Not long after he left, his wife asked him, "Why didn't you ask Lanxin to come back with you?"

"Didn't you see what she was doing? Even if I asked her, she wouldn't have left," Chen Dong said without thinking.

"Didn't she take a bottle of water to your unloading area to bring you water? And why isn't she coming home? Is she planning to go play at your second sister's house?" his wife asked, as if it were the most natural thing.

"Oh, I thank her! Bringing me water. I didn't drink a single drop of that water," Chen Dong said, rolling his eyes.

"Oh, then who drank it? I didn't see brother-in-law there!" his wife continued to ask.

"Even if brother-in-law was there, he wouldn't have drunk that water."