22: Yu Dafu collects fish

Finally, the three of them started moving the water tanks. The siblings carried one end and walked in front, while Yang Qi carried the back by himself. They slowly moved it to the side of the trishaw.

However, the two siblings no longer had the strength to lift it onto the trishaw. The fish, combined with the water, was simply too heavy, so Yang Qi had to let them slowly pour out some of the water.

He himself returned to the fishing spot and, in two trips, brought back his and Bai Lang's fishing gear and the live fish tank.

Then, he lifted the large water tank, which had most of its water emptied, onto the trishaw's bed.

The three of them returned again, emptied most of the water from the other large water tank, and then lifted it to the trishaw. Sure enough, it was much easier this time.

Yang Qi poured the dead fish onto the ground, took the fishing box, and began scooping seawater to refill the two large water tanks with enough water.

The three people, with two vehicles, then wobbled along the farm road back to Yang Qi's courtyard.

Not long after the three sat down to rest, Yu Dafu called.

"The God of Wealth has arrived!"

Yang Qi smiled at the siblings.

Immediately, they were filled with energy. The three of them went out together and, standing on the farm road, saw the live fish truck and an SUV on the seawall road.

He waved to make sure they noticed him before hanging up the phone.

"Xiao Xue, what are you doing standing here?" A voice came from behind.

"Dad, why are you here?" Bai Xue was surprised.

"Dad, let me tell you, this afternoon I caught so many big Rockfish!" Bai Lang started showing off again.

The person who arrived was about forty-five or forty-six years old, of medium build. Seeing him was like seeing Bai Lang twenty-something years later; they looked especially alike, clearly father and son.

Seeing that it was his future father-in-law, Yang Qi quickly greeted him: "Hello, Uncle! I am Yang Qi."

Bai Xue's father smiled and nodded to his daughter and son.

Then, with a beaming smile, he said to Yang Qi: "You're Yang Qi, right? Thank you for saving Bai Xue. Come home for dinner later! Didn't you say you went fishing? Now there's a big water tank and an oxygen pump, and you even borrowed one. I came over to take a look."

Yang Qi pulled out a Ziyun cigarette, offered one to Uncle Bai, and conveniently lit it for him. He also lit one for himself and replied: "Good luck! We ran into a school of Rockfish, and Bai Lang and I caught quite a few. We've already contacted a buyer who's on their way."

Yang Qi pointed to the approaching live fish truck. "Because live fish fetch a higher price, Bai Xue thought of using a large water tank and an oxygen pump to increase the live fish rate!"

"Oh! That's really great!"

As they were talking, the SUV had already driven up to them. Yu Dafu got out of the car, his face full of smiles, and walked towards Yang Qi, putting his arm around Yang Qi's shoulder:

"Yang Qi, my brother, you moved to Qingshan Town and didn't even tell me, your elder brother. I didn't even get a chance to see you off."

"Yu Ge, it's not that far at all. I just wanted to move closer to the sea to fish better, that's all. There's no need for a send-off!"

"Yang Qi, you're being too formal. And these are...?" Yu Dafu asked, looking at Bai Xue.

"Let me introduce you. This is my friend Bai Xue, this is Bai Xue's father, and this is Bai Xue's younger brother. Today's fish were caught by him and me together."

Then he pointed to Yu Dafu and introduced him to everyone:

"This is Yu Dafu, General Manager Yu, the owner of the 'Haina Baichuan' seafood restaurant in the city."

"Hello!" "Hello!" "Hello!"

The Gathering of All Rivers and Seas Seafood Restaurant seafood restaurant was considered one of the top five restaurants in the city.

These locals knew about it. They were a bit surprised to see Yang Qi, this fisherman, on such familiar terms with Yu Dafu.

"Where are the big Rockfish? Take me to see them!"

Yang Qi found it a little amusing to see Yu Dafu finally unable to keep up the pretense.

So he led everyone into the courtyard, pointing to the two large water tanks on the trishaw, "They're right there!"

Yu Dafu rushed over to see the fish, taking big strides.

"A laugh in the vast sea, the surging tides on both banks..." Yang Qi's phone rang.

Yu Dafu noticeably paused.

Yang Qi pulled out his phone and saw that Zhang Jun was calling.

He immediately answered: "Hello ~ Brother Jun!"

Yu Dafu let out a sigh of relief.

Yang Qi pointed to the phone, looked at Bai Xue and Bai Lang, and gestured to Yu Dafu. The two nodded and went to greet him.

"I've been busy moving these past two days! Weren't you busy with clients these past two days? I didn't want to disturb you. I didn't have much luggage anyway.

I've moved to Qingshan Town. What? You're in Qingshan Town right now. Do you want to come over? Okay, okay.

I'm in Baijiawan Village. I'll send you the location.

Oh, by the way! Yu Ge is here too. Yes, it's him. He came to collect the fish. Okay, then I'm hanging up!"

With that, he hung up the phone and sent Zhang Jun his location.

He walked over to Yu Dafu's side and saw them starting to sort the fish. The water was basically all drained.

The method was simple: weigh each fish, roughly separate them by size, and start with the largest. The largest weighed 0.56 jin. This meant none exceeded 0.6 jin.

Then, while weighing, they found the fish closest to 0.5 jin and measured its size.

That meant all fish exceeding that size were 0.5 jin or more. They were all put into one box, and later they would just count how many there were, because these were sold by the piece.

By analogy, the same was done for those above four liang!

It was too damn troublesome!

Fortunately, the people Yu Dafu brought were quite professional. Their eyesight was also very accurate. They brought many fish baskets.

Bai Xue and Bai Lang only needed to record the weights and supervise!

The fish were too small individually and too numerous, making it extremely troublesome.

Sure enough, before the three liang fish were even sorted, Zhang Jun arrived with a handsome young man.

"My brother, this is Tang Long, from the capital."

"A Long, this is Yang Qi!"

The two shook hands and greeted each other!

Yang Qi then introduced Bai Xue and the others to Zhang Jun. It was another round of individual introductions.

"This is Bai Xue, my friend, this is her father, Uncle Bai, and this is her younger brother, Bai Lang."

Then he introduced: "This is Zhang Jun from Shenglong Group in the city, my Brother Jun. This is Tang Long from the capital."

Shenglong Group was one of the top three leading enterprises in the city, and the others had long heard of it. They all greeted each other.

Bai Xue was very happy that Yang Qi introduced his friends to her.

The two young masters also did not, just because Bai Xue was beautiful, rely on their wealth and power to fall for a beauty and engage in a melodramatic love triangle.

They only marveled at Bai Xue's beauty and Yang Qi's sheer luck!

The two were also idle, standing aside, eagerly watching everyone sort the fish catch.

Bai Xue also secretly told Yang Qi to invite Zhang Jun and the others to her house for dinner later. Yang Qi thought about it and agreed!

Since fish under two liang didn't need to be sorted, the speed was much faster, and it was over in no time.

None of the fish weighing 5 liang or more were dead.

There were 55 in total.

4 liang – 5 liang

Live: 39 in total,

Dead: 12

3 liang – 4 liang

Live: 85

Dead: 42

Live fish above two liang totaled 13 jin.

Yang Qi stopped Yu Dafu, who was about to calculate the money, and said: "Yu Ge, hold on with the calculation!"

Yu Dafu looked bewildered: "What's going on? Is he planning to ask for an exorbitant price?"