95: Characteristics of Fisherman

The setting sail slowly sailed into the training center's dock.

From afar, Zhang Jun and others were seen standing on the dock, and Bai Xue's parents also came to meet the ship.

As soon as the fishing boat docked, Zhang Jun, Zhang Fei, Chen Tianming, and Bai Dahai and his wife successively boarded the ship.

"Oh, Uncle and Auntie, you've worked hard!" Zhang Jun was the first to greet Yang Dad and Mother Yang.

"A Jun, you've arrived! Not hard, not hard at all. Let me tell you..."

Yang Dad, not to be outdone, took the cigarette Zhang Jun offered, lit it, and began to show off.

"I didn't expect Dad to have the characteristics of a fishing enthusiast!"

Zhang Jun finally suffered a "magic attack." The boomerangs "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" hit him.

Yang Qi watched from the side, chuckling.

Yang Dad led the group to visit the freezer. The first thing that caught everyone's eye were the dozen or so Tuna.

Everyone witnessed the scene of a full hold of big catches, filled with endless admiration!

Yang Dad focused on introducing his Bigeye Tuna, vividly recounting his mental journey of fishing at the time, how the Tuna struggled, how calmly he handled it, and how he finally subdued it.

"It's a pity you all couldn't come along!"

The others could only listen, somewhat dejectedly. What could they do? He was an elder, and they had to be polite.

Bai Dahai was also speechless, secretly regretting that he hadn't known and gone to work those days.

Yang Qi found it amusing to watch, but still stepped forward to rescue everyone.

"Alright! Dad, let's chat later when there's time. Let's unload the goods first."

The workers following Chen Tianming immediately began to use the crane to lift the fish onto the shore.

The group then went to the live fish hold and saw boxes of various snails, as well as large abalones and sea cucumbers.

"These big abalones are really big!"

"Big oysters, wild big oysters!"

"These large sea cucumbers are quite rare!"

"Holy cow, isn't this that thing! Goose Barnacles! Delicacies from hell!"

Everyone exclaimed in admiration, talking over each other.

Chen Tianming immediately said, "Yang Qi, this batch of goods is truly top-notch! Give it all to me!"

"That won't do, I need to keep some," Yang Qi said.

"Keep what? Sell it all to me. These large wild sea cucumbers are 300 yuan each, Goose Barnacles are 2500 yuan per jin, and live abalones around one jin are 3000 yuan each. Wild big oysters also fetch a high price."

Chen Tianming didn't want to give up; such good goods were rare and definitely sought after.

Zhang Jun and Zhang Fei were also no longer calm. Originally, when Yang Qi said he'd give them some good stuff, they were a bit indifferent.

Now that they knew the quality of these items, their hearts itched. Even if they had to pay, they wanted a share.

"You're kidding! A Ming, give me a share."

Zhang Fei immediately disagreed. The group started chattering again.

"Alright! I already have a plan. The sea cucumbers, oysters, and Goose Barnacles won't be sold. I'll also keep some of the big abalones. You all can share the rest."

Yang Qi interrupted them.

Chen Tianming could only give up.

Yang Dad also greatly praised Yang Qi's approach.

Yang Qi also asked Zhang Jun to take a portion to Chairman Zhang.

He also kept two portions for himself, one for Bai Dahai, and one for himself. Of course, he had to keep a bit more of the big oysters that his Dad liked.

Not too many of these seafood items were caught. Yang Qi originally planned to keep some for himself and give the rest away.

Regardless of the price, if he wanted to sell them, he could just go to Endless Island for more stock in the future.

After these fish boxes were successively loaded onto Chen Tianming's vehicle, the group saw the dense variety of Groupers in the live fish hold.

"Groupers under five jin are not for sale," Yang Qi added.

"Ah! Why? You can keep a few for yourself to eat. There are still quite a lot here!" Chen Tianming asked.

"My Dad loves to eat Grouper. I'll keep them in the big fish tank at home. When he wants to eat, he can just scoop one out. Convenient!"

Yang Qi said with a smile,

"My big fish tank at home is still empty!"

"Besides, if you all ever come to my house for dinner, I should at least have some fish to entertain you, right? I'm a fishing enthusiast; my house can't possibly be without fish!"

"Fishing enthusiasts, Never Empty Army!"

"Holy cow!" "Holy cow!"

"He's even shouting slogans!"

The group was also speechless and couldn't refute him. Hadn't they seen Yang Qi always return with a full load?

"Come, come, come! Let me open your eyes again! Hehehe!"

Yang Qi grinned and carried a large box out of the freezer.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, he opened the box. It was covered with a layer of crushed ice. Beneath the crushed ice were fish wrapped in black cloth.

"Could it be Large Yellow Croaker!" Chen Tianming thought of Yang Qi mentioning Large Yellow Croaker.

"Hehehe!" Yang Qi chuckled, not answering. He slowly unwrapped the black cloth, revealing a golden-yellow fish body.

"Ladies and gentlemen, a golden legend!"

"A golden legend!"

"Large Yellow Croaker!"

Everyone let out sounds of admiration.

"Everyone! There aren't many, just about 12. All of them were caught by my Mom! Surprised, aren't you?"

Yang Qi said with a touch of Versailles.

"Oh my! Auntie is so lucky, amazing, truly amazing! I haven't caught a single Large Yellow Croaker even after fishing until today!"

Otherwise, why say Zhang Jun has high emotional intelligence? He offered a very appropriate and timely compliment.

"Auntie is truly amazing!" "No wonder Yang Qi is so capable; it seems he inherited it from his parents!"

These guys were all shrewd; a few compliments later, Mother Yang was grinning from ear to ear.

Yang Qi scooped the smaller Groupers, those under five jin, into his live fish tank, planning to take them home to raise later.

After several rounds of jokes and playful banter, their relationship with Yang Dad and Mother Yang became much closer.

"I won't give you the Large Yellow Croaker, but one Redtail Bird each."

Although the group were all people who weren't short on money, a gift from a friend was different. They would simply return the favor with a substantial gift later.

Reciprocity, reciprocity, refers to the mutual exchange between friends. It's like, if you show me an inch of respect, I'll show you a foot.

Between two friends, if you don't have the ability to reciprocate, my personal advice is not to accept the gift. Otherwise, after two or three times, the friendship between them will fade.

Saying things like 'sending a goose feather a thousand miles, the gift is light but the sentiment is heavy.' Isn't that nonsense? How can you return such a gift? Do you send back a goose feather, or a whole goose?

Of course, the original anecdote wasn't about sending a goose feather; it was just that the goose ran away on the way.

Later, before Zhang Jun left, Yang Dad gave him a Large Yellow Croaker. He said to take it home for Zhang Dad to taste and thanked him for taking care of Yang Qi.

These were gifts between the older generation.

During weighing, Bai Xue still followed Chen Tianming's workers, keeping accounts.

Finally, the group grandly arrived at Chen Tianming's business.