Chapter 222
When the fish was carried into the collection station hall, Father Chen’s first reaction was to ask them to pull down the door.
“Oh my God, this is the first time I have seen such a big money fish. If two ships collided with each other at the same time, one of the people on the ship would probably not be able to come back.”
There are many names for yellow-lip fish. In Fujian and Guangdong, it is called golden fish, big gull, and white flower. In Zhejiang Province, it is called yellow sweet fish.
Zhao Qin smiled and didn’t answer. After unloading the fish, Zhao Ping and Ahe drove away again. They needed to clean up the ship and pull back all the cages.
“Brother, take the ground cage and go home first.”
“knew.”
Seeing the two of them riding away, Chen’s father asked again: “How did you get such a big fish and it was dead when you found it?”
Zhao Qin did not hide anything, so he told the story of how yesterday he and his elder brother were pulled into the water and the pole was dragged, and today the other party entangled him in longlining again.
Father Chen was stunned for a moment, then pointed at him and said to his son: “Look, this is wealth. This big fish should be Aqin’s. If it runs away, it can knock it back.”
“Dad, how much do you think it weighs?”
“It’s about 155 pounds. Come on, help me weigh it.”
The three of them were about to weigh themselves, but Chen’s mother and Chen Dong’s wife also heard the excitement and came down to take a look. They were both surprised to see such a big tail.
“This fish is not in the mood to talk nonsense.” Chen’s father confessed.
Chen Dong brought a pallet, put it on the scale and peeled it first, then the three of them worked together to lift the fish onto the pallet.
Seeing the displayed data, Zhao Qin couldn’t help but give Chen’s father a thumbs up, “Uncle, your eyes are like scales.”
The weight displayed on the electronic scale is 78.2. This is a kilogram scale. When converted into market pounds, it is 156 pounds and 4 taels. I have to admire Father Chen’s estimate for being accurate.
“Aqin, what are your plans?” Chen Dong grinned. He wanted to be reserved, but he couldn’t suppress the joy in his heart and wanted to laugh. Since this fish has entered the buying station, it can be related to him no matter what. of.
“We’ll discuss it later. Let’s move the fish to the cold storage first. It’s troublesome. We don’t have such a large foam box. Let’s wrap it in plastic sheet first.” Father Chen warned.
Zhao Qin and Chen Dong were busy for a while, and the three of them worked together to put the fish into the warehouse.
After coming out, Chen’s father took the net to catch fish in the big bucket. In a moment, he caught a five- to six-pound air drum fish, put it into a convenient bag, and said to Zhao Qin:
“Call home and ask your eldest brother and Xiao Ahe to stay away and have a drink with me tonight.”
After saying that, he carried the fish and went out. Now Chen’s father and Zhao Qin were not very polite, and there was no psychological burden after catching his fish.
“Brother Dong, let’s weigh the remaining fish first.”
The two began to busy weighing other goods. Even without the yellow-lipped fish, today’s income was enough to make others envious. After all, they were all valuable goods.
The erythema together weighs about 37 kilograms, which is about 320 yuan per kilogram on average. Then there are the rattle snails, two of them are just 7 kilograms, and the price is 280 yuan per kilogram.
The abalone weighs 48 kilograms in total and costs 65 yuan per kilogram. The stone sea bream weighs 71 kilograms in total and costs 50 yuan per kilogram. There are also a bunch of miscellaneous fish, which weighs 100 kilograms in total.
The shrimps (someone reminded me that shrimps and mushrooms are wrong, thank you) can be ignored, and the crabs collected in the ground cage are nearly a hundred kilograms.
“Aqin, I’ll give you this order first, and I’ll deal with the other one later.”
“It’s up to you, Brother Dong.”
After all the calculations, the difference was ten yuan to 27,000 yuan, so Chen Dong naturally chipped in the sum without hesitation.
Just after weighing, the eldest brother and Ah He had already sent the floor cage home and came back. Seeing that the two were settling accounts, they did not interfere and sat aside to rest.
When everything was done, Father Chen came over, carrying several packing boxes in his hand.
“Drink first. It will take some time to finish the skin of the abalone, but the meat is ready. People who have never eaten this thing really don’t know what freshness is.”
Zhao Qin was already hungry, but after hearing what Chen’s father said, his stomach protested even louder. He handed the phone to his eldest brother and asked him to tell his family, and then started to help clean up the clutter on the coffee table.
Chen’s father asked Chen Dong to go upstairs to get wine, and they ate and drank.
Zhao Qin took a piece of puffer fish meat with chopsticks. The moment he entered his mouth, he finally understood why some people would risk their lives to eat puffer fish. It was so delicious.
“Try this piece, it’s fish liver.” Father Chen picked up a piece of meat and put it directly into Zhao Qin’s bowl.
Zhao Qin glanced at it and said with a smile: “Uncle, are you asking me to test the poison for you?”
The liver of puffer fish is extremely poisonous and should not be touched.
Father Chen was so amused by him that he laughed and said, “Eat it, it tastes good.”
Zhao Qin put it into his mouth and tasted it carefully. There was no fishy smell at all. The texture was soft and refreshing at first, then fresh and tender. Of course, you shouldn’t eat too much of this stuff, it’s a bit greasy.
“Aqin, that yellow tail…””Let’s eat and drink first, and talk about business later.” Chen’s father interrupted Chen Dong’s words, because he could see that Zhao Qin was a good eater and also liked food, just like himself.
For people who like to eat food, talking about business while enjoying it is a bit of a blasphemy to food.
“Ah Qin, how about it?”
“Uncle, why don’t we cross out the abalone on the bill and leave it for ourselves? I feel that no matter what the price is, it’s a loss.”
The few people laughed again.
When the wine was almost finished, the restaurant also sent fish skin porridge, and each person served a bowl to drink.
It was chewy, but easy to bite. When chewing, the teeth seemed to stick together, which shows that the collagen content in fish skin is really high.
After a meal, Chen Dong’s wife came down to help clean up the mess, and Chen Dong made tea for them.
“Aqin, put this fish up for auction. In my opinion, if we go there, we will definitely be the first. Moreover, many bosses from Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Taiwan will come. If these people are willing to spend, they will definitely get a good price.”
“Brother Dong, you make the decision. I don’t understand it. Anyway, let’s do it as before. I’ll take 10% as your hard work fee.”
Chen Dong shook his head and said, “Five points, it’s already a lot.”
At this point, he smiled and added, “If the people in the Chamber of Commerce know about this fish, even if you don’t put it up for auction, they will send someone to lobby you.”
“Brother Dong, I don’t care. How you operate is your business. Just don’t push me to the front. I’m not good at talking.”
Hearing him say that he was not good at talking, Chen’s father spit out the tea he had just swallowed, laughing and coughing.
“Brother Dong, when are you free tomorrow?”
“Something?”
“Come with me to look at the land.”
“Okay, I’ll arrange the fish this morning, come over this afternoon, and we’ll go to the site and take a look.”
After the negotiation, the bill was settled, and Zhao Qin and the other two said goodbye.
On the way, the three were in a good mood, and Ah He asked, “Brother, how much do you think that fish can be sold for?”
Zhao Qin still has no clear understanding of the price of yellow croaker. He just thinks that this fish is big and will definitely sell for a good price. As for how high, he doesn’t know, “Brother, what do you think?”
Zhao Ping grinned and said, “I estimate that the price per catty may not be lower than the big yellow croaker sold before.”
“You said it can be sold for nearly 400,000?” Zhao Qin was shocked. The big yellow croaker weighed more than 19 catties and sold for 50,888 yuan. If one catty is calculated as 2,500 yuan, this one weighs 156 catties.
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PS: The yellow croaker seems to have been listed as a second-class protected animal since 2005. The time of protection varies from place to place, so I won’t mention it here. After all, there are still many auction records after 2010.