Chapter 175: Chapter 162: Hitching a Ride on a Boat
If it were really Lei’s Emperor Fish, no big deal, it might be at least two ters long and weigh seventy to eighty kilograms. The minimum price could be over two hundred per kilo, starting from at least ten thousand yuan for a single fish.
However, this kind of fish usually appears in waters at least three hundred ters deep. If encountered near the shore or inshore areas, one must be cautious, as it might indicate an impending earthquake.
As for the other catches, Chu Mingcheng moved them inside the pilot house and left them there. First, he took a shower, then he went to the market to buy vegetables before returning to the residential complex.
Upon entering Jiang Luoluo’s ho, he found she was indeed getting ready to prepare breakfast.
Seeing Chu Mingcheng with vegetables in hand, Jiang Luoluo said directly, “Ah Cheng, you don’t need to prepare lunch today. I can cook now, so I’ll make my own lunch from now on!”
His favorites were deep sea fish, Groupers, and Golden Spearfish, all hard to co by near the shore. He definitely wouldn’t have the patience to stay inshore for months.
“I’ll still go learn fishing and hunting first. Then, when I co to Xia City, I’ll check the scenario!”
“Alright, I’ll send you the diving club’s information in Qiongzhou and the contact details of the instructor.”
It was perfect that Chen Yang and Zhang Wei were learning to dive together. They didn’t need to find another diving partner, which would’ve been a hassle otherwise.
Especially in his case, having a diving partner would definitely complicate things.
After hanging up, Chu Mingcheng sent over the details and called Lu Zheqiang, informing him that his two friends were coming over to learn fishing and hunting.
Lu Zheqiang warmly welcod the news, promising to arrange everything for them, and ntioned that the spear gun had already been shipped yesterday and would arrive this afternoon.
“Are you sure? I’m worried you might find it troubleso and end up ordering takeout again.”
“No way, I just didn’t have confidence in my cooking skills before, but now I’m quite confident. Besides, you’re going out to sea every day, so it’s better for you to leave early.”
Seeing that Jiang Luoluo was earnest and not just pretending or probing, Chu Mingcheng finally nodded hesitantly, “Alright then, it’s indeed better to head out to sea early when fishing.”
“Oh, how was your catch yesterday? I’m still choreographing today; do you want to co with you out to sea?”
Chu Mingcheng almost agreed but then suddenly rembered the catches from last night still on his boat and quickly declined, “No need, no need. You just focus on your choreography at ho. It’s easy to get disturbed with out at sea.”
“Then, after I finish shooting the video and have so rest, I’ll join you!”
“Sure, I’ll start shooting in five days,” Jiang Luoluo didn’t insist, as the video had already been delayed by a day and she couldn’t afford further disruptions.
After breakfast, Chu Mingcheng returned to the harbor.
First, he loaded the catches from last night into the truck. The Emperor Fish were put in one fish box, the crab claws all tied with rubber bands, and the live sea bream in another fish box.
All the Swordfish he took were more than three fingers wide. The smaller ones stayed on the boat for lunch, with one to eat and the rest to be used as bait.
Though the shrimp traps caught nothing special, combined with so unsellable fish caught with the rod, Chu Mingcheng didn’t need to spend extra on bait.
Swordfish are a high-demand seafood, greatly needed by the Seafood Restaurant.
They have to buy so Swordfish at the market daily, but those are net-caught, whereas rod-caught are obviously more popular.
Swordfish three fingers wide were priced at sixty per kilo and four fingers wide at eighty today. The price wasn’t as high as in Wen City, but it was still good. He sold a total for five thousand two hundred.
Swordfish are highly popular too, small but still all wanted by the Seafood Restaurant.
The price was seventy per kilo, amounting to twenty-one kilos and five taels, sold for one thousand five hundred.
Add the crabs from yesterday, totaling thirty-two kilos, sold for two thousand eight hundred.
The main issue was male crabs, which were cheaper; even hefty ones didn’t reach a hundred per kilo.
The sea bream, eight of them, were sold for nine hundred and fifty. The total value of the overnight catch indeed surpassed ten thousand, making all his hard work and use of Life Transformation worth it.
Just as Chu Mingcheng finished selling the fish and returned to the harbor, Chen Yang made a phone call.
“Ah Cheng, Ah Wei and I are planning to learn fishing and hunting. Where did you learn before? Is the instruction any good, and how much are the fees?”
“You two are planning to learn fishing and hunting?”
Chu Mingcheng was surprised; it seed these two were set on keeping pace with him!
“Yeah, I’ve already arranged for soone to manage my shop. I’m going to Xia City in a few days to order a boat, then off to Qiongzhou to learn fishing and hunting.”
It seed Chen Yang was serious. He was even planning to order a boat.
But if he were to order a boat, even if the shipyard had a ready hull, it wouldn’t actually hit the water until the fishing ban period next year was over.
However, they were coming to Xia City after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month next year. There were several months till the fishing ban, and it’s questionable if they could wait that long with their impatience.
Moreover, his boat wasn’t made for the far sea; they might grow bored of playing inshore after a while.
Thus, Chu Mingcheng thought of second-hand boats. If Chen Yang didn’t mind, buying a second-hand boat was obviously a better deal.
“Chen Yang, do you mind second-hand boats?”
“Second-hand?” Chen Yang also paused for a mont, “I wouldn’t rule them out. You’re suggesting it; there must be a reason, right?”
“New boats probably won’t be ready until next year’s fishing ban period. Can you wait? My boat can’t go to the far sea, so we can’t catch deep sea fish or encounter Golden Spearfish or Flagfish.”
“Uh…” Hearing this, Chen Yang really hesitated.
Chu Mingcheng was sowhat eager at the news. With a spear gun capable of hunting large fish, he might be able to join Wei Jiaguo on his boat for a venture into farther seas to chase bigger fish.
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