The matter of the leatherback turtle came to an end.
Before leaving, Xiang Yang asked Professor Chen Yu whether the diving suit he was currently using could insulate electric current. After receiving a positive answer from Professor Chen Yu, Xiang Yang submitted an order without hesitation.
Soon, Li Chao's men drove over and Xiang Yang said goodbye to Professor Chen.
When Li Chao sent someone to send Xiang Yang back to the Sea Exhibition Hall, Chen Qingsheng and others were already waiting there. As soon as they saw Xiang Yang, they immediately surrounded him.
Xiang Yang naturally knew that they were full of doubts, so he quickly took the lead and said, "I'll talk about my business after I get back. What about you? Do you have anything else to say?"
Chen Qingsheng and Fang Youqun both shook their heads to indicate that they were fine.
Xiang Yang said: "Since everything is fine, let's find a restaurant to eat something and then go back."
"Wait." Xiang Hui said, "Second brother, Wu Shiwen has also come to Longcheng City."
"Wu Shiwen?" Xiang Yang asked doubtfully, "He also came to the Ocean Exhibition Hall?"
"No, but it's not far away. There's a seafood market not far behind the Ocean Exhibition Hall. He's setting up a stall in front of the seafood market."
Xiang Yang remembered and said with a smile: "He is selling pearl oysters, right?"
"Second brother, since we are here, why not take a look?" Xiang Hui said anxiously.
Xiang Hui had already found out through Fang Youqun and Chen Qingsheng that the pearl oysters that Wu Shiwen was selling now were provided by Xiang Yang. Pearls were produced inside the oyster shells, and even if a clam was sold for a hundred yuan, there would be a lot of people rushing to buy it.
Xiang Hui previously made some money by purchasing large lobsters from the neighboring village. Now, since he can no longer purchase large lobsters from the three seafood vendors in the town, he has set his sights on purchasing pearl oysters.
"Then let's go and take a look." Xiang Yang thought that since he had nothing else to do, it would be a good idea to go and see the first person under his command who became the leader himself.
Xiang Hui immediately opened the car door, got in first, and shouted to Chen Qingsheng, "Old Chen, drive!"
Hey, this kid directly treats Chen Qingsheng as his private car driver.
Chen Qingsheng smiled and shook his head. He didn't bother with Xiang Hui and sat directly in the driver's seat.
Xiang Yang said with a straight face: "How disrespectful! Can you call me Lao Chen?"
Xiang Hui immediately backed off, "Am I kidding?"
"Okay, it's okay." Chen Qingsheng said with a smile: "Just call me Lao Chen. I feel closer to him when he speaks to me."
"Old Chen?" Fang Youqun shouted immediately.
"Get lost." Chen Qingsheng raised his hand and slapped Fang Youqun.
Chen Qingsheng quickly dodged and said aggrievedly: "Why is it that when he calls you Lao Chen, he means he is close to you, but when I call you Lao Chen, I mean get lost?"
Just because his brother is my boss, Chen Qingsheng thought. Of course, he couldn't say this in front of Xiang Yang. Chen Qingsheng said with a straight face, "Because I don't want to get close to you."
"Okay." Xiang Yang was amused by these people and said directly: "Master Chen, let's go directly to the seafood market."
"Okay." Chen Qingsheng, Xiang Yang and the others got into the car, fastened their seat belts, stepped on the accelerator and drove towards the vegetable market.
When they arrived at the entrance of the seafood market and the van couldn't drive in, Xiang Yang took Xiang Hui and Fang Youqun out to walk, while Chen Qingsheng stayed in the car to avoid encountering the traffic police.
Chen Qingsheng didn't care. He was not very interested in pearl oysters. He just wanted to lie down in the car for a while and smoke a cigarette. However, he reminded Xiang Yang not to stay too long, otherwise even if there were people in the car, the traffic police would come and issue a ticket, and in serious cases, the car would be towed away.
Xiang Yang nodded naturally, and took Xiang Hui and the others to quickly walk into the seafood market.
"Boss, oysters, look at the fresh oysters?"
"Boss, would you like some swimming crabs? They are big and delicious."
"Wild cobia just caught from the shore is only 40 yuan per pound..."
As Xiang Yang walked by, vendors on both sides immediately started shouting. This seafood market was not much different from an ordinary vegetable market, except that the vegetable market sold pork and vegetables, while the seafood market sold seafood.
Xiang Hui looked around as he walked, "It's really lively, Fangzi, aren't those squids and scallops? Why are there people selling those? Will anyone buy them?"
Fang Youqun didn't really understand, "I think so. It might be specially for people without money."
"You two know nothing." Xiang Yang glared at the two people behind him, "If you don't know, stop talking nonsense."
"Huh?" Xiang Hui said in a strange voice: "Brother, how could I not know about squid and scallops? I'm tired of eating those things. No one would pick them up if they were thrown away as garbage on the beach."
"I didn't say you don't know about squid and scallops, I said you don't know the price of squid and scallops." Xiang Yang whispered.
Xiang Hui was confused, "Very valuable?"
Just then they passed by a seafood stall, and as if to answer Xiang Hui's words, "Cuttlefish, big cuttlefish is 60 yuan per catty, boss, do you want to take one back to make chicken soup?"
"I..." Xiang Hui almost swallowed the words he wanted to breathe.
"Boss, would you like a cuttlefish?" The vendor's eyes immediately lit up.
"I don't want it." Xiang Hui felt his heart was bleeding. This thing could be seen everywhere on the beach and no one would pick it up if it was thrown away!
Sixty yuan per pound? Xiang Hui felt like he had lost a mountain of gold.
"It's not a pity." Xiang Yang said, "In fact, cuttlefish is rarely cooked and eaten alone. It is usually used as a seasoning when making chicken soup. Therefore, the market demand for it is actually very small. Most merchants are unwilling to sell it, so it can maintain this price."
What Xiang Yang didn't say is that the further inland you go, the more expensive the cuttlefish becomes. In places like the two lakes, a two-pound dried cuttlefish can even cost several hundred yuan. Of course, the sales volume is also not large. Merchants often throw sacks of moldy dried cuttlefish into the river. In the early years, some elderly people in some inland rural areas often picked up moldy cuttlefish. In the words of the elderly, the matter on the cuttlefish is not mold, but salt, and it can be eaten after washing.
Therefore, cuttlefish has always been the seafood that buyers are most reluctant to purchase, so it is natural for coastal villagers to treat cuttlefish as garbage.
The entire seafood market has four entrances in the east, south, west and north.
Xiang Yang and his friends entered through the west entrance.
The west entrance is the shortest intersection with the least traffic, and only a few vendors have their wares displayed on the ground.
The south entrance is a long alley. On the east side of the alley are low-rise houses, and on the west side are rows of magnificently decorated high-rise buildings.
Xiang Yang and his companions entered from the west entrance, passed through the crowded seafood market and arrived at the south entrance where they saw Wu Shiwen at a glance. He had placed two large fish baskets on the ground, both of which were filled with clam shells larger than the palm of an hand. Next to the two fish baskets was a large glass bottle filled with many beautiful pearls.
When Xiang Yang saw Wu Shiwen, he was shouting hard, "Do you see these pearls? These are all natural pearls, all opened from these clams. The pearl production rate of these clams is very high. If you can open a good pearl, you will make a fortune."