Xiang Yang obviously didn't want to talk too much with an outsider, so he said directly to Fatty Liu: "If you buy all the swimming crabs on my boat by yourself, I will give you 125 per catty without saying a word. If you only want 200 catties, I will have to find a buyer myself later. The price must be at least 130 per catty."
"The wholesale price of something that costs 70 or 80 yuan per pound in the market is 130 yuan?" The older sister thought Xiang Yang was crazy.
Fatty Liu's eyes lit up, "Okay, then 131 kilograms, but you have to choose for me."
"Okay, no problem." Xiang Yang agreed readily.
The fishmongers at the back immediately refused to accept the offer. "Can I choose the fish myself at wholesale? No, no, captain, I'll pay 132, but you let me choose first."
"Get lost! I have already discussed this with the captain. Besides, I don't even want any of the half-pound ones." Fatty Liu said as if he was going to bite someone.
The elder sister felt that her brain was completely at a loss. The price offered by the unscrupulous businessman was obviously very high, so why did these people still seem to be fighting for it
Besides, don’t all these crabs look exactly the same
What are you picking
Xiang Yang probably guessed what these fishmongers were thinking, "It's all the same, the swimming crabs on my boat weigh four taels each, so it doesn't matter whether you pick them first or last."
The fishmongers disagreed, and told the fishmongers to choose first, or not to choose at all.
Xiang Yang also felt a headache, but since he had already promised Fatty Liu, how could he go back on his word
In the end, Xiang Yang insisted on letting Fatty Liu choose first. As for the rest of the people, they could no longer choose and could only come to be weighed in order.
Fatty Liu was of course very happy, the rest of the fishmongers glared at him, and the eldest sister found it incredible.
There were hundreds of foam boxes, and Fatty Liu looked at them one by one. From time to time, he took out a swimming crab from one of them and smiled from ear to ear.
The elder sister sneaked up to a fishmonger who had a heartbroken expression on his face and whispered, "Brother, is there anything different about those swimming crabs?"
The fishmonger glanced at the elder sister and said with a curled lip, "You'll know if you go to the barbecue stand over there."
The older sister walked to Fatty Liu's barbecue stall with full of doubts in her heart.
"Beauty, what would you like to eat?" Fatty Liu was no longer in front of the barbecue stall, and a waiter asked enthusiastically.
The older sister looked carefully at the swimming crabs in the huge glass cabinet next to Fatty Liu's barbecue stall.
There were four kinds of swimming crabs in the glass cabinet. The first kind weighed 2 taels each and was priced at 68 yuan each. The second kind weighed 2.5 taels each and was priced at 98 yuan each. The third kind weighed 3 taels each and was priced at 128 yuan each. The fourth kind weighed 4 taels each and was priced at 198 yuan each.
The lady suddenly raised her head and asked, "Why are your swimming crabs so expensive? Is anyone willing to buy them?"
"Boss, give me four 2.5-liang ones." At this time, a couple came over and shouted.
Someone buying it is better than any answer.
The older sister immediately swallowed her saliva and swallowed back all the words she was about to say. She thought of what she had said to the bald man, and her face suddenly turned blue and red. It turned out that the other man was the expert, and she was the real old hat.
On the other side, Xiang Yang was counting the cash.
All the swimming crabs have been sold, including the more than 100 kilograms that weighed half a kilogram each, a total of 276,000 were sold.
The harvest was very gratifying, but what surprised Xiang Yang was that this time the fishmongers did not transfer all the money to Xiang Yang, but more than 100,000 was paid in cash. To be honest, Xiang Yang had sold fish many times, but this was the first time he had so much cash on him at one time.
But it is understandable that strictly speaking, those who came to collect swimming crabs this time were not legitimate fishmongers. Most of them were owners of nearby restaurants and barbecue stalls, and they had huge cash flow.
Xiang Yang carried such a huge sum of money on him, so he didn't dare to stay here for too long. He took his men back to the boat and set sail immediately without even eating.
When they got on the boat, the crew members immediately became excited, "Captain, you've made a fortune this time. These swimming crabs are so valuable."
"You think you've made a fortune with just two hundred thousand. Look at what you've achieved." Xiang Yang pretended to be angry.
"Brother Yang, this is not what I'm happy about." Fang Youqun winked and said, "Did you notice the look on that older sister's face before? Hahaha, her face turned blue."
Xiang Yang smiled and shook his head, then distributed all the red envelopes he had promised to give to everyone.
The crew members received the red envelopes and were all very happy.
"Captain, why didn't you send it out earlier? If you had sent it out when we were on shore just now, I could have bought a few boxes of beer and celebrated tonight." Chen Qingsheng spoke while counting the money.
"Hey! Captain, did you give me two hundred dollars more?" Chen Qingsheng suddenly raised his head and asked.
"I also have an extra two hundred dollars."
"Me too."
The crew members looked at Xiang Yang in surprise.
"The extra two hundred yuan is also my red envelope for you. I told you long ago that as long as I make money, I will never treat any of you unfairly. As for why I gave it to you only after you got on the boat, it's because I don't want you to drink alcohol. You don't have to worry about getting gout when you eat seafood and drink beer." Xiang Yang said unhappily.
Chen Qingsheng hid the money immediately after hearing what Xiang Yang said. He chuckled and said, "We made a profit this time. Didn't I buy some wine to celebrate?"
"Yes, Captain, how can you not drink when you make money?"
Xiang Yang smiled at everyone and said, "Since you all like drinking so much, I will bring a truckload of beer with me next time I go out to sea so that you can drink as much as you want. When you all get gout from drinking, I will make seafood hotpot every day. I like eating seafood hotpot with people who have gout or are allergic to seafood the most."
"Don't worry, Captain."
The crew members immediately burst into howling ghosts and wolves.
Of course, what Xiang Yang said was a joke, but beer and seafood are not a good combination. Eating too much can easily cause gout or seafood allergy.
When Xiang Yang was in college, there was a classmate in his class who would go out to eat seafood every weekend and drink several bottles of beer every time. Suddenly one day he became allergic to seafood. Many people found it incredible at the time. He used to eat seafood, so why didn’t he have an allergy to it before
Later, Xiang Yang and his classmates' instructor learned about this and gave them a special lesson in class. From then on, Xiang Yang knew that one cannot drink beer when eating seafood.
Xiang Yang had two boxes of Zhenguoli taken out from the cabin and gave each person a bottle. "We were originally planning to eat crab stewed in garlic paste tonight, but Chen Qingsheng is too honest. He didn't even leave me any swimming crabs when I asked him to move them. Should we make sturgeon soup tonight?"