After chatting with Xiang Yang for a few words, Fatty Zuo's heart was as anxious as a cat's scratch and had already flown to Qinglongwan. He hurriedly said goodbye to Xiang Yang and ran towards the beach.
Xiang Yang didn't care and walked towards his home with a big bag of sea cucumbers. The temperature on land was high, so the sea cucumbers had to be prepared quickly, otherwise they would melt in a while.
Along the way, Xiang Yang enjoyed the envious gazes of the villagers. Even at the purchase price in the town, several thousand yuan was not a small amount of money in Yanlong Village.
When she returned home, Xiang's mother, who was stringing shells, saw the large bundle of sea cucumbers, her eyes immediately lit up and she was overjoyed.
Then, when Xiang Yang said he wanted to keep two for himself, he immediately became unhappy. "Such ugly sea caterpillars are disgusting. How can they be delicious? After you cook them, ask your father to sell them on the street, and buy two kilograms of lychees at the same time."
How could Xiang's mother bear to eat something that costs hundreds of yuan per pound? This is not eating food, but eating her life! As for the fact that it looks like a caterpillar and is disgusting? Nonsense, who grew up by the sea doesn't know that sea cucumbers are a delicacy
Xiang Yang looked at his mother who was carefully preparing the sea cucumber and smiled bitterly, but said nothing. The family was indeed too poor. This kind of food cost thousands of yuan per pound, not to mention his mother. If it weren't for the change in his mentality after getting the mysterious jade shell, Xiang Yang himself would definitely not be willing to eat it. However, Xiang Yang was unable to complain about his mother's suggestion to buy two pounds of lychees.
The method of preparing sea cucumbers is not difficult. Just remove the internal organs, clean them and cook them in boiling water, then add an appropriate amount of coarse salt to marinate them, and finally hang them in a cool and ventilated place to dry. However, it will be more troublesome for consumers to re-soak them in water when they buy them back.
While cooking, Xiang's mother muttered, "There are so many sea worms. This is a big deal. I'll ask your father not to go out tomorrow and go to town to negotiate the price with those seafood collectors."
Xiang Yang's father was also a fisherman, but as fishery resources dried up, he had to find another way to make a living, often taking odd jobs outside. Now he helps someone look after a lychee orchard, earning 70 yuan a day. The work is quite easy, mainly to prevent people with dirty hands and feet from picking lychees, and he also has to help pick lychees, but the income is not very high.
Xiang's mother had made a good calculation. The price of sea cucumbers fluctuated greatly. If she went to two more purchasing points and negotiated a good price for ten kilograms of sea cucumbers, the price would definitely be more than 70 yuan.
Xiang Yang smiled. If he really sold these sea cucumbers in the town for 300-400 yuan per kilogram, his university classmates and teachers would laugh at him to death. Xiang Yang took two photos with his old Honor 4 and went back to the house. "Mom, I won't sell these sea cucumbers in the town. I'll find someone to buy them online."
Mother Xiang was a little wary. "Online? The courier lost the shells once before. These are not your shells. They are worth thousands of dollars. They won't be lost on the way, right?"
"No way! If it's lost on the way, the courier company will compensate you." Xiang Yang comforted his mother with a smile, then went into his room.
Xiang Yang has been doing shell wind chime business online for a year and has accumulated a lot of customers. He also has his own user base and knows some bosses who like to collect shells. He sent photos and information to his customer base and friends circle, which immediately attracted waves of exclamations.
“A live sea cucumber is as thick as an arm?”
"Sea cucumbers are really good stuff. I bought some for my boss during the Chinese New Year last year. They cost more than 2,000 yuan per pound."
"Hiss, two thousand yuan a pound? Goodbye!"
"The one I bought is much smaller than this one, so it must be wild. These are so plump, they must be farmed, so they may not be that expensive!"
"I can tell you're ignorant. Look at the tentacles. They're clearly wild and top quality. The dried stuff that costs two thousand yuan a pound must be farmed."
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There were exclamations from the user group, but not many people asked about the price. Sea cucumbers have always been extremely precious and not something that ordinary people can afford.
Xiang Yang was not in a hurry. In addition to some ordinary customers who joined the group by purchasing wind chimes, there were also some wealthy "expert" shell players. Wild sea cucumbers have always been priceless, and many wealthy people are eyeing them through various channels, so there is no worry about not being able to sell them.
Li Chao is a senior shell "expert". He has been active in various shell and ornamental fish trading groups over the years. He also owns a big hotel and is considered to be wealthy.
Since joining Xiang Yang's shell user group, Li Chao has never spoken a word and has never purchased any shells. The reason is that the shells Xiang Yang provided before were not to Li Chao's liking. However, Li Chao often peeked at the screen in his spare time.
Today, Li Chao took a look at various groups as usual, trying to see if he could find any good stuff.
After looking at all the groups, Li Chao felt calm.
Suddenly, Li Chao, who was sitting in the office, felt his hands tremble and his eyes widen.
"Sea cucumbers, and wild ones of the best quality!" Li Chao was immediately excited. Although these were not the shells he liked, they were what he urgently needed. His hotel was a high-end hotel. Although the catering business was not his main profit project, it was still a huge profit component of his hotel.
However, the high-end seafood in the market nowadays is in short supply, and the supply is tight and there is no way to get the goods. For high-end seafood such as yellow croaker and bluefin tuna, many high-end hotels have set up a special department. The people in this department do nothing all year round but keep an eye on the various shipping channels of these high-end products. As soon as the goods appear, they will fly over to buy them up, just like a war.
Although this wild sea cucumber is not as precious as yellow croaker and bluefin tuna, it is also a rare high-end food ingredient.
Without saying anything, Li Chao immediately chatted with Xiang Yang privately, offering to pay 5,000 yuan per kilogram to buy all the sea cucumbers in Xiang Yang's hands.
Xiang Yang was slightly surprised when he heard the price. Although he had known for a long time that wild sea cucumbers were very precious, he was still shocked when he heard the price. When he was in college, a rich second-generation in his class hosted a birthday party and a two-pound lobster cost more than four thousand yuan. Xiang Yang thought it was already a sky-high price. This sea cucumber was even more expensive than that lobster.
Through the conversation on Penguin, Li Chao learned that Xiang Yang was in Longcheng City and immediately said that these sea cucumbers did not need to be processed and should be frozen in the refrigerator. His people would come to collect them tonight.
Xiang Yang was naturally happy to have some free time, so he agreed immediately.
As soon as the transaction was completed, Xiang Yang's mobile phone began to ring with message reminders one after another.
It turned out that although most of the people in the group did not have the purchasing power, they somehow spread the news. All of a sudden, the guys who were specifically waiting in the purchasing departments of big hotels came to find them.
When they learned that the transaction had been completed, they all expressed their regret and told Xiang Yang to look for them first next time he had good goods.