bookcurios Chapter 91 Great Harvest
Chapter 91 Great Harvest
But Qin Yingxue only hesitated for three seconds before giving up and just picking them up honestly!
Ultrasonic fishing machines are good; they can catch a lot of fish and are not expensive, but they can damage the marine ecosystem.
Looking at the vast sea, Qin Yingxue couldn't bear it.
Fishing robots don't pose this risk, but Qin Yingxue doesn't want to buy one because it's expensive.
She has now discovered that anything related to robots is extremely expensive.
She had already bought a bionic robot named Zhang San, and she felt bad about spending a lot of money to buy another robot in just one day.
Let's hold off for now! We'll talk about it after we've made some money!
After drinking the spiritual spring water, Qin Yingxue felt energetic and began looking for sea cucumbers.
By the time the two had searched the entire area of the sea, the sky was already beginning to lighten.
Because of their great catch, the two sat down on the beach to rest, their faces beaming with excitement.
There were only the two of them in this area of the sea, and Qin Yingxue asked the question that had been on her mind: "Since you have such a good harvest from beachcombing, why do you still need to go to the dock to unload the cargo?"
That's physically demanding work; if you don't have the strength, the boss won't hire you.
And you're talking about making money! Bai Haijian was only sick for two days, but Xiao Haifeng went hungry for two days as well, and they couldn't find a single penny at home.
Qin Yingxue felt heartbroken about this life!
“The seafood we collect is too little; the big bosses who buy seafood don’t even look at it. If we sell it in small quantities, no one will want it. Every household in the village has more seafood than they can eat. We can only sell it to military dependents like my sister-in-law, but even they can’t afford to eat it every day,” Bai Haijian said with a gloomy face.
Qin Yingxue subconsciously wanted to say that she could say "town" or "sea city".
But he didn't have a single penny on him. Was he going to walk there?
The weather is hot now, so seafood won't last long.
You really can't get anywhere without money!
"It's all in the past. Now that Boss Zhang is here, as long as you work hard, you won't go hungry anymore!" Qin Yingxue encouraged.
Bai Haijian's eyes lit up, and he smiled at Qin Yingxue: "All of this is thanks to Auntie."
"Should I thank you for bringing me to the beach? We've been searching for ages and there's not a soul here. Is this your secret base?" Qin Yingxue asked suspiciously.
Bai Haijian's face showed a sad expression: "Grandma told me. It's not that no one in the village knew, but they felt sorry for my grandma because she was old and had to raise my brother and me, so they gave this area to her."
Hearing Bai Haijian say this, Qin Yingxue's heart also grew heavier: "Today's harvest is so great, it must be your grandmother's blessing! We must not let her down!"
Bai Haijian nodded vigorously.
Seeing that they had rested enough, Qin Yingxue secretly released Zhang San.
"It's almost time, let's go home!" Qin Yingxue was the first to stand up.
Bai Haijian followed closely behind, his two wooden buckets and two small net bags tied around his waist were all full.
The two had just walked past the rocks onto the beach when they saw Zhang San walking towards them with a smile.
"Mr. Zhang?" Bai Haijian was quite surprised. "Didn't you say you were coming in the evening?"
"We encountered a beachcombing activity, and knowing you guys would have a great haul, I came early! Well done, young man! A bountiful harvest!"
Zhang San stared at the sea cucumbers and abalone in Bai Haijian's bucket with a gleam in his eyes!
Qin Yingxue clicked her tongue in amazement once again!
Even its eyes are indistinguishable from those of a human; the bionic design is just too realistic!
"Auntie, I didn't pick many abalones, so I'll leave them for you. There are also sea cucumbers; the big ones are for Uncle Song and Auntie to nourish their bodies." Bai Haijian's voice interrupted Qin Yingxue's reverie.
"No need, I have enough abalone and sea cucumbers to eat," Qin Yingxue quickly refused.
She felt uneasy eating the seafood that Bai Haijian had given her, which wasn't even enough to fill her stomach.
"Auntie..." Bai Haijian immediately became anxious.
"Listen to me, if you find any seafood in the sea that your aunt hasn't eaten before, save it for her, okay?" Qin Yingxue said to Bai Haijian with a smile.
Hearing Qin Yingxue say that, Bai Haijian knew there was no point in saying anything more, so he could only secretly resolve to send his aunt large yellow croakers, lobsters, and Neptune groupers in the future...
Of course, to catch these, he needs to go out to sea; he can rent boats and fishing nets...
Qin Yingxue helped Bai Haijian sort the seafood. The sea cucumbers they picked today were all about the same size, all with three heads. Zhang San gave them three yuan per jin, totaling five jin for 15 yuan.
Upon hearing that it was three yuan per jin, Bai Haijian trembled with excitement, staring intently at Zhang San as if he couldn't believe what he was hearing.
There are three catties of abalone, and the price is two yuan per catty, which is six yuan.
The swimming crabs were still priced at three cents per pound, totaling eight pounds, which cost 24 cents.
Four eels weighing two and a half pounds each, priced at one dollar per pound, totaling two dollars and thirty cents.
Five catties of mantis shrimp, four cents a catty, totaling 2 cents.
Six catties of sea anemones, two cents per catty, totaling 12 cents.
Five jin of starfish, four cents a jin, totaling 2 jiao.
The last thing left was the oysters. Bai Haijian pried them off shell and all, which took up the most space. In the end, they weighed twelve jin (about 4 catties). Zhang San paid four cents per jin, for a total of 8 cents.
Bai Haijian kept the first sea cucumber he found and gave it to Qin Yingxue.
Bai Haijian earned a total of 24.54 yuan from this trip to the beach.
When Zhang San handed over the banknotes, some in small change and some in large bills, Bai Haijian's dark, thin face turned red with excitement.
Qin Yingxue didn't want to carry anything too heavy, so she kept only the abalone and sea cucumber, and gave the rest to Zhang San to take with him.
She picked up very few and only sold them for eight cents.
After Qin Yingxue saw Zhang San leave with eight mao in her hand, she noticed Bai Haijian staring blankly at the stack of money, as if he were in a daze. She couldn't help but tease him, "What's wrong? Do you think the money is too little?"
"Auntie, I've never seen so much money before." Bai Haijian raised his teary eyes, looked at Qin Yingxue, and choked out, "If Boss Zhang had come to our little fishing village two years earlier, Grandma would have had enough to eat and wouldn't have left me so soon..."
As Bai Haijian finished speaking, he couldn't bear the sadness any longer and squatted down, sobbing uncontrollably.
Qin Yingxue felt a pang of sadness, and her eyes reddened.
Silly child, I only had the chance to be reborn by sheer coincidence.
But I will definitely make good use of my special ability to help more people in need.
Qin Yingxue looked up and gazed at the bright red sun leaping over the horizon, illuminating the entire sea!
"Auntie, I want to buy a fishing net!" After venting his anger, Bai Haijian gradually calmed down, wiped his eyes somewhat embarrassedly, and said to Qin Yingxue with a determined look.
Qin Yingxue looked at him with some surprise.
"I want to go out to sea! I want to fish and catch more seafood and fish to sell to Boss Zhang, and earn more money!"
Bai Haijian looked at the sea, his voice clear and loud, his face resolute.