Chapter 142: The Money Was Stolen
The bluefin tuna lay quietly in the freezer. Yun Xiaowu, Old Master Yun, and the others were overjoyed.
“Stop crowding around, this fish needs to be delivered.”
“Dad, there are still some silver pomfrets on the boat. You weigh them for Awang, and we’ll take this tuna to Dayun Restaurant in town to sell first.”
Old Master Yun nodded repeatedly: “Okay, you go quickly.”
“Have Chendong and Chenxi go along too.”
Yun Xiaowu jumped up: “I want to go too, Dad, I want to go too.”
“You stay here, Dad will buy you delicious food when he gets back.”
Once Yun Xiaowu left, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth would definitely want to go too.
“I don’t want to!”
Yun Xiaowu felt wronged. Why were they always left at home?
It’s not like it’s far away, and the town isn’t far. Why?
Yun Xiaowu immediately started throwing a tantrum on the ground.
Jiaojiao walked to Yun Xiaowu with the little sea turtle in her arms.
“Daddy, older brother go.”
She patted her chest and guaranteed: “Jiaojiao will protect older brothers.”
So small, yet extremely confident.
But with her strength, she indeed had reason to be confident.
“Alright, then you can all go together.”
His daughter’s determined gaze made it hard for him to refuse.
Yun Xiaowu and the others immediately cheered.
They ran over and each kissed Jiaojiao on the cheek.
Jiaojiao was dizzy, “Stop kissing, stop kissing!”
Before leaving, Jiaojiao and the others went back to change their clothes, and the little sea turtle was placed in a basin to be kept.
Afterwards, they followed the bluefin tuna onto the tractor, driven by the Village Chief’s Son.
He had volunteered when he heard the bluefin tuna was to be delivered.
The tractor rumbled all the way to the entrance of Dayun Restaurant in town.
Yun Linhe went inside to find someone.
The staff at Dayun Restaurant heard that a bluefin tuna had arrived and immediately went to find the branch manager.
“Where is the bluefin tuna? Where is it?”
The banquet was only two days away, and with a fresh bluefin tuna arriving at this critical moment, Dayun Restaurant was sure to gain a lot of prestige.
The owner would surely be very pleased.
“Was it just caught?”
Yun Lin dong nodded: “Yes, Boss Lin, please come up and take a look.”
“Good, good, good.”
Boss Lin rubbed his hands, climbed onto the tractor, and meticulously inspected the bluefin tuna. He confirmed it was fresh, delivered today right after being caught, and that the blood had been properly drained. He was extremely satisfied.
“Beautiful! Dayun Restaurant will take this fish. How about seven yuan per jin?”
Yun Linhe: “Boss Lin, give us a fair price. When our boat docked, people were already bidding for this fish, and the price reached seven yuan.
We heard about your banquet and came here expecting a higher purchase price. Besides, we have more than just bluefin tuna; we also have a grouper here.”
Boss Lin then noticed the grouper in the corner that he had overlooked, as the bluefin tuna was too attention-grabbing.
“Grouper, is this also fresh?”
“It was caught not much longer after this bluefin tuna. Although it’s dead, it’s still fresh.”
That grouper was not small either. Their restaurant had advanced preservation technology, so these two fish could be kept perfectly until the day after tomorrow.
Grouper is known as the king of groupers, not only for its tender and delicious meat but also for its rich nutritional value.
Finally, after back-and-forth price negotiations, the bluefin tuna was sold at nine yuan per jin.
And the grouper was sold at 25 yuan per jin.
As they were weighing the fish, quite a crowd had already gathered around.
Bluefin tuna were too rare. Only distant ocean fishing boats could bring back one or two at a time, and such a large one.
“Have any distant ocean boats returned? Where is such a large bluefin tuna from?”
“No, I heard a small fishing boat caught it. It wasn’t even an iron boat, but a small wooden boat.”
“What? Are you kidding me? A wooden boat could catch such a large bluefin tuna?”
Amidst the discussions of the onlookers, the weight of the bluefin tuna was revealed.
233 jin.
Hiss… What’s the difference between this and a hog ready for slaughter.
Most importantly, this thing was much more expensive than pork.
The grouper weighed 4.6 jin.
The tuna sold for a total of 2097 yuan, and the grouper for 115 yuan.
A total of 2212 yuan.
After receiving the money, Yun Linhai and the others were all smiles.
This was more than the money they made selling the Flame Pearl last time.
However, for such a large fish, it was only Jiaojiao, this anomaly, who, with the orcas, managed to corner it.
For other fishermen, even trying to catch it with a net would not be easy.
Especially with a wooden boat, the speed and strength the tuna exhibited could drag the person and the boat for a long distance at sea until it got tired and stopped.
If you were unlucky, you could actually be capsized.
Only an iron boat could withstand it.
Therefore, catching such a large tuna carried significant risk.
But with so much money, even knowing the risk, who could resist trying to catch a bluefin tuna, such an expensive top-tier ingredient.
“Make way, make way, we need to get through.”
Too many people were crowded at the entrance. After Yun Linhai and the others came out of the restaurant, they were completely surrounded.
Yun Linhe frowned, having a bad premonition: “Why are so many people here?”
The restaurant staff also came out to disperse the crowd.
With everyone pushing and shoving, Yun Linhai tried hard to protect the money he had just received.
Suddenly, someone bumped into him, hitting his ribs.
The pain caused him to break out in a cold sweat.
“Daddy, there’s a thief!” Jiaojiao shouted.
“The money, my money!”
Yun Linhai was not only in pain but also scared.
With that bump, Yun Linhai had a bad feeling. He reached for where he kept the money; his clothes had a large rip, and it was a close call to cutting his skin.
The money in his innermost pocket was gone.
That was over two thousand yuan.
Yun Linhai felt his vision go black.
“Hurry up and catch him!”
The person fled after getting what they wanted, and the scene instantly descended into chaos.
“Sister, Daddy, Jiaojiao is gone!”
Yun Xiaowu and the others were immediately anxious when they realized Jiaojiao was missing.
Hearing that Jiaojiao was gone, Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe immediately forgot about the money.
“Jiaojiao, Jiaojiao, where are you?”
“Have you seen a beautiful little girl, this tall, wearing overalls?”
“Jiaojiao…”
The Yun family members anxiously searched for Jiaojiao.
Meanwhile, Jiaojiao was chasing after the man who stole the money out of the crowd.
Being small, she saw the thief run off and followed, squeezing through the gaps between the adults’ legs.
She recognized the thief’s appearance and chased after him.
“Thief, stop! Give me back my money!”
She had worked hard to catch and sell fish, and he dared to steal her money!
Jiaojiao was so angry her face turned red, and she chased after him with her short legs moving swiftly.
The thief was also running very fast.
Jiaojiao chased him all the way to a less crowded alley. Seeing only a small child chasing him, the thief’s wicked intentions were sparked.
“Little thing, you’re quite brave. Since you’ve come to my doorstep, don’t blame me.”
This child was so beautiful, she would probably fetch a good price too.
