Chapter 42: Selling Abalone
The boat docked at the pier.
Yun Linhe immediately ran to find Awang and got a big bucket.
Awang followed him.
“Brother, you went out to sea today, did you catch anything good?”
They say beginners have good luck when they go out to sea. Although it wasn’t their first time out at sea, it was their first time captaining their own boat.
Yun Linhe laughed heartily: “We actually found something good.”
Awang’s eyes lit up immediately: “What is it? Let me see.”
Yun Linhe got on the boat, and the two brothers together carried out that Duji Amberjack.
The big fish was nearly a meter long and weighed fifty to sixty jin.
“Oh my goodness, my dear! Such a big fish!!!”
There were quite a few people on the dock now, and many boats were returning as well.
Seeing the two of them carrying out such a large fish, everyone immediately gathered around to join the fun.
“What kind of fish is this? How many jin do you think it weighs!”
“This looks like at least fifty, you’ve gotten rich!”
“Lin Hai and Lin He, well done! Sea transport is really good. You caught such a big fish on your first trip out.”
“Isn’t this a Duji Amberjack!”
Awang’s face split into a huge grin looking at the enormous Duji Amberjack.
“Quick, quick, put it in the bucket.”
It would take two people to carry this back.
At this moment, Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe turned and went back onto the boat.
Awang’s eyes brightened even more: “Brother, there’s more, right? Brother?!”
Yun Linhe came out carrying a bucket.
“Look, we had good luck and caught some prawns.”
“So many!”
“And sea centipedes!”
“So many sea centipedes, heavens, what kind of luck do you have!”
Seeing the prawns and sea centipedes, the surrounding people were shocked again.
Both of these sold for a good price, prawns were over a yuan per jin, and sea centipedes were about the same price.
Watching the two go back onto the boat, the onlookers stretched their necks.
“There’s more? What is it this time?”
Many people were envious; why hadn’t they encountered so many good things on their own fishing trips?
However, everyone only looked at the Duji Amberjack out of novelty because the fish was big.
But the price of that fish wasn’t expensive, only a few jiao per jin.
“What is it?”
Seeing them carry out a sack, everyone was disappointed.
Nothing much could be seen.
Yun Linhai had a simple and honest smile on his face: “We pried these snails and oysters off the island in this sack. They aren’t anything valuable; we’re taking them home to eat.”
Whether people believed him or not, that’s what he said.
Just then, the Yun family members who heard the news arrived.
Old Madam Yun pushed through the crowd and rushed in.
“Son, you’re finally back! This bag is for home, right? Mother will take it.”
Yun Linhai carried it on his shoulder: “No need, Mother, I’ll carry it.”
Seeing this, the others didn’t feel it was appropriate to watch any further.
Yun Linhe, the old master, and Wang Mei took the fish and prawns to Awang’s purchase point, while the rest went home.
Yun Jiao: “Third Brother, there are also sea urchins, take the sea urchins home.”
She loved eating sea urchins, especially the steamed sea urchin made by Granny Yun and her mother, which were super delicious.
Third brother Yun Chennan nodded: “Okay, I’ll get them.”
Shen Yunlian was holding Yun Jiao, and the giant sea turtle was also being carried back by the Yun brothers, chatting as they walked.
“I didn’t expect this sea turtle to follow us back.”
“That’s right, it’s a good, home-loving sea turtle.”
The family walked home, chatting and laughing, their eyes beaming as they talked about today’s harvest.
After arriving home and closing the door, Yun Linhai said mysteriously.
“Mother, the main prize today is here.”
As he spoke, he opened the sack under everyone’s gaze.
Upon seeing it, everyone in the Yun family widened their eyes.
“This… these are abalone?!”
“So many abalone?!!!”
Yun Linhai nodded.
“We were afraid of being too conspicuous, so we decided to keep the abalone low-key for now and take them to Awang later.”
Old Madam Yun nodded repeatedly: “You did well, you did well.”
The Duji Amberjack, prawns, and sea centipedes they had earlier were already enough to attract attention. If they brought out this sack of abalone, their family would likely become the talk of the entire village for a long time.
Everyone would know they were rich, and then many people would come to borrow money.
If relatives came to borrow money, it would be difficult whether they lent it or not.
“Quick, pick through them. The prices of these abalone vary by size.”
With the door closed, everyone immediately got busy.
Granny Yun worried they were hungry and quickly went to cook.
Yun Jiao dragged the sea urchins behind her.
Following behind her was the sea turtle, crawling slowly on the ground, supported by its flippers.
A sea turtle on land moved as slowly as a snail.
“Granny, sea urchins, Granny.”
Her young, soft voice was urgent, showing how much she wanted to eat them.
Yun Xiao Liu also followed behind with a longing look.
“Granny, steamed eggs, steamed sea urchin eggs are delicious.”
Old Madam Yun: “Go, go, go, you picky eaters. Doesn’t Granny know steamed eggs are delicious? We only have five eggs left.”
Yun Jiao looked at her pleadingly: “Granny, eat.”
Old Madam Yun said helplessly: “You really know how to eat. These sea urchins can also be sold for money.”
Yun Jiao’s small eyes immediately became vigilant: “Not selling, we’re eating them ourselves.”
“Alright, alright, not selling.”
“Eggs?”
Old Madam Yun’s heart finally softened: “We’ll steam them. Our family had good luck on our first trip out today, let’s celebrate.”
Yun Jiao and Yun Xiao Liu were immediately happy and hugged.
“Granny is the best.”
So that they could eat more eggs in the future, Yun Jiao suggested: “Granny, let’s buy chicks. They’ll lay more eggs when they grow up.”
“Aren’t those still in the incubator?”
Yun Jiao shook her head: “Not enough, we need a lot.”
Yun Xiao Liu also nodded in agreement: “Granny, let’s buy chicks and raise them. I’ll dig earthworms for the chicks every day.”
For the sake of eating eggs, he would sacrifice a little sleep.
Granny Yun smiled and nodded: “Okay, when we go to market day, we’ll see if we can buy a few.”
Now Yun Jiao and Yun Xiao Liu were satisfied.
As they were nearly done sorting the abalone, Old Master Yun and the others returned.
Awang came with them.
Upon entering, he immediately closed the door.
Awang’s face turned red with excitement when he saw the abalone.
“So many abalone, and such big ones too! That’s a double-head abalone!”
He darted over in three steps and grabbed three of the largest abalone.
They were double-head abalone, three of them!
Each one weighed about half a jin.
Such large abalone were worth a lot of money each.
“Brother, your sea transport is amazing. You found such good things on your first trip out.”
Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe smiled: “Newcomers have good luck, and besides, we have Jiaojiao, a complete newcomer, on our boat.”
Awang was envious.
“With these abalone and the ones from before, I can’t give you the money directly right now. I’ll give you a receipt, and you can come get it after the goods are sold.”
Old Master Yun nodded: “Alright, we’re relatives. Old man, I trust you won’t cheat us.”
Awang smiled and said: “Of course. I, Yun Wang, will definitely not cheat my own family. The price I give will be absolutely fair.”
After weighing the abalone, the three largest double-head abalone had the highest price, with Awang offering a high price of 18 yuan per abalone.
He wasn’t worried about not being able to sell them; the big restaurants in their city eagerly bought such abalone.
