My fishing raft will ask for help.

Chapter 39 The Awkward Encounter with a Social Bull

Zhou Miao had a bountiful harvest, with crab traps piled up like a small mountain, and his joy was palpable.

Not far away, Luo Qianqian couldn't contain her excitement and jumped around happily on her own little boat.

The group of people who went out to sea today were all immersed in the immense satisfaction brought about by this bountiful harvest.

Zhou Miao harvested all fifteen crab traps, and the water tanks on the boat were simply not enough.

This was after he had picked out the smaller, less plump swimming crabs.

Looking at the mountain of spoils, Zhou Miao did not turn on the oxygen pump as usual.

Swimming crabs can usually survive for several hours after being taken out of the water, so as long as they are sold quickly, there is no need to worry about them going cold.

Even if there is some damage during the journey, it is within an acceptable range. At worst, I can take it home and eat it myself. In any case, it won't go to waste.

Before returning, Zhou Miao made a point of opening each of the bait boxes in the crab trap and pouring all the small fish and shrimp that had been soaking for several hours into the sea.

The bait box needs to be cleaned to prevent it from smelling bad after being exposed to the sun.

Secondly, it can attract crabs from the bottom of the water, causing them to gather together so that the fishing can continue in the afternoon.

Zhou Miao and Lu Xiaoxiao quickly cleaned all the empty bait boxes, packed up the fish baskets, and prepared to return to port.

Just then, Luo Qianqian steered her small boat towards them.

She called out, "Zhou Miao, where do you plan to sell the crabs?"

"The wet market!" Zhou Miao blurted out without thinking.

"Are you stupid?! What time is it? There's no one left in the market!" Luo Qianqian rolled her eyes without any politeness.

"Oh dear, what a forgetful me!" Zhou Miao slapped his forehead, realizing it was already noon and the market was practically deserted. "You came all this way just to ask, do you know any seafood vendors?"

"Yes, I came here specifically to ask because I was worried you might not be able to find a buyer right away." Luo Qianqian nodded.

This time, she didn't intend to buy from Zhou Miao at a low price and then resell to make a profit.

After all, we're already friends, so it's no longer appropriate to do this.

"My brother does have a channel, but it's wholesale price, not retail market price."

"I see..." Zhou Miao pondered.

Going to the farmers' market to sell them is obviously not an option, mainly because there isn't enough time; a lot of these swimming crabs would be destroyed by evening.

Furthermore, another batch of swimming crabs will arrive in the afternoon, so they must be sold quickly.

His gaze swept over the large red amberjack in the cabin, and he suddenly remembered someone.

"That's right! I think I have a connection. Let's ask both sides for prices and sell to whichever one offers the highest price," Zhou Miao quickly said.

"You've only been in Nanzhen for a few days and you already know some seafood vendors?" A hint of suspicion flashed across Luo Qianqian's face, but asking about prices wouldn't be difficult, so she readily agreed, "Okay, you ask first."

They then sailed back to the fish farm.

As soon as the boat docked, Zhou Miao took out his phone and sent a message to Pang Hao's cousin.

Business was slow at the fish farm today. Hearing the commotion, Luo Hao curiously came out of the kitchen to see how their harvest was going.

When he saw the mountain of swimming crabs piled up on Zhou Miao and his sister's boat, he gasped in shock: "Are you robbing a crab boat?"

"Hahaha……"

Luo Qianqian, who had been eagerly awaiting her brother's reaction, burst into a triumphant laugh.

"You're stunned, aren't you! These were all caught using small crab traps. The number of crabs Zhou Miao found is simply outrageous. I was shocked when I put away the first crab trap."

Lu Xiaoxiao, standing to the side, chuckled and teased, "Yeah, I wonder who was so excited on the boat that she was jumping around so much that she almost capsized it."

"Ahem! Give me some face!"

Luo Qianqian blushed and muttered somewhat shyly.

She was indeed too excited and couldn't control her emotions, but when she thought about how her savings would increase dramatically after selling these swimming crabs, she figured she might as well let things go!

"I was hoping to get at least ten or twenty kilograms, but I didn't expect so many!" Luo Hao exclaimed sincerely, then asked, "How do you plan to sell them? Do you need my help contacting buyers?"

"I'm already in contacting them," Zhou Miao said, waving his phone. "But you'd better also ask about the price of your line and see who's offering the highest price."

He had just sent photos and details of several kinds of seafood to Pang Hao's cousin, asking if he would accept them, and the result was beyond his expectations.

He thought the Japanese restaurant might only be interested in amberjack, since it's sashimi, but to his surprise, they replied that they also wanted blue crab and sea bass.

This puzzled him a bit; why would swimming crabs and sea bass appear in Japanese cuisine?

Zhou Miao didn't really know much about this, since he never ate Japanese food.

In his limited memory, Japanese seafood dishes were limited to just a few types, such as salmon, sea bream, and tuna.

Regarding the price, the other party responded quickly.

Large red snapper is 60 yuan per jin, and sea bass is 30 yuan per jin.

Swimming crabs are priced according to their size.

A single red-roe female crab weighing one pound can sell for eighty yuan.

Regular large swimming crabs cost 60 yuan per jin (500g), medium-sized ones cost 40 yuan, and small ones cost 25 yuan.

Overall, the purchase price was indeed lower than the market retail price, but considering that it was for wholesale and volume sales, Zhou Miao felt it was reasonable and within an acceptable range.

Zhou Miao was unaware that this relatively reasonable price was actually something Pang Hao had specifically instructed his cousin to take care of for him.

Pang Hao also instructed his cousin to "casually" reveal this preferential treatment during the transaction so that Zhou Miao would be aware of it.

Once Luo Hao presented the quotes from his channels and compared them, the answer became obvious.

His average price is seven or eight yuan lower than Pang Yu's, so there's no need to hesitate about which one to choose.

So Zhou Miao and his group immediately sailed to the dock to prepare for unloading and trading.

As soon as the boat docked, everyone started carrying the seafood onto the pier.

Luo Hao also brought more than a dozen water tanks of different sizes so that they could carefully sort the swimming crabs according to their different sizes.

Just as everyone had finished sorting the crabs by size, Pang Hao's cousin's car arrived at the dock.

The car door opened, and a fat man who looked remarkably similar in build to Pang Hao stepped out.

Zhou Miao sighed, "They truly are cousins."

Pang Yu got out of the car and quickly scanned the surroundings.

He paused briefly on Luo Qianqian and Lu Xiaoxiao, then focused precisely on Zhou Miao.

Although there were only two men present, the one in front of me was incredibly handsome, no doubt about it.

His face immediately lit up with a warm smile, and he rushed forward, grabbing Zhou Miao's hand.

"You must be Zhou Miao, the guy my brother always talks about? He says you have so many good qualities he can't even count them all, but the least noticeable one is that you're handsome!"

"Having seen you today, you truly live up to your reputation!"

"My name is Pang Yu. If you have any good stuff, just call me! My brother said you're one of his dearest friends and family. We'll definitely charge extra for your seafood!"

Good heavens, faced with such an unrestrained and overly familiar person, Zhou Miao felt awkwardly numb. He could practically dig an underwater villa out of the dock with his feet.

He was even more embarrassed when he saw Lu Xiaoxiao and Luo Qianqian covering their mouths and giggling.

He forcefully pulled his hand out of Pang Yu's chubby palm and quickly changed the subject.

"Um, why don't you check the goods first?"

"Hey, my brother guaranteed it to me, your goods are absolutely top-notch!" Pang Yu said, but his shrewdness as a businessman was no less than that.

He immediately stopped smiling and carefully checked each of the swimming crabs in the tank, then looked closely at the amberjack and sea bass next to them.

Only after confirming that all the seafood was of excellent quality did a smile return to his face.

"These are all high-quality goods, and you already knew the prices beforehand. If you think they're reasonable, we'll weigh them now?"

"Okay, no problem," Zhou Miao nodded in response.

Pang Yu had clearly come prepared, bringing men and tools with him.

The weighing process was exceptionally fast and efficient; in no time at all, the weight of all the seafood was tallied.