dognovel Chapter 103 Street Vendors at Night
Chapter 103 Street Vendors at Night
Chapter 105 Street Vendors at Night
After the mantis shrimp in the fish raft cages were sold out, Lu Xiaoxiao and Luo Qianqian went to Zhou Miao's boat to help sort them before sending them to sell.
Once the mantis shrimp on one boat are processed, the process moves on to the next boat.
They worked until evening and finally sold all the mantis shrimp they wanted to sell, leaving only fifteen middle-aged women still picking shrimp meat.
However, the progress is fast, and it will be finished by around 6 p.m. at the latest.
Subsequently, Zhou Miao received the order and money from Lu Xiaoxiao.
He first looked at the order, which included 372 catties of large male shrimp, priced at 65 yuan each, for a total of 24,180 yuan.
The large female shrimp with roe weighed 153 jin (approximately 75.5 kg), priced at 100 yuan each, for a total of 15,300 yuan.
Finally, there were also extra-large mantis shrimp, weighing a total of 22 jin (16 kg), priced at 150 yuan each, which sold for 3,300 yuan.
Today's mantis shrimp brought Zhou Miao a total of 42,780 yuan.
However, there was a loss of 60 to 70 kilograms, which consisted of dead shrimp.
Luo Qianqian immediately cooked the shrimp, ate some herself, and peeled and dried the rest.
Add some to your soups in the future; they'll make them extra flavorful.
Mantis shrimp can be cooked and then sun-dried, or dried directly. However, cooking them before sun-drying will make them plumper. They can also be eaten directly after drying, but raw shrimp meat must be cooked after sun-drying.
The only problem is that the shell is hard to peel after cooking, as the meat sticks to it.
After the meat from these four or five hundred jin of small mantis shrimp is extracted and dried, it should yield thirty or forty jin.
Dried products are expensive; even small dried mantis shrimp can sell for around 100 yuan per kilogram.
The medium-sized meat can be sold for between 180 and 230 yuan, while the labor cost for removing the meat is 1,000 yuan, so overall there is still a profit to be made.
Luo Hao and Lu Xingyu also received money, and both of them placed eight traps.
However, due to their different locations, their incomes also differ slightly.
Luo Hao sold a total of 35,200 large mantis shrimps, and he conscientiously transferred half of it to Zhou Miao.
Lu Xingyu's share was 32,600, but because of Zhou Miao's request, half of it was also transferred in the end.
After transferring the money, Luo Hao couldn't help but yawn.
He wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes: "I'm so sleepy, I'm going to sleep now. Don't call me for dinner tonight."
"Are there any spare rooms? I'm tired too." Lu Xingyu quickly followed.
Seeing Lu Xiaoxiao and Luo Qianqian looking at him, Zhou Miao spread his hands and said, "I slept for a few more hours afterward, so I'm not sleepy now."
"Xiaoxiao, go prepare dinner. It'll just be the three of us eating."
"I need to go buy some ice to keep the mantis shrimp meat cold."
Lu Xiaoxiao nodded and pulled Luo Qianqian to buy groceries to prepare dinner.
Zhou Miao also remembered to mail some ribbonfish and mantis shrimp meat to her family, which needed to be chilled that night.
So when he bought the ice, he also bought eight foam boxes and tape.
The one who was three fingers wide took thirty jin, and the one who was four fingers wide took twenty jin.
The reason for taking so many gifts is that my parents might give some to my grandparents and maternal grandparents.
And then there's my older sister, who's already married and started a new family.
If you don't keep an eye on her, she might really treat you like water that's been spilled.
As for Zhou Sen, his older brother, there's no need for that, since he's not married yet and currently lives at home.
The fish was packed and shipped by express courier; he even expedited the process so it would arrive tomorrow.
For someone who has earned so much money, the delivery fee is nothing.
The fifteen middle-aged women that Luo Hao invited should all come from fishing families; they are efficient and fast workers.
I originally planned to finish around 6 o'clock, but I didn't expect to finish by 5:30.
Zhou Miao gave each of them two hundred, and then took them ashore by boat.
The three large basins of mantis shrimp meat on the fishing raft need to be chilled and then dried in the sun the next day.
Zhou Miao brought over a styrofoam box, poured in some ice, and then used Luo Hao's kitchen large strainer to scoop up the mantis shrimp meat and put it in.
Two styrofoam boxes were just the right size to hold his batch of mantis shrimp meat.
Then, following the same method, they packed and froze Lu Xingyu and Luo Hao's mantis shrimp meat as well.
After washing it several times the next day, you can put it in the sun to dry.
As for the mantis shrimp on the deserted island, there must be many more of them.
But they really can't hold on any longer, so they'll have to rest tomorrow.
After dinner, Zhou Miao didn't leave the fish raft and waited until Luo Hao woke up at nine o'clock in the evening.
"Ah Hao, what should we do with the ribbonfish on the boat? Should we sell them tonight or put them on the ice first?" Zhou Miao asked, which was why he had stayed on the fish raft and hadn't gone back.
Luo Hao heated up the food and ate while talking.
"I was wondering if you had packed up all the ribbonfish. Perfect timing, I'll deliver them to my old customers tonight, and for the ones that don't sell out, I'll set up a stall in some neighborhoods. I guarantee I can sell them all easily."
"I was just waiting for you to say that. I'm going to go wake Xingyu up."
"Brother Miao, why don't I go with you? My brother is a heavy sleeper, and it's usually very difficult to wake him up."
Upon hearing this, Lu Xiaoxiao, who was standing nearby, quickly spoke up.
"Okay." The reason for calling out to Lu Xingyu was that he had caught a batch of ribbonfish and needed to be present in person.
However, Lu Xiaoxiao can replace him, since they are siblings anyway.
"Then I'll go too. It's boring staying here," Luo Qianqian said calmly.
"Come on, come on, there's room in the car anyway." Luo Hao shook his head slightly as he looked at his sister.
He doesn't have the same severe sister complex as Lu Xingyu.
If it weren't for Lu Xiaoxiao, he would have readily agreed to his sister pursuing happiness, since he himself was now working with Zhou Miao and had already made quite a bit of money.
Unfortunately, his sister had a formidable rival, leaving him unsure of what to do, so he simply let things take their course.
The four of them then got to work. Zhou Miao specially bought two large fish tanks with a capacity of 120 liters each and transferred his and Lu Xingyu's ribbonfish into them.
We'll also sort the sizes so customers can choose the size they need.
Luo Hao borrowed a pickup truck from somewhere, and set off with the people and fish to begin delivering goods.
He delivered the goods one by one, all of which were pre-ordered by customers in his group, and easily sold over a hundred kilograms.
These customers tend to buy extra fish when they find good ones, so they can enjoy them for several meals.
With over 100 kilograms of fish remaining, Luo Hao drove to a relatively bustling neighborhood and set up the fish box in front of a friend's shop to sell.
Lu Xiaoxiao and Luo Qianqian, who came along, were in charge of drinking, while Zhou Miao and Luo Hao were in charge of collecting money and weighing the items.
There are many restaurants here, and it's quite lively at night.
Not only were there many young people who enjoy nightlife, but there were also quite a few elderly people who seemed to have just finished square dancing and were preparing to go home.
Someone set up a stall selling ribbonfish late at night, which immediately attracted a lot of onlookers.
"How much are these ribbonfish?" a middle-aged man who looked to be in his fifties asked.
As he spoke, he reached out and picked up the fish to examine it, showing no disgust at the fishy smell.
Upon seeing this, Lu Xiaoxiao quickly said, "We have ribbonfish that are two, three, and four fingers wide. The small ones are twenty, the medium ones are fifty-five, and the large ones are eighty. Which one would you like?"
"So expensive?" The older men immediately exclaimed in surprise.
"These are ribbonfish we caught by fishing, not netting, so the price is indeed a bit higher," Luo Qianqian explained with a smile. "They're too expensive! Other places at the market only sell these big ones for thirty yuan. You're robbing us!"
Hearing the middle-aged man clinging tightly to his fish while complaining about the price, Zhou Miao frowned, walked over to Lu Xiaoxiao, and said in a stiff tone.
"If you think it's too expensive, don't buy it. Just go to the farmers market. And stop grabbing my fish like that, you're going to tear it apart."