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Chapter 92 A massive number of tides

Chapter 94 A massive number of tides

Zhou Miao originally wanted to quickly pack up the traps and leave, but as soon as he pulled up the first trap, he found it was incredibly heavy.

"Did it hook onto the stone?"

That was his first thought. After all, how much stuff would have to go inside for the fish trap to sink like that!

Zhou Miao pulled the fishnet upwards with all his might, managing to lift it only a little bit, but that confirmed it wasn't snagged on the bottom, but rather that the net had actually caught a lot of things.

This is what you call an unexpected gain.

It was so heavy that he couldn't pull it up by himself, so Zhou Miao quickly tied the rope at the front of the cage to the net-lifting machine.

As the net-lifting machine slowly rotated, the net cage was gradually pulled up.

As the lower half of the trap gradually emerged from the water, Zhou Miao saw that the net was covered with a large number of small octopuses.

Zhou Miao took a closer look and immediately exclaimed, "Holy crap!"

If he wasn't mistaken, this should be one of the top seafood delicacies in eastern Zhejiang, the mantis shrimp!

They're not very big, you can basically eat one in a bite, but they can sell for around fifteen yuan each.

That's right, it's one per animal, not one pound, and the smaller the animal, the more expensive it is.

The appearance of the mantis shrimp looks like a small octopus, and many unscrupulous fishmongers will sell the small octopus as mantis shrimp to people who do not know.

One costs 20-30 yuan per kilogram, and the other costs 15 yuan each. They're so small, the profit margin is enormous.

For some peddlers who make money by deceiving others, the internet is probably what they hate the most.

The difference between a snapping turtle and a baby octopus is actually quite easy to distinguish; just look at their barbels. Snapping turtles have very long and thin barbels. Remembering this point will prevent you from being fooled.

The method is also simple: it can be braised, marinated raw, or blanched.

However, people from Jiangsu and Zhejiang prefer fresh food, so they all like to boil it.

Make a sauce, then eat them one by one, it's so satisfying.

Zhou Miao wasn't familiar with some less common seafood, but he was quite familiar with the more expensive ones.

After arriving in Nanzhen, he would go online to search for information, mainly to learn about the fishing season times and locations.

Then I learned about many expensive regional seafoods, including mantis shrimp.

What puzzled him was that this thing shouldn't be produced in such large quantities, and it was basically only found in near-shore mudflats.

This is all in the open sea, how can there be so many?

As the net-hauling machine pulled up the entire fish trap, it was filled with a dense mass of mantis shrimp, not counting other fish and grouper; it looked to weigh over a hundred pounds.

There were also some miscellaneous fish mixed in, including a tiger grouper that was about half a meter long, but it had two giant snapper in its mouth.

Zhou Miao immediately felt sorry for the fish trap and quickly untied it, pouring the contents into the water tank.

It took three large water tanks, each with a capacity of fifty liters, to fill it.

Zhou Miao quickly pulled the two dead sea grebes out of the tiger-striped man's mouth, and then gave it a sharp flick on the head.

"This thing, which costs fifteen yuan a piece, is it even edible?"

Seeing the tiger grouper twisting its body unwillingly, Zhou Miao threw it directly into the live fish hold, and then turned around to sort out the cephalopods and other miscellaneous fish.

All the small fish died, but quite a few sea bream were still alive.

He prepared a separate tank, put all the live cephalopods in it, poured in some seawater, and kept them alive with an oxygenator.

The price of 15 refers to the live Wangchao; the dead ones naturally do not fetch such a high price.

Zhou Miao moved with lightning speed, ignoring all the small fry and dead Wangchao, but selecting all the living ones.

Although it took a lot of time, it was still worth it for the price of Wangchao.

After sorting one cage of baby snapping turtles, Zhou Miao quickly went to pull up the second cage.

But this cage was noticeably lighter. When it was pulled up, it contained only about 60 or 70 pounds of mantis shrimp and some other miscellaneous fish.

The good news is that the fish traps weren't crowded, so most of the magpies survived.

Perhaps because of the distance, the last three cages together weighed about 70 or 80 kilograms of mantis shrimp, and it was clear that the mantis shrimp were concentrated in the first cage.

The live cephalopods weighed about 150 jin (75 catties). Zhou Miao used five water tanks to hold them separately, giving them enough space to prevent them from suffocating.

After finishing his work, he quickly started the fishing boat and went back.

With so many tidal bores, I wonder how much money we can make today.

An hour and a half later, the phone signal was restored, and Zhou Miao immediately sent Pang Hao a picture of Zhang Wangchao.

It was already past nine o'clock, and Pang Hao had naturally gotten up.

But after seeing the picture, he replied with three question marks in bewilderment.

Why are you teasing me with photoshopped pictures?

Zhou Miao:

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He didn't argue, but simply filmed a video and posted it.

A dozen seconds later, Pang Hao called directly via WeChat, his tone extremely excited.

"Ah Miao, are they really all tidal bores? You can actually make this many?!"

"Seriously, I randomly set five fish traps last night, and I never expected them to end up in the 'Tide-watching Nest'."

"Good riddance! This is the peak of the high tide; everyone else goes to the mudflats to catch a pound or two after the tide goes out, but you've caught this much!"

"I didn't expect that myself. But these things are quite expensive, I think they're around fifteen yuan each?"

"It depends on the size. One or two taels (approximately 300 grams) is 200 yuan per jin (approximately 500 grams), and two taels (approximately 100 grams) is around 150 yuan. If it's less than one tael, the price will be even higher. I'll buy all of your batch of mantis shrimp at the market price!"

"Wow, that's expensive? And it's dead?"

"The price is much cheaper to kill, about a third cheaper than the price I mentioned above."

"That's good too. I'll get to the pier in about half an hour."

"Alright, alright, I'll send Pang Yu over right away."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Miao immediately moved one of the water tanks to the stern of the boat and placed it next to him.

Then they found another bag and collected about three pounds of dead baby snapping turtles.

This kind of good stuff is quite suitable for gifting; I'll send some live ones to Pang Hao and Yu Muzhou.

Eat the dead ones yourself, and share them with Luo Hao while you're at it.

After all, dealing with prawns is troublesome, and just cleaning them takes a lot of time, so he was unwilling to do it himself.

Half an hour later, we returned to the fish raft.

Zhou Miao passed by Luo Hao's fishing raft first, and only when he got closer did he suddenly notice that there was a sign on the raft that read "Tingtao Fishing Raft".

Today is Wednesday, and business is slow at the fish farm. Luo Qianqian is sitting here doing a live stream, with a sweet smile on her face.

When he came over, he simply waved because of the live broadcast.

However, the next moment, she said something to the live stream and then walked towards the fishing boat with her phone, obviously to film the catch on the boat.

Luo Hao was already standing by the fishing raft. As his boat approached, he asked with a smile, "Did you have another big catch last night? You even came all the way here?"

"I brought you some good stuff. I'll have lunch here with you." Zhou Miao handed him the bag containing three catties of sea snails.

Luo Hao opened the bag, his eyes widening instantly: "Holy crap, so many sea bream? Are you out of your mind?"

"Come and see, come and see, do you think I'm the kind of person who lacks this?" Zhou Miao stepped aside and laughed.

Luo Hao curiously peeked into the boat, his mouth involuntarily opening, and he froze on the spot.

Nearby, Luo Qianqian also came to the side of the boat. When her phone captured the sight of the giant sea eel in the water tank on the deck, netizens' comments immediately started scrolling wildly.

Especially after several knowledgeable people explained the price of the tidal bore, a series of "Holy crap!" exclamations arose.