Chapter 064: Sea Ginseng
The pickup truck drove very fast and turned into the county's farmers' market in more than ten minutes.
After parking the car, Chen Jue followed the uncle into the market holding the foam box. He stopped when he came to a stall in the middle of the market with a sign selling high-end seafood.
There were many oxygenated water tanks in front of the stall, and the seafood inside was all huge . There were palm-sized black abalones, scallops bigger than a face, and coconut crabs that were big enough to fill a tank. Moreover, many of the seafood in the tanks looked so strange that even Chen Jue couldn't recognize them at first.
I think it is not produced in the East China Sea, but imported seafood. The price tag is also extremely scary, which is definitely not affordable for ordinary families.
"Bucktooth guy!"
"Come out to collect the bulk of the goods!" The uncle from the B&B walked into the stall . It was still past 6 o'clock in the morning, and the boss who opened the shop was probably still yawning.
After the uncle shouted like that, a tall and thin man with a thick gold chain around his neck walked out of the store.
This man really looks like his name, with protruding buck teeth, lips that can't close, and red eyes, obviously caused by staying up late frequently.
Seeing Chen Jue coming in with a big box, the bucktoothed boss immediately perked up: "It's Lao Yu! Long time no see , what big stuff did you get?"
The host didn't say much, but asked Chen Jue to carry the box to a tea table inside, opened the foam box, and then lifted the insulation box inside: "I just caught it this morning. Can you tell me the price?"
"Ouch! Big gold bar!"
"What a good stuff! Old Yu, you are going to get rich!" The bucktoothed boss opened his eyes and was obviously shocked by the size of the yellow croaker in the box.
He quickly reached out and gently placed the fish on a large electronic scale in the store to weigh it.
"8.2 jin!"
"Good stuff! It's a good stuff! I haven't been able to collect such a big gold bar in several years." The bucktoothed boss grinned, and moved closer to sniff the smell of the fish with his nose.
After confirming that the water was freshly drawn in the morning and there was no fishy smell left overnight, I hurriedly put the fish back into the insulated box to continue refrigerating it.
"What's the price?" the uncle at the B&B asked straight to the point.
"The big gold bars are all at market price! One weighing 8 kilograms will cost you 10,000 yuan per kilogram!" the bucktoothed boss opened his mouth.
"Bucktooth grandson, are you kidding me? I remember last year they sold a 7-catties fish for 12,000 yuan. This one weighs over 8 catties, why is it only 10,000 yuan? Will you accept it? If not, I'll go find the cripple to accept it." The uncle in the homestay started yelling.
"Oh, Old Yu! Last year's fish was only sold at that price when Chinese New Year was approaching. Usually, fish weighing more than 7 jin are sold at 6,000 or 7,000 yuan per jin."
"Forget it, forget it. I'll go ask if there's any big boss who wants it for you." Seeing the owner of the B&B was about to turn around and leave, the bucktoothed boss was afraid of missing out on the deal, so he quickly picked up his phone and dialed a few numbers.
After chatting for a few minutes, he said that someone had booked a room at a big hotel in Vancouver. After some haggling, he raised the price to 13,000 per pound.
"This is the normal price. It's at the top. See if you want to sell it. If you are not satisfied, I will take you to another store to ask." The uncle at the B&B pulled Chen Jue aside and spoke in a low voice.
"Sell it!" Chen Jue was also a person who feared trouble, so seeing the uncle at the B&B signaling him so, he agreed.
What followed was the signing of the transfer document. This was a transaction of more than 100,000 yuan, not just paying by scanning a QR code when buying vegetables on the roadside.
After taking a look at the document that the bucktoothed boss took out, which was just an ordinary transaction document, Chen Jue signed his name and phone number with a wave of his hand.
After learning that the big yellow croaker was not caught by the uncle of the B&B, the bucktoothed boss was also stunned for a moment and asked a few more questions: "Old Yu, it turns out that this fish was not caught by you!"
"What does it matter? This is my nephew, transfer the money quickly!" replied the uncle at the B&B.
"Hey, I'm from the same village as you, how come I didn't know you had such a nephew?" The bucktoothed boss was also amused. He knew the trick here and was not surprised. He asked for Chen Jue's bank account number and transferred 106,600 yuan to him in person.
Chen Jue received a text message from the bank and logged into the bank app to check his account. He had indeed received the money from selling fish. Feeling happy, he sat down with the uncle of the B&B, drank a few sips of tea, and looked at the furnishings in the stall.
As for the bucktoothed boss, he carried the fish into the back of the store, probably to slaughter the fish and put it in a more advanced freezer.
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I was busy selling fish before and had no energy to observe the shop. Now, after taking a closer look, I found that in addition to the fresh seafood displayed at the door, the shop also has a lot of dried goods in glass jars.
"Uncle, is this is fish maw?" Chen Jue pointed to a row of large sealed glass jars on the shelf, which were filled with pieces of yellow-white dry and hard objects.
"Yes! This thing is very nutritious. Women on our island basically eat stewed fish maw after giving birth and during the confinement period."
"What? You want to buy some and try it?" The uncle at the B&B began to introduce it.
"I want to buy some to take back."
Chen Jue nodded. Before, he only knew how to rely on traditional Chinese medicine such as Shiquan Dabu Soup and Dali Pills for nourishment, and forgot about seaside delicacies such as isinglass.
When I happened to come to sell fish, I remembered isinglass, a magical tonic that was often mentioned by my family when I was a child.
Fish maw, also known as fish maw, is a dried product of fish bladder. It is as famous as bird's nest and shark fin, and is known as the "marine ginseng". Its main component is high-grade collagen, rich in various vitamins and trace elements such as calcium, zinc, iron and selenium. The protein content is as high as 84.2%, and the fat content is only 0.2%, which can be easily absorbed by the human body.
The above is the information Chen Jue found on the Internet with his mobile phone. He thought that this fish maw was just right for his practice and tonic consumption, so he planned to buy a few kilograms to try.
At this time, the bucktoothed boss came out from the back, and seeing that Chen Jue was planning to buy fish maw, he also grinned, thinking that he was lucky to open the store this morning. One in and one out was equivalent to doing two business deals with Chen Jue, so he quoted Chen Jue a price of two thousand per catty.
"The fish maws I have here are all genuine and the size is the largest on the market. They are not comparable to the junk that costs hundreds of dollars per pound out there."
"If you don't believe me, you can just go out and walk around the market. If you find fish maw that's bigger and better than mine, I'll give you a can!" The bucktoothed boss patted his chest and boasted.
Seeing the other party say this, even the uncle at the B&B next to him nodded. Chen Jue ordered five kilograms in one go and asked the bucktoothed boss to send a few packets of ingredients for stewing fish maw. Then he sat and chatted for a while, drank a few sips of tea, and left this high-end seafood shop with the uncle at the B&B.
