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Chapter 276: Chapter 231: Pry Off Several Dozens of Pounds of Goose Neck Barnacles

Chapter 276 -231: Pry Off Several Dozens of Pounds of Goose Neck Barnacles

Chu Mingcheng was pleasantly surprised this time, as he hadn’t carefully checked the sea turtle’s back earlier. He thought trouble had come knocking, but it turned out to be money coming his way.

The sea turtle’s back was like carrying a small mountain, with barnacles densely covering its entire shell.

But that wasn’t the main point. After Chu Mingcheng scraped off the sea mud and algae covering it, he found goose barnacles underneath, not the common volcano-like barnacles.

Even though the price for goose barnacles wasn’t high domestically, only about one hundred and fifty yuan per jin, the turtle was huge, about the size of a mini electric car, so the barnacles scraped off it wouldn’t be few.

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If they had been the volcano-like barnacles, it would have been a hassle.

Such barnacles were cheap, wild ones varied in size, small ones were worthless, and there wouldn’t be too many large ones.

Plus, they were more troublesome to pry off, not as easy as goose barnacles, which came off easily and in clusters.

No one knew how long those barnacles had been growing on the sea turtle’s back, but he estimated it was at least five years.

Carrying such a heavy burden for five years without dying only showed how tenacious the turtle’s life force really was.

“This turtle is way too big, I feel like it could even carry me around the ocean,” Jiang Luoluo walked up close, gestured to size up the turtle, and exclaimed in amazement.

“Carrying you would definitely be easy. Just the barnacles and mud on its back might weigh more than I do,” Chu Mingcheng said with a smile, handing her a net bag to put the Nine-Section Shrimp away and fetch a basket and a dagger to join him in prying off barnacles from Big Coins.

After a while, Jiang Luoluo put away the Nine-Section Shrimp and returned the net bag to him, and they both got to work.

Chu Mingcheng would pry off a piece, shake it in the seawater a couple of times to mostly wash off the mud, then put the barnacles in the net bag.

This was just preliminary processing, as there were still some algae and unknown marine plants entangled on the barnacles that all needed to be cleaned off later.

Jiang Luoluo, on the other hand, was more straightforward; she pried them off and threw them directly onto the deck to clean later all at once.

This task took several hours.

Jiang Luoluo even climbed onto the turtle’s back, displaying her curvaceous figure to the full, which had Chu Mingcheng feeling a bit restless.

But after all, she was going to be his future wife, not a lover, so he couldn’t do anything too special at this time.

After cleaning all the barnacles off the turtle’s shell, the sun was already slanting westward.

It looked like there was no chance to visit the coral reef today, even the group of Nine-Section Shrimp would have to be let go, to be caught next time.

The turtle, free from its burden, swam happily in the water, clearly in a very good mood.

Chu Mingcheng climbed back on the boat, dumped out the barnacles from the net bag, and then said to Jiang Luoluo, “Luoluo, go to the cockpit and start the boat, I’ll handle these barnacles.”

“How about we do it together? It doesn’t matter if we go back a bit late.”

“We’re not near the dock here, and it’s going to be quite late when we get back. We still have to pack the other seafood!”

Hearing him say that, Jiang Luoluo didn’t insist any further and returned to the cockpit to prepare to sail the boat.

Once the fishing boat started, Little Sea Lion, who had been flat on the deck, suddenly got up and consciously slid down the water from the back door.

Chu Mingcheng handed two Long Spear Squid to it, patted its head as a farewell gesture.

After the fishing boat warmed up a bit, it started heading back. He didn’t have time to take a shower first; instead, he immediately began cleaning the barnacles.

Some marine plants were cleared to the side to be thrown into the sea later, and a small amount of marine debris would be taken back to shore.

Compared to rich shrimp, making money from these barnacles was indeed not easy.

Not to mention the half a day they spent prying them off, they still had to spend a lot of time cleaning them, purely hard-earned money.

About halfway through the journey, Chu Mingcheng finally cleaned all the barnacles.

He took the scale, weighed the barnacles, and found there were only sixty-seven jin three taels.

He had thought there would be much more when he saw them piled up like a little mountain, yet there were only so few left.

Chu Mingcheng was a bit disappointed. Calculated at one hundred and fifty yuan per jin, these barnacles were just over ten thousand yuan in total. He had thought he could make a few ten thousands!

This rate of earning money was incomparable to his catching of rich shrimp and Nine-Section Shrimp, but since it was a good deed, he didn’t mind too much.

Another hour passed, and finally, there was a signal on the phone.

Chu Mingcheng hurriedly took photos of the seafood, dragged those five bosses into a new group, sent them the pictures along with the quantities, and let them distribute among themselves.

Today’s seafood, besides a few fish, was all considered rare.

The five bosses immediately fought over them: rich shrimp, Long Spear Squid, and barnacles were all good stuff, and Pepper Diao was not bad either.

The quantity of Nine-Section Shrimp was not much, and Chu Mingcheng did not plan to sell them to those bosses this time.

Despite catching a lot these two days, it was not enough for the five bosses; in the end, they had to negotiate the quantities among themselves and send them to him.

Chu Mingcheng contacted the transportation company and allocated the orders according to these bosses’ quantities.

Upon returning to the dock, apart from the Nine-Section Shrimp, he packed up and sent off all the other seafood.

Rich shrimp weighed in at one hundred thirteen jin, with male shrimp priced at three hundred and one yuan and females at four hundred, selling for a total of forty thousand yuan.

There were not many Pepper Diaos, one was fed to Little Sea Lion, leaving twenty-six.

But each fish was heavy, totaling two hundred thirty jin, priced at one hundred and twenty yuan per jin, sold for twenty-seven thousand six hundred yuan.

The goose barnacles sold as estimated for ten thousand yuan.

Finally, there was a Long Spear Squid, a creature that is truly difficult to keep alive. By the time they returned to the dock, Chu Mingcheng found that only about a dozen were still alive in the live tank, with the rest having died at some unknown time.

This made him realize that even if the living ones were shipped with oxygen, it was likely that the customers wouldn’t receive many alive.

Therefore, he didn’t sell the living ones either; he sent five Long Spear Squid and five pounds of Nine-Section Shrimp to his in-laws, and a similar quantity to his own parents. The remaining Long Spear Squid he took home to eat.

All the fresh Long Spear Squid on ice totaled one hundred thirty-three pounds and seven taels, priced at eighty-one yuan per pound, and he sold them for a total of ten thousand and seven hundred.

If you don’t count the costs, his income for this trip reached nearly ninety thousand yuan.

Being able to earn such a high income in the near sea showed that the resources around the island were indeed very rich.

Not to mention the coral reef area on the other side, just the rich shrimp and Nine-Section Shrimp—if he continued to catch them, maybe he could make hundreds of thousands.

After cleaning the boat, Chu Mingcheng went to the bathroom for a shower, then carried the twenty-some pounds of Nine-Section Shrimp he had left and went home.

Driving the car, they deliberately went to Wei Jiaguo’s place and gave him five pounds of Nine-Section Shrimp as a gift.

Previously, Wei Jiaguo had accepted a large shark from them, which allowed him to show off in front of old friends; therefore, he insisted on paying for the Nine-Section Shrimp this time.

And such large wild Nine-Section Shrimp were rare, so he bought some extra from Chu Mingcheng to give away.

Wei Jiaguo ended up buying fifteen pounds, giving them five thousand yuan for it.

The price was somewhat inflated, but Chu Mingcheng couldn’t decline and eventually had to accept it.

After leaving Wei Jiaguo’s place and intending to go home, Jiang Luoluo suddenly said, “Ah Cheng, we’ve run out of fruit at home; shall we go buy some?”

“Sure!” With that, Chu Mingcheng detoured to the supermarket.

Jiang Luoluo pressed the car’s navigation, marking an address: “Let’s go here; the stuff here is very good.”

“Really?” Chu Mingcheng looked at the navigation and realized he had never been there before.

Upon arrival, it turned out to be a large shopping mall.

Chu Mingcheng followed Jiang Luoluo into the supermarket and just after entering, he spotted the steaks displayed not far away.

Curious, he went over for a look and unexpectedly found that the supermarket sold M9-grade steaks. It seemed he wouldn’t need to order online anymore.

There was a large piece currently in the fridge at home, which had cost him several thousand Big Coins, so he didn’t need to buy any for the moment.

He followed Jiang Luoluo to the fruit section and was then shocked by the prices there.

A piece of durian, not just one, was priced at two hundred and forty-eight yuan.

Chu Mingcheng always felt that supermarkets were concerned with saving face for buyers; otherwise, they would have just written two hundred and fifty yuan.

A Kyoho grape costs one hundred fifty yuan.

Kyoho grapes are not much different in taste from dragon fruit.

Chu Mingcheng didn’t like to eat fruits with a bland taste like these, so there was no need to be the fool who overpays.

In the end, he still carried some fruits to the checkout: the price was two thousand and fifty Big Coins. Jiang Luoluo offered to pay, and he got to play the role of a husband for once after their marriage.

After leaving the supermarket and getting back in the car, Chu Mingcheng couldn’t help asking, “Luoluo, do we usually buy our fruits here?”

Jiang Luoluo shook her head: “Not really, we haven’t been back in Xia City for many days this year, and I’ve only been here once. That apple you said was delicious the day before yesterday, that was bought here—for forty yuan each.”

“…” Chu Mingcheng was torn between laughter and tears; no wonder it was so tasty—it was the flavor of money.

Given the speed at which they consumed fruit, the two thousand-plus yuan worth of fruit wouldn’t last more than three days, and they’d spend over twenty thousand in a month if they went there ten times.

After doing some quick math, he confidently declared, “It’s just over twenty thousand yuan’s worth of fruit per month, honey. Just buy it without worry; your man can handle it.”

“Who’s your honey!” Jiang Luoluo rolled her eyes but the corners of her mouth slightly curved up into a smile.

Back at home, they stored most of the seafood in the refrigerator and left out four dead rich shrimp, four Nine-Section Shrimp, and one Long Spear Squid for dinner.

Seeing that tonight’s meal was all about seafood, Jiang Luoluo took out a snowflake beef steak from the fridge, along with some fruits and vegetables they had just bought.

The steak was from Chu Mingcheng’s online order that had just been delivered. Last year, he definitely wouldn’t have splurged on an M9-grade steak like this.

But after earning a good sum of money this year, he immediately upgraded their diet to several levels higher.

Jiang Luoluo fundamentally didn’t care that much about food; she even used to order takeout often.

Everyone knows what takeout is like in the country. It’s only slightly easier to find a reliable and tasty takeout place than to win the lottery.

Still, a woman will gradually shape herself to match the man she’s with over time.

Ever since they started dating, Jiang Luoluo hadn’t had takeout in a long while.

Since Chu Mingcheng took the initiative to upgrade their diet this year, she casually raised the standard for fruits and vegetables as well, indicating she would certainly follow her husband’s lead.

They had only been back in Xia City for a few days, but they had already spent nearly ten thousand yuan on food and groceries.

Jiang Luoluo washed an apple and cut it into pieces. Then she took out a box of cherries that cost over six hundred yuan for only two pounds, washed one pound of them, and put the rest in the fridge for tomorrow.

Chu Mingcheng hadn’t tasted such expensive cherries before, so he curiously picked one up and gave it a try.

He discovered that these cherries were very juicy, large, and especially sweet; it seemed that the taste of money was indeed quite good.