Fisherman: Making A Fortune Starts By Reporting Spies

"Fuck..."

"Oh...what kind of fish is this?"

"sea snake?"

"No, no, it doesn't look like a sea snake?

"eel?"

"It's an eel!"

Su Xiangdong answered in the affirmative with a smile. The reason why he was criticized in the country was because of the fish he caught: "But to be more precise, it is not called eel, but called moray eel. Only one word was added, but it was a day." There is a big difference, because the eels we generally describe are freshwater fish, and most of them are artificially cultured."

"Yes, there is an eel breeding company in our city. The eels they cultivate seem to be quite expensive."

Deputy Team Leader Chen was relatively familiar with the situation in the city. After talking about it, he added: "Lao Wang in our bureau, doesn't he like fishing during his break? Last time he caught an eel in the river. But he had been bragging for a long time because the eel he caught weighed about two pounds. Because it was wild, he heard that it sold for 120 yuan per pound.

"He sold that fish for more than 260 yuan. He said he made it back in a few days' worth of cigarette money." Deputy team leader Chen told an interesting anecdote in the bureau. This is in daily life and does not need to be kept secret, especially Not to mention Su Xiangdong.

"Isn't it usually about 60 yuan per catty? I know that some people sell it in the vegetable market. It seems that the freshman's price is 270 yuan. The most is only 80 yuan per catty. Lao Wang sells it for 120 per catty?" A group The member looked unconvinced.

"Ninety-nine percent of the products in the vegetable market are artificially raised!"

Su Xiangdong will spread the knowledge to him. This is also something that ordinary people cannot know. At least you go to buy fish. Small retail fishmongers, even if it is artificially bred, they will lie to you and say it is wild. Only those who are truly knowledgeable about it will Talented people will not be deceived and will expose the little tricks of small fishmongers: "The price of wild fish is higher, but there are also grades here, different grades, different prices."

"And just like eels, the prices are very strange, and sometimes you can't understand it."

"For example, if it weighs 8 taels to more than 1 catty, a pure wild product can be sold for about 100 yuan per catty, but if it weighs more than two catties or less than three catties, selling it for 120 yuan is problematic, but when it weighs more than three catties, the price It’s completely different. If you can sell it for 60 yuan per pound, it’s already pretty good.”

"Originally, the bigger the fish, the more valuable it is, but it also depends on what kind of fish it is. This is the case with eels. If an eel exceeds 3 pounds, it is cheaper. And it depends on the region. In our area, or in the entire Chaoshan area, it is Isn’t this very strange, and something you can’t imagine?”

Su Xiangdong answered a riddle with a smile. This kind of classification by grade and price is indeed very strange, but it is real.

"why is that?"

"Yes, that seems to be the case!"

A team member seemed to have thought about it carefully, maybe he remembered something related to eels, and hurriedly said: "This is similar to the way we eat eels here. They steam them, empty out the internal organs, and then eat them." Cut it off and divide it into circles on both sides, then add some bean paste and steam it directly, it tastes very fresh.”

"In this way, if it is too big, the meat will be purple, and if it is too small, the meat will be tender and not delicious. About 8 taels to 2 pounds is the best and most suitable, so it sells better. It’s more expensive!” the team member added with a smile.

"Yep!"

Su Xiangdong gave a thumbs up. He could say it in such detail. He was sure that this guy had definitely eaten it, but the whole statement was incomplete: "It's usually worthless if it's too small, just because the meat is too tender and not tasty. And if it’s too big, the way we eat it here is to cook it into eel porridge, and it seems that we can only cook it into eel porridge, otherwise it will be really unpalatable.”

"However, whether it is artificially cultured or purely wild, just because freshwater eels are like this, it does not mean that saltwater eels are like this. Conger eels are purely wild, and their prices are different from freshwater eels. The bigger they are, the more valuable they are. If they are smaller, no one will want them." Su Xiangdong looked at a large number of eels running around in the trawl net. Under the not very bright lighting, people would mistake them for sea snakes. He was very (chch) Very satisfied, I should say very excited.

"Why is this?" Another member couldn't help but ask.

"The reason is very simple, different ways of eating and different regions!"

Su Xiangdong didn't sell it, he said it all as he said: "The larger conger eels caught by our fishermen will not be sold locally, at least not in the Chaoshan area, because even if they are purely wild conger eels, they will not be sold locally. If it's too big, people here don't like to eat it, so the price won't be high."

"What about other places? But it's different. When they eat fish, they usually eat big fish. The big fish have more meat. Small fish have less meat and fish bones. They don't like it very much. This also leads to the big fish. It can be sold at a high price in their local area, and with the pure wild bonus, the price will go up a little higher." Su Xiangdong said with a smile.

"Personal preferences, different regions, different cultures, and different habits."

Deputy team leader Chen made a good summary and understood: "In the final analysis, it is still due to market demand. When personal demand is amplified, the market becomes larger, so the prices are completely different."

"Very insightful!"

Su Xiangdong strongly agrees with this statement, because it is what it is, but he also adds one more thing: "The basis of these is based on the nutritional value of fish species. Eels are rich in protein and other elements. , it can also help the synthesis of dry red blood cells in the human body. To put it bluntly, it can improve anemia. If people with anemia eat it regularly, it will have a great effect, so it is expensive."

"As for conger eels, the bigger and more expensive they are, depending on the region. But in terms of nutritional value, it is actually the same. The bigger the eels are, the more nutritional value they have. And because artificial breeding is now very developed, then there are conger eels in the sea. It has been growing in the deep sea, so it is often not caught, and it has become a rare fish."

"Today is a matter of good luck, but also because of the weather. In strong winds and waves, moray eels living in the deep sea have to float up to reduce pressure and breathe better in order to catch them. If the weather is normal, you won't be able to catch them at all, at least My boat can't catch it, because even if we lower the net to the bottom of the sea, the depth is limited."

"Only those big ships and ocean-going fishing boats that can put trawl nets into the sea to depths of hundreds of meters or even hundreds of meters can have a certain chance of catching this kind of conger eels. This has led to the emergence of pure wild conger eels on the market. If it’s less, the price won’t be high even if you don’t think so.”

Su Xiangdong was also very emotional. I just looked at it and confirmed that it was a moray eel. I couldn't help but be surprised. Because it is very rare, it is very difficult to catch it. But this time, I caught it in a casual net. Luck can definitely be described as heaven-defying.

only!

What made him doubly happy was far more than that.