Chapter 15: Laughter snapped
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Shuichi Minamino's fishing boat returned to port in the afternoon. www.biquge.info The fishing port is not very busy at the moment, and there are basically no fishing boats coming back, only some cargo ships are loading and unloading.
The afternoon sun shone on the sea, and a burst of water vapor rose hot. Fishermen on several large fishing boats parked in their nets are lounging under umbrellas on the deck.
On the flagship fishing boat of the Matsumoto Fishing Fleet, several people are enjoying salmon sashimi and good sake while enjoying the cool weather!
"Hey, Matsumoto-kun, your dad is a Hokkaido fish hunter! We've only been out at sea for a little over a week before we come across a school of big salmon. This time we're back with a full load!" said a shirtless man with a smile.
"Uncle Matsumoto's title of fish hunter is not for nothing, and thirty years of experience in finding fish are not for nothing. This time we estimate that another large sum of money has been credited to the account. Another lean man laughed.
One of these three people is named Ryo Matsumoto, one is Keiteng Eguchi, and the other is Kotaro Aso. All three of them are the second generation of fishermen. Because their three fathers are the three major shareholders of the Matsumoto fishing team, and the Matsumoto fishing team is a well-known fishing team in the entire Nemuro Peninsula. Most of them go out to sea with a full load, and have grown from a small fishing fleet ten years ago to a large fishing fleet with three fishing boats now!
"Of course, my dad told me that after this transaction, he plans to marry a daughter-in-law for me, a city person, who is very beautiful, and a graduate of the University of the Island Country!" Matsumoto said proudly.
Speaking of which, they used to be rural people, but the fishing team has made a lot of money over the years, and the three of them have moved their families to live in Nemuro City, and they have also bought cars, so they can be regarded as rich people. In this day and age, people who can afford to buy a car are all rich people.
"Wow, you're blessed. Your family is your only child, like my family has three brothers, two younger brothers are still in school, I guess I don't have so much money to marry that kind of high-quality city daughter-in-law. Eguchi Jingteng said with envy.
"Hey, don't talk about it, I got married too early, I married a rural person, I want to get a divorce. Kotaro Aso complained.
At this time, a whistle sounded, and a fishing boat docked, and this fishing boat was none other than the fishing boat of Shuichi Minamino, who had just returned.
The fishing boat is docked not far from the Matsumoto fishing boat.
"Hey, isn't this the same fishing boat that went out with us more than a week ago?" Matsumoto said with a hint of surprise.
"It seems like yes, we laughed at them at the beginning. By the way, they seem to be from the fishing village of North Bay! Most of them are women. Since the closure of the North Bay fishing fleet seven or eight years ago, no one has been able to rent a big fishing boat to go out to sea. I didn't expect a person to appear now, as if his name was Shuichi Minamino. An offspring. Kotaro Aso frowned.
"Haha, there are more people like them who want to get rich overnight, I guess they must have not caught anything this time!" said Eguchi Jingteng laughed. After all, not every fleet has a fishing talent like Matsumoto Ryoshi and his father!
Every year, I don't know how many fishermen who go out to sea to fish can't do it.
"Just ask!" Matsumoto said.
"Hey, friends over there, did you catch any fish this time? We went out to sea together, and we caught salmon here! Eguchi Jingteng shouted in a show-off tone.
"Yes, half a boat. Seeing that someone asked, Ishida said with a smile. Generally, when the fishing boat comes back, the peers have to ask about the results, and if the relationship is good, they can also exchange experiences or something.
"Hmph, Ishida Yu, are you blind? Those guys were one of the people who mocked us in the first place, don't talk to them. Old man Kimura glared at Ishida.
"Uh, hehe......" Ishida touched the back of his head with a smile, indicating that he was a little embarrassed.
"Okay, don't talk about it, it's on the shore, there's a lot of things, hurry up and help. Minamino Shuyi glanced at the other party's side and said to everyone.
"Yes, boss. ”
"Yo, it's a bit of a surprise, let's go and see. Matsumoto had a look of surprise on his face. Obviously, I didn't expect the other party to gain something too.
"Let's go!" So the three of them got off the boat, went ashore, and walked towards Minamino Shuichi's fishing boat.
At this point, the fishing boat was already parked.
Seeing that there were fishing boats returning, several fish buying shops on the shore of Nemuro Fishing Port sent people to check on them. In this era, transportation is not very developed. So as soon as the fish arrives at the port, there will be buyers from the fishing port who come up to buy it.
At present, there are three large fish buyers and more than a dozen small fish buyers in Nemuro Fishing Port. There are also two marine fish processing plants. It has to be said that the current Nemuro fishing port is still one of the best fishing ports on the Nemuro Peninsula. Even in Hokkaido, it is considered a large fishing port.
These three large marine fish buyers are still very powerful, and the prices they give are also fair.
However, seeing that only one fishing boat came back, still 150 tonnage, it could not attract these three buyers to send people to inquire, but only four or five small marine fish buyers sent people.
"Hey, brother, what did you catch from your fishing boat this time?" asked one of the buyers, who didn't even board the boat. If you don't catch a fish, it won't be in vain.
"Of course, herring! Estimated 100,000. Shuichi Minamino stood at the bow of the boat and said.
"It turned out to be herring? 100,000, a lot. But the sales of herring are not very good right now. After hearing this, this person did not get on the ship as soon as possible, but thought about whether to go up and buy it.
Several other buyers who rushed to the market were also a little hesitant after hearing this, herring, in this era is a fish eaten by the poor, the sales are not very good, and the difference in price is not high. None of them wanted to buy it. Especially for 100,000 tails, it will take a lot of money to refrigerate at that time.
"Haha, I'll just say, they're not very lucky. The fish were encountered, the fish were caught, and there were no less than 100,000! Unfortunately, it was herring, and we were not interested, so we went back and continued to eat sashimi and clear the bar. The trio who had just walked over also heard it, and Matsumoto sneered loudly. The voice was very loud, and it was probably deliberately intended to mock Shuichi Minamino and others.
"It turned out to be a worthless herring, hehe, our fishing team is too lazy to do anything when we encounter this kind of fish!" Aso Kotaro also laughed.
At this time, Shuichi Minamino said calmly, "We also caught bluefin tuna!"
As soon as this sentence came out, everyone was stunned.