Financial freedom begins with fishing

Chapter 26 brought in over 2.

"Which one is Brother Xiao's fish basket?"

Seeing the row of fish baskets that were mostly submerged in the water, Wang Dabao hurriedly asked.

Xiao Kai pointed to the two in the very center and said, "Those two, the wild armyfish are on the left!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Dabao rushed over impatiently.

When he arrived at the fish basket, he didn't stand on ceremony and picked it up in one go.

However, as he exerted his strength, he was horrified to find that he couldn't lift it at all.

Seeing this, Xiao Kai quickly stepped forward to help.

The staff member who had come with him also stepped forward to help.

Soon, with the three of them working together, the fish basket was lifted up little by little.

As a series of rapid splashing sounds rang out, Wang Dabao and his staff took a deep breath the moment they saw the situation in the fish basket.

"Good heavens, Brother Xiao, you're here to buy some goods, right? This must weigh over a hundred pounds!" Wang Dabao couldn't help but exclaim.

Xiao Kai smiled. This wasn't the first time he'd heard this, so he was used to it.

Seeing this, the others all smiled and nodded.

At this moment, Wang Dabao noticed a tall, slender figure in the fish basket. His eyes lit up, and he scooped the figure up in one go.

Upon closer inspection, everyone recognized it as the large army fish weighing twelve or thirteen pounds.

Looking at the fish, even though he was somewhat prepared, Wang Dabao was still pleasantly surprised.

"Okay, okay, this is the right size, this size is great!"

"Ha ha!"

Seeing Wang Dabao's excited smile as he held the giant fish, everyone looked at Xiao Kai with a hint of envy.

They all knew that Xiao Kai was about to make a fortune.

Everyone who knows about fishing knows that you're lucky if you can break even. People who make so much money in one go have never even heard of such a thing.

Now they've finally seen what Little Dora has to do.

Overjoyed, Wang Dabao didn't waste any words and immediately asked the staff to bring a scale to weigh the fish.

After weighing it, the weight of the fish was revealed to everyone.

It weighed exactly thirteen pounds and one ounce, which was pretty much what Xiao Kai and the others had guessed.

"Brother Xiao, how much do you want to sell this fish? A fixed price or by weight?" Wang Dabao said to Xiao Kai with a happy expression.

Xiao Kai glanced at Xiao Peng first, and seeing that he didn't react, he thought for a moment and said, "Let's set a fixed price!"

Wang Dabao nodded, thought for a moment, and then said, "Okay, I'll put up 20,000. What do you think?"

hiss~

Upon hearing this, a collective gasp rippled through the crowd.

"Twenty thousand? Brother Xiao, you've really struck it rich! I've been fishing for so long and I've never seen anyone catch a fish worth twenty thousand!" Yu Qiqiang exclaimed dramatically.

"yes!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Let alone them, even Zhou Jianjun, who is the most knowledgeable, had never heard of a single fish being worth 20,000 yuan before.

Xiao Kai was overjoyed, but also had some concerns.

This price is actually quite different from his expected price.

According to his understanding, the price of wild mandarin fish fluctuates greatly and is generally closely related to their size.

The cheapest is over 100 yuan per kilogram, while the most expensive seems to be around 1,000 yuan.

At first glance, he thought the fish was definitely worth tens of thousands, but it was probably worth at most around 15,000, or even less.

(Note: These prices are averages from several regions across the country. While they are slightly higher, they are not excessively high. I have personally seen people selling wild mandarin fish. They may not be within your budget. If you feel uncomfortable with this, please clear your mind before looking at the price!)

But Wang Dabao's words, "20,000," left him somewhat at a loss.

This money came way too easily, all from just one fish.

"Brother Wang, is this fish really that valuable? You're not going to lose money!"

Xiao Kai was afraid that Wang Dabao was giving more money because of Zhou Jianjun, so he said...

It wasn't that he was being pretentious, but rather that he knew how difficult it was to repay favors, and that there was no need to incur debts for no reason, especially for something as small as this.

Upon hearing Xiao Kai's words, not only Wang Dabao laughed, but everyone else also looked incredulous. There were actually people who complained about having too much money.

Wang Dabao looked at Xiao Kai seriously for a moment, and seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, he smiled and patted him on the shoulder, explaining:

"Brother Xiao, you are truly honest; such honesty is rare these days."

"But you can rest assured, I've been in business for so many years and I would never let myself suffer a loss."

"You're an outsider and don't understand. It's currently autumn and winter, and the price of wild mandarin fish is already rising. Large wild mandarin fish like this are rare and top-quality, and their price is even more difficult to estimate."

Don't worry about what you might think, this fish would fetch a much higher price in the market!

Hearing Wang Dabao's words, Xiao Kai finally felt relieved.

As for his statement that the actual price of the fish would only be higher, he took it to heart but would not go back on his word.

Putting aside the fact that it's his own skill, he wouldn't have a way to take it back himself, and he generally doesn't easily take back what he's said.

He said he'd sell it for 20,000, and that's it; he wouldn't ask for a penny more.

Money can never be earned enough. Even though he's short of money right now, he can always find a way to earn more later!

In front of everyone, Wang Dabao took out his phone, added Xiao Kai on WeChat, and transferred 20,000 yuan to him.

At this point, ownership of the fish was officially transferred to Wang Dabao.

Speaking of which, it's worth mentioning that they couldn't have completed the transaction here, since there's no signal and mobile phones can't transfer money.

But Wang Dabao was so well prepared that he even brought a portable Wi-Fi device, which is like a portable signal booster, so he could switch it however he wanted.

"Brother Xiao, what are you going to do with the rest of your fish? Why don't you sell them to me as well?"

After Wang Dabao caught the giant wild mandarin fish, he turned his attention to Xiao Kai's fish basket.

He just saw it; it seemed there were still quite a few fish in the fish basket.

Fish that can live in the same environment as wild mandarin fish are all good; they are all wild fish, and they are not so easy to get on the market.

"OK!"

Xiao Kai was naturally delighted with this and immediately decided to sell all the fish in the two fish baskets to the other party.

Of course, before that, he also took out the fish that he had promised to give to everyone the night before and gave them to them separately.

Everyone refused, saying that they were just joking last night.

However, Xiao Kai took this very seriously, saying that he couldn't go back on his word.

In the end, everyone accepted Xiao Kai's offer at his insistence.

Faced with Xiao Kai's actions, everyone felt deeply impressed by his magnanimity.

Honestly, if it were them, they might not be able to do it so casually.

After more than half an hour of work, witnessed by everyone, Wang Dabao and his staff completed the sorting and weighing of the remaining fish in Xiao Kai's fish basket.

There were 18 remaining mandarin fish, totaling 47 jin (approximately 28.5 catties), with a unit price of 110 yuan, for a total of 5170 yuan.

102 wild crucian carp, totaling 91 jin (45 catties), priced at 18 yuan each, for a total of 1638 yuan.

Wild carp, 12 fish, totaling 52 jin (26 catties), priced at 15 yuan each, for a total of 780 yuan.

Nine wild grass carp, totaling 38 jin (9 catties), priced at 15 yuan each, for a total of 570 yuan.

The four types of fish weighed a total of 228 jin (approximately 4 catties).

In addition, some small-sized mandarin fish, loach, and other small miscellaneous fish were released by Xiao Kai during the sorting process.

If you include the mandarin fish he gave away to others and the first large mandarin fish he sold, his total catch exceeded 250 jin (125 catties).

The terrifying weight stunned everyone present.

Even though Wang Dabao had caught so many fish, he had never seen anyone catch so many wild fish at once.

No wonder they all thought he was there to buy goods.

In the end, these fish brought Xiao Kai a total income of 8158 yuan.

Besides the mandarin fish, crucian carp contributed the most to the price and was also the most expensive, selling for 18 yuan per jin (500g).

The rest are much cheaper.

Overall, Xiao Kai was still quite satisfied.

If you include the money from selling wild mandarin fish, Xiao Kai earned more than 2 yuan in less than two days.

This terrifying speed at which they made money left everyone present utterly astonished.