After emptying out the sack and a bit of scallops and sorting them by size, they tipped the fish into the baskets at the buying station. The catch had already been sorted, so once it was transferred, a quick check of its freshness and size was all that was needed before weighing it.
The Golden-eye Bream weighed 8.2 jin and fetched a good price of just over 14 yuan and 8 mao. Of the half-basket of Large Silver Pomfret, those weighing around a jin each totaled 16 jin, while those weighing six to nine liang totaled 18 jin. Altogether, they sold for 35 yuan and 6 mao.
The few mud crabs fetched a little over ten yuan. There were also some fish and shrimp, and the Stone Crabs sold for over twelve yuan.
With the hundred-odd jin of scallops added in, all the catch they had brought on this trip should sell for a little over 120 yuan without any trouble. Even splitting it equally with his father would leave each of them with around sixty yuan. They really had made a good haul.
Once the catch at home was sorted, they could bring that over to sell too. It should fetch quite a bit as well. After all, his father, mother, and wife had all been gathering it, and they had gotten a head start on everyone else. Together, they had collected a considerable amount.
He just wondered how much the price of scallops this morning would differ from the price when they were bought in bulk toward evening.
If they were shipped out that evening, they would not reach the market until tomorrow.
A-Cai said the same thing. "The typhoon had only just passed, so I wasn't going to open today. But when I saw all those scallops