There were not many households and few communities on King Island. It focused on tourism and the seafood market, among which the abalone market was located in a prominent central section.
Li Du set off in the morning and arrived at the market near noon.
When the sun was high in the sky, there were not many people in the market. Some stalls were casually propped up on the roadside, protected by umbrellas. The seafood was kept in foam boxes or ice boxes, and not many people went up to patronize them.
Li Du had inquired in advance that there was no fee to set up a stall here. He just had to find a place where no one was and put his products out.
Like collecting black gold abalone, the stalls in the fish market were on a first-come, first-served basis. Everything returned to zero in the early hours of the morning, and stalls could be set up as long as there was an empty space.
Needless to say, the closer one was to the intersection of two streets, the more attention and the more suitable it was to set up a stall.
What made Li Du curious was that some of the stalls were empty. There were some beans, corn, peanuts, and a few vegetables and fruits, which did not seem to be valuable.
However, according to the rules, as long as there was something for sale at a stall, it was an occupied stall, and latecomers could not take it.
Li Du bought a folding bed at the nearest grocery store, which was the most common stall in the market. After opening it, he put the abalone box on it and waited for customers to come to him.
Eight out of ten seafood stalls in the market now had abalone in front of them, not only black gold abalone, but also ordinary abalones, ranging from the size of a spoon to a diameter of more than ten centimeters.
Among them, the black gold abalone was more standard, with the most being 13 or 14 centimeters long.
After arriving at the seafood market, Li Du had no desire to go shopping.
The weather was hot and humid, and the stench unique to the seafood market was pervasive. Everyone who came and went seemed to have the same smell.
Smelling the stench, Li Du lost his appetite for lunch.
The seafood market was also very dirty, with a lot of stinky puddles on the ground, and dead fish, shrimp, and small pieces of shells.
Ah Meow, Ah Ow, and Crispy Noodles were very clean, so they walked here and there in fear, like children jumping around a grid.
When Li Du opened the folding bed, the three of them hurriedly jumped onto it. Ah Meow wiped the canvas bed with his claws in disgust, then raised it in front of him and sniffed it before continuing to wipe with a look of disgust.
Li Du laughed heartily. "Ah Meow, stop wiping it. Don't you like seafood? Now, my paw smells like seafood. Whenever I'm hungry, I can just raise my paw and smell it. "
Ah Meow showed a sad expression. "Meow, meow!"
Not long after the three little ones laid on the foldable bed, someone noticed them and asked, "What breed is this cat? He looks extraordinarily handsome. "
Li Du smiled. "Thank you for the compliment. This is a long-tailed ocelot, a small wild beast."
Ah Meow opened his mouth and howled, "Meow!"
Ah Ow hurriedly followed the rhythm, wagging her tail and barking, "Woof woof woof!"
The man looked at Ah Ow curiously and said, "This is a Husky, right? It's not in good condition. "
Lu Guan and Big Quinn laughed.
After glancing at Ah Ow, the middle-aged man shifted his gaze to Ah Meow. He stretched out his hand to tease Ah Meow.
Ah Meow was annoyed by the stinky water on its paw. When it saw Zhang Zian reach out to it, it glared at him and immediately waved its paw.
"Ahem, Ah Meow!" Li Du stopped it and went up to protect the ocelot. "Sorry, sir, my pet is not allowed to be touched."
In fact, it was not that Ah Meow was not allowed to be touched. After being stopped by Li Du, Ah Meow rolled its eyes and suddenly abandoned its fierce look. It obediently wagged its tail, gently scratched the man's pants with its paw, and then tried to rub its paw on it.
It found that the cotton clothes the man was wearing were more suitable for wiping the dirty things on its paw.
Seeing this, the middle-aged man showed a loving expression and said, "This ocelot is very good. I like it. How much is it?"
The smile on Li Du's face froze and he asked, "What?"
The middle-aged man said, "I want to buy this ocelot. How much are you offering it?"
Li Du immediately shook his head. "No, no, no, I'm not selling the ocelot or any of these three pets. In fact, I'm here to sell the black gold abalone."
He snapped his fingers, and Godzilla opened the freezer, revealing the large black gold abalone that was neatly placed inside.
The middle-aged man looked disappointed and said, "Oh, man, the things placed in the stall are for sale. You either follow the rules or take your pet back."
Li Du said, "There is no such thing. This is not a pirate tavern. My pet can stay anywhere in my stall, and so can I."
The middle-aged man looked at the freezer again. Seeing that each black gold abalone had an abalone card, he became interested again and asked, "Did you catch all of them? Du Li? "
This kind of black gold abalone, like Japanese wagyu, was a world-class ingredient and sold at a very high price.
In order to match the selling price, they matched a lot of services, such as this abalone card.
The abalone card was the identity card of the black gold abalone, which had the place of harvest, the time of harvest, and the name of the fisherman. If there was a problem with the black gold abalone, it could be traced back to the source.
Li Du nodded and said, "Yes, I caught all of them. I'm Du Li."
The middle-aged man shook hands with him and asked, "What price do you want to sell it for? You look unfamiliar. Haven't you been here before? "
Li Du said, "Yes, I just came to Australia recently. I used to harvest black gold abalone in the north island of New Zealand, so I'm not very familiar with the guys here. As for the price? What do you think? "
The middle-aged man said with interest, "These black gold abalones should have just come out of the water. Unfortunately, they are not well preserved, and there are weeds and mud on them. I can sell them for 500 dollars each. What do you think?"
Li Du smiled. "Five hundred dollars?"
Five hundred dollars was a bluff. Indeed, many black gold abalones were only worth 500 dollars, but those black gold abalones were of poor quality, with little meat or broken shells.
The black gold abalones Li Du found were all well preserved. He did not even remove the impurities on the shells and the seaweed on them. The abalones were also very good, plump, and plump.
The middle-aged man thought he had accepted his offer and said, "This price is more appropriate to buy them individually. If you buy them all together, can you make it cheaper?"
Saying this, he waved his hand generously and continued, "Four hundred dollars each. I won't choose. I'll buy them all!"
Li Du said, "Sorry, I can't sell them at this price, man. These are all premium goods. If I sell them individually, they will cost about 2,000 dollars each!"
This price was not nonsense. It was a judgment he made after carefully checking the market price last night.
Black gold abalones were about the same size, but their weight was different. Their price was closely related to their weight, and as the weight increased, the price would soar.
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