Chapter 473: Chapter 318 Zhao Jun Calls Chapter 473: Chapter 318 Zhao Jun Calls After tidying up from dinner, it was already past 8 pm. Wei Jiaguo continued to tinker with his fish tank. Noticing Chu Mingcheng approaching, he pointed to the tank and said, “Ah Cheng, do you think my fish tank is a bit too small?”

Looking at the dozen or so fish swimming happily in the tank, but with plenty of empty space remaining, Chu Mingcheng nodded in agreement, “It is a bit small, I’ll see if I have a chance to catch a couple of meter-long groupers later.”

“As for those Rat Spot coral fish, Grandpa, you can put them in that bigger fish tank.”

Wei Jiaguo chuckled, pointing at him, “You really know me, but I have high requirements for the groupers, I certainly need a male and a female, and they must be from the same species.”

“I’ll try my best!” Chu Mingcheng nodded, agreeing to the task.

Catching a pair of meter-long groupers wasn’t actually that difficult for him; the tricky part was determining their gender.

What was even rarer was whether he could catch the fish and bring them back to shore healthy and vigorous.

Live fish holds weren’t almighty, otherwise he wouldn’t need to scoop up nearly dead fish each day to put into the refrigeration hold.

However, once the weather cooled down a bit, there would be a much better chance of keeping the fish alive.

The current weather was too hot, even if the Sea God had a sunshade and the live fish hold could be oxygenated, the fish could still easily suffocate and die, especially the larger fish over a meter in size.

After resting for a while, Chu Mingcheng and Jiang Luoluo left, leaving the White Jade Shell behind. Wei Jiaguo would notify him once it was carved.

The departing pair didn’t head straight home but returned to the dock instead.

Chu Mingcheng got on the boat and moved the red wine, fossils, and the watch and necklace back to the car to take home.

Jiang Luoluo sat in the passenger seat, ordering a special wooden box online for storing the red wine.

Although foam boxes could work, they were too fragile. It was more reassuring to store such valuable wine in wooden boxes.

Back at home, Jiang Luoluo saw the watch and necklace that Chu Mingcheng took out of the box and curiously asked, “Did you also find these on the sunken ship?”

Chu Mingcheng nodded, “Yes, these may not be valuable, but I might find other sunken ships and more sunken treasures in the future when I’m fishing. After all, they are all hard-earned by me, so I plan to keep a room just for these things.”

Hearing this, Jiang Luoluo fell into thought. She knew that Chu Mingcheng’s old home was being built, but their focus was in Xia City.

Going out to sea from Xia City was actually much more convenient than from his old hometown. Yanmen Island was too small without a suitable dock.

Moreover, that area was inhabited by one village or people from nearby villages. If they made a lot of money from fishing, others might become envious, leading to unnecessary troubles.

The docks in Xia City were large and unknown, so naturally, there wouldn’t be any trouble.

Also, even if the house in his old hometown was completed, they wouldn’t live there much, so keeping things there wasn’t a good option.

Realizing this, Jiang Luoluo for the first time entertained the thought of buying a nice house in Xia City.

Their current house was enough for living, but it gradually wasn’t meeting their standards.

Given Chu Mingcheng’s luck and diving skills, it wasn’t unthinkable that they would soon need two rooms just for wine and collectibles.

They would need rooms for their future children, and they needed two guest rooms free for when their parents visited.

Thinking it over, Jiang Luoluo immediately brought up the idea, “Ah Cheng, what if we buy a bigger house in Xia City!”

“Eh, weren’t we planning to buy a house in Modu?” Chu Mingcheng was slightly surprised.

He might not have plans for a house in Modu at the moment, but that didn’t mean he wouldn’t in the future.

However, Jiang Luoluo had a different opinion, “We don’t usually live in Modu, so there’s actually no need to buy there. Instead, your childhood friends, Chen Yang and Zhang Wei, are now in Xia City, and they’ve both found girlfriends, so they will definitely stay. We won’t leave Xia City to develop elsewhere, so it seems quite necessary to switch to a bigger house. Our situation has changed compared to before, and a bigger house has become a necessity for us.”

Of course, Jiang Luoluo made this suggestion based on their current income.

In her view, since Chu Mingcheng switched to a larger boat for tuna fishing, his income had skyrocketed.

Although he was at sea for only about a week each trip, the lowest catch could still be worth several hundred thousand, and at its highest, it had reached over a million.

Her own income wasn’t that high, but the studio’s net income was around two hundred thousand per month, which, despite some fluctuations, wouldn’t differ too much.

If necessary, she could even sell the house in Hang City that was in her name. She might not earn as much as Chu Mingcheng, but she had quite a bit of property.

With such a situation, striving to pay in full for a large flat or villa on the island wasn’t out of the question.

As for the recently invested fishing gear factory, she hadn’t included it in her calculations, as it was still uncertain whether it would make a profit or a loss.

Chu Mingcheng scratched his head, realizing Jiang Luoluo was stronger at planning than him.

He felt somewhat reluctant to leave Xia City for development elsewhere.

It was familiar here, and indeed, the fish resources in the Treasure Island Strait and the east were very rich. The nearby waters had more Big-eyed Gold Spearfish and Bluefin Tuna than other places, and they were closer.

If he didn’t land any top-quality Bluefin Tuna, he wouldn’t need to go all the way to Modu to sell fish.

Seeing it this way, it really was necessary for them to buy a house in Xia City.

He had thought about it before, but the high prices had deterred him, so he had found various reasons to negate his desire to buy a house. After all, desires needed to be matched by capabilities.