To find out what kind of fish the slender white fish below is.

Yang Zheng sped up the net-pulling process.

A section of fishing net with a few small white fish hanging from it was pulled in front of them.

He lowered his head curiously and began to observe carefully.

Upon closer inspection, these small white fish were found to have slender, laterally compressed bodies, resembling willow leaves. Their silvery-white backs were particularly prominent, giving them a slightly hunched appearance.

The lower lip protrudes, while the upper lip can be narrowed and elongated...

I took out a magnifying glass and observed it carefully for a moment.

The more he looked at it, the more familiar it seemed, and in the end, he was overjoyed.

"A bunch of mini mandarin fish! They're the ultimate catch that drives all anglers crazy!"

"We're rich! We're rich!"

"This time we're really going to make a fortune!"

Judging by visual inspection, these tiny white upturned beaks are all over ten centimeters long.

On Earth, it would be a large, upturned beak that's at least a meter long.

It's important to know that on Earth, wild upturned beetles over a meter long are extremely rare, let alone large upturned beetles within a meter's length.

There was a fishing enthusiast in the group who caught a 1.1-meter-long wild mandarin fish that weighed over ten kilograms.

Before he could even take a picture to show off, a wealthy angler nearby bought it for 180 yuan per kilogram.

They pay on the spot and take it away immediately, without even a second thought.

Because wild bigmouth bass weighing over five pounds is extremely rare.

The mandarin fish has tender flesh, few bones, and an extremely delicious flavor.

Wild mandarin fish, in particular, tastes absolutely delicious, and the larger the fish, the higher its nutritional value.

Unlike other fish, such as grass carp and common carp, the bigger they are, the less tasty they become.

However, the bigmouth bass is the opposite; the bigger it is, the tastier it is, and the meat is still just as tender and smooth.

As far as he knew, in Linjiang City, both wild mandarin fish and wild mandarin fish were extremely sought after, and it was practically impossible to find one.

Furthermore, the price varies depending on the size of the fish.

The wild mandarin fish he's holding is less than a pound and costs around ten yuan.

One to three kilograms, around twenty yuan.

Three to five pounds, around sixty yuan per pound.

Once you get five pounds of wild mandarin ducks, the price becomes shockingly high, skyrocketing to at least 100 yuan per pound.

However, this is not the most expensive.

Because the larger the upturned beak, the more expensive it is, and the better it sells.

After all, real wild bigmouth bass are not common and are a scarce resource.

Basically, any wild bigmouth bass weighing over 10 jin (5 kg) will cost no less than 150 yuan per jin, and after the news is released, a lot of people rush to buy them.

Many high-end restaurants and farms in Linjiang City collect this precious wild freshwater fish.

At this moment, Yang Zheng was extremely excited.

As the fishing net was pulled out of the water meter by meter, one after another, white mandarin fish appeared before our eyes.

On the short fishing net, which was only a few meters long, hung more than twenty mandarin fish.

Clearly, the mandarin fish is a schooling fish.

They often appear in groups.

It must be said that the fish resources in this small world's lake are incredibly abundant.

On Earth, let alone getting a whole flock of bigmouth bass, even a wild bigmouth bass weighing over five pounds is extremely difficult; you might not even encounter one once a year.

Yang Zheng quickly pulled up the second fishing net completely.

Unfortunately, apart from some carp and grass carp, I didn't see any more white mandarin fish.

As for the bluefish he had been longing for, he didn't even see a single scale.

"There's a third net left, I need to hurry and take it down!"

They pulled up the last fishing net as quickly as possible.

There were no surprises left in this process.

The third net was not as good as the first two; it was almost entirely filled with carp and grass carp.

Still, not a single bluefish was caught.

Looking at the rippling lake surface, Yang Zheng frowned and said, "Could it be that my fishing net isn't wide enough? Did it fail to sink to the bottom? Otherwise, why can't I catch any grass carp?"

Forget it, I'll stop thinking about it now. I'd better hurry back to shore and take these fish off the bank.

Especially for mandarin fish, they quickly become oxygen-deprived after leaving the water.

He had to go to the shore and find a way to preserve their freshness.

Although the wild mandarin ducks sold outside are all dead, he still wants to preserve them for as long as possible.

After all, once it's in the real world, it will take six hours before it can be sold and converted into cash.

Yang Zheng dragged three fishing nets laden with small fish, trying to keep them submerged in the lake water to ensure the fish wouldn't die from lack of oxygen.

They carefully walked to the shore.

He didn't rush to pull the entire fishing net out of the water.

Instead, it temporarily placed the fish in the water and quickly went ashore to find a clean little puddle nearby to temporarily keep all the fish it had caught.

With three fishing nets, they caught at least several hundred fish in total.

Any creature caught in the net, once brought to Earth, will be at least 20 or 30 kilograms in size; once grown, they will all be large animals.

Some may have more than that.

Today's catch is conservatively estimated to be over 10,000 jin (5,000 kg).

With so many fish, especially carp and grass carp, it's simply impossible to sell them all in just one day.

Moreover, whether it's grass carp or common carp, once they die, they become worthless and difficult to sell.

He had to keep all the fish alive as much as possible.

Live fish are much more expensive than dead fish!

For the past few days, it has been raining in this little world.

Therefore, many small puddles are scattered among the grassy areas on the lake shore.

One of the puddles was quite large, probably five or six square meters.

Yang Zheng went over to test the depth; the deepest part in the middle was less than 20 centimeters deep, which was perfect for temporarily raising the small fish he had just caught.

Just to be on the safe side, he went to a nearby tree branch and used it to carve a small channel, about ten centimeters deep, through a nearby ditch.

With the opening of this mini-channel, which is five meters long and about ten centimeters wide.

Immediately, the water in the ditch began to flow continuously into the pit.

In this way, the puddle will no longer be a stagnant puddle, but a small pond with flowing water entering it.

At the other end of the small pond, Yang Zheng dug another small ditch, allowing water to flow in from that end and then into the lake from this end.

Of course, he filled the inlet and outlet of the small pond with branches about the thickness of chopsticks, leaving safe drainage gaps, which served as a simple protective barrier.

To prevent the small fish kept inside from escaping.

After doing all this, Yang Zheng began to release the fish.

He first brought over the first fishing net, leaving the remaining two nets in the lake.

It must be said that taking fish out of the fishing net is a tedious and time-consuming task.

These small fish get entangled in the netting, especially the threads that get stuck in their gills. If you were to use force to remove the fish, it would be quick and easy.

But none of these fish survived.

To avoid hurting them or damaging their scales, you have to be very careful.

Fortunately, he carried a small pair of scissors with him, which he used to cut fishing lines when he was fishing.

Gently cut the thread wrapped around the little fish with scissors, and soon, a lively little fish was released into the small pond.

As each thread was cut, almost all the small fish trapped in the net survived unharmed.

Compared to the value of these fish, the three cheap fishing nets are practically worthless.

You can break even by selling just one carp.

You should know that he only spent less than 100 yuan on these three fishing nets yesterday.

If the fishing net is broken, it's broken; we can just buy a new one.

The more broken the net, the more fish you catch.

This is a business that only makes money and never loses.

It took Yang Zheng about an hour to safely unload all the small fish from the three nets.

To his surprise, none of the more than twenty white upturned fish were damaged.

It must be said that he chose a good fishing net this time.

The mesh on top fits perfectly around the slender back of the upturned fish, without even constricting its gills.

In this way, these upturned beaks are protected to the greatest extent.

Now, this small pond, which is only five or six square meters in size, is teeming with small fish.

In the future, if I want to sell any fish, I can just use a landing net to scoop them out.

Looking at the carp, grass carp, mandarin fish, catfish, and a group of swift white mandarin fish swimming in the pond, Yang Zheng felt a great sense of accomplishment.

Suddenly.

He saw three fish slowly turn belly up next to the fishpond.

"Huh, are these three fish going to die?"

He frowned, scooped up the three small fish that had turned belly up, and upon closer inspection, found that they were three small grass carp, each about ten centimeters long.

They had obvious strangulation marks on their bodies, probably from being caught in the fishing net and struggling wildly, which caused them injuries.

"Since it's about to die, let's fish it out and take it back!"

Three dying grass carp were thrown into the bucket, which immediately frightened the two small black fish and the small turtle in the bucket, causing them to thrash around wildly.

Yang Zheng took stock of today's catch.

There were over two hundred grass carp, about one hundred common carp, three mandarin fish, and one catfish.

Like the chub that surprised him, there were a total of twenty-six.

Then there were two blackfish and a turtle in the bucket.

Once these grow up and are taken to Earth, they could probably fetch a lot of money.

How can I convert all these fish into cash?

Yang Zheng had already begun to formulate a plan.

Today, I'll take all twenty-six mandarin fish, along with the two black carp and one soft-shelled turtle in the bucket, out to sell.

The remaining fish will probably be difficult to sell in the short term.

You must first find a buyer outside before you can sell it.

Otherwise, if all these fish are taken out, there will be nowhere to put them once they grow up.

I checked the time on my phone; it was just past 3 PM, so I could head home early.