By the time they finished cleaning the boat and got home, it was almost nine o'clock! Everyone was exhausted and hungry. The village chief brought a large food box from the front yard, and Aunt Guo had prepared dinner for them.

Today's catch included braised mackerel, steamed grouper, kelp stewed with pork ribs, braised bok choy with dried shrimp, and seaweed and egg soup. Four dishes and a soup were enough to feed the whole family.

Chen Hong cooked another bowl of plain noodles, poured some vegetable broth over it, and mixed it all together. The whole family enjoyed their dinner very much.

After a long day at sea, everyone was exhausted. Chen Hong's parents washed up and took the children back to their room to sleep early.

Chen Hong locked the main gate, walked around the front and back yards, and after checking that there were no problems, she went back into the house and entered the space through the master bedroom's bathroom.

I first went to check on the yellow croakers that were brought in today. They were being kept separately in a pond and were swimming happily.

Their body color is somewhat pale yellow, and their movements are slow, not as energetic as those of yellow croaker raised in open spaces.

They weren't as agile and nimble as the yellow croakers in the space. Chen Hong scooped a netful of live bait from a fish tank to feed the fish, then went to the orchard area to pick fruit.

Fortunately, she had experience with planting crops this time. She sowed just the right amount of seeds, and the seedlings grew neither too dense nor too sparse, so she didn't need to thin them out.

This saved her a procedure and saved her a lot of time and energy.

She sighed as she looked at the various fish fry and shrimp and crab fry that she had put into the breeding tank.

Her parents went out to sea today, so she didn't have a chance to release any fish. She's going back to Jinan tomorrow afternoon, so she needs to find a chance to go out to sea in the morning.

May is the spawning season for most fish species, making it the best time to release fish fry.

Fish fry released at this time will definitely have a 100% chance of surviving and growing up.

The reproductive capacity of these fish in the space is too strong. For example, adult yellow croaker parent fish can lay millions of eggs each time, and the survival rate in the space is 100%.

Looking at the densely packed fish fry of all sizes and the clusters of fish eggs already visible to the naked eye in the pond, Chen Hong felt even more troubled.

Tomorrow, she'll release all the fish, big and small, back into the wild. If she keeps them any longer, she's afraid her space will be overwhelmed.

Now the space is filled with breeding boxes of all sizes, and there's almost no room to step.

Chen Hong couldn't help but think that if things continued like this, in no more than two years, before the city's aquatic breeding company could successfully develop artificial breeding techniques for yellow croaker, the situation would change.

With the hundreds of millions of yellow croaker fry she released, yellow croakers will no longer be scarce in the sea.

Other grouper fry and various precious species of sea bream fry were also released at once.

Chen Hong kept two to three pairs of each type of adult fish, and kept most of the male fish that tasted better.

We can't release all of these back into the wild. After raising them all this time, we can't let our own families go without good fish to eat.

The large fish were set aside, and the fish eggs were distributed into various breeding tanks, ready to be thrown into the sea tomorrow.

She was tired of raising them; they needed to be fed every few days, and the workload they brought her was too much.

Reduce the burden! We absolutely must reduce our burden!

If her workload isn't reduced, she's afraid she'll die from overwork!

Suddenly, she saw Napoleon wrasse and various rare species of grouper from tropical waters in several pools upstream, and Chen Hong's heart stirred.

It's unclear whether they can adapt to and survive in the northern seas.

Now that the weather is warming up, Chen Hong has decided to take a risk and release a batch of fish fry into the wild tomorrow.

She believes that with the transformation of the space, all kinds of tropical and temperate fish species should be able to survive and thrive in the northern sea areas.

It's okay if they don't adapt well; at worst, these fry will become food for other fish.

Darwin's theory of evolution states that only the fittest survive! Those who cannot survive will only become food for other animals!

Chen Hong stayed in the space until eleven o'clock, then left the space at the exact moment, took a hot shower, and prepared to go to sleep.

After turning off the lights, she couldn't fall asleep for a while. Her ears were particularly sensitive, and her father's deafening snoring was slowly assaulting her eardrums.

People really can't get used to things. Now that life is better, her family has a bedroom for each person (not counting Zhou Yi, who rarely comes home), and she hasn't heard her dad's loud snoring for over a year.

Dad didn't snore like this last night. It seems that going out to sea today really tired the old man.

Unable to fall asleep anytime soon, Chen Hong sat up, straightened her posture, and began practicing breathing exercises.

When you calm down, your ears become more sensitive.

Suddenly, Chen Hong heard the "woofing" sounds of Black Tiger and Glasses coming from the backyard.

A thought struck her: her two dogs were cunning; they must have discovered something.

After finishing her routine, she quickly put on a black tracksuit and a pair of comfortable sneakers, and quietly slipped out of the villa in the dark.

I went through the back door of the kitchen and went to the backyard.

Black Tiger immediately ran to her side, stood still, grabbed her trouser leg, and pulled her towards the back door.

Chen Hong understood; something was amiss at the back door! Thieves had come looking to take advantage of the chaos.

She waved to the two dogs, signaling them to lie down and be quiet.

The two dogs were very clever; they immediately understood their owner's intentions upon seeing the hand gesture.

As instructed, the dog lay down quietly and motionless, waiting for its owner's next instruction.

Chen Hong tiptoed toward the back door, tilting her ear to listen carefully.

As a rustling sound came from behind, Chen Hong heard a young man say in a low voice, "Brother, this house has such a sturdy back door, with eight-centimeter-thick steel plates on the door panel. They must be very rich!"

Another deep voice replied in a low hum: "What are we doing here if we don't have money?"

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