Chapter 70 Giant Grouper
Xiaoshan's mood wasn't so bad after being interrupted by this.
However, he did not go to the village dam to work as he was told, but went to the beach to pick up shells.
Ever since his mother forbade him to learn how to fish on a boat, he realized that he should find another job that could earn money.
I can't go to the dock to work, and I only earn a dozen cents a day working at the village dam. The income from fishing is even less.
When Xiaoshan was thinking about ways to make money, he saw two rich ladies in the Temple of Our Lady, each wearing an exquisite shell belt around their waists, which gave him an idea.
He began to collect all kinds of shells with complete and beautiful shapes at the seaside. It didn't matter if they didn't have beautiful colors, he found several kinds of wild grasses in the mountains that could be used for dyeing.
Maybe he really has this talent, anyway, Xiaoshan thinks the string bracelets he made are all pretty. He secretly took them to the Holy Mother Temple to sell them, and except for a few that were not made well due to his lack of skill, all the others were bought.
In more than a year, he had saved four taels of silver by secretly selling shell ornaments.
No one knew the amount of money, and he had no intention of telling anyone.
Xiaoshan picked up some water along the way and finally reached the end of the ditch. He was thirsty and wanted to drink some water. As he walked over, he found a person on the reef.
She took a long bamboo pole and pulled a fish out of the water. A fish?!
Really amazing...
Jiang Wan wiped her sweat. Who said fishing was easy? She had been sitting here for at least quarter of an hour before a fish took a bite.
When I pulled it up, I found it wasn't a big fish, just a stone mackerel weighing about 300 grams.
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The size of the stone nine is very small, and the largest one is usually no more than half a pound. They look very similar to grouper, ugly, but the meat is quite delicious.
Jiang Wan took her first catch and put it into the bucket, then hung the snail meat on the hook and threw it back into the sea.
In fact, she had a feeling that the next fish would be a stone nine-headed fish, because this kind of fish likes reef crevices and caves very much, and they seem to be inseparable from rocks, so there must be a lot of them in this reef area.
It’s just Shi Jiugong. It’s also nice to catch a few and make soup with them.
Jiang Wan was leisurely waiting for the fish to bite. By this time, the sun had already shrunk behind the clouds and was not shining at all. In addition, the sea breeze was actually quite cool.
Suddenly, the fishing rod in her hand moved, and a great force came from the sea.
There are fish so soon!
It feels quite big!
Jiang Wan tried to pull the fish up, but instead of pulling the fish up, she was pulled forward two steps.
Wow! What kind of fish is this? It's so big!
If I can't pull it out today, there will be only two results: either it will pull me into the sea, or I will give up the fishing rod.
Jiang Wan felt her hands were starting to get sore. She thought that nothing mattered more than her own life. Just as she was about to throw away the fishing rod, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a man drinking water by the ditch not far away.
"Big brother from the other side of the ditch!! Can you come over and help me?!"
Xiaoshan looked up in surprise and looked around. It seemed that he was the only one in Hegou, so was he being called?
The little girl's fishing rod is bent, it looks like it's a big fish.
Xiaoshan quickly ran over and took the fishing rod from Jiang Wan. He had strength and Jiang Wan had experience, and together they managed to not let the fish escape.
Such a big fish needs to be played with for a while, and then it needs to be pulled ashore after its strength is exhausted. Jiang Wan cannot do it alone.
It took nearly half an hour for the force in the water to subside a lot.
Xiaoshan tried to pull the fish back, and gradually the guy appeared from the sea.
It was the same ugly color as the stone nine-gong in the barrel.
It's a big grouper!!
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Jiang Wan stared at the big grouper in the sea with sparkling eyes. She never thought that she would be so lucky as to catch a big grouper on her first fishing trip.
There are many species of grouper, but most of them can grow much larger than the groupers in the barrel, ranging from a few kilograms to several hundred kilograms.
This fish in the sea must weigh at least twenty pounds, no wonder she couldn't pull it.
Jiang Wan couldn't help but clench his fists, watching the grouper still making its final struggle.
Wait! My barrel seems a little small.
"Brother Xiaoshan, please pull it for a while. I'll go get a wooden basin."
Jiang Wan ran away, went home, carried a wooden basin and hurried to the beach. Xiao Shan still had some strength left, but he was worried that the fish would get rid of the hook if he pulled it up directly. So he simply went into the sea along the reef, pulled the line little by little towards the shore, and pulled the fish ashore.
"What a big fish! Xiaowan, you have to sell it as soon as possible."
"Should we take it to the dock to sell? Isn't it too late at this hour..."
It was dark on the way back, so there were probably no boats.
"It's a little late today. You can take it home and keep it overnight. I hope it can last until tomorrow."
Xiaoshan carried the fish into the wooden basin. The fish flicked its tail a few times and splashed water all over his face.
"You're quite energetic, I think you can take care of it until tomorrow."
Jiang Wan poked the fish's head excitedly. Even with the best fishing gear in modern times, she had never caught such a big fish. It was such a great sense of accomplishment.
Although she wasn't the one who pulled up the fish.
Ahem…
Who made her still young?
"Thank you so much today, Brother Xiaoshan. Without you, I wouldn't have been able to catch this fish and I would have lost a fishing rod. When we sell this fish, we'll split it in half."
"No, no, I just helped."
Xiaoshan smiled shyly and wanted to leave quickly, but then he thought that the wooden basin was so heavy with water and fish in it that the little girl would definitely not be able to lift it, so he turned back.
"Xiao Wan, is there anyone at home? Let me help you take the fish back first."
"Yes, yes. Brother Xiaoshan, I will go back with you."
It took a lot of time to fish for this big grouper today, and it will be almost evening if we continue fishing, so we might as well go back now and check on the oyster sauce at home.
Jiang Wan reeled up the fishing rod, carried the fishing rod and the bucket at the same time, and happily followed Xiaoshan back home.
As soon as she entered the house, she quickly grabbed Xiaoshan, who was about to leave after putting down the fish, and dragged him out of the stove.
"Mother, bring me something to eat!"
Jiang Wan didn't call her mother out, it was her cousin who came out of the kitchen.
"Auntie hurt her foot again and is lighting the fire. We have to make dinner later. You eat two sugar cushions first."
Jiang Wan took the candy bar and turned around to give it to Xiaoshan.
"Brother Xiaoshan, wait for my good news tomorrow~"
Xiaoshan wanted to return the candy but he didn't dare to touch the girl's hand. There was a strange girl next to him looking at him, which made him feel uncomfortable.
In the end, he accepted the candy and quickly left the Yin family.
Yin Ning thought he looked familiar and it took him a while before he remembered that he had met him in the mountains.
This is the young man whose silver beads got caught on his clothes while he was carrying firewood on the mountain.
She was just about to ask the two what they were going to do tomorrow, when her eyes suddenly looked straight at the wooden basin in the yard.
"Cousin! What a big fish!"
So ugly!!!