"Quickly, Ah Liang, get the boat over there right now!"
Fu Laoda shouted loudly into the cockpit, and Fu Wan, who was next to him, quickly took out the hand-throwing net with Fu Ming.
The presence of fish means that hand-cast nets are necessary, since the fish are on the surface of the sea and trawling nets alone are not enough.
"Ah Wan, can you tell what kind of fish it is?"
Fu Laoda squinted at the distance, but apart from that patch of silver light, he could barely see anything.
Especially now, as the sunlight shines through the clouds, shimmering on the sea, it's even harder to see clearly.
But none of this could escape Fu Wan's eyes. She looked at it several times before she could determine the species of the fish.
"Dad, it's sardines!" A school of sardines, image removed due to copyright infringement. Besides the sardines, there also seems to be some small horse mackerel.
Upon hearing this, Boss Fu was somewhat discouraged, as sardines were cheap and wouldn't fetch much money.
But with the school of fish right in front of them, it was impossible to let them go.
"Even if it's cheap, you can still get several hundred dollars by casting a net with so many sardines."
Fu Wan, however, did not believe that these sardines were only worth a few hundred yuan.
"Dad, let's catch these fish first. If they're good quality, it'll be on my tab. I'll take them to the cannery to make canned goods!"
Such fresh sardines are the perfect raw material for canned goods!
The cannery is still buying sardines from other companies; only by sending their own can they avoid middlemen taking a cut.
These words immediately enlightened Boss Fu and the others. Instantly, the atmosphere of striving for success ignited among them.
Yes, these sardines would be perfect for Ah Wan's cannery!
As the ship drew closer to the rolling silver waves, more and more seabirds circled overhead.
These seabirds are quite bold; as the ship approached, several of them even perched directly on the ship's railings.
Looking at the birds, Fu Wan suddenly thought of Little Yellow, who was still eating snakes on Swallow's Nest Island. She wondered if Little Yellow had simply returned to the mountains and forests, or if he would go home after he had had enough of playing in the wild.
"That's enough, let's go to the internet cafe!"
With a shout, Boss Fu turned around forcefully, grabbed the hand-thrown net with both hands, and then hurled it into the churning sea.
Fu Wan, Fu Ming, and Ye Lin didn't linger for long before throwing their fishing nets out one after another.
As for Jack, he didn't have a hand-throw net.
Since this kid was still a novice, and time was money, and the number of hand-thrown nets was limited, Boss Fu arranged for him to follow Ye Xiaocui and the others to pick out the fish.
After the hand-thrown net was cast, it sank quite heavily as the fish struggled.
Fu Wan could feel the pull of the net in her hand. Just as she was about to pull the net back, Boss Fu had already pulled his catch onto the deck.
"Wow, it really is sardines and baby mackerel!"
Boss Fu sighed, then untied the rope knot at the bottom of the hand net and gave it a good shake, aiming it at the fish basket.
This way, most of the fish in the hand-thrown net can be shaken into the fish basket instantly. As for those that are stuck in the net, Ye Xiaocui and the others need to carefully untangle them.
As for Boss Fu, he naturally picked up another hand-thrown net and threw it out.
The deck was bustling with activity, and Fu Liang in the cockpit couldn't sit still either.
He simply stopped the boat and rushed over to the deck to help.
The fish that everyone pulled up were mostly sardines and small mackerel, and Fu Wan even found quite a few lizardfish in her final hand-thrown net.
The lizardfish is a bit longer than a sardine, and its body is scaleless and grayish-white. (Image of a lizardfish, please delete if infringing copyright). This fish has a particularly large mouth with two rows of very small teeth. It doesn't live long after being brought ashore and spoils very easily, so Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan simply used a lot of ice to keep it fresh.
Because the lizardfish has no scales, its flesh is very tender. It has few bones, lots of meat, and little fishy smell, making it very popular.
Therefore, the price of lizardfish is quite good, a bit higher than that of sardines and horse mackerel. Fu Wan had seen this fish at Fu San's house a while ago, and Fu San bought it for about one yuan per pound.
Fu Wan pulled up a net full of dragonfish weighing about 40 to 50 pounds, and Ye Lin also had some in his net, about 10 to 20 pounds, which they all put into a fish basket.
Thanks to Boss Fu and his team's fishing, a lot of sardines were pulled ashore, but many others escaped with the waves.
Fu Wan glanced at the two sides of the boat and saw no trace of fish, so she told Fu Ming that he could continue to steer the boat.
"You idiot, get away!"
Since there were hardly any fish left on the surface of the sea, many seabirds even came directly onto the deck to compete with Ye Xiaocui and her friends for fish.
This infuriated Jack. He was already annoyed that they wouldn't let him throw the net, and now there were a lot of mischievous seabirds, making it even more despicable.
His shout did startle many seabirds, but a few were particularly bold; even when Jack tried to grab them, they managed to snatch a fish and escape.
There were even vengeful seabirds who directly rewarded Jack with a pile of bird droppings.
Jack was so angry he jumped up and down, which amused everyone.
Fu Wan and her companions didn't mind the seabirds eating sardines; they weren't particularly valuable. Besides, seabirds were sometimes their weather vane, and seeing them on the sea surface indicated the presence of fish.
That's how they caught a lot of fish before!
After sorting through all the fish in the hand-thrown net, Fu Wan finally had time to look at the sea again, but she soon noticed something amiss in the distance.
Suddenly, many gray-black dorsal fins appeared on the sea surface, and then dolphins began to leap out of the water, drawing a beautiful arc in the air before falling back into the water.
The scene was truly beautiful, mainly because there were at least a hundred dolphins here, constantly leaping out of the water – a sight rarely seen. (Image of a dolphin pod, please delete if infringing copyright) This was the first time Fu Wan had seen so many dolphins since her rebirth.
Wow, it's so beautiful! So many dolphins!
Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu also leaned over the side of the boat, looking at the dolphins in the distance. This was the second time they had seen dolphins; the previous ones were Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins.
Because the population is so small, the last time they encountered was less than one-tenth of the current number.
Because of the presence of dolphins nearby, Fu Ming's boat did not sail very fast; in fact, it was moving at a snail's pace.
This gives everyone the opportunity to appreciate this grand event.
Just then, Fu Ling suddenly screamed in a low voice. Fu Wan thought something had happened to her, so she went over to take a look and found that it was actually two small dolphins that had swum to their boat.
And every now and then it would pop its head out of the water, open its mouth and make pleasant calls to the spirits.
Fu Wan glanced at their mouths out of habit, and only felt relieved when she saw that there were no signs of injury.
But she couldn't help but wonder, why does this dolphin always have its mouth open?
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