Fu Ming couldn't wait to show his family their haul, waving his hand like a car's windshield wiper. Fu's eldest brother thought they had run into some trouble.
After the two boarded the boat, Boss Fu took the heavy net bag and asked, "..."
"Ah Wan, how are you? Are you alright?"
Fu Wan leaned against the side of the boat to rest, and Ye Xiaocui handed her the boiled water she had prepared earlier.
Fu Wan took a sip of water and cleared her throat. "It's nothing. My brother and I caught a stingray and some shrimp."
"Mom, I've collected a lot of scallops. We'll steam them for the festival tomorrow!"
Ye Xiaocui readily agreed.
"Okay, okay, I'll do whatever you say."
Then they heard Fu Ming's exaggerated goose-like honking from the boat next to them. Fu Wan sighed, realizing that her brother was probably showing off to Fu Liang and the others again.
As Fu Wan had predicted, Fu Ming casually handed his net to Fu Liang after climbing onto the boat. Fu Liang, being an honest man, took it without even looking at it closely and asked Fu Ming if he wanted to change his clothes.
Change clothes? What clothes? Fu Ming raised an eyebrow, gesturing for him to look at the net bag.
"Brother Liang, Auntie, look! I've bought all your lobsters for tomorrow!"
Fu Liang was puzzled, but when he opened the net and saw what was inside, he immediately became agitated.
"Holy crap, Amin, when did you become so amazing?!"
Jiang Chunlan, as expected of Ye Xiaocui's good sister, poured a bowl of water for Fu Ming from the cabin.
The children were so tired from catching fish in the sea that they needed to drink some sweet water and rest.
Hearing Fu Liang's unusually excited voice, they also came over to take a look.
"Wow, Amin, you've brought over so many fish! That's really impressive!"
Jiang Chunlan shoved the bowl in her hand into Fu Ming's arms and hurriedly went to find a fish basket to put the fish in.
When she brought the fish basket over, Fu Liang poured all the catch from the net into it, and then he regretted not going into the sea with her.
"You caught this huge little green dragon yourself?"
"And these mantis shrimp and red melon seeds, Ah Ming, you're amazing!"
"If I didn't catch it, how could it have run into my net by itself?"
Fu Ming was beaming with pride, his eyebrows practically flying to the sky.
Fu Liang was incredibly envious at this moment; this Ah Ming had become a stranger to him.
Is this still his unlucky brother?!
Looking at Fu Ming's smug expression, Fu Liang had only one thought in his mind.
No matter who you are, don't get off my brother! Come back and take me with you!
Fu Ming picked up the sugar water and drank it all in one gulp. Actually, he wasn't thirsty at all; he had drunk quite a bit of seawater. But he didn't want to refuse his aunt's kindness.
After finishing his water, he cleared his throat and began to tell Fu Liang and his mother about how he and Fu Wan fought manta rays in the ocean, raided lobster nests, and caught mantis shrimp.
Jiang Chunlan was stunned by what she heard, while Fu Liang was filled with envy, "Next time Awan goes into the water, I want to go too, and you can stay on the boat!"
It's no big deal, Fu Ming nodded in agreement, but that would depend on his younger sister being willing to take them along.
Ye Xiaocui also picked out Fu Wan's catch in a fish basket. Fu Laoda was in a very good mood when he saw the big basket full of small green dragons.
However, he wouldn't mind being in a better mood!
"Ah Wan, it's about time to haul in our trawl nets."
Fu Wan glanced at her watch and realized that nearly two hours had passed since she pushed the trawl net into the sea, and it was indeed time to haul it in.
"Alright, Dad, you steer the boat out to deeper waters, Mom and I will haul in the nets!"
The boat is about to approach the island, and the shallow waters are not suitable for trawlers.
Boss Fu agreed and busied himself steering the boat toward the deep sea. Fu Wan and Ye Xiaocui pulled the switch on the net-hauling machine and then wound the trawl rope around the rotating machine.
After the creaking and groaning of the machine subsided, a round, bulging net bag appeared before everyone's eyes.
There's a good amount of fish here!
"Mom, can I untie this rope?"
Fu Ling had watched Fu Wan and the others untangle the nets several times before, and found it both amazing and fun.
With a pull of the rope, the fish in the net fall out and pile up into a small mountain.
This is so much fun for Fu Ling, who is only five years old!
"Okay, go untie the rope!"
During a break from her boredom, Fu Wan had taught Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu how to untie the knots in this kind of hemp rope. Now, with Fu Wan's permission, Fu Ling took small steps over and untied the net bag in no time.
But being so young, the moment the child untied the rope, the fish in the net fell out one after another. Fu Wan quickly picked up Fu Ling and darted to the side.
"Why is it this fish?!"
Ye Xiaocui exclaimed in surprise. Fu Wan put Fu Ling down and then noticed that the entire deck was covered in yellow. She thought it was yellowfin seabream, but when she picked up a fish that had fallen to the side of the deck and examined it closely, she realized that it was a fish species she had not encountered since her rebirth.
"Mother, what kind of fish is this?"
Ye Xiaocui pulled over the fish basket and small stool and began to sort through the fish.
“This is a golden pineapple. You forgot? Your dad caught two when you were little, but we were poor back then and we sold them. You and your brother talked about wanting to eat them for a long time. I still remember it.”
It turned out to be a golden pineapple!
Fu Wan examined the golden pineapple fish in her hand. The fish lived up to its name, with a pale yellow body and scales that resembled those of a pineapple. It had large eyes with striking red irises.
Fu Wan gestured with her palm, indicating that the fish was about 18 centimeters long, which was a pretty good size.
"Mom, how much are these golden pineapples?"
Wanting to eat golden pineapples is something from my childhood. Even if I wanted to now, there wouldn't be enough golden pineapples on the whole deck to eat them all.
Let's keep two to try, and see if we can get a good price for the others.
Ye Xiaocui shook her head, "I don't know either. I'll ask your third uncle later. This fish is related to the yellowfin seabream, and it tastes best when steamed!"
No wonder, it does look a bit like a yellowfin seabream.
Fu Wan dragged over the fish basket and began sorting the catch. This net wasn't all golden pineapples; besides golden pineapples, there were also some crabs and prawns. Fu Wan took several baskets and prepared to sort the fish.
Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu were also eager to try it out; they no longer wanted to stay in the cabin, finding it no fun at all.
"The children don't need help; Grandma can do it!"
Just as Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu were about to get involved, Ye Xiaocui stopped them. There were all sorts of sea fish, and if they got pricked by a fishbone or pinched by a crab, they would have nowhere to cry.
Fu Wan picked out a half-dead octopus and put it aside. "Why don't you guys play with this? Be careful not to get sprayed with ink."
"If you can't use your hands, you can only watch."
Fu Ling agreed to Qin Mingzhu's request, then took a stick, picked up the octopus, and placed it in front of Xiao Huang.
At this moment, Fu Liang and his team also pulled up their trawl nets. With a gasp, Fu Wan couldn't help but stand up to see what kind of fish they had caught.
It turned out that what I saw was quite shocking.
The red of that deck almost blinded her.
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