"This fairy shell is quite big, Xiao Cui, where did you dig it up?"
The woman asking the question was from the same village who was about to go out to sea. She said that it was unlikely that fairy clams could be caught with fishing nets; they must have been dug up somewhere.
Ye Xiaocui laughed it off, how could she really tell her the location?
"Oh dear, my family accidentally sailed onto a deserted island. We went ashore to relieve ourselves and that's when we found some fairy shells."
Every family has a few secret bases when they go out to sea, right? When the aunt heard Ye Xiaocui's explanation, she knew that others didn't want to go into details.
"You guys are quite particular, insisting on getting off the boat for convenience."
They usually leave a bucket on the boat when they go out to sea, specifically for relieving themselves.
"Hey, isn't that a red knife fish?!"
"It's rare to see one this big!"
There was a lot of discussion among the crowd. There weren't many red knife fish, only three baskets, followed by golden pineapple and red carp.
The golden pineapple was alright, but the red carp made Wang Jianshe extremely envious.
Yesterday he went to the county to visit restaurants, and one restaurant happened to be having a wedding tomorrow and asked him if he had any large red carp. He had gone to several villages but hadn't received any.
Who would have thought that I would see such a large and high-quality red carp in Fujia Village.
What could be more enviable and infuriating than having something you want right in front of you, but not belonging to you?
Wang Jianshe watched helplessly as several strong young men carried the red carp onto Fu San's tricycle, then turned around and got back on the boat to continue unloading fish.
When the mackerel and other fish were pulled out, all that remained in Wang Jianshe's eyes was hatred.
He was so frustrated he wanted to beat his chest and stamp his feet.
Why, why isn't Boss Fu his brother?!
Why can't we let him buy these fish?
How much money must they make!
Seeing that there was nothing for them to help with, Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan took the children to Fu San's house for dinner. Fu Wan originally wanted to go with them, but then remembered something.
She pulled Fu Laoda and Fu San aside and said in a low voice, "Dad, Third Uncle, that yellow croaker is too eye-catching. We can't just take it out like that."
What kind of fish did you say?
Fu San wondered if he was hard of hearing, how could he still hear the yellow croaker? He picked at his ears and turned his head to meet his older brother's disgusted look.
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"Big...Big Brother, is what my niece said true?"
Boss Fu nodded slowly, and Fu San immediately covered his mouth as soon as he uttered "Holy crap".
His hands were trembling as he stared into Fu Wan's eyes and asked, "Wan, how many fish are there?"
His wife's belly grew bigger every day, and he worried every day, fearing that there would be some losses when the baby was born.
It was said that the maw of the yellow croaker could play a great role in postpartum hemorrhage. Fu San used his connections to search for a long time, but he could not find any yellow croaker.
He even began to doubt whether the old Chinese medicine doctor had lied to him, and whether there was such a thing as a yellow croaker in the world.
I never expected that he would actually encounter a real yellow croaker today!
He had made up his mind that if there was only one yellow croaker, he would spend all his savings to get it.
If his wife doesn't need it, he can just sell it later.
Seeing his excited expression, Fu Wan secretly gestured with her hands.
It's really strange. Last time we got so many big yellow croakers, I never saw Uncle Three lose his composure like this.
Fu San could hardly believe his eyes, muttering to himself, "Two...two?"
Does having one thumb and one finger mean you have two fingers?
Fu Wan shook her head, looking at her as if she were an idiot: "It's six."
"What? Six!"
Fu San was overjoyed. If there hadn't been so many people around, he would have jumped into the sea to calm down.
Six! Oh my God, oh my Goddess Mazu!
He searched the entire county but couldn't find any yellow croakers, yet Fu Wan and her team managed to catch six!
"Alright, alright, you can cover this thing with a cloth, put it on the tricycle, and I'll ride away!"
Fu Wan thought about what she had gained during the day, "There's also a yellow croaker that weighs twenty or thirty pounds. Let's save this fish for the holiday!"
"What's there to eat? What kind of fish can't be eaten? Why eat a giant yellow croaker weighing dozens of kilograms!"
Fu San couldn't hold back this time, and his words became somewhat hurried.
He regretted it after he finished speaking, and hurriedly explained, "Awan, last month a 15-jin yellow croaker in the county sold for almost 2,000 yuan. Your fish could probably sell for even more."
If it were a smaller fish, it wouldn't matter if we ate it ourselves. But this fish is so big, it's probably worth four or five thousand. If we just eat it like this, Fu San won't be able to sleep at night.
After saying that, Fu San looked at Fu Laoda, who was his father, and wondered why he didn't do anything about it!
Fu Laoda shrugged, "I'll listen to my daughter."
However, a fish weighing 20 or 30 pounds is indeed a bit too big. If you can't finish it in one meal, it won't have the same freshness as the next meal.
"Forget it, let's just sell them then. If we come across any smaller ones later, we can take them back to eat."
This statement is practically inviting envy, after all, some people have never even seen a yellow flower in their entire lives, but Fu Wan talks about it as if yellow flowers are as common as cabbages in the field.
Before long, almost all the fish were loaded onto the truck. Fu Shi even drove his tricycle to Fu Ming's house to deliver a load, and now it was almost full again.
"Hey, isn't this a swordfish?! Boss Fu, you guys are really daring, catching a swordfish like that?"
The swordfish was too big to be put in a basket, so when Fu Shi and another young man carried the fish out, the onlookers were immediately drawn to it.
Fu Laoda and Fu Wan exchanged a glance; this was the perfect opportunity to move the yellow croaker.
Boss Fu stepped forward first, attracting everyone's attention. "Hey, it's not that I'm brave. Let me tell you, it jumped out of the sea and crashed onto my boat."
Look, the swordfish spines are still on the deck!
Upon seeing this, everyone realized why they had noticed something odd about the ship from afar, wondering why Boss Fu's ship had a pile driven into the top!
It turned out that the deck had been pierced by a swordfish.
"Then you've suffered a huge loss this time; repairing the boat will cost a lot of money!"
"Sigh, it's not just about repairing the ship; it'll probably be unable to go out to sea for quite a while!"
As they were talking, Fu Wan had already instructed Fu Ming and Fu Liang to quickly load the fish baskets containing yellow croaker and large yellow croaker onto the tricycle.
As soon as Fu San saw them put the fish baskets on the car, he immediately gripped the handle tightly and rushed home as fast as he could.
The noise of the tricycle briefly drew everyone's attention away from the swordfish bones on Boss Fu's boat, and someone even laughed and cursed:
"Hey, Fu San, is he afraid someone will steal his fish or what? He's driving so fast!"
"You know what, someone might actually steal the fish?"
The villagers joked without any restraint, and Wang Jianshe knew they were talking about him. His face turned ashen, and he turned and left.
He refused to believe it. Apart from Boss Fu's family, among all the fishing villages around here, couldn't there be another fisherman with such good sea transport skills?
However, that wasn't what he was thinking about right now. Just now, when everyone was examining the swordfish bones, he clearly saw two young men carrying two large fish baskets onto a tricycle.
There must be some good fish in there!
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