"Damn it! They've caught another trevally!"
He Guoli cursed angrily with a gloomy face. Ah Fa and Ah Wang looked over when they heard the sound, but they were met with He Guoli's frightening triangular eyes. He Guoli was young, and his face was young, but his eyes were frightening, making him look even more terrifying.
The reason he swore was because He Guoli was insanely jealous.
As a rich second-generation who frequented fishing circles for many years, He Guoli had long heard how exciting it was to pull and tug at each other after catching a trevally.
He hadn't seen such a large trevally in a while; after all, sea fishing requires not only skill but also luck.
He Guoli, on the other hand, is someone whose shipping business is not very good, but who is praised by those around him.
He had never met anyone better at sea navigation than him before. When others went fishing with him, even if they caught a big fish, they would try all sorts of ways to prevent it from being pulled up.
Now that Fu Wan has discovered that she can catch both grouper and trevally, He Guoli, who can only catch small fish, has completely lost his composure.
Damn it, although trevally aren't worth much, they're still sold at the fish market, and considering their weight, even if the price per unit is cheap, they still have some value overall.
The few small fish they had just caught probably weighed less than a pound. Although He Guoli caught a red sea bream while Fu Wan was playing it, the fish was too cunning and escaped just before it was taken out of the water.
Xu Zhiwei also witnessed Fu Wan pulling the wandering man, and he had to admit that if he hadn't already dealt with Fu Wan a few times, he would have suspected that the person in front of him was a cross-dressing man.
This is outrageous! Shouldn't women wear beautiful dresses and exquisite makeup, obediently relying on men?
Who goes out to sea to fish like Fu Wan, stealing men's jobs?
Xu Zhiwei has never met many women like Fu Wan in his entire life.
I thought she was just putting on an act at most, and that she was just lucky to catch a budding flower.
But just now, when Fu Wan pulled the fish up with the hook, even from a distance, Xu Zhiwei could feel how strong Fu Wan was.
That trevally weighed at least seven or eight pounds, and she hooked it and swung it onto the boat.
And her practiced manner, she remained calm even with such a large fish, clearly indicating that this kind of fish was nothing to her.
But even if he admired her from the bottom of his heart, Xu Zhiwei would never say it out loud.
Not only could he not speak, he also had to find a way to comfort He Guoli, whose emotions were about to spiral out of control.
"Guoli, it's just a trevally. We can't be impatient. There's still plenty of time. Maybe we'll be able to catch a fish this big soon!"
As soon as Xu Zhiwei finished speaking, before He Guoli could reply, the fishing rod in Xu Zhiwei's hand moved and then sank, the fishing line instantly being pulled straight.
"Guoli, I've caught a fish!"
Xu Zhiwei shouted excitedly, he had a feeling that the fish he had just caught was definitely a big one!
Upon hearing this, He Guoli immediately put aside his bad mood and strode over to Xu Zhiwei's side.
"Uncle, pull harder! Pull harder!"
“This must be a big fish. They caught a trevally, so let’s catch one too.”
No, we want to catch fish even better than them—giant grouper! Yes, it has to be giant grouper!
He Guoli's eyes shone with an alarming light, as if he could see the gentian grouper biting the hook underwater through the unfathomable seawater.
Xu Zhiwei chimed in, “Yes, yes, yes, oh my, Guoli, this fish is too strong, I can’t hold it back anymore, come and help me.”
Xu Zhiwei is already middle-aged, and his health has deteriorated due to his indulgence in alcohol and women over the years.
He hadn't even been pulling for five minutes when his legs felt so weak he could barely move. If it weren't for his weight, the fish would have pulled him into the water.
"I'll give it to you!"
Without saying a word, He Guoli took the fishing rod from Xu Zhiwei. His fish-playing skills were actually quite good, but the fish underwater was strong and had a bad temper. After a stalemate of twenty minutes, He Guoli was exhausted.
"Guoli, let Awang come!"
Xu Zhiwei exhaled a breath of stale air. Ah Wang was He Guoli's bodyguard and also a skilled fisherman.
He has both the skill and the strength to fish.
"Young Master, let me do it, you rest!"
He Guoli was already at his limit and could only hand the fishing rod to Awang.
"Take a good walk. If you don't manage to pull it up, you're not going home today."
Upon hearing this, Awang's heart tightened, and he almost dropped his fishing rod.
He Guoli always keeps his word. What he meant was not simply that he didn't need to go back to the He family, but that if he didn't successfully pull the fish up, he would have to spend his time in the sea like a fish.
It's already autumn now, and even if he's a strong man, he won't be able to handle being in the water for a long time.
Awang's hands trembled involuntarily, and he couldn't help but feel resentful towards Afa, who was driving the boat.
It's all his fault for taking my place at the helm; otherwise, the young master wouldn't have called him to fish.
Right now, all he can do is concentrate and try to pull the fish up as soon as possible!
While they were still locked in a stalemate with the big fish, Fu Wan's side, Ah Cai finally made his first sale, pulling up two flathead bream weighing about a pound each.
The flathead seabream is somewhat similar to the yellowfin seabream. In the port city, the flathead seabream is also known as the sweethead fish. In fact, its full name is black seabream, and some people also call it black seabream.
Although both have silvery-white bodies and pale yellow fins on their bellies, experts can easily distinguish between flathead seabream and yellowfin seabream.
Compared to yellowfin seabream, flathead seabream is larger and has obvious linear patterns on its body. Interestingly, these patterns are actually formed by small brown dots on the scales of the fish, while yellowfin seabream does not have this feature.
Of course, the flat snapper does not have the obvious thick spines on the pelvic fins of the yellowfin snapper, and the head of the flat snapper is rounder than that of the yellowfin snapper.
In addition, there is an even more distinctive feature: the scales along the lateral line of the fish's body. Generally, flat snapper has seven to eight scales along the lateral line, while yellowfin snapper only has four.
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Yellowfin seabream (image from the internet, please delete if infringing copyright). This image shows the differences between the two fish.
Although they look similar, the two types of sea bream have very different textures, tastes, and prices.
Yellowfin seabream is the best among seabream species, and flat seabream certainly can't compare to it.
He Guohua is very picky about seafood, so he doesn't like this kind of flat snapper with loose flesh and no fishy taste.
Ah, if only a yellowfin seabream came along, I'd be in for a treat tonight.
But Ah Cai doesn't think that as long as you're not fishing for the air, it doesn't matter what you catch.
What's wrong with flatfish? Flatfish has meat too!
Besides, he's already caught a flat snapper, so how far away can a yellowfin snapper be!
Absolutely not!
"Ah Cai, keep it up! I believe in you!"
Ever since Fu Wan caught her first goldfish, Ah Cai has been full of admiration for her, calling her "Miss Fu" over and over again with great enthusiasm.
Fu Wan could see his love for fishing, so she casually taught him a few fishing and fish-playing techniques.
Encouraged by Fu Wan, A Cai became even more enthusiastic, turned around, baited the hook, and cast it out again.
He Guohua found it quite interesting. He had prepared five or six fishing rods for Fu Wan, so he decided to join in as well.
During this half-hour break, Fu Wan caught two more rock bream weighing seven or eight ounces each, and three red sea bream weighing two or three pounds each.
Meanwhile, He Guoli and his group on the opposite boat finally managed to pull the big fish out of the water.
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