"Alright, this is fine!"
Even late at night, Boss Fu was still thinking about the coconut crabs on the deserted island. He stopped the boat on the side and went down with Fu Liang to pick coconuts and set up traps.
Coconut crabs are mostly nocturnal. Now, they open coconuts, break off the coconut meat, and place it at the entrance of the crab holes under the trees, waiting for the coconut crabs to walk into their trap.
Sigh, there's no way around it. Just thinking about the taste of that coconut crab makes Boss Fu's mouth water.
Of course, this is also enhanced by the filter of the coconut crab that filled my stomach when I was a child when there was no food.
Fu Wan moved around on the boat for two minutes, then threw the netted tire into the seawater, and leaned back as well, her smooth entry into the water resembling that of a mermaid who naturally lives in the sea.
After a day of intense sunshine, the seawater was still quite warm.
However, the temperature drops significantly as you go down a bit.
Fu Wan took two minutes to adjust before diving into the sea. Because it was night, many fish and shrimp that prefer to be active at night came out.
Occasionally, she would even encounter a few fish that were sleeping. Fu Wan didn't need a harpoon or speargun; she would simply pinch them with both hands, grab their gills, and catch them.
However, this only applies to small fish weighing one or two pounds. Take the larger parrotfish in front of her, for example; as soon as her hand gets close, the fish becomes alert and swims away.
There were also shoe-shaped fish hidden in the sand that were not very visible. Fu Wan simply used a harpoon, aimed, and pulled the trigger. The arrow shot out, stirring up a pile of sand and dust on the seabed.
Fu Wan picked up the bamboo arrow. Thank goodness, the fish was still struggling to survive. This harpoon was indeed useful!
Fortunately, she had used harpoons since she was a child, so her eyesight was quite good.
"Shoe sole fish" is the fishermen's common name for it, but it actually has another tongue-twisting name: broad-bodied tongue sole (tǎ).
The broad-bodied tongue sole is a type of flatfish with a laterally compressed shape, resembling a tongue. When buried in the sand, it looks like an unwanted shoe sole.
They have short heads and small eyes. The most popular thing about the sole fish is that it has a lot of meat and few bones. The fish meat is very tender and delicate. If it is steamed, the taste is better than egg custard or tofu pudding.
Of course, because it has few bones, this fish is most loved by the elderly and children, but it usually likes to hide in the sand on the seabed, so the chances of catching it are very small.
Fu Wan hadn't spotted the fish on previous trips, but she unexpectedly saw several today while swimming in the sea.
Moreover, they all weigh more than two kilograms each.
With the fish practically delivered to her doorstep, there was no reason not to catch them. Fu Wan was too lazy to even take out the speargun. It would take time to retrieve and reassemble the bamboo arrowhead and line anyway, so she simply pulled out an arrow, aimed at the fish, and thrust it in.
And you know what? The fish at night are a bit duller than the ones during the day. Even if she makes a lot of noise catching them, it doesn't affect the fact that the fish with the sole of her shoe doesn't move from its spot.
On the sea, Fu Ming, Fu Liang, and Boss Fu were setting up bait for their extended fishing line.
Fu Wan hadn't surfaced to catch her breath for half a day, and Fu Ming was getting restless.
"Father, I hope nothing's happened to Awan!"
Boss Fu glared at him, and if he hadn't been putting out a fishing hook, he would have slapped him on the back.
With his hands busy, he didn't have time to move his feet, so Boss Fu kicked him directly.
"Can't you say something nice? You just keep saying unpleasant things!"
Fu Ming was truly aggrieved. It had been more than half an hour, and all he had been doing was worry!
Although he believed in his daughter's abilities, Boss Fu lost interest in casting his fishing line.
He kept looking at the calm sea, but he didn't see Fu Wan surface. Instead, the old tire with the net attached was still floating not far away.
"Should I go down and take a look?"
Fu Ming stood up to get the diving suit he had brought, but before he could finish speaking, there was a "splash" as Fu Wan grabbed a piece of seaweed with several fish tied to it, threw it into the net, and waved to them.
"Look at your sister!"
Boss Fu was a little proud, and after that pride came his disdain for Fu Ming in front of him.
Fu Ming was speechless. He should have been the one to drive the boat instead of Fu Liang getting scolded here!
Fu Wan was completely unaware of the confrontation between the father and son on the boat; she was too engrossed in catching fish to notice.
At night, you can see many fish swimming around on the seabed. Fu Wan swam a short distance and saw the lobster hole again. She went closer and saw the two long tentacles of the little green dragon.
I've really had my fill of crayfish lately. When I came back this morning, Li Chunhua hadn't forgotten to throw half a sack of lively crayfish into their car.
Although I'm tired of eating lobster, baby lobsters have a different taste, which means they can be sold for money!
However, if she intends to sell it to Fu San, she won't need to use a harpoon.
However, it wasn't a big problem. She took out a spare net bag that she had wrapped around her waist, and then reached into the lobster hole with her gloved hand.
She would grab any lobster she could touch and pull it out. Small lobsters that looked to weigh at least a pound or two would be tossed into a net and then secured with a slipknot. As for the smaller ones, she would take it slow and wait until they grew bigger before bringing them back.
After catching a few small green dragons, she also found some mantis shrimp and some sea snails on the sand at the bottom of the sea.
They accepted all comers, and before long, the net bag had gained weight, making it somewhat difficult to pull.
Thinking that she had probably been in the sea for a while, Fu Wan pulled the net to the surface. Boss Fu and Fu Ming had already baited all the extended fishing hooks and were preparing to set sail and cast their bait.
Seeing Fu Wan swimming towards the boat, Boss Fu quickly reached out and pulled her ashore, while Fu Ming took the net line that Fu Wan handed him.
He thought it wouldn't be heavy, but when he pulled it, he almost fell over. "Ouch, how come it's so heavy?"
Fu Ming then pulled hard on the net rope, and lifted it up when it reached the side of the boat.
Wow, so many little green dragons!
Upon seeing the net full of goods, Fu Ming was instantly wide awake.
Fu Wan boarded the boat and then pulled the net bag with the tires attached to it to the side of the boat.
Boss Fu reached into the net and was astonished to see the fish inside.
"Ah Wan, this fish is delicious!"
Fu Ming, puzzled, walked over to take a look and exclaimed, "It's a shoe sole fish!"
"so much!"
Fu Liang, who was originally in the driver's seat, couldn't resist running to the back.
"Wan, you're amazing! Those shoe-sole fish are really hard to catch!"
"Aren't they hard to catch?" Fu Wan was a little confused. She could catch them one by one with her fork, they were very easy to catch!
Of course, Fu Liang said it was difficult to catch because nets are not easy to use. Shoefish are nocturnal and agile, and they spend most of their time hiding in the sand, so they rarely run into fishing nets.
When Fu Wan dried her hair and went outside, Boss Fu had already started the boat again, and Fu Ming and Fu Liang began casting their longline fishing hooks into the sea.
It was already past nine o'clock at night. The moon was very bright tonight. Fu Wan looked at the water through the darkness and was surprised to see large clusters of wandering lights.
When the boat got closer, she looked more closely and saw that it was moonlight reflecting off the sea surface. That large clump of jellyfish swimming around was none other than the Red Moon Jellyfish!
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