Fu Ming watched enviously as the net was lifted onto the deck, and a thought suddenly came to his mind.
"Hey Dalinzi, how about we guess if there are any valuable fish in this net?"
Ye Lin rolled his eyes. "There's no need to guess, it's definitely there."
This boat belongs to Fu Wan. When has she ever had bad luck?
Fu Liang, standing to the side, nodded in agreement. He shared Ye Lin's view, but he was still shocked for a few seconds when he saw such a large net.
"Ah Wan, this net is probably three times the size of the Xiangqian."
"Haha, that should be about right. This net should hold several tons."
This ship has strong pulling power, so its trawl net capacity is also larger.
As everyone was discussing what kind of fish were in the water, the net came to a steady stop in the middle of the deck with a creak.
"Ah Wan, you untangle the first net!"
Boss Fu waved and called out. He had arrived when the nets were being cast. It was the first net on the new ship, and he had to see the harvest with his own eyes.
Fu Wan wasn't being coy, but the net was too big and the ropes were hard to untie, so she had no choice but to call Fu Ming over for help.
The brother and sister worked together very well. As soon as the rope binding them was pulled off, they both quickly dodged back to a place two meters away.
Then came a loud crash, and the fish in the net instantly piled up into a mountain on the deck.
It's no exaggeration to say that it's a real mountain, as tall as Fu Mingye and the others.
"Haha, yellow bars?! So many yellow bars?!"
"We've struck it rich! We're going to be rich! Look, there are still quite a few red seals left!"
"Not only that, look at what's at my feet! Good heavens, huge white pomfret! They're all one or two pounds each! I think I'm definitely going to make a fortune this year!"
Everyone was immersed in the joy of the harvest. Boss Fu and Fu Ming were also very happy, and Fu Wan, as the ship owner, was naturally very satisfied.
When she had people from the three ships board the big ship before, Boss Fu was worried that she would lose money.
To be honest, Fu Wan wasn't particularly confident either. She just thought that with more people, the new ship would be easier to manage when it set sail.
Of course, this comes at a considerable cost, especially since Fu Liang was willing to give up his own boat to go to sea and come along. Fu Wan certainly won't treat them unfairly.
Putting everything else aside, this one net is enough to recoup the cost.
"Snap out of it, snap out of it! Everyone, stop having so much fun and get back to work!"
Fu Wan clapped her hands and shouted loudly, and Fu Ming, Ye Lin, and Fu Liang also hurriedly pushed over the cleaned fish basket.
"Amin, Liang, Lin, and Li Jun, you guys clean up the trawl net first. I'll rinse it clean and push it down to haul in the next net as soon as possible!"
When Boss Fu called out, Fu Ming and the others responded in unison.
Fu Wan also joined the group picking seafood, but she only picked live fish.
The catch in this net was actually quite mixed, with both big and small fish. She had to use tongs to pick out the live stone lionfish and put them into the live water tank.
There were quite a few red snapper and yellowfin tuna. Fu Xiaochuan and Fu Dahai specifically picked out these two types of fish, while Fu Qing and Fang Min were picking out some small sea fish about the size of their palms.
"Ah Wan, there are quite a few flounders in this net. Save some for your mother to dry later."
Fu Laoda was rinsing the mud off the trawl net with a hose in his hand, but his eyes were glued to the mountain of seafood on the deck.
Fu Wan glanced at the pile of seafood. "There's quite a lot, Dad. Are you having another drinking fit?"
"Haha, you noticed that. Isn't this the aroma of dried fish? Look at the flounder in Aqing's hand, the meat looks very plump."
When Fu Qing heard her name called, she subconsciously looked up. Beside her were the flounders she had picked out, neatly arranged.
In addition to flounder, there were also several half-meter-long opium fish in the fish basket. Fu Wan specially picked out two medium-sized ones, planning to stew them later.
You can feel how oily this opium fish is just by squeezing it; stewing it would definitely make it a great accompaniment to rice.
After cleaning the trawl net, Boss Fu had Fu Ming and the others push it back down. After finishing that, Fu Ming was about to find a fish basket to sort through the fish when he unexpectedly saw a strange fish under one of the baskets.
"Hey, look at this, isn't this a pufferfish?"
He grabbed the fish by its gills and pulled it up. Ye Lin and Li Jun looked over when they heard this.
"What, livestock fish?"
Why call a perfectly good fish "livestock"?
Forget about livestock, Fu Wan put down the fish she was holding and looked over. What she saw made her laugh.
"Hey, it really is a pufferfish!"
It's just that it wasn't the beast that Ye Lin and the others thought it was.
The wrasse is a coral reef fish belonging to the wrasse family, and it is generally about 10 to 15 centimeters long.
This fish comes in many colors, but the one Fu Ming caught was dark green all over and had a very thick body.
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It's called the "stretcher-mouthed fish" because when it's hunting, its mouth can extend into a long tube shape, a process that can be quite terrifying.
Deepmouth fish generally live in waters around 40 meters deep, preferring to live among coral reefs and following the current to prey on some planktonic plants and animals.
Because of its unique hunting habits, many people in later generations have come to keep it as an ornamental fish.
However, the wrasse is also good as sashimi, though the preparation method is a bit unique. You can't just cut it and eat it; instead, you have to cut out the meat, blanch it in boiling water, then put it in ice water, and then slice it. The taste is somewhat similar to that of the Napoleon wrasse.
"Brother, is that fish still alive?"
Fu Ming picked up the fish and examined it. "Dead!"
Fu Wan felt a little regretful. If it were still alive, she could have put it in the live water tank and let Fu San sell it as an ornamental fish.
It's a pity, but if it dies, it'll be nice to leave it for everyone to have a taste later.
Thinking this, Fu Wan told Fu Ming to put the fish aside and deal with it later when she was done with her work.
Unexpectedly, Fu Ming suddenly became playful, and with a quick glance, he grabbed the fish and approached Ye Lin and the others.
"Brother Lin, do you want to know why it's called the 'stretching mouth fish'?"
Ye Lin subconsciously shook his head. Ever since he was old enough to understand, whenever Fu Ming called him "brother," it was never a good thing!
But there are always people who don't know Fu Ming's tricks. Li Jun nodded innocently. When Fu Ming saw that someone had finally fallen for it, he was so happy that he kept saying, "Then I'll show you why it's called the 'stretching fish'."
Look!
After saying that, he grabbed the fish with both hands and brought it close to Li Jun's face. Then he suddenly pinched the fish's jawbone, and the fish's mouth suddenly stretched out by at least ten centimeters, which startled Li Jun, who was standing nearby, so much that he fell to the ground.
I hope the fish's mouth didn't scare anyone when it stuck out, haha.
"Hahaha, now you know why it's called a 'stretcher fish'!"
"Pah! I think you're the animal!"
Ye Lin rolled her eyes at him and cursed him in a somewhat annoyed manner.
Fang Min, Fu Qing, Fu Erlu, and the others had never seen a fish with its mouth sticking out before. They were also startled for a few seconds, but they were far enough away that they were not so frightened that they fell to the ground.
Fu Wan shook her head speechlessly. Sigh, this brother doesn't look like he's almost thirty!
How childish!
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