"Doggy! How was your haul today?"
The one who spoke was Grandpa Fu, who had a habit of getting up early to take a walk. He liked to stroll around the dock when he had nothing else to do.
Fishermen have spent their whole lives fishing, and even now that they are old and can no longer go out to sea, they still enjoy watching others bring back their catch.
Fu Laoda turned off the boat, and Fu Ming and Fu Liang carried the fish baskets off the boat.
Fu San went up to help with the talisman stones, followed by a young man carrying a scale.
Now, early in the morning, after weighing the goods and writing the order, Fu San is ready to deliver them directly to the town or county.
"Wow, this little yellow croaker is growing so well!"
Grandpa Fu leaned over to look at the fish in the basket with his hands behind his back. Fu Wan couldn't move the basket, so she carried the bucket containing the soles of fish and small green lobsters off the boat.
Boss Fu also joined in carrying the small yellow croakers. "One basket, two baskets, this basket must weigh at least fifty pounds, why are there more in the back?"
More and more villagers gathered to watch.
The discussions grew louder and louder.
Once six baskets of yellow croaker were neatly arranged beside the tricycle, the crowd's voices grew louder.
Six baskets of yellow croaker, weighing nearly 300 jin even after removing the baskets, indicate that Old Master Fu is about to make a fortune!
Sure enough, when Fu San weighed the fish, each basket weighed eight jin, and the total weight of the fish was 312 jin.
Fu San wrote down the numbers, and then Fu Laoda brought out a large bucket of octopus, which drew another wave of envy from the crowd.
"These octopuses are pretty good, Boss Fu, why don't you send me a couple back to the bar!"
The speaker was a notorious drunkard from Fujia Village, a lazy good-for-nothing who spent his days picking up discarded fish and shrimp at the dock.
Before Boss Fu could say anything, Grandpa Fu immediately started ranting, "Fu Gou Dan, your arms and legs are broken and now you're begging for food? Why should we give you a drunkard when other people work hard to catch fish at sea!"
"You'll just keep drinking all day long, and one day you'll drink yourself into your coffin!"
Fu Laoda and the others were amused by this. The guy called Gou Dan was from the same generation as him and they used to play together when they were kids.
Now that he's embarrassed himself, the person is still watching with amusement.
Fu Wan admired this person's shamelessness. Fu San weighed the octopus as well. The bucket of octopus weighed a total of 85.6 jin (approximately 42.8 kg) excluding the bucket.
After the octopus was weighed, Fu San assumed there was nothing left to weigh, so he brought over the small green dragon and the sole fish that Fu Wan was carrying, ready to be weighed as well.
"Third Uncle, I've already hurt myself with the spearfish, I was planning to eat it at home."
Fu Wan brought the bucket of fish with shoe soles over again, but Fu San dodged it.
"A splinter? A splinter is nothing, Awan. You have no idea how well these shoe sole fish sell. These few dozen are worth more than a whole basket of small yellow croakers."
The onlookers quickly advised, "Ah Wan, you're lucky if you have a little fish and shrimp to eat at home, why are you eating this expensive stuff?"
Fu Wan, who hadn't eaten much fish and shrimp since her rebirth, smiled awkwardly and took out three small fish weighing one or two pounds each from the bucket while Fu San was picking up the small green dragon.
Her daughter definitely loves this fish; if they miss it this time, they might not be able to find it again on their next fishing trip.
Fu San was about to say something when Fu Laoda coughed and said, "Third brother, hurry up and finish weighing these. I have something to tell you."
Besides the three fish that Fu Wan took, there were still 36.8 jin of shoe sole fish left in the bucket. The small green dragon weighed 22.4 jin after the bucket was removed, and the remaining mantis shrimp weighed 8.1 jin.
Looking around, there was nothing on the ground except the snakeskin bag. Fu San finished writing the note and was about to tear it open and hand it to Boss Fu.
The crowd was still somewhat dispersed, so Boss Fu, too lazy to hide it anymore, took out the coconut crab.
This caused a huge uproar among the onlookers.
"My God, is that a coconut crab?!"
Fu Gou Dan, who was drunk all day, wasn't afraid of being pinched by the crab claws that were thicker than his arm, so he went up and touched them.
Grandpa Fu stroked his mustache and couldn't help but sigh, "I haven't seen this guy in half my life. I never expected you guys to catch him."
Fu Wan and Boss Fu both smiled without saying a word. This wasn't the first time they had caught a coconut crab, and their initial excitement had long since worn off.
Although Fu San had seen coconut crabs before, it didn't diminish his excitement at this moment.
There's no way around it, this coconut crab is huge! Compared to the last one, it's like comparing the size of Big Bear to Bald Qiang!
He hadn't stopped smiling since Boss Fu and the others arrived at the dock, and now he quickly greeted Fu Shi and the others.
"Quick, quick, get on the scale!"
Once it's on the scale, it's Fu San's goods, and no one can take it away from him!
Moreover, he was now even more curious about what Boss Fu had said about having something to say.
Boss Fu's hand is still very accurate. He estimated that this coconut crab weighed about 30 pounds before, and now when he weighed it, it was indeed 34 pounds and 5 ounces.
This is about the same weight as his granddaughter, Fu Ling.
After the coconut crabs were loaded onto the tricycle, Boss Fu pulled Fu San aside and whispered to him about the moonfish.
The fish was so big that it would be virtually impossible to carry it out quietly without anyone noticing.
Boss Fu knew in his heart that if he wanted to sell this fish, he could only rely on Fu San.
Fu San was originally in a hurry to deliver the goods to the shops and stores in town, but when he heard the words "moonfish," he immediately stopped being in a rush.
This is a moonfish! Besides being delicious and beautiful, it also represents good luck!
Wouldn't all the seafood restaurants in this town and county fight tooth and nail over this fish?
You know, people from Hong Kong are the biggest believers in good luck!
"Brother, put this fish in my basement and keep it frozen with ice. I'll go to town and county to ask around, and I'm sure I can get you a good price!"
He could already make a lot of money just from his tricycle truck, and if he added the moonfish to his earnings, he wouldn't even dare to dream of making more.
But people should be content, and he knew that with Fu Lao's abilities, it wasn't impossible for him to find another purchasing station in town.
Why did I choose him? It's because of trust, because he's a brother!
So after thinking for a moment, he decided not to take any cut from the Moonfish himself, and just consider it as helping his older brother run errands!
With Fu San's guarantee and the underground vault, Boss Fu was instantly at ease. The moonfish was too big, and he didn't know how to store it after taking it back.
"That big ship is back!"
"How magnificent!"
Fu Wan, Fu Liang, and Fu Ming were packing up their things on their boat; they needed to take the fishing nets back to repair them.
Hearing the shouts and the deafening blare of the loudspeakers, Fu Wan turned around to look.
Sure enough, the ship was the same large vessel that was trying to ram them on the sea. Fu Qiang, Xue Qing, and the others stood at the bow, heads held high and chests puffed out. Anyone who didn't know better would have thought they had returned victorious from a battle at sea.
"My God, what is that?!"
As the ship drew closer, everyone could see that it was carrying several enormous creatures.
Fu Wan looked closely, and oh my god, it was a shark?!
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