Look at how leisurely this fish is! You'd be a real Chinese person not to catch it!
Although Fu Wan had no other tools, as a fisherman, her hands were the best tools!
She first placed the net in her hand to the side, aimed her hands at the fish in the trench, and then launched a swift attack.
"Ah Wan, what are you doing here!"
Fu Ming filled the baskets of both bicycles with snakeskin bags and was about to get up and go back when he realized that his younger sister was still on the mudflats.
He ran over and saw Fu Wan by the trench, thinking something had happened.
So even before he reached the edge of the trench, he was already shouting anxiously.
Fu Wan wanted to roll her eyes at him. If she hadn't been quick-witted, the fish would have been scared away by his shouts.
"Wow, where did that Emperor Star Spot come from?!"
Fu Ming saw the fish in Fu Wan's hand and couldn't help but whisper.
"You can see it?"
Fu Wan was somewhat surprised; Fu Ming hadn't even turned on his flashlight when he ran over.
Fu Ming felt slighted and couldn't help but retort, "I'm not blind! Look at this bright moonlight, it would be strange if I couldn't see it!"
Indeed, Fu Wan hadn't considered this possibility. The moon on the fifteenth of the lunar month is indeed incredibly bright; it's no exaggeration to say that.
"Come on, let me open the net for you!"
Fu Ming noticed that Fu Wan was holding the Emperor Starfish in both hands and didn't know how to open the net. He quickly picked up the net from the ground, opened it, and let Fu Wan put the fish in.
Seeing the three lively fish jumping around in the net, Fu Ming felt quite pleased.
"Hey, it's still us! Look at these three fish, they're worth at least a few dollars!"
Fu Wan nodded in agreement, "Indeed, this Emperor Star Spot should fetch a good price!"
Although this Emperor Star Grouper wasn't as big as the Gentian Grouper that Fu Ming and the others caught, as far as she knew, the Emperor Star Grouper was much more expensive per unit than the Gentian Grouper.
It's worth noting that while the Emperor Star Grouper isn't as rare as the Mouse Grouper or the Eastern Star Grouper, it's still considered one of the top-quality grouper species.
"Emperor Star Grouper" is actually the name used in Hong Kong. Like the Strawberry Grouper, it belongs to the family Spinosauridae. Locally, the villagers in Fuwan also call it the Horizontal Spotted Fish, while its scientific name is Spinosaurus sclerotiorum.
The Emperor Star Spotted ape that Fu Wan caught was also long and oval in shape, with a medium-sized head, five horizontal bands on its body, and some small blue star spots distributed on its back.
This fish looks delicate and pretty, but it's actually quite ferocious. When Fu Wan caught it, she even saw its teeth. Luckily, her gloves were thick enough, otherwise she would have been bitten. (Image of Emperor Starfish from the internet, please delete if infringing.) Look closely and you can see its teeth. "This fish is indeed quite good, and the name is nice too, but I wonder if it tastes good."
As Fu Ming walked, he muttered to himself that the reason he knew this thing was called the Emperor Star Spot in Hong Kong was because of a joke.
Fu San supplies the restaurants in the county with goods and occasionally also provides them with ordering services.
"Ordering" refers to the seafood that a restaurant specifically requests, in addition to the seafood available for daily supply and demand.
Around that time, a few Hong Kongers came to the restaurant, insisting on eating some kind of "Emperor Grouper." This really worried the restaurant owner, as they had lived by the sea for most of their lives and had never even heard of "Emperor Grouper."
Just then, Fu San was delivering goods to the restaurant kitchen. The owner asked Fu San for help, but Fu San was also at a loss. So he simply let the Hong Kongers point out the fish in the basket.
When the last few Hong Kongers saw the spotted grouper and slapped their thighs while making muttering noises, everyone realized that the "Emperor Spotted Grouper" they were talking about was actually the spotted grouper.
Not long after this joke started, the county added Emperor Star Grouper to the menu. Of course, the other dish, Spotted Grouper, was not added. Locals ate the cheaper Spotted Grouper, while people from the port city ate the more expensive Emperor Star Grouper.
It's the same kind of fish, just at a different price.
Who told the Hong Kong people who came at this time to be so arrogant and haughty!
When Fu San returned, he told Fu Laoda and the others about it as a joke. Fu Ming also learned it and started to call the spotted fish "Emperor Star Spotted Fish" in a trendy way!
"Brother, we need to hurry back while the fish is still alive!"
"Okay, okay, I'll pedal faster in a bit!"
The two had just come up the slope from the mudflats, and Fu Liang and Qin Anning were getting a little anxious. They only felt relieved when they saw the two of them arrive.
Because there was a lot of stuff, everyone sitting in the back had to carry a bucket filled with crabs.
This heavy work fell to Qin Anning and Fu Ming on the back of the bicycle. The two of them carefully carried the bucket, while Fu Wan and Fu Liang gritted their teeth and pedaled hard.
Perhaps because there were too many things on the bike, it took Fu Wan quite a while to ride the bicycle to the main road in the village.
"Ah Wan, do you get tired from going out to sea to catch seafood every day?"
Qin Anning switched to carrying the crab bucket in one hand. Since she was bored anyway, she wanted to find a topic to talk to Fu Wan about.
"Tired? Of course I am, I'm not made of iron."
Fu Wan laughed heartily, "But I think everyone in this world is tired."
"Fishermen have their own kind of tiredness, and farmers have theirs. You must be tired when you're doing research!"
However, if the results are good, all the hard work will be worth it.
That's absolutely right, Qin Anning nodded in agreement.
However, she still greatly admired Fu Wan. It takes courage and determination for a woman to bravely escape a terrible marriage with her child and make her life better and better. This is something that many people do not have.
"Will you get married in the future?"
Fu Wan shook her head, "The future is a matter for the future, but at least for now, I have no intention of getting married."
Qin Anning knew that her cousin Bai Qianzhou admired Fu Wan, and hearing Fu Wan's words, she couldn't help but feel sorry for Bai Qianzhou.
However, she herself is also in a lot of trouble right now. The reason she came to Fu Wan's house for peace and quiet during the Mid-Autumn Festival was because the camp leaders were trying to introduce her to potential partners, and she couldn't stand it anymore, so she came out to clear her head.
The bicycle quickly arrived at the door of Old Master Fu's house. Ye Xiaocui had drunk a lot of soup that night, so she got up to use the restroom.
Unexpectedly, I heard the sound of the courtyard gate being pushed open.
Who is it?
Strange, Wangcai didn't bark.
"Mother, we're back!"
It turned out that her daughters had returned. Ye Xiaocui quickly pulled the light cord on the wall, and the orange light in the yard instantly turned on.
"So, any luck over there?"
Fu Ming and Fu Liang were busy taking the snakeskin bag containing conch shells off the bicycle, while Fu Wan quickly put the fish from the net bag into the seawater tank where they kept fish at home.
"Yes, and we've gained quite a lot!"
Ye Xiaocui went over to help, and when she opened the snakeskin bag, she exclaimed, "Wow, these red snails are really beautiful!"
Looking at the fish over there by Fu Wan, "Wow, this grouper is beautiful too!"
Fu Ming couldn't help but feel proud, and then pretended to regret, saying, "Mother, you don't know, there are so many conch shells there. Our bicycle can't carry that many, otherwise I could have brought them all back!"
"real?"
"Would I lie to you?"
Ye Xiaocui was now filled with regret. If she had known she would reap such a great reward, she would have followed along no matter what!
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