Upon hearing this, Fu Wan leaned over to take a look, and lo and behold, it was indeed a beautiful red octopus, weighing about five or six pounds.
Catching such a big fish takes real skill, and Fu Wan gave him a thumbs up without hesitation.
"Uncle Chen, you're amazing!"
The red snapper, also known as the amberjack, is an elongated, laterally compressed fish. Adults have a bluish-gray back, sometimes with a pinkish sheen. (Image of red snapper from the internet, please delete if infringing copyright). This fish is absolutely delicious as sashimi, and it's also great pan-fried or used in soups.
Chen Balang was so happy to hear her praise that he couldn't stop smiling.
"The price of red snapper is also good; it should sell for one yuan per kilogram. But it's a pity that I only caught one."
"What's there to regret? This fish is beautiful. I'll talk to my dad about it and we won't sell it anymore. Everyone can share some and have a taste."
After Fu Wan made these arrangements, the red octopus was dealt with.
Chen Balang hesitated upon hearing this. He thought that such a red octopus could be exchanged for six or seven yuan, if not ten.
This old Fu's daughter has such big hands, she actually wants to share something worth six or seven yuan with the boatmen.
When he worked on that ship before, he did sort the fish, but it was mostly cheap sardines. He only got to get some red sea bream during holidays.
Even though it's not a holiday or festival, they still share the fish with each other.
But Chen Balang didn't say much. After spending a day together, he had figured it out.
The Fu family is really good to the boatmen.
Fu Wan generously cooked ribbonfish for them last night, and also made it for breakfast this morning.
They even have valuable mantis shrimp!
God knows he was shocked when he saw it!
Seeing that everyone's buckets were full, Fu Wan called out to everyone to go back.
"It's almost time, let's go back!"
Fu Ming was carrying a bucket of conch shells, topped with two coconut shells that were larger than footballs.
"Ah Wan, look! Let's take this snail back and see if we can open it to find a Melaleuca pearl!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Balang smiled and shook his head.
Young people are still young people; they dare to think of anything.
Old Chen worked as a boatman his whole life, and he never saw anyone find a pearl inside a coconut shell.
When the group returned to the side of the boat with their things, Boss Fu had also started a fire and steamed a lot of shellfish.
"Perfect timing, everyone can have some scallops to tide them over, I'm still boiling water to cook noodles."
Most of the people present were young people. Fu Wan had an idea and simply ran to the boat and carried down a box of instant noodles.
"Come on, don't bother cooking the noodles, just throw the instant noodles in once the water boils."
What?! Eating instant noodles?!
Fu Ming immediately shouted excitedly. He had eaten instant noodles before, and now just hearing the words made his mouth water.
"Ah Wan, can I have two packs?"
I don't know who designed this, but such delicious instant noodles only have one noodle cake in a pack.
He's a grown man, and he's gone in just two or three bites!
"Don't worry, you can have as many packs as you want!"
Fu Wan patted the box next to her feet. When she went to the county town to buy supplies, she bought three large boxes of instant noodles.
I'm just worried that I won't have enough time to cook.
When Fu Xiaochuan saw the box of instant noodles, his eyes widened.
Damn, he saw this at the village chief's shop before, and a pack of it costs almost a dollar!
"Boss, how about I just eat... I'll just have some instant noodle soup!"
He felt bad letting Fu Wan and the others lose money on such expensive instant noodles, so he was content with just a taste of the broth.
Fu Wan shook her head upon hearing this. Fu Xiaochuan was younger than her, tall and thin, and looked like a malnourished bamboo.
"No, everyone needs to drink the broth. Everyone needs to eat the instant noodles; only when they're full will they have the energy to work!"
As soon as she finished speaking, white smoke began to rise from the stainless steel pot, and Fu Wan quickly called Fang Min and the others to come and help.
"Hurry, hurry, cook as much as you can eat, and we'll cook more if it's not enough."
Fu Liang and Fu Ming immediately took the lead in unpacking the instant noodles, as did Fang Min and Fu Qing. Seeing this, Fu Xiaochuan and Fu Dahai could only grit their teeth and cook instant noodles together.
Fu Wan wasn't worried that instant noodles alone wouldn't be flavorful enough, so she picked up the abalone that had been washed and pried off a piece of meat, then threw it in.
There were two stainless steel pots in total. After the noodles were put in, the soup boiled again in no time. The unique flavor of the instant noodles instantly made everyone's stomachs rumble.
"Ah Wan, is it ready to eat?"
Fu Qing held the bowl and chopsticks, watching eagerly. Fu Wan lifted the pot lid and stirred it a couple of times with the chopsticks. When the pancakes were almost cooked, she took the bowl from Fu Qing.
"Now it's all right, come on, give the first bowl to our Aqing."
Fu Qing's eyes instantly crinkled into crescent moons with laughter. "Thank you, Awan!"
A bowl of instant noodles topped with an abalone the size of a duck egg—it smells absolutely divine.
Fu Qing took the noodles and started eating, while Fu Wan picked up her own bowl and noticed that everyone else was still standing around.
"No, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and grab your noodles and eat them, or they'll get soggy and won't taste good."
"Brother, your pot is almost done, hurry up and open the lid to get some noodles!"
Upon hearing this, Fu Ming hurriedly went to lift the pot lid.
Smelling the instant noodles, Fu Xiaochuan and the others thought about it and stopped worrying about it.
If the boss says to eat, and they don't eat, wouldn't that be disobeying orders?
The two pots of noodles were divided up cleanly, and the abalone that Fu Wan added was sweet, delicious, tender and chewy.
"Hey, I wouldn't trade a pound of pork for this bowl of noodles!"
Fu Xiaohai sighed, and Chen Balang took a sip of noodle soup and laughed, "You kid, how much does a pound of pork cost? This abalone is more expensive than pork!"
Everyone ate until they were stuffed, and in the end, there was still half a bowl of noodle soup left, which Fu Xiaochuan insisted on drinking.
"Now that everyone's full, let's carry our stuff onto the boat. We'll set sail and trawle in five minutes!"
Fu Laoda shouted, and Fu Xiaochuan and Fu Dahai, who were eating the slowest, ran to the side to wash the pot.
Fu Liang and Ye Lin were also busy, they poured seawater over the fire to prevent sparks from reigniting and burning the island.
Meanwhile, Boss Fu and Ye Jianguo went to collect the traps that had been placed earlier.
However, perhaps because it was broad daylight, the traps didn't yield much, only a few white eels and some sea snails.
The crab trap contained quite a few red-shelled crabs and flower-shelled crabs; a whole bucket of them were poured out.
Fu Wan carried the bucket of abalone back to the boat, and five minutes later, everyone boarded the boats they had come from.
Boss Fu was in the lead boat, followed by Fu Liang and Fu Ming's two boats.
I just ate and it hasn't digested yet, so I can't fall asleep even if I lie down.
Fu Wan simply went back to the deck and prepared the bait for the extended fishing with Fang Min.
The bait I brought from home is all used up, and the current bait is dead fish and rotten shrimp that I hauled in last night.
Seeing that there was nothing for him to do in the cockpit, Ye Lin wandered around for a while and then came to the deck.
There wasn't much sun today, and as soon as the boat set off, the seabirds followed behind like a dark cloud. But less than half an hour into the journey, the seabirds suddenly changed their position and began circling about fifty meters away from the boat.
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