Fu Wan was also convinced. She had Fang Min hold the fish's mouth shut while she carefully took the small fish out of its mouth.
The red-spotted stonefish also had a row of sharp teeth around its mouth. Luckily, Fu Wan was wearing gloves, otherwise she would definitely have been injured.
But when the little fish was taken out, Fu Wan was completely dumbfounded.
The little fish that this fish swallowed was also a red-spotted grouper!
It's just a few sizes smaller than this one, weighing about half a pound!
"Dad, you didn't tell me that this guy eats our own people, no, we eat our own fish too!"
Boss Fu chuckled, "Red-spotted grouper are quite fierce. They usually eat small fish and shrimp, but when they're really hungry, they won't even spare their own kind!"
Fu Wan and the others felt a chill run down their spines upon hearing this. Fu Wan removed the fishhook from the little fish's mouth. Although the little fish had been swallowed whole by the big red-spotted grouper, it had no missing tail or head, except for a few wounds.
However, it certainly wouldn't survive, but the red-spotted grouper whose mouth had been gouged out was still opening and closing its mouth.
"Mom, putting everything else aside, you can at least eat this palm-sized fish yourself!"
Faced with Fu Wan's request, Ye Xiaocui had no choice but to comply.
She laughed and scolded, "Eat, eat, eat! This child, all he ever thinks about is trying new things!"
Fu Wan chuckled. In her previous life, she had spent most of her time exhausted, her whole heart and soul devoted to finding Fu Ling. She had no time to savor delicious food.
In this life, I always want to try anything new and interesting!
What they didn't know was that, decades later, in 2007, this red-spotted grouper was listed as an endangered species worldwide.
Therefore, the chances of having this dish in the future will only decrease.
Boss Fu originally intended to put the fish into the live water tank, but after thinking about it, he gave it a separate fish box instead.
"What's wrong, Dad? Why should it have a private room?"
Although Boss Fu didn't quite understand what a single room meant, he found it amusing after a moment's thought.
"That's right, it needs to have a private room. Otherwise, if it goes down into the live water tank looking like a starving ghost, it'll eat all the other fish!"
Fu Wan nodded in deep agreement, and casually picked up a few small fish and shrimp from the side and threw them into the fish tank.
The fish must have been starving, because it immediately started eating them one by one.
As for the red-spotted mottled fish that was already mostly cut off, Boss Fu took it to have its blood drained, put it in a bowl, and put it in the cold storage.
Once Fu Wan finished catching her fish, Fu Shi and the others were almost done as well.
About fifty hooks were used for the extended fishing. Apart from the empty hooks that were used up, the most common catches were yellowfin seabream.
There are about twenty or so.
Of course, the most valuable items are the two large red-spotted stone clusters on Fu Wan's side.
"Ah Ming, Ah Liang, have you finished collecting the fishing hooks over there?"
Boss Fu shouted loudly, and Fu Liang and Fu Ming responded loudly in response.
"That's about it!"
"Then let's continue with the trawling!"
Seeing this, Boss Fu returned to the cockpit. Of course, he didn't forget to give instructions to Fu Wan and the others.
"Ah Wan, you guys go and take a break. The trawling will take an hour, so you can take a nap."
Fu Wan nodded upon hearing this, and Ye Lin volunteered, "Uncle, I'll take over the boat for you later."
Boss Fu shook his head. "No need to help. This new ship can sail itself once the direction is set. When I'm not at the helm, I can take a nap in the cockpit."
"You should go and rest too. You've been traveling all afternoon and working so hard tonight."
Ye Lin is young, otherwise he would have collapsed from exhaustion long ago.
Hearing what Boss Fu said, Ye Lin couldn't refuse.
Seeing this, Ye Xiaocui also washed her hands and went back to the cabin to rest.
Fu Wan slept for two hours at home in the afternoon, but now that she's back in her cabin, she can't fall asleep for a long time.
Hearing her own mother snoring, Fu Wan simply got dressed and went out of the cabin.
Because she was afraid of disturbing Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu's sleep, Ye Xiaocui simply slept in the same cabin as Fu Wan. When Fang Min saw Fu Wan come out, she also quietly got up and followed her out.
"Comrade Xiao Fu, you can't sleep either?"
Fu Wan just heard footsteps behind her, turned around and saw Fang Min's short hair sticking up, and couldn't help but reach out and massage it for her.
"Just call me Awan. Amin, your hair is messy. You should wrap your headscarf properly, or my mother will start nagging you again."
After saying this, she obediently put on her headscarf.
And you know what? With a headscarf covering my head, I immediately stopped feeling the wind blowing straight up my head from the deck.
Seeing Fu Wan complaining but obediently putting on her headscarf, Fang Min smiled and followed suit.
"Aren't you going to sleep? I can't sleep, I'm going fishing."
Fang Min shook her head upon hearing this, "I can't sleep either, why don't I sleep with you!"
It was her first time at sea, and she felt a little out of place. Moreover, Fang Min felt that it wasn't quite right for her to be sleeping in the cabin while her boss was fishing outside.
Although she didn't rest much in the afternoon, the intensity of the sea trip was more than enough for her.
"Then come with me. There are plenty of fishing rods on this boat. I'll teach you how to fish."
Having someone to accompany you makes fishing less boring.
Although the two had only known each other for a short time, they were sincere with each other and soon developed a great understanding.
One person baits the hook, while the other casts the line; before long, both fishing rods are poised and ready.
Fu Shi was originally in the cockpit sailing the boat with Fu Lao Da. After Fu Lao Da took a nap, he got a little bored. Hearing a noise behind him, he went over and found that Fu Wan and Fu Lao Da were fishing.
"Ah Wan, Comrade Fang, are you fishing?"
Fu Wan nodded. "Brother Shi, would you like to come along?"
Fu Shi was also itching to try it. "Are there any more fishing rods?"
Fishing rods were naturally available; Fu Ming had brought quite a few with him.
So another person joined the fishing, and Fu Ming and Fu Liang, who were watching from behind, were green with envy.
"I should have switched places with my dad and let him drive this ship!"
Fu Ming complained in a low voice that Ye Jianguo wasn't very good at driving a boat, and he hadn't slept in the afternoon. He had just been busy for a while and was already a bit exhausted.
Therefore, Fu Ming still had to drive the boat himself.
As for Fu Liang, his situation is a little better. Fu Dayong is also a skilled boatman, so the two can take turns.
However, Fu Liang only remembered that he didn't have a fishing rod on his boat after seeing Fu Wan fishing. He could only suppress his urge to fish and decided to go back and ask Fu Wan about her catch.
"I've caught a fish!"
Fu Shi was lucky; before Fu Wan and the other person could make a move, he felt the pull on his fishing rod shortly after casting it out.
Fu Shi also enjoys fishing. When there's not much work to do at the dock, he sometimes goes fishing with the old men in the village.
If you catch one or two catties (500g) of fish, you can sell them to Fu San. They're cheap whitebait or the like. You can stew them yourself, and they make a decent meat dish.
When Fu Wan saw the commotion on Fu Liang's side, she was about to go over to see what it was when, unexpectedly, the fishing rod in her hand made a sound the next second.
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