"Haha, it's because this brat is running around that his mother is calling out everywhere, isn't it?"
Fu Ming had already formed a prejudice, and Fu Wan didn't say much, only nodding in agreement.
"Yes, it got caught in the tattered fishing net while running around. Brother, give me the hook, I'll hook that tattered net out."
"Oh, let me do it, I can handle it!"
Fu Ming also saw the fishing net that Fu Wan had torn. He held up his long fishhook, hooked the net around twice, and then pulled it up.
"Who threw their fishing net into the sea? Such a terrible thing! Aren't they afraid of being punished by the Goddess Mazu?"
As a new generation of fishermen, Fu Ming hates those who don't care about the marine environment and litter everywhere.
"I don't know, but they'll definitely get their comeuppance."
Looking at the sea, which was much the same as usual, Fu Wan turned around and went into the cabin to find a towel to dry her hair. When Fu Laoda saw that his daughter was safe and sound, he breathed a sigh of relief.
He frowned and asked in a low voice, "Awan, did you run into pirates?"
When he sailed over, he thought he saw a few people floating on the water in the distance.
But before he could see clearly, those people suddenly seemed to be dragged down by something again. Apart from a few seabirds looking for food, there was nothing on the surface of the sea.
Fu Laoda had been a fisherman his whole life and even lived as a ghost for a while, so how could he believe that the orca calf was just trapped in a fishing net?
Moreover, this is the boundary of the high seas; less than five meters ahead, we will be within the high seas.
Fu Wan didn't want Boss Fu to worry, so she immediately shook her head decisively.
"Dad, it's nothing. It's about time, let's go back!"
Seeing this, Boss Fu didn't ask any more questions. Since his daughter was fine and nothing had happened, he simply turned the boat around and prepared to head towards the dock.
"Bang!"
Suddenly a loud bang was heard, followed by Fu Ming's urgent voice coming from the deck.
"Oh my god, Wan, Wan, come quick!"
Fu Wan's expression changed. She thought that the orcas hadn't been dealt with properly, so she immediately ran up to the deck.
When they went over to take a look, they found Fu Ming stroking the manta ray on the deck and grinning foolishly.
"Haha, look, Awan, the orca gave it to us!"
This was the first time Fu Ming had ever encountered something like this on his own. His heart was pounding and his hands were trembling with excitement. The orca had finally delivered a manta ray to him!
The manta ray wasn't dead yet; it was struggling, its fins swaying back and forth.
Fu Ming hurriedly found a knife and cut off the stingray's tail barb. Just then, Fu Wan heard a whooshing sound.
"careful!"
"Oh my god!"
Fu Wan pulled Fu Ming back a little, and the two manta rays were thrown up again.
"Waaah!"
At the same time, the calls of orcas also rang out.
Fu Wan responded with two whistles, and the orcas all surfaced.
Seeing their happy appearance, Fu Wan felt a little worried.
The ship sank, and the orcas were temporarily out of danger.
But the high seas are too vast; there's no way there could be only one whaling ship.
In any case, with this ship in trouble, other ships will have to think twice, so the orcas should be able to have some peace and quiet for a while.
After playing around for a while, the pod of orcas slowly dived into the sea and disappeared.
Fu Wan and Fu Ming chopped off the stingray's tail spines and then carried them into the cold storage.
"Ah Wan, do you want to take one home and eat it yourself?"
The orca brought up five stingrays in total. Except for three that weighed at least 20 or 30 pounds, the others weighed around 10 pounds each.
Fu Ming's original intention was to leave a small dot.
Upon hearing this, Fu Wan immediately refused, "No, this stuff doesn't taste good."
It's not that it doesn't taste good, but stingrays are troublesome to prepare, and the flesh of their fins is tender and flavorful.
However, if not handled properly, the stingray can easily have a sour, urine-like smell when cooked.
Fu Ming's decision was made on a whim, but after considering the troublesome nature of dealing with the manta rays, he began to have second thoughts.
"But if you want to eat it, you can ask Jinlai Restaurant later. If they have fish, we can buy a cooked one to try."
Upon hearing this, Fu Ming's eyes lit up.
"That's a great idea!"
The high seas are quite a distance from the dock. If the weather hadn't been so bad today, Fu Wan and Fu Ming could have even pushed the trawl net down there for a catch.
Today, I didn't even bring a fishing rod when I went out to sea; I was not only using a trawling net.
Fu Wan was leaning against the side of the boat, lost in thought, when suddenly Fu Ming grabbed her and pointed excitedly to the distance, saying, "Wan, look, there's a big fish!"
Fu Wan looked closely and indeed there was a huge creature, more than a meter long, bobbing up and down with the waves in the sea.
Fu Ming immediately wanted to find a fishing hook and a landing net. The fish had been delivered right to his doorstep; there was no reason to let them go.
But Fu Wan quickly stopped him from doing it.
"Brother, stop bothering."
"Huh, why?"
Fu Wan shrugged. "Because it was a sunfish."
Fu Ming was immediately incredulous. "Sunfish? Are you sure?"
"Yes, absolutely certain."
Fu Ming was somewhat disappointed upon hearing this. "Damn it, what bad luck! How could it be a sunfish? Even a sea bream would be better than this thing!"
"really."
Fu Wan agreed wholeheartedly, noting that the ocean sunfish is also known as the sunfish or the moray eel.
This fish has a rather strange appearance. From a distance, it looks like a grayish-brown millstone floating on the sea, with a short head, a round body, and a laterally flattened body.
It has small eyes and a small mouth, and most peculiarly, this fish has almost no tail.
The oddly shaped sunfish (image from the internet, please contact us for removal if copyrighted).
It's called the ocean sunfish because it often floats on its side in the sea, looking much like a human who has overturned in a car on the road.
In reality, this is the normal living state of the ocean sunfish. This fish loves to bask in the sun at sea. The reason it flips over is that it can help itself to bask in the sun more evenly, and it also makes it easier for seabirds to catch sea worms on its body.
It sounds interesting, but most humans don't like sunfish.
There are only two reasons: first, this fish is neither tasty nor valuable; second, the name of the fish is unlucky, and encountering it at sea is considered unlucky.
There's no way around it; nobody wants to capsize as soon as they set sail!
Moreover, due to its slow swimming speed, the sunfish has very coarse flesh and a less than delicious taste. The surface of the sunfish also has a very thick layer of gelatinous substance, making it taste like chewing plastic.
Sunfish have a lot of parasites, and if you eat them without cooking them properly, getting diarrhea is the least of your worries.
So even in this era of scarcity, few people would catch sunfish. There was no other way; they were considered unlucky and didn't taste good. It was better to just release them as a good deed!
The brother and sister chatted idly on the deck, but Fu Wan was thinking about something else.
She touched the scabbard on her leg; when she stopped Scarface from firing earlier, she had acted too hastily, and the knife had flown out.
The sea was too turbulent at the time, and she didn't have time to go down into the sea to look for the knife.
But Fu Wan did not regret killing those whalers; in fact, she had heard of their reputation long ago.
Although whaling is called whaling, it is actually a side business for them.
Their primary occupation was likely piracy.
However, after the camp was set up nearby, these pirates became more cautious and rarely crossed the high seas. Now, even if they died at sea, she wasn't afraid of being discovered.
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