Upon hearing this, Ye Xiaocui immediately became excited.
What isolated island? That's a treasure island!
She only remembered to ask Boss Fu how much those bird's nests sold for this morning, and only then did she realize that the "three" her daughter was referring to wasn't three thousand, but thirty thousand!
Thirty-seven thousand eight—that number almost made her faint!
Although her family had made such a fortune, Ye Xiaocui knew she should keep a low profile, but it couldn't diminish her longing for that isolated island.
Fu Ling sat on the deck watching Fu Wan string the bait for her longline fishing. Before long, her little head started to nod off, and she began to feel sleepy.
"Oh, Lingling, Grandma will take you to sleep in the cabin."
The cabin had been fumigated with moxa sticks early in the morning, so there were no mosquitoes. Fu Ling was also really sleepy. Seeing that Fu Wan was still on the boat, she followed Ye Xiaocui into the cabin and fell into a deep sleep.
The boat behind Boss Fu was being piloted by Fu Ming, with Fu Liang and Jiang Chunlan following behind, one arranging the fishing line and the other baiting the fish.
The equipment prepared on both boats was similar. In the afternoon, Boss Fu even paid for a net-lifting machine worth over a hundred yuan to be installed on their boat.
Before, people only pulled the nets by hand because they didn't have the money. But after experiencing the benefits of using a net-pulling machine a few days ago, who would want to pull the nets by brute force?
Of course, this money was deducted from the money to be distributed.
After the boat had been sailing for more than half an hour, Fu Ming still felt that something was wrong with the route.
"Dad, where are you driving to?!"
Fu Ming shouted loudly at Boss Fu, but the roar of the diesel engine made it impossible for Fu Wan and the others to hear a single word.
"What did you say?!"
Fu Wan shouted loudly at Fu Ming, who shouted back while steering the boat.
"I said! Where are we going?!"
"What! I can't hear you!"
Fu Ming was truly exasperated this time, while Fu Liang was exhausted watching the two siblings go back and forth.
“Amin, let’s just follow behind Awan’s boat. Anyway, there’s plenty of diesel on board.”
He believed that Fu Wan and Boss Fu would have a good outcome no matter where they went.
The ship sailed for another half hour, and by then there were no other ships operating on the sea. Night fell, and a huge bright moon hung high in the sky.
"Ah Wan, launch the longline!"
Upon hearing Fu Laoda's voice, Fu Wan quickly joined Ye Xiaocui on one side to begin releasing the longline fishing line.
Boss Fu deliberately slowed down the boat to give them plenty of time.
Seeing that his father's boat was slowing down, Fu Ming quickly slowed down as well.
Fu Liang and Jiang Chunlan followed the example of Fu Wan and Ye Xiaocui, each starting to cast their longline fishing lines.
The two boats were positioned on opposite sides, about ten meters apart, so there was no possibility of the threads getting tangled together.
After the longline fishing line was finished, Fu Wan stood up.
My bottom went numb after sitting on the small stool for so long.
"Ah Wan, look at that silver light over there, what is it!"
Ever since Ye Xiaocui arrived at this sea area, her eyes have been wide open like copper bells, scanning the sea surface again and again with a flashlight.
She was thrilled to suddenly see that patch of silvery-white light!
"It's a school of fish!"
The fish wasn't just silvery-white; because there were so many fish, many of them were so crowded that their bellies were exposed, and only when Ye Xiaocui shone her flashlight did they reveal their silvery sheen.
"net!"
"Use a trawl net!"
By this time, the ship's speed had slowed down considerably, and the two ships could clearly hear each other shouting.
Upon hearing Fu Wan's shout, Fu Liang quickly released the trawl net.
Fu Ming and Boss Fu then drove towards the school of fish from the left and right respectively, tacitly agreeing to go.
Trawling is a fishing method that involves using a winch on a deck-mounted net haul-in machine to attach the rope behind the net to the machine.
Then the fishing boats would drive the fish along as they sailed, which was not only effective but also covered a very wide area.
Using the power of the fishing boat to propel the net, the fish can be caught in one fell swoop.
After setting up the fishing nets, everyone began to rest on the dock.
These two trawl nets are very large and very sturdy.
Fu Laoda and Fu Ming walked around for half an hour, one on the left and one on the right, while Fu Wan was so bored that she sat on the deck and started eating the dried mangoes she had brought.
"That's about it, let's set up the internet cafe!"
Seeing that the fish on the sea surface could no longer be seen, Boss Fu started to tell Fu Wan and the others to haul in the net.
"Ah Wan, come here!"
Ye Xiaocui rubbed her palms together, but then withdrew her hand from the webcam.
"You're lucky, you come on over!"
This is her first catch; if she pulls up nothing, she'll be incredibly frustrated.
Fu Wan didn't care and went straight up to start the net-setting machine.
When the first net was cast out to sea, not only were Boss Fu and Ye Xiaocui keeping a close eye on the sea, but even Fu Ming, Fu Liang, and Jiang Chunlan, who were a few meters away, were watching this side.
The moment the fishing net was cast out to sea, everyone's mood changed from the tension of their hearts pounding in their throats to pure joy.
The heavy fishing net was brimming with fish. Fu Ming, Fu Liang, and Jiang Chunlan were too far away to see what kind of fish they were, but Fu Wan and Boss Fu recognized them at a glance.
"It's a pipefish!"
The net in front of them was full of pipefish, and Boss Fu couldn't hide his joy, as could Ye Xiaocui.
The pipefish is a delicacy; it has a flat, elongated body, as long as a ribbonfish but as thin as a sea snake.
The pipefish has no scales, and its back is mostly green, though some varieties are red. Its belly is grayish-white; the silvery-white color Ye Xiaocui saw with her flashlight earlier was the pipefish's belly under the light.
The pipefish is famous for its long mouth, which is shaped like a gun barrel. It can suck up small invertebrates and shrimp from coral reefs or seaweed beds, just like a straw.
Because the smoker has no scales, its flesh is very tender, so although it is not as expensive as the grouper, it is not cheap either.
Smokers usually live in shallow waters and rarely travel in groups. Although their fishing boats were not in deep waters at the time, they didn't know why there were so many smokers here.
However, the answer to this question came when Fu Wan pulled the fishing net onto the deck and emptied it out.
Among these pipefish were many flounders, which are the natural enemies of pipefish. It's possible that while the two schools of fish were chasing each other, Fu Wan and her group would reap the benefits and catch them all in one net.
Flatfish are oval in shape. The color of their backs changes with their surroundings, and their bellies are white. Although their mouths are small, they feed on other fish.
Because both of its eyes are located on the right side of its face, it is called a flounder.
"There are so many halibut!"
Flounder is much more valuable than pipefish, and Fu Ming was extremely envious when he saw this, so he urged Fu Liang impatiently.
"Hurry up and set up the net, Brother Liang!"
Fu Liang rubbed his hands together. "Mom, why don't you do it? My luck isn't that great!"
Jiang Chunlan glanced at her son with disdain, "I'll do it, you useless piece of trash!"
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