Ye Lin and Fu Shi argued back and forth, while Fang Min and Fu Qing remained silent. Fu Qing watched Fu Wan reel in the fish with a tense expression, while Fang Min was ready to reel in her fishing rod at any moment to help Fu Wan.
As for what kind of fish, neither of them had any idea.
Even when the fish was right in front of her, it struggled fiercely, pulling desperately towards the sea with the rope. Fu Wan simply let it wriggle around, waiting for it to tire itself out before pulling in the fishing line in one go.
As the fish was pulled out of the water, Fang Min hooked her foot and grabbed the landing net from the deck.
Then she took the net and scooped it up, and the fish immediately fell into the net.
When the fish were hauled onto the deck, not only Ye Lin and Fu Shi, but even Fu Wan was dumbfounded.
What kind of fish is this?
Ye Lin scratched his head, recognizing the fish in its eyes as a sea fish he had never seen before!
Fu Shi looked at the fish from left to right. It must weigh about seven or eight pounds. He flipped the fish over and stood up to see the whole fish. His eyes widened in surprise.
"Good heavens, this fish looks like a red-lipped croaker!"
"Red-lipped croaker?"
Fu Wan was puzzled, but to be honest, she had no recollection of this fish.
"Wait, let me ask my uncle again!"
Fu Shi reeled in his fishing rod, scooped up the fish, and ran towards the cockpit.
Fang Min and Fu Qing were a little confused and didn't know whether they should reel in their fishing rods.
"Wan, Wan! Did you catch this fish?"
Not long after, Boss Fu's joyful voice came over.
Fu Wan put the fishing rod away and asked, "Yes, Dad, what kind of fish is this?"
"Red-lipped croaker, it's a red-lipped croaker!"
"Haha, we're going to make a fortune again!"
Boss Fu couldn't stop laughing. The red-mouthed croaker was on the verge of death not long after it came up. Seeing this, Boss Fu took advantage of the fact that it was still alive and hurriedly went to the small compartment to find a knife to bleed it.
That's how deep-sea fish are; people are used to it.
Seeing that Boss Fu had finished draining the fish blood and then tossed out the fish belly intact, Fu Wan found the operation familiar and asked the question that had been bothering her.
"Dad, what's so valuable about this fish? Is it just for selling fish maw?"
Boss Fu nodded, "Yes, just like the yellow croaker, the fish maw is valuable!"
Fu Wan became interested. "Can it sell for as much money as a yellow croaker?"
Considering that a single yellow croaker sold for over ten thousand yuan last time, could this red-lipped croaker also do so?
Boss Fu shook his head. "What are you thinking? The maw of the yellow croaker is top-grade. This red-lipped croaker isn't even in the top three!"
Fu Wan was somewhat discouraged upon hearing this, but then Boss Fu's voice rang out again.
"However, this red-lipped croaker is not cheap either. Its fish maw is one of the five major types of fish maw. Look at the size of this fish, it's not small either. It should cost at least tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands."
From Boss Fu's perspective, a fish that can sell for tens of thousands of yuan is extremely valuable!
However, having seen the yellow croaker, Fu Wan was no longer so surprised to see the red-lipped croaker.
However, since it was a valuable fish, Fu Wan still examined it carefully and made sure to memorize the appearance of the red-lipped croaker.
Red-lipped croaker is a typical deep-sea fish that requires high water quality. This fish has a slender, laterally compressed body with a smooth, curved back and belly.
According to Mr. Fu, this type of fish is generally about half a meter long and weighs between two or three kilograms and twenty kilograms.
The fish has a large, slightly crooked mouth, and its scales are quite small and feel very rough to the touch. Its body is grayish-brown, with a grayish-white belly, yellow base to the pectoral fins, and black edges. When its mouth is open, it also has a slightly reddish tinge.
This is also the origin of the name "Red-mouthed Croaker". (Image of Red-mouthed Croaker from the internet, please delete if infringing copyright) The Red-mouthed Croaker is somewhat similar to the Yellow Croaker. Its most valuable part is the fish maw made from its belly, which functions similarly to Yellow Croaker maw, but is not as effective. (Image of Red-mouthed Croaker fish maw from the internet) It's actually made from dried fish belly. However, Mr. Fu was a little puzzled. "Red-mouthed Croaker" is the name used by people in Guangdong Province. Generally, Red-mouthed Croakers live in the North Pacific Ocean and near Nan'ao Island in Guangdong Province. He didn't know how Red-mouthed Croakers could appear in his own waters.
Now is not the time to dwell on that. The most important thing is that Fu Wan caught a red-lipped croaker. As for why it appeared in this sea area, Boss Fu is too lazy to think about it.
After the red-lipped croaker was drained of its blood, Boss Fu put it in a fish basket and placed it in the cold storage. Upon learning that Fu Wan had caught the red-lipped croaker here, he immediately became itchy to fish as well.
My daughter has such good luck, there's no reason why I shouldn't have good luck, right?
So one more person stood on the deck fishing, but they didn't fish for long before Fu Shi ran over and said that the boat was having trouble pulling the trawl net.
So everyone put their fishing rods back in, and overall the fishing haul was pretty good.
Except for Fu Shi, who was forced to sit in the cockpit and start the boat after delivering the red-mouthed croaker, everyone else got caught in the fish.
Ye Lin caught two sea bass weighing two or three pounds each, while Fang Min caught three palm-sized yellowfin seabream and red-eyed sea bream.
Fu Laoda caught a three- or four-pound sea wolf, while Fu Qing didn't come back empty-handed and managed to pull up a delicious and beautiful greenfin fish.
This greenfin bream is a bit bigger than the one they caught a few days ago, and it looks like it weighs at least three or four pounds.
After Fu Wan put away her fishing rod, Fu Laoda and Ye Lin operated the net-hauling machine and brought the trawl net back.
As the net was rising to the middle of the deck, Fu Wan stepped forward and untied the rope of the net.
After a series of splashing sounds as fish were thrown in, the fish on the deck were piled up into a small mountain again.
"Wow, so many red lights! Why are there so many red lights?!"
Boss Fu was the first to recognize it. As soon as he finished speaking, a tentacle rose from the pile of fish, and Ye Lin instinctively smacked it with his stick.
"What the hell?"
"Could it be a giant octopus?" Thinking of the huge creature she had seen at the bottom of the sea, Fu Wan couldn't help but feel a chill run down her spine.
The larger the octopus, the more frightening it becomes.
They're like they've come to life; those scooped up with bamboo tubes are nothing compared to those from the deep sea.
Ye Lin had been hunting wild boars and rabbits with Ye Jianguo since he was a child, so he was quite daring.
He used the stick to circle around the tentacle and flicked it, and when Fu Wan and the others saw what it looked like, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
It was a giant squid, estimated to weigh over two or three pounds, wriggling wildly while squirting ink.
"It's nothing, it's just a rhomboid squid, that's about this size."
Boss Fu stepped forward and dragged the squid out. Then, he took the opportunity to use a shovel to flip it over a couple of times to see if there were any other finned squid in the pile of fish next to him.
“There are six diamondback squid in total. Ah Wan, hand me the knife.”
Boss Fu dragged the squid to his feet and then reached out to Fu Wan.
The bloodletting knife was right behind Fu Wan, and she handed it to Boss Fu.
"Does this squid need to be bled?"
"It's not about bleeding them out, it's about killing them directly."
Boss Fu chuckled, took the knife, and made a cut into the squid's belly. Amazingly, the squid's original reddish-brown color instantly turned deathly pale. A picture of a diamond-finned squid, a sashimi masterpiece.
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