"Mommy, where's the big fish?"
Fu Ling ran over to Fu Wan's side. She had just touched the tuna out of curiosity, but when she went to the cabin to get a cookie, the fish disappeared.
Fu Wan wiped the sweat from her forehead. "It's too hot, so Uncle put the big fish in the cold storage."
Fu Ling knew what a cold storage was, so she immediately changed her target and picked up the biscuit in her hand to take a bite.
Fu Wan then noticed that the child's hands were as black as if they had been touched by soot from the bottom of a pot.
"You eat without washing your hands, and you'll end up with a stomachache and have to go to the hospital to get some bitter medicine."
Upon hearing this, Fu Ling's eyebrows furrowed instantly, and the biscuits in her hand lost their appeal. Fu Yun pulled her hand from behind and gestured several times before Fu Ling finally followed her to the bucket next to her to wash her hands.
As for the cookies she had just been holding, she shoved them into her elderly mother Fu Wan's hands.
Fu Wan looked at the cookie in her hand, which was now completely ruined and looked edible. She simply crushed the cookie and mixed it with the fish bait, adding it as a supplement to the bait.
Just then, Fu's fishing rod was hooked, but when he pulled it up, it was a small mackerel.
Having seen tuna almost as tall as a person, Boss Fu had absolutely no interest in this mackerel, which was no bigger than the palm of his hand. He sighed, took the mackerel off the sea, and then threw it back into the ocean with a forceful toss.
"I'm not interested in you. Send your relative, the giant mackerel, instead!"
Before Ye Xiaocui could even react, Boss Fu threw the fish away. She immediately started yelling, "This little mackerel is only the size of your palm! Why did you throw it away? You could have fried it and eaten it!"
Fu Laoda gave him a knowing look and said, "When I go fishing, I'm all about good luck. How can I save face if I catch such a small fish on my first try?"
Ye Xiaocui couldn't be bothered with his absurd reasoning. "If you can't catch any, then let your daughter go instead. You've been fishing for half your life and you've never caught a big fish!"
Fu Wan was watching the commotion from the sidelines when she unexpectedly found herself caught in the middle of it all.
"No way! With my special bait, Dad's catching fish is just around the corner. Maybe he'll catch a big one on the next cast!"
"Daughter, I appreciate your kind words!"
No sooner had Boss Fu finished speaking than his fishing line was pulled taut the next second, and he immediately felt a strong pull on the fishing rod in his hand.
May the Goddess Mazu bless him! Could it be that his daughter's mouth has truly been blessed?
However, this fish was clearly not as strong as the previous tuna. Boss Fu spent less than twenty minutes playing it, and the fish was exhausted and was quickly pulled out of the water by Boss Fu's thick fishing line.
They said it was almost pulled out, but it was actually still more than ten meters from the sea surface.
When it comes to spotting fish, Fu Wan is the best. She spotted the fish at a glance and immediately recognized its species.
My God, could it really be that Mazu has appeared to us today?
That green figure about to be pulled out of the water is none other than the Napoleon wrasse, which ranked second among the four great fishing kings of Hong Kong in later generations, second only to the grouper!
"Girl, what kind of fish is it?"
Boss Fu had to pull the fishing rod while also controlling the fishing line to prevent it from breaking, so he couldn't look into the water.
Ye Xiaocui and the others stared for a long time, but could only see a blurry fish shadow and couldn't tell what kind of fish it was.
"Father, it's a wrasse, it's a wrasse!"
"What, a grouper? Ah Wan, are you sure you're not seeing things?"
Fu Ming was truly envious. What, was it because of bad feng shui in his spot? He hadn't caught a fish in so long, while Fu Ming's side was catching fish.
He didn't catch a single mackerel.
"I'm sure I'm not mistaken. The Napoleon wrasse, one of the four king fish, how could I be wrong?"
As soon as Fu Wan finished speaking, Ye Xiaocui exclaimed in surprise, "It really is a grouper! Oh my, Ah Wan Chunlan, hurry up and put it in the net!"
A grouper weighing over 20 pounds floated on the surface of the water, occasionally struggling a bit.
Fu Wan and Jiang Chunlan went over with a net, while Ye Xiaocui picked up a big stick and hit the struggling grouper several times.
I'm so dizzy I can't be dizzy anymore!
Fortunately, Fu Wan and Jiang Chunlan had large enough nets, and it took them quite a bit of effort to scoop the grouper onto the deck.
Wow, what a beautiful fish!
Fu Ling and Fu Wan, who were eating cookies nearby, ran over and were also surprised to see the fish.
"Mommy, it's a big green fish!"
It's green, isn't it?
The Napoleon wrasse, also known as the wavy-lipped wrasse, has an endearingly clumsy appearance. Its entire body is green, with a yellowish tinge at the tail's edge. This fish has thick lips and a prominent forehead. Not only is it enormous, but it is also incredibly delicious, and has been prized as a edible fish in later generations.
"Ah Wan, what's this about the Four Great Fish Kings?"
While admiring the big fish he had caught, Boss Fu asked the question that had been bothering him.
He had wanted to ask this question when he first started fishing: what were these "Four Kings of Fish"? He had never heard of them.
Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan also looked at Fu Wan with curiosity, and even the two children, Fu Ling and Fu Yun, stared at Fu Wan without blinking.
Well, since everyone wants to know, she has no reason to hide it.
"In Hong Kong, the best-tasting sea fish have been ranked, and the top four are known as the Four Kings of Fish. These Four Kings of Fish are grouper, wrasse, red snapper, and wrasse."
So these are the four types of fish. Boss Fu stroked his newly sprouted stubble and agreed, "These four types of fish are indeed delicious. Not only are they delicious, but they are also expensive. Hong Kong people really know how to eat."
Ye Xiaocui nodded repeatedly, then became overjoyed. This fish was ranked alongside the grouper, which meant it was expensive!
"But Wan, how did you know?"
Since her family didn't own a radio or any magazines, Fu Wan didn't expect Ye Xiaocui to ask such a question, so she quickly tried to cover it up: "I read it in a newspaper that someone gave me when I was in school."
Fu Laoda glanced at his daughter, knowing that she had probably seen this newspaper in her previous life.
So he quickly tried to smooth things over: "Quickly put this fish away, or it will spoil in the sun and become worthless!"
"Okay, okay!"
With the tuna and Napoleon wrasse as their foundation, Boss Fu, Ye Xiaocui, and the others walked with an air of confidence. As for the few sea bream weighing one or two pounds that Fu Mingye and Lin caught behind them, none of them showed any interest.
Fishing was over and it was already past 2 PM. Boss Fu checked that the trawl nets had been cast, so he prepared to take the boat out to trawle the nets, and also to retrieve the octopus traps and his own ground cages.
However, just as the ship reached the waters near the octopus trap, Fu Wan and Boss Fu spotted a ship in the distance with two people on deck fishing for something in the sea.
Upon closer inspection, damn it, that was clearly an octopus trap they had set!
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