He used to think this was a big deal, but it turns out he was brought back to be a strongman. Clearly, Li Zhijie was worried he wouldn't be up to the task, so he wasn't being asked to go to the fishing school; he could be a strong laborer himself.
The fishing net is lowered, the winch is started, and the large, loose net floating on the sea gradually unfurls, like a sack thrown behind the boat. As the boat moves, the net grows larger and larger. If there are fish along the way, they will be caught.
The first net was just for scouting, so it was only in place for a short time; the boat had to pull it up in less than an hour.
Li Zhiyi shouted for everyone to pull up the fishing net, but Lu Wuyai asked, "Isn't there a winch? Why do we have to rely on manpower to pull it up?"
His elementary school classmate, Li Mupeng, whispered, "When driving the winch, the motor must not consume diesel fuel."
The fishing net was heavy at first, due to both buoyancy and resistance in the water. Everyone relaxed when the net was pulled to the surface.
They felt relieved, but their faces became heavy, which meant they had nothing to gain and they couldn't make money.
Sure enough, as the fishing net was pulled up, there wasn't much inside, and most of it was trash. Only a few dozen fish of varying sizes were jumping around in it.
Ao Zhiyi's face was grim. He opened the net, threw plastic sheets, garbage bags, and other debris into the water, and cursed, "Damn it, damn Qin girl, why are there so many—Ma Gobi—in the sea?"
Halfway through his speech, his face became even uglier.
Lu Wuyai glanced at it and saw fish under the trash. Several white-bellied sea bass had flipped over; they were seven-star sea bass, a common type of sea fish.
These types of fish have very rich flesh and are easy to catch, but they are not suitable for first-timers.
This is also due to the fishermen's customs. According to the sayings passed down from their ancestors, catching a white fish on the first cast of the net is considered an ominous sign, meaning that they will catch nothing and return empty-handed from the sea, which is very unlucky.
The seven-star bass is a white fish. There are two types: black bass and white bass. Now, the white bass has been caught. Although its back is somewhat grayish-black, its belly is white.
At that moment, they were jumping onto the boat, their white bodies shining even brighter in the sunlight.
Li Zhijie's face turned ashen. He held down a fish, took out a fish-picking knife, chopped off the fish's head, and threw it into the sea.
Lu Wuyai didn't say anything. This was a common way to get rid of whitefish: cut off the head and throw it away. But whether it was effective was debatable.
Li Mupeng lit a cigarette and handed it to Li Zhijie, saying, "Second-in-command, don't believe this stuff. You're all so old. The socialist core values of 'Eight Honors and Eight Shames' are all the rage now. Keep going online, you'll always find something..."
"Alright, that's enough. Go to work, clean up the trash, and stop nagging." Li Zhijie curled his fingers, took the cigarette, and walked into the cockpit with a gloomy face.
It can become quite chaotic underwater due to interference from fishing nets.
Lu Wuyai seized the opportunity and jumped into the water. Crossing the sea, he fulfilled his wish and saw many fish swimming around in panic, including a group of bass that appeared above the underwater reefs.
There must be hundreds of large fish in this school. Sea bass are ferocious carnivorous fish. Large fish can be over a meter long and weigh twenty to thirty kilograms.
Although he didn't have a good impression of Li Zhiyi, they had taken him out to sea to find fish, so he had to work.
Furthermore, having acquired the Golden Elixir, he decided to stay in the village and develop marine fisheries. Under these circumstances, he needed to establish his reputation and prestige within the village. In any case, he had to perform exceptionally well on this sea voyage.
After boarding the boat, he said, "Let's cast the fishing net again, this time a deep-water net. We'll put in a sinker and let the net sink to a depth of fifty or sixty meters, then move it southeast."
Li Zhijie, smoking a cigarette, squinted and asked, "I didn't catch anything here. Using a net is still very useful."
Lu Wuyai said decisively, "Listen to me, you are right."
"Fine, I'll listen to you this once. I'll log off." Li Zhijie stood up and threw away his cigarette forcefully.
But then he realized his actions were impulsive, having only smoked half the cigarette. Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he picked up the cigarette butt and put it in his mouth.
Coincidentally, Li Mupeng turned around and saw this scene, and couldn't help but laugh.
Li Zhijie's face turned red, and then he said fiercely, "Smile, damn it, kid, I just slipped my hand, slipped my hand."
At Lu Wuyai's command, the winch continued to turn, and the fishing net fell directly into a depth of tens of meters.
It was nearly an hour's boat ride. Li Zhijie led a few men to pull in the fishing nets.
This time they couldn't pull it up anymore. The net rope was very taut, and when the fishing net emerged from the water, they felt their hands were incredibly heavy. Not only could they not pull it up, but they were almost dragged down as well.
Upon seeing this, Li Zhijie was overjoyed and hurriedly ran into the cabin to start the winch motor.
With immense mechanical power and a humming motor, the huge fishing net was pulled up.
When the fishing net surfaced, everyone shouted excitedly.
I saw the fishing nets being cast into a huge teardrop shape, with the tails of large fish inside. These fish were the same as the bass caught earlier, but they were larger.
This is also white sea bass, with delicious flesh and rich protein content. Large white sea bass is very popular in Hongyang City. There's a famous local dish called Kung Pao Sea Bass, which uses white sea bass.
A large net could hold dozens or even hundreds of white bass, each weighing over 20 kilograms, making the net weigh over 1,000 kilograms.
Seeing the harvest, Li Zhiyi's old face beamed with joy. He patted Lu Wuyai on the shoulder and praised, "Yangzi, you're amazing! You're fantastic! I know I should have trusted you. Look, look, what a huge net of fish! Oh, what a wonderful treat!"
The cabin doors opened, and a rush of cold air filled the room, which was full of ice. To keep the fish fresh, they had to be frozen in the ice room.
Li Zhijie still wanted to log off.
Lu Wuyai shook his head: "The water here has been wasted. We need to find another place."
Li Zhijie was an old fisherman, so he naturally understood this principle. However, this man was only greedy for money, so he insisted on casting another net. But he was not at his wit's end; he did not turn back but continued to sail southeast.
Even if they don't run into the Bass Group, they've already moved to a new sea area, and there might be new discoveries.
Fishing in the sea is less fortunate, and naturally, there's not much to catch.
Seeing this, Li Zhijie wasn't discouraged. This net of bass was enough to earn him tens of thousands of yuan. The labor and fuel costs had been recovered, and the rest of the catch was pure profit.
Lu Wuyai wanted to catch a few fish with his fishing rod. If he couldn't sell them for money, he could go back and cook.
As a result, Li Zhijie kept urging him to go find the catch, without giving him any time to go find it himself.
Lu Wuyai sneered inwardly. He wasn't a masochist. How could he expect to get a good outcome with Li Zhijie treating him like this?
Regardless, with a single command, a net full of fish was caught, and he had already established his authority on the boat. When he returned to the village, according to the people on the boat, the indigenous residents would surely know of his abilities.
Therefore, he didn't try hard after that. He tried to set up the net a few more times, but he didn't get such a big catch. However, he didn't go home empty-handed either; at least he caught some more fish.
Li Zhijie made many jokes, but Lu Wuyai didn't.
As it was getting late, Lu Wuyai gave Li Mupeng, Li Qianqi, and the others a wink, and the two asked to go home together. However, Li Zhiyi had no choice but to reluctantly embark on her journey home.
They drove for a while in the sea and collided with a yacht. Just then, the fishing boat's radio crackled to life: "Qiqi, Qiqi, we are diving enthusiasts from Hongyang City, Qiqi, we need help. Please help us, one of us is injured..."
Maritime radio stations have two channels: longwave and shortwave. Shortwave is transmitted directly, while medium and longwave can be transmitted along land and water.
As we all know, the Earth is spherical, while the sea surface and land surface are curved. Shortwave radio stations are useful within a certain distance, but medium wave and shortwave signals are needed for long distances.
The "Dragon Head" is now ringing from the shortwave radio, which means the source of the signal is within their field of vision, at least not far away, and is clearly a yacht.
After receiving the distress signal, the driver drove over, and as the two vehicles approached, the situation inside the vehicle became clear.
On the snow-white yacht, several young people were waving their arms and jumping around. There was a large red stain on the deck, which was probably blood.
As the two boats approached, Li Zhijie picked up a megaphone and asked, "My friends, what's going on here?"
A young man shouted, "Help me, fellow countryman! Our friend is injured. We didn't bring any medical equipment on this trip. Do you have any?"
Li Zhijie rolled his eyes and laughed, "I'm already on the plane, but I haven't opened the one I just bought yet; it's a first-aid kit."
Fishermen know the importance of being prepared before going out to sea. Fresh water and first-aid kits are essential items.
Without hesitation, the other party replied, "Then can you sell it to us?"
Li Zhijie feigned hesitation and said, "We still have to live at sea, we have to stay for a few more days. I'll sell you the first aid kit, and then we... Oh well, I bought it for 500 yuan, I'll sell it to you."
The other party wasn't short of money, so the young man immediately said, "Send someone to bring it, and I'll give you a thousand dollars. A thousand US dollars."
Hearing this, Li Zhijie was overjoyed. His first-aid kit was indeed new, but it wasn't something he had just bought; it hadn't been used in a long time. He was very stingy, and if anyone on the ship felt even slightly unwell, he would always make them carry it around rather than open the first-aid kit himself.
This ordinary first aid kit only costs a couple hundred yuan, but now it can sell for a thousand yuan. How could he not be happy?
So he quickly took out the first aid kit, handed it to Lu Wuyai, and said, "Bring this over, and I'll give you 100 yuan in exchange for 1,000 yuan as a service fee. You've achieved great results today."
Lu Wuyai gave a wry smile; he had been persuaded by the old island lord.
However, he later needed to use Li Zhiyi in many places, so it was inconvenient for him to get angry. He took the first aid kit, exchanged it for a rubber boat, and boarded the yacht.
There were several handsome men and beautiful women on the yacht, all of them with defined waistlines, abs, ample breasts, pointed chins, and long legs.
Upon seeing the first-aid kit he brought, the young people were overjoyed and rushed towards the cabin. One of the girls ran up and rolled around as if she had a water bag hanging around her neck.
He wanted to go and see what was going on, but a young man stopped him and said politely, "Excuse me, brother, our injured companion is a girl, so, haha."
Lu Wuyai nodded and said, "I should apologize. I was too rash just now, but I meant no harm. I just wanted to see if I could help."
A busty girl next to him shouted, "If you're going to help, go catch that stinky fish that bites the little fish. If you catch it, I'll give you ten thousand yuan."
Lu Wuyai pondered for a moment, then said, "Was it a shark that bit people? Have you guessed what type it was?"
The young man who stopped him laughed and said, "Brother, you really want to make this money. Life is important. We don't know what kind of fish it is. It was too chaotic at the time, but it must be a big fish."
"Pala Dakun, you're still laughing? Why didn't it bite you earlier? That fish wasn't a shark; it was really big, and it swam very slowly. Otherwise, Xiaoxiao wouldn't have been able to escape. Its head was huge, and its dorsal fin was like a saw..."
Upon hearing the young man's description, Lu Wuyai's heart stirred. It really didn't look like a shark, but rather like another rare, large fish.
He immediately jumped off the boat, and the young men shouted, "Damn it!"
After entering the water, he looked down at the surface. The sea here wasn't deep, less than 50 meters. The water was clear, with sandy land and many small coral reefs underwater, some aquatic plants and seaweed growing, and many small fish swimming among them.
Indeed, it is a diving paradise, and the city dwellers are quite skilled at diving.
However, we cannot judge a book by its cover, nor can we remain oblivious to the dangers lurking beneath the surface, for a deadly weapon lies hidden beneath the surface: the sea bass.
At the bottom of a rocky beach, a large fish more than two meters long swam slowly back and forth, wagging its tail.
Lu Wuyai had recently caught a big fish, a very large conger eel. However, in terms of size, the conger eel was much smaller than this guy; the difference between the two was all-encompassing.
Conger eels are only a little over 1.5 meters long, but this fish can be over 2 meters long. Conger eels are arrow-shaped, but this fish is spindle-shaped, with a large head, thick body, and enormous size.
Its body is round and plump, covered with thick grayish-white scales, and has spindle-shaped fins on its back, which look like a pair of triangular sharp knives stuck in them.
Its distinctive feature is the shape of its dorsal fin.
Coincidentally, Lu Wuyai and the bass have a special connection today. Most of the fish they used to catch were bass, but this big fish is also a bass, and a distant relative of it.
The bass is less well-known, but its more famous distant relative is the giant bass that lives off the coast of California.
Giant squid are also very large, and they are carnivorous. Such a huge size naturally poses a threat to humans.
People in a certain country once had a deep fear of them, so they launched a hunting campaign that drove the once numerous giant perch to the brink of extinction.
People in a certain country started protecting them a few years ago, but the reproduction rate of these fish is very low, taking more than 14 years to double, and they are still critically endangered.
In contrast, a large number of sea bass live in the waters of East Asia. They spend most of their time in the deep sea, facing very low survival risks and a very small chance of being caught.
This fish is very valuable. Except for sharks, whose meat contains urine, the meat of other carnivorous fish is of excellent quality, and pikeperch is no exception.
Moreover, they are very large, with an adult fish weighing over 200 kilograms. Selling a single fish for 10,000 to 20,000 yuan is as easy as playing around.
When Lu Wuyai saw the dolphin-scaled perch underwater, he laughed. Finally, he added that this voyage wasn't just to benefit someone else.
He surfaced and asked, "Are there any harpoons on the boat?"
A blond young man mumbled, "Yes, what are you doing?"
Lu Wuyai smiled and said, "I will avenge your comrades."
The dolphin bass is not a protected species, and in fact, it's more valuable. Once the young people go back and spread the word, surely some will recognize it, and they'll still come here to hunt.
Therefore, Lu Wuyai wanted to take care of the fish himself and earn some money.
To deal with sea bass, you can rely on a harpoon. Unlike moray eels, these fish are not sensitive or timid. They are large and carnivorous. They don't have many rivals in the ocean, and some sharks don't even bother with them.
In this way, they won't be scared away when creatures approach them.
The injured girl was also unfortunate. Dolchee bass aren't very attracted to large animals, and they don't like to move around too much. After all, they're so big; the more they move, the more energy they expend.
Dolchee fish usually like to find a place to lie down and rest. The girl must not have noticed its presence, accidentally bumped into it, and that triggered its attack.
Moreover, it didn't retaliate fiercely; it only bit once and didn't pursue relentlessly, otherwise the girl would have been dead. This fish was over two meters long and weighed over two hundred kilograms.
Lu Wuyai, carrying a harpoon and diving goggles, quickly submerged into the water. The diving goggles were cumbersome and meant for show, so he had taken them off on the way.
Lu Wuyai approached the bass from behind, flipped the golden core over, grabbed the harpoon with both hands, and with all his might, pierced its head.
With a whoosh, half of the harpoon went in.
Then Gu Yuxin quickly went up again. Even after the bass's brain is damaged, it retains vitality for a short time. They will struggle and convulse, but they are more aggressive at this time.
However, fish with brain damage are grasshoppers that emerge after autumn and will not jump for a long time.
He underestimated the ferocious fish, which was over two meters long, not bad for a shark.
A storm was raging on the seabed. Attacked, the bass frantically shook its head and tail. The rocks were whipped around by its iron tail, and the fish swimming around were all terrified and ran wild.
After a series of tumbles, it found Lu Wuyai, an old man, a fine horse, a slippery rabbit, and a hawk that was hard to catch. The dolphin's perch had lived for many years. It knew that Lu Wuyai had attacked it and immediately rushed after him.
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