Coming to his senses, Feng Ye pointed to the fishing nets and traps on the boat and said, "Ah Can, don't go back yet. Let's put these nets and traps down first."
Ah-Can hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Ye, you're all wet. Go back and change your clothes first."
Xiao Guowen also advised, "Yes, Aye, there's no rush to log off. Changing your clothes is more important. It wouldn't be worth catching a cold."
"It's okay, the weather isn't cold now, my clothes will dry in no time, how could I possibly catch a cold so easily?"
The others were about to try to persuade him again when Feng Ye glared at them and said, "Stop trying to persuade me. Listen to me, go and play online, or I won't bring you guys out next time."
Then he casually pointed to a deserted island in the distance and said, "Let's go over there to set our nets, and then we can fish on that island."
None of the families owned a boat, so going out to sea wasn't so easy.
Ah-Can had no choice but to follow Feng Ye's instructions, turn the boat around, and row towards the island.
The island looks far away, and it is indeed not close.
The small wooden boat drifted on the sea for more than twenty minutes. Feng Ye glanced to his left unintentionally and suddenly his eyes widened.
"What's that? A fish? Why is it so golden?"
Feng Ye's exclamation immediately attracted the attention of the other three, who all turned their gazes away.
In the distance, beneath the surface of the sea, a vast expanse of golden light could be seen, slowly and steadily moving.
Judging from the direction they were traveling, it was the same direction they were currently in.
"Ah, it's cucumber fish!"
"Holy crap, we've run into a school of cucumber fish!"
Instantly, gasps of surprise rose and fell, everyone was overjoyed and incredibly excited.
Yellow croaker, also known as yellow croaker, comes in different sizes; it is also called stonehead fish because it has two hard stones in its head called otoliths.
When fishermen talk about yellow croaker, they usually mean large yellow croaker, or big yellow croaker. If it is small yellow croaker, they will specify that.
Large yellow croaker is distributed in the southern Yellow Sea, East China Sea and South China Sea. It usually inhabits deeper waters. From April to June, the fry migrate to the nearshore waters to spawn. After spawning, they disperse along the coast to forage for food. In autumn and winter, they migrate to the deep sea again.
Feng Ye recognized the large yellow croaker, but due to overfishing, it had become so rare in later generations that it was almost impossible to find.
In particular, the invention of the pounding net method led to a sharp decline in the number of large yellow croakers, almost to the point of extinction.
This has led to a surge in the price of large yellow croaker, to the point where it's almost impossible to find a market for it.
In later generations, fishermen could only rely on luck to catch large yellow croakers. Many fishermen never even saw one, let alone caught one, in their entire lives.
After returning to the fishing village in his previous life, Feng Ye never saw a large yellow croaker again, so he didn't think of it for the time being.
Nowadays, although large yellow croakers are relatively rare and not very common, they can still be caught occasionally.
However, it is extremely rare to see a whole school of fish like what they are encountering now, a vast expanse of golden fish, no less than a thousand in number. It would be an exaggeration to say that their ancestors' graves were emitting auspicious smoke.
"Fishing net, where's the fishing net?"
Feng Ye was extremely excited.
That's a big yellow croaker! In the mouths of fishermen of later generations, it became a synonym for getting rich.
Even though he didn't understand the market price of large yellow croaker at that time, he was convinced that as long as he could catch a small portion, he could make a fortune.
"The fishing net is here, it's with me."
Xiao Guowen quickly picked up the fishing net from the cabin, his words filled with excitement.
"Quickly, quickly, put the fishing net down. Ah-chan, I'll row, you go help put the net down."
Feng Ye reached out and tried to snatch the oar from A-Can's hand.
"Brother Ye, you're amazing! If you hadn't insisted on setting up the net, how could we have encountered a school of yellowfin tuna?"
Ah-Can's eyes burned with desire. He quickly released the oars and went to the back to help the Xiao brothers set their nets.
Feng Ye slightly adjusted the direction so that the net he set could block the direction in which the large yellow croakers were moving, and prayed in his heart that the school of large yellow croakers would not change direction.
This small wooden boat has no mechanical power, so once the big yellow croaker changes direction, there's no way to catch up; all that's left is to look on helplessly and sigh.
The four men, some excited and some thrilled, cast their nets and rowed, glancing every now and then at the approaching school of large yellow croakers.
The closer it got, the more excited Feng Ye became.
I never expected that persisting in going online would bring such an unexpected reward; I hit the jackpot.
There were four nets on the boat, each one hundred meters long, and they were all set down before the large yellow croaker could be caught.
Then, the group stared intently at the sea, their eyes unblinking, as if the large yellow croakers would vanish in the blink of an eye.
Before long, the large yellow croaker swimming in front plunged headfirst into the net and was firmly stuck. No matter how much it struggled, it could not break free from the net's mesh.
Then more and more large yellow croakers crashed into the net, causing the floats stuck in the net to bob and shake on the sea surface.
"It hit the net!"
"Holy crap, so many yellow croakers have gotten stuck in the net."
"Holy crap, so much!"
"Holy crap, there are so many! How much would this cost?"
All four of them stared wide-eyed.
No one knew what words to use to describe their excitement; all they could do was keep exclaiming "Holy crap!"
He didn't know how much time had passed, until he could no longer see the large yellow croakers swimming below the surface of the sea, and could only see them stuck to the net. Only then did Feng Ye finally shout, "We've hauled in the net and made a fortune!"
The other three cheered, "We're rich!"
Everyone was all smiles.
Feng Ye rowed the oar to the buoy of the first net and then pulled the oar back in.
"Ah Ye, you set up the net."
"Yes, Brother Ye, you set up the net."
Everyone made way, waiting for Feng Ye to set up the net.
"Okay, I'll get up."
Feng Ye took the initiative, went to the bow of the boat, and used a hook to pull up the buoy.
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