In no time, the Rising Sun caught up with the school of fish again.
Feng Ye also timely cast the net he had just prepared, aiming it at the school of fish.
While waiting for the sinker to sink, he shouted to Guo Changling, "Uncle, are those big fish on your boat dolphins?"
"It's not a dolphin, it's a sea pig."
Guo Changling responded loudly with a smile.
"Sea pig? No wonder it looks so much like a dolphin."
Feng Ye couldn't help but frown.
There are two types of marine creatures called sea pigs.
One of them is an echinoderm, a type of sea cucumber.
They have a pinkish-white appearance like domestic pigs, a feeding method that uses their "pig noses" to root for food, and a round, plump body.
Therefore, it is figuratively described as "a pig living at the bottom of the sea".
sea pig
Another name for the sea pig is simply that of people living by the sea. Along the Yangtze River, it is also called the river pig.
That's right, it's the Yangtze finless porpoise.
The finless porpoise is an aquatic animal belonging to the family Phocodontidae in the order Cetacea, and the absence of a dorsal fin is a typical characteristic of it.
The finless porpoise that people are familiar with is the Yangtze finless porpoise, also known as the Yangtze pig, which lives in the Yangtze River.
But in the ocean, there is another type of finless porpoise—the Indo-Pacific finless porpoise.
The two types of finless porpoises look quite similar, but the Yangtze finless porpoise is indeed darker than the Indo-Pacific finless porpoise.
The fish on Guo Changling's boat were Indo-Pacific finless porpoises.
Feng Ye frowned because all types of finless porpoises are listed as protected animals, although they are currently only classified as Class II protected animals.
But considering that people are not familiar with animal protection these days, and that regulations are not very strict, I felt relieved.
He can only control himself, not others.
"The reason we ventured into your fishing area is because we encountered this group of sea pigs leading a school of mullet, which we followed and fished all the way here."
"You guys are really lucky. I heard you caught a net full of three knife fish yesterday?"
"hey-hey!"
Guo Changling smiled smugly, "Yesterday was just a lucky break. There wasn't much fish in front of us, and I told her we were going back, but my wife insisted on doing one more haul. I never expected to catch a whole net full of three-sword fish..."
"Your luck has just turned around, there's no stopping it!"
"Oh, not at all. I've only been lucky these past couple of days. I can't compare to you guys. You guys are the ones who are truly lucky."
"We haven't had much luck these past two days; we haven't caught anything."
"I'm not going to say anything more. I could see a lot of sea pigs just now, but they've all disappeared. They probably swam away. The mullet school is probably going to disperse soon too. I need to cast a few more nets quickly and catch as many as I can."
"Yes, we need to hurry."
Feng Ye also wanted to catch more, and estimating that the sinker had sunk, he quickly pulled the net up.
This net was much lighter, and he pulled it up by himself, with only less than fifty pounds of mullet.
It seems the school of fish is really going to scatter.
He quickly prepared the last net and cast it down.
When they pulled it up, there was even less stock.
Feng Ye looked at the sparse fishing net in his hand and couldn't help but sigh.
There was no point in casting the net any further, so he squatted on the deck and began to untangle it, putting the mullet into baskets and carrying them into the cabin.
The three hand-thrown nets together caught approximately 400 pounds of mullet.
It was alright; I had a decent bowl of soup.
Guo Changling said goodbye and then sailed away.
He caught so many mullet and a few sea pigs; he needs to hurry back and sell them.
Feng Ye and A Can weren't in a hurry. They didn't have a lot of goods, and it was still early, so they planned to make another haul.
However, this attempt was not successful, yielding little reward.
It was already 4 p.m., and it would take another two hours to get back, so we had no choice but to head home.
Back at the dock, all the fish were sold to Feng Jiafa, earning a total of 1,124 yuan, of which mullet accounted for 962 yuan.
After carrying the baskets back to the boat, tidying them up, and dividing the money, the two walked home chatting and laughing.
As soon as I got home, I saw my two sisters-in-law, Ye Qingling and Du Guilan, chatting happily in the main room.
"What's making you happy? Tell me, so I can have a good laugh too."
Feng Ye spoke as he walked into the house.
"It really is a happy thing, Ah Ling received a phone call this afternoon..."
Du Guilan hesitated, then stamped her foot and said, "Oh dear, let her tell you."
Feng Ye asked in confusion, "Ah Ling, what phone call is making you so happy?"
Ye Qingling smiled at him: "Nie Rengui called to say..."
"Wait, who is Nie Rengui?"
Feng Ye interrupted Ye Qingling and asked with a frown.
Ye Qingling's eyes widened: "You don't recognize him?"
Feng Ye shook his head: "I don't know him."
"Huh? Did they dial the wrong number? Then we got excited for nothing?"
Ye Qingling sighed in disappointment.
"That can't be right, can it? Ah Ye, think about it again. You must know them."
Du Guilan was getting a little anxious.
"I am absolutely certain that I do not know him."
Feng Ye thought about it carefully and confirmed that he did not know anyone named Nie Rengui.
The only person he knew with the surname Nie was Fatty Nie...
Wait, Fatty Nie?
Could it be that Fatty Nie's real name is Nie Rengui?
He jumped in surprise and quickly asked, "Did he say what he did for a living?"
Ye Qingling nodded: "Yes, he did. He claimed to be the purchasing manager of Jinghong Hotel..."
"So it really was him!"
Feng Ye couldn't help but slap his forehead. "I only know that people call him Fatty. Nie Rengui, this is the first time I've heard of this name."
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