"I don't know exactly who it was, but I heard it was from a few villages next door. He caught one and sold it for 1,800 yuan. He was ecstatic and was bragging about it everywhere. He said he was planning to go home around 1 a.m., but he just casually cast his net and caught one."
Around 1:00?
That's the time when Xiaohu threw that fish into the sea.
Damn it, could it really be the one Little Tiger threw in?
Anyway, as long as we don't know that we caught the big yellow croaker ourselves, that's fine.
After chatting for a while, Duan Chunsheng left, having arranged to go out to sea with Ye Cheng the next day.
However, Ye Cheng didn't completely agree. He mainly wanted to see how lucky he would be tomorrow. If his luck was only 20, he might as well stay home.
The next day, Ye Cheng got up at 6 a.m. and checked the system first.
Luck value: 60+20
Points: 4600
Deposits: 110,000; Foreign debt: 30,000; Mortgage: 300,000 (including interest).
The points increased really fast, which startled Ye Cheng. He had a little over a thousand points left after buying the trawl net yesterday, but today they suddenly became over 4,000. Big yellow croaker is really something else.
This luck level is good for going overseas; I can gain some experience there.
I called Xiaohu and asked him to come and lift the water pump.
Now that we have our own boat, we can naturally put this thing on the boat, saving us the trouble of having to manually install it when we go to the islands.
On the way, Ye Cheng told Xiao Hu about what Duan Chunsheng had said yesterday.
Xiao Hu looked surprised.
"No way, bro, you're saying the fish I threw in was a big yellow croaker?"
"Nonsense, that place hasn't produced any large yellow croakers in ages. We hauled in a whole net yesterday, and then you threw one away, and they caught another. Do you think it's that much of a coincidence?"
Xiao Hu stopped talking; it seemed to make sense.
However, just thinking about how he had thrown away a large yellow croaker that cost over a thousand yuan, Xiao Hu wanted to slap himself. Damn it, he was such a spendthrift.
"Well then, be more self-aware. You'll have to pay for your lunch today. Go to the dock later and buy some meat and wine. Make yourself some good food and drinks to atone for your sins."
"Okay, I'll go buy it," Xiao Hu said in a muffled voice. The big yellow croaker... throwing it away... just thinking about it makes me depressed.
This guy must have been furious. He bought two pounds of braised beef, a big pork knuckle, some cold dishes, and a few bottles of beer. He bought a whole bunch of stuff, leaving Ye Cheng speechless.
"Tiger, if you keep doing this, I feel like if we bring a few more beautiful women, we'll go from a fishing boat to a yacht."
"A yacht is a yacht. I'm still angry about the big yellow croaker we released yesterday. Brother, eat as much as you want today, eat your fill."
“I can’t finish it all. Do you think I’m Wu Song? Give me two pounds of beef. See if Uncle Duan is here later, and take some over to him.”
Duan Chunsheng set sail a little late today. When Ye Cheng and the others arrived, they saw him just as he was about to untie the mooring ropes and prepare to depart.
"Uncle, wait a minute!" Ye Cheng shouted and ran over.
Duan Chunsheng stood up and saw that it was Ye Cheng. He said, "I thought you weren't coming. Don't worry, I'll wait for you."
Ye Cheng ran over and handed Duan Chunsheng half a pound of beef and some cold dishes, saying, "Xiao Hu bought too much, you should eat some too."
Duan Chunsheng looked at the heavy piece of meat in his hand with a shocked expression, "Xiao Hu is burning money, there's so much meat."
“Yes, he had a fever, his brain was damaged.” Ye Cheng teased Xiao Hu.
Xiao Hu looked annoyed; the big yellow croaker's temper wouldn't subside anytime soon.
"Uncle, where are we going today? To that fishing ground again?" After giving them the things, Ye Cheng asked casually.
“We can’t go there anymore. I’ll take you past it and you’ll see. We can only go somewhere a little further away. Follow me in a bit.”
Ye Cheng nodded. Anyway, as long as there was a powerful figure to rely on, he was fine. He didn't have the ability to find a fishing ground on his own yet.
The two boarded the boat and made some preparations, carrying the water pump aboard, which took about half an hour before they finally set off with Duan Chunsheng.
Following the same route as before, Duan Chunsheng led Ye Cheng to the same fishing ground as last time.
Last time Ye Cheng came, he could only see one ship in the distance, but now he can see four or five ships at a glance.
"Uncle, are they here to catch big yellow croakers?" Ye Cheng was speechless. If he were a big yellow croaker, he would have run away by now, with so many boats.
"This is today. Yesterday there were even more people, all dreaming of getting rich overnight. If they caught a big yellow croaker, it would be like a year's harvest." Duan Chunsheng said as he walked around the crowd.
Turning off the radio, Ye Cheng pointed to the fishing grounds and teased Xiao Hu, "Hu, look at the mess you've made! If you hadn't released that big yellow croaker, these people wouldn't be crowding around here trying to catch fish. I bet there won't even be any shrimp left, let alone fish."
Xiao Hu turned his head away, stuffed a piece of beef into his mouth, and didn't want to talk.
Today, Dahuang went into the sea and we couldn't find it, so it was just Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu.
The chatting went well, but after sailing for more than an hour, Ye Cheng felt a bit bloated from eating beef.
He picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted at Duan Chunsheng,
"Uncle, are we there yet? If we're not there soon, I'll be full by now."
"We're here, we'll be there in about ten minutes."
Duan Chunsheng drove Ye Cheng quite far this time, past the island where Ye Cheng and his group had previously obtained coconut crabs and bird's nests. Ten minutes later, Duan Chunsheng called out...
"Second brother, we're here. Let's get to work."
Ye Cheng looked around and saw that this area was a vast sea with larger waves than the nearshore area. The seawater was also much bluer, indicating that it was approaching the deep sea. Moreover, there was not a single ship in sight, which puzzled Ye Cheng.
"Uncle Duan, is this just the two of us? Is this some kind of secret base of yours?"
Duan Chunsheng chuckled upon hearing the term "secret base," "What secret base do I have? Everyone knows this place, it's just that they all went to catch big yellow croakers today. You'll find out when you come here later."
Damn! It's still about the yellow croaker.
Regardless of whether it was a secret base or not, Ye Cheng had Xiao Hu set the net, and then Ni Liu began to pull the net back up.
The sea breeze was blowing in my face, and the waves were constantly lapping against the fishing boat. As far as the eye could see, there was only the sea. This feeling was wonderful.
Ye Cheng spent a full hour pulling the net; there were fewer people here, so he felt he could pull it for a little longer.
The net reel slowly in the line, with Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu standing on either side to help pull it up. This net was pretty good, bringing up about half a net, which they estimated to weigh over 100 pounds. As soon as the fish came out of the water, they could see the white bellies of many fish.
The two men dumped the net, and it cascaded onto the deck. They each found a water tank and began sorting through the contents.
There is much less trash in this area, probably because it is farther from the shore.
A small fish, about ten centimeters long, jumped to Ye Cheng's feet and he picked it up. It was a pufferfish, also called a mandarin fish, a small carnivorous fish that lives in the lower and middle layers of nearshore waters. It has a large and blunt head.
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