Just as Chen Zhiyao was happily contemplating whether to eat boiled squid or squid sashimi...
The giant squid she was holding suddenly exerted its strength and started to bounce violently in her hands.
Before she could react, a thick stream of ink gushed out and shot straight toward her face.
In an instant, a strange smell with a slightly fishy odor filled the air.
Chen Zhiyao turned pale with fright at the sight of the ink, and her body reacted instinctively, moving quickly to the left.
They escaped being hit on the face, but their bodies still suffered.
She moved very quickly, but most of the strange liquid still sprayed onto her shoulder.
In an instant, her khaki coat looked as if it had been splashed with ink.
Meanwhile, the giant squid fell to the ground and struggled on the deck, desperately trying to return to the embrace of the sea.
Chen Zhiyao was both surprised and angry. With a look of disgust, she took off her coat and casually put it on the chair next to her.
"You little devil, I'm going to turn you into a squid feast today!" she said, reaching out to grab the giant squid that was still hopping around in front of her.
As if it understood her words, the squid jumped even more violently, nimbly twisting its body to dodge Chen Zhiyao's hand.
"It's quite sensitive, isn't it? Has it really become a spirit?"
No matter how much this guy jumped around, he was eventually caught by Chen Zhiyao and taken to the kitchen with his other companions.
As for how to cook it, she wants it all—half as sashimi and half as boiled.
And I must say, the freshly caught squid was incredibly sweet and delicious.
Seeing that Chen Zhiyao's family was enjoying their meal, Yan Rui set his sights on the remaining large squid in the bucket.
Chen Zhiyao caught almost all large squid weighing over half a pound, and they were jumping around wildly, making them much more expensive than regular frozen squid.
Yan Rui bought the meat at 50 yuan per jin (0.5 kg), totaling 16 jin, and easily made 800 yuan.
Seeing that the price of squid was good, after having a late-night snack, Chen Zhiyao and the others took out their squid fishing rods.
At this point, there were significantly fewer squid, and they were also smaller than before. The ones caught were mostly around three ounces each.
These small squid won't sell for 50 yuan per jin (500g), they'll only be around 30 yuan at most.
A family of five fished for an hour, and their combined catch was only about 10 kilograms.
They didn't want to sell the squid they had, planning to save it for fishing tomorrow. It was another beautiful day! There weren't many female anglers on the boat this time; only Chen Zhiyao, Yan Shuting, and Grandma Chen were in the cabin.
She went to bed early that night, and woke up very early the next morning.
When she got out of bed, she found that the other two had already gotten ready and were getting ready to go fishing.
Chen Zhiyao swam her eyes and exclaimed, "Mom, Grandma, you're up way too early!"
"It's not early at all. It's already past 7 o'clock. If you don't get up soon, all the fish in the sea will have been fed by the other anglers."
With that, Yan Shuting picked up her fishing rod and, without looking back, pulled Grandma Chen out the door.
Chen Zhiyao took out her phone from under her pillow and looked at it, then her face fell speechlessly.
It's only 6:02, how can it be past 7?
By the time she finished getting ready and came to the deck, the sun had already risen, and the sea was a golden expanse.
The sunlight sprinkled on the sea, as if scattering a layer of fine, shimmering gold dust on the azure surface, making the entire sea sparkle with a mesmerizing light.
Amidst this breathtaking scenery, the fishermen on the deck were all in high spirits, their faces beaming with confident smiles.
Just as Chen Zhiyao reached her fishing spot, a cheerful announcement came over the loudspeaker:
"Dear customers, this is the second fishing spot on our voyage. Below us is a coral reef, and our fish finder has detected a school of rockfish. We wish you a pleasant fishing trip!"
Immediately afterwards, Chen Zhiyao saw two middle-aged men carrying fishing rods sprinting towards their fishing spot at top speed.
One of them lost all his shoes halfway there.
Fortunately, everyone was busy fishing at the time, and no one noticed this scene except for Chen Zhiyao.
The man quickly put his shoes back on, pretended nothing had happened, and hurried back to his fishing spot.
Chen Zhiyao covered her mouth and chuckled for a while, then turned on her X-ray glasses.
Looking down, I saw a school of fish, weighing about one or two pounds each. They must be the rock bream that the broadcast had mentioned earlier.
The fish below weren't very big, so she took a pair of scissors from her toolbox and quickly cut the small squid into strips.
After mixing in the bait, she distributed the squid strips to the other four members of her family.
Although she couldn't share the system with her family, she would secretly take out the fishing tools inside and let everyone use them.
There were many fish below, and less than a minute after the bait was put into the water, Chen Zhiyao felt a slight tug on the fishing rod.
This negligible pulling force was nothing to her, given her extensive experience.
With a slight effort, she pulled the poor little fish out of the shimmering water in just a few strokes.
The sunlight was a bit too bright at this time, and Chen Zhiyao squinted, unable to make out what kind of fish it was.
The fish traced a graceful arc through the air before landing steadily on the deck.
Seeing the lively stone clam fish on the deck, Chen Zhiyao cheered and jumped for joy like a child:
"I caught a rockfish as soon as I arrived. Looks like I'm having good luck today!"
Then, with gentle and skillful movements, she removed the fishhook from the mouth of the rock clam.
With a smile on his face, he gently placed the stone clam fish, which weighed over a pound, into the bucket beside him.
Just then, Chen Weiqiang, who had been closely watching the commotion, suddenly shouted excitedly:
"Haha, Tangtang, look at this longtail snapper I caught! Pretty impressive, right? It must weigh at least four or five pounds."
While proudly showing off his spoils, Chen Weiqiang couldn't help but wink at Chen Zhiyao.
Seeing that his daughter ignored him, he teased her in a sarcastic tone:
"Oh, your stone clam fish is actually quite good, it's just a little bit small."
"Hmph, what's so great about it?"
Chen Zhiyao pouted and deftly cast the bait into the sea.
Soon, a slight pull was felt on the fishing rod again.
Judging from the strength of the pull, this newly hooked fish should be about the same size as the stone clam fish caught before.
She wondered if it was as valuable as the stone clam fish from before. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a surge of anticipation.
Two minutes later, as Chen Zhiyao reeled in the line, a brightly colored little fish broke out of the water.
The fish has black horizontal stripes on its body, while its back is tinged with a light green and a bright yellow.
"Hey, is that a damselfish? It's quite pretty." Damselfish typically live in coral reefs, are lively and fast-moving, and generally feed on small invertebrates. They are a relatively common type of coral fish.
Seeing that the fish looked beautiful, Chen Zhiyao thought about taking it home to keep as a pet.
However, remembering that the fish he had raised before never survived more than three days, he had to give up the idea with a regretful look.
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