Although the creatures in the sea are quite heavy, they don't struggle.
Chen Zhiyao looked puzzled, but she still obediently turned the reel to pull up the mysterious guy.
Within minutes, she had caught a large, menacing octopus.
Chen Zhiyao looked at the strange, thick tentacles with even more confusion on her face.
"Strange, shouldn't these giant octopuses be in the deep sea? How come we can catch them here?"
This octopus was much bigger than the one she had found on the rocky beach that morning. Its tentacles were as thick as her wrists, and from a distance, it looked somewhat like a strange, mutated creature.
Giant Octopus
Grandpa Chen, who was not far away, held a fishing rod and explained to her with a kind expression:
"There was a strong wind last night, maybe it was blown here. Didn't we find a small octopus on the rocky beach this morning?"
"That's true. Although this fish isn't as valuable as a grouper, it can still sell for twenty or thirty yuan a pound."
With a beaming smile, Chen Zhiyao placed the giant octopus in a bamboo basket and then took it to the electronic scale on the boat.
"It weighs 16 pounds and 8 ounces, it's quite big."
Another few hundred dollars in profit.
After weighing it, she happily put the creature into the water tank to keep it.
Back on deck, Chen Zhiyao couldn't wait to take out her phone, ready to post the photos she had just taken to her fishing group and family group chat to show off.
I was surprised to find dozens of messages in my family group chat as soon as I opened WeChat.
It turns out that the second brother, Chen Huyun, caught a 15-pound big green grouper, and everyone in the group was posting photos to show off.
Chen Weiqiang, who couldn't go fishing in the shop, looked at the big blue-spotted fish with envy that made his eyes practically green.
Chen Weiqiang: What's so great about me? I'm just a newbie with that halo. Back in the day, I caught plenty of big fish, many of them weighing over 20 kilograms.
Chen Hu: Oh dear, why does the air suddenly feel sour?
Chen Weiqiang: It's just a newbie halo. You'll be truly amazing when you come back and show off in a few days.
...
The uncle and nephew started bickering, exchanging one sentence after another.
Chen Zhiyao thought of her second brother. Although he used to be quite good at fishing, he had never been this good at it these past two days.
All the fish he caught were valuable big fish. Did this guy cheat too? Does he have a fishing system?
Chen Zhiyao's imagination ran wild, and the more she thought about it, the more convinced she became that her second brother must also be cheating.
"He must be cheating, otherwise how could he catch a fish that's bigger than mine?"
Chen Zhiyao spoke with a serious expression, and nodded solemnly after finishing.
He's definitely cheating.
Just then, I heard my grandfather's startled cry.
"Holy crap, we actually managed to fish up a mystery treasure chest."
Grandpa Chen thought his granddaughter's talk of a mysterious treasure was just a joke, but he never expected that she would actually fish up a large, tattered box.
This box looks weathered and is clearly an antique; it might actually contain some good stuff.
When Chen Zhiyao saw the old man pull a large wooden box out of the sea, she was so excited that she immediately rushed over.
"Grandpa, do you mean it might be full of gold and silver treasures, or valuable gold bars?"
"There might actually be one. Come quickly and help, this box is quite heavy."
This is a rectangular wooden box, with its length, width, and height all measuring several tens of centimeters.
This thing was quite heavy after being soaked in water, and it took Grandpa Chen and Chen Zhiyao a lot of effort to pull it onto the boat.
The grandfather and grandson acted in unison, staring intently at the large wooden box, their hearts pounding with excitement.
Chen Zhiyao swallowed hard, nudging her grandfather with her shoulder with a mixture of excitement and nervousness:
"Grandpa, hurry up and open this box, there might be treasure inside."
"Okay, okay, don't rush."
Grandpa Chen was just about to open the box, his hand halfway in, when a pink tentacle suddenly emerged from a hole in the box.
"Ahhhhh..."
When Chen Zhiyao saw something crawling out of the wooden box, she was so frightened that she immediately hid behind Grandpa Chen, trembling with fear.
"W-what is that?"
The old man wasn't afraid at first, but he was startled by his granddaughter's shout.
The old man took a few deep breaths before he could finally calm himself down.
Upon closer inspection, what emerged from the hole was clearly an octopus's tentacle.
Seeing that it was a familiar creature, Grandpa Chen was no longer afraid and opened the box directly.
Sure enough, there was a giant octopus hiding inside. It was clinging tightly to the wooden box, and the lid could only be opened halfway before it became impossible to open it again.
Seeing that his granddaughter's eyes were still closed, Grandpa Chen patted her arm reassuringly.
"It's nothing, it's just that there's an octopus inside."
Upon hearing that there was an octopus inside, Chen Zhiyao finally opened her eyes, which had been tightly closed. She peeked out from behind the old man and looked at the wooden box in front of her with great curiosity.
The box was dilapidated and covered with barnacles, and a giant octopus was hiding inside.
Grandpa Chen pulled the guy out and put him in a bamboo basket next to him.
“It’s a bit smaller than the one you just caught, only 11.2 jin.”
Thinking that this thing could sell for two or three hundred yuan, Grandpa Chen's smile grew even wider.
Chen Zhiyao also carefully examined the remaining broken box, but unfortunately there was nothing on it except for some inedible barnacles.
She was somewhat disappointed that there was neither a hidden compartment nor a picture of the treasure.
"Ring ring ring..."
Before we knew it, it was 3 p.m., time to haul in the fishing nets and head home.
The fishing boat soon returned to the vicinity of Seagull Island.
It seems we've encountered a school of white pomfret. The fishing net and the five traps are almost entirely filled with white pomfret. Although they aren't very big, the number is quite considerable.
Chen Zhiyao roughly estimated that it weighed at least 100 jin, almost 200 jin.
Several crab traps were placed on the other side, and they were almost entirely filled with blue crabs and mud crabs.
Perhaps due to different growing environments, we didn't see any brown crabs or swimming crabs here.
After collecting all the fishing nets and traps, the grandfather and grandson returned home laden with their catch, accompanied by the beautiful sunset.
Sunset
This trip to sea yielded the largest catch of any time.
The various small mixed dishes piled up like a small mountain, the white pomfret and sea bass that almost filled the live fish bin, and the sea cucumbers that took up most of the frozen bin, all made the grandfather and grandson very happy.
I went fishing today, and although I kept catching some strange things, the overall haul was pretty good.
As we were getting close to the town's dock, a fishing boat that was over 10 meters long suddenly overtook us from behind.
When Chen Zhiyao saw the large "Fishing Number" written on the stern, she knew it was her uncle's fishing boat.
Although they weren't close, Chen Zhiyao could still faintly hear the two brothers' loud voices.
Chen Hu was boasting and showing off his 15-pound blue spotted dog again.
Although the fisherman on the boat spoke with a sour tone, he was still very supportive.
When the fishing boat docked, Yang Jiajun and his wife were already there with two tall and strong helpers, and there were also two trucks carrying the fish.
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