After hanging up the phone, Chen Zhiyao happily went into the kitchen to help.
Before long, the hospitable aunt came over carrying a bucket of various seafood.
The three people in the kitchen all grew up by the sea, and they handled all kinds of fresh and lively seafood with great skill.
As the aroma wafted from the kitchen, the rest of the family gradually returned home.
Just as the food was ready, the uncle who had gone out to sea arrived with his son and daughter-in-law.
As soon as he entered, his uncle started showing off a pearl-spotted fish weighing over 4 kilograms to Chen Weiqiang:
"This is what I caught today, isn't it great!"
"What's so great about it? I caught a 10-pound one a while ago. The rod broke, and I had to jump into the water to retrieve it."
Speaking of that pearl grouper from before, Chen Weiqiang's tail practically flew up to the sky.
"Let me tell you..." Chen Weiqiang said proudly, recounting how he jumped into the water and retrieved it.
Chen Daqiang didn't want to see him showing off here, so he quickly took the fish into the kitchen.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Hu also came over to find Chen Zhiyao with a big smile on his face.
"Tangtang, I saw the photos you posted. Did you really catch that big sea bream today?"
"Of course, I'm really good at this. That fish weighed 18.8 jin, almost 20 jin." Chen Zhiyao put her hands on her hips, her tone full of pride.
"You're quite something, little girl, but I'm not bad either. Today I caught a 6-pound tiger grouper, a 3.5-pound black sea bream, and several small bass."
Chen Hu earned over 700 yuan today by fishing, and he felt that staying at home to help out was a good idea.
Chen Zhiyao happily gave her second brother a big thumbs up:
"That's great, you can stay at home from now on."
Chen Hu nodded. "I've been considering that too."
Yesterday, Chen Feng told him that he would help out on the fishing boat and would be paid 5,500 yuan a month.
Although the salary is not as high as in Guangzhou, he doesn't spend money on food and accommodation at home, and he has much more money left over than when he was working in Guangzhou.
Not only is his income guaranteed regardless of drought or flood, he can also earn extra money by fishing in his spare time. The money he earned fishing today is more than his daily wage.
Chen Hu thought about it carefully and it seemed to be quite good.
He had originally wanted to think about it some more, but today he caught two valuable big ones right away, and he was thinking of staying home to fish.
After thinking for less than two minutes, Chen Hu said with a serious expression:
"Yes, I don't plan to go back to Guangzhou."
Then he leaned closer with a look of excitement and whispered in Chen Zhiyao's ear:
"I heard from my brother that some guests are going to charter a boat for deep-sea fishing in a few days. Do you want to come along?"
Chen Hu now knows his little cousin's fishing skills; she must have caught quite a few big fish.
Chen Zhiyao looked at her second brother with a mixture of joy and confusion:
"Going deep-sea fishing? I've never been before, but they charter a boat. Would it be inappropriate for me to go with them?"
At this point, Chen Hu felt a little guilty and said in a low voice:
"I only heard about it from my brother when I was passing by. I don't know the specifics yet. I'll ask him when we eat later. Maybe it'll work."
Many hands make light work. After an hour of hard work in the kitchen, a seafood feast was ready.
Steamed grouper, steamed dogfish, stir-fried crab with ginger and scallions, clam and vermicelli casserole, stir-fried spicy snails, stir-fried octopus with celery, lettuce with oyster sauce, and dogfish soup.
The main attraction in the center was the 4-pound pearl-spotted fish that my uncle brought over.
Chen Weiqiang even brought back a case of beer from his family's convenience store.
After the food was served, everyone took out their phones and started snapping photos.
The most trendy of them all, Auntie and Yan Shuting, even started filming short videos.
Ten people filled one table, which was a bit crowded, but it was very lively.
Before Chen Zhiyao could even inquire about chartering the boat, Chen Feng brought it up at the dinner table.
"There are only small fish in the nearshore area. In a couple of days, some customers will charter a boat to go fishing for bigger fish in more distant places. It's a two-day, two-night trip, departing Tuesday evening and returning Thursday."
"Grandpa and Tangtang, do you want to come along and have some fun? There should be a lot of big creatures in the deep sea area."
Grandpa Chen was clearly interested, but asked with some concern:
"Your fishing boat is only 12.8 meters long, it can't go too far, can it?"
Chen Daqiang took a sip of beer and smiled calmly:
"Actually, it's still in the inland sea. Those few airmen have been here for a long time and feel that there are too few marine resources nearby, so they want to try their luck in a more distant place."
"There are four people in the boat company, one of whom is a female angler. Tangtang won't feel awkward going with them, and your sister-in-law will be going too."
Chen Feng had previously spent money to modify the fishing boat at home, adding two small rooms in addition to the original crew rest area.
Each room has three bunk beds, one for boys and one for girls.
Now Chen Zhiyao wanted to go even more, but she was also afraid of putting her older brother in a difficult position, so she asked again in a low voice:
"Those bosses paid for the entire boat, brother. If you bring your own people up, won't they be unhappy?"
"It's alright, there are 10 fishing spots on the boat, all of which are familiar spots. They said we can bring people, but we'll let them choose their spots first."
So it was agreed that Chen Zhiyao and Grandpa Chen would go fishing at sea together.
The grandfather and grandson were in high spirits, preparing to catch some big fish.
Seeing that everyone had agreed and their faces clearly showed they wanted to go, but they were also worried about their fishing tackle shop, Chen Weiqiang was very conflicted.
Chen Daqiang, standing to the side, glanced at him and then said in a sly tone:
"You want to go too? Beg me!"
"snort!"
“But even if you beg me, I still won’t let you go, hahaha.” As he spoke, Chen Daqiang gave his younger brother a provocative look.
"Hmph, your little boat can't go very far. It's just wandering around inland sea. How big can the fish be?"
Chen Weiqiang then smugly muttered, "Later I'll buy a boat ticket to go fishing for tuna in the open sea, a tuna weighing over a hundred pounds."
"With your perennial air force failure, you think you can actually catch something?"
"Don't underestimate me..."
Yan Shuting, who was standing next to him, elbowed him, saying, "You childish brat, shut up."
However, the speaker meant no harm, but the listener took it to heart.
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhiyao and Chen Hu's eyes gleamed. The siblings exchanged a glance, their eyes both revealing their desire to go.
But there's no rush. Let's wait until we get back from this voyage.
Chen Zhiyao was also thinking of taking advantage of these few days to earn more points and get her hands on the lucky fishing rod.
My uncle and his fishing boat are going out to sea to fish tomorrow, so we didn't eat dinner for long. Everyone went back to rest around 8 p.m.
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