Chapter 128: Super Large Red-Spotted Grouper

Ye Cheng shouted loudly, "Wait for me down!" then turned and lunged toward that wave.

"Damn, bro, you're crazy, you don't want your life!" Xiao Hu, frightened, quickly grabbed the rope.

Ye Guowei and Jiang Yunxiang above were also startled, "Brother, there are still fish unsold; is jumping into the sea appropriate now?"

Ye Cheng strode forcefully into the sea for a few steps, approaching the wave; he saw clearly it was indeed a fish, reddish-brown, but couldn't tell what kind, only seeing it tumbling inside.

Ye Cheng himself couldn't stand either, and he lunged at the fish, grabbing it in one swoop.

The rope around his waist tightened, and Ye Guowei and the others pulled hard, dragging him up.

"You don't want your life, seriously." Ye Guowei softly scolded.

Ye Cheng stood up from the water, holding the big fish in his hands, "Brother, such a big fish, it'd be wasteful not to catch it."

"Alright, alright, quickly put it on the cart and take it back." Ye Guowei didn't think much.

"No, bro, the fish is still alive; putting it on the cart will kill it."

"If it dies, it dies; selling it dead is the same." Ye Guowei didn't care at all.

It's just sea fish; dying is normal, the price won't differ much.

"No, bro, take a closer look." Ye Cheng reminded.

Hearing there was more to Ye Cheng's words, Ye Guowei then turned the flashlight over and aimed it at the big fish in Ye Cheng's hands.

The fish had a reddish-brown body with spots, and its dorsal fin was prickly.

He grabbed the fish's head and took a look, finally recognizing what it was, and sucked in a breath of cold air,

"Is this a red-spotted grouper?"

"What? A red-spotted grouper? That big?" Jiang Yunxiang beside him exclaimed in surprise, walking over to look.

The red-spotted grouper, also known as the red-spotted grouper, is a valuable sea fish, but usually only ten to twenty centimeters long; this one in Ye Cheng's hands is half a meter, and she had never seen such a large red-spotted grouper before.

"It really is a red-spotted grouper, A Cheng, we've struck it rich now." Jiang Yunxiang smiled so broadly she couldn't hold it in.

Xiao Hu also knew the price of red-spotted groupers, lowered his head to examine it closely, gave a thumbs-up, and looked at Ye Cheng,

"Brother, you're really awesome, how did you spot such a large grouper?"

"Because it smells of money, hahaha." Ye Cheng burst out laughing.

This fish is still alive; it was just dazed by the seawater.

High-end goods naturally receive high-end treatment.

The only water tank was given to it; this was something Ye Guowei picked up while pushing the cart.

With such a huge haul, the few of them were overexcited; even if they couldn't find one fish trap, it didn't matter.

The four people lifted the goods onto the cart and then pushed it toward the village.

The road was full of potholes; fortunately there were many people, otherwise that heavy cart wouldn't budge at all.

Along the way, the people who had come out to gather seafood had all gone home.

Because the wind and waves were too strong, nobody wanted to take risks; this was good, as no one saw them hauling in so much.

The only Yuan MazI? also only saw them haul up three fish traps.

Upon entering the village, although it was already late, many households still had their lights on, as they had just returned from gathering seafood.

Ye Cheng's house would require passing through the whole village, easily seen by others; to be safe, they pushed the cart straight to Ye Guowei's home.

Along the way they didn't encounter anyone, and only after entering the gate did they relax.

Jiang Yunxiang first went to check on Dou Dou; the child was still sound asleep, and she carefully closed the door.

"You guys go take a shower first; you're all wet, and with this strong wind you could easily catch a cold."

Ye Cheng nodded, "Yeah, I'll go wash with Xiao Hu at my place, you and the older brother wash here, then I'll bring the water tank and such over, and tonight we'll sort everything out together."

This time there's too much stuff; without sorting it first, it wouldn't be convenient to sell.

Because there's a water heater, we don't need to boil water when we get back; hot water is available directly.

On such a cold, overcast night, taking a hot shower—needless to say—is really great.

After washing, Xiao Hu, afraid of waking his parents if he went home, borrowed a set of clothes from Ye Cheng to wear.

This is also because Ye Cheng now has money, having bought several extra sets; otherwise, who knows, they might really pull off the "spirit of two people sharing one pants" vibe.

After washing, the two grabbed an umbrella and headed to Ye Guowei's house; on the way, the wind grew stronger, with some drizzle, and they didn't know when it would stop.

Quietly arriving at the older brother's house, Ye Guowei and Jiang Yunxiang had already washed and changed into clean clothes, preparing to work in the courtyard.

Seeing the two approach, Jiang Yunxiang went inside first and boiled a bowl of instant noodles for each; it was late at night and very cold, so they were indeed a bit hungry.

The four casually took a couple bites, then began sorting by type and size.

Four or five large water tanks, plus the baskets from Ye Guowei's house, were all put to use.

First they picked the large sea snails; there were 12 of the two-to-three-pound conchs.

Blue crabs were plentiful too: ten of the seven-to-eight-tael specimens, eight of the five-tael, and twelve of the three-tael.

Sea cucumbers: those as thick as a child's arm amounted to over twenty catties, and the smaller ones added together also exceeded twenty catties.

Then the shrimp: large banded shrimp over ten catties, smaller ones over thirty catties.

Large squid over twenty catties, smaller ones over ten catties.

There were also swimming crabs, all above three taels, totaling over twenty catties.

Besides these larger items, there were many small seafoods such as white shrimp, miscellaneous fish, octopus, etc., altogether amounting to several dozen catties.

As for that red-spotted grouper, Xiao Hu and Ye Cheng deliberately fetched some seawater from the seaside to keep it alive.

The three of them carefully weighed it; it came in at over eleven catties—this guy is absolutely a behemoth.

Previously, Ye Cheng had caught two red-spotted groupers weighing just over two catties each, and Boss Qian bought them at 800 per catty.

The bigger they are, the more valuable they get; this one over eleven catties definitely isn't worth just 800 per catty.

He could sell the other stuff to Boss Qian, but he wants to sell this fish to Wang Ke; given Wang Ke's upscale private cuisine standard, the price certainly won't be low.

Moreover, given Boss Qian's standard, it's quite likely he still can't eat such a large red spot.

Everything had been tidied up and settled; it was already past 3 a. m., the wind and rain had stopped, and everyone went home to sleep.

Ye Cheng slept until 8 a. m.

After getting up, he checked the weather; it was still overcast, and the wind and rain had also stopped.

He opened the system to check:

Luck Value: 20+20

Points: 990

Savings: 5000

He remembered that his points had basically been used up the previous night, but he didn't expect them to increase so much this night.

He estimated that the large red spot contributed a lot.

Today's Luck Value is only 40, so it's a bit hard to get any big haul; in a moment I'll let Xiao Hu take the Fish Trap and go set it out again, then go look for yesterday's Fish Trap to check.

After a simple breakfast, Ye Cheng called Boss Qian to say there were goods.

Upon hearing there were goods, Boss Qian immediately agreed to drive over to pick them up.

As for that red spot, Ye Cheng thought he'd call Wang Ke later to check.