Chapter 140

As he dragged the large croaker up, Xiao Xiao also pulled up his small net. At a single glance, everyone could see that the catch in this net had been reduced by more than half.

Xiao Xiao cursed, "It's gone after just two casts? Do they swim that fast?"

The people on the nearby fishing boats saw that none of the boats' cast nets had caught anything good, and their hearts suddenly felt more balanced. They couldn't help but say, "They must have all swum away. Do you really think they'd just stay in the same spot waiting for us?"

After saying this, they rowed their boats away too; since the fish had all run off, there was no more excitement to watch by staying behind.

The small boats nearby that were casting nets also rowed toward the surroundings, intending to try again in the vicinity. Casting here was at least more precise than their aimless casting out on the open sea. After all, a very large school of fish had just been driven into this area, so they should be able to save a little bit at least.

Ye Yaodong laughed and scolded them, "Be content, you've already caught a large yellow croaker. Look at the others; they only have sole and croaker fry, and most of the rest are just small miscellaneous fish."

"Sigh~ you're just lucky."

"It's alright. It's mainly because the bait I used is good. Using live shrimp to fish, the fish caught are at least over one jin. Even a one-jin fish might not be able to swallow my bait."

A Zheng looked enviously at the large croaker on his boat, "Next time I'll bring my fishing rod and try it too."

Xiao Xiao rolled his eyes, "Forget it, will you? This requires luck. Our luck is already good enough, so don't get any wild ideas. It's your turn, hurry up and cast a few more nets. The sun will be setting before long."

"Oh, then watch me pull in another explosive net!"

Ye Yaodong also wanted to take the opportunity to cast his line a few more times. Perhaps the fish in the vicinity that were heavy enough hadn't swum far away yet, and he could still catch a few more.

That large croaker was only over 20 jin, so it was only worth a bit of money. This type of fish is worth more the larger it gets; what's valuable is its fish maw. The value of a fish maw from a fish weighing over 2 liang cannot compare to one of 5-6 liang; the two are simply worlds apart.

He hooked on another live shrimp and cast the fishing hook back into the sea. He didn't know if the fish hadn't swum far away yet, but not ten seconds after this cast, the fishing rod moved again.

Feeling the weight of the rod's pull, this fish shouldn't be large, so he slowed down his speed and reeled it in.

It turned out to be a sea bass, looking to be just over two jin. Sure enough, live shrimp is still better; none of the fish caught were small.

"Another sea bass?" Xiao Xiao said enviously, "Why don't you lend me your fishing rod to try for a cast and see?"

"In your dreams. I only have this one." He was getting a bit addicted to fishing; sea fishing is indeed intoxicating.

"I'll just fish once to try it out, just to satisfy the itch. I'll give you whatever fish I catch."

"That won't work either. I'm really getting into it. I want to fish myself; you should go pull your net!"

As he spoke, he put on new bait again. This time it was a black porgy weighing just over a jin. That's good, that's good!

Then, one after another, they kept taking the bait, and the worst ones were 2-jin croakers.

Watching him catch fish one after another, Xiao Xiao and A Zheng didn't even have the heart to cast their nets anymore. Their teeth were almost grinding to bits; it felt like he was fishing too easily, without even a single hitch!

"Lend me the rod for a cast?"

"Lend me the rod for a cast too? I've never even used live shrimp to fish before."

Seeing the two of them looking on with eager eyes, Ye Yaodong felt he couldn't be too heartless. Anyway, he had already had his fill of fun, so he might as well show some mercy and let them take turns having some fun too.

"Alright then, I'll let you take turns fishing for one cast each. Just one cast, and then we're done! The sun is about to set."

The two of them happily nodded, rowed their boat toward him, pulled alongside, and took his fishing rod and the bucket with the bait.

"I'll go first..."

"I'll go first..."

"I'll go first..."

"Damn... so little spirit of concession. Rock-paper-scissors?"

"Fine."

Watching their childish actions, Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes and sat down directly, leaning against the side of the boat. His waist and back were quite tired from standing for so long, and his hands were sore, so it was just right to rest and watch them fish.

They hadn't fished with live shrimp before, but having watched Dongzi bait the hook many times just now, they had at least learned how.

Xiao Xiao even specifically picked the largest one from the small ones, "I've specially picked a big one, you guys just watch."

"Even if you catch it, it's mine!"

"Fine!"

Not long after his hook was thrown into the sea, he suddenly saw a school of red fish swim past, and at the same time, the bait was bitten.

"Damn, it took the bait so fast, and then it ran away."

"A school of red snapper! The fishing net, where's the fishing net..."

Ye Yaodong also immediately sat up straight and looked at the sea surface; there really was a small wave of red snapper underneath.

Seeing the school of fish, Xiao Xiao was also so excited that he immediately pulled up the fishing rod. He didn't care about the red snapper weighing over two jin that he had caught; he hurriedly let it go to the side and let A Zheng cast the net.

Seeing the small school of red snapper, A Zheng reacted quickly to organize the fishing net. Xiao Xiao moved to the side, and he aimed carefully before casting.

Ye Yaodong said enviously, "Now it's my turn to envy you guys. This net of yours is an instant massive profit; the purchase price for this fish is at least 5 mao!"

"Let's pull it up first before saying anything."

Xiao Xiao was smiling so hard his eyes disappeared, and he hurriedly went up to help. The two of them joined forces to pull up this entire net of red snapper.

"If this net didn't catch 80%, it at least caught 60%. You've struck it rich. How many jin is it?" Ye Yaodong stretched his neck to look.

"60-70 jin? 70-80 jin? I don't know. It's hard to estimate when two people pull it together."

"Now it's my turn to have my teeth grinding; I can't even say the words of envy anymore."

A Zheng was smiling so hard the corners of his mouth were almost reaching his ears, "No need to envy. That large croaker of yours is worth quite a bit, and there are still many black porgy, sea bass, and such later on. They can also sell for quite a bit, maybe even more than us."

"It's only 20-plus jin, it's not that expensive. Are you guys still fishing or not?"

"Fishing, of course we're fishing. I haven't even fished yet." After saying this, A Zheng looked at Xiao Xiao, who was organizing the fish catch, "Let's row the boat over there to fish, and then you cast one last net to see. After casting, we'll head back?"

"Fine, no problem."

Ye Yaodong also followed over.

A Zheng also learned from Xiao Xiao, picked the largest shrimp to hook onto the fishing line, and then spat into both palms, "Tui... tui... now let's see what I can catch?"

Ye Yaodong looked at him with disdain, "Remember to wash my fishing rod later!"

"I don't believe you haven't spat into your palms like this before holding a hoe!"

"That's really not true! I'm not as disgusting as you."

"Forget it... oh... it's hooked... it's hooked..." A Zheng joyfully pulled up the fishing rod, looking forward to what good catch it was.

"Damn, a stupid pufferfish~"

He was completely stunned. Having caught a net of red snapper had greatly boosted his confidence, and he had been looking forward to catching a good catch. He didn't expect it to be a stupid pufferfish! Damn~

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Seeing that it was a stupid pufferfish, Ye Yaodong and Xiao Xiao both burst into laughter!

Ye Yaodong said with a smile, "Not bad, not bad. At least it's 4-5 jin heavy. You can take it back to make hot and sour fish fillet soup."

"Damn~ it's really like being screwed by a dog. It's actually a stupid pufferfish. A croaker would have been better than this thing."

"It's alright. I've even had empty hooks before. Better than nothing."

Xiao Xiao pulled up the net he had just cast; there were only three or two small fish. He threw them onto the boat carelessly and mocked him, "Maybe it's because of those two spits of yours, which is why your luck turned bad!"

"Ah?" He looked at his hands, then rubbed them on his body, "Cut it out, let's go home, the sun has set."

"Let's go, let's go exchange for money."

"I wonder how much money it can sell for?"

"That profiteer A Cai, I bet he wouldn't dare to suppress our price, otherwise we'll flip his stall."

"Let's make him raise the price later..."