Chapter 821: Large Yellow Croaker of Over Thirty Jin

"Working from dawn to dusk" was exactly what described them.

Fishermen are much more tired than farmers. Farmers at least work at sunrise and rest at sunset, while fishermen are draped in stars and the moon, going out at night and returning at night.

By the time their two boats reached the shore, the stars were almost out.

The boats of others were the same. As long as the weather was fine and there was plenty of cargo, everyone would work late into the night. If the fishing nets were trawled in the sea for a while longer, the harvest could be a little more.

Anyway, going home was just to eat a meal, take a bath, and sleep. Returning early was at that time, and returning late was at that time.

It was just that when they docked today, the atmosphere at the pier was a bit different.

Although there were many people at the pier every evening, and fishermen coming and going to unload cargo, the atmosphere today was clearly different; it felt very enthusiastic. Just as they docked, he clearly felt it.

"What's wrong? What happened at the pier today? Everyone looks so excited." Ye Yaodong said while tying the rope. The tide was rising, and the fishing boat could dock directly at the shore.

Ye Fu also stretched his neck to look, and he also clearly felt that the expressions on everyone's faces were quite excited. "I don't know. Probably some good thing happened. Let's go down and take a look and we'll know."

The father and son first moved a basket of cargo down, and they heard everyone on the shore discussing getting rich and such, and from time to time mentioning A-Guang, and something about a large yellow croaker...

Hearing this, they were both a bit confused. Could it be that A-Guang's boat had caught a net of large yellow croaker?

"Uncle, what are you all talking about so excitedly? Did A-Guang catch a net of large yellow croaker?"

"Oh my, it wasn't catching a net; it was picking up one. You just got back, right? You didn't see it. Earlier, Old Pei and his son carried a 32-jin large yellow croaker off their fishing boat. This shocked everyone so much that their eyes almost fell to the ground."

"Ah?!" Ye Yaodong also widened his eyes upon hearing this, stunned.

"You didn't hear wrong; it was a 32-jin large yellow croaker. Holding it in one's hands was almost like holding a small piglet. It was a huge one. I've never seen such a large yellow croaker in my life."

"Really?"

He had seen large yellow croakers of over 10 jin at most, but he had never seen one over 30 jin. Could there really be one this big? It was too rare, right?

Ye Fu was also excited for a moment. "Did they really catch a large yellow croaker of over 30 jin?"

"Of course it's true. Could this be fake? That fish is still in A-Cai's small shed. Every person who comes ashore has to go over and lift the cloth to take a look."

"Did A-Cai buy it? Such a big one, can he afford the price?" Ye Yaodong was very suspicious. It should be temporarily stored there, letting him help find a buyer.

"Not yet. Waiting for him to call people to come and look at the fish. I don't know who will buy it or how much it will sell for. Everyone is reluctant to leave, afraid of missing out."

"I was wondering why there were so many people gathered here."

"Everyone is reluctant to leave and is waiting there, wanting to see how much it can sell for. You guys hurry and take a look; it's a huge one. Go take a look; it's good to broaden your horizons."

Ye Yaodong looked at his father and said impatiently, "Let's go take a look first, then unload the cargo later."

"Let's go, let's go, let's take a look first. I haven't seen such a big fish yet. Let's go take a look first; there's no rush to move those."

In the small shed, A-Cai was driving away the people who kept coming in to join the fun, his face full of impatience. "Look later, look later. Look after the boss comes. Lifting the cloth on this large yellow croaker back and forth is not good for it to see the light. Every person who hears about it comes over to take a look; then there's no need to cover it with cloth."

A-Guang was also inside driving people away. "Go, go, go. Later, a bit later. Look after people come. There's still time."

Ye Yaodong squeezed into the crowd and hurriedly spoke up, "Can't I look either!"

"Ah? Can, can, of course you can. Haha, you don't know, how I picked up this fish at that time, it was too damn magical..."

A-Guang had just been impatiently driving people away, but at this moment, his whole face was shining, and he couldn't be more excited.

"How did you pick it up? Was it really picked up? Let me take a look first..."

On the side, there was a bamboo basket with a piece of torn cloth covering the fish to prevent it from losing its golden color after being exposed to light for too long. Large yellow croakers caught during the day were light in color anyway.

A-Guang lifted the torn cloth on top and said, "It was picked up on the way back. Thinking that I still had to collect cargo from another boat, my father and I planned to dock early. Who knew that on our way back, this fish was actually floating on the water surface following our boat."

He excitedly slapped his thigh again. "Fortunately, I didn't keep my head down sorting cargo at that time. My mouth was itching, and I was thinking of docking first to smoke a cigarette. I had been holding it in all day. Fortunately, heaven had eyes and didn't let me miss it. It was just right; I saw it, a fish that kept following the boat."

"I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me, and I kept rubbing my eyes, only to find it was true. It wasn't my eyes playing tricks. I was so excited that I threw the whole pack of cigarettes in my hand directly into the sea. It almost panicked me; I didn't know what to do..."

Ye Yaodong saw the large yellow croaker, whose body was light yellow and somewhat whitish, and he was also a bit excited. It really was a huge one; it looked bigger than a newborn baby.

Listening to A-Guang excitedly talking on the side, he was also extremely envious. What kind of dog-shit luck was this? The power of changing a name was actually so great that he had directly turned his life around.

He even felt that A-Guang, who had changed his name, had become the biological son of Goddess Mazu. He was almost closer to her than he was, and he really had been smooth sailing and smooth with the God of Wealth all along.

"Did you take the God of Wealth as your foster son? What kind of dog-shit luck is this? You can just pick up a 30-plus-jin large yellow croaker? Isn't this like a pie falling from the sky? Damn, why don't I have this luck?"

A-Guang was just about to say how he fished it up when he was interrupted. "You don't have this luck? Your luck is better than anyone's, and you still have the nerve to talk. Where is there a pie that only falls for you to pick up? You have to share some and let others share the light."

"Let me tell you, at that time..."

"How can my luck compare to yours? You just changed your name casually and directly reached the pinnacle of life."

"Bullshit, what pinnacle of life? Can you let me finish speaking? I haven't even told you how I fished it up..."

"How else could it be fished up? Just fished up with eyes closed, right? It floated on the water surface following you, automatically delivering itself to your door. Could you still let it run away? If it ran away, it wouldn't be lying here now."

He just wouldn't let him say how he fished it up. Suffocate him!

Ye Yaodong watched him cover it with the torn cloth again and was extremely envious. This dog-shit luck was so prosperous!

The people on the side also borrowed Ye Yaodong's light to see this 30-plus-jin large yellow croaker, and they were also pointing and whispering, all discussing how much this fish could sell for. If it was 5 yuan per jin, it could sell for 150. This was picking up money, and so on...

A-Guang said proudly, "It was just fished up with eyes closed. I know you are extremely envious, just like how I feel envious every time I see you fish up good things and make big money recently."

"Let me tell you, I was so excited at that time that I almost jumped down to catch it myself..."

"Then why didn't you jump down and catch it yourself?"

"Am I an idiot?"

"Mm, yes!"

"Damn, I meant I'm not an idiot."

"You guys speak seriously," Ye Fu said, seeing that they started joking around again before saying two sentences, his ears aching. "Then what about this fish now?"

The father-in-law spoke, and A-Guang also smiled and said seriously, "I asked A-Cai to find someone to see if there are any rich bosses who want it. I went to the village committee earlier to make a phone call and said I would come later. So I'm waiting here, letting my father go back first, and I'll let him come out to replace me later. I don't know when the person will arrive."

"That's good, that's good. Such a big fish is not cheap, and it's a large yellow croaker."

It's just...

Ye Fu pulled him to the corner and muttered in a low voice, "Before, A-Dong said that the price sold outside is much more expensive than this purchase price of 5 yuan per jin. Now there are many rich people, and there are those officials who say they just want to eat good things. I don't know if Dongzi is right or not."

"But this fish of yours won't just sell for 150. It might double. You have to be careful later. If it's too cheap, don't sell it. Don't listen to others..."

"I know, Father, don't worry."

"Mm, your father is not here yet and hasn't come over. I'll watch here and help you look."

The two of them returned to their original positions while talking.

Ye Yaodong didn't know what Ye Fu had pulled A-Guang to the corner to say. He watched A-Cai busy on the side and incidentally asked him what the price for needlefish was.

"Needlefish? Did you guys also catch needlefish?"

"Just happened to run into a school of fish, so we pulled up two nets. Anything else caught?"

"Uncle Jingye also caught a net, over 200 jin."

"What a coincidence, I should have four or five hundred jin."

"You guys are quite lucky, being able to trawl one or two nets without any losses."

"Good luck. I was also almost about to see Goddess Mazu."

"How so?" A-Cai had just finished weighing a basket, and his hand paused when he was bookkeeping. He looked at him curiously.

"I'll talk about it when I'm free later. How much are you buying them for?"

"I don't know. This fish can't be encountered every day. Anyway, let's bookkeep first. After it's sold and there's a price, I'll fill it in for you. I won't cheat you guys."

"About how much money?"

"Five or six cents, it shouldn't be much different."

Ye Yaodong calculated in his heart that those four or five hundred jin should be over 20 yuan, which was not bad.

"Alright."

Seeing that Brother Asheng and the eldest cousin had already moved a pile in the corner one after another, he hurriedly urged his father.

"Father, are you done talking? Let's go move the cargo first."

"Oh, alright, alright." ===== CHAPTER 822 =====