Chapter 98: Large Croaker

Ye Fu didn't notice that the fishing boat had run far away after picking the pomfret. The sea area was so vast, and he didn't keep watching the direction, so it was normal not to know.

Ye Yaodong also had a sense of proportion. When he drove far enough, he turned the driving direction and walked back. The large net underneath was always wide open, and anything that entered the range of the fishing net would be caught and couldn't escape.

Seeing that the time was almost up, he didn't need Ye Fu to call him. He took the initiative to stop the boat and went to the stern to haul the net, but found that this net was heavier.

Ye Fu was also pleasantly surprised. Heavy meant there were many goods.

When they dragged the net from the slide to the deck, the father and son widened their eyes in surprise!

"Croaker? Large croaker?"

Ye Yaodong excitedly pounced on it and pulled out the large croaker inside, "Damn, we're rich, Dad. This one definitely weighs 50 jin. We're going to be rich!"

Ye Fu also hurriedly stepped forward to help move this large croaker out separately, and said with a beaming face, "My god, we're really going to be rich. We haven't caught big goods for more than half a month. This fish head is bigger than your face."

"It's worth it. With this one, we don't need to go to sea for half a month."

Ye Fu's old face also bloomed with a smile.

This was a large croaker!

Common croakers mostly don't exceed 10 jin. The one they caught was so big. Just now, when he lifted it, it definitely weighed over 50 jin. Fishermen who had been fishing for decades had never seen such a large croaker, and Ye Fu had never seen one either.

Winter is the season when croaker production is high, but they didn't expect to catch such a large croaker before autumn. The father and son were really too happy.

The larger the croaker, the more valuable it is.

The reason it is valuable is that the croaker's stomach is made into croaker glue. High-quality croaker glue is worth tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan per jin. In this era, money is valuable, and prices are not so high, but calculated by a hundredfold reduction, this croaker glue is also worth thousands per jin at this time.

"One liang of glue for ten jin of fish," which means it takes 10 jin of fish to produce one liang of fish glue. This large croaker weighing over 50 jin can definitely produce more than 5 liang of fish glue.

A piece of fish glue weighs five liang. What kind of concept is this?

It's simply going to be rich!

Ye Yaodong took down a seven or eight liang large water valley fish that was still in the fish's mouth, and glanced at the pile just poured out on the deck. They were all water valley fish. He could imagine that this large croaker was eating and happened to be caught in his fishing net.

He happily gestured with his arm to measure its length, "Dad, how many hundreds is this large croaker worth?"

"At least two or three hundred yuan." Ye Fu's happy mouth was almost reaching the back of his head.

"Is that too little?"

"Not sure about such a big one. Let's see when we go ashore later. Hurry up and put it in a large foam box, add some ice to keep it fresh. There's still a long time. Let's drag two more nets and then return."

"Hey."

With a large croaker, Ye Yaodong's confidence increased greatly. He simply drove the boat and dragged the net according to his own wishes, and didn't return to the old place where his father usually worked. For this net, he still drove to the sea area just now to drag.

Ye Fu sat happily next to the foam box with the large croaker, staring at the foam box and giggling. He had never seen such a large croaker in his life.

He was happy alone until Ye Yaodong called him to haul the net, and then he stood up with a smile.

"Dad, you're happy and stupid."

"If this fish is lifted ashore, our family will be famous again."

Thinking of the upcoming glory, the smile on Ye Fu's face deepened.

"People fear fame, and pigs fear being fat. Fortunately, the whole village knows that our family is building a house, spending money like water, otherwise, aunts and uncles who haven't been in touch for hundreds of years would all come to borrow money."

"Uh..."

Thinking of this, Ye Fu was not so happy. A net of large yellow croakers saw through two brothers, and they still haven't spoken or interacted. Only the younger generation occasionally came to send some food to the old lady.

But when a person's luck comes, it can't be stopped. God sent money to the door, so you can't not take it, right?

Ye Fu frowned, it was really a sweet trouble.

After a while, he shook his head, "Thinking too much, it's only a few hundred yuan, wait until you get rich! Let's pull this net up first."

The goods in this net were mixed, no surprises, no big goods, nothing rare. Ye Yaodong untied the rope, poured out the goods, fiddled with them, and muttered to himself.

"Small squid, quite a lot, all have seeds in their stomachs, not bad. Mantis shrimp, come with me... Flower crab, flower crab, swimming crab, eel, croaker, oh? What is this? Leatherjacket fish?"

He took it out and flipped through it, "Take this back to dry as fish jerky? Leatherjacket fish jerky is suitable for drinking!"

"Just thinking about eating..."

"Then I'll take it back to dry, you don't eat it!"

"Take it to sell for money!"

"Today's harvest is enough. That large croaker is worth half a month of our going to sea. Life is short, you're almost 50, don't live so bitterly. There aren't many leatherjacket fish in total."

"What's wrong with me being 50? It's not like I won't live long. If you want to mess around, just leave a little."

"Last net, you go set it, I'll pick."

Anyway, he earned enough today. Ye Yaodong wanted to keep some decent ones to eat himself. It happened that the squid in this net was small and fat, and there were rice grains in their stomachs. Leaving a little to eat back was refreshing.

Eating unwanted small fish and shrimp every day, and thin crabs and thin shrimp, he was tired of it. Today the net exploded, so it was not excessive to leave two decent things. Let his father pick, his father would definitely be reluctant to leave more, so he'd better do it himself.

He didn't know if Ye Fu's luck was bad, or if there were no goods in the surrounding circle. The last net actually only had croaker and some small fish and shrimp, and the quantity was not large. It was estimated that this net was only 20-odd jin.

"Fortunately, there is that large croaker, otherwise today's harvest would be quite average."

Ye Fu was not very disappointed. The goods in the recent net were just these, and others were not as good as him.

"It's okay, the sky looks a bit dark, it seems like it's going to rain soon. The waves are rolling quite fiercely now, it might rain heavily, let's go back early."

"Then let me drive, you sleep for a while?"

In these one or two months, the brothers took turns going to sea. Although they had to work during the day when they didn't go to sea, they had plenty of time to rest at night. Only his father was worried, so they didn't take turns, and he took him every day.

Getting up after 1 o'clock every night, returning at 3-5 o'clock in the afternoon, drifting at sea for 15 hours a day, eating poorly, sleeping poorly, only when it was windy and the machine broke down, could they rest for a day or two at night.

Seeing that his complexion didn't look good recently, and the fatigue between his brows was obvious, Ye Yaodong thought that if he went to wash the sea in a few days, or if the ground cage caught green crabs, he would leave one for his father to nourish.

Ye Fu shook his head, holding a compass in his hand to distinguish the direction, "I'll drive. I don't know where you drove when you dragged the two nets in front. They deviated from the sea area where I usually stay. If I let you drive again, you might not be able to drive back."

Underestimating him, with a compass in hand, he wouldn't get lost at sea.

He just felt sorry for his father. Since he was worried, let him drive. ===== CHAPTER 99 =====