1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 89 The Eastern Star Grouper is obtained!
The fish that was caught was quite pretty.

The front part of the fish's back is bulging. The most iconic feature is the orange-yellow diagonal stripes on its body, which are gorgeous and show off a bit.

The orange-yellow fins look like yellow ribbons fluttering in the air.

The "three-knife cut" that brought him his first surprise income looked so friendly.

Of course, even now, when he suddenly and unexpectedly caught a three-knife fish, he was full of surprise.

You know, although the three-knife grouper is not a grouper, its value is still higher than that of ordinary grouper.

If we compare it, it is definitely not inferior to the "Eastern Grouper", the leader in the grouper family.

"Oh my god, there's not only grouper here, but also three knives. Is your luck starting to explode again?"

Lin Baixian looked over and felt jealous.

"What's so strange about that? Both the three-knife and the grouper like reefs!"

Liang Ziqiang replied, but secretly hoped in his heart that it would be better if there could be more of the three swords here, instead of appearing occasionally.

The three-knife shark in front of him was obviously fatter than the three-knife shark that was brought to the shore by the tide.

The last one weighed more than one kilogram, this time it might be two kilograms?
Lin Baixian caught another blue snapper, and then there was no movement.

While waiting, he asked Liang Ziqiang:
"Can you guess which catch was the highest income from fishing with my new boat? I don't think you can guess it!"

Liang Ziqiang curled his lips: "Who knows this? I didn't go out to sea with you."

"You're wrong to say that. You were there that day too!"

Liang Ziqiang's mind flashed for a moment. Sure enough, the next second he heard Lin Baixian say:

"It was the day of your wedding. There were so many matchmaker fish on the sea. I was quick and caught more than others!"

Liang Ziqiang guessed that this was what he was talking about.

He chuckled: "You got the benefit, but I didn't even say thank you!"

"You said it as if you really attracted the fish! But if the other people in the village really think so, do you know what they say about you? Tell them and don't get angry!"

"Fuck, then stop talking!"

"They said that if Qiangzi got married every day, every household in the village would soon become a millionaire!"

"……grass!"

What kind of people are in this village? They expect him to be their bridegroom every night just for a little fish?! Their hearts are really not as good as they used to be, and their morals have fallen!
"Stop kicking me! This place is already unstable, and if you kick me again I'll fall into the sea! I didn't say that, I was telling you this out of kindness, and you still hate me!"

After dodging twice, the fishing rod moved again, so he quickly picked up the fishing rod.

When this was brought up this time, both of their eyes lit up.

This fish looks very special, with grids on its body, like a very regular honeycomb.

"Look at you, Ah Xian. You were just complaining about your bad luck, but now you're in luck! Honeycomb grouper is even more expensive than brown-banded grouper!"

Although the honeycomb spot cannot catch up with the eastern star spot, it should be slightly better than the brown band. As for the blue spot, it is much more valuable.

Lin Baixian collected the honeycomb grouper and put it into a bucket of seawater. Suddenly, he felt a little excited:
"I can even catch a beehive. I feel my luck is improving. I might even surpass you soon!"

Before he finished speaking, Liang Ziqiang quickly lifted up the fishing rod and caught a bright red grouper.

Eastern star grouper!
Lin Baixian seemed to be stuck suddenly and fell silent.

If possible, he wanted to swallow back what he just said...

The bright and eye-catching grouper swung at the end of the fishing line and almost hit Lin Baixian's face, giving him a slap in the face.

Liang Ziqiang saw that he suddenly lost his temper, so he put away the Eastern Star Spot and said with a chuckle:
"It's okay, you can also catch a rat to prove that you are not bragging!"

There are not many species that are better than the Oriental Grouper, but the "King of Groupers" - the Rat Grouper is definitely one of them.

The question is, can you catch a grouper just because you want to? You might as well just hit me in the face with a grouper.

Lin Baixian endured the humiliation and decided to fight again. But when he reached to the side, he found that the earthworms were gone. He had used them all up.

"Use this. This fresh shrimp is more useful than your earthworms. It attracts more groupers!"

Liang Ziqiang brought a lot of fresh shrimp bait, and pushed it directly to Lin Baixian. Lin Baixian took the bait, looked at a place with uneven reefs on the water, and started fishing again.

"Oh my god, we have a big batch this time. The big grouper is much more expensive than the small one!"

Lin Baixian even saw hope of successfully overtaking Liang Ziqiang ahead, and when the fishing rod bent more severely, he began to lift the rod quickly.

Suddenly, there was a dull sound, and the empty fishing line rebounded, flew into the air, and then swayed continuously.

"What a crap thing it is. It failed me at the critical moment!" Lin Baixian was annoyed.

Liang Ziqiang was speechless when he saw it.

It's not that the fish was too big or too heavy to break the line. The groupers around this island and reef are relatively small, and there seems to be no exaggerated giant groupers yet.

It was because Lin Baixian was so excited that he didn't pay much attention. When he lifted the rod, the fishing line got caught on the edge of the crevice of the reef and was cut by the hard reef!

But to be honest, this situation is not uncommon when reef fishing.

"Look, you shouldn't have poked the hornet's nest on this reef just now, and now your fishing line has been cut!"

What Liang Ziqiang meant by stirring up a hornet's nest was of course the "honeycomb grouper" that Lin Baixian had caught earlier, which looked like a honeycomb.

Lin Baixian was content: "I caught a lot of blue grouper, plus a valuable honeycomb grouper, so I made a lot of money! I should catch abalone and snails later."

"Look, your fishing line is one size thinner than mine. It may work in other places, but when you want to fish for grouper in the cracks of the reefs, you should change to a thicker line next time to prevent it from getting cut!" Liang Ziqiang reminded.

Next, Lin Baixian could only sit by and watch Liang Ziqiang fishing, a live version of envying the fish by the abyss.

It just so happened that Liang Ziqiang's luck was even better at this time. He caught several brown fish one after another in one breath!

Lin Baixian was so anxious and distressed by what he saw!

Liang Ziqiang looked at a bucket of blue grouper, brown banded grouper, and a grouper that stood out from the crowd, and felt that was about right.

Looking around, the tide has receded to a very low level. At this moment, the abalones and conches on the lower reefs should have been revealed.

Coming down from the reef, the two men carried another empty bucket and looked for abalone and conch.

The place where they pulled out the last time was unlikely to have chicken claw snails in the short term. The two continued to search forward, since the entire reef belt was still quite long.

"Damn, we found a really big piece! No need to go anywhere else, this one piece is enough for today!"

The two finally found a reef with a unique structure and a concave surface. There were more chicken claw snails in that concave surface than in the previous cracks combined.

The two of them switched roles in an instant, from the leisurely fishermen to the hammering craftsmen...

I gained a lot, but my entire frame was really sore.

There wasn't even a decent place to stand on this reef, so he had to lie on the rock in a very twisted posture, as if he was practicing Toad Kung Fu.

I feel bad for my waist. It didn't break because of my wife, but it will probably break because of this...

After we finished sweeping this area, we looked at the harvest and found that we had caught a lot more chicken claw snails than last time. I think each person got more than 20 kilograms.

All of them were put into the snakeskin bag. Mainly because there were not enough buckets...

How can you miss the top-quality abalone when visiting the island?

In the remaining time, the two men sped up, found a place where three-headed abalones were gathered, and started prying them hard again!
The three-headed abalone is much easier to pry open than the chicken-claw snail. In a short while, dozens of top-quality abalone were obtained.

"Hey, this abalone is a little different?"

Liang Ziqiang stopped and stared at the big abalone he had just pried off.

This abalone is a little bigger than the others, but not as big as the bream abalone.

This is not the key point. The most special thing is that the color of this abalone's shell is much more colorful than other abalone!
Out of curiosity, I couldn't help but pinch it repeatedly with my hands.

Damn, isn't abalone meat soft and chewy? But his finger was actually hit by something hard.

When Liang Ziqiang turned over the whole abalone, his eyes widened.

Pearls formed in abalone, this extremely rare event happened unexpectedly right under my nose!

(End of this chapter)