Beachcombing: The beach is full of amazing seafood, but my wife won't let me get out of bed!

Wang Dazhu was snapped out of his daze by the shout and quickly grabbed the net and went to the side of the boat.

"Brother Sui, let me do it!"

Wu Sui carefully pulled the fishing line, bringing the fish to the surface of the water.

"Slow down, don't touch its scales, scoop it up from head to toe!"

Wang Dazhu stretched out his arm and dipped the landing net into the water.

The enormous, golden object broke through the water completely.

The sunlight shone on it, reflecting a dazzling golden light.

When Wang Dazhu saw what was in the net, his hand trembled, and he almost threw the net into the sea.

"Holy crap, what is this? A fish made of gold?"

"Stop talking nonsense, catch it!" Wu Lei watched anxiously from the side, wishing he could snatch the net away.

Wu Sui exerted force with Wang Dazhu, and the two of them together lifted the landing net onto the deck.

The huge fish body crashed onto the deck with a dull thud.

The large yellow croaker thrashed about in the net, its tail slapping against the deck with a loud thud.

Wu Lei's legs went weak, and he collapsed onto the deck.

He scrambled over, his hands hovering in mid-air, wanting to touch but not daring to.

"Big...big yellow croaker..."

Wu Lei finally shouted out the three complete words, his voice sharp and distorted.

Wang Dazhu scratched his head, looking puzzled.

"Is that really a big yellow croaker? Brother Lei, are you sure you're not mistaken? A yellow croaker that big, how much would it cost...?"

Wu Lei turned his head, his eyes red.

After racking my brains for a long time, I realized I couldn't set a price either.

Wu Gang's anxious voice came through the walkie-talkie.

"Second brother, Lei, what exactly did you do? Give me a piece of your mind!"

Wu Lei grabbed the walkie-talkie, pressed the call button, and screamed at the top of his lungs.

"Brother Gang, big yellow croaker, wild big yellow croaker!"

There was silence on the other end of the walkie-talkie.

A full five seconds passed.

Wu Gang's voice, now distorted, came through.

"Is it really a large yellow croaker? How big is it?"

Wu Sui had been collecting it for so long just now, he estimated it must be quite large.

Wu Lei turned to look at the huge creature still thrashing about on the deck and swallowed hard.

"It's almost a meter long...and definitely weighs over ten kilograms!"

Holy crap!

Wu Gang's swearing came through the walkie-talkie, followed by Chen Yang and Chen Yongqiang's screams.

"Find something to cover it up, quick, I'm coming right now!"

The engine of the ship next door roared to life instantly, and Wu Gang immediately steered his ship closer.

The two boats drew closer, and Wu Gang, Chen Yang, and Chen Yongqiang all jumped aboard.

Six people stood around the deck, staring at the large, golden fish.

Chen Yang squatted on the ground, looking at the fish and asking a question.

"My goodness... Is this really a large yellow croaker? It looks almost exactly like the croaker we harvested last time!"

Wu Gang squatted down and pulled up the fish's fin, which was now enough to cover the fish's eyes.

He gestured with his hand to indicate the length, his face beaming with joy.

He stretched out his finger and gestured in the air to indicate the length.

"Wild yellow croakers are brighter in color and have no stripes on their bodies."

"The spring bream has light gray stripes on its body, and its color is dark, with a touch of orange-red on its belly."

"The most important thing is the fish's mouth. The lips of the large yellow croaker are orange-red, while those of the juvenile croaker are grayish-white, making them easy to distinguish."

After listening to Wu Gang's explanation, Chen Yang leaned closer to take a look and indeed it was different.

Wu Sui shook the blood off his hands and casually wrapped them with a piece of rag.

"Alright, Yongqiang, go get the scale and see how heavy it is."

Chen Yongqiang suddenly realized what was happening, ran into the cabin, and took out a scale.

Wu Gang took the scale hook and hung it on the net.

"Dazhu, give me a hand, lift it up."

The two of them worked together to lift the fish up.

Everyone held their breath and crowded around to look at the scale.

"Eighteen pounds and seven ounces!"

Wu Gang read out the numbers, his voice trembling.

Wu Lei plopped down on the deck, covered his face with his hands, and was both crying and laughing.

"We're rich... Ah Sui, we're rich..."

Chen Yang still didn't understand the situation and asked innocently.

"Brother Lei, you don't need to get so excited just because you heard that big yellow croakers are valuable, do you?"

"How much can this fish sell for? Is it worth ten thousand yuan?"

Wu Lei looked up, staring at him with red eyes.

"Ten thousand yuan?"

He pointed at the large yellow croaker, almost unable to believe it himself.

"At present, wild yellow croaker weighing over one jin (500 grams) costs more than a thousand yuan per jin!"

"Anything weighing over three pounds will cost tens of thousands!"

"I haven't seen one weighing over ten kilograms like this in years. I don't know how much it would sell for, but I'm sure I'd make a fortune."

"One tael of gold for one tael of fish, you do the math, how much is this 18.7 jin (9.8 catties)?"

Wang Dazhu counted on his fingers, his eyes wide open and his mouth agape enough to fit a fist.

"Ten... tens of thousands?!"

Chen Yang gasped, not daring to touch the fish.

"My God... one fish is worth a house..."

Wu Gang was so excited that his face turned red, and he spun around on the deck.

"Alright, brother, don't get agitated. Quickly let out the gas; every little bit longer you can live is a good thing."

Upon hearing this, Wu Gang quickly went to the cabin to get a syringe.

Wu Sui took the needle and squatted down next to the fish.

The large yellow croaker's belly was already swollen, and its swim bladder was distended, threatening to rupture at any moment.

Wu Sui located the air vent behind the fish's fin and inserted the needle.

After the air was released, the bloated belly of the large yellow croaker slowly deflated.

"Quick! Put the live water tank in; they should be able to survive for a while longer."

Wu Lei and Wu Gang lifted the net.

Wu Sui walked to the edge of the live water tank, scooped out all the worthless black sea bream and miscellaneous fish, and threw them directly onto the deck.

"I'll make room for you, so you better hold your nerve and don't die."

Large yellow croakers are clearly less active in water than they are in the sea.

There's nothing we can do about it.

Large yellow croakers are timid and have a particularly strong stress response.

In addition, the gill filaments are prone to necrosis and adhesion after being removed from the water, so large yellow croakers that are caught generally do not live for long.

The crowd gathered around the water tank, staring at the gold bar swimming inside, unable to recover for a long time.

The gloom of the previous series of missed opportunities has been swept away.

Chen Yongqiang was so excited that he kept rubbing his hands together.

"Brother Sui, you just said you were changing locations to recruit the fourth group. Did you already know there was this treasure down there?"

Wu Sui smiled.

"I don't have that ability, it's just my intuition that this place has good feng shui."

Wu Gang laughed loudly and slapped Chen Yang on the back of the head.

"That's what you call good fortune! You didn't wash your hands before leaving this morning, you almost missed out on this treasure!"

Chen Yang covered his head and chuckled.

Wu Lei moved closer to Wu Sui, handed him a cigarette, and even lit it for him himself.

"Ah Sui, what should we do with the rest of the hooks? We need to get this big yellow croaker back quickly, otherwise it will lose its color if it dies, and we'll have to lower the price."

Wu Sui took a drag of his cigarette and nodded.

"Okay, stop looking at that, let's finish packing up the longline fishing and then we'll use navigation."

Wu Sui walked to the ship's side and looked at the main line that had just been thrown onto the deck.

Wang Dazhu came over, his face full of excitement.

"Brother Sui, I'll pull! I feel like I could pull a cow right now!"

Wu Sui nodded and gave his seat to Wang Dazhu.