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

Wu Lei held the fish in both hands, trembling like a leaf.

He pried open the fish's gills to take a look, then ran his fingers along the fish's back to its tail, finally staring at its long fins and golden belly, his lips trembling.

"Big... big..."

Chen Yang scratched his head in frustration and went over to give Wu Lei a push.

"Brother Lei, what are you stuttering about? Big what? Is this a big yellow croaker or a spring croaker?"

Wu Lei turned to look at Wu Sui, his voice cracking.

"Large yellow croaker!"

"Ah Sui, it really is a big yellow croaker!"

Wu Gang was still carrying an empty basket when he heard those three words. His legs went weak and he plopped down on the deck.

"Are you... are you sure you're right?"

His voice trembled; he wanted to lean closer, but he didn't dare.

After hesitating for a long time, he slowly moved in front of Wu Lei.

"Is it really a large yellow croaker?"

"Really? You can mistake Big Yellow Croaker and Chunzi for this?" Wu Lei held the fish up high.

"Look at these fins, look at these scales, look at the color... there's no mistake, it's definitely a large yellow croaker!"

Chen Yongqiang gasped, took two steps back, and pointed at the deck full of golden fish.

"Brother Lei, are you sure you're not mistaken? How rare are large yellow croakers these days? This one net we cast has at least a ton of them, and you're telling me that a whole ton is made of large yellow croakers?"

Wang Dazhu also frowned, his face full of suspicion.

"Yeah, Brother Lei, don't actually mistake Chunzi for a big yellow croaker."

It's no wonder people didn't believe it; if it were a net full of huge yellow croakers, it would be terrifying.

Back then, there was no concept of resource protection. When large yellow croaker became popular, fishermen used the "knocking net" method to catch them.

"Dazhu is right. The older generation in our village all say that the large yellow croakers have long been wiped out by the fishing nets, so how could so many be caught in one net?"

Chen Yang was stunned for a moment, his face full of confusion.

What does "敲罟" mean?

Wu Gang swallowed hard and pointed to the sea to explain.

"Back in the 1970s, in order to boost production, Wenzhou invented this unethical fishing method."

"Hundreds of small boats formed a large circle on the sea, and the people on the boats were holding large bamboo boards and banging them desperately in the water."

"The large yellow croaker has two otoliths in its brain, making it particularly sensitive to sound."

"Startled by the sound wave, all the large yellow croakers on the seabed were stunned and floated to the surface belly up..."

"The scene was stunning; the sea was a sea of ​​golden yellow!"

Wu Gang became more and more excited as he spoke, his voice trembling.

"Those people didn't even spare the fish roe and offspring!"

"In just a few years, they've fished out the entire lineage of the large yellow croaker!"

"Later, the government issued a strict order to ban fishing with nets and listed the large yellow croaker as an endangered species."

"Now, forget about a ton; if anyone can catch ten or eight pounds in the sea, they'll go back and burn incense for Mazu!"

"This...this is over a ton!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yang's eyes widened, and he turned to look at the golden hill, his breathing becoming rapid.

"That's not right either!" Chen Yang suddenly realized.

"Brother, you just said that yellow croakers have very sensitive hearing. With our trawlers roaring around, they should disappear from several miles away."

"Besides, aren't they all staying in the crevices of the bottom reefs?"

"We were just towing the lower and middle sections, how could we possibly have gotten anything?"

Wu Lei slapped his thigh, his face turning bright red.

"So Ah Sui is a god!"

"These fish were probably confused by the ocean currents and just happened to wander into our net."

"With Ah Sui's luck, no one would believe he's not the biological grandson of Mazu."

Several people turned to look at Wu Sui in unison.

Wu Sui stood aside, secretly pleased with the way the group reacted with such alarm.

This system really doesn't make any sense.

No matter how sensitive your hearing is, no matter which crevice you hide in, once you're detected by radar, you can't escape.

"Alright," Wu Sui interrupted the crowd's shock, "Stop shouting."

He strode to the pile of fish, picked up a large yellow croaker, and pointed to its golden belly.

"If you delay any longer, these gold bars will become worthless!"

Everyone was taken aback.

Wu Sui threw the fish into the basket and urged them loudly.

"The golden pigment on the large yellow croaker dies when exposed to light!"

"If exposed to the sun, the color will fade completely in no time."

"Hurry up, Dazhu, go to the cold storage and get some ice crushed!"

"Big Brother, Xiao Yang, Yong Qiang, Brother Lei, don't just stand there, hurry up and sort them."

Wu Sui's words brought everyone back to their senses.

"Holy crap, hurry... don't let the sun shine on you!"

Chen Yang let out a strange cry and pounced into the pile of fish, grabbing them with both hands and throwing them into the basket.

Wang Dazhu sprinted down to the hold to move ice blocks from the cold storage.

The deck was a flurry of activity.

"Be careful, don't scrape off the scales, losing scales will affect the price!" Wu Lei shouted as he loaded the fish.

Chen Yang grabbed an exceptionally large one and excitedly held it above his head.

"Brother-in-law, this one is huge, it must weigh at least two and a half pounds!"

Wu Sui glanced at it.

"Put items weighing over two pounds in a separate basket, items between one and two pounds together, and items weighing less than one pound separately!"

"Okay!"

Everyone worked with great enthusiasm, not even bothering to wipe the sweat that got into their eyes.

Wang Dazhu pushed a small cart full of crushed ice out.

"The ice is here! The ice is here!"

Wu Sui took the cart, picked up a shovel, and began spreading ice into the basket filled with large yellow croakers.

First, spread a layer of finely crushed ice at the bottom of the basket, then neatly arrange the large yellow croakers inside, and finally cover them with a thick layer of ice.

A layer of fish, a layer of ice, perfectly fitted together.

Baskets of processed large yellow croakers were quickly sent into the cold storage.

Wu Sui stood on the deck, wielding a shovel, looking at the baskets of "gold bars," and quickly began to calculate in his mind.

Although the fish in this net weren't particularly large, generally weighing a little over a pound, the sheer number of them was overwhelming!

More than two thousand kilograms.

According to the current market price, even a piece weighing around one pound would cost several hundred yuan.

Those weighing over two jin (1 kg) directly exceed 1,000 yuan.

If this net is cast, the amount will be astronomical.

Including the money from selling black cattle and silver pomfret, and the savings on hand.

That's more than enough to buy a real ocean-going vessel.

This 17-meter boat can go out to sea, but when it comes to venturing into the deep sea, its ability to withstand wind and waves and its range are still far from sufficient.

Today, just driving near the dividing line made Wu Lei and Wu Gang extremely nervous.

If you want to make big money in the future, you have to change your ship!

A true sea voyage requires a ship capable of navigating the open ocean, withstanding rough seas, and equipped with a large-scale freezer.

It took everyone more than three hours to finally get all the fish into the cold storage.

After everyone finished their work, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Wu Sui licked his lips as he watched the last basket of fish being sent to the cold storage.

"Dazhu, go steam a few large yellow croakers, let's have a taste."