He forced me to sever ties with my family and sleep on a dilapidated boat, then turned around and be

On the sea surface, which was very close to the fishing boat, several large fish suddenly jumped up.

Moreover, one of them even jumped over the side of the ship and landed on the deck with a thud.

This is a fish that must weigh at least three or four pounds. It's lively and jumping around, and it can leap more than half a meter high with each bound.

He Zhenzhen rushed over excitedly and, with practiced ease, pinned it down and grabbed its gills.

Instantly, even though the big fish was still thrashing its tail, it couldn't escape He Zhenzhen's grip.

He Zhenzhen took a closer look and then excitedly exclaimed.

"It's a big yellow croaker, such a big yellow croaker! Even at the city docks, it's very rare to see such a big mullet. Bayi, it looks like we're going to make a fortune."

"Although we didn't catch those pirates and go back to collect the reward, we did manage to catch quite a few large yellow croakers!"

"These sea turtles not only led us to the school of large yellow croakers, but they also herded them towards our fishing boat!"

The fish that He Zhenzhen was holding was probably more than 20 centimeters long, and it was very plump and tender, weighing at least four or five pounds.

Most importantly, it is entirely golden, shining with a golden luster.

This is the aristocrat of the sea fish kingdom—the large yellow croaker!

Niu Bayi's eyes lit up when he saw it.

He quickly leaned over the bow of the boat and looked down, his eyes widening in shock.

Below the surface of the sea, everything was shimmering with golden light, and countless large yellow croakers were swimming around there.

This large yellow croaker is a typical warm-temperate, near-shore, schooling migratory fish.

Once the team is integrated, it could number not just tens of thousands, but even thousands or tens of thousands.

Before the 1960s and 70s, there were fishing reports specifically for large yellow croaker.

During the peak fishing season, there's a saying that perfectly describes the characteristics of large yellow croaker schools: "The sound is like thunder, stretching for miles."

They can even make a large area of ​​the sea boil like boiling water.

The scene of catching large yellow croakers back then was quite spectacular.

Moreover, fishing boats can catch more than ten tons a day when they go out to sea.

However, by the early 1980s, and especially after 1984, the large yellow croaker population had become severely depleted due to overfishing, making it difficult to conduct large-scale training programs.

What Niu Bayi saw before him was a vast expanse of sea shimmering with golden light, teeming with large yellow croakers—a truly rare sight.

Any fisherman who is here and sees this scene will be so happy that he will kneel down and kowtow to thank the Dragon King for his blessing.

Niu Bayi made a decisive decision.

"Zhenzhen, get to work right away. Use your hand net to catch these big yellow croakers. Once you've caught them, use the winch to hoist them up."

He Zhenzhen nodded immediately and threw the large yellow croaker that had jumped onto the door into the live water tank.

Then, she rushed into the cabin and quickly grabbed the largest hand net on board to cast.

The net was neatly folded and looked quite heavy.

Even now that He Zhenzhen is much stronger, she still wobbles when she's carried.

Niu Bayi immediately took the net from her and cast it.

Then he said, "Go and get the medium and small hand nets too. Once all the hand nets are in place, we'll divide the work. I'll cast the nets from the side of the boat and catch the fish, then we'll use the winch to hoist them up."

"You're in charge of getting the fish into the live water tank or the freezer, then tidy up the hand net and hand it over to me to cast again."

He Zhenzhen nodded without hesitation and agreed immediately.

Next, Niu Bayi showed his skill by lifting the heavy trumpet and casting the net, then jumping directly onto the side of the boat.

The ship's side is high and somewhat steep, making it difficult for an average person to stand firmly on it; one wrong step and they could fall into the sea.

So when He Zhenzhen saw it, she was so frightened that she screamed.

"Bayi, watch out! Don't fall into the sea and get eaten by a big yellow croaker before you even catch one!"

Niu Bayi glared at her.

"Does your man look like the kind of person who would be eaten by a big yellow croaker?"

He Zhenzhen immediately shook her head.

"No, my man is very strong. Not to mention a big yellow croaker, even a whale couldn't eat you."

Niu Bayi laughed heartily.

"Then get ready."

At this moment, Niu Bayi was indeed very impressive, standing firmly on the side of the boat without swaying at all.

The sea breeze was biting, making his hair and clothes flutter loudly.

But he showed no signs of being misled.

He then suddenly lifted the heavy trumpet net and hurled it fiercely into the sea.

Splash!

Instantly, the hand net spread out to a diameter of more than ten meters!

A loud booming sound!

It crashed into the sea, catching countless large yellow croakers.

He Zhenzhen immediately started the winch and turned the boom around.

Niu Bayi turned his head and, still standing on the side of the boat, pulled the large iron hook under the boom and hooked it onto the rope loop at the end of the hand-cast net.

Once He Zhenzhen saw that he had finished, she immediately started the winch.

Splash!

The iron hook was used to cast the net and pull it up!

The net that was just cast empty is now bulging, like a big gourd, and inside it is gleaming with gold, filled with countless large yellow croakers.

Some of the large yellow croakers even poked their heads out, trying desperately to squeeze out, but they couldn't get out.

Some of the large yellow croakers poked their tails out and struggled desperately, but to no avail.

The winch and boom worked together to transfer the heavy hand-cast net to the deck.

This net alone contains three to four hundred pounds of large yellow croakers!

If it weren't for the winch and crane, it would have been very difficult for Niu Bayi to pull it up by himself, considering the gravity of the seawater.

Seawater poured onto the deck with a splash, then flowed out through the drain.

The hand-cast net, laden with large yellow croakers, slowly landed on the deck.

He Zhenzhen quickly untied the rope from the large iron hook and suddenly tore open the loop.

Splash!

Countless large yellow croakers cascaded down, resembling a golden river.

Fortunately, He Zhenzhen had already moved to the side, otherwise she would have been swept away by the current.

She had already opened the cover of the live water tank.

She immediately bent down, sticking her butt out, and pushed the lively, wriggling yellow croakers directly inside.

The deck was very smooth with little friction, so He Zhenzhen opened her arms and pushed it as if she were embracing it.

Suddenly, countless large yellow croakers were pushed into the live water tank.

Niu Bayi was both amused and exasperated.

"Silly girl, if you keep pushing like this, how long are you going to stop? There's a push board, go get it!"

The so-called pusher plate has a very simple structure: it is a T-shaped piece of two long wooden planks nailed together. It is specifically used to push fish on the deck and into the live water tank.

He Zhenzhen quickly went to get the push plate, which made things much faster.

Niu Bayi didn't help her either; he still had work to do.

He jumped off the deck, picked up a medium-sized hand net, jumped back onto the deck, swung the net sharply, and cast it into the sea, catching countless large yellow croakers.

Niu Bayi, carrying the net rope, jumped off the deck and saw He Zhenzhen still desperately using the push board to push large pieces of yellow croaker into the live water tank.

He didn't ask his wife for help anymore. He operated the winch and boom himself, and in the same way, hooked the netting net onto the big iron hook.

Before long, a net full of bulging, large yellow croakers was transferred to the deck.

Although it was a medium-sized hand-cast net, it still caught nearly two hundred pounds of large yellow croakers.

At this moment, He Zhenzhen was also very fast. After pushing all the large yellow croakers from the first net into the live water tank, she immediately came up to help.

Niu Bayi shook his head.

"No need, you go and get the big hand net sorted out, I'll do those jobs."

Without saying a word, He Zhenzhen nodded sharply and immediately went to prepare the large hand net.

Niu Bayi was quick and efficient, and in no time at all, he released the second batch of large yellow croakers from the net.

They were then quickly pushed into the live water tank using pushers!