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Chapter 178: Mutual Cooperation and Mutual Benefit
Chapter 178: Mutual Cooperation and Mutual Benefit
Zhou Fu, based on his experience, identified the distant school of fish as Sea Wolf Fish.
These fish were ferocious, with sharp teeth, and they were naturally cautious, making them rarely caught.
As their boat approached, the fish likely swam away quickly.
"Let's stop for a moment! It seems there's a fish attacking them. Let's see if they swim over here," Zhou Fu said.
Jiang Xia had watched a video about Sea Wolf Fish, which mentioned that they could grow up to 1.8 meters in length. Mature Sea Wolf Fish were solitary creatures, roaming the sea alone.
Only when they were young would they swim in groups, following larger Sea Wolf Fish.
Sea Wolf Fish were also very united; when attacked, they quickly gathered, forming a school that could change various shapes, scaring away sharks that tried to prey on them.
The boat stopped, and the entire family watched the distant sea surface.
Fish kept jumping out of the water.
Gradually, Jiang Xia noticed a black mass moving at the bottom of the sea.
Zhou Fu excitedly picked up the hand throw net and said, "Ah Xin, quickly cast the net!"
As he spoke, Zhou Fu casually threw the net, and it was cast into the water. Zhou Chengxin quickly followed suit.
Jiang Xia also swiftly grabbed a hand net and scooped, catching a large netful of fish. Zhou Fu and Zhou Chengxin also pulled up a large bundle of fish.
The school of fish, startled, quickly scattered and fled.
The two of them sped up and cast two more nets, each with fewer fish, and the school dispersed, disappearing from sight.
The deck was now filled with lively Sea Wolf Fish.
Jiang Xia smiled and said, "This fish is delicious and fresh!"
As the saying goes, "Losing a cart and an ox is not as bad as losing a mackerel head."
Sea Wolf Fish, also known as Mackerel, had a delicious flavor.
Zhou Fu chuckled, "Let's take a few more back for dinner tonight!"
It was time to start trawling. "Xia Xia, come and check the fishing net, we're about to start trawling," Zhou Fu said.
Jiang Xia carefully avoided the fish jumping around underfoot; their teeth looked fierce! She walked over and touched the fishing net.
After Jiang Xia finished checking the net, Zhou Fu lowered it into the water.
Zhou Chengxin went to start the boat.
Jiang Xia, Zhou Fu, and Zhou Mu began sorting the fish.
Two hours later, it was time to haul in the net.
A large bundle of fish was pulled up.
It was Sea Wolf Fish again! Zhou Chengxin laughed, "This net has about four to five hundred pounds of fish."
Jiang Xia also smiled, "Today is definitely a bountiful harvest of Sea Wolf Fish."
Zhou Fu was delighted, as he had known they would have a great catch today.
Zhou Fu glanced at the time, "Let's do one more trawl, then head to the island."
This time, they pulled up a large bundle of mixed fish, weighing about two hundred pounds, mostly mackerel and shrimp, but surprisingly, there was also a live flathead grouper!
Zhou Fu quickly grabbed it, released the air, and put it in the live cargo hold. Later, he would transfer it to the underwater fish cage.
It was getting late, so Zhou Chengxin steered the boat towards Pearl Island.
The family ate the boxed meals they had brought from home on the boat.
After the meal, Jiang Xia and Zhou Chengxin put on their diving gear and went into the sea.
One of them released the fish they had collected from the villagers the night before into the fish cage.
The other went to look for pearl oysters.
However, Jiang Xia still went to check on the fish in the fish cage.
With fish being added daily, there were now several dozen fish in each of the two cages, mostly groupers.
After releasing the live fish into the cage, Zhou Chengxin threw in the small fish and shrimp that had been sorted earlier for the fish to eat.
Zhou Chengxin enjoyed watching the process of fish catching; he threw them in one by one, observing some fish rushing over to prey on them.
Jiang Xia took a glance and swam away to collect pearl oysters.
Jiang Xia's swimming skills were quite good. She held a net bag and an iron hook, diving down to the location where she had previously found pearl oysters, searching around.
The area was quite deep, and without proper equipment, it would be difficult for an ordinary person to dive down unless they had exceptional talent.
Of course, there were definitely some people with exceptional diving skills in the world; otherwise, how did ancient pearls make it to shore?
Perhaps due to the depth, the light was insufficient, but Jiang Xia's sharp eyes still spotted traces of pearl oysters, and there were quite a few of them. She picked them up one by one.
First, they picked up the larger ones, specifically selecting the biggest ones, and soon they had filled a large net bag, which became too heavy to carry! She swam up to the surface.
Zhou Chengxin also swam up.
Seeing that Jiang Xia hadn't surfaced yet, he was about to dive in to search for her.
Zhou Fu was also putting on his diving gear.
Both of them saw Jiang Xia swimming up, and they breathed a sigh of relief.
Jiang Xia handed the net bag to them.
Zhou Chengxin quickly reached out to take it.
Zhou Fu's eyes widened in surprise, "Pearl Oyster? There are really pearl oysters down there?"
Why didn't he and the boss find any after searching the whole place yesterday? Jiang Xia couldn't speak, she just nodded and pointed to the seabed, gesturing for them to come down and follow her to collect more.
The two quickly geared up and dove into the water, following Jiang Xia.
Didn't Jiang Xia want to keep all the pearl oysters below to herself?
To be honest, no! Jiang Xia also wanted to!
And she wanted it very much! She wanted to secretly collect them all by herself!
But Jiang Xia knew she couldn't do that.
Not to mention that Zhou Chengxin is Zhou Chenglei's older brother, and he is a good one at that. Most importantly, since they, as a couple, planned to partner with Zhou Chengxin in fish farming and pearl cultivation, they couldn't take all the benefits for themselves.
Otherwise, even if they were close siblings, no matter how good the other's character was, it would create an imbalance over time.
One shouldn't be too selfish, especially when dealing with family and business partners. Otherwise, they might end up with nothing.
Only through cooperation and mutual benefit can they complement each other.
Jiang Xia had just seen that Zhou Chengxin genuinely enjoyed fish farming, and in the book, he was exceptionally skilled at it, with an extraordinary talent, even surpassing Zhou Chenglei!
He had cultivated many precious fish fry and successfully expanded the pearl oyster farming.
Zhou Chenglei had ambition and foresight, so he loved adventure and trying new things. He couldn't bear to just stay by the fish pond and farm fish; he needed to seek new challenges.
He would only manage things after success, handing them over to others while he pursued other ventures.
Zhou Chengxin, on the other hand, had a steady temperament, perhaps due to being the eldest son. He was very calm and responsible, content with the status quo, and preferred these stable, established tasks.
In the book, the two brothers complemented and supported each other.
The three of them swam back and forth in the sea, collecting several net bags of pearl oysters in no time.
They started with the larger ones, which might contain pearls, as the smaller ones were less likely to have pearls. They planned to collect the smaller ones later when they prepared the pearl nuclei for experimentation.
An hour later, the three returned to the ship.
At this time, Zhou Mu had also harvested several bags of oysters from the island.
Zhou Fu and Zhou Chengxin went down to help her bring them onto the ship, and the family decided to continue fishing for one more round before heading home.
This catch was also a mix of various fish, not a big haul, probably around two hundred pounds, mostly squid and shrimp.
Jiang Xia and Zhou Fu and Zhou Mu quickly sorted the fish.
When they returned to the pier, Tian Caihua was waiting, and her eyes lit up at the sight of the full ship of fish.
She quickly boarded to help with the sorting, smiling, "I've prepared dinner already. Since the old residence is close to the seaside, I made it there. We can eat once we get back."
The three of them acknowledged her.
In total, they sold for 568.9 yuan that day. There were over a hundred pounds of squid, which Jiang Xia kept for herself, planning to make dried squid strips.
This catch had a high water content, so the dried squid strips wouldn't be very substantial.
Since Jiang Xia had paid for it, Tian Caihua didn't say anything, and she smiled happily all evening.
During dinner, Jiang Xia noticed that Zhou Zhou seemed a bit distracted again. She peeled a shrimp and placed it in her bowl, accidentally touching her, which startled Zhou Zhou.
This wasn't normal!
Jiang Xia decided to ask Zhou Zhou about it later, but she wasn't sure if Zhou Zhou would tell her. If not, she would secretly follow her to school tomorrow to observe.
After dinner, Zhou Fu locked the courtyard gate, rubbed his hands together, and excitedly whispered, "Xia Xia, come, come, come! Let's open the pearls!"
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