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Chapter 255: The Big Catch
Chapter 255: The Big Catch
The deck was filled with black seabream, mixed with red, green, white, and yellow shrimp and crabs.
Jiang Xia immediately picked up the still-flopping Eastern Star Snapper with its red hue and then reached for the dazzling Big Yellow Croaker.
She then scooped up the lively Bluegill.
All of them were placed into a large bucket to keep them alive.
Zhou Chengxin, with his hands on his waist, laughed, resembling Zhou Chenglei, "It seems like we always have better luck when we go out to sea together."
A few days ago, when he went out to sea with Tian Caixing, they caught less in ten nets than they did in this single net.
It made him reluctant to go out to sea again.
Zhou Chenglei didn't comment on this.
Luck was indeed different for everyone, and he couldn't explain it.
He knew he was lucky, but he didn't understand why.
In the past, on the battlefield, he had shielded his comrades from artillery fire numerous times. Each time he was hit, he thought he was done for, but miraculously, he survived!
So, he also believed he had exceptional luck.
Of course, if not for his good fortune, he wouldn't have married Jiang Xia.
Marrying Jiang Xia was his greatest luck!
Zhou Chenglei glanced at Jiang Xia, who was already seated, wearing gloves, and preparing to sort the fish.
The sun came out, and Jiang Xia had put on her hat, shielding her face from view, except for her jawline, which glowed with paleness.
Zhou Chenglei could imagine her gentle demeanor at that moment.
His eyebrows and eyes softened unconsciously.
Zhou Chenglei sat down beside Jiang Xia, and she had already set up a small stool for him.
He turned to Zhou Chengxin and said, "Big Brother, you take the helm, and I'll sort the fish."
"Okay, should we drag the net first or feed the fish first?"
"What time is it?" Zhou Chenglei asked, holding Jiang Xia's wrist and glancing at her hand before taking the remaining glove from her.
He had just come out of the water and taken off his watch.
Jiang Xia also took a look: "8:15."
"Let's drag the net one more time until 10 o'clock. I'll set up the net in a while; you start sailing!" Zhou Chenglei put the glove aside and picked up the water bottle to open it.
"Okay," Zhou Chengxin replied and proceeded to raise the anchor and sail, enthusiastically playing the role of a scarecrow.
Zhou Chenglei held the water bottle to Jiang Xia's lips, "Have some water first."
She hadn't drunk any water all morning.
Jiang Xia held the water bottle with her bare hand, and Zhou Chenglei didn't let go, carefully supporting her hand.
After she finished drinking and released the bottle, Zhou Chenglei took a drink.
Zhou Chengxin glanced at them and then continued to focus on sailing, playing the role of the scarecrow!
He finally understood that he was just a scarecrow, there to leech off the luck of the couple and get a golden coating.
He sailed diligently, hoping to transform from a scarecrow into a golden statue one day!
After drinking, Zhou Chenglei tightened the lid, put the bottle aside, picked up the gloves he had set down earlier, and pulled Jiang Xia's hand onto his thigh to help her put on the glove.
Jiang Xia watched as he assisted her with the gloves, his fingers long and his hands handsome, except for the numerous scars that had faded and were barely noticeable unless closely examined.
The scars on this man's body were countless.
Zhou Chenglei helped Jiang Xia put on her gloves and then stood up to set up the net.
After finishing, he returned to sit beside Jiang Xia, searching for a topic of conversation, "Guess what I saw just now at the bottom of the sea?"
Zhou Chengxin glanced at Zhou Chenglei, who was struggling to find something to say.
Tsk tsk, he's just a scarecrow, not worthy of speaking!
That's why when he went out to sea with Zhou Chenglei before, that stinky kid was so stingy with his words.
Jiang Xia quickly sorted the fish without lifting her head, "What did you see? A sunken ship? Or box after box of gold and jewels?"
Weren't there many sunken ships in ancient times? There should be numerous boxes of gold and jewels left in the sea!
If he had seen something like abalone, sea cucumbers, or pearl oysters, he would have said so directly, instead of making her guess.
Zhou Chenglei was speechless; where would there be so many gold and jewels?
So many fishermen go out to sea, but who else finds a piece of silver one day and two pieces of jade the next?
It's not like they're sailing the vast ocean; the seabed in this area has already been surveyed, and even if there were a shipwreck, there wouldn't be any gold or jewels.
"There's a coral reef, a big one. If the weather is warm and the water isn't too cold at noon, I'll take you down to see it. It's beautiful."
Jiang Xia thought of the underwater world she had seen in videos and on TV in her past life.
An underwater world with coral reefs is the true underwater world.
Her eyes couldn't help but show a hint of anticipation, and she laughed, "Okay!"
Zhou Chenglei noticed her anticipation, and a slight smile lifted the corners of his mouth. He knew she liked it.
"The coral reef on the other side of XSQD is even more beautiful. If you like it, we can go see it next time."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia turned to look at him, "In a big ship?"
"Yes, it's definitely worth seeing."
"I wonder if there's a waterproof camera. I want to buy one and take some photos as a keepsake."
In a few decades, due to seawater pollution and human harvesting, large areas of coral reefs will die, and it will definitely not be as spectacular as it is now.
So, Jiang Xia wanted to take photos and record it.
Zhou Chenglei: "I'll ask Brother Zhang Er."
"I wonder if those two stones we sent out made it."
"They should have..."
The couple chatted while swiftly dividing the fish.
Zhou Chengxin, the scarecrow, listened quietly, thinking: I never expected Zhou Chenglei to be such a chatterbox! When we went out to sea together before, he'd barely speak ten sentences in a day if I didn't ask him.
Not afraid of bad breath! It's true that a wife is different from others.
Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei were both skilled at their work, and although there were many fish, they were not difficult to sort. They were all black seabream of similar size, and by around ten o'clock, the two had finished sorting all the fish.
It was time to pull up the net again.
This time, the two of them didn't struggle as much as the previous net, but they still pulled up a large bundle of fish and shrimp.
After emptying the net, Jiang Xia saw a large fish.
It was a giant grouper.
Visually, it was over one and a half meters long.
Estimated to weigh over 150 jin.
"This time, we've really hit the jackpot!" Zhou Chengxin exclaimed as he excitedly squatted down to touch the giant grouper.
Jiang Xia immediately noticed blood flowing from the fish's abdomen, "This fish has an injury on its abdomen. Is it already dead?"
Zhou Chengxin pried open the fish's body to take a look, "The wound is similar to the one on A-Lei's, probably accidentally stabbed by a swordfish or marlin."
After saying this, he looked up at Zhou Chenglei, "A-Lei, your difficult brother!"
Jiang Xia: "..."
"Yes, I love selling out my brother." Zhou Chenglei revealed a fish's gills with an expressionless face, and they were a fresh red, "It's still fresh, can be sold, and it's valuable."
Zhou Chengxin: "..."
Zhou Chengxin couldn't help but take a look at the gills himself. After checking, he put it back, "It's still fresh. I estimate it was still alive when it got caught in the net, but it's almost dead now. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been our catch."
"Hmm."
Zhou Chenglei and Zhou Chengxin moved the fish to the side to process and preserve it.
Jiang Xia thought for a moment, "How long will it take to get back to the city's pier?"
Zhou Chenglei: "About an hour at full speed."
Jiang Xia: "Why don't we go back to the city pier and sell these fish first? That way, we won't waste too much time."
"Agreed! It's settled! I'll go start the ship." Zhou Chengxin made the final decision.
The fresher these large fish are, the better they sell.
The longer they are kept, the worse the taste becomes.
And the boat was almost out of space.
So, Zhou Chengxin went to start the ship, while Zhou Chenglei and Jiang Xia continued sorting the fish.
After their fishing boat left, a distant fishing boat started moving towards them and stopped at the spot they had just vacated.
Here they come!
(End of Chapter)
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