Chapter 505: Protecting His Sister-in-Law?
Chapter 505: Protecting His Sister-in-Law?
Zhang Fu Yan watched as Jiang Dong clung to Zhou Cheng Lei like a koala, and her rationality returned instantly!
He quickly released Zhou Cheng Lei, steadied himself, and tried to salvage his image. He feigned calmness and said, "I just caught a snake. I was afraid it would scare your sister, so I threw it away. She's terrified of snakes, and I didn't want her to be scared. Instinctively, I hugged her to protect her, but I hugged the wrong person!"
Jiang Xia: "..."
Is this okay?
Jiang Dong signaled to his sister-in-law and glanced at Zhang Fu Yan, asking her to give him some face.
Alright, Jiang Xia spoke up, "I really am afraid of snakes. I was startled just now!"
She was indeed afraid of snakes, and she was startled, but it wasn't the snake that scared her; it was Jiang Dong!
She had been busy placing the large yellow croaker into the foam box for ice storage, ensuring its color remained golden, and hadn't seen what was caught.
Zhang Fu Yan's mouth twitched, "Then hurry up and pull it up, cut it off, and throw it into the sea! Don't scare Xia Xia!"
Jiang Dong: "Scare? Oh..."
Is this son-in-law really his own?
Zhou Cheng Lei: "Don't worry, it's not a snake, it's a conger eel."
He stepped back a few paces to give his brother-in-law some space to jump freely.
Just in case he pounced on him again.
He only liked it when Jiang Xia jumped into his arms; others were politely declined.
Hearing this, Jiang Dong quickly said, "So it's a conger eel! I heard conger eels are fierce. Brother-in-law, why don't you do it? You have more experience. I don't want to cause trouble. It's getting late; let's pull up the rest of the fish and head back!"
Jiang Dong quickly moved aside.
What's the difference between a conger eel and a sea snake? Their scary appearances are the same!
Fishing doesn't seem suitable for him; perhaps he should stay in the research lab!
Zhou Cheng Lei was about to sit down again.
Zhang Fu Yan walked over, "I'll do it. I'm not afraid."
Jiang Dong heard this and said, "Never mind, I'll do it!"
He was afraid she might get scared and fall into the word came out, almost in a whisper. - "But I'm afraid you'll be scared and fall into the sea."
"No need, I want to try." Zhang Fu Yan sat down, picked up the fishing line still hanging on the gunwale, and pulled up the conger eel.
The conger eel continued to wriggle.
Zhou Cheng Lei: "Just cut the fishing line directly."
Zhang Fu Yan took the scissors and cut the fishing line.
The conger eel fell onto the deck and kept wriggling.
Jiang Dong almost jumped up.
Jiang Xia lifted her foot. She was used to it, as the trawl net often caught one or two conger eels, and she wasn't as afraid anymore.
Moreover, how could Zhou Cheng Lei let it wriggle over to Jiang Xia's side and scare her? He kicked it back.
Jiang Dong almost jumped up again!
Zhou Cheng Lei bent down and grabbed it with one hand, throwing it into the bucket swiftly.
Zhang Fu Yan continued to pull up the fish, and a slingjaw fish came up next.
Then, several large yellow croakers were caught consecutively.
...
There were a total of two hundred hooks, and eighty-two were empty, with one hundred and eighteen fish caught.
Half of them were large yellow croakers, sixty-eight in total.
There were fifteen three-toothed fish, six yellow gurnards, five black snappers, one conger eel, three stonefish, seven seaperch, and the rest were miscellaneous fish.
Jiang Xia smiled, "Not bad, they can sell for over eighty dollars!"
Zhang Fu Yan was surprised, "So many?"
"Yes, large yellow croakers are quite valuable now."
Jiang Dong excitedly said, "Let's go to the next spot and pull up the rest of the hooks!"
Zhang Fu Yan: "The one we put down earlier was in the water for longer. Will there be more fish?"
Jiang Xia: "It depends on luck."
Zhou Cheng Lei started the boat and quickly found the positioning buoy. He stopped the boat and pulled up the line, asking Zhang Fu Yan and Jiang Dong, "Who's doing it?"
Zhang Fu Yan looked at Jiang Dong, "You do it!"
Xia Xia had specifically taken them out to sea, but Jiang Dong was already scared and retreating after seeing the conger eel. He had no sense of involvement, which wasn't good.
Jiang Dong wasn't afraid anymore, or at least he pretended not to be!
"I'll do it."
So, Jiang Dong sat down and began to pull up the fishing line.
The first ten hooks were all empty.
Jiang Dong muttered, "Why are they all empty? Am I just having bad luck? Xiao Yan, why don't you give it a try?"
Jiang Xia laughed, "Who knows, maybe the big fish are just behind."
Zhang Fu Yan said, "Yes, be patient!"
As soon as they finished speaking, they pulled up a fish, another large yellow croaker, quite big, weighing about two jin.
Jiang Dong cut the fish and laughed, "As expected, the good fish are at the back! The bigger the catch, the better!"
He continued to pull, and after two empty hooks, another large yellow croaker appeared, weighing around one jin.
Jiang Xia said, "It seems this area really has a lot of large yellow croakers."
Zhang Fu Yan suggested, "Then tomorrow, you can come by boat and trawl this area!"
Cheng Lei explained, "It's not suitable for trawling here. This area has a lot of reefs on the seabed."
Jiang Xia realized, "No wonder I haven't seen any trawling fishing boats."
"Hmm." He intentionally chose an area with fewer fishing boats to deploy the multiple hook system.
At this moment, Jiang Dong pulled up a somewhat flat fish, a large one. Excitedly, he asked, "Brother-in-law, what kind of fish is this? It's huge, about two or three jin, right?"
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"It's a slingjaw," he replied.
Zhang Fu Yan had never eaten this fish before and found it ugly. "Is it tasty?" she asked.
"It's okay," he answered.
Then, another eel appeared, a big one. Jiang Dong was startled at first, but fortunately, he had been on guard, so he wasn't scared this time. He pulled it up and then dodged its wriggling body, reaching for the scissors to cut it.
Cheng Lei, afraid it might jump around and scare Jiang Xia, quickly held the net bag to catch it.
Jiang Dong directly cut it into the net bag.
Jiang Xia took a glance, "This eel is fat!"
Cheng Lei estimated, "It should be around twelve or thirteen jin."
"We'll have it for dinner tonight!" Jiang Dong felt a great sense of accomplishment, finally redeeming himself!
It proved that he wasn't afraid earlier; he just wanted to protect his sister!
He had mistaken the person!
Zhang Fu Yan laughed, "Great! You handle it, and I want to eat the braised eel you make."
Jiang Dong said, "...I don't know how to cook that, I'll make it for you once I learn."
Jiang Dong quickly continued to collect the fish, not saying a word.
Then, another eel appeared, weighing over ten jin.
Zhang Fu Yan laughed, "I know you want to practice, and the fish are automatically biting! Study hard tonight!"
Jiang Dong: "...”
"If the next one is also an eel, I'll use it to practice. This one is too big, and if I don't cook it well, it'll be a waste. No matter what the next one is, I'll use it to practice!"
He didn't believe that three eels would come up in a row.
But, indeed, another eel appeared!
Jiang Dong: "...”
Could this eel understand human speech? Was it deliberately coming up to give him a hard time? Weren't there supposed to be many large yellow croakers?
He could still steam the large yellow croaker!
Jiang Xia laughed, "It seems it's fate."
Zhang Fu Yan said, "This time, you can't escape. This one is smaller!"
Jiang Dong felt like slapping himself.
Jiang Xia asked, "Will they all be eels from now on, enough for Xiao Dong to practice braised eel to the level of a culinary master?"
Jiang Dong gave his sister an aggrieved look: Is she really his sister?
Zhang Fu Yan laughed, "That would be great!"
Jiang Dong decided to step aside, "Sister, you have good luck. You come and pull up a big fish! We haven't caught any big ones today."
Cheng Lei teased, "Do you think your sister, with her big belly, can handle it?"
Jiang Xia smiled, "Are you scared?"
"Who's scared!" Jiang Dong had no choice but to continue pulling, and it felt a bit heavy.
Jiang Dong exclaimed, "It seems like a big fish! It's a bit heavy."
Zhang Fu Yan urged, "Pull it up quickly and see what fish it is!"
Jiang Xia didn't join the excitement but sat steadily, waiting for them to pull up the fish.
The fishing boat was small, and she didn't want to accidentally fall into the sea.
Cheng Lei prepared a hand net.
Jiang Dong carefully pulled it up.
(End of Chapter)
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