Chapter 97: Twenty kilograms of expensive fish, this is not fish, this is money

Chen Hui discovered a tiger fish lying on the reef, almost perfectly invisible.

If it hadn't moved on its own, I wouldn't have been able to find it in a place surrounded by fish.

Chen Hui did not rush to take action, but swam to the side to observe the size.

It looks to be between one and two kilograms, which is not small among wild tiger fish.

This time when I went to the sea, I originally planned to catch a fish or a lobster and give it to Huang Xiu Lian to express my gratitude.

This tiger fish is rare, expensive, and of the right size. It won't be too eye-catching when used as a gift, but it will show your sincerity.

The dorsal fin of the tiger fish is poisonous. Skin breaking, swelling and pain are minor issues, but it would be troublesome if it caused systemic infection.

Chen Hui looked at his gloves and still felt they were not safe enough.

He took out a small net bag and, with slow and gentle movements, caught the tiger fish with the net bag.

Holding the drawstring in one hand and the long pliers in the other, use the pliers to hit the rocks under the tiger fish to make it swim and enter the net bag completely.

Grab the drawstring, clamp the net bag with pliers and pull it forward to close the net bag.

Then he carefully tied a knot.

The tiger fish struggled violently in the net bag, and some of the tip of its dorsal spine pierced through the net bag and came out.

Safety first.

Chen Hui swam back to the sea with the things and found a fishing boat not far away.

After swimming over, he tied the net bag containing the tiger fish to the rope he had just pulled down.

"Brother Chen Hui!"

He poked his head out from the bed.

An Wenjing had fallen into the sea before.

It was fine to sit inside the boat, but looking down at the ocean from the edge of the boat, she still felt her legs weak and her heart beat fast.

He simply lay down on the boat with only his head sticking out.

"Why are you here? Go in quickly and be careful!" Chen Hui shouted at the top of his voice.

"Hey, I've been waiting for you here. Are you going to come up?" An Wenjing asked.

Chen Hui waved his hand, motioning for her to go in a little further.

Then he turned around and dived into the sea, swam back to the area he had just been in, and continued searching in the cracks between the reefs and in the sand and rocks.

A small string of bubbles emerged from under a reef.

Chen Hui swam over and found two blue crabs stacked on top of each other.

"In broad daylight, in the open, this is immoral."

Chen Hui complained in his heart, grabbed the one on top first, tied it up with a thick rope and put it into the net bag.

Then he sent in another one.

A shiny orchid crab sensed the movement and ran by along the sand.

Chen Hui did not despise it because of its low value, and also gave it a bundled gift and stuffed it in together.

During the mating season, crabs looking for mates gather together.

Although blue crabs are the most expensive, Chen Hui is not picky when he sees cheap ones. As long as they are of the right size, he will tie them all up and take them home.

Even with the confusion in his senses, Chen Hui still found a lot.

The more I catch, the more excited I become, and the happier I become.

Until the thick ropes in the small net bag were used up, I felt that I had been out in the sea for a long time.

Chen Hui put it into the net bag, tied the rope around it twice, and prepared to go back.

A group of small grouper fish formed a whole wall of fish, swimming together past in front of him, making Chen Hui feel itchy.

Garoupa is one of the most common fish sold at sea.

The price is not high, but the quantity is large enough, so you can catch a whole basket at a time.

The advantage in quantity makes up for the disadvantage in price, so it is worth being happy if we catch some fish.

This time I brought three net bags, two large and one small. The small one caught a tiger fish and hung it on the rope of the fishing boat.

A big one was filled with crabs, and there was just one left in my hand.

Chen Hui swung open the net bag to look.

Come here.

I caught a little bit of croaker and sold it, bought some new clothes for An Wenjing and Chen Huihong, and some candy for that little brat An Wenyi.
Think about how happy they are.

Chen Hui felt that the school of fish swimming towards this side in the distance also looked golden.

Chen Hui did it right away. He grabbed one side of the net bag and swam against the oncoming group of grouper fish.

When I didn't want to catch them.

They were enthusiastic and proactive, swimming past Chen Hui in groups, and the brave ones even dared to touch him.

Wait until Chen Hui becomes proactive.

The fish that were just coming towards us suddenly turned their heads and swam in different directions.

Even though Chen Hui sped up, the net only caught four or five fish.

? ? ? ?
Chen Hui looked at the net bag with very little catch, and his competitive spirit was immediately aroused.

Grabbing the net bag, he chased in another direction.

After swimming for a long distance with the school of fish, Chen Hui finally caught twenty or thirty grouper in the net bag. He realized that he was too far away from the fishing boat.

He swam to the surface of the sea and poked his head out of the water to determine the location of the fishing boat.

Dive down and swim back.

After passing an area with fewer reefs and relatively open waters, Chen Hui once again felt that sensation, which was obviously stronger.

This stronger sensation means that there are significantly larger fish around.

Are there any big fish?

Could it be that the unlucky stingray just now swam over here after being scared by me?
Chen Hui calmed down and sorted out his feelings.

It is indeed a big fish, but the feeling is obviously not as strong as before.

Maybe it was another, slightly smaller ray.

Chen Hui, who had been teased by the grouper fish all the way, was feeling very angry.

I got even angrier when I thought about how leisurely the stingray was swimming.

I still don't want to catch it though.

But this did not affect Chen Hui's desire to poke it again with pliers and interrupt its peaceful and leisurely fish life.

Chen Hui followed his feeling and swam towards the deeper part of the sea.

After passing through two huge reefs, we found this area of ​​sea, a rare area with only corals and gravel.

A huge, thick and long red-billed sturgeon, estimated to be about 20 pounds, was sweeping the sand pit nearby with its tail fin, apparently looking for food.

When Chen Hui saw it, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

How can this be fish? This is clearly a pile of money!
In Chen Hui's memory, fish maw is a very nutritious food because of its scarcity.

A wild red-billed sturgeon weighing ten pounds can be sold for tens of thousands of yuan. Even larger ones can be sold for tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan.

After being happy for a while, Chen Hui quickly calmed down.

Just because something can be sold for tens of thousands of dollars in a few decades doesn’t mean it is valuable now.

The yellow croaker that was worth more than gold decades ago now costs only a few cents per pound.

To get the specific price, you still have to get it back first and then ask old fishermen like Wu Shuisheng who know the business.

Chen Hui untied the opening of the big net bag, turned the net bag inside out, and released all the grouper fish inside.

It extended its evil claws towards the red-billed sturgeon that had just dug out food from the sand.

The red-billed sturgeon sensed danger and gave up the food that had just reached its mouth and swam away.

As he swam, he happened to reach an area without any coral obstruction, and was caught by Chen Hui who was chasing him at a faster speed.

(End of this chapter)