Start with the fisherman

Chapter 3 Big Yellow Croaker School
They had gotten up late to begin with, and had to play two rounds of overtime. When Cao Ze went out, the sun was already high in the sky. Most of the young people in the village had already gone out to sea, leaving only a few idle old men gathered in the village, bragging.

At this time, an old man came towards us from the beach. He actually came back from fishing so early in the morning?
When he got closer and saw the big golden fish as long as the old man's arm, Cao Ze understood.

It turned out to be a yellow croaker!

This is not surprising.

Yellow croaker is a very valuable fish. It is not only delicious, but also has many other benefits such as enhancing immunity, delaying aging, nourishing the kidneys and replenishing deficiency. It is even said to have a good effect on warriors and can replenish qi and blood.

Such a big yellow croaker is worth as much as Cao Ze’s fishing harvest for a month. If Cao Ze catches it, he will choose to return home.

However, there are no yellow croakers on the coast of the East China Sea, and Uncle Qiang only has one black-sailed boat, which is impossible for him to go to the open sea. Where did he catch the yellow croakers?

Cao Ze's heart moved, and he walked towards the old man carrying the big yellow croaker.

"Wow! Lao Gan, you are so lucky!"

"Good old Gan, you didn't come back last night. I thought you would never come back, but I didn't expect you were out doing something important!"

Yellow croakers as long as arms are rare in Bishui Village. They can only be seen occasionally on boats going deep-sea fishing. Naturally, they attract a lot of attention.

The few old men who were spitting at the entrance of the village naturally came forward and surrounded Gan Yunqiang, admiring him and not hiding their envy.

Gan Yunqiang couldn't stop talking, and began to talk about his deeds of bravely fighting sea monsters and catching giant yellow croaker.

Being able to catch such a large yellow croaker can not only exchange for a large amount of money, but also prove his own strength. In the future, whoever mentions Gan Yunqiang in Bishui Village will give a thumbs up, right?
After listening for a while, Cao Ze understood. It turned out that when Uncle Qiang was preparing to return yesterday, he happened to encounter a group of large yellow croakers that swam from nowhere. So he put a lot of effort and spent a whole night hunting patiently, and finally caught one.

Of course, this is the content translated by Cao Ze.

Uncle Qiang said that he had a keen eye and used his decades of fishing experience to see a golden light coming from the bottom of the sea in the east from afar. He counted with his fingers and knew that a treasure was coming, so he drove the boat towards it.

He then discovered that there was a sea monster driving away the fish, so he picked up the harpoon and drove away the sea monster. In order to repay his kindness, a large yellow croaker took the initiative to jump onto his black-sailed boat.

"Uncle Qiang, where did you find the school of yellow croaker?"

Cao Ze stepped forward and asked.

"Ozawa!"

Uncle Qiang's mouth was a little dry after talking, and when he saw Cao Ze, his eyes lit up. What's the point of bragging in front of this group of old people? He still enjoyed the clear and stupid eyes of young people more, especially the look of admiration on their faces when they heard about his deeds.

"You're going out to sea so late?"

"When I was as young as you, I would go to the beach before dawn. It took decades of hard work to develop these excellent fishing and hunting skills."

Uncle Qiang shook his head and taught him, "Young people should not be lazy!"

"Uncle Qiang is right!"

Cao Ze nodded repeatedly and continued to ask, "I am about to learn from Uncle Qiang and go see the large yellow croaker school. I would like to ask Uncle Qiang for some advice. I will definitely repay Uncle Qiang in the future."

"Ok!"

Uncle Qiang nodded with satisfaction.

The location of the yellow croaker school is a treasure, so he naturally would not tell anyone about it.

But Cao Ze’s last words touched him.

I will repay you in the future!

He is now over fifty. How many more years can he go to sea?
He has no descendants, otherwise he wouldn't have to go out to sea to fish so hard at such an old age to save money for his coffin.

He watched Cao Ze grow up, so he can trust him.

"It's about five or six nautical miles north of the coral island, twenty nautical miles from the coast."

Uncle Qiang gave the location directly. Cao Ze thanked him repeatedly and hurried to his small black-sailed boat. He had been out to sea late in the first place and wanted to go home early.

Although he had just left home, he was eager to return home when he thought of his lovely wife at home.

"Lao Gan, this is not like you, just handing over the treasure to someone else?"

At the entrance of the village, several old men looked at Gan Yunqiang.

Uncle Qiang just shook his head. "How can a yellow croaker be so easy to catch? I think my sea-watching skills are among the best in Bishui Village, but I only caught this one, right?"

He told Cao Ze the location of the yellow croaker school, but he didn't expect Cao Ze to catch any fish.

The key to catching big yellow croaker is to find the location of the fish school. This alone is impossible to do without decades of fishing and hunting experience. Even if he gave the location, it is not something that a young man like Cao Ze can do.

But he had already spread the news and done the favor. Regardless of whether Cao Ze caught any fish or not, he had to accept his favor.

When Cao Ze hits the wall and suffers, he will naturally come to him.

"Young people are just too impatient!"

Uncle Qiang sighed softly. He had originally planned to give Cao Ze some more advice. Although he couldn't guarantee that he would catch a yellow croaker, it could at least increase the chances.

"Can he not be anxious?"

The old man at the side chuckled, "I heard that Xiaoze got married yesterday. There's a new delicate wife at home, and one more mouth to feed!"

"I don't know what Su Wu was thinking, pushing his daughter into the fire pit like this."

The other old man also shook his head, "It would be fine if Cao Laosan was still here, but now Cao Laosan is gone..."

"Xiao Zhi is such a pretty girl, but if she follows Cao Ze, that idiot, she will suffer for many years!"

A group of people returned to the entrance of the village and sat down, spitting again.

Cao Ze had already rowed his sloop boat to a location five or six nautical miles north of Coral Island.

Looking around, the sea is vast.

If it were in the past, he would have been like a headless fly, trying his luck everywhere.

But now, when he looked carefully at the sea, he could vaguely see traces of a school of fish swimming by. Although he could not tell what kind of fish it was, at least he was no longer a headless fly.

Is this the power of Wanghai?

Cao Ze had heard before that old fishermen could observe the traces of fish schools, but he didn't expect that he could do it now!
Rowing the black-sailed boat, following the traces of the school of fish.

About half an hour later, a large school of fish appeared in front of them.

Unfortunately, it was not a school of yellow croaker, but just the most common grouper on the seashore.

Cao Ze did not despise him. He slowly rowed the black-sailed boat over, picked up the fishing net, and raised his arms. The fishing net, which was originally a ball, suddenly opened up and instantly covered an area of ​​five or six meters in radius, like a huge gluttonous mouth falling from the sky and into the sea, just covering the fish school in the distance.

The moment the net was caught, Cao Ze pulled the net rope in his hand, and the open fishing net suddenly closed like a mimosa, tightening the mouth and covering the fish that had no time to escape.

Cao Ze was delighted, and this time he cast the net far and accurately, landing directly in the middle of the fish school. Although the fish reacted quickly, many of them were still caught in his net. The fish in this net must be no less than 50 kilograms!
It’s worthy of being called the golden finger!

It's so terrifying!
In the morning he could only feel the increase in strength, but now, he felt like an old fisherman who had been fishing and hunting for many years. Even Uncle Qiang would praise his skill in casting the net!
The next step is to raise the net.

Raise the net, pinch the bag, and scoop the net...

It was done in one go. In just a quarter of an hour, the more than 50 kilograms of grouper were already in the storage room of the sloop.

(End of this chapter)