Chapter 93: Orca Delivers A Gift
“It’s a Blue Spotted Grouper!”
Blue Spotted Groupers are also a type of Grouper, but they are rarer and more expensive, currently selling for five yuan per jin.
This Blue Spotted Grouper caught by Wang Yi weighs about three jin.
“It’s so small, not as big as the one Jiaojiao’s sister caught.”
Wang Yi didn’t know the difference or prices of sea fish; he only cared about size now.
“You can’t say that. Your fish is very rare. This fish is five yuan per jin, while the one Jiaojiao caught, although big, has a purchase price of one yuan per jin.”
Hearing this, Wang Yi became happy.
“If you calculate it like that, as long as Jiaojiao’s fish doesn’t exceed fifteen jin, then my small fish is more expensive than hers.”
“That’s correct.”
Wang Yi immediately rubbed his hands: “Let’s go again, I’m going to continue fishing.”
Jiaojiao pouted in dissatisfaction: “The fishing rod, mine.”
Wang Yi handed her the camera.
“I’ll lend you the camera to play with, can you give me the fishing rod to fish with?”
Jiaojiao held the camera: “Deal.”
Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe: “…” They actually wanted to play with the camera too.
The wooden boat wasn’t fast. After the bait was put into the sea, it moved with the boat’s swimming, appearing as if alive, which could better attract prey in the sea.
Soon, the fishing rod moved again, and Wang Yi was excited.
“Another bite, quickly, quickly, Jiaojiao’s sister, remember to take a photo for me!”
Jiaojiao held the camera and aimed it at him.
But this time it wasn’t a big fish. By the time the fish was pulled up, he was disappointed.
It turned out to be a Golden Pomfret weighing only about one jin!
Jiaojiao stared into the sea.
“Dad, cast the net.”
Wang Yi was feeling disappointed when he heard Jiaojiao shout that.
He was bewildered.
But Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe quickly reacted and cast the net nearby at the fastest speed.
Soon, the cast net sank. When the time was right, the two grown men immediately began to pull the net.
The heavy feeling upon grabbing the net made them both instantly happy.
“It’s so heavy, this net of fish must be quite a lot.”
When they used all their strength to pull the net up, some of the sea fish caught in the net were already surfacing.
Wang Yi’s eyes widened.
“Holy crap, holy crap! So many fish!”
“Jiaojiao’s sister, quickly give me the camera!”
This was the first time Wang Yi had seen such a scene, and he was too excited. He grabbed the camera and aimed it at the gradually surfacing large net of Golden Pomfret, snapping photos furiously.
He even captured Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe in the photos.
They opened the net, and the fish inside poured out with a rustling sound, covering the deck.
Mixed in were some rays.
Yun Linhe said to Wang Yi: “Xiao Yi, be careful. The tail sting of this ray is poisonous, don’t get stung by it.”
Wang Yi had become familiar with their family, and everyone’s address for him had become more intimate.
After a brief instruction, they continued to cast their nets towards the sea surface.
Jiaojiao: “Dad, do you need my help?”
Yun Linhai: “No, we can still manage.”
The strength of fishermen is very powerful. They can pull several nets of fish weighing hundreds of jin onto the boat.
This was only the second net, so Jiaojiao’s help wasn’t needed.
Jiaojiao, holding a hand net, lay on the edge of the boat. Whenever she saw a fish float to the surface, she would quickly scoop it up.
“Wow, what kind of fish is this? The color is so vibrant, and it looks so strange.”
Wang Yi was like that strange atmospheric booster, and in his shock, besides “holy crap” and “holy crap,” he couldn’t utter anything else.
Jiaojiao scooped the vibrantly colored big fish onto the deck.
Wang Yi was once again shocked by Jiaojiao’s strength. Such a big fish was scooped up.
The fish had a large head, and its body was very vibrantly colored, especially the part on its back, which was a jade-like green.
When Yun Linhai and the others pulled up their second net, they took a moment to look and named the fish.
“That’s a Mahi-Mahi.”
Wang Yi took his camera and started taking pictures of the Mahi-Mahi.
“Are there any more, any more?”
Jiaojiao: “No more, look for yourself.”
Afterward, they basically didn’t see any more fish floating to the surface.
Yun Linhai and the others caught three nets of Golden Pomfret, mixed with some rays, which are small Manta Rays, and other small mixed fish.
“Hahaha… it’s truly a great start. It seems we’ve benefited from your luck today, Xiao Yi.”
Wang Yi was very proud.
Of course, he was the first to catch a Golden Pomfret, and then they used the net to catch so many.
“The tail sting of this Manta Ray needs to be cut off.”
The two adults sat on the deck and started working on the Manta Rays.
Jiaojiao and Wang Yi continued fishing.
Later, after Yun Linhai and the others moved the boat some distance, they caught more small mixed fish, small shrimp, and crabs, generally around twenty to thirty jin, but never over a hundred jin again.
The fish they caught were also ordinary fish. Even the large ones were only worth a few mao per jin and were not valuable.
The sun on the sea grew stronger and stronger. Wang Yi, who had never been so exposed to the sun before, was starting to feel overwhelmed. Even with his straw hat on, his head felt a bit dizzy.
He lost all the excitement he had when he first arrived, and he seemed much weaker.
Suddenly, Jiaojiao poked Wang Yi.
“Orcas are coming.”
Wang Yi’s head, which had been dizzy from the sun, immediately became alert.
Jiaojiao pointed her hand towards the front left.
Wang Yi followed the direction of her hand, but the sea surface, shimmering under the sun, was reflective, and he couldn’t see clearly at all.
It wasn’t until the Orcas got closer that their enormous size entered his field of vision.
Wang Yi’s eyes widened, and his mouth fell open.
He had only heard of Orcas, but seeing one for the first time in person, he was truly shocked by their enormous size.
As they approached the boat, Wang Yi swallowed nervously.
If their physique were to collide with the boat, the boat would probably capsize!
Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe were very calm. What was there to be afraid of? It wasn’t their first time.
Anyway, Jiaojiao was here.
The Orca pod swam over and, as usual, circled their boat once.
Then, a baby Orca swam closer.
Wang Yi went from nervous and uneasy to finding it exciting, constantly taking photos of the Orcas with his camera.
Soon, he finished one roll of film.
But he had spares.
This time, the Orcas also brought gifts.
One of the Orcas swam over with a super large Manta Ray in its mouth and approached the boat.
It held one of the Manta Ray’s wing-like fins, its head sticking out of the water, and stood up to offer it to Jiaojiao.
Jiaojiao blinked: “For me?”
The Orca holding the Manta Ray nodded and made a whimpering sound.
This single Manta Ray looked like it weighed over a hundred jin.
“Holy crap, holy crap…”
No need to guess, this excited voice came from Wang Yi.
Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe were also very excited.
They encountered such a large Manta Ray, but they didn’t dare to catch it easily.
After all, when a live Manta Ray struggles in a fishing net, its weight more than doubles, and if a person is dragged into the sea by it, getting swept by its tail sting would be disastrous. Its tail is not only poisonous but also barbed; if it pierces the skin, the pain can cause a person to directly go into shock.
And now, such a large Manta Ray was being brought by an Orca to give to Jiaojiao!
