Chapter 122: Fu Mingyu Without Sea Transport
“We’ve got a bite!”
It’s still a bit heavy.
Yun Jiao really wanted to just brute force the fish over, but she was afraid of breaking the newly bought fishing rod, so she could only patiently play the fish first.
Fu Mingyu watched from the side without interfering.
A few minutes later, the fish seemed to have lost its strength, and was finally pulled back by Yun Jiao.
It was indeed a large grouper: “It’s a Giant Grouper!”
Seeing the fish getting closer and closer, Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe’s eyes widened.
Giant groupers are giant groupers among groupers, and adult ones can grow to over a hundred jin.
And the price is not cheap, three or four yuan per jin.
The Giant Grouper Yun Jiao caught was not big, it looked about twenty jin.
But this size is relative to the Giant Grouper species; compared to most other fish, this was already a very heavy fish.
Yun Jiao turned her head, her eyes curved into a smile towards Fu Mingyu.
“The fishing rod you bought brought good luck!”
I didn’t expect this fishing rod to get off to a good start on its first fishing trip, catching such a big fish with just a dried small shrimp.
Several people scrambled to get the Giant Grouper from the sea onto the boat, and Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe were also grinning.
“A good start, a good start…”
They filled the boat cabin with seawater and put the large Giant Grouper inside.
Although it was a bit weak, the fish was still alive.
“You try.”
Yun Jiao wanted Fu Mingyu to experience the fun of fishing too.
Fu Mingyu nodded, took the fishing rod with bait already attached, and cast the fishing line like Yun Jiao.
Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe were not idle either.
However, they were not planning to cast nets today, but wanted to try a new method.
Longline fishing.
This was something they learned from a fisherman they had a good relationship with.
Longline fishing uses a very long fishing rope, with smaller ropes branching off at intervals, and each smaller rope has a fish hook attached.
There are two to three hundred small ropes attached to one rope, and of course, a float is attached at intervals to keep the rope suspended in the middle of the sea.
The fish hooks are all baited with bait, which can be any kind of meat, and what you catch depends entirely on luck.
Their family didn’t have other meat, so they only put on small fish, or small shrimp.
Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe each piloted the boat and laid the lines, and they were just trying it out, so they didn’t prepare too much, only three longlines.
After they finished laying them, they realized that Fu Mingyu hadn’t even picked up his fishing rod yet.
How long has it been?
Yun Jiao sat cross-legged beside Fu Mingyu, resting her chin on her little hands and staring at the sea surface.
Fu Mingyu’s expression looked very serious, and he was fishing with great concentration.
“Why don’t you pick it up again?”
Fu Mingyu obediently picked it up and found that the bait was still there, and no fish had even bitten it!
Yun Jiao immediately pouted, she had picked it up three times, why hasn’t a single fish bitten?
Yun Linhe scratched his head, a thud in his heart.
“No way, is there no fish in this sea area?”
Then their longlines would be wasted?
Yun Jiao took the fishing rod from Fu Mingyu and cast the bait out again.
While Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe were muttering to themselves, wondering whether to reel in the ropes and change locations, Yun Jiao’s fishing rod moved.
With a whizz, it pulled out a long length of fishing line.
Yun Jiao controlled the reel, and the fishing rod was bent into a bow.
Yun Linhai & Yun Linhe: …………
Never mind that for now, let’s help Jiao Jiao catch the fish first.
This one wasn’t as heavy as the Giant Grouper, but it was fierce.
It was a familiar old fish, a Sea Wolf.
The first time Yun Jiao fished with a rod, she caught quite a few Sea Wolves.
“Wow… this Sea Wolf is not small.”
Even though it was pulled up close, the Sea Wolf was still struggling hard.
This was also a fish of over ten jin.
After this fish was brought up, everyone’s gaze couldn’t help but turn to Fu Mingyu.
How did he do it?
He cast his hook for almost twenty minutes, and not even a single fish bit.
Fu Mingyu: …………
Don’t look at me, he doesn’t know either.
“How about you try again?”
Fu Mingyu nodded silently.
It must be that he chose the wrong spot earlier, he would try a different spot this time.
So Fu Mingyu took the fishing rod and cast it in another direction.
One minute later…
If the fishing rod didn’t move, everyone could still sit still.
Three minutes later…
Still no movement.
Everyone was getting a little restless.
Yun Linhe scratched his head: “It shouldn’t be like this, there are quite a lot of fish in the sea, even if you can’t catch big fish, small fish should at least bite, right?”
Yun Linhai cleared his throat: “Take the hook out and see, maybe the bait is not…”
Fu Mingyu reeled in the fishing line, and the intact dried small shrimp on the hook seemed to be a naked mockery of him.
Everyone: …………
“Cough… how about you try another direction?”
Fu Mingyu pursed his lips: “No need.”
He said, “I might not have the talent.”
Yun Linhe sat down: “I’ll try, maybe it’s the fishing rod’s problem, not yours, Little Fu, don’t overthink it.”
While he was still comforting him, the fishing rod he had just cast moved.
Yun Linhe: …………
He couldn’t comfort him anymore.
He reeled in the line, this fish was not big, a Golden Pomfret of less than a jin.
But he caught a fish too.
Yun Linhai didn’t believe it: “I’ll try.”
Not long after, Yun Linhai caught a Flathead Grey Mullet.
“There are definitely fish here, you try again.”
The fishing rod returned to Fu Mingyu’s hand.
Five minutes later…
Yun Jiao’s family all rested their chins on their hands, looking at him with shocked, bewildered, and disbelieving eyes.
The fishing rod hadn’t moved at all, and the bait hadn’t decreased at all!
Fu Mingyu looked at them dryly.
“Sigh…”
Yun Linhe patted his small shoulder: “Good thing you don’t live by the sea.”
Otherwise, with this sea transport, they would starve.
Yun Linhai nodded in complete agreement.
Yun Jiao also patted his shoulder: “It’s okay, you can just watch me fish.”
Fu Mingyu: …………
In the end, the fishing rod returned to Yun Jiao’s hand.
Her luck at sea was undoubtedly the best, she always caught good things every time she fished, or they were large.
“Dad, can I go play in the sea?”
Yun Linhai refused without hesitation: “No.”
The Orca was not around, and even though he knew Yun Jiao could breathe in the sea, he was still worried about her going alone into the deep sea, fearing she might encounter dangerous fish or sea snakes.
They would only feel at ease when the Orca was present.
Yun Jiao sighed.
Today, she didn’t know where the Orca had gone, she had called several times with no response.
Time was almost up, and Yun Linhai and the others prepared to reel in the longlines.
Yun Jiao also stopped fishing, and the two children gathered around to watch.
This longline fishing was like opening a blind box; until the fishing rope was pulled up, they would never know if the next hook was empty or what kind of fish it held.
Rubbing his hands, thinking that Yun Jiao’s luck at sea was the best, he decided to let her have the first hook.
“Jiao Jiao, you do it.”
Yun Jiao nodded, sat down, and began to pull the rope.
Very good, the first hook had weight, there was a catch!
