"Why can't I catch a big fish?"
"I didn't expect Master Chen to be so lucky. He actually caught a squid as big as a jar. That squid might weigh ten kilograms. There's no way we can beat him."
"What nonsense! Just because you can't compete doesn't mean others can't. If we look again, maybe we can catch a ten-pound sea fish. What's more, Xiaohui is right. We don't know where the captain swam to. He should have caught something good after swimming in the sea for so long." A crew member said to everyone.
Xiang Yang had actually gone ashore a long time ago but not from this side. This time, Xiang Yang had been in the water for a long time and it would be difficult to explain to others if he went ashore from the original place. Xiang Yang simply went ashore from another place so that if anyone asked him, he could use the excuse that he swam to another place.
"It's almost time." Xu Fang looked at his wrist, "It's about time to come over and weigh yourself."
A group of crew members gathered around Xu Fang.
Chen Qingsheng smiled, revealing his white teeth, "Old Xu, weigh it for me first."
After weighing the squid, Xu Fang smiled and said, "Nine pounds and two ounces. Do you want to weigh anything else?"
No one moved.
"Come here and weigh yourself. Although I will definitely take the first place, you can still compete for the second place!" Chen Qingsheng said with a smile.
Everyone rolled their eyes. The first place in the gambling game is the one that wins everyone's money. The second place gets nothing. What's the point of competing
"No one weighs it? Then my bonus will be given to Old Chen." Xu Fang took out a stack of ten-yuan bills and said.
"Humph, if we're comparing who has the most valuable seafood, I'll definitely win this time," said a crew member unconvinced. He had a large lobster in his net bag, weighing about two kilograms.
"This time, we're competing to see who catches the heaviest seafood. If you want to compete again, I'll bet with you." Chen Qingsheng grinned.
As soon as Chen Qingsheng said this, many crew members were eager to try. In the eyes of the crew, the seafood they caught was more valuable than the squid caught by Chen Qingsheng.
There is no way. If it is cuttlefish, you may be able to sell it for some money after drying it. But squid is really like garbage on the seashore. It is scattered all over the beach and fishermen may not even bend down to pick it up when they see it.
"We'll talk about the next round, let's talk about this round first." Xu Fang shook the stack of ten-yuan bills in his hand, "If you don't have any other opinions, then this money belongs to Old Chen."
"Wait a minute." Xiang Hui shouted, "Isn't there still a few minutes? My second brother hasn't arrived yet, why are you in such a hurry?"
Xu Fang and Chen Qingsheng smiled at each other, both knowing that the captain probably didn't catch anything in the sea, and now he was probably unable to save face and had already run back home in shame.
"Xiaohui, don't talk." Xiang Chen pulled Xiang Hui's arm.
"What's wrong?" Xiang Hui was confused.
Xiang Chen looked at Xiang Hui, "If you didn't catch any seafood, wouldn't you run back home?"
"Okay." Xu Fang quickly interrupted the conversation between the two brothers.
Xiang Yang is the captain, and the captain's prestige has a huge impact on everyone on the ship.
There have always been many cases where crew members hesitated to follow the captain's orders when encountering emergencies at sea due to the captain's lack of prestige, leading to serious consequences. Remarks that affect the captain's prestige cannot be made even after leaving the ship.
"The captain received a call from the first mate saying that he had something urgent to do, so he will not participate in this cargo gambling." Xu Fang lied for Xiang Yang.
"Really?" Xiang Hui pointed suspiciously at the beach behind Xu Fang, "Then who is that?"
Xu Fang looked back and saw Xiang Yang, who was late, carrying a large bucket.
"Well, it doesn't seem to be an important matter. The captain came again after dealing with it." Xu Fang said immediately.
"Finished it? Go fishing at the sea, what important thing could I have?" Xiang Yang was totally confused.
The crew members were stunned when they saw Xiang Yang's reaction, and then they all burst into laughter.
"Second brother, the referee you chose is unfair. He wants to end the game before you arrive." Xiang Hui shouted even louder.
Xiang Yang was amused and joked, "Master Xu, you are so good. I was wondering why you warned me not to bribe the referee when I went to the sea. It turns out that you had been bribed a long time ago!"
Xu Fang was suddenly depressed. He didn't expect that his plan would backfire and Xiang Yang actually came.
"Yes, yes, yes, I was bribed. But it doesn't matter whether I was bribed or not. There are so many eyes watching. This time, he caught a giant squid weighing more than nine kilograms. Captain, what's your catch?" Xu Fang asked.
Before Xiang Yang could speak, Fang Youqun came up to him and said, "Brother Yang, let me see what you have gained."
As he spoke, Fang Youqun stretched his neck to look into Xiang Yang's bucket.
"hiss!"
Seeing this, Fang Youqun could only gasp.
"What the hell are you talking about? Just tell me what you want to say. Let me take a look." Xiang Hui stepped forward and pushed Fang Youqun away, then stretched his neck to look into the bucket.
"hiss!"
Xiang Hui also took a breath of cold air.
"What did you see?" No one could sit still. "Why do you all look like you've seen a ghost after looking into the bucket? Is there a mermaid in the bucket?"
"It's not that exaggerated. It's just a grouper weighing about 20 kilograms." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
"puff!"
A guy who was drinking water sprayed the water in his mouth everywhere, and then he started coughing violently.
The crew members around who were drenched in saliva had their eyes wide open, and they were stunned as if they were not the ones being drenched in saliva, and they didn't react at all.
Xiang Yang looked at everyone's shocked expressions in silence, "Isn't it just a grouper? We have even caught more expensive pufferfish before, so a grouper shouldn't be that bad, right?"
"How can they be the same?" Chen Qingsheng, who had been a sailor all his life, felt confused. "The pufferfish was caught with a trawl net, but you caught this rat grouper with your bare hands in the sea?"
"It was stranded in a puddle. I went over and slapped it unconscious and then caught it back." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
Everyone gathered around the bucket, all in a mess. The rat was stranded in the puddle, why didn't they have the same luck
"What have you caught? I don't know if this grouper of mine is heavy enough. If not, I have some swimming crabs here, please help me weigh them together!" Xiang Yang untied the net bag around his waist and said while holding up half of the net bag full of swimming crabs.
Everyone: “… ”
"Second brother, in which puddle did you catch this spotted rat? Is that puddle big?" Xiang Hui lay beside the bucket, looking at the spotted rat that had already awakened, his eyes almost red.
Upon hearing this, the other crew members pricked up their ears and looked at Xiang Yang eagerly.
Although the rat grouper is not as famous as the eastern star grouper, it is the most precious and nutritious type of grouper. It is known as the king of groupers. Fishermen have caught rat groupers before. They were sent to the county hotel and sold directly for 800 yuan per catty.