Chapter 19 Let's Divide the Money
This is valuable stuff!
When Chen Hui saw the fish, he seemed to see the amiable face of a rich woman.

The red snapper was knocked out of the reef by Chen Hui, and turned around and hid in the reef on the other side, which was larger and better concealed.

Chen Hui swam over carefully and opened the net bag as wide as possible.

While gently tapping the coral reef, adjust the outlet of the net bag according to the direction of the sea red spot.

After making sure that the red grouper did not have the space to suddenly turn and swim elsewhere, Chen Hui increased the force of hitting the reef.

The sea grouper was frightened and swam forward suddenly. By the time the fish's mouth hit the net bag and it reacted, Chen Hui had already finished closing the net.

Chen Hui laughed in the water, pulled the net bag in front of him, and looked carefully at the gap.

This sea grouper looks a little smaller than the previous eastern grouper, estimated to be around three pounds.

Because he was caught relatively gently, and there were no damages on his body.

If it can be kept alive, the price it fetched will not be lower than that of the previous grouper.

This sea red spot is totally worthy of a single house.

Chen Hui did not look for other fish. He returned to the beach with the net bag and found a place with deeper water to keep it.

Go ashore and put on your clothes.

I collected some dry branches on the shore and put them in the sun.

Humming a song, leisurely on the high rocks.

Split the wooden stick that you just brought into the water into strips, and use a hatchet to carefully cut it into long, relatively round wooden sticks.

As the sky gradually darkens, the surging tide tends to recede.

Chen Hui built a fire on the beach.

Take out the mantis shrimps in the first net bag and the shrimps in the second net bag and string them on the sharpened long wooden skewers.

While enjoying the sunset, I grilled the food in my hands leisurely.

The shrimp meat is sweet and fresh, with a light salty taste, and it tastes great without any seasoning.

Mantis shrimp are difficult to peel, so Chen Hui took out a large pancake from the cloth bag.

Peel more than ten mantis shrimps, roll them up with pancakes and eat them together. It is delicious and filling.

After eating, Chen Hui felt a little thirsty, so he stood up and drank some water.

After eating and drinking, we contentedly lit a bonfire and watched the lights coming and going in the distance.

I don’t know whether these ships are returning to port or just setting out to sea.

Chen Hui found that although he grew up by the sea, he actually didn't know much about the lives of fishermen.

It soon became completely dark, and the receding water covered more than half of the beach again.

Chen Hui estimated that the time was about right and started to make the fire bigger.

I haven't looked at the sky to judge the time for decades, and I have long forgotten this skill.

If I had money, I would definitely buy a watch.

It would be better to buy another bicycle. It’s not good to borrow Chen Xiaoqiao’s bicycle all day long.

The house at home is in poor condition. If we could tear it down and rebuild a two or three-story villa, that would be a good life.

In a few decades, houses in the village will not be allowed to be demolished and rebuilt.

If the old house is old and dilapidated, you can only repair it. Once it becomes a dangerous building and collapses, the land you built the house on will no longer belong to you.

Decades of changes in the times sometimes happen in the blink of an eye.

Chen Hui was daydreaming when several flashlights were swaying towards him and a fishing boat was slowly approaching.

"came back!"

After waiting for several hours, Chen Hui couldn't stand it any longer.

After confirming that it was Wu Shuisheng and his fishing boat.

Chen Hui put on the cloth bag, untied the net bag tied to the tree, and carried the three cloth bags to the water's edge.

"What's going on? How did you get so many snails?"

Wu Shuisheng saw that the net bag behind Chen Hui was bulging, so he got off the boat to help. "Uncle, help me get one, let's go up and talk." Chen Hui handed the net bag filled with snails and clams to Wu Shuisheng.

"Give it all to me. It's fine as long as you can go up by yourself."

Wu Shuisheng grabbed all three net bags in his hands, waited for Chen Hui to go up, tied the net bags to the ropes and had him pull up onto the deck, and then he went up himself.

"Wow, young man, it looks like you've got quite a lot." Wei Jianjun, who was traveling with him, saw it and came over curiously.

"These three big bags must contain dozens of kilograms of snails, right?" Wu Guang also said.

"Uncle Guang, do we have oxygen supply equipment on board? Or seawater for fish farming?"

After pulling Wu Shuisheng up, Chen Hui didn't have time to chat with them and asked quickly.

"There is a water tank, but your snail doesn't fit it." Wu Shuisheng said as he put away the rope.

"There are crabs here. Did you catch all the king crabs?" Wei Jianjun said without opening the net bag and looked at it.

Several people couldn't help laughing after hearing this.

"Xiao Chen, this crab doesn't need to be raised. It won't die in a short time." Wu Guang said with a smile.

"Okay, stop laughing." Wu Shuisheng said this with a smile on his face.

"I caught a sea grouper, it's worth more alive."

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While a few people were looking at each other, Chen Hui had already found the water tank containing the valuable fish.

There are quite a few garfish and a grouper in the tank.

There was enough space, so Chen Hui put the sea urchin and the net bag in.

"What did you say? You caught the red grouper?" Wu Shuisheng came over to take a look.

"Yes, didn't uncle see it just now?"

"It was pitch dark, I couldn't pay attention to so many things."

When they heard that Chen Hui had caught the red grouper, several of his companions came over to join in the fun.

"Open it and take a look. Don't make a mistake, or you'll make a fool of yourself when you go back." Wu Guang said.

"Yes, open it and take a look."

Chen Hui looked at Wu Shuisheng. After all, he was not familiar with the other people on the boat.

"Look, if this is really a sea urchin, it's worth more than everything in this tank combined."

Seeing Wu Shuisheng say this, Chen Hui nodded and pulled the drawstring of the net bag.

"Wow! So big?" Wu Guangxian exclaimed.

Then Wu Shuisheng and Wei Jianjun shone their flashlights at it and also exclaimed in amazement.

"How big is it? You all look like this."

"Come and take over. I'll go over to take a look too." Wu Shun, the boatman, couldn't bear to watch the excitement, so he shouted while controlling the fishing boat.

"I'll come, I'll come, and let you see the world."

"This red grouper is really big. Xiao Chen's luck is amazing." Wu Guang walked around several large baskets filled with fish and took over Wu Shun.

"Hey, this must weigh three pounds?"

Wu Shun shone the flashlight at them and immediately understood their surprise.

"Let's divide the money from the sale of crabs and snails. I'm going to send this fish to the county and won't sell it." Chen Hui said generously.

"No, no, you caught these by yourself, they belong to you."

"That's right, we can still take these things from you."

"You have indeed gained a lot. We have also gained a lot. We are just taking you out to sea, so we don't need you."

"We'll share the fish if you sell it. The spicy snails and king crabs are only worth a few dollars and we don't want them. Hahahaha."

(End of this chapter)