The Little Daughter-in-Law's Luck is Amazing

"Let Jiang Xia rest on the island for a bit."

Father Zhou didn't reply upon hearing this, preparing to steer the boat towards the island.

Jiang Xia, caught up in the excitement, was unwilling to rest. "No need to rest on the island, I'm not tired. I'll sort the fish on the boat. Let's cast the net again, while our luck is good, let's cast it one more time."

Father Zhou had the same idea. It was still early, why rest? It was rare for his daughter-in-law to be so sensible. He smiled and said, "Then we'll cast the net one more time, and it'll be noon by then. We can rest while we eat."

"Okay." Jiang Xia responded with a smile and said to Zhou Chenglei, "Continue casting the net."

Zhou Chenglei had no choice but to cast the net, then together with Jiang Xia, they sorted the fish on the deck.

The fish were sorted by size, with fish of roughly the same size being placed in the same basket, each basket holding about fifty pounds.

Since these fish were caught by the Trawl Net, they were already dead, making them easier to sort.

Zhou Chenglei, used to the work, could tell the weight of the fish at a glance, sorting them quickly and accurately.

But he never expected Jiang Xia to sort them even faster and more accurately, as if she had done this countless times before.

In her previous life, Jiang Xia had started following her grandmother to sell vegetables every day from the age of three. Although she couldn't help much at first, by the age of four or five, she had learned to help with small tasks. Until junior high school, she could tell the approximate weight of a pound just by holding it in her hand.

Fast and accurate? Nothing more than practice makes perfect.

Spanish Mackerel were relatively large, and it took them over an hour to load all the Spanish Mackerel into baskets.

Then they sorted the fish and shrimp, getting over ten pounds of Tiger Prawn and over ten pounds of miscellaneous fish. Among these miscellaneous fish were a few Small Red Squid and Flower Crab, perfect for dinner.

It had been over two hours since they started sorting, Father Zhou said, "A'Lei, you can start hauling the net."

"Okay."

So Father Zhou slowed down the boat, and the father and son worked together to haul the net.

This net wasn't as heavy as the last one, and they pulled it up with relative ease.

Zhou Chenglei dumped the fish out by himself.

Jiang Xia immediately spotted a Grouper wearing a spotted skirt.

Quite pretty!

Most importantly, this fish was still alive after being caught in the Trawl Net, which was rare.

Father Zhou also saw it and immediately picked it up, putting it in a bucket to keep it alive. Live fish sell for more.

This time there were mostly miscellaneous fish, but there were also a dozen Spanish Mackerel and Yellow Croaker, as well as many Small Red Squid.

Less quantity, but better quality.

Father Zhou smiled and said, "This net isn't bad either. Let's hurry up and sort them."

By this time it was already noon, Zhou Chenglei said, "Let's eat first."

Father Zhou: "Alright."

The meal was prepared by Mother Zhou in the morning, packed in lunch boxes for them to take on the boat.

The food was already cold, but they didn't mind in the summer.

Zhou Chenglei opened the lunch boxes and glanced at them before handing them to Jiang Xia. This time, all three lunch boxes had the same dishes, Mother Zhou didn't discriminate.

There were only steamed small dried fish and pickled vegetables. They didn't have time to make so many dishes in the morning, and green vegetables turn yellow and don't taste good after being left out for a long time, so Mother Zhou usually didn't prepare them.

In addition to the lunch boxes, Mother Zhou also prepared six boiled eggs for the three of them, in case they got hungry.

The food wasn't as tasty cold, but the pickled vegetables were good with rice, and Jiang Xia was indeed hungry after working for so long. She ate most of a box of rice, and then Zhou Chenglei finished the rest.

After eating, Father Zhou wanted to continue Trawl Net fishing.

Once he was out at sea, he wanted to seize every moment to Trawl Net fish, wishing he could earn more.

But the sun was too strong, and Zhou Chenglei wanted to send Jiang Xia to the island to rest.

How could Jiang Xia rest? There was a pile of work on the boat, and she wouldn't feel comfortable until she finished it.

"I don't need to rest, let's sort these fish quickly." Jiang Xia picked up a large Green Crab that was trying to escape and handed it to him to tie up.

She still didn't know how to tie them.

Zhou Chenglei couldn't control her, took the crab, and used Scented Grass to tie the Green Crab's pincers together with its legs and body, binding it into a cross shape.

Jiang Xia watched his movements carefully. When he was done, she also picked up a crab and started tying it up, mimicking him.

At first, she wasn't familiar with it and got pinched by the crab's pincers, but she was wearing gloves, so it was fine.

Zhou Chenglei then saw her, a little clumsy, but tying the crab perfectly step by step.

At that moment, he had only one thought: skillful!

She was really smart and learned everything quickly.

Jiang Xia finished tying it, even made a bow, admired it for a moment, and then held up the crab to look at Zhou Chenglei, "Is it pretty?"

Zhou Chenglei glanced at it, really felt that the bow was superfluous and in the way, but he still nodded, "Yeah."

Ignoring her, he went to set the net, planning to set the net and then come back to sort.

Jiang Xia put the crab aside, intending to continue finding crabs to tie. When she raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead, her eyes swept across the sea, and she seemed to see a red light flashing on the surface of the sea, then disappearing into the seabed.

Jiang Xia immediately pointed to the front and said, "There's a school of fish! There's a school of fish in front! Red ones!"

Father Zhou immediately increased the horsepower upon hearing this, and the fishing boat went full speed ahead.

Zhou Chenglei also stopped setting the net and looked over.

The boat hadn't been sailing for long when they saw the red patch that Jiang Xia had seen.

"Red Seabream! It's a school of Red Seabream! Hand Cast Net! Chenglei, quickly prepare the Hand Cast Net!" Father Zhou shouted excitedly while steering the boat to chase after them.

What's going on today? How come there are so many schools of fish? Zhou Chenglei had already picked up the Hand Cast Net.

Jiang Xia hesitated for a moment after seeing this, and also picked up a Hand Cast Net.

She watched them cast the net a few times and felt that she had learned how to cast it.

When the fishing boat approached the school of fish, Zhou Chenglei threw the Hand Cast Net.

The fishing net spread out in mid-air, fell into the sea, and a group of Red Seabream were trapped under the net, rolling around vigorously.

Zhou Chenglei dragged the net up!

Jiang Xia also imitated Zhou Chenglei's actions and threw the Hand Cast Net forward into the air. The fishing net spread out, not as big as Zhou Chenglei's, but it also covered a lot of fish when it fell into the water.

It was much more than scooping with a Hand Net!

She dragged it onto the boat with all her might.

Father Zhou also came over, casting the net with familiar and neat movements.

The three of them cast a total of six or seven nets, and the school of fish dispersed.

On the deck, it was full of lively, jumping Red Seabream.

Red and very festive!

Father Zhou's dark face was smiling so wide that his teeth were showing.

This was Red Seabream, also called True Snapper.

Like Yellow Croaker, they were relatively valuable fish.

Now, schools of Yellow Croaker and Red Seabream were becoming increasingly difficult to encounter, and prices were starting to rise.

He had been fishing for so many years, and he had only seen others encounter schools of Red Seabream. He had never encountered one himself. He had heard that someone was researching artificial True Snapper farming, but he didn't know if it was true.

Father Zhou saw that these Red Seabream were not small, they should be about one to two pounds each, and his smile was bright.

Jackpot! Jackpot! His youngest daughter-in-law's luck at sea was amazing!

Father Zhou said, "Let's go back earlier today. Today is a good day. While there's still time, let's take the boat to the market wharf to sell them."

The fish purchasing price at the market wharf in the city was a little higher than at the village wharf. Usually, there wasn't much cargo, and the villagers wouldn't bother to spend the fuel money to go to the city to sell, after all, the round trip cost about the same in fuel expenses.

But today they had a lot of cargo, and it was good cargo, so of course they had to go to the city to sell it.

Zhou Chenglei responded, "I'll put the Trawl Net down and drag it back along the way."

"Okay." Father Zhou went to steer the boat.

After Zhou Chenglei cast the net, he and Jiang Xia hurried to sort the fish and pack them into baskets.

Jiang Xia was now even faster and more discerning when sorting fish! So fast that Zhou Chenglei couldn't help but glance at her.

The afternoon sun was scorching hot. She wore a straw hat and long-sleeved clothes, covering herself up completely, and her nose was dotted with tiny beads of sweat from the heat.

All because she was afraid of getting tanned.

Just looking at her made him feel hot, he wondered how she could stand it! But her skin was fair; occasionally, when she looked up to wipe her sweat, her skin was dazzlingly white in the sunlight.

Two hours later, the fishing boat docked at the city pier.

It was still early, only a little past four o'clock. There weren't many fishing boats returning to port yet, but there were still a few.

Many people were already selling fish on the pier, and there were also scalpers waiting for the fishing boats to return to collect the goods.