Exploding Net

The four of them hauled the fishing net onto the boat. After they untied the tangled mass, hairtail, Spanish Mackerel, and Torpedo Scad came spilling out.

Those three kinds of fish made up the bulk of the catch. There were also some red, yellow, black, and green ones—in short, fish of every color.

When they poured them out, the entire deck was packed full. A few fish even spilled overboard because the pile was stacked too high, dropping into the sea.

Jiang Xia was quick-eyed and quick-handed, stopping a large Red Grouper just before it fell into the sea.

That Red Grouper looked to weigh at least twenty catties. One fish alone was worth thirty yuan.

Father Zhou said with a broad grin, "This net probably brought in close to a thousand catties. It's been a long time since we've had such an Exploding Net."

Their luck going out to sea inshore over the past six months hadn't been bad, but even their Exploding Nets had only brought in five or six hundred catties.

Looking at the fish piled up like a small mountain, Tian Caihua said happily, "Sort the fish, sort the fish! Second Brother, Fourth Sister-in-law, hurry and go set the second net."

Ruan Tang and Zhou Chengsen went to set the net, while Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei carried over small stools and sat down to start sorting the fish.

There were too many fish. They had to sort them as quickly as possible and get them preserved.

Jiang Xia said, "There are so many hairtail this year."

Father Zhou picked up a large Red Grouper. "It's still the peak of the spring fishing season. The schools of Torpedo Scad, Chub Mackerel, hairtail, and Spanish Mackerel are at their largest right now. You just hadn't gone out