Wei Hua and the others stood some distance away and hadn't heard the crew's discussion.
When they suddenly saw the group dancing around with excitement, they were all completely bewildered.
They had no idea why the crew members were so happy.
Before long, the catch was hoisted from the sea by the crane.
As the cod end was untied, a huge bundle of fish formed a small mountain on the deck.
The crew began sorting the catch, while Wei Hua and the others walked over.
Wei Hua in particular asked in an uncertain yet excited tone:
"Is this mayou?"
That was another name for Four-finger croaker, and Ye Yuan had naturally heard it before.
So he nodded.
"Yeah, we got lucky today."
Ye Yuan nodded in reply to Wei Hua's question as he sorted through the catch.
"Damn, this is the first time I've ever seen mayou over a meter long.
This stuff isn't cheap, especially when it's alive. You guys really hit the jackpot this time, haha."
Although Wei Hua didn't live by the sea, he had an almost obsessive devotion to seafood.
That had given this inland man some knowledge of many kinds of seafood.
And precisely because he understood it, he was even more envious that Ye Yuan and the others had caught so many Four-finger croaker in their very first haul at sea.
As a middle-aged man already over forty,
he was no longer satisfied with food simply tasting good.
What he ate regularly not only had to be delicious,
but also had to contain plenty of nutritional value.
That was why he understood Four-finger croaker on a deeper level than the crew did.
Four-finger croaker was a high-fat aquatic ingredient.
However, most of the fat it contained consisted of unsaturated fatty acids.
Once absorbed by