Tilapia and Janitor Fish were both invasive species. They were hardy, had no natural predators, and had spread wildly throughout the southeastern waters of China.
Lin Gongshang had no idea how many times he had untangled Janitor Fish by now. Thoroughly annoyed, he simply slammed one down. "Why are there so damn many of these stupid fish?!"
Lu Ao calmly picked it up. "Keep it. We'll take them back later, grind them up, and feed them to the geese."
"Geese can eat these?"
"Why not? They'll eat anything." Lu Ao said, "Just grind them up."
To chop sweet potato leaves for the geese, Lu Ao had specifically bought an electric grinder. Janitor Fish this size could be tossed into it and ground straight into fish scraps, making excellent feed for the geese.
Only then did Lin Gongshang patiently resume untangling the fish.
There were simply too many Janitor Fish and tilapia in this pond. Even though Lu Ao had always been lucky, he did not get much good catch today.
Lin Gongshang used a bucket lid to pick out the fish they planned to eat. "Tilapia are edible. Let's grill six first—not too big. Ones a little over a pound are best, fat and tender."
"Grill these dozen or so river shrimp too. River shrimp are especially fresh and sweet this season. They should be pretty good grilled."
"And lastly, this Sea Bass. Shall we grill this one too?"
"Sure."
"Then I'll take these over to clean them." Looking at the half bucket of Janitor Fish and tilapia, Lin Gongshang still felt rather depressed. "I don't think we should've used floating nets. Would it have been better if we'd brought fish traps?"
Lu Ao had bought these floating nets on his first day back in the countryside. He had not