Ye Yaodong had originally planned to take a quick look and leave, but now he was in no hurry.
"A Blue-Skinned Giant Grouper would be even more awesome. That's called a money grouper too."
"Haha, we can dream. Even this money grouper is a rare catch."
Beaming, the two of them tipped all the fish out of the bucket onto the boat, making a point of emptying it so they could fill it with water before putting the money grouper inside.
A live one fetched a different price from a dead one.
With nothing else to do, Ye Yaodong lingered a little longer. Before they had hauled in many more branch lines, they caught a Greater Amberjack, followed shortly by a Dogfish. Watching them made him terribly envious.
"Longline fishing works so well!"
A-Zheng said gleefully, "Good thing I listened to my father-in-law and took a set out to try. Saves effort and works great."
That reminded him that he had yet to return the Hand Cast Net. "Oh, right, that Hand Cast Net's been patched up. I'll bring it over later."
"Don't worry about it. Keep it. We don't have any use for it right now."
"Then I'll keep it on the boat as a backup. I had my mother make me a trawl net a while ago, so I probably won't have much use for the Hand Cast Net either."
"Tsk, tsk, you're greedy. Longline fishing isn't enough for you? You want to trawl too?"
"I figured I could do a trawl while the longline hooks are sitting out at sea. Saves wasting that time."
"Don't you have a fishing rod?" Xiao Xiao cut in.
"It broke when I was catching that big fish before. I made another one, but haven't had any use for it. Unless you