Father Ye was delighted too. "There's a red grouper too? Who would've thought a red grouper would come all the way here?"
Ye Yaodong picked out the fish and held it, looking it over with delight. "Nice, very nice! I thought there wasn't anything good in this net, but there's actually a red grouper! The perfect finish!"
"Let me have a good look!" Father Ye could hardly wait either.
"Pufferfish in winter, red grouper in summer. This one's over two jin, probably close to three. It should fetch a good price."
He remembered that before his rebirth, even farmed red grouper cost two or three hundred yuan per jin, while wild ones went for over eight hundred!
"Mm, this is much bigger than that Luhua Grouper you caught during the typhoon."
"See? I told you I was lucky. Tsk, tsk-a big red grouper!"
"Keep it separate. Don't damage it. If it doesn't look good, the price will drop a lot." Father Ye carefully fetched a small basket to put it in.
"Out of all the days we've been trawling, today's haul is the biggest apart from the large yellow croaker, right? It should sell for over a hundred yuan."
Father Ye cast a sidelong glance at the visibly delighted Ye Yaodong. "Mm, you really are lucky. In that case, your eldest and second brothers don't need to come anymore. They can stay home and help build the house. You can come out with me every day."
"Huh?" His smile froze. He wanted to protest, but then he thought that apart from getting up early, eating poorly, and not sleeping well, going out to sea did seem easier than doing manual labor, carrying gravel, and moving rocks. His frozen smile suddenly returned.
"Sure."
"In your dreams. Get back to work."
"Then