Just as A-Zheng was getting ready to cast the net again, everyone saw Sea Wolf Fish leaping out of the water near the Isolated Island in the distance, jumping continuously across the surface.
"They're over there!"
Ye Yaodong saw them too and rowed straight over, telling A-Zheng to stay ready and cast as soon as he spotted an opening.
Without a doubt, this cast was right on target. There was no way it could come up empty.
Everyone was thrilled. This was all money!
But A-Zheng was afraid they would catch too many in each cast for them to haul aboard, so he narrowed the spread of the net a little.
After just five casts, they couldn't catch anything more. Looking at the boat full of Sea Wolf Fish, with barely anywhere left to stand, they all grinned so widely their eyes disappeared.
Ye Yaodong's eyes narrowed with his smile too. "Now that little boat of yours is within reach. Selling this boatload of Sea Wolf Fish and those seventy or eighty jin of pomfret should be enough."
"Ah, but I'd rather buy a share in your boat, Dongzi. What do I do?" A-Guang squatted in the boat, looking at Ye Yaodong with a face full of hope.
"Don't even think about it. Private property!"
"Aw, why did you have to get a boat ahead of us? We were all hoping to go into partnership with you."
"If I didn't have this little wooden boat, let's see how you'd have caught Sea Wolf Fish and Silver Pomfret today."
Xiao Xiao said regretfully, "We caught Sea Wolf Fish, but it's a shame there weren't any sea turtles."
"There aren't many sea turtles. If heaven won't let us catch any, let's not do anything sinful. If you want softshell turtle, we can