"Yeah, don't talk about the fish. Thunder and lightning are starting now. Should we go back directly? If the rain gets heavy later and wind and waves come with it, it will be quite dangerous."

"It's quite dangerous. We've traveled a long way here. Now we're in the middle of the sea. It will take several hours to drive back..."

"A Dong, do you want to discuss this with your father?"

Everyone felt a little uneasy when they saw the thunder and lightning, and wanted to go back directly. The boat was swaying in the wind on the sea, and the boat seemed particularly lonely. Just now, a big fish was directly hit by lightning, and they were also worried about what would happen if lightning struck directly.

What should I do if I fall on top of a fishing boat?

Ye Yaodong nodded and thought it would be better to return directly. There was thunder and lightning, so this was no longer a problem with the light rain.

"Dongzi, Dongzi, on the sea, go look on the sea..." Father Ye shouted loudly from the helm.

Everyone involuntarily looked up, then turned their heads in the direction of Father-in-law Ye's finger, and saw a big fish floating on the sea, passing by the boat.

"Fuck, it's gone...Dad..."

Father Ye shouted, "I'll turn the boat around and chase..."

After others reacted, they quickly lay down on the edge of the boat and watched the big fish floating in the wind on the sea.

"A big fish passed by..."

"I have to chase it... I just watched it float past, and I didn't even take a closer look at what kind of fish it was."

"What kind of fish is that? It looks white and gray... Oh, it's drifting further and further away..."

"That fish should be the one that was struck by lightning just now." Ye Yaodong said with some doubt.

"It looks like it should be. Otherwise, how could such a big fish be floating on the sea? It looks like it's dead."

"Such a big fish will die in one blow. I don't know what kind of fish it is...the distance is getting closer..."

"We're getting closer, we're catching up...Give me the hand-thrown net..." Ye Yaodong took the hand-thrown net from the hand of the boatman on the side.

Because there had just been thunder and lightning, a big fish was directly struck by lightning. Everyone stopped the fishing work and were all discussing. Now because the fish floated in front of them, everyone had no intention of casting the net.

Gather around and watch.

Ye Yaodong asked everyone around him not to surround him and leave some space. He was worried that the raincoat he was wearing would be difficult to use, so he took off the raincoat first.

Fortunately, the rain is now a little heavier than at the beginning, and it does not affect the sight. A short period of rain is nothing to a young man like him.

He checked how close the fishing boat was to the big fish, turned sideways, tilted it, and used some skill with his elbows to spread the fishing net to the big fish.

It wasn't until the fishing net enveloped the big fish, and at the same time enveloped the fish still churning on the sea surface, that he immediately closed the net and pulled the line.

"Hit!"

"The net has arrived!"

"I'll help pull it together..."

With the buoyancy of sea water, the fish was already dead and floating, so it was not difficult to close the net. Ye Yaodong felt that it was easy to pull the big fish closer.

If this fish was still alive, it would not have been so easy to reach it. For such a big fish, the struggle is not light.

Everyone was using flashlights, and the flashlight's aperture kept shrouding the fish, getting closer and closer. It wasn't until the fish was pulled to the side of the boat that everyone changed their speculations to exclamations.

"Boom! It's Maoyu!"

"It's a hairy fish! My dear, this is a hairy catfish! Such a big hairy catfish!"

"Oh my god, Selinliang, you are really a hairy fish, you are really rich now~"

"Get rich, get rich~"

"Ahhhh~ Oh my God~ Maoyu~"

Even before the fish was pulled in, everyone started to exclaim, their eyes widened, and they leaned halfway down the edge of the boat, just to take a closer look to see if the fish was a hairy catfish.

Ye Yaodong had been working hard to close the fishing net there. The light was blurry at night and he didn't know what kind of fish he was pulling up. He couldn't just lie on the edge of the boat and look down like others. He had to close the net.

After hearing everyone's exclamations one after another, I was also extremely surprised. After the surprise, I immediately felt a sense of excitement of smashing pie in the sky.

"Hairy fish? Hairy catfish? Is it really hairy catfish? Did you read that correctly?"

"It's just a hairy catfish. Everyone has seen it. Pull it up quickly. You will know when you pull it up."

After Father Ye saw in the cockpit that the fishing net had caught the big fish, he slowed down the boat again, adjusted the direction, and then walked out of the cabin.

As soon as I walked out, I heard everyone's exclamations and heard the hairy catfish. I was surprised and happy for a moment. I immediately quickened my pace and walked down the deck, shouting as I walked, "hairy catfish? Where is it?"

Just in time, everyone helped Ye Yaodong pull the fish up, and it landed directly on the deck with a snap.

There were also a lot of big and small fish piled on the deck, but this fish fell directly on the deck and looked particularly conspicuous, not only because of its size, but also because of its burnt head.

He was struck by lightning, so he was scorched, and that's why he died.

It was also because the head was already burnt, so no one recognized it when they first saw it. It wasn't until they got closer that the boatmen screamed for sure.

"It's really a hairy fish!" Father Ye smiled extremely excitedly, with his mouth wide open. "Fortunately, I caught up with it and didn't let it float away."

Ye Yaodong was also very surprised. Looking at everyone's reactions, he knew that this fish is very expensive now.

"It turns out to be really a hairy catfish. I just kept calling it a big fish, and it was right. It's really a fortune. This fish looks like 1.67, 1.78 meters, and weighs over a hundred kilograms.

I’ve made a lot of money, I’ve really made a lot of money now!”

He quickly untied the fishing net, and he no longer cared about the fish still jumping around on the sea surface.

The hairy catfish is also called the "big fish", also known as the kingfish. In local dialect, it is also called hairy fish for convenience.

It is closely related to the large yellow croaker and the yellow-lipped fish. It has stone ears on its head and their "sin" - isinglass - on its belly. It has a common name in Zhoushan called Big Fish. It is simple and crude. Its most obvious feature is its big size.

The smallest fish caught by fishermen is basically 40 kilograms.

They are often mistaken for bighead fish. Although they are close relatives, there are still differences.

The skin of hairy catfish comes in many colors, including golden yellow, grayish brown, brown, and silver, and the head has a blunt tip.

Ye Yaodong separated the gill cover and found that its gill openings were particularly large. The most obvious thing was that its tail fin was double concave, so it was definitely a hairy catfish.

The nutritional value of hairy catfish is very high. Of course, the most valuable thing in the whole body is its isinglass!

The price of a piece of isinglass is more expensive than a 100-pound piece of mackerel meat.

Also because of the isinglass, this fish has become increasingly rare and rare, and by the 21st century, it has become almost invisible.

The old man said that if a child is in poor health, as long as he eats a piece of mackerel, he will grow significantly taller and stronger in less than a year.

Moreover, the longer the isinglass is kept, the more valuable it is. Its storage method has lasted for hundreds of years. Before the 1970s, people at the beach usually put it at the bottom of rice tanks and stored it for several years without rotting.

Although Chen Yue Nourishing lacks scientific basis, it has been regarded as a treasure among the people and has been passed down from generation to generation.

Then when it's time to eat, take it out and knock it flat with a hammer, soak it in rice water overnight, wash it and chop it into pieces, put it in a large casserole, pour in a little old wine, cover the pot and steam it to eat.

Or chop it into pieces and use it to make porridge, which is also a good choice.

However, this is something that only the previous generation can afford. His generation can no longer afford it, and the next generation has never seen it. Every time a hairy catfish weighing more than 100 kilograms appears, it costs hundreds of thousands.

Millions worth.

Although the hairy catfish is far less famous than the yellow-lipped fish, it is still very rare. It is absolutely unthinkable that one fish is equivalent to a house.

It also has a good name in the East China Sea.

The large yellow croaker, the small yellow croaker, the yellow croaker, the plum boy fish, the yellow croaker, the yellow lip fish and the hairy catfish are known as the "seven yellow croaker brothers" in the world, but their prices are very different.

The reason why the seven kinds of fish are called the "Seven Yellow Croaker Brothers" is because they are either golden in color, or have the word "yellow" in their common names, or they look very similar, and they all belong to the family Lithocephalidae of the class Teleost.

The large yellow croaker can be said to be the "first fish in the sea" in the 21st century, so named because of its golden color.

"I'm getting rich, I'm getting rich. The isinglass in such a big fish may weigh a pound if it is dried in the sun." Father Ye was very happy. He didn't expect such a gain from this trip.

"There must be, this one weighs over a hundred pounds..."

"Fortunately, it's this fish. If it were any other fish, if it had been struck like this by lightning, it might not be very valuable. The most expensive thing about this fish is the isinglass. Even if the outside body is completely scorched by lightning, it won't affect it.

What's more, only one head is burnt now."

"Yes, fortunately, the fish was split, and A Dong made a lot of money this time!"

"How much can such a big fish be sold for?"

"That's hard to say. For such a big fish, it depends on the boss's price."

"The price of such a big fish cannot be calculated according to common sense. It's hard to say. It won't be cheap anyway. It will definitely cost several hundred yuan."

"Maybe it can be sold more expensively."

"It's also possible."

Ye Yaodong also squatted down, measured the belly of the fish with his palm, and grinned. Considering the length of this fish, the isinglass here is about 50 centimeters long. Take it out and dry it, and it will probably be really good.

Maybe a pound.

Really made a fortune!

"God, this lightning strikes well and accurately."

Father Ye smiled and said, "It's your shipping that's good."

Others also echoed, "Yes, Adong's shipping is really good. Old people often say that shipping is real. It has been passed down from generation to generation. There really is such luck as shipping."
To be continued...