Chapter 195 A Giant Octopus Fished in Succession
Chapter 195 A Giant Octopus Fished in Succession
Zhou Miao used a hook to stab the octopus, causing it to turn from bright red to white in pain.
The color change did not surprise the two people on the boat, since most squid or octopuses can change color.
Zhou Miao used both hands to lift the octopus up. Once on the deck, the creature crawled around everywhere, trying to find a place to hide.
The tentacles could easily climb up the ship's hull, their suction power was extremely strong.
Yu Muzhou somehow found a speargun specifically designed for hunting large tuna and plunged it directly into the octopus's body.
This was fatal; the octopus fell directly off the side of the ship, its tentacles once again trying to grab the thing that had pierced its body.
However, no matter how strong its vitality was, it couldn't survive.
After waiting for a good ten minutes, the octopus finally stopped moving completely, and Zhou Miao then stepped forward and took the fishhook out of its mouth.
"Ah Miao, this thing is quite rare. Let me take this octopus with me when we get back. I'll have the chef braise it, and then I'll give you half."
Yu Muzhou picked up a hook, hooked the octopus, and said as he dragged it toward the freezer.
"Sure, how could I refuse such a good thing?" Ever since he started fishing, Zhou Miao had heard him mention many times how good the chef at home was. This time, he could finally go back and try it out.
"Haha, I promise you won't lose... Holy crap!"
Yu Muzhou, who was about to throw the giant octopus into the freezer compartment, was immediately startled by a huge swordfish inside, its surface covered with white frost.
He suddenly remembered that when Zhou Miao got up at noon, he asked him if he had checked the situation inside the cryogenic chamber.
He didn't take it to heart at the time, after all, the resources in the Yellow Sea are limited, and you can hardly find any particularly large fish.
Occasionally, a mackerel weighing over 100 pounds is already quite remarkable, but Zhou Miao actually gave us a big one.
"Surprised? Unexpected?"
When Zhou Miao turned around and saw him staring blankly at the cryogenic chamber, he knew that the swordfish had been discovered.
"What a wonderful surprise! This fish is amazing! We agreed before we went out to sea that you had to sell me this fish!"
After regaining his senses, Yu Muzhou's eyes lit up. Many fishermen in Nanzhen knew him and knew that he had always had bad luck when fishing.
Even when he showed off with the big fish, he went to places he didn't usually go, because no one knew him there.
But if you don't show off in front of acquaintances, it still feels a bit lacking.
But it's different here. Although I know fewer anglers, they don't know the real situation!
So Yu Muzhou decided to catch the swordfish without a second thought, show it off here, and then send it to Pang Hao's Japanese restaurant.
"Then I have to sell it to you." After catching the fish, Zhou Miao knew that he would definitely buy it, so he didn't hesitate at all.
Not to mention that Yu Muzhou has always offered high prices, he even sells at wholesale prices.
"Okay, I'll buy it at eighty yuan per kilogram after we weigh it."
"no problem."
The price of large swordfish fluctuates between fifty and one hundred yuan, with eighty yuan per kilogram considered a normal market price.
Because Zhou Miao's fish was prepared very well and was fresh enough.
Even if this fish weighs only 500 jin, it can still sell for 40,000 yuan, which will increase his savings significantly.
In a cheerful mood, Zhou Miao hummed "Empire Version of Nocturne" as he rebaited his electric reel and continued fishing.
The emperor fish are not biting well right now, but since he caught a big octopus later, he will definitely continue fishing.
That's how fishing is; you fish all day if there are no fish, and you fish all day if there are fish.
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But Zhou Miao didn't expect that after a few minutes of waiting after the bait was cast, the rod made almost the same sound as before, and this time the rod even bent down more.
His eyes lit up: "It's not another giant octopus, is it?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Muzhou shook his head: "That's probably impossible. These things are all solitary creatures and almost never engage in group activities."
"That doesn't matter, as long as I can catch something."
Zhou Miao couldn't find the price of giant octopuses online because it's a very niche market; there are only a few videos of giant octopuses being sold in South Korea online.
If he's still catching this kind of fish, and Pang Yu isn't offering a high price, he can sell it to his own fishing raft at a low price, and then have Luo Hao braise it before reselling it.
The fish raft receives dozens of customers every day, with each person buying one or two kilograms, and one fish can be sold in a day.
After opening his own food stall, Zhou Miao could sell some of the seafood he usually got to his stall, earning two incomes.
Perhaps it was a case of wishful thinking coming true, for when the fishing line was reeled in, another orange-red "Suluk" was caught.
This giant octopus is even larger. Although it is a different color, its appearance confirms that it is the same species as the first one.
This time, Zhou Miao didn't need Yu Muzhou's help. After bringing the octopus onto the boat, he killed it himself with a harpoon.
Giant octopuses are rare, but they're not unheard of. This is the first time he's seen someone catch two in a row.
However, Zhou Miao then caught nine more fish, one after another.
Aside from the first one that Yu Muzhou said he would take back to his family's chef to braise, Zhou Miao subsequently caught ten more.
"Is this some kind of meeting, or are they planning to attack Earth?"
Holding a fishing rod, Yu Muzhou tried to catch a large octopus but caught nothing, his eyes numb.
He felt that God had played a joke on him, and it shattered his understanding of the world.
But that's not important. What's important is that the distance between him and Zhou Miao is only three or four meters, so why did Zhou Miao catch ten giant octopuses in a row, while he didn't catch a single one?
Having already borrowed his luck twice and knowing that he wanted to fish to make money, Yu Muzhou was too embarrassed to ask him for help often, so he kept holding back from asking.
Unexpectedly, he ended up getting slapped hard in the face.
Noticing the resentful look from the side, Zhou Miao simply chose to ignore it.
If you want to borrow luck, you have to ask. It's impossible to get him to take the initiative if you don't ask. It's not a business if someone is eager to take advantage of you.
Zhou Miao befriended Yu Muzhou because he knew it would benefit him. But he would never be overly obsequious or treat Yu as a subordinate.
If he had to be inferior to the other person, he would rather be a fisherman with a little money for the rest of his life, returning to his hometown to live a mediocre life.
However, Yu Muzhou did not treat him as a younger brother. He treated him as an equal in daily interactions and attitudes, only occasionally acting as an older brother and teaching him some things.
By this time, it was already dark at sea. Although the fish finder still showed that there were fish in the water, the fish had stopped biting.
After catching nothing for most of the day, Zhou Miao finally reeled in his line and went back to the cabin for dinner.
Tonight's dinner was prepared by Yu Muzhou; he stir-fried several dishes and cooked a pot of rice.
Sure enough, a man with both culinary skills and money can live a good life regardless of whether he has a wife or not.
After dinner, Yu Muzhou set sail to continue tracking the yellowtail amberjack.
Zhou Miao didn't stay up late tonight. After the fishing boat arrived at the yellowtail fishing spot and he tried a few casts without much success, he went back to sleep early.
Even with incredible luck, there's nothing he can do if the fish won't bite; he can only wait until daytime to see how things go.
The world depicted by Zang Li can be found in "My Fishing Raft Will Ask for Help".
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