When Mrs. Chen heard this, her eyes lit up, "Yes, I knew how to drive a tractor when I was in my hometown. Men can drive, and women can drive too."

Liu Meilan nodded, "Yes, Sister Chen, as long as you want to, you can take the exam. You are still young and there are endless possibilities in life."

Mrs. Chen smiled and said, "Okay, I'll try my best."

It was time to collect the nets again. Wu Yong hurried to the cabin and said, "Captain Meilan, please come out and untie the nets. Let's see what's in this net."

Liu Meilan followed him out and untied the net under everyone's attention.

Inside is hairtail, which is very big, as wide as a palm, and has thick meat.

The hairtail we had last time was also very popular.

In hotels, hairtail is usually fried and then braised.

As for the small hairtail, the bones are relatively soft, and after frying, the bones become crispy and can be eaten directly.

"Oh my, this is a really neat net, all hairtail, with only a few miscellaneous fish."

In fact, everyone likes to clean hairtail, but it dies as soon as it is taken out of the water.

It is also easy to divide them into levels.

Baskets of hairtail were sorted and carried to the freezer.

Tang Changping led Zhou Ze and Wu Yong to cast the net, each doing their job in an orderly manner.

After the last run-in, everyone cooperated well and greatly improved efficiency.

Liu Meilan did not drive the boat, but just pointed out a direction to Xu Kaifa.

Liu Meilan frowned as she saw many fish swimming around quickly, so fast that they even broke through the fishing nets.

Liu Meilan felt very distressed, but fortunately there was a backup net.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be tuna, and a bluefin one at that.

This fish is big and very expensive.

Japanese restaurants love this kind of fish.

Liu Meilan found a fishing rod, chose a suitable one, put on the bait, and started fishing.

"Meilan, why are you using this fishing rod?" Tang Changping was surprised.

Liu Meilan smiled and said, "I'll give it a try."

Live bait, more attractive.

Not long after I let it go, it took the bait.

Liu Meilan waited until the hook was firmly bitten before starting to reel in the line.

The fishing line is stretched taut, and when the tuna rises to a certain height, it is released for a while to consume the tuna's energy.

Tang Changping was surprised, "Really? It should be a big thing!"

Liu Meilan smiled and said, "It should be."

Tang Changping asked: "Meilan, do you need me to replace you? The bigger the fish, the harder it is to catch and the longer it will take."

Liu Meilan shook her head, "No, for the first one, I'll come in person."

Liu Meilan fought with the tuna for more than half an hour, and the fish finally approached the water surface.

Everyone was leaning over the side of the boat and watching, "Oh my God, it's a tuna."

Tang Changping was already waiting by the side with a hook in his hand, waiting until the tuna had exhausted its strength and came to the side of the boat.

The hook in Tang Changping's hand quickly, steadily and accurately hooked onto the tuna's gills, and he worked together with Liu Meilan to pull the tuna up.

"It's still bluefin tuna. This fish is very expensive. Everyone, move aside and hang it up. I want to bleed the fish."

"Okay!" Zhou Ze and Wu Yong, two strong guys with great strength, quickly lifted up the bluefin tuna.

Tang Changping drained the blood skillfully while the others watched with burning eyes.

Liu Meilan continued to hang bait to fish for tuna.

The bled bluefin tuna is sent to the fish hold and properly stored.

Zhou Ze asked hurriedly: "Uncle Tang, is this fish valuable?"

"Valuable, very valuable. One fish can be sold for 20,000 or 30,000 yuan." Uncle Tang replied, "Ours is of good quality, so it's even more expensive!"

Zhou Ze took a breath, "So expensive?"

"You haven't seen anything more expensive then." Tang Changping was proud. "Hurry up and get to work. Set up the net."

Liu Meilan didn't pay attention to the fishing net because she already knew that a swordfish had made a big hole in the net and many fish and shrimps had escaped from the hole.

While there are still tuna, she will catch a few more to make up for her losses.

"Ah!" Everyone was shocked when they saw the fishing net was broken. "There's a big hole in our fishing net. It must be the tuna that broke it."

Tang Changping looked at the hole in the fishing net and said, "It could have been a swordfish. Its mouth is very hard and sharp, and it swims very fast."

Liu Meilan smiled, Tang Changping had guessed it right.

"Uncle Tang, we still have a fishing net, but don't cast it here. There should still be tuna here. This fishing net is broken, let's mend it first."

Tang Changping nodded, "Okay!"

It is true that they can no longer cast nets. If they are damaged, it will greatly affect their fishing.

Fortunately, the hole in the fishing net was not that big and could be repaired.

When everyone saw Liu Meilan fishing, they also took out their fishing gear. No matter how much, it was all income, so they couldn't just sit there and watch.

Liu Meilan smiled and said, "It's bitten again."

Zhou Ze was shocked. "Captain Meilan, this is too fast, isn't it? Are you tired? Let me do it."

Liu Meilan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll give it to you, but you have to follow my instructions."

Zhou Ze nodded, "Okay!"

Zhou Ze took the fishing rod and started fishing according to Liu Meilan's instructions.

"So tiring!" Zhou Ze had seen Liu Meilan pull up a tuna from head to tail and thought it wasn't that tiring.

But now that I have actually tried it, I know that it is not the case.

Zhou Ze's face flushed, Wu Yong saw this, "Come on, let me take over."

Zhou Ze did not try to be brave and handed the fishing rod to Wu Yong.

Zhou Ze looked in awe, "Captain Meilan, I'm taller and stronger than you, but I'm not as strong as you. Why is that?"

He trained in the army for several years and is stronger and more powerful than the average person.

Liu Meilan smiled and said, "Haha, although I am short, I am very strong. Maybe it's innate, I haven't studied it deeply."

Apart from this explanation, even if she said any other explanation, others might not believe it.

Wu Yong was shocked, but after twenty minutes, he couldn't stand it anymore.

Seeing this, Tang Changping came over to take a look and handed the hook to Liu Meilan, "Captain Meilan, you try it."

After the tuna emerged from the water, Liu Meilan accurately hooked the fish's gills and pulled it up.

Tang Changping admired it, "It's very stable and accurate."

"Thank you." Liu Meilan said with a smile, "You guys bleed and I'll fish. If you're slow, the fish will run away."

Tang Changping asked Zhou Ze and Wu Yong to hang up the fish and taught them how to bleed it.

Liu Meilan, Zhou Ze and Wu Yong caught two more tunas before the school of fish disappeared from the vicinity.

There are four in total, each weighing more than 300 kilograms, and the largest one weighs 400 kilograms.

Leave this sea area and continue fishing.

This is quite rare in the South China Sea and will surely fetch a good price.

I spent the whole afternoon repairing the fishing net, thanks to the spare net.

At night, the tuna caused trouble and delayed the trawling, so we will trawle slowly tonight.

During the day, sometimes it takes an hour to pull up the net, sometimes two hours. But at night, the fishing boats are slower, so we pull up the net every three hours or so.

Everyone takes turns to rest and maintain their strength.

In the first half of the night, Liu Meilan drove the boat while Xu Kaifa went to sleep. After midnight, he replaced Liu Meilan.

The first net after dark was filled with almost all stone snapper, scientific name: Lutjanus asterus.

This fish has a relatively docile personality, prefers clear waters, and likes to live in groups.

The skin is thick and the meat is firm, the texture is still delicate and tender, the fish flavor is strong and fragrant, and the red fat on the belly is the soul of the aftertaste, which is smooth and fragrant, leaving a lingering taste on your lips and teeth.

The meat of this fish has a smooth texture, which is definitely not comparable to farmed fish.

Xingwang Restaurant has a very famous dish made with this kind of fish.

A chef at Xingwang Restaurant is best at cooking this kind of fish. He will bleed the fish and retain the fish oil.

If you give up easily, the colorful products will lack the unique fragrance.

The Taotie clan, who understand all the details, will definitely demand the reward and even compensate for the fish.

It is best to steam the stone clam fish until it is just cooked, so that the red oil in the belly overflows and floats in the dish.

The fragrance is everywhere, with a unique flavor.

Many people don’t understand if they are not real foodies.

Tang Changping was very happy. As more and more rich people became wealthy, the price of seafood also increased a lot.

This fish is one of them.

This net is almost full of stone clams, which can be sold at a good price.

Half of the boatmen were resting, while the other half were sorting the fish.

Although the working hours are a bit longer, we can rest in the second half of the night, and everyone is very happy about it.

Near the dawn, another net was raised.

Most of them are red grouper. Although this kind of fish is not as good as the red grouper and rat grouper, the price at this time is also quite good.

The main thing is that grouper tastes good, with few bones and fresh fish meat.

After the red grouper caught that night was decomposed, it was everyone's turn to rest.

The other half of the boatmen got up and started working.

This is the only way to maintain your physical strength, otherwise you will be exhausted the next day.

Following Liu Meilan's suggestion, Xu Kaifa sailed to the southeast.

This time we were quite lucky and encountered a school of pomfret.

This time it was not silver pomfret, but golden pomfret.

This kind of pomfret is considered to be of better taste. There are a lot of them in this net, and it is full.

It was a great night, and at daybreak, we had pulled up a full net.

Although it is full, it is quite mixed.

There are octopuses, blue crabs, swimming crabs, lobsters, and all kinds of fish.

This type is the most difficult to sort and is time-consuming.

The boatmen who were resting also got up in the morning, and it took everyone two hours to sort out all the things.

Although the fishing nets were able to pull up the nets again, everyone was hungry.

Mrs. Chen put the buns she bought yesterday morning in the steamer and steamed them. They became much softer.

There are vegetables and mushrooms, meat, and shredded radish and vermicelli...

There are various flavors, and everyone can choose according to their own taste.

It is served with seafood porridge and some refreshing side dishes pickled by Mrs. Chen herself.

Everyone ate their fill and were satisfied.

After a short rest, I got back to work.

After working continuously like this, the employees are a little tired but full of energy.

With the commission from last time, they knew that the gains this time would be no less than last time.

If you can get a lot of commissions, what does it matter if you’re a little tired?

Once you are at sea, you have to work hard to catch more seafood.

Anyway, after arriving on shore, we usually have two or three days, or even longer, to rest.

Everyone thinks this way, so no one is lazy and everyone tries their best.

After dark, Liu Meilan contacted the shore and passed on the existing list of remaining cargo.

Now they are on their way back, and this time they have learned from their last experience and brought enough baskets.

The three nets that were caught at night were sorted, marked according to classification levels, and all stacked on plywood.

Because there were so many, the baskets were secured with ropes and the entire boat was filled with them.

Seeing so much catch, Tang Changping rubbed his hands with joy.

He could already imagine what a shock the arrival of the ship at the dock would cause.

Although there were no yellow croakers this time, there were four very large bluefin tunas that could be sold for a lot of money.

Tang Xiaoyu was very excited when he received Liu Meilan's list of goods.

Now she can be completely relieved. Meilan never disappoints everyone's expectations and returns with a full load again.

Tang Xiaoyu made overall arrangements based on the needs of different restaurants, and then started making calls according to the order of last payment.

These restaurants, praised for their seafood, were eagerly waiting for Liu Meilan's fishing boat to dock.

This is especially true for Japanese restaurants, most of which sell sashimi and pan-fried dishes, which have higher requirements for the quality of raw materials.

In recent days, regular customers of their Japanese restaurant have been praising it.

Kogoro Jingxia even called and asked Tang Xiaoyu in person.

Tang Xiaoyu used the halting Japanese she had just learned to talk to Jingxia Kogoro.

Kogoro Jingxia on the other end of the phone was sweating. He could understand some of what was said, but not all.

Kogoro Jingxia called and asked for an interpreter to come over.

But when he heard about the bluefin tuna, he said on the spot, "I want them all!"

Tang Xiaoyu refused, "There are four of them, and other restaurants want them too. If your price satisfies me, two of them are yours."

"If the price you offer is not high, I will sell them separately to attract more buyers."

The corner of Kogoro's mouth twitched. He understood that this meant a high price.

It is more cost-effective to buy it here rather than air-shipping it from your own country.

"Then I have to see it with my own eyes. If the quality meets my requirements, 4 for 20 pieces!"

Tang Xiaoyu refused. "If the price is like this, I can make 20 yuan by selling it to others. After all, the lightest one is estimated to be 300 kilograms, and the heaviest one is up to 400 kilograms."

"If you buy all of them and can't use them all yourself, you can sell them back to your own country! Then your profit will be higher, right?"

"How much do you want?" asked Kogoro Jingxia.

Tang Xiaoyu opened his mouth loudly, "Four hundred thousand for four fish. These are top quality bluefin tuna. Even in Japan, such large bluefin tuna are rare."

"You..." Jingxia Kogoro's face twitched with anger, "Miss Tang, you are too greedy."

Tang Xiaoyu didn't care. Even if the deal failed, at least he could sell it for 200,000.

However, if the Japanese agreed, he might be able to make twice as much money.

why not?

Anyway, with Japan as his backer, Kogoro Jingxia is very fond of bluefin tuna. He air-ships it to Japan and more than doubles his profits.

Kogoro Inoshita would definitely be moved.

It doesn’t matter if she’s not moved, she has nothing to lose.

Tang Xiaoyu smiled and said, "Mr. Jingshui, if you need to consider it, I will give you twenty minutes. If I don't receive your call after twenty minutes, I'm sorry, then I can only sell it to someone else."

Tang Xiaoyu hung up the phone.

I took a piece of water chestnut cake leisurely, put it in my mouth and savored it slowly.

Her eyes fell on the quartz clock on the wall.

Ten minutes, ten more.

When there were three minutes left, Tang Xiaoyu received a call.

Tang Xiaoyu smiled triumphantly!

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