Back To the Small Fishing Village In 1982 - Chapter 39

Chapter 39: Icing on the Cake

Ye Yaodong was also very excited. He had only intended to come out to overcome his lingering fear of seawater, yet unexpectedly gained such a harvest.

Had he really become a lucky koi fish?

He smiled and joked, “Not just prayed, I sacrificed my whole self to Mazu to get this luck.”

Ah Zheng’s eyes widened, “Ah… holy crap, so it needed a sacrifice? Then we shouldn’t have saved you earlier, could we have caught more?”

“Get lost, maybe if we sacrifice you next we’ll catch even more!”

“Hehe, when I get back, I’ll go pray at the Mazu temple too.”

Ah Guang interrupted their idle chat, “Should we cast the net again? It’s been so long, the escaped fish have probably swum far away, scattered in all directions, who knows where.”

Ye Yaodong said, “We should have enough fuel, right? Let’s cast one last net. The last catch still had more than ten fish, let’s not let the stragglers escape. Let’s circle around the area a few more times – even if we don’t catch Spanish mackerel, we might net some other seafood for drinking snacks tonight to celebrate.”

“We have enough fuel. Alright, let’s cast one last net and drag it longer. If we don’t catch Spanish mackerel, we might catch some stone crabs or yellow croakers – enough for some drinking snacks, then we won’t need to buy seafood at the pier.”

In their previous catches, besides Spanish mackerel, they had sorted some scattered seafood into buckets.

For the final net, they didn’t expect to catch much. After casting it, they walked to the cabin, looking at the Spanish mackerel filling it, everyone could barely contain their excitement – they’d really struck it rich today!

Since discovering the Spanish mackerel, Ye Yaodong’s attention had been completely focused on them. As the boat sailed and cast nets, he hadn’t felt any panic or fear. Only now did he realize that by facing his fears head-on, he had completely conquered them!

That was fantastic!

He rubbed his chin, “We must have several thousand jin of fish in this cabin, right?”

“Definitely. Look at the size of them, nearly half a meter long each, over four or five jin each. We cast seven or eight nets, must have caught about half the school.”

“I saw one in the live well that was almost a meter long, that one must be over eight jin.”

“I noticed that one too. Damn, this trip was worth it!”

“Hahaha~”

Everyone chatted excitedly, taking turns speaking. It had been so long since they’d been this excited – who wouldn’t be happy about making money?

Ah Zheng kicked the bucket at his feet, looking at the beach combing tools inside, and quickly asked, “Are we still going beach combing later?”

“Beach combing my ass! After we pull up this last net, we need to hurry back and sell this boat full of Spanish mackerel for cash! Don’t tell me you’re not itching to do that!” Ye Yaodong was amazed he could ask such a silly question.

“Of course I’m eager! I was just asking casually. What if you all thought since we came all this way, we might as well do some beach combing?”

“Are you stupid? Of course selling the fish for money is more important. We can ask Ah Guang’s aunt to rent us the boat again tomorrow, and come back for beach combing then. The tide rises slowly anyway, the reefs should still be exposed tomorrow.”

Ah Guang nodded in agreement, “Right, right, right, we’ll rent the boat tomorrow to come beach combing, and try our luck again.”

“The boat is rented? Not borrowed? Why didn’t you say so earlier?” After all this talk, only Xiaoxiao noticed this detail.

“Oh come on, what does it matter if it’s rented or borrowed? It’s just a bit of money, any of us can pay, and we’ve made a fortune today, why worry about that small amount?” Ah Guang said dismissively.

Ye Yaodong also showed a genuine smile, “Right, it’s just a little money. The important thing is dividing up the money after we sell these Spanish mackerel.”

“Right, right, right, let’s head back after this last net, who knows how long we’ve been out.”

As they talked, they put their clothes back on – earlier they had only cared about the Spanish mackerel and nothing else.

They dragged the last net a bit longer, and as they were about to pull it up, to not waste the opportunity, Ah Guang simply headed toward the pier, making a circle in the middle waters before pulling up the net.

Originally, no one had high hopes for the last catch, but there was a surprise!

A large sea bass, 5-6 jin in weight, appeared in everyone’s view as they pulled up the net!

“Ah, sea bass, big sea bass…”

“Wow… we got another big catch!”

“Icing on the cake, haha! Just as we’re about to head to shore, we caught a big sea bass!”

“Haha, plenty of small fish and shrimp too, we’ve got our drinking snacks!”

If they had caught this sea bass before encountering the school of Spanish mackerel, everyone would have been very excited. But now, with such a better catch before, this large sea bass could only make them happy for a moment, not as excited as when they caught the Spanish mackerel.

After sorting the seafood, besides that one big sea bass, there were several Spanish mackerel, and other cheap small fish, shrimp, and crabs, filling two large buckets. They wouldn’t sell for much, but would be good for eating.

“Let’s sell the sea bass too, it’s worth several mao per jin…”

Hearing Xiaoxiao’s words, Ye Yaodong’s mouth twitched involuntarily. In his previous life, sea bass was bought at 35-40 yuan per jin, and the selling price depended on location, sometimes double that. Now at several mao per jin, and being called ‘several mao’…

The biggest shock of returning to ’82 was these prices. He couldn’t help comparing them to 2022.

Every time he made the comparison, his heart twinged. If only he had a cheat ability that let him travel between ’82 and ’22.

Then he could take the seafood caught in 1982 and sell it in 2022…

Well, these were beautiful thoughts, but besides having better luck, he had no special abilities.

Thinking about it, being able to live again was already the biggest bug. He should be grateful – maybe good luck was his special ability.

Otherwise, who would have such luck?

Ah Guang? Xiaoxiao? Ah Zheng? He didn’t believe it. Being a reincarnator, he believed more that the luck came from him.

While his thoughts wandered, Ah Zheng’s voice brought him back.

“Should we sell it? There’s only one sea bass, why not keep it and make clear soup tonight? We have so many Spanish mackerel anyway, one sea bass won’t make a difference!”

“I think so too. Let’s keep the sea bass, and keep one Spanish mackerel for braising? Or we could make Spanish mackerel dumplings, that would be good too.”

“Then let’s keep them? With so many fish, one or two won’t matter. I haven’t had sea bass and Spanish mackerel dumplings in a long time…”

*Slurp* ~ Ye Yaodong seemed to hear everyone salivating. They really were all spendthrifts.

Instead of thinking about selling everything for money, they wanted to keep some to eat.

But… that’s what he wanted too…