Xu Haibao, who ended fishing, kept all the big groupers he caught in the nameless pearl. In the bucket he brought, there were still three fish. A grouper of about two catties, and two and a half catties of yellow croaker.

It took more than three hours to catch only three fish, which is naturally very low. But if you really want to calculate the value, this wild grouper alone can be sold for hundreds of yuan when it is sold in the market.

With the addition of two and a half catties of yellow croaker, three fish can be sold in the market, at least more than 200 yuan. This kind of income is also a good income for many villagers.

But for Xu Haibao, these three fish are not intended to be sold at all, they are all used to eat!

Relying on this to make money, Xu Haibao really didn't think about it. As for the first pot of gold after being discharged from the army, Xu Haibao already has a plan. It's just that if you want to earn that pot of gold, it's better to wait a few days before going.

On the way back to the village, he saw the slightly surprised eyes of many villagers, and Xu Haibao just smiled and didn't say anything. Wait until a villager says, "Haibao, can this fish be sold? Can it be sold for one or two hundred yuan?"

"Don't sell it! This fish will be taken to my third uncle's house to make later, this is finally caught, and I must eat it myself!"

This amount of grouper is rare for the villagers of the fishing village. But some fishermen can catch it if they are lucky enough to go out to sea. It's just that in the early years, dozens of fish could be caught in one net, which is very rare now.

After returning home, Xu Haibao carried these three fish to the third uncle's house not far from his home. Looking at the third aunt who was preparing lunch, Xu Haibao also smiled and said, "Auntie, where is the third uncle?"

"I've gone to sea, and I haven't come back yet! What's wrong, I'm looking for him?"

"It's nothing! I was lucky today, I caught a grouper, and I plan to ask my aunt to help me make it, and by the way, I will have two drinks with the third uncle!"

Looking at the third aunt who was asking, Xu Haibao handed over the bucket he was carrying. As a result, the third aunt took a look at it and said happily: "Hey, this is what you fished? This grouper should have two catties smaller, right? Otherwise, let your uncle sell it for you tomorrow!"

"Auntie, I'm not short of this hundred yuan! Otherwise, the fish will be raised first, and I will do it when my uncle comes back in the evening." As a soldier, I haven't tasted wild groupers!"

Seeing that Xu Haibao didn't want to sell fish at all, but decided to eat this increasingly rare wild grouper, the third aunt was not too reluctant. After all, she knew Xu Haibao's family background, and she was indeed not short of money selling a fish.

While chatting with the third aunt, Xu Haibao also asked, "Auntie, it's almost the New Year, the starfish should come back, right?"

I called him a few days ago, and he said that he had just joined the company, and he was quite busy with work, and he didn't know if he could come back for the New Year. What about your family? Go to the city for the New Year, or go back to the village for the New Year?"

"I don't know, wait two days to get back to the city, and then ask them!"

"Speaking of which, your parents haven't been back to the village for the New Year for a few years. Our village, it seems that it will not be a few years, and it is estimated that the people will run out like Washan Village. It's getting harder and harder to fish now!"

Looking at the third aunt with a somewhat bitter expression, Xu Haibao knew that this was the current situation in many island fishing villages. And the Washan Village mentioned by the third aunt is also an island fishing village with a smaller area than Fulin Island.

The island is not far from Fulin Island, and many villagers who depend on fishing for their livelihood still hope to move into the city to find a job and live. After all, the risks of fishing in the sea are still very high.

Most importantly, there is a national meteorological observatory on Fulin Island, which is connected to electricity and submarine cables. In my memory, it seems that there is no electricity on the island, and most of the villagers use generators for electricity.

Coupled with the relative scarcity of fresh water resources on the island, there are naturally fewer and fewer villagers willing to live on the island. And in previous years, the government has been advocating the relocation of some of the smaller number of island dwellers, and it is normal for Washan Island to become an uninhabited island.

"Auntie, it's okay! When the starfish has a stable job and a home in the city, I will definitely take you into the city. I'm afraid that when the time comes, you will be reluctant to leave. Our village will definitely get better in the future!"

This is not a coaxing, but something that will become a reality in the future. The reason is that in two years, Fulin Island will become a well-known tourist island in the local area. The reason for this is that more and more people love SH Island travel.

As the easternmost island of the motherland, this promotional title alone is worth many people who have never experienced island life before. What's more, the island scenery of Fulin Island is still very beautiful compared to other islands.

It's just that according to what Xu Haibao knows, even if Fulin Island is developed by tourism in the future. However, many residents living on the island still choose to relocate to the city to settle down. Those who come here to engage in tourism development are more from other places.

After all, for many of the island's villagers, the arrival of tourists shatters the tranquility of the village. Under the glitz, many villagers who were originally happy and quiet could only choose to move away from the island in the end.

Perhaps in response to the old saying 'there is a gain and a loss', but without tourism development, the future of Fulin Island will still be difficult to stop the villagers from yearning for the city. Whenever they have the opportunity, the villagers will move out of the island and settle in the city.

Fortunately, for Xu Haibao, he didn't think too much about these things. For him, he still seems a little hesitant about how to go in the future. But in this isolated island fishing village where he was raised, Xu Haibao didn't want anyone to destroy it.

After having lunch with the third aunt, Xu Haibao continued to go fishing in the reef area in the afternoon. For him, this is his daytime pastime. This kind of pastime will continue for a while.

When he went home in the afternoon, Xu Haibao's bucket had two more groupers of about two catties. In addition to these two large groupers, there are also some small marine fish, which are considered to be the harvest of this afternoon.

As a result, as soon as I got home, I saw the third uncle who entered the door and said with a surprised face: "You kid got lucky with shit today?

Echo Rock is the reef area where Xu Haibao fishes. When the wind and waves are strong, the waves crashing against the reef always make a loud noise. Even the villagers of the village called it Echo Rock.

"I don't know, maybe the place I chose today is good! I keep these two, and when I go back to the city the day after tomorrow, I just bring them to my parents to taste. It is estimated that at that time, Qingya's girl was also on vacation. ”

"This thing is sold for three or four hundred yuan, and it is estimated that someone wants it!"

Hearing that Xu Haibao was going to be taken to the city to eat, the third uncle Xu Licheng, who was usually reluctant to eat a good fish, still felt a little pity. After all, wild grouper is a fish that often depends on luck if you want to catch it nowadays.

As for the market, there are many groupers that are similar to this weight. But most of those groupers are farmed. There is still a big difference in price with the wild grouper caught by Xu Haibao.

When it comes to the difference between wild and farmed groupers, some people think it's no different. But for fishermen who live by the sea all year round, the taste of farmed grouper is still very different from that of wild grouper.

"Now wild groupers, so expensive?"

"Well, the last time I went to the town to sell fish, I saw fishmongers collecting fish. Dead wild groupers can be sold for eighty or ninety-one catties of about one kilogram. If it is a live wild grouper, the fishmonger can produce more than a hundred pounds. ”

For many fishermen who go out to sea to fish, sometimes even if they catch wild groupers, when there is no oxygen machine, when the fishing boat docks, the live grouper is almost dead and can only be frozen and sold.

Similar to this oxygen machine, Xu Licheng also has a set at home. In the past, when I went out to sea to fish, I would bring an oxygen machine. The reason for this is simple: when you catch some expensive fish, you can ensure that the fish are sold alive.

"Forget it! There are fewer and fewer of these fish, and even if you want to buy them now, you probably can't buy them on the market. These two groupers should be taken home for my parents to try. I think they've been eating this wild grouper for years. ”

Seeing that Xu Haibao still insisted on refusing to sell, he still planned to take it home to his parents to eat, but Xu Licheng didn't insist. After all, as a fisherman, he knows better than many people that this kind of large grouper is really rare in the East China Sea.

Since Xu Haibao has this filial piety, how can he stop it? What's more, there is another such grouper in his own house that is about to be steamed in the pot. Speaking of which, he hadn't eaten this wild big grouper for years.

In fact, many villagers who are engaged in fishing will send such wild groupers to the fish market to sell when they catch such wild large groupers. Eating hundreds of yuan of income at a time, many villagers are still reluctant!

A plate of steamed wild groupers, a few plates of authentic seafood and dried goods, Xu Haibao, who ate at Xu Licheng's house for dinner, still had a lot of fun. even decided at the dinner table that he would go to sea with the third uncle tomorrow.

Speaking of which, he also wanted to take advantage of this effort to go to the open sea to have a look. After all, staying on the island every day to fish and hang out, the villagers talk a lot, and it is also a very bad character.

And Xu Haibao also wanted to take the opportunity to see what the current situation of the fishery resources around Fulin Island was. If it's possible, try to catch more good things tomorrow, so that your third uncle can also make a small profit!