Could face value be earned less? Over a hundred yuan per catty, thousands of yuan for one fish. Fish at banquets can cost thousands, this standard is for the wealthy.
Li Haochen was only slightly satisfied with this grouper, far from the protagonist's requirements, so he relegated it to the role of backup number one.
After the grouper, no more expensive catches were made. It was either black seabream or sea bass, seven or eight in a row. Li Haochen knew he couldn't force it, so he'd go with the flow.
He didn't continue fishing; his stomach was already protesting.
He packed up the fishing rods and went down to the kitchen to start cooking.
Since he had caught quite a few fish, lunch couldn't be without them. A plate of steamed black seabream with soy sauce was a must.
Then, a fried egg, simple, quick, and delicious.
After eating, Li Haochen didn't continue fishing. With that grouper as a base, he was no longer worried.
After resting for a while, he entered his space to start preparing to cultivate more coconut seedlings. This was a demanding task and couldn't be slacked off.
Of course, Li Haochen wasn't pushing himself to the extreme. Besides getting some seafood to prepare for the banquet, this trip out to sea was also to relax. He had been too stressed lately and needed to unwind.
An hour later, Li Haochen stopped cultivating coconut seedlings and went to the reef area to check on the gooseneck barnacles and rock oysters.
The gooseneck barnacles were doing very well and had already begun to reproduce. The number wasn't large. Li Haochen counted thirty-five new ones.
Li Haochen took a small shovel and scooped out half of them, placing them in another rock crevice to increase their breeding space.
The rock oysters had already reproduced a lot, filling the larger rock crevices. If he dug them all out, it would be four to five hundred catties.
However, this amount wouldn't even last three days if he tried to sell them, so he continued to transplant them to increase their reproduction rate.
After doing this, Li Haochen exited his space.
It was now time to pull in the fishing traps.
The traps were set right beside the boat, so close that the electric winch wasn't needed.
Li Haochen put on his anti-slip gloves, untied the ropes, and started pulling.
It took less than a minute to pull out the first trap. Inside were two black seabream, the size of his palm, wriggling as if dancing awkwardly, one jumping once when the other bounced twice.
After pulling out more than a dozen traps, there were no surprising discoveries. They were all black seabream, yellow croaker, and sea bass.
Fortunately, the last few traps yielded two large blue crabs. However, for over ten people eating, two crabs were clearly not enough. Would he let guests have just a crab claw each?
After tidying up, Li Haochen decided to change locations, as the results here were not ideal.
After preparing the bait box, he raised anchor and set sail. The speed was very slow. After sailing about three to four hundred meters, he went onto the deck and threw the traps in one by one.
After mooring the boat, Li Haochen lay down on the tatami to rest.
As he lay there, he actually fell asleep.
He woke up when the stars were already dotting the sky.
He had slept soundly and his spirits and physical strength had been restored.
It was getting late, so he decided to keep dinner simple, slicing some cured sausage and cured meat to steam rice.
While the rice was cooking, Li Haochen went back into his space to get some mussels, smashed them, and planned to set out the traps again later.
After eating and washing the pot, he rested for a while before starting to pull the traps.
This time, he hit the jackpot. The first trap out actually caught 5 spiny lobsters, and they were not small, each weighing about three to four catties.
"Another dish to put on the table, hehe!"