As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up

Chapter 250: Chapter 213: The More the Merrier

Chapter 250 -213: The More the Merrier

“The market assessment price of the Matsu Gold Spearfish is actually not much different from that of the Pacific Bluefin Tuna, normally ranging from two hundred to six hundred per pound,” he said.

“Mainly, it still needs to go through a meat quality evaluation and the fish’s preservation condition to calculate the price,” he explained.

“If nothing unexpected happens, the quality of this one is definitely top-notch. The Sky also has super-low temperature refrigeration cabins, which can ensure the freshness of this fish very well,” he added.

“Personally, I think if sold to a tuna broker, the price should be between two hundred thousand to three hundred thousand,” he estimated.

The captain had been mixing in the seas for decades; though Bluefin Tuna was rare, he had seen them before, so he understood the market situation for tunas quite well.

Chu Mingcheng found his valuation acceptable.

To sell a Bluefin in the domestic market for millions, it definitely would have to be a behemoth that had grown to its limit, weighing over eight hundred pounds.

Unlike in Japan, where through hype, a six hundred pound Bluefin Tuna could sell for such a high price.

Moreover, although Matsu Gold Spearfish is also considered Bluefin Tuna, it differs from Pacific and Atlantic Bluefin.

A Matsu Gold Spearfish can grow to about four hundred pounds, which is about the limit for its kind, and naturally, its value wouldn’t be as high.

Being able to sell for more than two hundred thousand, Chu Mingcheng was already very satisfied.

At least this fish let him and Jiang Luoluo successfully recover their investment and even earn an extra hundred thousand or more.

Hearing that this Matsu Gold Spearfish was worth over two hundred thousand, nearby anglers’ eyes turned red like rabbits.

Two hundred thousand! How many people make two hundred thousand in a year, and they don’t even have to pay tax.

Seeing the fish, shaped like a torpedo, being boxed and carried into the refrigeration cabin, the nearby anglers immediately returned to their own fishing spots to continue fishing.

Soon everyone switched to heavy-duty rods, using Bomb fish to target big catches, hoping they too could hook a Matsu Gold Spearfish.

“Are you guys still continuing to fish?” It was already past twelve o’clock, nearly one in the morning. Chu Mingcheng asked when he saw Zhang Wei and a few others return to their fishing spots.

Hooking such a tuna had worn him out.

In the middle, he had used a life conversion to counter the fish’s first burst, but later, Chu Mingcheng had not used the life conversion again.

Thus, this Matsu Gold Spearfish nearly depleted all his strength, making him urgently need to go back and rest.

“Of course, you’ve recovered your investment now, and even earned an extra hundred thousand. Don’t we need to try harder to at least break even within the first week?” he stated.

Zhang Wei switched out the Bomb fish, ready to continue deep sea fishing.

Seeing his preparation, it seemed he was ready to pull an all-nighter.

Updat𝒆d fr𝒐m freewebnσvel.cøm.

Chen Yang and Paula felt the same way; it appeared they too were stimulated by that tuna.

“Alright then, I’ll head back first,” Chu Mingcheng really wanted them to go back and rest like him, then continue fishing with him the next day.

Because he had a cheat, those fishing near him would catch more than if they went fishing alone.

But everyone was too caught up, so he didn’t press further.

Jiang Luoluo naturally went back with him, as she wasn’t a Fishing Man but rather the wife of a Fishing Man, and it was normal for her not to stay up all night.

That night, Chu Mingcheng slept deeply; when he got up in the morning, the fatigue in his body had vanished, returning him to optimal condition.

This was a benefit of enhanced physical fitness, much stronger recovery ability than before.

Now at eight in the morning, Chu Mingcheng noticed inside his room that the whole ship seemed very quiet.

After freshening up and walking out of his room, sure enough, there was nobody on deck, not even a sailor in sight.

Arriving at Jiang Luoluo’s room, she was also awake, washing up in the bathroom.

“Ah Cheng, you’re up early, aren’t you tired? I was actually about to go to the kitchen to get you some breakfast,” she said.

“This means I have strong recovery abilities.” Chu Mingcheng, seeing her in just a tank top and pajamas, suddenly squeezed into the bathroom unheedingly.

Jiang Luoluo twisted her body with disdain, “Hey, what are you doing coming in here? It’s really cramped, you know?”

“I’m just coming in to squeeze in!” he retorted playfully.

“What are you doing with your hands though?” she protested.

“Didn’t I say, coming in to squeeze?” he replied cheekily.

“Go away, you think I’m made of dough! And this isn’t squeezing; you’re clearly kneading…” Jiang Luoluo, lamenting her generous development, couldn’t block him no matter how she tried.

“I’m just measuring in advance the cafeteria for our future kids, need to make sure they won’t go hungry, calculate how much formula we need to buy!” he joked.

“Formula my foot, go away, one look and you can tell it’s enough, no need to measure!” she pushed back.

Jiang Luoluo, pressed up against the washbasin, unable to turn around, struggled a few times only to tire herself out huffing and puffing.

“Oh come on, I worked so hard last night hauling in that Matsu Gold Spearfish, and I helped you break even too; shouldn’t you reward me?” Chu Mingcheng whispered into her ear, then kissed it.

The sneak attack on her earlobe made her entire body tremble violently before her knees went weak.

With such teasing, how could she, an inexperienced young woman, withstand it?

No longer caring about the crowded bathroom, she awkwardly turned around and initiated a return kiss.

Alluring and pleasant sounds emerged from beneath her nostrils, as she felt his further actions, today she unusually did not stop him.

But after a little while, she opened her foggy wide eyes in confusion, looking at Chu Mingcheng who had stopped his advances.

It seemed like she was asking, why did you stop?

“Oh my gosh, I’m starving. Hurry it up, we still need to go have breakfast!”

“Who exactly is wasting time here?” Jiang Luoluo’s cheeks turned red as she muttered softly, then pushed him out of the bathroom and shut the door to continue freshening up.

Chu Mingcheng sat on the bed with a grin, feeling that teasing his girlfriend every day indeed made his mood much better.

As for why he wasn’t stopped but stopped on his own initiative,

it was not because the timing in the morning was wrong, but because Chu Mingcheng remembered Jiang Luoluo’s “order” to not touch her before they were married.

But he didn’t know that in the days to come, his own rule would cause Jiang Luoluo much distress, even leading her to come up with quite a few schemes.

The two of them went to the kitchen for breakfast without disturbing Zhang Wei and the others.

They had been fishing all night, probably couldn’t be woken up by now.

The Sky remained in its original spot, as these fishing boats, once they found a good fishing spot, wouldn’t easily leave.

Unless there were no fish left or the anglers on board had opinions, only then would they set off to a new fishing spot.

Last night, Chu Mingcheng caught a Matsu Gold Spearfish, and several other anglers’ deep-sea fish hauls were also decent. The Sky would probably stay for at least another three or four days before departing, which would save quite a bit of fuel.

After breakfast, Chu Mingcheng, unable to stay idle, continued to rent a small boat, ready for some trolling.

With the boatman’s help in navigating and locating schools of fish, he and Jiang Luoluo caught quite a few Ma Ba.

Around ten in the morning, Chu Mingcheng unexpectedly noticed an outcropping reef nearby in the sea, from afar it looked like some gigantic creature had revealed its head.

The currents there were swift, and the boatman who had been sailing all morning hadn’t approached that area.

“Boatman, that area looks like it has a lot of reefs, is it suitable for fishing?”

To his surprise, the boatman’s face changed upon hearing this.

“You can’t fish there, mainly because there are too many hidden reefs, and many underwater currents. It’s very dangerous as people can easily be swept away by the currents.”

“However, now is the calm period of the low tide, you could go and collect some dog claw shells.”

“There are dog claw shells over there?” Chu Mingcheng’s eyes lit up.

The dog claw shell is actually a type of goose barnacle, but in the Pacific, it generally refers to the turban shell.

Unlike the Atlantic goose barnacles that can sell for up to a thousand per kilogram, the domestically produced ones in our waters are quite cheap, just around a hundred yuan per kilogram!

Chu Mingcheng got interested not only because it could add to his experience but also because he had never tried them and wanted to taste something new.

So he had the boatman go back to the Sky to get two small spades, then, with the tools, they headed to the group of reefs.

The group of reefs seemed close, but it actually took nearly half an hour by boat to get there.

Upon arrival, Chu Mingcheng discovered that the waves in this area were indeed quite fierce.

Even during the calm period of low tide, the small boat still rocked violently.

He indeed found many goose barnacles on some rocks, and there were also signs of them having been harvested.

The rocks with long goose barnacles were very steep, no wonder the harvesting of goose barnacles is a high-risk job.

However, some areas weren’t as dangerous, and it was from these areas where the most barnacles had been harvested, so the boatman took them to these safer spots.

Although the harvest here wouldn’t be much, it was safer.

It wasn’t a kilogram of goose barnacles, so Chu Mingcheng naturally wouldn’t do anything risky. He and Jiang Luoluo collected a few kilograms there.

A few kilograms were enough for them to taste, and the boatman drove the boat back.

Suddenly, a meter-long red snapper leaped out of the water and into Chu Mingcheng’s arms.

He looked baffled, his hands instinctively holding onto the fish.

The fish struggled fiercely in his arms, and he couldn’t control it, so he had to throw it onto the boat deck.

Jiang Luoluo was stunned: “This delivery is awesome!”

A meter-long red snapper weighed at least about thirty kilograms, even if sold to a fishmonger it could be worth a thousand; this delivery was indeed awesome.

Looking at the gratis red snapper on the boat, Chu Mingcheng thought of something else: “Could this be a school of red snapper? Are there predatory fish chasing them underwater?”

Boatman: “There probably is a school of fish, do you want to continue trolling?”

“Let’s go back to the Sky. I think the school will hide under the ship.” By now, the small boat was only about a hundred meters or so from the Sky; Chu Mingcheng saw no need to waste money continuing to troll.

Back on the ship, anglers had gradually begun to come out to fish.

Chu Mingcheng inquired with the boatman, and sure enough, a school of fish had indeed come near the ship.

So he and Jiang Luoluo split up to wake people up, calling Zhang Wei, Chen Yang, and Han Baola.

“Hurry up, the school of fish is here, and it’s a rare opportunity.”

Chu Mingcheng almost dragged Zhang Wei to the deck, while Jiang Luoluo and Han Baola were quick and had already set up their electric rods to start fishing.

He didn’t hesitate either, installing the large electric rod in the fishing hole, hanging a mackerel bait, and began fishing.

Red snapper, not considered a premium fish in the aquatic guide, so the fish gathering function was useless.

But he had caught plenty of this fish,