Chapter 165: Chapter 155: Giant Grouper
Backing off to create some distance, Chu Mingcheng didn’t hesitate anymore and aimed to shoot at its head.
The result was that the Dragon Gizzard Grouper lifted its head, and the fish arrow struck the gillver on its face.
And it only penetrated a small part, the Dragon Gizzard Grouper shook its face, and the fish arrow fell off.
Hurt by the strike, the grouper’s aggressiveness surged, and it charged towards Chu Mingcheng at full speed.
But its speed was simply too slow, and ituldn’t catch up at all.
While retreating, Chu Mingcheng reeled in the fishing line; this Dragon Gizzard Grouper was giving him a lot of pressure!
But no matter the value of the fish itself or getting familiar with underwater hunting of big fish like the Golden Spearfish or Flagfish in advance, he was determined to grind down this Dragon Gizzard Grouper.
After retrieving the arrowhead, he reloaded the spear gun.
Then he lifted the fish gun to aim at the wound on the grouper’s face. Although the wound wasn’t deep, the protective gillver had been cracked open.
If the fish arrowuld hit this spot again, it would be a lethal blow to the Dragon Gizzard Grouper.
Unfortunately, the snd arrow hit slightly behind the wound, enlarging the cut on the gillver but not significantly affecting the grouper.
It turned its head again, and with Chu Mingcheng’s pulling force, the fish arrow was pulled out.
But this time, the grouper grew fearful and chose to flee instead of pursuing.
Unfortunately, its fate was sealed after euntering Chu Mingcheng: whether it fled or chased, it would not escape his sight.
But it was unaware that by choosing to escape, it was hastening its time of death.
Because Chu Mingcheng was thrilled to diver that each time the fish breathed, its gillvers would open widely, revealing the gills inside.
Although it was also not an easy target to hit, it was much easier than the small wound on its face.
With the spear gun loaded for the third time, Chu Mingcheng followed behind, aiming the gun.
This time he prepared for a full thirty snds, and when the Dragon Gizzard Grouper once again breathed and opened its gillvers, he pressed the trigger and shot the arrow.
The arrow pierced instantly into the inside of the gills, sticking deep inside, possibly even reaching its brain.
This attack was deadly enough, and the Dragon Gizzard Grouper struggled like never before.
Chu Mingcheng pulled the fishing line so it lay flush against the fish’s body to avoid being cut by the gillvers, then found himself being dragged along without a chance to resist.
But, to his surprise, the Dragon Gizzard Grouper only swam about twenty meters before slowing down and starting to lie on its side.
Although it was still moving, it was in a state of near death.
Only then did Chu Mingcheng approach, but looking at the gargantuan body of the Dragon Gizzard Grouper, he didn’t know how to proceed.
In the end, he opted to lift it by the gillvers.
It was heavy, heavier than anything he had experienced before.
This Dragon Gizzard Grouper, almost one and a half meters long, must have weighed over two hundred jin.
Moreover, the depth of the water in this area was over twenty meters, and at this level, there was negative buoyancy.
Chu Mingcheng pulled the Dragon Gizzard Grouper and struggled to swim. Once they reached the fifteen-meter-deep water layer, it became much easier.
After that, the higher they went, the easier it became, as the buoyancy of the seawater also helped him.
Finally reaching the surface, heuldn’t see the boat while holding the fish because his view was blocked by arner of the deserted island, and so the people on the boatuldn’t spot him either.
Chu Mingcheng took a few heavy breaths; the fish was large, and although the buoyancy of seawater helped, it was still very difficult to drag it.
He had been underwater hunting all afternoon and was not in good shape.
Checking that he still had three Life Transforms left, he ultimately decided not to use them.
Mainly because he had someone to assist him, and also because he would notntinue underwater hunting after this.
When he swam around therner with the grouper, Brother Haiwang on the boat immediately spotted him.
First letting out an exclamation, he then shouted loudly, “Ah Cheng, do you need the boat tome over and assist?”
Chu Mingcheng waved his hand to indicate there was no need; heuld swim the few hundred meters to the boat himself since every movement of the boatst money.
Inside the cabin, Jiang Luoluo and Jiang Yuqi were startled by Brother Haiwang’s shout and both came out.
Seeing thelossal creature next to Chu Mingcheng, they both opened their eyes wide in shock.
Jiang Luoluo immediately ran back to theckpit to start the fishing boat.
Sea King hurriedly went to stop her, “Hey, hey, hey, Ah Cheng just said he didn’t need the boat tome over. Let’s think about how we can get the fish onto the boat instead!”
Chu Mingcheng’s boat had an external propeller, so there was no special small door on the side of the boat to pull big fish aboard.
Primarily, the design of this type of boat had notnsidered large fish since those familiar with ouruntry’sastal resources understand the situation.
Furthermore, Chu Mingcheng chose an external motor because, first, it was cheaper.
Snd, the external motor was lighter and used less fuel than inboard motors, significantly reducingsts.
In terms of speed, it was also faster than inboard motors, and maintenance and replacement were morenvenient andst-effective.
Inboard motors definitely have their advantages, but for Chu Mingcheng at that time, the external motor was clearly better.
He had never imagined that he would eunter various big hauls just by playing in theastal waters temporarily.
Previously, it was all right as heuld pull them up from the steps, but pulling up this grouper was not going to be easy!
After being stopped, Jiang Luoluo, hearing that Chu Mingcheng wanted to swim back by himself, did not start the fishing boat.
They now had tonsider how to pull the fish onto the boat, and first, they needed a thick rope.
Jiang Luoluo looked at the buoy on the sea behind Chu Mingcheng and had an idea.
She went to the bedroom and found the safety rope that she bought along with her diving suit.
The rope was thick enough and should be useable.
Sea King looked at the safety rope and nodded, “This is good. With ourmbined strength, we should be able to pull the fish on board.”
Jiang Luoluo stepped out of theckpit and glanced at the height of the deck and the ship’s side, frowning.
With this height, the fish would smash into the deck after being pulled up.
If it falls, not to mention what happens to the deck, at least a large piece of the fish flesh would be shattered, affecting the value of the fish.
So she went to get the quilts that had been used tover the fish for insulation, folded them, and placed them on the side of the deck.
This way, the fish would have a significant cushion when it fell, protecting it from being damaged.
“Well done!” Brother Haiwang praised.
He already had an idea in his heart for this Grouper; if heuld buy it, he definitely would.
Because he was planning to go to a place, originally intending to buy a farmed big sea bass, but now he had a better target.
Twenty minutes later, Chu Mingcheng finally reached the side of the boat.
Brother Haiwang threw down the safety rope and said, “Ah Cheng, thread the safety rope through the gills and out the other side, and we will all help pull it up together.”
“Okay!” Chu Mingcheng accepted the safety rope and nodded.
This was the best method for now, it looked like he had a lot to do tomorrow!
Not only did he need to select a spear gun, but he also had to fit the boat with a winch or a crane.
He threaded the safety rope through the right gill and out the left gill opening.
This way, when they pulled it up later, the weight of the entire fish would be on the head, not on one side of the gillver.
The Dragon Gizzard Grouper had almostoled off by now and didn’t react much.
He handed the safety rope back to Brother Haiwang; three men pulled from the front, women at the back.
“One, two, three, lift!”
Chu Mingcheng pushed the Dragon Gizzard Grouper in the water,ordinating with the people aboard.
The weight of two hundred pounds was not easy to pull, but with thembined strength of six people, they still managed to get it onto the boat relatively easily.
The Dragon Gizzard Grouper landed on the already laid quilts, just like that.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk, I didn’t expect to eunter such a large Dragon Gizzard Grouper in our nearby waters; this is incredible!” Brother Haiwang patted the grouper’s body and his eyes shone.
“What, are you interested, Brother Haiwang?” Chu Mingcheng had alsome up through the rear door, and seeing his reaction, he laughed and said.
Brother Haiwang nodded, “Ofurse I’m interested! I hesitated for a long time over the big sea eel yesterday and didn’t buy it in the end, but I can’t let this big Dragon Gizzard slip away.”
“I have a tripming up, and I was planning to buy a farmed big sea bass, but this one you have is just perfect.”
“Okay, if you want it, this one will be 120 yuan per pound for you,” Chu Mingcheng said directly since he wanted to sell it.
Grandpa should rest for now; he’s already hit the hot trends on TikTok.
If this happens again, the relevant authorities will probablyme and visit the old man!
But in fact, for someone like Wei Jiaguo living alone, catching one big sea eel was fine, but another big Dragon Gizzard Grouper would obviously make it look like he had money, making him a target for those with ulterior motives, which wasn’t good for him!
“120 yuan per pound? Not following the rule to diunt five yuan? This is my snd purchase already!” Brother Haiwang agreed with the price of 115 yuan per pound. It was neither high nor low, quite fair.
Dragon Gizzard Grouper isn’t like the Seven-banded Grouper; the bigger, the tastier.
This kind of fish actually bmes tougher as it gets larger, not as delicious as one might imagine, requiring certain culinary skills, so big doesn’t mean the price can be excessively high.
Dragon Gizzard Grouper has been cultivated domestically for a long time, with small ones being just forty yuan per pound, and huge ones around seventy or eighty.
Chu Mingcheng’suld sell for 120 yuan per pound because it was wild.
Furthermore, it indicated that the resources near this isolated island must be very good to sustain such a large grouper.
He had only explored a small area today; next time he was free, heuldntinue.
“Okay then, let’s follow the old rule, knock off five yuan.” Theoperation was still pleasant so far, so Chu Mingcheng didn’t mind giving a diunt of one thousand yuan.
Over two hundred pounds, the large scale inside theckpituld handle it.
There were two scales in his cabin; the large oneuld weigh up to four hundred pounds.
With ambined effort, they moved the Dragon Gizzard Grouper onto the big scale. The weight of the grouper did not exceed expectations; it was indeed only two hundred and twenty-three pounds.
At the price of 115 yuan per pound, that came to over twenty-five thousand six hundred yuan.
There was no signal at sea, so the money would have to be transferred once back on land.
Also, since this big Dragon Gizzard Grouper needed to stay fresh, they cancelled the original plan took dinner on the small beach, deciding to head back first to pack and transport the grouper away.
Three hours later, dusk hadmpletely fallen.
Upon returning to the pier, Brother Haiwang immediately transferred the money to Chu Mingcheng and arranged for transportation.
The freight on the large grouper wasn’t cheap, probably over a thousand yuan.
Chu Mingcheng didn’t sell the fish to customers in the group today, instead, he simply sold all of it directly to the Seafood Restaurant.
He alsontacted Xie Xiao, who bought fish through QQ and Soso, and he came over first to purchase five Pepper Diao.
Exactly thirty pounds in weight, sold for thirty-six hundred yuan.
Chu Mingcheng marveled, in one afternoon, he only speared thirteen Pepper Diao, yet Xie Xiao managed to find five that exactly weighed thirty pounds, quite impressive.
However, Chu Mingcheng didn’t dislike him; at least Xie Xiao wouldn’t take thirty-one pounds of fish and then haggle to pay for just thirty pounds.
The rest of the catch was sold directly to the Seafood Restaurant. There were many big fish today, apart from the Sea Wolf Brother Haiwang singled out to shoot a video later, the rest of the fish also carried significant value.
The Red Friend Fish weighed thirty-three pounds, sold at one hundred yuan per pound, which made three thousand three hundred yuan.
The rest of the catch, altogether, sold for fifteen thousand and eight hundred yuan.
Therefore, Chu Mingcheng’s earnings for the day, not aunting forsts, totaled forty-eight thousand yuan.
But his savings only amounted to over two hundred and forty thousand, and he estimated that the money earned today would probably be spent by tomorrow.
Once all the fish were dealt with, they rinsed the boat lightly with a hose, and the group, along with the Sea Wolf, headed back to Chu Mingcheng’s house to start filming and to take care of dinner at the same time.
