However, Fu Wancai did not indulge him. Being pricked by seafood could be a serious matter or a minor one. If you are lucky, it might be no different from a mosquito bite, which would not hurt or itch and would heal in a few days.

If you are unlucky, the wound will become red, swollen, inflamed, or even bruised and pus-filled in a short time. In severe cases, amputation may be required.

This is not an exaggeration, because seafood grows in the sea after all, and no one can tell how many unknown bacteria there are. Moreover, marine bacteria reproduce very quickly. In just a few hours, what may be just an inconspicuous small wound at the beginning will immediately develop into serious symptoms of dizziness.

However, this situation varies from person to person. People with weakened immune systems are more susceptible to bacterial infections after being injured. Fu Ming is a young man in his prime, so he shouldn't be infected.

But just in case, Fu Wan still ran to find iodine and gentian violet, and helped him rinse the wound with fresh water and then disinfected it and applied medicine.

"Hey, Amin is injured?"

Boss Fu brought back another fish and was about to show it off to his children when he turned around and saw Fu Wan pouring purple medicine for Fu Ming.

Fu Ming felt a little embarrassed when he heard this and quickly put the purple medicine away.

"I wasn't injured, just poked by a needlefish. Awan was afraid of infection, so she insisted I apply medicine."

Fu Wan rolled her eyes at him. "Don't be ungrateful. I'm applying the medicine now just for prevention. If it gets infected and needs amputation later, I'll see what you can do!"

"Hehe, it's not that serious. I just said you're thinking too much..."

Before Fu Ming could finish his words, Boss Fu interrupted him with a dark face.

"You're such a jerk! Awan is right. If you're pricked by seafood, you have to disinfect it. This is no joke. Some seafood are more poisonous than scorpions and snakes!"

After saying that, he was still afraid that Fu Ming would not believe him, so he mentioned that a few years ago, someone in the village accidentally pricked his thumb while handling hairtail. He didn't take it seriously at the time, but as a result, the finger swelled up that night.

He didn't take it seriously even after it started to swell. A week later, when he was moving seafood and found that he had no strength in his hands, he realized something was wrong.

So his wife took him to see the village doctor that day. The doctor gave him acupuncture, bloodletting and applied medicine. It took more than half a month before his hand healed.

Fu Ming had actually heard of this incident, but there were many people in the village who were injured by seafood and were safe and sound, so he didn't take it seriously.

When Boss Fu brought up the matter again, the more Fu Ming listened, the more uneasy he became.

"It's just a minor wound. It shouldn't be that unlucky!"

Fu Wan sneered, "You want to gamble with your own hand? Have you forgotten that time when you were lying in bed and couldn't get off?"

Well, as soon as these words were spoken, Fu Ming immediately shut up and obediently applied the purple medicine again.

Ye Lin was watching from the side and kept laughing. Fu Qing was a little surprised and asked quietly, "Brother Ye Lin, what are you laughing at?"

"Haha, I'm laughing at A-Ming. Look at him and A-Wan, don't they look like brother and sister?"

Fu Qing tilted his head and looked at it in confusion for a while, then shook his head firmly.

"They are not brother and sister. My mother said that A Ming is the older brother and A Wan is the younger sister. A Wan is my older sister!"

"Hahahaha, yes, yes, Awan is your sister!"

Ye Lin laughed with joy. The noise also attracted Fu Ming, who had just treated his wound and put on a new pair of gloves. Seeing Ye Lin grinning, Fu Ming knew that it must have something to do with him.

"Dalinzi, what are you laughing at?"

"Hahaha, nothing, nothing!"

Ye Lin laughed a few times, then lowered his head and continued to pick seafood. Fu Ming snorted coldly. After decades, he still didn't understand Ye Ming. Whenever this guy lied, he would pretend to be very busy.

Humph, if he doesn’t say it, someone will.

"Ah Qing, what did you say to my brother A Lin just now?"

"He said Awan is the older sister and you are the younger brother. That's wrong. My mother said Awan is my older sister, not yours!"

Fu Qing is not stupid. She remembers everything Wang Xiuer said to her.

Upon hearing this, Fu Ming gave Ye Lin, who was pretending to be busy, a speechless look. This man had been laughing for a long time, just for this?

childish!

The eels in this net are basically big ones that are more than one meter long and weigh dozens of kilograms, so picking them out is much faster than fishing with the net.

But despite being fast, the price of this kind of eel is actually average. Because it is large in size and its meat is rather tough, few people like to eat fresh eels.

But if you have time to make fresh eels into dried eels and then sell them, the price will be several times higher.

The method used by general fishermen to make dried eels is also simple. They wash the caught eels inside and out, smear the whole body with coarse sea salt, and then put them in a water tank in strips, and find some heavier stones to press them down for most of the day.

This is to squeeze out the moisture from the eel, making the eel meat firmer.

After squeezing out the water, you need to quickly rinse the eel with clean water, then make a hole in the tail of the fish, thread a hemp rope through it, and tie it tightly.

Finally, hang the processed eels in a windy place at the dock, or hang them on your own boat, and wait for them to blow for three to five days, and the dried eels will be dried.

In fact, this method of drying is also called wind eel in Fujia Village, and every household will dry some in the winter.

After drying, wrap the dried eel in a bag or kraft paper and store it in a cool place. If properly stored, it can be kept for half a year. When there is no meat at home, take out an eel, wash it and steam it. No salt is needed. It is a very good dish to go with rice.

But it was summer now, and Fu Wan had no intention of getting dried eels. This net of eels was estimated to weigh more than 4,000 kilograms, and she planned to sell half of them and give the rest to the food factory so that they could continue to produce eel cakes.

The food factory has professional production machines that can quickly squeeze out the water from the eels and pressurize them to make fragrant eel cakes.

"Awan, Brother Gouwa, we're done!"

Fu Huanghua's voice floated up with the sea breeze. Upon hearing this, Fu Wan and Fu Lao Da hurried to the side of the boat.

"Uncle Dahuang, do you have room for fish?"

"No more. I just managed to squeeze the shrimp in. Ouch, is your ship full of seafood? How about this, we come back tomorrow and just take out the seafood from your ship?"

Fu Wan shook her head and refused, "No need for that. We have to go to another sea area tomorrow, and it will be difficult for you to find us then.

That's it, there's still room on the boat, you guys go back first and we'll take the rest back to the dock ourselves."

"Alright, then we're almost ready to head back to the dock!"

Fu Huanghua nodded in agreement, and Fu Wan hurriedly called him.

"Uncle Huang, let's go back later. It's time for dinner. I've already cooked. You can sail back after dinner!"

"What? You cooked our meal again? No, no, that would be so embarrassing. We brought rations!"

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