Fisherwoman: After my divorce, I became rich by fishing at sea

Fu Wan hurried over with the bucket. When she got closer, she saw a red fish with spots all over its body.

It's a grouper!

Fu Wan hasn't eaten grouper for many years.

The eastern star grouper is a bit like a sea bass. It is more slender than the average grouper, with a smaller head and deep blue eyes. It is called the star grouper because its body is covered with tiny spots that resemble stars in the sky.

The grouper is highly nutritious and has a delicious texture. Of course, it's also expensive. In modern times, the grouper Fu Wan eats is farmed, as it's now a protected species and cannot be caught.

But that is a matter for the future. In the 1980s when materials were scarce, fishermen could naturally pick up anything from the sea and take it home, as long as it was not expressly prohibited.

Fu Wan couldn't quite remember how much a jin of grouper cost back in the 1980s, but she wasn't in the mood to dwell on that right now. After all, the fish was still in the ditch, and catching it in the bucket was the real deal.

Fu Wan put down the bucket and tongs in her hands, tiptoed over, and slowly stretched out her hand towards the red color. Then, she took advantage of the fish's unpreparedness, pinched its gills, and caught it.

Oh, got it!

Fu Wan's mood suddenly improved. After she put the fish into the bucket, she caught a glimpse of the big claws raised from the crevice of the reef beside the ditch.

It's a crab!

Dealing with crabs was not so difficult. She picked up the tongs beside her, grabbed the crab, and dragged it out. Hey, there were actually two blue crabs, one big and one small!

I guess the two of them were on a date and Fu Wan took them all away.

Fu Wan looked at the small half bucket of harvest and felt that it was enough, so she went home.

Blue crabs are different from the popular hairy crabs today. Fu Wan has lived by the sea and grew up eating seafood, so she is not very keen on hairy crabs.

She prefers crabs from the sea.

Although blue crabs do not have as much roe as hairy crabs, they have more roe, tender meat, delicious taste and are very nutritious.

Whether it was steamed or braised, the taste made Fu Wan, who was rushing home, feel her mouth water just thinking about it.

By this time, it was already dark, and there were few people on the road. Even if there were people, they could only see the water that Fu Wan had deliberately muddied, and could not see the two or three kilograms of grouper in it.

When she got home, Ye Xiaocui had already cooked the meal and was preparing to stir-fry some vegetables. These days, she had just mixed some seaweed with herself, but she gave Fu Ming steamed eggs. However, Fu Ming was depressed and didn't eat much.

Fish, crabs and shellfish are common on the seashore, but eggs are still precious commodities.

Now that her daughter and granddaughter are back, she is still worrying about what to cook.

"Mom, I'm back!"

Fu Wan carried the bucket into the kitchen, threw the tongs in her hand next to the firewood, then carefully poured out the sea water in the bucket, and put the harvest in the bucket into another clean basin.

"There's nothing much to eat on the beach right now, so why don't we just fry some omelets tonight..."

Ye Xiaocui, who thought she had no gains, saw Fu Wan first take out two blue crabs. The big one probably weighed two kilograms, and the small one weighed about one kilogram.

She stopped talking halfway. Blue crabs are hard to catch and there are many villagers nearby. Usually they take the blue crabs to Fu San, the fish collector in the village, to sell them, but they rarely get such big ones.

Any of these and some potatoes can make a pot full of food, enough for the whole family to eat tonight.

Before Ye Xiaocui recovered from the giant blue crab, she watched her daughter take out a red grouper weighing two or three pounds from the bucket.

She was so startled that she rushed over from the stove. She got closer to see that it was indeed a grouper. Ye Xiaocui then quickly closed the kitchen door and lowered her voice by several degrees.

"Wan girl, where did you catch this grouper?"

Grouper, isn't it grouper?

However, the red snapper is also a type of grouper. Fu Wan didn't bother to dwell on the name and said in a low voice, "I guess it ran into the small ditch when the tide came in. I caught the crab just after I saw it."

"Mom, let's steam this fish tonight to nourish my brother."

After hearing what her daughter said, Ye Xiaocui slapped her on the shoulder and said, "What are you eating? Your brother's leg is in great need of money. I'll take it to Fu San's house tonight and ask him to sell it tomorrow. It can be exchanged for dozens of dollars!"

Well, after thinking about it, Fu Wan realized that her family was indeed short of money, so she didn't argue with her mother. After all, she lived by the sea now, and she would go to the sea to find another one. Sooner or later, she would be able to eat well, and even eat until she vomited!

Ye Xiaocui carefully kept the grouper in a bucket, and the bitter expression on her face faded a little as the joy in her eyes and brows faded.

You have to know that you may not be able to catch grouper even if you go out to sea now. In addition to the cost of fuel, you have to pay taxes when you bring the fish back. After deducting some miscellaneous expenses, fishermen actually don’t make much money.

It was also because of this that Fu Wan's father went out to sea for several days at a time, just to make more money to pay off his debts as soon as possible and marry his son.

But I didn’t expect... Well, sometimes it may be like this, maybe it is a person’s fate!

Fu Wan saw the changing emotions on Ye Xiaocui's face.

She patted her mother's shoulder and stroked her gray hair. "Mom, I'm here to make my brother better. If the town can't cure him, we'll go to the county. If the county can't cure him, we'll go to the city. If that doesn't work, we'll go to the capital. I don't believe there's no one who can cure this leg!"

At this point, Ye Xiaocui perked up. She whispered to Fu Wan, "I went to the village chief's house today, and he called the town hospital. He said there's a doctor in town who specializes in fishbone poisoning. He'll come to our village tomorrow to see your brother. I wonder if there's any hope."

A doctor who specializes in fishbone poison might be able to cure it.

Fu Wan also saw hope immediately, and then heard Ye Xiaocui sigh and said, "But this expert's consultation fee is not low, it's a full fifty yuan, and after adding the medicine and other things, I estimate it will be around a hundred yuan. This is a loan from your brother. When he gets better, let him earn money to pay you back."

Fu Wan didn't care about this little money at all. If the money could help Fu Ming get back on his feet, she would find a way to earn thousands, not to mention a few hundred.

The mother and daughter chatted in this way while cooking the crabs. They cooked the big one right away. Thinking that Fu Ming was still recovering, they didn't dare to give him too many crabs. They just fried some vegetables and made an egg soup for him, and broke off a crab claw for him to taste.

Shen Lingling had a big meal tonight. Crabs are also meat. For Shen Lingling, who hadn't eaten meat for a long time, the days at her grandmother's house were like heaven.

No one competed with her for things, and her uncle played with her. After eating and drinking her fill, Shen Lingling fell into a deep sleep.

At this time, Fu Wan went to her mother's room and told her a decision.

"Mom, I'm going to the sea tomorrow."