1990, Reborn as a Beachcomber, From Rascal to Brilliant Guy

"That's right, I caught that eel."

At this moment, Tong Lao Er, who was busy collecting his tools, also ran over and shouted loudly at the onlookers.

"Alright, all of you, keep a low profile. Can't you see Ah Shui and the others? They haven't caught a single fish yet!"

Tong Lao Da glared at Tong Lao Er and Tong Lao San, who were trying to steal the spotlight, and then steered the conversation toward Lin Shuisheng in the puddle.

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately became interested and climbed onto the large reef.

"Hey! Ah Shui, what are you doing here? Didn't your wife give birth to your second son at the county hospital the night before last? Why aren't you by her side?"

When Zhang Chunmei saw Lin Shuisheng silently drawing water from the puddle, she immediately pretended to be very surprised and exclaimed.

The sound was loud enough for everyone to hear.

Upon hearing her say this, everyone looked at Lin Shuisheng with a strange expression.

In their view, Lin Shuisheng must have been provoked by the fact that his second child was a boy, so he simply left his wife and the boy at the hospital and ran back home.

"Oh dear! If you ask me, having a son or having a son is the same, so don't be so upset. We can always have a few more later!"

Seeing that Lin Shuisheng didn't respond, Zhang Chunmei rolled her eyes, slapped her thigh hard, and said with a well-meaning expression, "I'm trying to persuade you."

On the surface, her words seemed to be meant to persuade Lin Shuisheng, but everyone could tell that she was implying that even if Lin Shuisheng had several more children in the future, he might not be able to have a son.

"Sister Mei, have you said enough? It's none of your business how many children Ah Shui has in the future. You don't need to worry about it so much."

At this moment, Li Chanjuan, seeing the commotion, quickly ran over with Su Meilan, Lin Shuixian, and the children, and immediately retorted to Zhang Chunmei.

"Hey! What are you saying? I'm just concerned about Ah Shui!"

Zhang Chunmei's expression froze, and then she started to complain, sounding somewhat aggrieved.

"It's none of your business. You should be thinking about how to pay the fine for having too many children."

With a cold face, Li Chanjuan directly pointed out the fact that Zhang Chunmei had also given birth to four children in a row before finally having a son.

"you..."

Zhang Chunmei stared intently at Li Chanjuan, her body trembling slightly, clearly furious.

She never expected that Li Chanjuan would show her, her sister-in-law, no respect whatsoever in front of so many people.

Little did Li Chanjuan know that from the very first day she married Lin Chaosheng, she had heard from others that Zhang Chunmei had privately told people about the child in her belly, wondering if it was an illegitimate child.

In other words, she didn't hear it in person; otherwise, Li Chanjuan would have torn Zhang Chunmei's mouth apart long ago.

"Look, what's that?"

Just as the atmosphere was becoming a bit tense, someone in the surrounding crowd suddenly shouted.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a golden shadow emerge from the puddle, splashing water, before quickly diving back into the water.

"Holy crap, was I seeing things? That looked like a big yellow croaker!"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! Do you think this is still a decade or two ago? When we go out to fish, we rarely even see a large yellow croaker the size of a finger. That fish we just saw was at least the size of two palms. How could it possibly be a large yellow croaker?"

"What kind of fish is that if not a large yellow croaker?"

"If you ask me, this should be a yellow croaker!"

"Go away, don't talk nonsense. I saw it very clearly just now. The fish was golden all over and didn't have any black stripes on its back. I'm 100% sure it wasn't a yellow croaker."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Because the only fish that are completely golden in color are large yellow croaker and small yellow croaker.

It is already very rare for a small yellow croaker to grow to more than a pound, let alone grow to the size of two palms.

At this size, it's almost certainly not a small yellow croaker.

If it's not a small yellow croaker, then what kind of fish could it be?

"Big brother, did you see that clearly just now? What kind of fish was that?"

Tong Laosan grabbed Tong Laoda's arm, his voice tinged with unease and anxiety.

Tong Laoda shook his head, his gaze fixed on the puddle below, his expression slightly grave.

Obviously, he wasn't 100% sure that the fish wasn't a large yellow croaker, and could only wait for the three brothers, Lin Shuisheng, Lin Chaosheng, and Lin Haisheng, to reveal the truth.

Seeing his elder brother's reaction, Tong Laosan's heart sank. He then turned to look at Tong Laoer, hoping to get a negative answer.

However, Tong Lao Er did not stay in the same place at all. He had already squeezed to the front, lay on the reef, and stretched his neck to look into the puddle.

"Here, here, I see it over here!"

"Look, it's swimming this way."

"Ah Shui, hurry up and catch it! If you can't, I'll go down and help you!"

Upon hearing this, many people's eyes lit up, and some were even ready to jump.

Seeing this, Li Chanjuan, who was standing to the side, immediately became anxious.

"Don't move! What if you hurt the fish? Who's going to pay for it?"

Upon hearing this, everyone exchanged bewildered glances and then quickly withdrew their feet.

After all, if this were really a large yellow croaker, it could easily sell for a thousand or eight hundred yuan.

If they damage it and ruin its appearance, the price will have to be reduced by at least a third.

A loss of several hundred thousand is not something everyone can afford.

Furthermore, the reason they wanted to go down and help catch the fish was simply to have some fun; with so many people watching, it would be difficult for them to keep the fish for themselves.

In short, nobody wants to gain nothing but take on a huge risk.

Li Chanjuan breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that everyone had been stopped.

Although that's what she said, if everyone jumped into the puddle, with so many people around, no one could say for sure what might happen.

At that point, it's quite possible that we won't be able to catch any live yellow croakers, or even that the fish will simply disappear.

Just as she was looking around, trying to find her father-in-law, Lin Yaoguang, to put order, a cheer suddenly erupted from the crowd.

"Great, we finally caught it."

"Ah Shui, quickly bring the bucket over, let us see if it's a large yellow croaker?"

"How big? Quick, let me see how big it is!"

"Ah Shui, you've really struck it rich this time!"

"Stop arguing, everyone! Look over there! What's that?"

With a startled shout, everyone turned to look at the other side of the puddle, and then their eyes widened in disbelief.

They clearly saw Lin Shuisheng catch the golden fish with a bucket, so why is there another fish of similar color and size here?

Could it be that there are two large yellow croakers in this puddle?