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

"Second brother, watch the fish for me for now, and give me the bucket."

Seeing the faint golden light, Lin Shuisheng quickly handed his bucket to Lin Chaosheng, then snatched the empty bucket from Lin Chaosheng's hand and pounced towards the golden light.

"no..."

Lin Chaosheng, holding the bucket of water, watched his younger brother's actions with some anxiety.

He really wanted to say that he could also help catch fish.

"Ah Shui, over here!"

"Hai-ge, how can you be so clumsy? The fish is right at your feet, and you still can't catch it?"

"Watch out for eels! I see an eel!"

"Look, those are sea bream! So many sea bream!"

As everyone watched the two brothers, Lin Shuisheng and Lin Haisheng, splashing around in the puddle trying to catch fish, they all seemed even more excited than the two brothers themselves.

If it weren't for the age-old traditions of beachcombing, many people would probably have already jumped in.

After a while, just as everyone was getting increasingly anxious, Lin Shuisheng suddenly calmed down and grabbed his elder brother, Lin Haisheng.

"Alright, let's stop catching them and finish draining the water first."

"Yes, yes, let's dry the water first."

Upon hearing Lin Shuisheng's words, Lin Haisheng immediately realized what was going on.

Since the fish are all in the puddle and won't suddenly escape, it's easy to catch them once the water is drained.

Seeing that they weren't catching fish but instead started drawing water out of the puddle, the onlookers immediately became somewhat displeased.

"Hey, why aren't you arresting them anymore?"

"Wait, is that fish a large yellow croaker or not?"

"By the way, Ah Da, didn't you guys set up a water pump? Hurry up and help pump the water out!"

"That's right, the sooner we drain the water, the sooner everyone will know whether that fish is a large yellow croaker or not."

"Hurry up, don't be so stingy!"

"At worst, we can just have Ah Shui cover the gas money later. What kind of man dawdles like that?"

It's unclear who started the conversation, but soon everyone's attention turned to the three brothers, Tong Laoda, Tong Laoer, and Tong Laosan.

"Shut up! Why should they get to use our water pumps?"

Tong Lao Da and Tong Lao Er hadn't reacted much yet, but Tong Lao San was the first to break down.

He was already upset when he saw Lin Shuisheng catch a large yellow croaker worth over a thousand yuan, and now he was being asked to help pump water out of the pond.

This is just too damn unfair!

"Make way, everyone make way!"

Just as the atmosphere became awkward, a shout suddenly came from outside.

Everyone turned their heads and saw Lin Yaoguang and his second brother Lin Yaozong carrying a diesel engine, pushing through the crowd and climbing onto the reef.

Following behind was his third brother, Lin Yaozu, carrying a bundle of water pipes on his shoulder.

He climbed onto the rocks, still holding the water pipe, and kept craning his neck to look into the puddle.

"Where? Where's the big yellow croaker?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Lin Yaoguang slapped him on the back of the head.

"What are you yelling about? Hurry up and lay the water pipes."

"oh!"

Faced with his elder brother's authority, Lin Yaozu didn't dare to utter a single word of dissent. He immediately and obediently went around to the seaside of the water pit and quickly got to work.

Lin Yaoguang and his second brother Lin Yaozong carried the water pump and followed carefully behind their third brother Lin Yaozu.

Soon, they selected a relatively flat reef, placed the water pump down and secured it, and then connected the two pre-laid water pipes.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Yaoguang first turned on the fuel tank switch, manually pressed the fuel pump to expel all the air from the fuel line, pulled the throttle to the middle-high position, then spat into his palm and rubbed it gently.

Lin Yaozong, standing to the side, promptly handed the crank handle to Lin Yaoguang.

Lin Yaoguang reached out and grabbed the crank handle, snapping it into the starter shaft. Then he bent down, holding the pressure reducing lever with one hand and cranking the flywheel with the other.

When he heard the "clunking" sound of fuel injection and the flywheel reached its highest speed, he suddenly released the pressure relief lever. The engine cylinders instantly closed, and the air inside was rapidly compressed and heated, igniting the atomized diesel fuel and starting with a "bang".

With a series of "bang bang bang" sounds, the water inlet pipe expanded rapidly, and the water in the pit decreased at a visible speed.

Seeing this, everyone stopped paying attention to the three Tong brothers and instead craned their necks to stare at the puddle.

"Dad, look, Ah Shui caught it."

Lin Chaosheng carried the bucket of water to Lin Yaoguang, his face full of pride.

"Watch out, don't hurt yourself."

Lin Yaoguang glanced down at the bucket, his pupils suddenly contracted, and then he spoke with a serious expression, giving instructions.

"Then you stay here and watch over things, I'll go help catch the fish!"

Lin Chaosheng shoved the bucket into Lin Yaoguang's hands, then quickly turned and jumped into the puddle.

"Why..."

Lin Yaoguang gripped the bucket handle tightly. Seeing Lin Chaosheng run away like that, he was so angry that he started blowing his beard and glaring at him.

He really wanted to catch the big yellow croaker himself in front of so many villagers!

What a good-for-nothing son, he doesn't know how to be filial to his old father at all.

"Brother, let me see this quickly, I haven't seen such a big yellow croaker in years."

Lin Yaozu moved closer to Lin Yaoguang, pressing his face against the rim of the bucket. He stared intently at the golden fish inside, his eyes slightly glazed over.

That's not a fish!

This is practically stacks of banknotes!

How come Ah Shui, that brat, has such good luck?

He can find such top-quality goods just by casually digging a puddle; this is almost equivalent to what he could earn by working hard for a whole year.

"Hey, are you done reading yet? Move aside, I haven't even started reading!"

When Lin Yaozong saw his third brother standing there dumbfounded, he reached out and pulled him up, then leaned forward to get closer.

Upon seeing this, his eyes widened instantly, his mouth opened uncontrollably, and he was completely stunned.

Although he already knew that Lin Shuisheng had caught a large yellow croaker, he never expected it to be this big.

Based on its size, this large yellow croaker weighs at least four pounds, and possibly even five pounds.

It's important to know that the growth rate of large yellow croaker is fast in the early stages and slows down in the later stages.

In the wild, they can grow a maximum of seven or eight centimeters and gain one or two hundred grams in a year.

It takes at least eight or nine years for them to grow to four or five pounds.

It's easy to imagine how precious this large yellow croaker is; once the fishmongers find out, they'll absolutely be fighting over it.

"Holy crap, did you guys see that? Aren't there two big yellow croakers over there?"

Soon after, as the rocks at the bottom of the puddle slowly came into view, a sudden gasp erupted from the crowd.

Upon hearing this, everyone hurriedly turned to look in the direction the person was pointing, and then everyone's eyes turned red.

Not far from Lin Shuisheng, in a small puddle, there were two large, golden yellow croakers, one big and one small, with half of their bodies exposed, thrashing about like two large, moving wads of banknotes.