Island Management: Starting With the Heart of Ocean as a Prize - Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Cormorants Show Their Might and Taste the Supreme Delicacy ‘Three-Blade Emperor Fish’

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Chen Fanxing seemed to have nothing else to do. After chatting for a while, she hung up the phone.

“Tsk… Tsk tsk tsk…”

Li Yizheng had an ambiguous smile on his face.

Qi hang glanced at him. “If you want to say something, just say it. It’s so uncomfortable to hold it in.”

“Tsk, he thinks that my brother Hang is very charming, huh? He even has the lady boss of the fish market in his pocket. So envious and jealous.”

“Speak properly!”

“Alright!” Li Yizheng chuckled. “Brother Hang, it’s not that I want to criticize you, but the hints are already so obvious. Are you really not going to express anything?”

“Don’t think too much. It’s bad to overthinking things.” Qi Hang also laughed. “When the time comes, the one who will be embarrassed will be you.”

“Brother Hang has quite a deep understanding. Have you experienced it before?”

“Go, go, go. Don’t waste my time. Drive your car.”

When it was almost four o’clock in the afternoon, the two of them returned to the village. Li Yizheng went to Qi Hang’s house to help him move the furniture that needed to be replaced outside.

He also removed the weeds in the courtyard.

At five o’clock, the furniture and appliances that Li Yizheng had ordered in Egret City were delivered one after another and signed for by Qi Hang.

Li Yizheng also began to do his job dutifully. First, he called two helpers from the village and gave each one 100 yuan. Then, he began to renovate the ancestral residence and install the new equipment.

This work was tormenting until nightfall.

Li Yizheng was so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back. He proposed to go to the seaside to catch fish for dinner.

Qi Hang naturally would not refuse. It just so happened that he wanted to see how powerful the cormorant that had eaten the essence of the ocean would be, so he agreed to come to the seaside.

“Brother Hang, do you know how to command this thing?” Li Yizheng asked with doubt.

“I’m not sure either.” Qi Hang took the notebook that the young man gave him and looked at it for a long time, trying to make a gesture.

It was useless.

“I heard that the cormorant’s eyesight is not very good. Why don’t you try shouting?” Li Yizheng looked over curiously.

“What’s the point of shouting? It can’t understand human language.”

“Look at the notebook and see if it says so.”

“It seems like… there is such a paragraph… but I don’t know how to say it. You do it!”

“…”

Li Yizheng could not help but be speechless. Then, he carefully looked at the notebook and blew a long whistle. The cormorant immediately reacted. It raised its arms and flew like a bolt of lightning in the night sky.

A moment later, it dived into the water.

Li Yizheng suddenly thought of a very serious question.

“Brother Hang, did you tighten its throat rope?”

“No.”

“F*ck, that fish will be eaten by it! We’re eating dirt tonight!”

“…”

After all, this was the first time. In the end, Qi Hang did not do things so perfectly.

To command the cormorant, one had to get used to it. Right now, he was still too unfamiliar and not skillful enough.

He thought that if this little guy could cooperate with the effect of the Heart of the Ocean, he could just shoot wherever he wanted.

Unfortunately, it was not so simple.

“I’d better go back to the village later and buy two cups of instant noodles from the small shop. I’ll make do with it for now.” Li Yizheng was somewhat pained and resentful. He once again felt wronged by the meal in his stomach.

However, at this moment, Qi Hang stretched his hand into the water and carefully felt it.

After a long time, he suddenly smiled.

“It seems like I don’t have to eat something as miserable as instant noodles.”

“Ah?” Li Yizheng was confused. What was he going to eat if he did not eat instant noodles? Was he going to eat the northwest wind?

Qi Hang pouted. “Here, look over there.”

Li Yizheng rubbed his eyes. However, in this kind of night without the moonlight, the visibility was basically zero.

“There’s nothing.”

Only then did Qi Hang remember that his body had been strengthened by the ocean essence and had a certain degree of night vision ability. He could only change his words and say, “you’ll know in a while.”

“Why are you so mysterious?” Li Yizheng scratched his head, somewhat puzzled.

Very soon, he saw the figure of the cormorant floating on the surface of the sea not far away. Its neck was swollen. Apparently, it had hidden a fish there and had not eaten it. It was trying its best to swim in their direction.

After the cormorant touched the water, it had to wait for the sun to dry its wings before it could fly again.

Fortunately, their feathers were water-proof. Moreover, they had flippers on the soles of their feet, so their speed was not slow.

Not long after, the cormorant landed on land. It staggered to the front of Qi Hang and stood still. It took the initiative to spit out two fish.

“F*ck!”

Li Yizheng was dumbfounded.

This was the first time he had seen a cormorant that did not need a throat rope and even took the initiative to spit out fish!

Qi Hang explained with a smile, “It has already eaten one fish. These two were deliberately stuck in its throat and brought to us.”

“Isn’t it too magical? It makes me want to raise one.”

“That’s probably not very wise.”

“What’s there to be afraid of? If one can’t do it, then two will do it. If two can’t do it, then three will do it!” Li Yizheng’s eyes lit up. “When I open a cormorant farm, I don’t believe that there won’t be a cormorant like yours!”

Qi Hang smiled and did not say anything. Without the help of the essence of the ocean, let alone one, even a thousand or ten thousand cormorants would not have such an understanding of humans.

Li Yizheng was now particularly interested in cormorants and had already started to tease them.

However, this cormorant seemed to only listen to his words and ignored him.

Therefore, Qi Hang squatted down and picked up the fish that the cormorant spat out and washed them in the seawater.

At this moment, he noticed that the patterns of the two fish were very strange. He could not help but raise his eyebrows. A stream of information flashed through his mind, and he recognized it. “This is… a spot-tail morwong?”

“Spot-tail morwong?”

Li Yizheng was also stunned when he heard Qi Hang mention this name.

Then, he thought of a more common name. “Is it the three-blade emperor fish?”

“Yeah.” Qi Hang also felt that it was somewhat unbelievable. He looked at the cormorant that he had adopted for less than a day with surprise. “This little guy is really lucky.”

The three-bladed fish emperor was the common name of the flower-tailed eagle. The reason why it was called the Fish Emperor was that it had the delicate taste of a freshwater fish. It blended with the freshness of the sea fish itself and formed an indescribable delicacy.

In addition, it was extremely difficult to catch and was extremely rare on the market. It was ranked extremely high in the hearts of many old foodies, so it enjoyed such an honor.

It was said that if one wanted to eat the three-bladed emperor fish, they could only try their luck. There were rules that prevented them from booking it.

“Tonight, I’m going to have a good meal.” Li Yizheng’s saliva was almost dripping. “I really want to taste this emperor fish.”

Qi Hang smiled slightly. “Let’s go home!”

“Let’s go!”

The two went home excitedly and started a fire.

In order to ensure the original freshness of the three-bladed emperor fish, Qi Hang decided to steam it.

However, there were a few details that needed to be paid attention to when making the three-bladed emperor fish. One was that the scales could not be removed after killing the fish. Only then could the evaporated fish oil be locked inside the fish body.

Moreover, because the fish body was thicker, it was difficult to steam it. He had to cut it three times before this problem could be solved.

Qi Hang naturally knew that, so he kept the scales after killing the fish. He cut three large holes on its body with a knife, then sprinkled some salt on it and put it into the pot.