After Gu's fishing boat reached the center of the Yangtze River, they finally pulled up the first net. Suming, a bit excited, put down his rod and ran to the back of the boat to see the catch.
It wasn't the scene one might imagine, where the net would be bursting with fish. A rather large net contained about twenty or thirty fish of various sizes. Gu, assisted by his helper, "picked" the fish out of the net and tossed them one by one into the fish hold.
The majority were carps and silver carps, and there were also a few palm-sized yellow cheek fish.
The yellow cheek fish had a yellow belly, and their short bony fins were as sharp as saw teeth, which could easily cut hands if not handled with care. Whenever Gu touched one, it would make a 'gulping' sound, which resembled the crowing of a rooster.
