"song bai, sam come and take this fishes" Mr jay called out to the boys, after everyone have recovered as he handover three pieces of fish to them
"thank you, uncle jay" they both said while placing the fish into their respective calabash which had some few fishes swimming inside.
"little mo… you should have this" Mr jay called out handing over 2 burst arowana and and a large piece of catfish to him.
"uncle jay.. I can't have those" mo fang shakes his head in refusal.
"why don't you give me just like theirs?" waving his hand, mo fang pointed at Sam's and Bai's calabash.
"dam idiot if you don't want it why not give it to me?" sam muttered to himself.
"hahaha!!" mr jay laughed at mo fang attitude.
"little mo.. this is from me giving it to you, so when I say you should have it, then you should collect it without feeling any guilt." looking at his guilty expression, Mr jay assured him.
"then… thank you uncle jay" feeling his kindness, mo fang collected the three fishes into his calabash.
"now let row home" Mr jay said walking towards the rowing stick.
"little mo don't forget to sell those fishes, if you don't have anything to eat at home, don't starve yourself"
"yes sir" mo fang replied lost in his thought.
"mo fang… what the hell are you thinking about" fatty sam tap him on his shoulder.
"or are you still thinking about your big catch, that the old monk prophecies-ed for you?"
"two burst arowana, and a big catch fish.. fatty sam doesn't that look like a big catch to you" song bai quipped in sarcastically.
"hahaha!!" fatty seeming to have got the joke burst out into a fit of laughter.
"that is really a big catch"
"datty sam!!" mo fang yelled as he jumped away from the round figure next to him.
"damn you, why the hell are you laughing so loudly" mo fang kicked the fatty's snapping out of his thought with frustration.
"do you want t freak me out with your creepy laughter, and steal my fish"
"ouch" fatty sam yelped clutching his butts as the kick landed squarely on his back.
"mo fang do you believe I will choke you to death if you try that next time?"
"sam forget about him " song bai said while dodging the kick directed toward him.
"after selling today's fish, we should have enough money to afford the headset for cosmos online right?" he said after counting with his fingers.
"yes, each of us should be able to afford one" confirming to his friend, fatty sam nodded after thinking.
"wait… what is cos?"
"yup that is right.. if we go to the underground market, we would definitely get a cheaper price, we can afford" before mo fang could finished his speak, Song Bai interrupted him as he exclaimed glances with fatty sam both beaming with wide smiles on their face.
"after successfully buying the headphone, we wont need to depend on fishing again" fatty sam added as he flash his teeth out with joy and elation.
"fatty sam… what are you guys talking about?" mo fang asked intrigued by their discussion, not angry at being interrupted by song bai.
"huh.. mo beast… you don't even know about cosmos online" Song Bai asked looking surprised as the idea of mo fang not having the idea of it, as that is the hottest and most recent news circulating around the youths in the villages, even some elder people know about it.
"broder bai, what do you think this savage would know about it…. an uneducated fella like him, with his unlucky air." fatty sam sneered.
"skinny bai!! I have told you several time to stop calling me mo beast" mo fang angrily yelled at the two guys, while stop himself from sending a punch onto their disgusting face.
"And you bastard fatty… which grandpa are you calling uneducated"
"hahaha!!!"
"mo fang… cosmos online is the latest virtual game, which has taken the number one spot on the virtual game ranking list, said to have insane and amazing graphics almost mirroring reality" sam began excitedly explaining to him.
With the constant perfection of technology, virtual reality games and AI's new features could be accessed online as most people come out to make epoch breaking games and apps. With virtual reality taking over the gaming industry due to it impressiveness.
'yeah.. it is said that cosmos online has a very wide land mass, almost times ten of the entire earth surface, which even if every one focuses on exploration it would take years and years before having a complete map of the world online" bai yaun chipped in.
"also you can do anything you wish to do, and become anything you wish to become from being a top class fighter, to a top class fisherman and other fantastic side job" with stars almost spewing out of his eyes, fatty sam said in joy.
"but not for you unlucky fella though"
"damn you fattyy…."
"beside it is said, that after the first update you can exchange your in-game currency for real cash" song bai added with excitation at the thought of earning money from the game.
'wow!! that awesome" mo fang exclaimed, feeling his blood pumping with joy as he imagined himself playing online, while listening to their explanation.
"fatty sam.. do you say you can get a cheaper headset at the underground market" not enquiring about the price mo fang asked with his fist clenched tightly.
"mo fang I am not trying to let you down, but you should forget about it" song bai shake his head with dismay.
'even after selling all this fishes you wont be able to buy the cheapest virtual headset available"
"the cheapest ones, was said to be priced at 20 thousand dollars from the underground market" before mo fang could asked, fatty sam replied splashing his cold waters as the joy on his face instantly disappeared at the absurd price.
Nodding his head in approval, song bai added.
"we have been saving our money for the past four months now since the announcement of the game"
"sigh!!"
Mo fang shakes his head dejectedly as he sat down on the boat burying his head into his knees.
"don't worry little mo…. if you save enough by next month you should be able to buy, by then the price would definitely be cheaper than now" sam patted his back looking at his dejected look.
"i remember… uncle jay can you stop please, let me pick my fishing net out of the sea"
Jumping up on his feet, mo fang suddenly shouted at Mr jay, who had began rowing the boat as he recalled his fishing net which has not yet been railed out of the sea.
"there it is!" after searching around, mo fang pointed to a block of wood floating on the sea some distance away from the boat, which seams to have drifted away from their position.
"Ughh" grunting hard, mo fang used all his strength to rail it in but couldn't, putting a strain on his shoulders.
"damn why is it so heavy, uncle jay can you please help me rail it in?"
"wow…uncle jay, look I catch a fish" mo fang shouted in elation pointing to two golden things wiggling inside the net.
"Ahh that really is a fish…. have I seen a ghost today?" sam yan exclaimed in surprise.
"huh… your lucky today is really great" Mr jay eyes raised in surprise from the fish stuck inside the net.
"wow… it is purple patterned gold arowana" his void echoed in surprise again, while looking at the traces of purple pattern on the golden fish.
"uncle jay, do you mean this are rare arowanas found in the village?" looking at the surprise on Mr jay's face, mo fang asked with anticipation, while the other two youths bring their head closer.
"yeah this is really one of those rarest fishes to catch around the village, and if you sell the both of them, they would net you nothing less than 30 thousand dollars"
"wow!! little mo.. it seems today is really your lucky day" Mr jay laughed at mo fang's incredible luck.
After not catching a single piece of fish for more than two years now, suddenly catching two of these little guys in one go speaks volume of bursting luck.
After these two guys are out of the ocean, they become exotic species, as it is truly difficult to catch a single one of them, even when fishing far into the ocean, and now here in these area, mo fang has caught two of them. What incredible luck?
"little mo leave this two little one's with me and I promise to fetch you an even higher price after it is being sold" Mr jay said patting the head of mo fang, while placing the two purple patterned gold arowana aside with extra care.
"thank you uncle jay"
By now the sun have completely set, only the reflection of the clear sky still keep the day at bay. As thy set foot on the shore of the ocean, mo fang thanked Mr jay, once more after taking his belongings from the fishing boat alongside the three fishes which Mr. Jay insisted on him taking.
"okay boys… you all should be careful on your way home." Mr. Jay said as he finished knotting the boat to his anchor at the shore of the ocean.
"thank you uncle jay and see you tomorrow" the three of them waved their hand,as they departed from the sea area.
"little mo.. don't forget to come by tomorrow and get you earning" Mr jay called out to mo fang from behind, reminding him to visit.
"okay uncle jay"