As the boat got closer and closer to the buoy, Boss Fu slowed down the speed. Fang Min and Ye Lin began to use hooks to catch the buoy and slowly retrieve the bamboo traps and crab cages that had been thrown down earlier.

Fu Wan had Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu sit in a sheltered spot, while she and Ye Xiaocui dragged over the remaining empty buckets and baskets, ready to receive the goods.

Once the float was pulled up, there was a rope underneath. Fu Wan grabbed it and pulled hard, lifting up a fish trap.

Do you have it in stock?

Boss Fu walked over, and Fu Wan shook the things in the cage. "There are, it looks like there are a few eels!"

The eels in the sea are not like the yellow eels in ponds; these things can really bite.

Upon hearing this, Boss Fu took the crab trap from Fu Wan's hand and said, "Go and retrieve the crab traps. I'll take care of the traps here."

He untied the hemp rope, pointed the opening at the bucket, and shook it twice. Sure enough, there were two half-meter-long eels, one of which had a half-eaten sea fish in its mouth.

"White eel, not bad!"

Fu Laoda used a stick to push the eel that was trying to escape back into the water, and then immediately scooped up another trap from the water.

"Ha, this fish trap has really stirred up a swarm of eels!"

Upon hearing this, Fu Wan turned her head and glanced at it, and that glance gave her goosebumps.

Good heavens, a naked-breasted eel!

Look at this thing, covered in leopard print, with its protruding mouth opening and closing, and its sharp teeth gleaming silver.

If someone were to bite into it, they'd definitely lose a piece of flesh!

Boss Fu can handle eels and the like in no time. No matter how fierce the fish is, he has a way to subdue it.

This type of eel is one of the more common eels. It got its name because it doesn't have pectoral fins.

This thing exists in both deep and shallow waters, and it has a very bad temper, especially prone to hiding in shallow waters and launching indiscriminate attacks.

It is worth noting that there are many varieties of naked-breasted eels. Some yellow-spotted eels contain certain toxins, while others, like the white-spotted ones that Boss Fu has, have weak toxins and taste quite good when braised.

While Boss Fu was busy setting up the fish traps, Fang Min and the others were also scooping up quite a few fish from their bamboo tubes.

Fu Wan was curious about what she could get from the crab trap. She grabbed the rope of the trap and pulled it towards her.

"Crabs! Crabs!"

A gasp rang out, and Fu Wan glanced around and saw that Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu had somehow gotten there.

The fish market was bustling with activity, and the two children couldn't resist their curiosity and ran over to watch.

Fu Ling had the sharpest eyes; she spotted the crabs inside Fu Wan's crab trap before Fu Wan even scooped it up.

"Hey, there really are crabs!"

There are not only crabs, but also a lot of crabs.

The cage that Fu Wan pulled up contained six or seven ferocious red-armored lemurs, and two pincers still held the remains of small fish and shrimp that Fu Wan had previously put in as bait.

Ye Xiaocui was busy picking the octopus out of the bamboo tube when she saw that Fu Wan's crab cage had yielded a good harvest, so she hurriedly kicked the fish basket over to her.

"Awan, pour the crabs in!"

Fu Wan picked up the crab trap and dumped the contents into it. These crabs were all quite temperamental; after being dumped into the fish basket, they all raised their pincers, looking like they were ready to fight Fu Wan to the death.

They had already fought amongst themselves; two medium-sized crabs were reduced to just one large claw.

There were plenty of crab traps, bamboo tube traps, and other such traps, but the people on all three boats didn't rest. Working together, they retrieved all the traps from the sea in just half an hour.

After Fu Wan finished her work, she began to count the harvest. They had collected twenty dozen bamboo traps from their boat, ten traps per dozen, totaling two hundred bamboo traps, enough to fill two buckets of octopus.

Ye Xiaocui even meticulously distinguished between the long-legged and short-legged ones; the long-legged ones were all big and were desperately trying to climb out.

Looking at those long tentacles, Fu Wan could hardly imagine how delicious they would be if stir-fried with chili peppers.

If this were made with the techniques of a modern barbecue stall, grilled until golden brown on both sides and sprinkled with cumin and chili powder, the taste would make your mouth water just thinking about it.

The two buckets of octopus weighed a total of about 100 jin. Boss Fu retrieved 15 fish traps, containing a total of 20 eels of various sizes. All the live eels were kept in the live water tank.

In addition, there were many scallops and conches in the trap, and even two hermit crabs the size of fists.

Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu took the two hermit crabs and kept them in a small basin.

As for the crab cages that Fu Wan, Fang Min, and Ye Lin brought back later, they were mostly empty-handed. They brought back two large baskets of red-shelled crabs, one basket of flower-shelled crabs, twenty or thirty catties of bread crabs, and about ten catties of Dungeness crabs.

This doesn't even include the spoils from the traps that Fu Ming and Fu Liang pulled back.

Since the cold storage was already full, Boss Fu piled all the fish on the dock. Looking at the faint white light appearing on the horizon, he waved his hand and shouted.

"My account was liquidated, time to go home!"

The moment the word "margin call" was heard, everyone's faces lit up with the joy of their gains.

Fu Ming and Fu Liang also heard Fu Laoda's energetic words and immediately became happy.

Fu Ming shouted back, "We've also gone bankrupt!"

This trip today was totally worth it!

The adults were all smiles, and the children were naturally the ones who could best sense this joyful atmosphere.

Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu weren't afraid of the cold, and immediately started playing around on the deck, laughing and joking. Although they had only slept until two or three o'clock, the two of them were in better spirits than the adults.

"Woof woof woof!"

However, just as Boss Fu went to the cockpit to restart the ship, Fu Wan and the others heard a noise coming from somewhere.

"That sounds like a dog barking."

Fu Wan was a little surprised, thinking that Wangcai had followed the boat, but after circling around the stern, she couldn't find anything making noise.

"It's probably just some bird calling on the island. Let's ignore it and pack up and head back to the dock!"

Ye Xiaocui glanced around as well. It was still dark, and apart from the dark shadows on the island, she couldn't see anything.

Speaking of the birdsong on the island, Fu Wan suddenly realized that it had been a while since she had visited the swiftlets' nests.

With the harsh winter fast approaching, I wonder if these swiftlets have left yet.

She planned to go back and discuss it with Boss Fu, to see when the weather was good and go up to see if there were any bird's nests that could be harvested.

As they were thinking this, the ship slowly turned around and headed towards the dock.

The engine was roaring loudly. Just as Fu Wan and the others had finished putting away the bamboo tubes, they heard dogs barking at the stern of the boat.

It's really strange. We're so far from Swallow's Nest Island, why are there still dogs barking?

She walked to the stern of the boat and followed the sound. When she leaned over the side of the boat and looked down, she suddenly met a pair of big, dark eyes!