Upon hearing Li Zhijie's words, Lu Wuyai immediately perked up and said, "This is a good thing."

Since the village primary school was shut down, the children have had to go to school in the town. However, the connection between the small village and the town is very difficult via mountain roads, and traveling by sea is even more dangerous.

The county education bureau originally planned for the children to live at school, but middle school students have a certain level of self-care ability and there is no problem for them to stay at school. However, there are many problems for primary school students in school dormitories.

Time and again, the county education bureau had no choice but to allow several rural primary schools in Qiantan Township to resume classes. However, not all the schools that had been shut down were allowed to resume classes. Instead, the bureau had to coordinate with surrounding villages, with one school serving many different areas.

Coconut Grove Village enjoys a great geographical location, radiating to four or five surrounding villages. With the school reopening, the village children no longer have to get up early and walk along mountain paths, and parents can save some effort by taking their children to school every day.

Li Zhijie snorted and said, "Of course it's a good thing. I've successfully handled this matter from top to bottom, so you'll know how much effort was put in and how much money was spent."

Lu Wuyai ignored this nonsense, and he had no idea what kind of person the island lord, Li Zhijie, was. If he could pluck a single hair from that miserly man, he'd be a ghost in broad daylight.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Li Zhijie felt bored and continued, "The Education Bureau has already arranged a teacher. Go pick up the teacher, and I'll call you later. Remember, entertain them. They are teachers helping the poor. If you're unhappy, you can leave."

Lu Wuyai said, "It's not appropriate for me to pick it up. You are the island lord, so you are not allowed to go."

Li Zhijie said, "Logically, I would go, but I've learned that this teacher is a young and beautiful city girl, handsome, and well-educated. Don't you consider yourself single, sir? I'm giving you a chance to prove yourself. You should seize this opportunity and do your best, understand?"

Lu Wuyai pursed his lips; this old fellow had never shown such kindness before.

But he couldn't find fault with it, so he showed a grateful expression and said, "Thank you, Second Master. I will definitely treat our female teacher well."

He knew that poverty alleviation projects for education in mountainous areas were being carried out across the country. The nation hoped that everyone would strive for a better life. In recent years, he had placed great emphasis on organizing aid activities in remote mountainous regions.

Besides, he knew he had no chance whatsoever. No matter how good the female teacher who came to help alleviate poverty was, he wouldn't look down on an orphan from a fishing family like his. They came to help the poor mainly because of policy. After staying here for two years, they would still return to the city.

These aren't the main points. The key thing is that there will be a school in the village, which is always a good thing.

He asked enthusiastically, "Second-in-command, how can I contact this teacher? Do you have her photo, phone number, QQ number, etc.? Also, how much money did the village allocate to entertain her?"

Li Zhijie rolled his eyes and said, "What kind of funds does this require? You don't know the situation in the village. You can't beat someone with three sticks, and you can't squeeze two turds out of a pitiful intestine. Besides, if I introduce someone to you, you still want to use the village's money to deal with someone?"

Lu Wuyai rolled his eyes. He knew this old guy wouldn't have anything good to ask him. Now he understood that he went to social events not just to save money.

He controlled all the village committee's money and accounts, and any savings ultimately went to him personally. However, Coconut Grove Village was poor and remote, and the village committee didn't have much money throughout the year, so the indigenous residents didn't care how much he could embezzle.

After scolding Lu Wuyai, Li Zhijie said, "I have this female teacher's phone number. Here, take it."

"What's her name?"

Li Zhijie grinned: "This girl's name is very interesting. She is called 'Son of Books.' Our country is so vast and rich that we actually have people with the surname 'Book.'"

"Little Twig." Lu Wuyai was stunned. How could he have such a name?

Li Zhijie's face tightened: "Yes, this is called a finger. There's no need to doubt it. Your second-in-command isn't so old that he's blind and deaf."

After getting the phone number, Lu Wuyai called it on the spot, but no one answered.

Li Zhijie said, "Don't worry, I've already contacted the child. Isn't it summer vacation? People aren't in a rush to come to class; they go to Hongyang to visit their classmates first. Actually, they're on vacation."

Hongyang boasts water, mountains, and a thriving economy, making it one of the largest tourist cities in China, attracting tens of millions of visitors annually.

Since the female teacher wasn't in a hurry to get it, Li Zhijie had other urgent matters to ask Lu Wuyai: "Let's go out to sea again tomorrow. Let's go earlier this time. Let's not go at five o'clock, let's go at four o'clock, four o'clock."

Lu Wuyai said, "Let's go to sea again. You hadn't settled me in properly when you went to sea last time."

Li Zhijie laughed and said, "We'll settle the accounts at the end of the month, and your second-in-command won't be able to take your money. Okay, if four points isn't enough, then five points, or five points."

He didn't give Lu Wuyai a chance to refuse and walked away with his hands behind his back.

After walking a few steps, he turned back: "Yangzi, where did you catch the crabs and shrimp? Your mistress has been really into eating crabs and shrimp lately..."

"Second Young Master, I'll sell it to you at a lower price."

Li Zhijie left in anguish.

Gu Yuxin went home and prepared the crabs and shrimp; that would be dinner.

Such fresh crabs and shrimp are simply the best for steaming.

Gu Yuxin, who was used to eating here, said, "Just cook it, and there will be fresh soup in a little while."

When you put cleaned shrimp and crabs in a pot to cook, the soup will have a delicious flavor, even fresher than the shrimp and crabs themselves. That's why some people like to cook seafood and have some soup along the way.

Lu Wuyai said, "Don't cook them, otherwise the protein in the crabs and shrimp will be lost. These are all wild shrimp and wild crabs, it would be a waste to waste them."

Liu Xiaolejia and Li Mupeng also arrived during the meal. Gu Yuxin looked down on them. Liu Xiaolejia poked his neck and said, "I'm not just eating, I'm writing a letter to Yangzi."

"What's wrong?" Lu Wuyai served them a plate of crab and shrimp and instructed Wang Ming to bring some shrimp back for his mother to eat.

Never mind the crabs, he can keep them himself. These things are considered "cold" in traditional Chinese medicine and are not suitable for women with health problems.

Tang Congyang and his two companions, seeing that there were crabs and shrimp for dinner, rubbed their hands together, ready to dig in.

People living by the sea have no shortage of these products. Steamed crabs and shrimp don't require much skill, but wild shrimp and crabs taste extremely delicious, completely different from artificially farmed seafood. Even if you ate them every day, you still wouldn't be full.

Li Mufeng glanced at the big fat crab and said, "Your uncle seems to be coming back soon. Isn't your land still in his hands? You can ask him for it when he comes back."

Lu Wuyai's father had an older brother named Li Qianxin. When he went to work in the capital, he entrusted Little Earl (the dog) and the family property to his uncle's care.

Gu Yuxin told him that Little Earl (the dog) was kicked out of the house two days after he left, and Li Qianxin's whole family went to Hongyang to work. They rented out the land and collected rent every year, but they never cared about Lu Wuyai.

Upon hearing this news, Lu Wuyai nodded and said, "Alright, I'll go find him when he gets back. Don't even think about eating it. Don't eat what I made."

"Eat, eat, eat!" Li Mupeng rubbed his hands together and laughed. "By the way, what kind of red wine is this?"

Lu Wuyai took a sip and said, "Eel blood wine."

Eel blood is poisonous. If ingested, it can irritate the mucous membranes of the mouth and digestive tract, severely damage the nervous system, cause numbness in the limbs, respiratory and circulatory failure, and death.

However, the toxins inside are not heat-resistant and lose their toxicity after cooking.

Yesterday, after Lu Wuyai slaughtered the eel, he did not throw away the blood. Instead, he mixed the blood with strong liquor and steamed it at high temperature.

In this way, the eel blood is no longer poisonous, and the high temperature also evaporates a large amount of alcohol, turning a bottle of high-blood-quality wine into a health tonic.

Upon hearing that it was eel blood wine, the three boys' eyes lit up.

Eels have strong yin-nourishing and yang-strengthening effects, with their blood-tonifying effect being the strongest. This golden-yellow wine is definitely a man's treasure.

After drinking, the two had nothing to do, so they chatted for a while and then went home.

After the blood wine was distilled, the wine tasted very weak, and they inevitably drank a few more sips.

As they left, Lu Wuyai felt there was something wrong with their eyes. He was afraid something might happen at home if they didn't leave.

Gu Yuxin walked to the door, glanced at the little count (dog) a couple more times, and muttered, "I need to find a wife. I've been single for so long that even dogs find me attractive."

Little Earl (the dog) was always incredibly bold, but when he was spotted by three burly men, his powerful sixth sense told him something was wrong. So he quickly tucked his tail between his legs, protected his rear end, and ran back into the house to hide.

We're going out to sea again tomorrow, so Gu Yuxin quickly packed her things and got ready for bed.

He checked the auction on the forum; the lobster was already priced at 18,000 yuan. Clearly, the lobster's appearance was very appealing, attracting the interest of some seafood vendors.

As dawn broke, Lu Wuyai boarded the ship. Li Zhiyi asked, "After we get off the ship this time, no one will be chasing me anymore."

Lu Wuyai knew this was a subtle probing, so he pretended not to hear it and didn't respond directly.

Once at sea, Li Zhijie still needs to take good care of him; the harvest will depend on Lu Wuyai's abilities.

Li Zhijie is a veteran seaman, skilled at spotting schools of fish in the water. Unfortunately, these skills are becoming increasingly difficult to apply. There are far too few fish in the sea, and the features that can be identified through experience are becoming increasingly rare.

Modern fishing boats are equipped with underwater radar, which can detect the location of schools of fish and large fish, but the old boat Longtou naturally does not have these advanced tools.

Lu Wuyai entered the sea, where the water was crystal clear and the moisture continuously flowed into his body, causing the tiny water currents within the golden core to begin rotating once more.

He looked into the water. The sea was deep. He didn't see a school of fish at first glance, but he saw a shark.

This shark has a broad body, a thick trunk, and a spindle-shaped physique. Its back is dark gray, and its belly is grayish-white. It is estimated to be three meters long. Its head is flat and round, with two large eyes and a triangular nose. It has a ferocious appearance.

Seeing this, Lu Wuyai obediently climbed back onto the boat. This was a bull shark, and a ferocious female one at that. Male bull sharks are less than three meters long, at most two and a half meters.

Bull sharks are relatively small among sharks, but they are very aggressive and have a diverse diet. They are notoriously indiscriminate eaters. They have found the carcasses of cows, dogs, humans, and even hippos in their stomachs. Sometimes, when they are very hungry, bull sharks will even eat other sharks.

When encountering a bull shark, it's best to run fast. Their large eyes have poor eyesight, but their sense of smell is extremely sensitive. They can smell a single drop of blood diluted in 100,000 liters of water. The prey is within range.

Another characteristic is that while other sharks need adequate rest, bull sharks hardly rest at all. They swim constantly because they lack a swim bladder. Once they stop swimming, they sink to the seabed, which reduces their sex drive. (And then there's the larger one.)

Swimming frequently doesn't mean they tire easily. In fact, if bull sharks are truly tired, they can surface to inflate their stomachs, which act like swim bladders, maintaining buoyancy and allowing them to continue drifting with the current.

Lu Wuyai didn't notice, but he still had to go offline; Li Zhijie wasn't just relying on him.

The fishing nets were lowered, and the fishing boat continued forward.

When the first net was caught, Li Zhijie nervously searched for it and caught a blue-spotted mackerel.

This is a delicious fish with few bones and plenty of meat. It's very popular in coastal cities like Hongyang. It's a great gift choice, especially for your husband. There's a saying in Shandong: "When the mackerel arrives, the father-in-law smiles."

In addition, it is also a favorite catch among fishermen, because according to local fishermen's custom, the first fish caught in the sea with spots on its head means "business will come in a few days," spots on its tail mean "business will be good in the future," and spots on its body mean "business will be prosperous in the middle of the month."

The mackerel has many spots on its back.

Seeing this, Li Zhijie laughed and said, "Haha, yes, it's a good omen. It's almost the middle of the month, and I estimate I'll have a good harvest in a few days."

After a while, he stopped laughing, because several consecutive attempts had yielded no good results.

Lu Wuyai was in the same boat; they were unlucky and hadn't encountered any fish despite spending some time in the sea.

Li Zhijie grew impatient and asked him, "Yangzi, I couldn't find it."

Lu Wuyai frowned and said, "I found a fart."

The ocean is a treasure trove, but this treasure trove is being destroyed by humans, and the catch is not as plentiful as before. Even if Lu Wuyai has unparalleled eyesight underwater, he cannot guarantee a successful voyage every time he goes out to sea.

Behind them, they encountered a group of ribbonfish, flat like belts, silvery-gray in color, with large heads and thin, pointed tails, about one meter in length.

However, none of the fish in this group grew to a meter long; most were less than half a meter. Moreover, Lu Wuyai noticed that their bellies were bulging, indicating that they were all female fish with eggs, that is, female fish waiting to give birth.

In his memory, ribbonfish can grow to nearly one meter when they mature, and these fish begin to spawn when they are half the size of normal mature fish, which shows that long-term overfishing has led to a sharp decline in their numbers.

Nature is a miracle. In order to maintain the reproduction of the species, ribbonfish begin to reach sexual maturity earlier in order to accelerate the reproduction of generations, resulting in the miniaturization of ribbonfish and the maturity of juveniles.

This is humanity's fault. Lu Wuyai decided to release the fish. Although fish with roe are the most delicious, he really couldn't bring himself to do something so destructive.

I cast my net several times, but the leader didn't have a good catch. He only caught a few large and small golden and silver pomfret, and I guess he could only make enough to cover the fuel cost.

Li Zhijie lost interest and started having everyone do side jobs.

Lu Wuyai baited his hook, cast it into the sea, and then went to bathe in the water to condense a golden elixir. Over the past two days, without consuming any water, the elixir had slightly increased in size and seemed to absorb moisture at a faster rate.

In the afternoon, when he went to check the fishing hook, he saw another bull shark.

This is not surprising, as bull sharks are gregarious. If a bull shark is found in a certain area, it means that this type of fish is also present in the surrounding waters.

Seeing so many bull sharks, Lu Wuyai suddenly thought of something: bull sharks have a huge appetite, and with so many bull sharks appearing in this sea area, there must be enough food to support their survival.

What do bull sharks live on? They don't even have schools of fish.

The presence of a school of bull sharks here indicates that there must be a large group of fish nearby.

Once the idea was born, Lu Wuyai gained confidence, so he set down a raft and wandered around.

The ocean is so vast that the chance of finding a fish in it is not much different from finding a needle.

He searched for a while but couldn't find it, so he decided to 'lead the way with the dog'.

This 'dog' isn't a real dog; it's a shark.

He caught a flounder, killed it, put its blood in the water, and then chopped up the flesh and scattered it around.

Soon, the two bull sharks were attracted, and the main activity began.

The bull shark was attracted by the smell of blood and fish, but ultimately found no food and had to leave in a huff.

They weren't just swimming around randomly; they were searching for food. Gu Yuxin probed the water for a while, then paddled hard, staying close behind these large sharks.

Because they lack a swim bladder, it takes them a long time to swim in the ocean. Bull sharks are usually not fast, so they swim leisurely in the water, displaying their might.

They deserve it. Bull sharks can be called sea wolves. They aren't particularly large for a shark, but they form packs in the ocean and are extremely powerful in fights.

They have few natural predators in the ocean, only a few species of orcas. The real threat to their survival comes from humans. They are listed as endangered because humans hunt them for their fins.

Lu Wuyai knew this, so he didn't want to hunt bull sharks, but instead tried to avoid them when he encountered them.

Following the bull shark, the boat drifted along, the red flag on the dragon's head fluttering in the distance. It was Li Zhijie who, seeing him drifting further and further away, called him back.

Lu Wuyai didn't care; he believed that following these bull sharks would be rewarding.

Huang Tian paid the bill, then ran into two bull sharks. Seeing so many bull sharks, Ao Muyang regained his composure. There seemed to be a large school of fish nearby.

He looked down at the sea, searching carefully, and finally, a piece of gold caught his eye.

Knowing that following these bull sharks would be rewarding, Lu Wuyai never expected to reap such a huge reward.