Xiao Xue could only sleep on the chaise lounge in the cabin, which was fortunately 1.2 meters wide and 1.8 meters long.

One end is connected to a single sofa, just right for one person to sleep on.

Black Tiger was on watch on deck at night, and Xiao Xue could hear the commotion outside from inside the cabin, so Chen Hong wasn't worried about safety.

An elderly woman slept in one of the rooms, and Chen Hong didn't do yoga that night.

After washing up and getting into bed, I lay there for a while doing some breathing exercises, then cuddled with my child and fell asleep.

The temperature at sea was just right, neither too hot nor too cold, very comfortable. With a light blanket, there was no need to turn on the air conditioner.

Chen Hong got up at four o'clock in the morning. While everyone else was still resting, she mixed a bucket of bait to create a feeding area and went to the bow of the boat to fish.

I caught half a bucket of squid, a dozen or so lobsters and crabs, and a dozen or so groupers.

She threw all the small, unwanted fish she caught into the live bait container to use as bait.

The three elderly people also got up very early. At six o'clock, everyone on the ship, including Yu Yang, got up and washed up.

The two old men, along with Xiao Xue and Yu Yang, practiced Tai Chi on the deck, while Chen Hong and the old lady made breakfast together.

In the morning, there were steamed buns filled with shrimp and chives, pan-fried fish fillets, and seafood porridge, accompanied by pickled cucumbers and salted duck eggs made by Chen Hong.

The menu wasn't extensive, but the food was light, refreshing, and delicious, and the three elderly people were very satisfied with their meal.

After everyone finished eating, Chen Hong washed the dishes and cleaned the kitchen. Just as she was about to set sail south, a luxury fishing boat blocked her way.

Xiao Xue stood nervously on the deck, looking at the five young people on the opposite ship.

Three men and two women stood on the flyover, waving vigorously at their boat. Chen Hong stopped the boat and asked loudly, "What do you want? Why are you blocking my boat?"

A young man across from them shouted back, "Ma'am, don't misunderstand, we're not bad people!"

We don't have enough food on board, so we'd like to buy some things from you to make breakfast.

Do you have any extra food on your ship? We'd like to pay extra, please give us some.

The old woman shook her head. "These young people, how could they go out to sea without food? Can't they fish without food?"

There are plenty of fish in the sea, but all they know is dancing, singing, and fooling around.

If they hadn't encountered another boat, they would have gone hungry! That's so unreliable!

Chen Hong walked to the edge of the boat and asked loudly, "How many people are on your boat, and what kind of food do you need?"

The young people were chattering away, making a ruckus. One of them said, "Do you have any instant noodles? Eggs would be fine too. We'll boil eggs and make instant noodles with them!"

The man said, "Sister, I saw you fishing this morning. Did you catch anything? Sell us a few fish, and we'll pay you the market price."

A little girl shouted, "Big sister, do you have bread on your boat? You can sell us bread!"

Chen Hong understood immediately, "Didn't you bring a chef on your ship? Don't you know how to cook?"

"Want some convenience food? We don't have any! But I have plenty of fish on my boat; it's no use selling them to you if you don't know how to cook them!"

Unexpectedly, a boy raised his hand and said, "I can do it, I can do it. I'm not good at stir-frying, but I'm good at steaming and boiling."

"Sister, do you have any scallions, ginger, or other seasonings on your boat? Could you sell us some too? We don't have any seasonings on our boat."

As she spoke, her voice lowered, and she suddenly felt a little ashamed, perhaps because she herself felt that they were somewhat unreliable.

When we go out to play, besides snacks, drinks, alcohol, and musical instruments, we really forgot to prepare food ingredients and seasonings.

Chen Hong moved the boat forward a little, so that the two boats were about a meter apart, before going back to the kitchen and filling a plastic bag with the leftover steamed buns from the morning.

There were just over a dozen left, enough for each of them to have two or three.

I also filled a small bottle with cooking oil, and added some scallions, ginger, Sichuan peppercorns, and star anise.

Then I went to the storage room and got a bag of refined salt and two pounds of noodles. I used a plastic bucket to scoop out two grouper, a large lobster and three crabs.

He darted onto the opposite fishing boat and handed the goods to the young man in charge. "Sixty yuan a pound for grouper, two of them weigh more than seven pounds. I'll charge you seven pounds, so you give me four hundred and twenty yuan."

Green lobsters are 80 yuan per catty, this lobster weighs two and a half catties, so it costs 200 yuan.

Large blue crabs are 100 yuan per jin (500g). Three of them weigh a little over 6 jin, so that's 600 yuan. Just give me 1200 yuan in total.

These buns are ones we steamed ourselves this morning, and we're giving them to you along with the oil, salt, noodles, and seasonings.

Are you paying me in cash or by bank transfer?

The young man nodded repeatedly in gratitude, saying, "Thank you, sister, thank you so much! We've really met a kind person."

"If it weren't for you, we would definitely be starving today. Sister, we'll give you cash; there's no satellite signal on our ship, so we can't use mobile phones to transfer money."

Chen Hong nodded, "Either way is fine. Just scrape off the scales, remove the internal organs and gills, add scallions and ginger, and steam it."

Lobsters and crabs can be cleaned and steamed directly in a steamer. Just add a little soy sauce and they're ready to eat—it's that simple!

After receiving the money, Chen Hong casually taught them a few tips on cooking seafood. Amid their thanks, she jumped back onto her own boat.

Back in his fishing boat, he stowed the anchor, waved goodbye to the young man opposite him, turned on the switch, and sailed away.