"Alright, alright, why are you getting angry with a bunch of seabirds? They can't understand you anyway."

"Damn it, I really want to go to the ship, grab the guns, and shoot them all."

Ah-chan's face turned ashen; he was extremely unwilling.

Getting bird droppings on your head is considered very unlucky, signifying bad luck or impending misfortune.

"Okay, just wash it off. Let's go, hurry back to the ship."

Feng Ye grabbed the opening of a snakeskin bag, hoisted it onto his shoulder, picked up the bucket, and walked toward the Rising Sun ship that was moored in the water.

"They're here."

Ah-chan responded, picked up another bag of squid, and quickly followed.

The tide had just come in, and they could wade back to the boat without having to swim.

Upon reaching the boat, Feng Ye first put down the snakeskin bag, washed the ink off his face, then climbed onto the boat and lowered the crane rope.

If there's an easier way, there's no need to go through the trouble of dragging it onto the boat.

Ah-Can tied all the buckets and burlap sacks together with ropes below, and had the crane pull them up.

Then he plunged his head into the seawater to wash the ink off his face and bird droppings off his head before calmly climbing back onto the boat.

After Feng Ye hauled the snakeskin bag and bucket onto the boat, he immediately emptied out all the squid inside.

It's not good to keep it pressed down, as it's easy to break it. It's better to lay it on the deck.

Anyway, we'll have to sort them later.

There are also seafood such as conch and clams inside.

"I picked up about 200 jin (100 kg), and at about one yuan per jin, it's like I got 200 yuan for free."

Ah-chan climbed onto the boat, looked at the squid on the deck, and said with great delight.

"The volume is not large now, so the price should be around 1.1 or 1.2 yuan. Later, when the volume increases, it may drop below 1 yuan."

"These two bags can sell for a little over 200 yuan. Adding the previous trawling catch, we should be able to sell them for around 400 yuan in total."

Feng Ye was also very happy.

It's been over a month since I last came here, and I've already gained so much since then, which is quite good.

"Luckily it's squid season, which allowed us to collect so many squid for free, otherwise today's harvest would have been too meager."

Ah-Can squatted down, fiddling with the dead squid, and continued, "When we get back, let's go up the mountain to chop more firewood, tie up more branches and throw them into the sea, and try to catch more during this flood season."

"Um."

Feng Ye nodded. "There's another boat at home. Tell your dad and my dad to go find an island too, so we can catch even more fish."

Squid prefer to lay their eggs near islands in the outer waters of the coast.

Therefore, the ovipositor should be placed within 50 meters of the island or reef where squid spawn.

The best water depth is 2 to 10 meters; the effect of egg attachment is poor in water depths of 10 to 20 meters or less.

The specific islands and reefs on which the equipment will be deployed will depend on factors such as the seabed composition, topography, and marine life growth.

Generally, rocky terrain is preferred, followed by hard sand and mud, and the inner terrain with a gentler current is more suitable.

The highest number of eggs are laid in areas with coral branches, followed by areas with Sargassum fusiforme and Lycopodium clavatum.

"Yes, yes, squid spawn in the afternoon, so they can catch them when they come back after delivering the goods."

Ah-chan nodded in agreement without hesitation.

During their month-long stay on Haizhongzhou Island, their family dried a lot of fish, all of which were delivered by three middlemen: Feng Jiafa, Lao Zhu, and Lao Lin.

In addition to the dried fish purchased from others, there are currently 40,000 to 50,000 jin of dried fish in the warehouse.

This is still the fish bought from individual farmers; the dried fish from those with their own workshops hasn't been bought yet.

If we collect them all at once, there will probably be around 100,000 jin (50,000 kg), which won't be enough to fit in the warehouse.

So, their dried fish business started again.

After not delivering goods to the city for several months, the business owners who cooperate with them were eagerly awaiting delivery and would call frequently to urge them to deliver.

Therefore, Feng Jiaqing and Feng Jialing went to the city to deliver goods early this morning.

They usually come back quite early after delivering goods, and there's not much to do in the afternoon, at most they can help out in the workshop.

Instead of doing that, it would be better to let them go out to sea to catch squid.

"They don't need to go too far; they can just find any island in the sea about an hour's boat ride away."

"And what about us?"

Ah-Can looked up at Feng Ye and asked, "Are we coming back here? Or are we staying with them and not going any further?"

Upon hearing this, Feng Ye frowned slightly.

For a moment, he really couldn't think of a solution.

Come over here, the resources are definitely better. We can do some hauling in the nets in the morning, and then we can focus on catching squid in the afternoon.

However, the distance is too far, and a round trip would waste more than six hours just on the road.

Squid spawn from afternoon to dusk.

In other words, they would have to stay until at least 5 or 6 o'clock before they could return.

That means I'll get home too late, around 8 or 9 pm.

If you don't go far, and just fish in the waters an hour away from Baishi Island, don't expect a good catch with trawls.

Even if he had the magic touch to attract fish, it would still be the same.

After all, the closer the distance, the more ships there are, and the seafood resources in the sea can't be too good.

To attract fish, there must be fish in the sea, right?

Moreover, many fishing boats will surely share the same idea: they won't go far and will look for nearby islands.

Furthermore, given that they are already operating small wooden boats in coastal waters, it's questionable whether they can even find unclaimed islands.

They can sense when the squid season has arrived, and so can other fishermen.

What do you mean?

Feng Ye threw the question back at him.

Ah-Can thought for a moment and then said, "I think we should stay with my dad and the others. There's no need to make a special trip here."

"Alright."

Feng Ye thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay, let's look around tonight and see if we can find a suitable island. If we can, great; if not, we'll see."

"Yes, that's what I think too."

Ah-Can glanced at the time. "It's not even three o'clock yet. Should we haul in another net, or head straight back?"

"Let's go back. If we go back early, we can still go up the mountain to cut branches. If we cut branches tomorrow, it will waste a whole day. We won't even need to look for nearby islands; they'll definitely be occupied."

"Okay, I'll go start the boat."

After Ah-Can went to set sail, Feng Ye found a basket, squatted on the deck, and put the squid into the basket one by one, then carried it into the cabin.

Summer has arrived, the temperature is quite high, and the afternoon sun is quite hot.

We can't let the squid stand in the sun on the deck.

After finishing cleaning the squid, he immediately went to sort the last catch from the net.

Before, when he was diving, Ah-chan sorted out a little bit, and then went to pick up squid.