After Ah-Can finished eating, he went to the driver's seat and let his father get out to eat.

Feng Ye took a drag of his cigarette and asked, "Uncle, what are the plans for tonight? Will you be on duty for the first half of the night, or will Ah Can and I keep watch?"

Without hesitation, Feng Jialing said, "You stay with A-Can. I don't need much sleep, so I'll keep watch for the rest of the night."

As people get older, they need less and less sleep, so he's perfect for keeping watch in the middle of the night.

“Okay, then we’ll use two points as the dividing line. Before two points, Ah-chan and I will guard the area, and after two points, you’ll guard it.”

Feng Ye did not argue, but nodded in agreement to the arrangement.

Whether it's the first half of the night or the second half, for these fishermen who frequently go out to sea, there isn't much difference.

Although the second half of the night is the hardest to get through and is when you're most likely to feel sleepy.

But don't forget, before today, he and Ah-Can used to get up at two or three in the morning every day to go out to sea, and they were already used to it.

He turned to the four boatmen who were also smoking: "You split into two shifts. Two of you go to sleep first, and the other two will work with me and Ah-Can during the first half of the night."

"No rush, let's wait until the first net is pulled up and see how the harvest is before we send some people to sleep."

"Yes, let's see how it goes before we decide."

"Yes, we can't miss this first net, we definitely have to take a look."

"Yeah, no rush. It's hard to fall asleep right after eating anyway."

All four of them said they wanted to watch the web-building exercise first before resting.

"Alright, you guys figure it out yourselves, just don't let it interfere with the work."

"Don't worry, we know what we're doing, we won't make any mistakes."

Seeing this, Feng Ye said nothing more.

He could understand their expectations for the first catch.

After all, who wouldn't want to see the fruits of their hard work?

Time was ticking away, second by second.

The sea was still undulating, but the Dong Sheng was like a mobile fortress, sailing steadily amidst the waves.

On the deck, Feng Ye and four boatmen leaned against the gunwale, chatting and enjoying the sea breeze, recounting the interesting things they had encountered at sea.

"When we went out to sea to fish as a group, it was at night, and we happened to encounter a school of flying fish."

Because of the lights on the boat, flying fish were attracted like moths to a flame, jumping onto the boat and easily gaining over two thousand kilograms of fish.

"You're lucky. If you had encountered needlefish like Ah Ye and the others a while back, some of you might have been covered in holes from the needlefish."

"Who can argue with that? We're all so glad we encountered flying fish instead of needlefish."

"When you're down on your luck, even drinking cold water can cause you to choke."

When we went out to sea before, everyone was just like we are now, leaning against the ship's side, smoking and chatting.

Unexpectedly, a rotten carp weighing over 100 pounds suddenly jumped out of the water.

One person was particularly unlucky; he got whipped hard by the tail of a rotten carp…

Before the other person could finish speaking, someone interrupted, "Really? That unlucky? What happened to that person afterwards?"

At the same time, everyone turned around and took a few steps back, no longer daring to lean their backs against the ship's side.

No matter what kind of fish it is, if it weighs several tens of kilograms or more, it should not be underestimated.

If a fish were to jump out of the sea and hit one of them, they would be in big trouble.

At best, it can cause injury; at worst, it can lead to disability, or even death.

"After being slapped, she fainted on the spot, her face as white as paper."

Although she eventually woke up, she was completely disoriented, extremely dizzy, and kept vomiting.

After we got him ashore, we quickly took him to the hospital.

After examination, it was diagnosed as a brain hemorrhage. Fortunately, the bleeding was not extensive, and he survived.

"If that rotten silver carp had been any bigger, or if it had been a swordfish or marlin, the person would probably be dead."

"Tsk tsk, that's really unlucky, to suffer such an undeserved disaster."

"Oh well, bad luck. What can I do?"

"Yes, anything can happen at sea."

I once encountered a ghost ship. There was no one on board, and no engine was heard. It just drifted on the sea.

However, strangely, the ship started making bizarre noises.

Although we are brave, we were still scared half to death.

Fortunately, we had some yellow paper on board, so we quickly took it out, burned a bunch of it, and then hurried away.

Upon hearing this, Feng Ye couldn't help but shudder.

He had encountered unmanned boats floating on the sea before, both in his past and present lives.

This usually happens when the cable wasn't properly secured and was swept away by the waves;

Or perhaps the crew met with misfortune, leaving the empty ship adrift at sea.

He had never encountered a ghost ship that made such eerie noises before.

However, I have heard many people mention it.

Everyone says that this kind of ship is very ominous, and encountering it is not a good thing.

He guessed that the sound was probably made by some marine creature that had climbed onto the ship.

But telling this kind of story late at night still gives people the creeps.

He quickly stopped everyone from continuing, saying, "Let's not talk about these things anymore, they're creepy and unlucky."

We're at sea now, so if we're going to talk, we should talk about good things to bring good luck.

"Yes, yes, let's not talk about these strange and unlucky things. When we're out and about, we should talk about good things."

Fishermen are mostly superstitious.

Everyone quickly changed the subject and started talking about a topic common to men—women.

They chatted for another half hour, and Feng Ye checked the time; it was almost 9:30.

This net has been in place for almost two and a half hours; it's time to set it up.

"It's about time. Let's go and close the net."

After all, there were still two people who needed to go to sleep after setting up the net.

There was no need for the first net to take a full three hours to circulate.

"Ah, after waiting for so long, the net is finally being set up."

Everyone got excited and followed Feng Ye to the stern of the ship.

First, the winch was started.

Under the powerful pull of the winch, the two towing lines began to be slowly pulled back onto the ship.

As the tow line is retrieved, the trawl net is slowly pulled back from the seabed and gradually emerges from the water.

Once all the traction wires have been recovered, the winding machine will take over.

The opening of the trawl net gradually tightens under the pulling force, and is then slowly dragged onto the boat until it reaches the surface of the water.

Wow! What a huge package!

"Holy crap, there are manta rays in there, they actually dragged a manta ray out."

"It looks like there are two manta rays and a great white shark."

"There are many small yellow fish, they should be yellow croakers or croakers."

"Why are there still so many mackerel? These fish aren't worth much!"

"Have you forgotten? It's mackerel season now, so it's normal to have more fish."

"That's true..."

Using the ship's lights, everyone could see the cargo through the mesh and began to discuss it.

There were surprises, but also some disappointments.