Chapter 419 Reef Island

The four boats sailed together at the fastest speed towards the depths of the dark sea.

Yesterday, Zhou Yongguo and Zhou Kangping took a boat to feed the fish. Today, they don’t need to feed the fish, so they followed Zhou Chenglei to the western waters to fish.

The second family's boat was deliberately parked at the end, following at a distance, because they wanted to fish. If they got too close, and the people from the Zhou family saw what kind of fish they caught, that would be bad.

After sailing away for a distance, the four boats began to cast nets and operate at a safe distance.

While trawling the net, we headed towards the western sea.

Because there is no set time for low tide, let's go and take a look first.

Zhou Chenglei was driving the boat, and Zhou's father went to catch up on his sleep.

As soon as the boat started, he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.

He was woken up by the crowd of people in the village going to the sea at around 12 o'clock last night. He got up to go fishing and only slept for more than three hours. He was not in the mood to go fishing today, so he hurried to sleep.

Jiang Xia, Zhou's mother, Tian Caihua, great-grandmother and Zhou Kangping's mother (second aunt) killed the octopus together.

There were so many people that more than a hundred octopuses were killed quickly, and a few people were chatting in low voices there.

Before I knew it, it was daybreak and the sun came out.

Zhou Chenglei drove the boat to the sea area where he went fishing yesterday.

The tide hasn't started to recede yet, so they decided to raise the net first. Zhou Chenglei woke up his father, and the two of them raised the net together.

Jiang Xia went to drive the boat.

Seeing Jiang Xia skillfully controlling the boat, the grandmother couldn't help but walk over and praised him with a smile, "Xiao Xia has learned to drive a boat so quickly?"

The others followed suit so as not to hinder Zhou and his son from casting the net.

Mother Zhou smiled and said, "Xiao Xia learns everything quickly. She is planning to learn how to drive a large ship during the first month of the year while Cheng Lei is free, and then pass the exam to get the certificate."

Tian Caihua was surprised and asked, "Xiao Xia, are you planning to take the test for a large ship license?"

Jiang Xia nodded: "Yes, I have this plan."

She has finished reading all the complicated information for the college entrance examination and is now looking at the information for the boat license examination.

Tian Caihua couldn't help but say, "We don't fish in the first month of the year, but we go out to sea just to learn how to drive a big boat. How much fuel does it take to drive a big boat for a day? And why do you want to take the big boat license, Xiaoxia? The license costs a lot of money. It's useless even if you pass it. Anyway, Lei has the license, so you can drive it."

Who in the village has a license to sail out to sea now? Zhou Chengxin took the test for that license, but it was just left there, useless! Jiang Xia heard it and said, "We'll see when the time comes! I think I'll have time in the first month of the year, so if it's easy, I'll take it, if it's hard, forget it. I was originally planning to take a motorcycle license, but I thought I might as well take the boat license as well."

Jiang Xia thought that since her family had a big boat, she might as well take a boat license exam to be prepared. If she and Zhou Chenglei went out to sea together and something happened and Zhou Chenglei couldn't drive the boat, she could do it too.

And no matter what certificate it is, the earlier you take the exam, the easier it will be.

Tian Caihua thinks that a motorcycle license is more practical. "It's more useful to get a motorcycle license, although it's not very useful. Then do you want to get a car license?"

Jiang Xia: "I already have a driver's license for a small car."

Tian Caihua: “…”

You don’t even have a motorcycle license, but you have a car license?

She is worthy of being the eldest daughter of the Jiang family.

Grandma smiled and said, "It's good to get a certificate! If you have a certificate, you won't be afraid of anything. Just think about it, we all need a certificate to stay in a guesthouse in the city! A Lei also asked Yong Guo to take a certificate during the first month of the year, and also get a tractor driver's license."

The second aunt also said: "Yes, A Lei also said that Kang Ping would not go out to sea in the first month of the year, so go and check it out."

Tian Caihua thought that Zhou Chengxin should also take the test to get a license to drive a large ship. As for herself, forget it. She didn't want to waste the money for the test. However, learning how to drive a large ship would be useful. She said to Jiang Xia, "Xiao Xia, when you learn how to drive a large ship, call me and I will learn with you!"

By learning from Jiang Xia now, she can save some fuel costs, and when her family has a big boat in the future, she will be able to drive it.

Zhou Chenglei also planned to let Zhou Chengxin learn to drive a large ship and take a large ship certificate, so she said, "Okay!"

Seeing that the father and son were having a hard time raising the net, Zhou's mother went over to help.

When the grandmothers and the others saw this, they followed over to see if they could help.

Soon, a large bag of fish was hauled onto the boat.

Zhou Chenglei poured out the fish, mainly small fish such as small yellow croaker, yellowfin croaker, sea bass, as well as a large octopus and some blue-spotted swordfish weighing several kilograms.

The blue-spotted mackerel in this area is the most delicious and expensive among all the mackerels, and a big red one is worth dozens of dollars.

The small yellow flower is not as expensive as the big yellow flower, but the price of this fish is also good now. The price will increase again at the end of the year and can be sold for 70 or 80 cents per pound.

Tian Caihua: “…”

Another net profit is the money her family’s boat earns in a day.

Tian Caihua looked at her family's fishing boat, but didn't see how many fish were caught.

Grandma smiled and said, "This net is really good. We caught so many big fish and a lot of small yellow croakers."

Second uncle: "That big red snapper weighs 50 kilograms, right?"

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Grandma moved a small stool and sat down to help divide the fish: "It should be about the same."

My second aunt-in-law also sat down and divided the fish.

When you go out to sea on someone else's boat, it's only natural to help with some small chores.

Tian Caihua also sat down. Today was the turn for their two boats to make money together. She didn't ask for more money than Jiang Xia's boat. She would be satisfied if she could make the same amount as their boat.

Yesterday, the four families and two boats made a combined profit of more than 1,500 yuan! Zhou's father drove the boat, Zhou Chenglei set the net, and Jiang Xia followed everyone to share the fish.

With so many people, the fish could be divided quickly, and all the fish were divided in half an hour.

Zhou Chenglei kept driving farther away. He remembered that there was a reef island dozens of nautical miles away.

He wanted to go to the reef to see if there were any mussels.

Since it is a reef island, ships cannot get too close to it to avoid running aground.

Zhou Chenglei called Jiang Xia over and used a telescope to see what was attached to the reef.

He bought this telescope at a high price.

Although the edges of the scallops are a little green, when they grow into a large piece, they look black from a distance, similar to the color of the reef, and you can't see it at all unless you get close.

Jiang Xia looked through the telescope for a while and said with a smile, "It really seems to be a rainbow."

Zhou Chenglei: "After you finish hauling this net, send mom and the others to the beach to catch seafood, and I'll come over to check on them."

Jiang Xia: “Yeah.”

Two hours later, the net can be raised.

Most of the fish in this net are skinned. Skinned fish are not valuable, but if there are a lot of them, they can be sold for dozens of yuan.

After Zhou Chenglei and his father raised the net, they drove the boat to the beach of yesterday.

Everyone took the time to share the fish.

When we arrived at West Bay, a large area of ​​beach was exposed. It was not as big as yesterday and the tide was still receding.

But you can go down to catch seafood now.

Zhou Chenglei stopped the boat and let everyone get off first.

Jiang Xia did not get off the boat. She and Zhou Chenglei went to take a look at the reef island they had just visited.