When they were still more than ten meters away from the shore, Mu Chenze suddenly noticed a small wooden sign hanging on the fishing net with Chu Zhi's name engraved on it.
He disdained to take Chu Zhi's fishing catch and immediately let go.
The fishing nets move with the tide.
Chu Xuan reached the shore and saw Mu Chenze's actions, with a look of confusion on his face.
"Is it because the fishing net is too heavy and can't be pulled?"
Mu Chenze said in a very unlucky tone, "The fishing net belongs to that bastard Chu Zhi. I think it's unlucky to pull his fishing net."
Chu Xuan didn't expect Chu Zhi to cast a net nearby. If he saw her and Mu Chenze swimming here, he might say something unpleasant.
"He'll definitely come over to collect the nets soon. I'll leave the swimming crabs to you. I'll be leaving first."
Mu Chenze wasn't afraid of being talked about by others, but he was afraid that Chu Xuan would be talked about by others. "Okay, you go first. I'll leave later."
Chu Xuan didn't bother to change clothes. She took her fishing tools and left in a hurry because she saw a fishing boat heading towards Mu Chenze.
It was too far away to tell whose boat it was.
No one on the boat could recognize her.
However, Chu Xuan guessed that it was Chu Zhi's boat.
Chu Zhi can't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth, so he must not be seen by him.
Mu Chenze also saw the boat, got ashore as quickly as possible, and walked into the woods carrying the backpack.
I found a deserted place to change into clean clothes, carried the backpack, and returned to the shore, where I saw a fishing boat pulling in a fishing net.
It’s Chu Zhi’s boat.
The fishing net was the one that Mu Chenze discovered and then gave up.
Mu Chenze was a little curious about what kind of fish was inside.
Chu Zhi noticed Mu Chenze, but didn't say hello. He was so tired that he grimaced as he pulled the fishing net.
When they were about to pull it onto the boat, they found that it was a huge rock as tall as a person.
Cursing, he threw the fishing net and the big rock back into the sea.
Mu Chenze couldn't help laughing. Fortunately, he didn't covet the things in Chu Zhi's fishing net.
Chu Zhi followed the sound of laughter and looked at Mu Chenze, "I've always had bad luck when I go fishing. Don't laugh at me! Otherwise, I'll get close to your fishing boat every day and bring bad luck to your family too."
Mu Chenze disagreed, "Go and get yourself into trouble near my fishing boat and see if you can bring bad luck to me! Besides, I'm only laughing because I'm in a good mood, not at you."
Chu Zhi looked around. He seemed to have seen two men. Judging from the color of their clothes, they were not Mu Chenze. He now suspected that they were the two men who replaced the seafood in his fishing net. "Why are you here?"
"Just passing by. I collect seafood everywhere, isn't that okay?"
"Of course. I have some small fish here, would you like to take them?"
"No. Right now, I only accept sea cucumbers, abalone, swimming crabs, shrimps, and the like." Mu Chenze took out a swimming crab from his backpack. The crab shell was as big as an adult's palm. He continued, "I only accept crabs of this quality. If you can catch one, just send it directly to my house."
"How much is one pound?"
"Pricing is based on size and weight. It's not too late to ask once you've caught something. I still have to keep collecting seafood. Let's go."
Mu Chenze turned around and prepared to leave.
Chu Zhi hurriedly shouted, "Wait a minute! Did you meet two men just now?"
"What? Two men? No."
Mu Chenze was surprised. It was clearly him and Chu Xuan, so how could they be mistaken for two men?
Thinking of Chu Xuan's hairstyle and strong back, from a distance, he would inevitably be mistaken for a man.
He secretly thanked God that Chu Zhi had seen it wrong, otherwise as soon as Chu Zhi returned to the dock, rumors about him and Chu Xuan would be flying everywhere.
Chu Zhi snorted, "It must be those two men who stole the goods from my fishing net and exchanged them for big rocks. Even though I was far away, I saw them swimming ashore from the sea. One was wearing black clothes, and the other was wearing a white shirt and blue pants. Did you really not see them?"
Mu Chenze was now wearing a blue shirt and black pants. Chu Zhi could never have imagined that it was him.
"No. I only saw you when I came over."
Chu Zhi was very sure, "The man in the white shirt who left with the basket must have taken my catch."
Mu Chenze was shocked by Chu Zhi's train of thought.
"Since you think so, then hurry up and go ashore and chase after him!"
"We must chase her! I don't believe we can't get her back!"
Chu Zhizhen let the boat dock, and when he was about to jump ashore, he stepped on empty air and fell into the water with a splash.
Fortunately, he can swim, so there is no danger.
Soaked all over, I climbed back onto the boat and went to the cabin to change clothes.
When he walked out of the cabin, Mu Chenze was no longer there.
After thinking about it, I realized that after wasting so much time, the possibility of catching up with those two people was very small, so I gave up chasing them.
Before sailing back to the dock, we cast another net nearby.
He didn't notice that Mu Chenze came back.
Mu Chenze looked at Chu Zhi's departing boat, lost in thought.
At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Mu Chenze, who had just returned from the city, walked into Chu Xuan's house with the payment for the goods to settle the bill.
The total profit from the grilled fish fillets these two days, after deducting the dividends, and the dividends from the sea fishing products, was eight hundred yuan.
Chu Xuan saw the bloodshot in Mu Chenze's eyes and felt distressed. "You work so hard to make money, are you short of money? I can lend it to you."
Mu Chenze smiled calmly, "Actually, I'm not short of money. I just want to make some money. I can really hold on now. When my body can't take it anymore, I'll naturally rest. There's one thing I have to remind you, Chu Zhi is casting his fishing nets near our secret fishing spot. You might run into him when you go fishing or swimming in the future."
Chu Xuan said without hesitation, "At worst, I won't go swimming in the sea recently. Actually, I don't want him to know that I'm learning to swim."
"I'll find a way to get him to cast his net somewhere else as soon as possible."
"I support you!"
Otherwise, Chu Zhi would soon discover those dozen or so tide pools, and once he tasted the sweetness, he would always go there.
The next day, Chu Xuan went to the secret spot to catch seafood as usual.
On the beach and in the dozen or so tide pools, the only worthless things were clams and small crabs.
By chance, Chu Zhi's boat ran aground on the beach.
Chu Zhi, who was sitting at the bow of the boat, was not in a hurry at all.
Waiting for high tide.
Chu Xuan ignored him, put on his sun hat, bent down to pick clams, picked up most of them in the basket, and prepared to go back.
Chu Zhi tutted his words, "Chu Xuan, you really don't mind the trouble! There are so many clams on the beach in our village, but you have to run to this remote place to pick them up. Isn't it tiring to carry them back?"
"I'd love to! If you can come, why can't I?"
Chu Xuan said this and returned to the shore with the basket on his back.
But there was no rush to leave.
I want to see Chu Zhi close the net.
Chu Zhi saw Chu Xuan's thoughts and decided not to close the net.
Chu Xuan didn't wait any longer and left with the backpack on his back.
On the way back, we caught four sea ducks and picked up more than twenty sea duck eggs.
I feel like my trip was worthwhile.
Chu Zhi was not so lucky.
The fishing net that was pulled up had a big hole in it, and not a single fish was caught. Only three fist-sized swimming crabs were caught, running around the boat with their claws raised, as if mocking him.
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of September. All the grilled fish fillets ordered by Boss Yuan had been shipped away, and Boss Hou no longer ordered any more goods. Dan Anquan came to take away another 1,000 kilograms of grilled fish fillets.
During this period, Chu Xuan occasionally went to the secret spot for fishing, but Chu Zhi drove a boat there every day to cast nets, and every time he pulled up the net, there would be holes in it.
On September 30, Chu Zhi moved to other sea areas to cast his nets.
At around eight o'clock in the evening, Mu Chenze was in a very happy mood when he went to Chu Xuan's house to get grilled fish fillets.
"Chu Xuan, starting tomorrow, you can continue to learn swimming over there. Chu Zhi won't go anymore."
Chu Xuan looked curious, "How did you do that?" (End of this chapter)
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