It was a stroke of luck that Qian Xiaobao and his companions survived. The little shark, which had a fishing net attached to its tail, fell into the water and got caught on the side of the boat. With the little shark struggling, it managed to break free of the net and fall into the sea, where it joined the great white shark that was about to ram the boat.
Just as the great white sharks were gathering, Qian Xiaobao, trembling, started the diesel engine, ran to the cockpit, stepped on the accelerator, and sped away in the boat.
By the time Great White Shark had finished carefully examining Little White Shark's condition, Qian Xiaobao and his crew's boat had already sailed quite a distance.
Fu Wan stood on the deck and watched this scene from afar, and couldn't help but click her tongue in amazement.
"The Qian family is quite lucky; they actually escaped with their lives."
Although the small white shark was caught accidentally, if they had released it back immediately after it was pulled up, a great white shark would probably have capsized the boat.
Qian Xiaobao didn't dare to look back while he was setting sail, fearing that he would see the great white shark's deadly dorsal fin if he turned around. He only breathed a sigh of relief when Qian Xiaohua ran over from the deck to report the news.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Damn it, this sea is really not an easy place to swim!"
Although he survived, Qian Xiaobao was furious when he thought about how many fish he hadn't caught in the sea.
Human greed is insatiable. Seeing such good catches as sailfish and mackerel made him want to bring more back.
"Xiaohua, how about we go around in another direction and see if we can find a school of fish?"
Qian Xiaohua frowned, about to agree, when Shen Dongsheng came over from the deck with a sullen face.
"We need to get back quickly; the boat has several small holes in it from shark bites."
It's still quite a distance from the dock. If they don't get back soon, the seawater will flood the ship, and they'll all lose their lives.
"What?! There's a hole in the hull?!"
Their boat was covered with sheet metal. Qian Xiaohua could hardly believe her ears. She hurriedly went over to check, and sure enough, Shen Dongsheng was right. There were several dark holes in the sheet metal of the boat, as if they were mocking them.
I never expected that this shark had a backup plan!
"My God, quick, let's sail back!"
If we don't go back soon, we'll really be drinking seawater today!
Although these holes are about 20 centimeters away from the seawater, the waves generated by the boat still manage to seep in!
Fortunately, there were several fishing boats operating nearby. Shen Dongsheng went to the cabin, found a rag, tied it to the harpoon, and desperately called for help from the fishing boats not far away.
Fu Wan's family had no idea about Qian Xiaohua's predicament, and even if they did, they would mock them for deserving it, since they actually had designs on the shark cubs in the first place.
Fu Laoda revved the engine to its maximum speed, and only when he saw that there were no other boats or sharks behind him did he reduce the engine speed.
This sea area is somewhat unfamiliar, and it looks like we're almost at the border with the neighboring province.
Fu Wan took out her watch from the cabin and realized it was already past three in the afternoon.
"Dad, how about we go to Swallow's Nest Island?"
There aren't many seabirds around here, and it doesn't look like there are many fish.
Boss Fu agreed and turned the rudder to head towards the island.
Ye Xiaocui felt like she had forgotten something today. When she was moving the fish, she noticed the extended fishing line next to the cold storage and realized what it was.
"Wan, we haven't done any extended fishing today!"
"Hey, I always felt like something was missing!"
Fu Wan quickly grabbed a bucket from the side, then picked out a few octopuses and some cheap sardines, cut them into pieces, and prepared to mix them with fish bait.
"Mom, it'll take another hour or so to get to the island, so we can use this time to do some longline fishing."
"Okay, I'll go get the fishing line right away."
The bait was quickly prepared, and the mother and daughter sat on the stools on either side of each other, one stringing the bait and the other casting it.
Fu Laoda didn't hear the commotion behind him. He turned around and saw that his daughter and wife were actually setting up an extended fishing line.
Thinking about his previous catches at sea with a fishing rod, he became a little tempted again.
Once he gets the boat to the island, he'll try using his daughter's bait. If he can catch a big, valuable fish, those old guys in the village will be green with envy!
Fu Liang, who was driving the boat, was getting tired, so he called Fu Ming to take over. When Fu Ming went back to the deck to unload the fish, he saw Fu Wan casting longline fishing and immediately started to do the same.
Fu Wan taught him to use octopus legs as bait. Jiang Chunlan watched with heartache as he picked out several smaller octopuses, cut them into small pieces, and mixed them with the fish pieces.
"Mom, you stay here and string the bait first. I'll come and let out the line after I've finished carrying the fish."
The fish they had previously selected were placed on the deck in baskets, not yet moved into the cabin to be chilled with ice.
Jiang Chunlan can manage carrying one or two baskets, but her back starts to hurt after carrying more.
Fu Liang simply took over the task and let her string the fish bait.
After the fishing line was finished, Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu complained that they were hungry. Since they were getting close to Yanwo Island, Fu Wan simply took out a bag of milk biscuits from the cabin and each of them took two.
"Mom, have a piece of cake!"
Ye Xiaocui waved her hand in refusal, "I'm not hungry, you guys eat!"
"Just eat two pieces, we still need to pick out the fish later!"
When things get busy, it can take an hour or two, and I don't know what time I'll get home. So I should eat something while I can, and not let myself go hungry.
Ye Xiaocui couldn't refuse Fu Wan's insistence, so she took off her gloves, washed her hands, and took a biscuit to eat. And to be honest, this milk biscuit was quite delicious; it had a milky flavor and was sweet.
Seeing that Ye Xiaocui did not refuse, Fu Wan stuffed another biscuit into her hand, and then took the biscuit to find Boss Fu.
Even after feeding your mother, you can't forget your father, otherwise Boss Fu will nag about it for weeks.
Fortunately, Fu Ming wasn't on the ship at the moment, otherwise she would have had to feed another brother, which would have been really tough for her.
However, Fu Wan had also put two packs of biscuits on Fu Liang's boat, but at Fu Ming's insistence, they were replaced with two packs of peach shortbread. In his words, "Peach shortbread is enough. We can't taste the flavor of these milk biscuits!"
"Ah Wan, is that the island we're going to?"
Ye Xiaocui pointed to the distant island. Fu Wan looked over and was about to answer Ye Xiaocui when she turned her head and saw a fish's dorsal fin suddenly appear on the sea surface.
Is that shark chasing us again?
No, the dorsal fin of a great white shark isn't black either!
Just then, the owner of the dorsal fin leaped out of the sea, spun twice in the air, and then fell heavily back down. Fu Wan could even feel the moisture carried by the sea breeze.
Then a familiar call rang out, waking up the spirits who were about to go to sleep.
That's a baby killer whale!
If the baby killer whale is here, the pod of whales must be nearby!
"Little killer whale, what brings you here?!"
Fu Wan shouted at the baby killer whale, which whimpered twice, then flicked its tail in the water, and something landed steadily in front of Fu Wan.
"Hey, isn't this wealth and status?!"
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