Fu Wan had thought that Xue Qing's boat had run into trouble and that the fishing competition was going to end inconclusively. However, she didn't expect to receive a notice in the evening that she would be going out to sea the next day.
Yes, it's a notification.
They were told to go out to sea early the next morning, with the main purpose of harvesting giant clams and corals from the seabed.
They grab whatever is valuable.
Xue Qing stopped pretending this time. They had originally planned to have the villagers collect some sea snails, and then gradually select a group of people who were good swimmers to collect giant clams.
I never expected that the people in Fu Family Village were all troublemakers.
Even troublemakers love money; with such a large sum of money, why would he worry that no one would take the plunge?
Ten yuan per person, with extra charges if you find something valuable.
The village of Fu was in an uproar. Not to mention adults, even teenagers in the village knew how to swim.
At this time, every household had several children, and those children had children of their own, with each family having about ten people.
If you calculate it that way, even if five or six people go into the sea, that's still fifty or sixty yuan!
That's much more cost-effective than going out to sea for one night!
After dinner, this became the topic of conversation as everyone sat under the tree to cool off.
Everyone was asking how many members of their families were going to the sea to compete and earn money, and for a time the area under the big tree at the entrance of the village was extremely lively.
After dinner, the Fu family was enjoying the cool air in the courtyard. Fu Laoda sat on a bamboo chair, fanning Fu Ling, who was still playing, from time to time.
Fu Wan was fiddling with her jellyfish skins. She had simply cut open the few red moon jellyfish she had caught the day before yesterday and hung them in the well to chill.
With nothing else to do, she cut the head and skin of the red moon jellyfish into jellyfish strips and then cured them with salt.
Out of curiosity about the difference in texture between jellyfish head and jellyfish skin, she specially took out two buckets, one for marinating jellyfish skin and the other for marinating shredded jellyfish head.
Fu Ming watched Fu Wan busy herself from the side, and would occasionally go up to help, carrying a bucket or moving water or something.
But he was still a little doubtful, "Ah Wan, can you really eat this?"
In her previous life, Fu Wan had only ever eaten processed jellyfish skin, and now she wasn't sure if this was the correct procedure.
The only poisonous part of the red moon jellyfish is its lower tentacles, and she has already discarded them.
It's a pity that it's still the 1980s, and cell phones are still those brick-like old-fashioned bricks, otherwise I could try searching on Baidu.
Fu Wan salted all the jellyfish strips, and then put the two small buckets of things back into the well to continue stabilizing them.
"Ah Wan, do I really not have to go to that fishing competition tomorrow?"
Fu Ming was actually itching to participate in the fishing competition. He hadn't been to the sea since the accident, and could only watch enviously as Fu Wan caught fish, abalone, and lobsters from the seabed.
Fu Wan wasn't against her brother going into the sea. "If you want to go, we can go together when we go out to sea later. Tomorrow there will be so many people, it'll be like dumplings being dropped into a pot. What else is there on the seabed?"
Fu Ming thought about it and agreed. Although he was somewhat unwilling, he was persuaded by Fu Wan in the next second.
"You wear that wetsuit later, and we'll go down and try it together."
Yes, we still have wetsuits at home!
Fu Ming suddenly felt hopeful, wishing the fishing competition would end soon so he could go swimming with his younger sister.
Fu Laoda didn't really care whether his two children participated in the competition or whether it would make money; what mattered most was Xue Qing, as his family didn't want to deal with him.
If Fu Wan hadn't promised Xue Qing beforehand, he would have stopped her from going.
So when it was almost time to go back to the room to sleep, Boss Fu pulled Fu Wan aside and explained the precautions for going into the sea again, emphasizing that she must not have any problems underwater.
He had dealt with the sea for two lifetimes. The ocean looked beautiful, and there were many valuable things on the seabed, but the dangers had never disappeared.
The incident involving Fu Ming is a case in point.
Fu Wan comforted him, saying, "Father, don't worry, I'm just like a fish in the sea. Besides, I won't pick up anything valuable for that person; I'll just give him something to show for it."
Only then did Boss Fu feel relieved.
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The next morning, Fu Ling followed Ye Xiaocui to the dock, which was bustling with activity.
Not only villagers from Fujia Village, but also many villagers from several nearby villages came.
Xue Qing and Jiu Jingxiong stood on the dock with several fully armed men, while Fu Wan was still dressed as she had been when she went out to sea.
The rules for this fishing trip are that everyone is free to go out to sea, either by boat or by going directly into the water, but all the catch must be sold to Xue Qing.
When Fu San heard this news, his face darkened for a long time. Wasn't this taking away his job?
They didn't mention wanting fish or anything before!
With the sound of a gong at the dock, families with boats set sail one after another, while those without boats discussed with those who did and went out together.
After all, what can you catch by going out to sea at the dock?
It's all shallow water with lots of reefs.
Boss Fu hadn't originally planned to go out with them, but upon hearing the rule, he immediately grabbed his things and went out with Fu Wan.
Fu Ming was also eager to get started. He was thinking of waiting until the competition was over, but he didn't expect that he would actually be going out to sea by boat!
But unexpectedly, joy turned to sorrow. Xue Qing was also clever. Fearing that someone might use people to make up the numbers and cheat him out of his money, he actually stipulated that only two people from each family could participate.
There was no other way, so the Fu family could only send the experienced eldest brother and Fu Wan, who was determined to participate, to sail out, while Fu Ming, Ye Xiaocui, and others stayed at the dock to provide support.
Fu Wan stood at the stern, watching the dock recede into the distance. "Dad, the sea is really lively today!"
How could it not be lively? Right now, the sea is filled with boats of all sizes.
Even Xue Qing's ship, somehow repaired, followed closely behind.
Today he also told those who went out to sea that whether it was fish or snails, they had to deliver ten catties of fish, otherwise they would not get the ten yuan they were supposed to pay.
As these words were spoken, everyone was already preparing to set sail. Some villagers who usually couldn't catch fish suddenly didn't want to participate, but most people were thinking about that famous Chinese proverb.
Since we're already here...
Once Boss Fu had sailed the boat to a designated area of the sea with few people, Fu Wan finished warming up and went straight into the water.
Having not been to the sea for two or three days, Fu Wan felt a lot of fish darting around as soon as she entered the water.
She dived down to take a closer look and found that perhaps because there were so many fishing boats at sea, the noise had attracted many fish to come this way.
However, she's not planning to catch fish today.
Let's collect some seashells or something first.
On the way back, I'll catch a net full of fish; that'll be enough to get the job done.
After mooring the boat, Boss Fu stood at the stern. The visibility in the seawater was very high, so he could see his daughter looking like a fish on the seabed, which made him feel quite gratified.
His daughter is probably the only one in the surrounding area who can be so at ease underwater.
Fu Wan picked up a few spider snails and cat's eye snails, and after looking around, she found that there were no giant clams around.
That's good. If she had them, she would have to hide them so no one would find them, which would be quite troublesome.
Just as she surfaced to hand the net containing the conch shells to Boss Fu, a sudden commotion arose in the distance.
Just then, a sharp shout came from nearby: "Shark! There's a shark!"
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