"Ah Wan, should we move some of the fish from the cold storage and have the fish-collecting boat take them back?"
Fu Haishun looked at Fu Wan, who thought for a moment and shook her head, "Let's talk about it later. I'm worried the cargo ship won't be able to hold it all."
"Oh dear, I forgot about that!"
Fu Haishun shook his head. He was also thinking of taking more of the fish from the "Riding the Waves" ship out so that there would be enough space to store the fish when they came back up.
However, he overlooked the fact that the cargo ship was actually about the same size as the "Sailing Forward" ship.
If we really compare them seriously, the Fresh Harvest Ship is not even as long as the Fully Loaded Return Ship, and it is far inferior to the Wind and Waves Ship.
"Ah, it would be great if the cargo ship was bigger."
“Yes,” Fu Wan agreed. “Once the business of collecting fresh seafood by boat stabilizes this year, I will discuss with my third uncle about adding another boat.”
"Then should we still buy a second-hand boat?"
Ye Lin asked the question out of curiosity, while Fu Wan shook her head, unsure of what to do.
"We'll see. If we add another boat, it will definitely have to be bigger. I plan to use the current fish-collecting boats to collect fish in the near sea, and send the bigger ones to the open sea."
Of course, I wouldn't mind if a suitable secondhand large ship came along.
Since it's only used for transporting fish and doesn't require trawls or anything like that, there's really no need to buy a new boat.
However, compared to new ships, the cost of converting second-hand ships into cold storage facilities and cranes is also considerable. But we'll have to wait until we get the profits from the fresh seafood ship next year to see the specifics. For now, we'll continue using this ship.
With nothing else to worry about, and considering the net had been hauled for about four hours, Fu Wan turned to Fu Ming and asked, "Brother, how was the pull on the trawl net when you were setting sail? Can you lift it now?"
Fu Ming hesitated for two seconds, then nodded and replied, "Pretty much. Anyway, everyone's fine right now. Why don't we haul in the nets? That way, the fish in the nets won't just sit there waiting for the boat to stop, and we'll suffer too much damage."
Fu Wan thought so too. She glanced at the time; it was almost noon. She had eaten quite a bit in the morning, so she wasn't hungry at the moment.
But it will take quite a while to haul in the nets and sort the fish. If it takes too long, everyone will probably be starving by the time they finish sorting the fish.
"Okay, you guys haul in the nets, and I'll cook rice in the rice cooker. We can have lunch right after we've sorted out the fish."
"Alright, go ahead then!"
Fu Ming and the others agreed without hesitation. Fu Wan turned around and went up to the second floor of the Sailing Waves. This was the first meal of rice since they set sail. There were eleven people on the ship, plus four people from the cargo ship. The amount of rice needed was too much for a regular rice cooker to cook.
But there was an unusual rice cooker on the ship. Before the New Year, Sun Youjin gave Fu Wan a particularly large rice cooker, which he said was brought back from Hong Kong. In response, Fu Wan specially gave him two grouper.
Friends are friends, but we shouldn't let them suffer losses.
Washing and cooking rice is quick. Fu Wan finished washing the rice in a few seconds. Considering that there would be little time to cook while she was picking out fish, she went to get the cured meat that Li Chunhua had brought and cut a large plate of it to put on top of the rice to steam.
This way, the cured meat will be cooked when the rice is done, and the aroma of the rice mixed with the aroma of the cured meat will make it taste even better.
Actually, if you cut the cured meat and put it on top of the rice to steam together when the rice is almost cooked, the oil from the cured meat will seep into the rice, making the rice more fragrant.
But Fu Wan didn't have time to watch the rice cook, so she could only steam it like this.
After placing the cured meat on the rice cooker's rack, there was still some space left. Seeing this, Fu Wan took out a medium-sized soup bowl, cracked a few eggs into it, and prepared to add an egg custard.
While cooking one meal, she had already prepared two more. Fu Wan couldn't help but feel proud of herself; she was so clever to have come up with such a way to kill two birds with one stone.
After finishing all that, when Fu Wan returned to the deck, the net bag had already been opened.
The ones who untied the ropes were Fu Qing and Fang Min, who had just returned from their rest. Although they were both women, they were quite strong. Fu Wan happened to come over and saw them untying the ropes.
Clean and efficient, without any unnecessary delays.
In a few quick movements, the rope was pulled open, and the fish in the net bag fell out like a torrential downpour.
The catch in this net was also mixed, but not as mixed as when it was netted online. Most of the fish were eels and tofu fish, and there were also quite a few blackthroat fish.
"Wow, look at this! This eel is so long, it's almost as tall as me!"
Fu Ming held up an eel and gestured towards himself. Ye Lin frowned and reminded him, "Be careful, the eel might bite you."
This guy was really bold, grabbing the eel by the mouth. Ye Lin could see its sharp teeth clearly even from two meters away.
"Pshaw, you think I'm afraid of eels? Let alone eels, even leopard eels in the sea would behave themselves in front of me."
Besides, this eel is long dead. Heh heh, it can only bite me if it comes back to life!
Ye Lin was speechless at these words, while Fu Wan shook her head with a smile.
"Brother Lin, you're making an unnecessary effort to remind him."
Her brother has always been this way since he was a child; he'll learn to behave once he's suffered a loss.
Upon hearing this, Fu Ming curled his lip, and the large eel in his hand lost its appeal. Just then, Jack and his two companions arrived, and Fu Ming's eyes lit up as he picked up the fish again and prepared to go forward.
The next second, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his palm.
"Holy crap, the eel has really come back to life!"
Fu Ming instantly threw the eel away as if he had been electrocuted, and Fu Wan also stopped smiling when she saw this.
"Did you really get bitten? Are you alright?"
Fu Ming didn't have time to reply. He hurriedly looked down at the painful spot, and upon seeing it, his heart was relieved, and he immediately laughed in exasperation.
A crab the size of an egg was trying to clamp Fu Ming's hand through his gloves with its tiny pincers. And that wasn't all; next to the crab were two needlefish the size of a finger, their needles sticking straight into his gloves.
This luck is incredible.
"Hahaha, bro, did you forget to check the almanac today? Why are you so unlucky!"
Fu Wan naturally witnessed this scene as well. People say that when you're down on your luck, even drinking cold water can cause problems. Fu Ming's situation at this moment was similar.
"Don't even mention it! There's no almanac on a ship, and I have nowhere to look at it even if I wanted to!"
Fu Ming was extremely frustrated and reluctantly took off his gloves.
Fu Wan was still worried, so she peeked out and took a look. Fortunately, the crab hadn't pinched her too hard. After all, it was a small, immature crab, and with gloves on, even if she used all her strength, her palm only turned a little red.
However, the needlefish's needle was quite sharp and pierced into the flesh. As soon as Fu Ming pulled it out, beads of blood immediately gushed out.
Fu Wan frowned. "There's bleeding. We need to get some iodine to disinfect it."
"It's nothing, just a minor injury, no need to waste iodine!"
Fu Ming shook his head and refused without caring.
What a joke! A grown man needs to apply medicine for a tiny scratch? If word gets out, all the men in the village will laugh at him.
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