Fu Wan's question left Ye Lin somewhat bewildered. It was the same question his fellow villagers usually asked when they were sharing cigarettes.
Ye Lin was momentarily stunned, but Fu Shi, who wasn't sleepy to begin with, excitedly agreed.
"Okay, okay, let's cast a couple of lines before we go to sleep."
He could only fish for half an hour at most, because he had to switch shifts with Boss Fu in two hours, and he had to take a nap no matter whether he could fall asleep or not.
After all, they had agreed before setting off that they would trawle all night and not stop to rest.
Fu Wan dragged over the bait she had prepared earlier, using up more than half of it for extended fishing, but there was still quite a bit left.
She also threw the rotten fish and shrimp that were in the trawl net into the bait bucket.
"Wait a minute, I'll go get the fishing rod!"
Ye Lin hurriedly called out and ran to find the fishing rod he had brought on the boat earlier. Fu Wan calmly pulled the fishhook off the fishing rod. The fishing rod she was holding was the one Bai Qianzhou had given her, and this was the first time she had used it to fish.
Hehe, let her see how this fishing rod performs in its debut!
Just as Ye Lin and Fu Shi found the fishing rod, they turned around and saw that Fu Wan had already baited the fish and cast the rod out.
Although it was late at night, the lights on the ship were still very bright.
"Wan, your fishing rod isn't made of bamboo, is it? It's quite pretty!"
Ye Lin said casually, but Fu Wan told the truth, "It was a gift from someone else."
"By the way, Brother Lin, I forgot to ask, how was the fishing trip today?"
"Not bad, there are a few yellowfin seabream weighing over a pound each, as well as some grouper and sea bass."
There weren't any particularly outstanding fish, but it wasn't like we were going home empty-handed either.
Fu Wan was fairly satisfied with the result. The process of waiting for the fish to bite was rather boring, so Fu Wan simply started chatting with Ye Lin.
After the New Year, aside from other families, Ye Lin's family did indeed encounter a lot of trouble.
Among them was the cold war between Ye Jun and Liang Cuifen. Liang Cuifen took advantage of the situation and tried to take control of the money Ye Jun earned from selling chickens and ducks. When she failed, she went back to her parents' home and cried. Liang's family thought that their daughter had been wronged, so they came to Ye Family Village in a large group to find Ye Jun and Ye Jianguo to demand an explanation.
Fu Wan frowned immediately upon hearing this; just by listening, she could tell how much of a headache her uncle and aunt were having.
"And then what happened?"
Fu Shi, who was standing next to him, was also engrossed in listening. Ye Lin sighed, "Later, my mother told her parents about all the things my sister-in-law had done. Putting aside everything else, the fact that she withheld my niece's food rations was enough to make the Liang family lose face."
"What? They're cutting back on the children's food rations? That's inhuman!"
Fu Shi was somewhat indignant, and Ye Lin nodded in agreement. Fortunately, Li Chunhua was not someone to be trifled with. Originally, she was too busy with her own affairs as the New Year was approaching, so she didn't interfere much with her second son's family matters, only helping to take care of the children.
Who would have thought that the second son's wife would bring her family to bring bad luck to her during the New Year? She'll have to give her a good talking to.
Once Li Chunhua opened her mouth, she was relentless, immediately revealing all the embellishments and exaggerations Liang Cuifen had made at home.
The Liang family never expected their daughter to be so outrageous. In the end, their attempt to get an explanation turned into a formal apology, and they had no choice but to leave Liang Cuifen behind and slink home.
Liang Cuifen wanted to go back with them, but her father felt he would lose face and wouldn't allow her to come. He insisted that she apologize properly to the Ye family.
But Liang Cuifen wouldn't listen. After the Liang family left, she went straight home. No one knew what Ye Jun had said to her, but on the eighth day of the lunar new year, Ye Jun took advantage of going to town to buy ducklings and chicks to drag Liang Cuifen to the civil affairs department to get a divorce certificate.
Hearing this, Fu Wan also sighed.
"Liang Cuifen is really stupid. Just when things were getting better at home, she actually agreed to a divorce?"
"Don't worry, she's not stupid. I asked Ah Jun privately, and Liang Cuifen took the money and left. Moreover, I heard from someone the other day that Liang Cuifen is already looking for a man who can give birth to a son."
"What? Has she gone mad?"
No one else misses their son this much.
Ye Lin also agreed. Although he had a son, the boy was too naughty and not nearly as obedient as Xiao Feng.
"But it's good that way. With the one-child policy in place, Brother Jun already has two children, so they probably won't let him have a third. Besides, the couple's hearts aren't together, so there's no need for them to continue living together."
"Yes, yes, that's what my dad said too. Now the family isn't pressuring A-Jun to find someone else. As long as he's busy with the chicken and pig farms, and my mom is looking after Li-Li, and Xiao-Feng is in school, life is pretty good."
"Holy crap, I think I've been hooked!"
As Ye Lin was speaking, he suddenly felt his fishing rod sink, and it immediately bent into a crescent shape. At the same time, Fu Wan also felt the movement from her fishing rod. Fu Shi, who had been envious, suddenly found his fishing rod also shaking.
All three of them caught fish at the same time!
This realization immediately excited Fu Wan and the other two. However, even in their excitement, they couldn't let their hands shake. The three of them immediately and slowly started playing the fish. Of course, when playing the fish, they also had to pay attention to guiding its swimming direction and prevent it from darting around in a panic, which would cause the fishing line to get tangled.
"Hehe, my fish looks like it's coming ashore!"
Fu Shi caught up and was the first to pull the fish up. Fortunately, the fish was indeed tired, and although a landing net wasn't used, it was successfully pulled onto the deck.
"It's a beautiful tiger stripe!"
Fu Shi was overjoyed and quickly untied the fish and put it into the bucket.
It was at this moment that Fu Wan's fish was also pulled out of the water.
"It's a parrotfish, Brother Shi, hand me a net!"
"Alright!"
Fu Shi responded and hurriedly grabbed the net next to him and put it into the water.
"My goodness, this fish is huge!"
He caught the parrotfish in the net and then scooped it onto the deck.
This parrotfish weighed at least three pounds and looked very plump. It was only then that Fu Wan realized the hook had only lightly caught the fish's mouth. Fortunately, she was quick enough to play the fish, otherwise it would have definitely gotten away.
Seeing that Fu Wan and Fu Shi, who had caught fish later than him, had already rebaited their lines and cast their lines again, Ye Lin was getting a little anxious. But as someone who grew up hunting, he knew that patience was very important when confronting prey.
He took a deep breath, and when he felt the fish on the other end of the fishing rod stop moving, he quickly reeled in the line, and then pulled hard, and the fish appeared and disappeared on the surface of the sea.
Fu Wan glanced at the scene and immediately called Fu Shi to help.
"Quick, grab the hook! It's a yellowfin tuna!"
"What?! It's a golden gun?!"
Fu Shi was shocked and hurriedly grabbed a hook to hold onto the side of the boat, waiting for the right moment. Ye Lin, upon hearing Fu Wan say it was tuna, became completely excited.
Haha, he remembers tuna, it's a valuable commodity!
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