The cheers of Jack and his two companions on the deck carried far away on the sea breeze, and Chen Balang and Fu Liang, who were following behind in their boat, heard them.
Who knew these three foreigners were so loud and boisterous!
Chen Balang muttered to himself, but kept a steady hand on the helm.
Ye Jianguo watched from the side and casually handed him a cigarette.
"Brother, it's the two of us on guard duty again today."
"Haha, who can argue with that? Ah Ming wanted to hang out with those three foreigners, and I couldn't be bothered to stop him."
"It's okay, if the internet gets overwhelmed later, we can just call them over for help again."
Chen Balang chuckled, a cigarette dangling from his mouth. He and Ye Jianguo had gone out to sea together several times and were already quite familiar with each other.
Onboard the "Riding the Waves" ship, Fu Wan was discussing matters with Boss Fu and a few others in the main control room.
Although all four ships set sail this time, only the "Sailing Through the Waves" and the "Full Load and Returning Home" went to the open sea, while the "Sailing Forward" and Fu Liang's "Forward" stayed in the near sea.
Unfortunately, Fu Wan ran into Wang Huiping, who was out for a walk, just before she set off. Wang Huiping's belly was so big that it looked like she was about to give birth at any moment.
Therefore, Fu Wan suggested that Fu Liang simply stop going out to sea. He could just do a few nets in the nearshore area today and go back, and wait until the child is born before going out to sea again.
Fu Liang thought about it and adopted Fu Wan's suggestion. The seafood in the near sea has been good lately, and if you're lucky, you can make a lot of money in one night.
As for the "Sailing Forward" ship, since Ye Jianguo, Chen Balang, and Fu Shi were all on the "Fully Loaded Back" ship, Fu Wan simply let the older Fu Dahai take the helm, with Fu Xiaochuan and Fu Erlv as his deputies.
This time, they will be trawling in the nearshore waters with Fu Liang. If the catch is good, the "Full Load Return" will be handed over to him and Ye Lin to manage next time.
"Ah Wan, where are we heading this time?"
Fu Laoda is currently steering the boat. He didn't sleep during the day and made arrangements with Dong Haiyang. They agreed that once Fu steered the boat until around nine o'clock at night, Dong Haiyang, who had rested during the day, would take over.
Fu Wan thought for a moment, then pointed to the display screen on the control panel and said, "First, go towards Coconut Island and put down the crab traps, then..."
Fu Wan stared at the snowflakes on the screen for a long time, unable to make up her mind. "Dad, when you went out to sea before, do you remember any places where there were a lot of crabs?"
Crabs are at their fattest this season, so we'll definitely be hauling in a lot of them tonight.
Fu tried hard to recall, but after a long while, Dong Haiyang, who was sitting next to him, remembered first.
"I know a place with lots of crabs. Head southeast for about seven or eight hours, and you should find plenty of crabs there."
He then added, "I heard this from someone when I was repairing a boat for them last time. Besides crabs, they also caught a lot of small yellow croakers. It's a pity they didn't catch any large yellow croakers, otherwise they would have made a fortune!"
While repairing the boat, people inevitably chatted. Dong Haiyang himself longed to go to sea, so he naturally enjoyed listening to the boat owners talk about their experiences at sea.
"Alright, then we'll do as Uncle Dong says and head southeast!"
Fu Wan made the final decision, and Dong Haiyang was somewhat incredulous upon hearing it, "You...you really listen to me?"
Fu Wan nodded, "We were going to use a trawling net anyway, let's go and give it a try, maybe we can catch a big yellow croaker!"
"Okay, let's go catch some big yellow croaker!"
Fu Laoda shouted, and seeing that there was nothing for her to do in the main control room, Fu Wan thought she would go to the deck to take a look.
On the deck, Ye Lin, Fu Ming, and the others were preparing to put the trawl net in place.
Jack wasn't a trawler for the first time, so he was now helping to tidy up the nets in a rather professional manner.
Robert and Tom were incredibly curious, asking how the fishing machine worked and gesturing to show how big the fishing net was.
Fu Ming and Jack were getting impatient with the questions, but Ye Lin was more patient and patiently explained them to them using gestures.
There was no other way; they usually chartered small boats to fish at sea, and they had never actually seen this method of using fishing nets in real life.
At most, I've only seen it on TV and in newspapers.
"Ah Wan, you've come at the right time. Which way is the ship planning to go this time? When are we going to set the trawl nets?"
As soon as Fu Wan stepped onto the deck, Fu Ming, as if grasping at a straw, bombarded her with a series of questions.
Fu Wan told him about her plan to go southeast, and that the trawling could be done whenever she wanted.
"Why don't we try setting up nets after we've finished setting up the fish traps? We're just sitting around doing nothing anyway."
"Okay, that's exactly what I was waiting for you to say!"
The dock had become a tiny, glowing dot, and the Xiangqian and Yangfanqihang ships behind it had already begun laying their trawl nets.
Fu Ming was itching to show off in front of Tom and Robert, the two foreign city bumpkins.
Fu Wan looked at the sea and then at the time. They should still be an hour's flight from Coconut Island.
"Brother, are the crab traps and crab cages ready?"
Upon hearing this, Fu Ming quickly replied, "It's ready. I've checked it repeatedly, and there are no problems."
Fu Wan nodded, glanced at the fish traps piled on the deck, thought for a moment, and picked up the bucket containing the bait.
She remembered that the last time she put pork liver or chicken liver in the crab trap, she caught a lot of Dungeness crabs. This time there was no pork liver, but there were sardines with a strong fishy smell, so maybe she could catch some valuable crabs again.
With that thought in mind, Fu Wan put on gloves, grabbed a few strongly flavored sardines, and stuffed them into the crab cage.
The sardines and small rotten shrimp were bought by Ye Xiaocui at the dock early in the morning, and a whole day had passed. The smell was so strong that Fu Qing couldn't help but frown when he smelled it.
"Wan, what are you doing?"
Robert and Tom immediately covered their noses because of the smell.
"I'm setting out bait; crabs love to eat things that smell and smell fishy like this."
Fu Wan looked at their disgusted expressions and muttered to herself.
Hmph, they're complaining now, but when the crabs are served, they'll be the ones eating the most delicious food!
"Ah Wan, I'll go with you."
Fu Qing and Fang Min put on their gloves and unceremoniously grabbed sardines and stuffed them into the crab trap. Fu Ming and Ye Lin did the same, and they even put some in the bottom trap as well.
Jack followed suit, and couldn't help but mock Tom and Robert.
"Hmph, you useless guys! Fishermen work so hard. If you don't experience it now, you won't have the chance when you get back to Los Angeles!"
There are so many rules for fishing in Los Angeles. They have quite a few rules for fishing. When Robert and Tom heard this, they looked at each other and finally did some mental preparation before joining in.
There are more than fifty crab traps in total, and about the same number of ground traps.
As they approached Coconut Island, the boat slowed down. Seeing this, Fu Wan, along with Fu Mingye and the others, began to lower the fish traps and crab cages into the water.
"Ah Wan, we'll be gone for at least a day or two this time. It's hot now, if we leave the fish trap in the sea for two days, won't it smell bad?"
Fu Wan shook her head, "No, I told Brother Dahai that they'll drag the nets all night and come back to collect the traps when they go back in the morning."
"After you collect the goods, you don't need to take the traps back. Just put them back down and come back to collect them the next morning."
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