"Ah Wan, are we going out to sea today?"
Fu Wan was heading towards the dock when she heard someone calling her. The voice sounded somewhat familiar, and upon closer inspection, she realized it was Wang Panlan, whom she hadn't seen in a long time.
"Sister Panlan, it's been a long time! I'm about to go out to sea!"
Although they were from the same village, ever since Wang Panlan married Fu Dazhuang, she would get up early every day to go out and sell pork with him, and she wouldn't come back until noon when all the pork was sold.
The money from selling pork was enough to cover the family's expenses, so Wang Panlan didn't need to work in the fields and rarely sat down to chat with the villagers.
So Fu Wan and she hadn't seen each other for a long time.
However, at this moment, Fu Wan truly believed what Ye Xiaocui had said before.
Judging from Wang Panlan's radiant face, she is indeed doing quite well.
"Ah Wan, we need to hurry, it's getting dark!"
Ye Xiaocui turned around and urged Fu Wan forward, so Fu Wan could only smile apologetically at Wang Panlan.
"Sister Panlan, let's chat again next time. I'm going out to sea now. Come visit me later!"
"Okay, I wish you all your online stores will be packed!"
Wang Panlan watched Fu Wan leave with a smile on her face. Looking back on her wonderful life over the past two months, she would never have dared to imagine it before divorcing Da Laizi.
After boarding the boat, Fu Wan placed the fishing net on the deck. She hadn't even looked at the boat since it was repaired, but now that she looked at it, she was surprised to find that it showed no signs of damage compared to before.
The large hole that the swordfish had drilled has been repaired. Boss Fu must have tested it by splashing water on it before, because the watermarks on the deck haven't completely disappeared yet.
There were quite a few people on the boat today, including Fu Laoda's family, Jiang Chunlan and Fu Liang, Ye Lin and Ye Zhenxing, and Ye Xiaofeng.
They have four children!
The chattering noise made Fu Wan quickly shoo them all to the side of the cabin to play.
It was Ye Xiaofeng and Ye Zhenxing's first time going out to sea by boat, and they were extremely excited.
The excitement was quickly replaced by discomfort, especially for Ye Zhenxing, who lay on the side of the boat vomiting incessantly.
"Haha, my brother knows how to feed the fish just like my uncle!"
Fu Ling clapped her hands and laughed heartily beside her. She remembered that Ye Lin had also vomited like that the first time he went to sea.
Ye Zhenxing's biological father, Ye Lin, ignored his son and stood by with a gloating expression.
You little rascal, you really think going out to sea is so much fun!
Perhaps because of the sour smell of vomit, Ye Xiaofeng also felt some discomfort in her lower abdomen.
But when she thought about the meat and fragrant pancakes she would eat that night, she couldn't bear to throw up, so she could only squat down and clutch her uncomfortable little stomach.
Fu Wan quickly noticed her appearance; after all, she was just a little girl, not as robust as a boy.
She stepped forward and gently hugged Ye Xiaofeng, patting her back. "Xiaofeng, are you feeling unwell?"
Ye Xiaofeng wanted to shake her head, but the next second her stomach churned and she couldn't hold back any longer and vomited.
She kept vomiting and crying, "My baby, my pancake!"
All the delicious food I finally managed to eat is gone now, boohoo!
Fu Wan looked at her with amusement, and after she finished vomiting by the side of the boat, Ye Xiaocui, who was next to her, had already gone to the cabin to get a kettle and poured two bowls of water.
"Quickly drink some water and rinse your mouth!"
Seasickness is very unpleasant, but you often feel much better after vomiting.
After rinsing their mouths with water, Ye Xiaofeng and Ye Zhenxing sat quietly for a few minutes and then got used to it.
Ye Lin couldn't stand dirt, so he quickly cleaned up the vomit on the deck.
"Ah Lin, you and Ah Liang push the trawl net down!"
Boss Fu walked over from the cockpit; Fu Ming was steering the boat at that moment.
Night had fallen, and the sea was pitch black, with only a few fishing boats occasionally visible, their lights also on as they worked.
Boss Fu directed Fu Ming to steer the fishing boat toward Swallow's Nest Island. Since it was late at night, they did not plan to go ashore.
The reason he went there was because several times he had caught valuable seafood near Yanwo Island, and he guessed that it was because the marine ecosystem there was better, so he thought he would try his luck there again.
The first trip out to sea after the Mid-Autumn Festival must have a good omen; we can't go back with an empty fish basket!
"Ah Wan, look at this!"
Fu Wan was preparing bait for longline fishing. The octopuses and small fish and shrimp she had bought earlier were still alive and hadn't been cut into pieces yet.
Seeing Fu Liang acting so mysteriously, she curiously leaned closer.
After seeing what he was holding, Fu Wan couldn't help but move her small stool aside in disgust.
This guy pulled out a bag from somewhere, and judging by its appearance, it was clearly poultry entrails!
It wasn't even washed, and it was still covered in blood!
"Where did the internal organs come from?"
Seeing Fu Wan looking at him speechlessly, Fu Liang scratched his head, somewhat at a loss, and hurriedly explained.
"This is from the pheasant we caught at noon today. My aunt was going to stir-fry it with chili peppers, but Ah Ming said we could put this in the crab trap to catch lots of crabs!"
So he kept this in mind and brought it from the well just now.
Using offal to catch crabs is indeed a unique skill, but it's only because the Fu family's living standards have improved now. In the past, this would have been considered a meat dish, and they wouldn't have wasted it like this.
"But shouldn't we wash this thing before putting it in the crab trap?"
"No need, just keep it as is, that's how we attract more crabs!"
Fu Ming's voice came from behind, startling Fu Wan and the other woman.
"Then you can put this thing in the crab trap, and later release it into the sea along with the longline fishing."
Fu Wan didn't stop what she was doing. Although sardines and octopuses are equally fishy, she didn't want to deal with the bowl of chicken innards that Fu Liang had just been holding, which was all bloody.
Fu Ming readily agreed to the job arrangement.
Let him come, he doesn't believe that such good chicken offal can't catch crabs!
It's a pity there was no pork liver, otherwise the fishy smell would be stronger and the effect would be better!
After the trawl net was cast, Boss Fu began to wander around the sea using it. Seeing that it was almost time and the boat wasn't going very fast, Fu Wan started to string the bait for the longline fishing.
Ye Lin and Fu Wan sat on one side setting out the fishing line and floats, while Jiang Chunlan and Ye Xiaocui were in charge of stringing the bait.
This ship had never had so many people before, and after setting out the crab traps, Fu Ming and Fu Liang had nothing to do.
"Amin, how about we go fishing?"
Recently, Fu Liang has also become obsessed with fishing, spending all his time with a fishing rod, following Boss Fu around the beach.
He got a deep tan all over!
Now that he had nothing to do, he felt a bit itchy to do it.
"Okay, I'll go get the fishing rod!"
The fishing rods were obtained by Boss Fu from Grandpa Fu, and Fu Ming also made them himself from bamboo he selected. It's no exaggeration to say that they brought a full seven or eight fishing rods on the boat.
The two brothers each chose a fishing rod that looked good to them, snatched some bait from Fu Wan's bucket, and then cast their lines by the side of the boat, waiting for a miracle.
After all that effort, instead of a miracle, they ended up with a group of street urchins playing in the sea.
"Waaah!"
The familiar sound made Fu Wan and the others, who were engrossed in their work, look up instantly. Sure enough, a group of killer whales were blasting fish a few dozen meters away from the ship.
Even though it was late at night, the little orca's eyesight was incredibly sharp, and it immediately recognized Fu Wan and her group's boat.
It barked happily several times, as if greeting Fu Wan. While barking, it rushed towards Fu Wan, but just then, a white figure suddenly appeared on the sea not far away.
Fu Wan thought it was the white dolphin from before, but looking at its mouth, it didn't resemble a dolphin at all.
"Wan, that thing looks like a humpback whale!"
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