Don't assume that the food on the ship isn't very good just because you see vegetable porridge. In fact, quite the opposite is true; the food on the ship is excellent.
As mentioned before, the crew members of Baiyu's company have a daily meal allowance of fifty yuan per day during their work at sea.
Vegetable porridge is just a staple food; eating something thin late at night is better for your stomach.
In addition, the dishes were excellent, with five hot dishes and one cold dish. Five of them were meat dishes, and only one was a vegetarian dish.
Of course, the red snapper that Bai Yu had asked Uncle Li to prepare was also ready. The cold dish was sashimi made from red snapper. Not only was it raw, but Uncle Li also laid a layer of crushed ice under the sashimi to keep it fresh.
A huge plate of sashimi. The plate looks like it was meant for a steamed fish head with chopped chili peppers. The plate is so big, and each slice of sashimi is cut as thin as a cicada's wing, so translucent.
The plate was indeed quite large, but there wasn't much sea bream used for sashimi. Such a large piece was probably cut from just one sea bream, and it only appeared to be a lot because it was cut thinly.
There was also a pot of braised fish pieces overseas. The fish used in this dish was also red snapper brought over by Bai Yu. However, these red snapper were so big that each one weighed more than ten kilograms.
To make it into braised fish whole, given the conditions on the boat, it was possible, but it would be too much trouble. So, in the end, Uncle Li cut the largest red snapper into chunks and made braised fish chunks.
Bai Yu and Wang Hai took their trays to get their food, and they got a lot of everything, especially the braised fish chunks.
Red sea bream has delicate flesh and a sweet taste. In addition, it doesn't have many bones, making it a favorite among consumers.
As for sashimi, Bai Yu wasn't particularly interested. She only took a tiny bit and tried it briefly.
In just ten minutes, the two of them finished their late-night snack and returned to the deck.
This time, they returned to the deck to help with the work. With the addition of the two of them, three of the five crew members on deck could go to eat, and then take turns eating.
The same applies to the crew inside the cabins. They would let one or two crew members go to eat first, and then they would come back to relieve them after they finished eating, until everyone had finished eating and then they would go back to work.
When the Bai brothers returned to the deck, the second round of the No. 1 trawl was just coming to an end.
Next, all they need to do is reassemble the trawl net, put it back into the sea, and clean up the fish scattered on the deck before they can continue to retrieve the second trawl net.
After repeating this process, it quickly came to 3:50 a.m., and the distant horizon began to lighten slightly, as if it was time for sunrise.
"Haha, Brother Huang, it's almost four o'clock. You guys should get some rest."
At this moment, Bai Yu and Wang Hai were still on the deck helping to clean the catch. They had just finished processing a trawl net, which had exhausted Bai Yu, leaving him with a sore back, aching legs, and cramps.
This felt more tiring to him than running a 10,000-meter race. After all, running only tires your legs, but it's not like that on the deck. He was now suffering a double blow to both his mind and body, and he was so tired that he could barely stand it.
Of course, hard work pays off. Since they discovered the fish last night, they have already conducted three rounds of trawling, and the catch is quite substantial.
According to Brother Huang, they had already caught at least 150 tons of fish that night.
If all the fish caught were mackerel, they brought in over three million in revenue for the company that very night. In just one day of this trip, they had already recouped all their investment costs.
Most importantly, despite their long-term fishing efforts, the mackerel school still exists and is still being closely monitored by fishing boats.
Bai Yu and his team did indeed catch over 100 tons of fish from this school, which dealt a significant blow to the fish population. What was originally a massive school covering an area of four kilometers has now shrunk to less than one kilometer.
However, the rest of the catch wasn't all caught by Bai Yu and his crew. Instead, under the repeated impacts of the fishing boats, the fish split into several schools of different sizes and scattered to escape.
The fish that the fishing boat is currently watching is just the largest one among them.
They couldn't fish for this school of fish for much longer anyway; after all, it's always good to leave room for maneuver so you can meet again in the future.
Leave some seeds for this school of fish, and before long, they will be able to recover and become the magnificent school of fish they once were.
"It's time to get off work! It's time to get off work! We can finally rest. Let Zhang Qiang and his gang handle the rest!"
"Little Yu, Little Hai, go back to sleep!"
At Brother Huang's invitation, Bai Yu and Wang Hai put down their tools and followed them toward the cabin.
At this moment, Zhang Qiang, whom Brother Huang mentioned, also came over with several crew members and took over the work from Brother Huang and the others.
That's how it is at sea. With three shifts, the handover between crew members is seamless.
Just as we were about to go back to rest, another group of crew members came to take over the work, without delaying the work at all.
Bai Yu and Wang Hai then returned to their cabin, went to the door of their crew quarters, opened it, and went inside.
Their crew quarters were double rooms, not very large, only about four or five square meters in size, with a single bed on each side and a small table in the middle. It looked much like a sleeper berth on a train, just a little bit larger.
After a quick wash, Bai Yu didn't chat with Wang Hai and went straight to sleep.
They were exhausted today. Ever since they spotted the fish, they had been helping out on the deck for six or seven hours straight, and they were even working through the night. It was truly exhausting.
They lay down on the bed, and before long, soft snoring filled the crew quarters; the two brothers had both fallen asleep without prior arrangement.
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