"Wake up, Ah Hai, Shuangzi, Ah Sheng, wake up! Breakfast is almost ready. Anyone who doesn't want to miss breakfast, get up!"
As soon as Bai Yu returned to the crew cabin, he slapped each of Wang Hai and the other two.
Don't overthink it. That slap was on their bed, not at them. Bai Yu just wanted to wake them up.
At Bai Yu's call, Wang Hai was the first to get up. As for whether he was woken up by Bai Yu or by the word "breakfast," that's another matter.
"Brother Yu, what time is it? Why is it breakfast already? Didn't we say we were going night fishing before we went to bed?"
Li Shuang's groggy voice came from the side.
"Night fishing? It's already daylight outside. Isn't it a bit too late to talk about night fishing? Get up and get ready for breakfast."
Urged on by Bai Yu, Wang Hai and the other two spent ten minutes getting dressed and washing up.
The main reason for urging them to get up quickly, besides breakfast, was that Bai Yu was eating in the restaurant now and didn't want to take his breakfast back to the crew quarters.
To get a seat at the restaurant, you have to arrive early; if you arrive late, there won't be any seats left.
When Bai Yu and her three companions arrived at the restaurant, some people had already arrived before them, but fortunately, there were still enough seats available.
Breakfast was served promptly at 7:00 a.m.
This morning I had seafood porridge again, but the seafood in this case refers to fish balls, which were freshly poached this morning.
The dishes were scrambled eggs with scallions and a few kinds of pickled vegetables, plus salted duck eggs, which were similar to yesterday morning's breakfast, even though Bai Yu and the other three hadn't eaten breakfast yesterday.
However, Bai Yu and his three companions had an extra dish at their table: steamed nine-spined perch, which Bai Yu added himself.
"Brother Yu, what kind of fish is this?"
The steamed sea bass was no longer the same as before. Not only Li Shuang, who had never seen this fish before, but even Bai Yu, who caught it, couldn't recognize what kind of fish it was.
However, Bai Yu was certain of one thing: this fish was the same one he had taken to the kitchen that morning, since the length of the steamed nine-spined perch hadn't changed much.
Another point is the taste of this fish; it tastes like a freshly killed fish.
Freshly killed sea fish is exceptionally fresh, with sweet and springy flesh, just like this steamed fish.
"Wow, this fish tastes pretty good. Ah Hai, you guys should try some too. I just caught this this morning. Its scientific name is 'Nine-spined Perch,' and its nickname is 'False Eastern Star Grouper.'"
"Pseudo-grouper? You mean that grouper that costs several hundred yuan per kilogram? If this thing can be called pseudo-grouper, it must be quite expensive, right? And you just steamed it like that?"
Surprisingly, the nickname of the nine-spined perch is that it can be called the false eastern star grouper?
"That's what I thought at first too, but unfortunately the price isn't as high as we thought, only a few dozen yuan per kilogram. However, the taste is quite good, making it a great value seafood."
"Seriously, Shuangzi, are you only focused on the value of this fish? Didn't you hear what Brother Yu said? He caught this fish this morning, and it's only seven in the morning. If we go back further, Brother Yu, you got up to go fishing at four or five in the morning?"
Ah Sheng, you've spotted the blind spot!
After Bai Yu explained, Li Shuang and the other two realized that while they were sleeping, Bai Yu had already caught a whole tank of fish.
A two-pound sea bass was quickly devoured by the four members of the Bai family, leaving only a single fishbone on the plate. The fish meat was completely eaten clean.
After they finished breakfast, the fishing boat was still moving, and the captain hadn't found a good fishing spot yet.
It wasn't until almost nine o'clock that the fishing boat finally came to a slow stop.
When the fishing boat stopped, Bai Yu and his three companions were sunbathing and enjoying the sea breeze on the deck. Suddenly, the boat stopped. The four of them looked around and saw nothing but the vast sea.
Yesterday when they were at the fishing spot, there were still quite a few fishing boats and dinghies around, but now there's nothing left, not a single boat.
"Hey buddy, where are we now? There aren't any ships around here."
When Bai Yu asked this question, the staff member was also at a loss, because he was not the captain and did not know where he was.
"Boss, I'm not too sure about that either, but judging from the surroundings, this is definitely not a fishing ground; it should just be a simple area of sea."
"It's okay if it's not a fishing boat, as long as there are fish to catch down there. Brother Fisherman, go back to the cabin and get your fishing rod to go fishing."
After Li Shuang finished speaking, he walked towards the crew room and took out his fishing rod and fish box.
Bai Yu and his two companions did the same, grabbing their fishing gear and preparing to fish.
Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned, and Bai Yu and his companions didn't get much success.
Even though Bai Yu and his companions didn't have a great catch, their fishing boat stayed there all day, from morning until night.
At nine o'clock in the evening, as the surrounding sky turned completely dark, a horn sounded, reminding Bai Yu and the others that it was time to pack up their fishing and begin their return journey.
Starting at nine o'clock, they can return to the departure pier around six or seven o'clock the next day.
"Brother Fisherman, what a pity. The four of us have been waiting here all day, and we haven't caught a single giant weighing over 100 pounds. It seems our luck isn't too good today!"
That's right, the reason why fishing boats don't change positions is to catch big fish on the seabed.
According to the captain, there were five or six large fish swimming about 100 meters below the seabed in the area where their fishing boat was located.
Bai Yu and his team spent an entire day here trying to catch these big fish, and in the end, they managed to catch two of them.
One is a swordfish with a long upper jaw, and the other is a round, yellowfin tuna.
Whenever a fisherman on the boat suggests changing fishing spots, someone on the boat will catch a giant fish weighing over 100 pounds, or a fish over a meter long.
Under these temptations, Bai Yu and his three companions stayed up all day fishing, but the final result was not as expected.
The four of them fished all day, and the biggest fish they caught weighed only fifty or sixty pounds, still quite a distance from a hundred-pound behemoth.
"It's okay if we don't catch a 100-pound giant. We can always go out to sea to fish next time we have the chance. We'll have a chance to catch a 100-pound giant in the future."
As for this time, our haul is enough to make us money. We don't have anything else to do right now, so let's get some food and drinks. I checked the kitchen earlier, and the chefs are even serving barbecue. Shall we order some together?"
"On the hour, on the hour, it has to be on the hour. It will take another eight or nine hours to get back to the dock. We can drink every hour during this long time. It will be more convenient to go to sleep after we finish drinking."
After discussing it, Bai Yu and the other three decided to each contribute 200 yuan to buy barbecue from the kitchen and also get some "8+1" (a type of snack).
What's it like to have a barbecue on a fishing boat?
If you ask Bai Yu, he will only answer you with one word: Awesome!
Especially under the deck lights, with the fishing boat speeding along, enjoying the sea breeze, eating barbecue, and having a meal together, it was incredibly comfortable.
The only downside might be that the table wobbles a bit while the boat is moving. The eight plus one drinks they bought were all in cans, and they didn't dare pour them into cups, for fear that the boat's rocking would spill the drinks onto them.
Perhaps Bai Yu and his three companions were enjoying their barbecue so much that two more small tables appeared on the deck, and people also sat down in the restaurant.
For the anglers who went out to sea on this trip, they basically all made money. Not only did they earn back the 1,500 yuan boat fare, but each of them also made a considerable amount of money.
After all, they had encountered so many schools of fish in the past two days and one night, including schools of tuna and mackerel, each of which could have earned them a lot of money.
So now that we're about to get back to the dock, it doesn't seem like a big deal to spend some money on a barbecue on the boat before then.
Besides, it's not like only one person is spending money. Basically, it's four people in one crew room splitting the bill, so on average, each person doesn't spend too much money.
Bai Yu and his three companions stayed on the deck from around 9 p.m. until nearly midnight.
Towards the end of the meal, Hu Tao and his roommate joined in, and the six of them drank a total of two cans of beer, which is twelve cans.
They drank until the last drop of alcohol evaporated, then returned to the crew quarters to wash up and rest.
After they woke up from their nap, it would be time for them to return to the dock.
Nothing was said that night.
The next morning at six o'clock, Bai Yu was woken up by the urge to urinate. He had drunk a bit too much beer the night before, which made him need to go to the toilet more frequently.
When he woke up, the fishing boat was still moving, and they had not returned to the dock by six o'clock.
After taking care of his personal needs, Bai Yu brushed his teeth and washed his face. Then he went up to the deck and looked in the direction the fishing boat was sailing.
In Bai Yu's line of sight, there were scattered buildings standing in the distance, but how far away that distance was was beyond Bai Yu's estimation.
As the fishing boats drew closer to the dock, the buildings gradually enlarged, suggesting that they would soon be able to return to the dock.
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