After sailing on the sea for more than half an hour, the Rising Sun spotted the outline of White Stone Island.
After circling half of White Stone Island, we headed straight for the sea area where the fish traps were placed.
After arriving at the approximate location, we searched the surrounding area several times before finally finding the buoy that had been displaced by the waves.
After pulling the buoy onto the boat, when the fish trap was pulled up, it was found to be full of starfish.
There were hardly any other catches to be seen; all that could be seen were starfish.
"Holy crap, why are there starfish again? Where did all these starfish come from?"
Ah-chan stared in surprise at the fish trap filled with starfish.
"Yes, how come there are so many starfish? Are they all in the waters near our village?"
Xiao Guowu also looked surprised.
"Judging from how densely packed the beach was this morning, there must be plenty more underwater along the coast."
Feng Ye wasn't too surprised; it was something he had expected.
I just don't know when the starfish will disappear.
"If you say this starfish is bad, the whole village made a fortune from it today; if you say it's good, it's also known as the 'sea locust,' and it eats almost all the shellfish in its path."
Feng Ye shook his head, untied the fish collection bag, and poured the entire contents onto the deck.
I didn't see them when they were still in the fish trap, but after emptying them out, I found a few small fish.
As for the other shrimp and crabs, they all became food for the starfish, and were eaten until only an empty shell remained.
"It's getting late, hurry up and pull it, let's sort it, finish quickly and go back for dinner."
Seeing that Feng Ye had stopped pulling the ground cage, Xiao Guowen urged him on.
"It's a pity there was no fresh water or fire starter, otherwise we could have cooked and eaten right on the boat."
Feng Ye glanced at the coal stove in the corner and said with a hint of regret.
Meanwhile, their hands were also busy, pulling up one fish trap after another.
Unsurprisingly, these fish traps contained only starfish and a few scattered fish; the shrimp, crabs, and shellfish had all been eaten.
Feng Xuan and his three companions hardly needed to sort the fish, shrimp, and crab shells; they only needed to pick out a small amount and put them directly into the snakeskin bag.
As the fish traps were pulled up one by one, the starfish on the deck piled up more and more, soon filling the deck completely.
"I didn't expect to catch so many starfish with the fish trap. I only pulled out about half of them, but they already filled eight snakeskin bags."
Looking at so many starfish, Feng Xuan felt numb.
Feng Ye smiled and said, "There might be even more at the bottom of the sea. We should be able to collect them again tomorrow."
Feng Xuan nodded: "This stuff is incredibly cheap, but there's a lot of it."
Xiao Guowen said sourly, "You guys have all made a fortune, while A-Wu and I can only watch and feel depressed."
"I can only watch, I don't have any share in this cage."
Ah-Can rolled her eyes at Xiao Guowen.
Feng Ye laughed and said, "Brother Wen, you and A Wu made quite a bit this morning, didn't you? How much did you split?"
Xiao Guowen said dejectedly, "Not a single penny was given to me and A-Wu. My father took it all, saying that he was short of money to buy a boat."
Xiao Guowu suddenly wailed, "Not a single point! I'm so miserable..."
Amidst laughter and conversation, the cages were slowly pulled up, and the goods were almost completely sorted.
After all one hundred fish traps were collected, the Rising Sun had seventeen more burlap sacks filled with starfish, each sack completely full.
There were four baskets of fish, all ordinary quality, nothing particularly impressive, and quite a few fish were thrown away.
Some fish traps are so full of starfish that the fish have been squeezed to death for who knows how long, and their gills are no longer fresh, so they have to be thrown back into the sea.
As for shrimp, crabs, and shellfish, all I could see were shells; there wasn't a single one with meat. They were all ruined by starfish.
After putting the trap back down, Feng Ye clapped his hands and said, "Let's go, time to go back and report."
The diesel engines on the Rising Sun started up again, and the ship turned around and headed towards Dongtou Village.
The sun was already overhead, and it must have been past midnight.
On the way back, I saw some daring people rowing small wooden boats out to sea. They must have just finished lunch. Seeing that the waves had calmed down a bit, they couldn't wait to retrieve their fishing nets.
About twenty minutes later, the Xuri ship docked at the Dongtou Village pier.
Mechanically powered sailing is much faster; a journey that takes a small wooden boat one or two hours can be completed in about twenty minutes with mechanical power.
The tide had just receded, allowing the Rising Sun to dock directly; otherwise, it would have required a small wooden boat for transfer.
Feng Ye disembarked first, intending to borrow a cart from Uncle Fa.
When I arrived at Uncle Fa's purchasing point, I found that all the starfish he had collected that morning had already been taken away, and the shop was relatively empty at the moment.
He was chatting with some villagers at the purchasing point when he saw Feng Ye coming over, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.
He quickly came up to greet him, saying, "Ah Ye, you're back from sea so soon today? What good stuff did you catch?"
"Who told you we went out to sea?"
"Didn't you set sail?"
"We're heading to town. With such big waves today, going out to sea? Are they crazy?"
Upon hearing this, Uncle Fa's smile faltered slightly: "Then what is this?"
"On my way back, I stopped by to collect the fish traps. I collected quite a few starfish. Can I borrow your cart for a bit?"
How many?
Uncle Fa smiled again.
Although starfish have low profit margins, the large volume can still generate considerable profits.
Feng Ye raised his hand and pointed to the Xuri ship on the dock: "Seventeen bags, each one is full."
Uncle Fa's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said with a smile, "That's quite a lot. Come on, let's go and move the starfish over together."
The two pushed the cart to the side of the Rising Sun.
With everyone working together, they quickly loaded the seventeen sacks of starfish onto a cart and pushed it to Uncle Fa's purchasing shop.
Of course, we also brought along some fish that we could sell for a little money.
We had four baskets of fish, but we couldn't eat them all at home, and we didn't have time to dry them, so we had to sell them.
After all the starfish were lifted onto the scale and weighed one by one, the total weight was 1210 jin (approximately 600 catties).
Those who released more cages will surely reap a harvest of starfish, not just fewer, but many more.
Starfish are known as "sea locusts" for a reason; their numbers are frightening.
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