By the time the last net was hauled onto the boat, it was almost four o'clock.
We need to head back immediately.
It gets dark very early now; it's completely dark by around 6:20 PM.
This situation will worsen over the next month and a half, with darkness falling earlier and earlier, continuing until the winter solstice.
The winter solstice is the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
After the winter solstice, the nights will gradually shorten.
Until the spring equinox, day and night are of equal length, each lasting 12 hours.
Then gradually the days became longer and the nights shorter, until the summer solstice when the daytime reached its longest.
Then the days gradually shorten, until the autumnal equinox, when day and night are of equal length again.
The four seasons cycle endlessly throughout the year.
"I'm going to set sail."
Ah-Can threw out a sentence, jogged into the driver's seat, started the engine, and accelerated back to base.
Feng Ye stayed on the deck, untangling the last two fish caught in the net.
After cleaning the fish and tidying up the deck, he finally had time to check his catch for the day.
From the moment they finished lunch, they were busy collecting the nets and didn't have time to pay attention to how much there was.
When the fishing net is pulled up, we take a look to see what kind of fish have been caught.
See if there are any good finds that might surprise you, or fish that are relatively large.
Unfortunately, my luck wasn't great today; I really didn't get anything.
Yesterday there was a large yellow croaker and eight otters, but today's catch is quite ordinary and common, with only the small tuna being somewhat worth looking at.
However, it's just a bit bigger; it's still not exactly a high-quality product.
However, today's harvest was still quite good.
If the price isn't enough, make up for it with quantity.
Feng Ye counted them, and including those collected later, the total number of juvenile minnows caught today was about 600 catties.
There were still quite a few toadfish, three baskets less than yesterday, but they were generally a bit bigger, probably only about 100 jin less.
The other goods were about the same, just a little less, only about 300 jin.
However, all things considered, the money we can make should not be much less than yesterday.
Just as he finished counting his catch, he glanced up and saw an unfamiliar fishing boat slowly approaching.
He was initially a little startled, thinking he had unfortunately run into a ship from Longtail Island.
But then he thought that they were not far from White Stone Island, and the people of Long Tail Island would not be so audacious as to be so reckless, so he felt relieved.
When the ship got closer, Feng Ye still couldn't recognize whose ship it was.
He was surprised when he saw the people standing on the boat.
It turned out that the person was Chen Fusheng.
He remembered that ever since Chen Fusheng's boat had an accident, he had been using his father's small wooden boat to set up fish traps and use longlines along the shore.
How did we end up on a strange ship today?
Could it be that he just bought that boat? But I've never heard of him buying a boat.
Feng Ye was puzzled and greeted him first: "Uncle Fusheng, what's going on?"
Chen Fusheng stood at the bow of the boat, patted the railing, and said with a smile, "Ah Ye, look at my boat, what do you think?"
"Is this your boat? Newly bought?"
Feng Ye carefully examined the ship.
This ship is several meters longer than the Rising Sun, almost twenty meters long.
The hull was painted a bright blue, and although it looked very new, it was still obvious that it was a second-hand boat.
"Yes, I just bought it and drove it back today."
Chen Fusheng said smugly, "How about it? Not bad, right?"
"It's really good."
Feng Ye smiled and nodded, "Uncle Fusheng, you've struck it rich!"
Haha, I guess so.
Chen Fusheng laughed and said, "However, I still have to thank you all, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to afford this boat so quickly."
"Thank me? What's going on?"
Feng Ye was confused.
"You're not buying dried fish, I've dried quite a lot..."
After listening to Chen Fusheng's explanation, Feng Ye finally understood.
He actually knew about this.
To be precise, Chen Fusheng was the first person to collect fish, dry them, and sell them to them, even before Xiao Guowen.
However, at that time it was just a small-scale operation, only accepting his two younger brothers and some cousins.
Since Xiao Guowen brought back fish from the county to dry, he built a workshop on a piece of land on the saline-alkali land by the beach.
He followed suit and expanded his business, partnering with his two younger brothers to acquire a piece of land there, just like they had done.
In fact, all the saline-alkali land has now been divided up.
Whether they partnered or worked alone, the entire saline-alkali land was transformed into a place for drying fish.
Those with money built walls and warehouses, while those without enough funds simply cleared the weeds and leveled the ground...
Feng Ye even regretted not acquiring more land earlier.
I wonder if their village's tourism industry will be able to thrive in this lifetime?
But it's probably unlikely, the demolition costs are too high.
Moreover, those who built workshops might not agree.
Unless one day their dried fish business shuts down, and those people can't find new sales channels...
Feng Ye brought his wandering thoughts back and said, "Uncle Fusheng, that's because you're willing and capable. What does it have to do with us?"
"Hey, you can't say that. If it weren't for you guys buying dried fish, I wouldn't dare to dry so many myself, and I wouldn't know where to sell them."
Chen Fusheng replied earnestly, "Moreover, your acquisition price was very fair, which allowed me to make a lot of money."
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