The night is quiet, beautiful, and peaceful.
But the sea at night is not peaceful; it looks like a giant monster, its mouth wide open, devouring everything.
Behind the Asahi, the waves stirred up by the propellers spread outwards in concentric circles.
Under the moonlight, it was clearly visible, like a silvery-white ribbon, dancing as the boat moved.
On the sea, several points of light floated, those were also fishing boats heading out to sea.
Some ships were brightly lit, like daytime, while others were as dim as fireflies.
They all travel through the night, like twinkling stars in the night sky.
Using the light from his headlamp, Ah-chan focused intently on the road ahead, trying to determine the direction of their journey.
Meanwhile, Feng Ye was in the driver's seat, chatting casually with A-Can.
Being alone, especially in the early hours of the morning, makes it particularly easy to feel sleepy.
Winter nights are especially cold, making it impossible to sleep on the boat. We could only pass the time and stay awake by chatting.
The two talked about recent interesting things that had happened in the village.
For example, someone caught a rare and valuable catch, someone bought a new boat, or two people got into a fight...
After chatting for a while, Ah-Can suddenly changed the subject and said, "Brother Ye, I see your house is all renovated, when are you moving in?"
“My dad checked and said November 16th is an auspicious day for moving. We plan to move in that day.”
Feng Ye replied, his voice tinged with anticipation.
"That's great! The new house is much more comfortable than the old one."
"Of course. The new house is spacious and bright with good natural light, and it's closer to the sea, making it more convenient to go out to sea in the future."
"It'll be in a few days. I'll go over and help with the moving and lifting then."
"Of course you're needed. I can't carry all that stuff by myself."
"Hey, you're about to move into a new house, but I don't even know when my house will be finished."
Ah-chan sighed and said helplessly.
His house is already under construction, right next to Feng Xuan's house.
"What's the rush? Building a house is a big deal. Take your time, it will be finished sooner or later."
"That's true, I've been itching to get a house like yours."
"Who told you not to build it sooner? If you had built it with me and my brother back then, we could have all lived in the new house together!"
"We didn't have any money back then. It was all spent on this ship."
"You didn't have that idea, did you?"
Feng Ye joked, "If you hadn't taken a liking to Ayu, I don't think you would be in such a hurry to build a house."
"hey-hey."
Ah-Can was a little embarrassed, but didn't argue. Instead, he asked, "What about the housewarming party? Is it also on that day?"
“No.” Feng Ye shook his head: “It’s set for the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month.”
"Why do you have to stagger the times and not do it all at once?"
"The time was too tight, and I was too tired."
"That's true. There's so much stuff to move, and the distance is quite far. Plus, we have to organize a banquet. It will definitely be very busy. It'll be much easier if we schedule it out of time."
"This is what I'm thinking: after setting sail on the 20th of the twelfth lunar month, we won't go out to sea again this year, and we'll take a good rest."
"You've got a good plan."
"Of course..."
The two chatted as they sailed the Rising Sun across the sea.
Once the Rising Sun reached the sea area where it usually operates, it set down the trawl net as usual and hauled in the first net.
The result of this haul was not ideal; there were only a few valuable fish, mostly small ones.
There were quite a few shrimp, and many different kinds, including prawns, mantis shrimp, sword shrimp, red shrimp, and tiger prawns.
The majority of the shrimp were red shrimp, probably weighing around 30 to 40 pounds. We just happened to run into a swarm of red shrimp.
However, these red shrimp are generally small and not worth much money. They can only be used as fish bait or peeled and dried.
The scientific name for the red shrimp is *Sinapis sinensis*, also known as the big-footed red shrimp, red-headed shrimp, and bamboo shrimp.
Its body surface is light orange-red, with red transverse bands on the posterior margins of each abdominal segment, and the posterior half of the tail fan is red.
This type of shrimp is a medium-sized shrimp, averaging only about 5-6 centimeters in size, and reaching a maximum of about 9 centimeters.
Specifically, it's not very big, but its large head makes up almost half of its body; people in Zhoushan jokingly call it the "Bigfoot Wasp."
"There's hardly any stock today."
Ah-chan was a little disappointed when he saw the unloaded goods.
"If there's no one, then there's no one. I'm used to it."
Feng Ye wasn't particularly disappointed; it was something he had expected.
Since the beginning of winter, they have rarely caught good catches with their trawls, especially the first net cast in the early morning.
"So many red shrimp, it's a pity they're worthless."
"Drying shrimp, something that sells so well, how come it's worthless?"
"That's true, we've never had enough shrimp to sell."
Shrimp is delicious no matter how it's cooked, and it's very popular in the market.
The produce they dried themselves, along with what they collected, could be consumed within the county; it never even reached the city's trade plaza.
"It's just that picking and choosing is quite troublesome and time-consuming."
"Take your time choosing, I'll take the boat to set the nets."
Ah-chan chuckled and quickly ran to the wheelhouse to start the boat.
"You run really fast, kid..."
Feng Ye shook his head, squatted down, and patiently sorted through the goods in the net.
It looks like it'll be another sunny day today, because it's foggy.
Nine out of ten days it's foggy, nine days it's sunny.
This argument makes a lot of sense.
Dense fog in the early morning usually indicates that the day will be sunny and fine.
"Brother Ye, Brother Ye..."
Suddenly, Ah-Can's panicked shouts came from the driver's seat.
"What's wrong?"
"It felt like a boat was following us the whole time."
"What?"
Feng Ye's expression changed drastically, and he quickly stood up and looked behind him.
Through the hazy mist, a ship could be vaguely seen following closely behind.
The fog was thick, obstructing visibility, so it wasn't very clear and we couldn't tell whose boat it was.
His heart raced, and he had a bad feeling.
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