"Brother Ye, let's go back, don't wait for the next wave?"
After catching a batch of squid, Ah-Can threw down the net, looked wearily at Feng Ye, and made a suggestion.
Feng Ye glanced at his watch; it was not yet 5:30.
As summer approaches, it gets dark later and later; this time of day is actually still quite early.
Although the sun has already begun to set in the west, it will still take at least another hour for it to go down.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at the still sea, and felt a little tempted.
We've already gained enough today.
Putting aside the more than 2,500 kilograms of fish that were luckily retrieved at noon, the harvest in the afternoon alone was also quite substantial.
Despite not casting nets very diligently, the squid population increased during the peak fishing season, and they managed to catch over a thousand kilograms.
Besides, who knows when the next wave of squid will arrive, or how long we'll have to wait?
The timing and scale are uncertain.
You might wait a long time, only to find a tiny group of squid arriving.
This is not impossible.
Instead of wasting time waiting here, we should go back and rest well, and come back tomorrow when we've recovered our energy.
Thinking of this, Feng Ye nodded: "Okay, let's go back then."
The two then began tidying up the deck, moving all the caught squid into the cabin...
After finishing all this, the two, who were already exhausted, were once again panting and covered in sweat.
"Finally finished."
Ah-chan breathed a sigh of relief.
After resting for a while, he took off his clothes and threw them into the sea, then jumped in after them.
Feng Ye also jumped into the sea.
This is something they do every day before going home: wash the ink off their clothes and bodies.
The clothes were stained black by the squid's ink, and their original color was no longer visible.
Moreover, the ink seeped through the clothes, staining the body black as well.
If you didn't know better, you'd think they were two Black people.
As soon as they entered the sea, the cool water instantly washed away their fatigue.
The two quickly washed off the ink from their clothes and bodies, then swam for a while before climbing back onto the boat.
They stopped wearing their clothes and hung them to dry at the bow of the boat.
Anyway, we're all grown men, so a pair of underwear is enough. We can put our clothes on before we get ashore.
"Let's go, let's go back now."
Ah-Can shouted and immediately ran into the driver's seat.
"Go find your father and my father first, and see if they want to go back together."
"OK."
The Rising Sun slowly began to move, turned and left Island No. 2, heading towards Island No. 1.
A few minutes later, they found the two elderly people who were still working hard to catch squid.
Feng Jiaqing and Feng Jialing seemed quite surprised by their arrival.
"Are you going back already? It's too early. Aren't you going to fish a little longer?"
Feng Jialing asked in confusion.
Feng Ye stood at the bow of the boat and shook his head: "Yeah, I'm too tired. I want to go back early. What about you guys? Do you want to go back together?"
"No, this batch of squid just arrived, and we haven't harvested much yet. We'll decide after we finish harvesting them."
"Alright, we'll head back now. You should head back early too."
The Rising Sun slowly accelerated, sailed away from Island No. 1, and returned fully loaded.
On their way back, they saw many fishing boats, large and small, still working hard.
Meanwhile, in the waters surrounding Baishi Island, small wooden boats were still drifting on the sea, each casting nets to fish around the island.
On many islands, you can even see people picking up squid that have been washed ashore by the waves.
It was still early, and none of them wanted to return home.
When they got closer to the sea outside Dongtou Village, they looked towards the dock and, sure enough, no boats had returned yet; they were the first to arrive.
Quite a few people did come out and gather at the dock, waiting for their own ships to return.
At this time, the sun had not yet completely set; half of it still hung in the western sky.
The afterglow of the setting sun cast a golden glow on the shimmering sea.
Feng Ye took down the clothes that were drying at the bow of the boat and threw them to A-Can in the wheelhouse, then put them on himself.
Although they weren't completely dry and were still a bit damp, neither of them paid any attention.
"Hey, you're back so early today, that's rare! How was the harvest? How many squid did you get?"
As soon as the Rising Sun docked, Feng Jiafa jumped aboard and headed straight for the cabin, peering inside with his head sticking out.
Upon seeing the mountain of squid piled up in the hold, along with over twenty full baskets, the smile on his face froze, and his eyes were filled with shock.
"So many? Did you haul all the squid from the bottom of the sea up?"
Feng Ye chuckled: "I'm lucky today, I hit the jackpot. I caught a huge group at noon, and quite a few this afternoon too."
Feng Jiafa clicked his tongue and said, "What great luck! I've been fishing for so long and I've never seen a boat catch so much fish."
"So, we've broken the record?"
"Definitely. I remember the previous record was a little over 2,000 jin. And yours is probably more than 3,000 jin, right?"
"Around three thousand five or six thousand, I'm not sure exactly. As you can see, it's all piled up in the hold, there aren't even enough baskets."
"I have a basket over there, I'll bring it to you in a bit."
Feng Jiafa rubbed his hands together excitedly and said, "By the way, you still have one boat, why hasn't it come back? Did you have this many as well?"
"My dad and Uncle Ling will be back later. They don't have this many on their boat, probably around a thousand catties."
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