After dinner, the workers and Ah-Can went home, and the women began to clean up the dishes.
Feng Jiaqing took a puff of his cigarette: "Ah Ye, the money from selling fish traps and longline fishing these past few days has been given to Ah Ling, and the receipts are with her too, so I won't go into details."
"How was the harvest?"
“It’s getting worse every day,” Feng Xuan interjected. “The first two days were alright; we could still sell them for a hundred or two hundred yuan. But the harvest started to drop sharply on the third day, and today we can only sell them for twenty or thirty yuan.”
Feng Jiaqing sighed: "Perhaps the fish in that area have completely dispersed and returned to normal levels."
"What about what others gained? Were they all about the same?"
"It's about the same, around ten yuan or so."
"Some people are luckier and catch something valuable, which can be sold for more money, but overall the difference isn't that much."
Feng Ye frowned, recalling the absurd idea that had crossed his mind a few days ago.
Do I really have a constitution that attracts fish?
Because I stopped staying in that area, the fish gradually dispersed.
Then, he thought of the strange situation of fishing on the yacht.
Whenever the yacht stops to fish, it always manages to attract a number of fish in a short time, and it also attracts predatory fish such as barracuda and sharks to disturb the fishing spot.
One or two times could be considered a coincidence, but if it happens too often, something's not right.
Even if fishery resources were abundant in this era, with a large number of fish such as barracuda and sharks, they wouldn't be everywhere.
Considering the situation in that area where longline fishing with fish traps was being used, thinking about it now, it might actually be related to me.
However, he was not yet sure and needed to conduct experiments to verify it.
The experiment is quite simple: pull up the fish traps, place them in the area where the island's fishermen previously set them, and then leave them there for a day or two. The next day, you can check on the catch.
If the results are normal, then you're just overthinking it.
If you reap a lot of rewards, then you'll be rich.
As he thought about it, he couldn't help but get excited, and a smile appeared on his lips.
"Ah Ye, what's wrong?"
Feng Xuan noticed that Feng Ye seemed a bit off, so he reached out and pulled him.
Feng Jiaqing said irritably, "What's wrong with you? Suddenly laughing like that is kind of scary to watch at night."
Feng Ye snapped out of his reverie and composed himself: "It's nothing, I was just thinking about something happy."
"It's good that you're alright." Feng Xuan then said somewhat awkwardly, "A-Ye, there's something I'd like to discuss with you."
"Brother, just say what's on your mind, there's no need for this."
“Today, Ah-chan came to me and said he wanted to partner with you to buy a trawler. I had the same idea.”
Why didn't he just tell me?
"Because you refused last time, he was too embarrassed to contact you directly again, so he asked me to talk to you first."
Feng Ye remembered that he had indeed refused once, when he had encouraged them to buy a boat.
The reason for the initial refusal was that there were too many people, including Xiao Guowen and Xiao Guowu, plus Feng Xuan; a trawler didn't need that many people.
"Wasn't he going to partner with Brother Wen and Brother Wu to buy a small wooden boat? Why did he change his mind and want to buy a trawler instead?"
"Before we found the small wooden boat, Uncle Zhaojun came back and planned to buy a big boat so that the three of them, father and sons, could work on it themselves."
Xiao Guowen and Xiao Guowu's father was named Xiao Zhaojun. He used to be a fisherman, but later he went on to work on large ships, working on ocean-going freighters. I heard that he rose to the position of first mate.
In his memories of his previous life, Xiao Zhaojun would indeed come back to continue being a fisherman, and he would buy a 30-meter trawler that could go deep into the sea.
But the timing doesn't match up; it should be next year.
Why is it so much earlier this time?
Could it be another change I brought about?
Feng Ye shook his mind out of his random thoughts and asked, "Did A-Can say how the partnership works?"
“Originally, he wanted to contribute half the money, taking a 40% share.” Feng Xuan said somewhat embarrassedly, “After hearing that, I also wanted to invest, so we changed it to each contributing 30% of the money, each taking a 25% share.”
"Even a 12-meter trawler costs tens of thousands of yuan. Do you have that much money?"
If they want to buy a boat alone, or if the two of them are buying a boat together and they don't have enough money, they can come to him for a loan, and he is happy to help.
But he wasn't so willing to lend money to the three of them to take their share when they partnered up.
Feng Xuan rubbed his hands together: "If you agree, I'll sell the small wooden boat and borrow some more. That should be enough."
Feng Ye laughed and said, "Why should I disagree if each of you gives me half a share for free?"
"That's great! I'll spread the word about selling the small wooden boats tomorrow."
Feng Xuan was overjoyed.
"Your mother and I have a thousand yuan here. You can use it first, Ah Xuan. Just so you know, even though you are my son, you still have to pay it back."
Feng Jiaqing took a drag of his cigarette and sighed.
His son wanted to pursue his career, so how could he, as a father, not support him?
"Thank you, Dad."
Feng Xuan thanked him.
Feng Ye looked at his father in surprise.
This old man is quite wealthy. He spent over two thousand yuan on a small wooden boat for himself, and he still has a thousand yuan left.
Three thousand yuan is quite a lot these days.
How his father uses his money is his own business.
Even if it were just a loan to Feng Xuan, or even given to Feng Xuan for free, he wouldn't say anything.
"Don't rush to sell the small wooden boat. Let's wait until we find a boat and finalize the deal."
“Ah Chan has already found one. His uncle helped him find the boat. Apparently, it was a large ship that was about to be delivered, so this one is being sold.”
"What size ship is it? What is its carrying capacity? How old is the engine? How much does it cost?"
Upon hearing this, Feng Ye was overjoyed and asked four questions in a row.
Second-hand trawlers made of sheet metal are hard to find these days, and very few people sell them.
The person selling the boat either had a family emergency or was buying a bigger boat.
There are so many people who want to buy boats that it's hard to find an opportunity.
"I don't know, Ah-chan didn't say."
"Then I'll ask Ah-Can tomorrow."
Feng Ye was overjoyed to see progress on the long-awaited trawler.
Even in partnership, it would earn more than a small wooden boat.
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