After contacting the rescue ship, Feng Ye also contacted the Dongsheng and Fengshou ships.
"Brother, Uncle Jun, you should continue on your way. I'll stay here and wait for the rescue ship."
There's nothing we can do about it; it takes time for the rescue ships to arrive.
Although he had given the rescue ship its exact location, the ship was drifting with the wind, and by the time the rescue ship arrived, it had long since drifted away.
It will be nighttime by then, pitch black, making it very difficult to find, and there's no guarantee of success.
The fishing boat's radio was broken, making it unable to contact the rescue vessel.
To save a person, one must see them through to the end; to see a Buddha through to the Western Paradise, one must see him through to the Western Paradise.
They must have one boat stay in place to maintain contact with the rescue ship at all times, ensuring that it can guide the rescue ship to its target smoothly in a timely manner.
Feng Xuan was silent for a moment, then said, "Okay, be careful. Contact us anytime if anything happens."
Xiao Zhaojun also cautioned, "Aye, don't let your guard down until the rescue ship arrives. Although it looks like we're really in trouble, we can't be sure they won't try anything funny."
“I will keep my distance from them and not let them get close. Besides, there are guns on the ship, so we can respond promptly if anything happens.”
After losing contact, Feng Ye watched as the Dong Sheng and Feng Shou ships sailed further and further away, eventually disappearing on the horizon.
As darkness fell, the wind on the sea grew even fiercer.
He tightened his coat, went down to the deck, and told the middle-aged man that he had already contacted the rescue ship and that they should wait patiently.
A hint of gratitude flashed in the middle-aged man's eyes. He nodded and thanked him repeatedly.
By the time they finished dinner, everyone, including Ah-Can, was getting a little impatient.
"Brother Ye, we've been waiting for over an hour, it's already dark, how much longer are we going to have to wait?"
"Yeah, it's taking forever to wait. Maybe we should just give up and get going?"
"Yes, I agree. Let them wait here on their own."
“Yes, so much time has passed, and I don’t think it has shifted that far. The rescue ship should be able to find it when it arrives. There’s no need for us to go through unnecessary trouble.”
"What's the rush? Since we've encountered this situation, let's help them to the end. Although they haven't drifted too far yet, who knows if the waves will get bigger and they'll drift to another place in the long run. If the rescue ship can't find them then, they'll be in danger."
After hearing what he said, everyone fell silent.
Feng Ye raised his wrist and looked at his watch; it was already past 7:30.
"Why don't you all go to sleep first? I'll stay here by myself."
Ah-Can quickly said, "Brother Ye, that won't do. How can you manage alone? I'll stay with you and keep watch."
Others also expressed their willingness to stay and guard together.
"Stop dawdling. You all have to get up early tomorrow morning to work. If you don't get enough rest tonight, where will you get the energy? Go to sleep..."
Feng Ye forced them all to go to sleep, leaving him alone to guard the place.
It was just too windy and cold on the deck; I couldn't stand it.
He went up to the wheelhouse, listening to the radio while observing the fishing boat's movements through the porthole.
It wasn't until almost 10 o'clock that the rescue boat finally arrived and made contact with him.
After waiting for another half hour, we finally saw the lights of the rescue ship flashing on the sea and slowly approaching.
The rescue team has arrived, so he no longer needs to stay and can retire successfully.
Feng Ye breathed a sigh of relief, immediately started the engine, and continued on his way.
The sea breeze howled, the night was as dark as ink, and the Donglai fishing boat sailed alone on the sea.
The boat bobbed and swayed with the waves, making rhythmic sounds.
...
The next morning, Feng Ye woke up from his sleep.
He rubbed his eyes, stretched, got up, left the sleeping pod, and went to the cockpit in front.
The morning sunlight shone through the thin mist into the cockpit and onto the sea, reflecting a faint golden light.
The sea surface rippled gently in the sea breeze, its surface sparkling and its blue waves undulating.
Today is another beautiful day, perfect for working at sea.
Besides their Donglai ship, the Dongsheng and Fengshou ships were also operating about 400 to 500 meters away.
Further out on the sea, the outlines of several fishing boats could also be seen.
He turned to Ah-chan, who was steering the boat, and asked, "When will we meet up?"
At 2 a.m., he woke up Ah-chan to take over the shift.
Ah-Can smiled and said, "We arrived at the designated rendezvous point before dawn, then connected the lines to get the exact location, and came directly to meet up."
"They must have opened an internet cafe. Have they asked how much business they're making?"
"I asked around, and the results weren't good. Each net only brought up less than 3,000 catties of goods, and most of them were small fish and shrimp. Less than half of the goods were left behind."
"I see. It seems the fish population in this area isn't ideal."
"It's not very good. Look at the fish finder's display; the fish density is low and they are scattered."
Feng Ye frowned as he looked at the sparse distribution of fish on the fish finder.
However, all of this was expected, and it is only temporary.
With him there, the fish will eventually gather together.
However, this process takes quite a while; it may take four or five days for the fish density to reach a level of five or six thousand kilograms or more per net.
"I'm going to have breakfast. I'll come up and take over when I'm done so you can go to sleep."
"No rush, I'm not sleepy right now. Let's wait until the net is up and we've seen the results before we talk about it."
"How long have you had the trawl nets in place?"
"It's been more than two hours, and we can close the net in less than half an hour."
"Okay, I'll come up and take over for you after we've finished hauling the net."
After Feng Ye finished speaking, he went downstairs to wash up and then had breakfast.
Everyone else had finished breakfast, but some was left for him, kept warm in the pot.
After he finished breakfast, he started setting up the net.
The haul from this net was somewhat unexpected, weighing approximately four thousand kilograms.
The problem was that the catch was the wrong species. In addition to common commercial fish and shrimp and useless miscellaneous fish and shrimp, there were a lot of orchid crabs.
Although this type of crab has delicate and sweet meat and there is considerable market demand, it only fetches a good price when it is alive. Once it dies, it becomes worthless and no one will buy it.
However, just like swimming crabs, blue crabs have a very short lifespan after leaving the seawater, lasting only a few hours.
Actually, the blue crab is a type of swimming crab, and its scientific name is "Portunus pulveratus".
Everyone was quite disappointed to see so many orchid crabs.
"Damn, how did we catch so many orchid crabs? It would have been better if we hadn't caught any at all."
"Exactly, it's not only useless, but it also adds a lot of difficulty to our sorting work."
"Yeah, this thing is pretty fierce. If you accidentally get pinched by it, it hurts a lot..."
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