After breakfast, Feng Ye offered cigarettes to everyone, lit one for himself, took a deep drag, and slowly exhaled.
Smoke swirled in the morning light.
"How much did you sell the fish and shrimp you took to the market for?"
Ah-Can took out the ledger and looked at it: "We sold 3,826 yuan worth of fish and shrimp on our boat, 3,475 yuan on the Dong Sheng and 3,510 yuan on the Feng Shou. I've written it all down, take a look."
"That's not bad."
Feng Ye nodded.
After all, the amount of seafood brought to the market is not much; a ship carries less than two tons, so it's already quite good that it can be sold for this much money.
There are many fish in the sea, but it's winter now and the water temperature is low, so most of the fish have migrated away, and what's caught are mostly cheap catches.
There are especially many toadfish; almost half of them are caught in a net.
Then he waved his hand again, "No need to see it, I trust you enough."
"oh."
Ah-Can put away the ledger, also curious about the dock's revenue, and asked, "How much money did you collect this time?"
"Although most of the goods sold to Boss Yao were cheap, the quantity was large, so we sold quite a lot more."
Feng Ye listed them off as if they were his own treasures, "We have our own pieces, the Dongsheng and Fengshou have a little less, but it's still over ten thousand. The list is in the box, you can look it up yourself if you want to see it."
"Haha, there are so many."
Ah-chan laughed heartily, overjoyed.
"Don't you even consider how much cargo there is? It's already sixty tons. Isn't it normal to sell it for such a small amount of money?"
Feng Ye raised an eyebrow and continued, "It's a pity that most of them are cheap fish and shrimp, with very low unit prices. If we could catch more valuable fish and shrimp, our income could double. But it's winter, so this harvest is not bad."
Ah-Can hummed in agreement, took a drag of his cigarette, then, remembering something, quickly asked, "By the way, what about that sawfish? Did you sell it?"
"It's sold. Boss Yao gave me 300 yuan."
"Huh? This rare item is only selling for such a small amount? Isn't that a bit cheap?"
"It's true that sawfish are rare, but they look so strange that many people have never seen one before. It's a miracle if anyone wants them. If you were in charge of buying them, would you dare to offer a high price?"
Ah-Can thought for a moment and nodded in agreement: "That's true, this thing is indeed rare. I've never even heard of a fish that looks like this before. If it were me, I wouldn't even take it for free, let alone 300 yuan. It's too much trouble."
"That's it, so 300 yuan isn't a small amount. It's better than having it stuck in your hands."
Feng Ye continued, "If it's really like everyone says, taking it back to offer to Mazu would be a troublesome matter."
The fish is too big; it will be difficult to handle if we move it to the Tianhou Temple.
"Furthermore, how should the fish be processed? We can't just let it rot, can we? That would be unbearably smelly, and how would anyone go to the Tianhou Temple to worship and pray for blessings?"
Speaking of this, everyone is reminded of the great white shark from last year.
Although the shark meat is removed, it's impossible to remove it completely, and some residue is inevitable.
Because of this, after the shark skeleton was placed under the Mazu statue, it emitted a foul stench for a long time, making people afraid to go near it.
"Yes, everyone still remembers the Great Jaws incident, right? The smell was awful."
"So selling the sawfish was the wisest choice."
Feng Ye flicked his cigarette ash. "Now that the goods are sold out, everyone go and get some sleep. You can go back when you wake up."
"Oh, aren't we just going back?"
"Aren't you tired? Aren't others tired too? Look at everyone, they didn't sleep all night, they're all so sleepy, their eyelids are drooping."
"I'm not tired, I can sail the boat."
"Come on, if you sleep for more than an hour on the way, you'll feel even worse when you wake up. You might as well get some rest and go back comfortably."
Ah-Can thought about it and agreed, so he stopped insisting and nodded: "Oh, okay then."
So, after everyone finished smoking, they went back to their sleeping pods to rest.
The dock is relatively quiet in the morning, with few people around, only the waves gently lapping against the hulls of the boats, making a rhythmic sound.
Feng Ye lay on the bed and soon began to snore rhythmically.
Everyone slept soundly until the midday sun shone through the windows, at which point people began to wake up.
Feng Ye was the last to wake up, or rather, he was woken up by someone else.
"What's wrong? Can't you let me sleep a little longer?"
He rubbed his sleepy eyes, his words filled with resentment.
"A dog bites Lü Dongbin, not recognizing a kind heart."
Ah-Can rolled his eyes. "I shouldn't have come to wake you up for dinner. I should have just let you starve to death."
"Okay, okay, it's my fault, I was just half asleep."
Feng Ye yawned, sat up, got dressed, and went downstairs to wash up.
The boatmen had already started eating, each one holding a bowl and enjoying their meal.
He glanced at it and found that the dishes were quite plentiful, and they were all meat and vegetables, with nothing from the sea.
"Did you go to the farmers market to buy groceries?"
"Um."
Luo Zhiping nodded. "We got up a little early and went to the market to buy some vegetables. We're tired of eating fish and shrimp all the time, so we wanted to change things up."
"It takes time to savor the flavor before it tastes good. To be honest, I'm getting a little tired of it too."
Feng Ye quickly finished washing up and joined the meal. He picked up a piece of braised pork, chewed a few times, and sighed contentedly, "This taste... it's been so long..."
After lunch and a short rest, we began our return journey.
However, as he was piloting the Donglai away from the dock, he hadn't gone far when he saw a large ship coming towards him on the shipping lane ahead.
This ship is unusually large, easily over a hundred meters long, and its shape indicates it's not a fishing boat, but a cargo ship.
"Damn it, how do you sail a boat like that..."
As soon as Feng Ye uttered the curse, he suddenly realized something was wrong.
This is a fishing port, so why would there be cargo ships here?
There are three wharves in the county, each with its own division of labor: passenger transport, freight transport, and fishing, each serving its own purpose and accommodating different types of vessels.
It's very strange that a cargo ship would appear here.
Feng Ye quickly adjusted his course to avoid the obstacle, while his mind was filled with doubts.
He took a closer look and was immediately surprised.
The cargo ship seemed to have lost power, or rather, its engine was not running, and it was drifting slowly with the wind and waves.
Moreover, there was no sign of any human activity on the ship.
"What's wrong with this ship? Where are all the people? It's encroaching on other people's shipping lanes and doesn't even give way, damn it..."
Feng Ye frowned, his doubts deepening.
Is there something special about that ship?
With this question in mind, he kept staring at the cargo ship with curiosity.
The cargo ship was not drifting fast, and it took a while to pass by the Donglai. Then it continued to drift with the wind and waves towards the dock, without changing its course at all.
His heart tightened, and a thought suddenly popped into his head: "Holy crap, could it be that there's no one on board at all, and it's a ghost ship?"
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