"We can't pick them all up, we simply can't pick them all up..."
"There's just too much to sort. It looks like we won't be able to finish even with the next net."
"Everyone should do their best. If we really can't pick them all up, there's nothing we can do. Luckily it's morning now, and the sun isn't too strong, so we should be fine."
Feng Ye was overjoyed. "Go and cook breakfast. There's so much stuff. I don't know how long it will take to sort through it. We can't work on an empty stomach."
Ye Chenliang volunteered, "I'm slow at picking things out, so I'll cook them."
After saying that, he went and moved the coal stove out and placed it on the shady ground to boil water.
Then he took a basin and picked out sword prawns, mantis shrimps, squid, and small swimming crabs with roe from the pile of fish, preparing to make seafood noodles.
There's nothing else at sea, but these things are plentiful; eat as much as you like.
The others continued sorting the fish.
The first fish to be picked was the golden pomfret from the pile of fish. In no time, several baskets were filled and carried into the fish hold to be covered with crushed ice to cool it down.
Actually, the morning sun isn't very strong, so you can leave it on the deck for a while.
The problem is, there's no empty space on the deck at this point.
It was difficult to even put your feet down, as everyone was standing in the pile of fish, let alone stacking baskets full of fish.
They could only carry the baskets into the fish hold once they were full.
Of course, they don't just pick out the golden pomfret first; they also pick up other more valuable items and categorize them, throwing them into the corresponding baskets.
For example, mantis shrimp, blue crab, bigeye bream, etc.
Not long after, Ye Chenliang finished making breakfast, cooking a large pot of seafood noodles.
Breakfast for eight people, and since they were all doing physically demanding work, naturally we had to cook more.
You need to be well-fed to have the energy to work, right?
The seafood noodles not only contain seafood, but also some green vegetables, including water spinach that I brought out yesterday.
We can only have leafy greens to eat for the next day or two.
Starting tomorrow, if we don't dock to sell goods, the only vegetables available will be fruits and vegetables, such as eggplant, bitter melon, and loofah.
Even if supplies can be replenished from the fresh produce ships, leafy greens are generally not available.
After all, they are not easy to preserve and are prone to rotting.
The breakfast was simple, but it tasted great, mainly because it was so fresh that you could almost swallow your tongue.
After finishing his meal, Feng Ye went to the driver's seat to relieve Feng Jialing so she could have breakfast.
Ah-Can wasn't full yet, and was still showing off his bowl.
As the saying goes, a half-grown boy can eat his father out of house and home.
Ah-chan is not very old, and he's at the age where he can eat a lot.
Feng Ye observed that at every meal, A-Can ate at least one more bowl than him.
Sometimes, he really wondered if Ah-Can's stomach was a bottomless pit that could never be filled.
However, being able to eat is a blessing.
Now, only he can go; he doesn't know if anyone else can sail the boat.
Besides, inviting them onto the boat is for the job of hauling in the nets, sorting the catch.
Easy tasks like sailing a boat are naturally done by our own people.
Feng Ye sat in the helm, not even touching the rudder, only glancing at the sea and various instruments from time to time, looking quite bored.
During the daytime trawling operation, there's no need to constantly stare at the sea surface in front of you; you only need to glance at it from time to time.
The only concerns were the presence of isolated islands and reefs ahead, as well as other ships.
However, the sea is vast and boundless, making collisions unlikely. Collisions are usually detected in time and avoided.
Even if there is no one in the driver's cab for a short period of time, you only need to occasionally look out from a place where you can see what is ahead.
Feng Ye's reason for staying bored in the driver's seat was based on a lesson learned from his previous life.
He had learned this the hard way. He was so engrossed in doing other things that he almost crashed into a passing cargo ship when he wasn't in the wheelhouse.
I was so scared that I almost had a heart attack.
Fortunately, they didn't actually collide; they just grazed the stern of the cargo ship, with only about a meter between them.
Having learned his lesson, he dared not be careless again.
Moreover, modern navigation equipment is far inferior to that of the past, so we must remain vigilant.
Although the ocean is the cradle of life, it is also a ruthless killer.
One wrong move and the ship could be destroyed and everyone on board could perish.
Bored, he turned on the radio, tuned to a public channel, and shouted into the receiver a few times: "Hello, is there a boat nearby?"
However, there was no response from the receiver, only a constant buzzing sound.
I don't know if there really are no boats within the signal range;
Or perhaps the person wasn't in the driver's seat and didn't hear it;
Or perhaps they are too wary and unwilling to talk to strangers or boats;
Furthermore, it's also possible that a maritime radio station wasn't installed...
Feng Ye didn't care; he was just shouting out of boredom.
The ocean is vast, and there are relatively few ships these days, so the chances of encountering other ships are slim.
Turning off the radio, Feng Ye continued to gaze listlessly at the sea ahead.
Just then, Ah-Can, who had just finished breakfast, suddenly ran to the cockpit: "Brother Ye, there was a boat appearing to the left front, did you see it?"
Startled by this, Feng Ye quickly sat up straight and glanced to his left: "Where? I don't see it?"
Ah-Can pointed and said, "It was over there, quite far away. There was a small black dot that appeared just now, probably a boat, but it's gone now."
Feng Ye frowned, puzzled, and asked, "Gone? Are you sure you didn't see wrong?"
"It should be right, everyone says it's a boat, including my dad."
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