More than an hour later, Feng Ye sensed something was wrong; the small wooden boat was rocking more and more violently.
Looking up, I noticed that the waves had changed and seemed to have grown larger.
The sky seemed to darken a bit, and although the sun was still high in the sky, a dark cloud was approaching.
"Brother, things might be about to change."
"I hadn't noticed until you said so; the waves are getting bigger, it might rain. Let's head back early."
Upon hearing this, Feng Xuan looked around, pulled up the fishing hook from the sea, untied the shrimp from it, and threw it back into the sea.
"Brother, help me reel in my longline fishing line, otherwise a lot of the fish will be stale tomorrow."
Feng Ye also put away his fishing rod and rowed straight to the area where longline fishing was being done.
"Aren't we going to bring the longline fishing back? We don't even know if we'll be able to go out to sea tomorrow."
Feng Xuan rowed the small wooden boat, traveling side by side with Feng Ye.
Feng Ye hesitated for a moment: "Then take it back."
When we arrived at the location, we saw many small wooden boats floating around, indicating that they had noticed the weather was not right and were collecting their cargo ahead of schedule.
Feng Ye pulled up the buoy and started reeling in the line. The first fish he caught was a green grouper, also known as a spotted grouper. Although it only weighed a little over three pounds, it made him quite happy.
There were six empty hooks behind, some with bait still on, and others that had been eaten, probably by small fish.
The seventh hook finally caught another fish, a red eel, its body curled up and hanging on the fishing line.
...
Feng Ye kept pulling the line, while Feng Xuan helped by reeling it in from behind and removing the hook from the fish.
The harvest wasn't as plentiful as the morning's, but at least everything was still alive; none of them were dead.
Besides the initial grouper and red eel, later they hooked mackerel, black sea bream, red sea bream, white croaker, yellow croaker, croaker, and so on.
The varieties are diverse, but they are all common, with the most common being mackerel.
After finishing their longline fishing, the two immediately rowed their small boat back to the dock.
Along the way, we saw many small wooden boats, all on their way back, just like them.
As soon as we got back to the dock and tied up the mooring ropes, we could clearly feel that the waves were much fiercer and the wind was much stronger, causing the small wooden boat to rock and sway in the waves.
"Luckily we got back in time; it would have been troublesome if we had been any later."
These waves are nothing to a fishing boat with mechanical power; it still moves forward against the waves.
But for hand-cranked wooden boats, this is a huge problem.
It wouldn't capsize, but with only two oars, they wouldn't be able to row back to the dock even if they worked themselves to death. They would just drift with the current, going wherever it took them.
"I'll go push the cart. You stay here and watch over things. We need to hurry and sell them before we get home, or it might rain heavily."
Feng Xuan gave a brief instruction, jumped off the boat, and jogged to the purchasing point.
At this time, the dock was bustling with people and many ships were docked, so people had to stay to guard them to prevent them from being stolen.
The sun was finally completely obscured by the dark clouds, and the sky quickly darkened, as if it were dusk.
The weather at the seaside is unpredictable.
One moment the sky is clear and blue, the next a storm could break out.
Everyone who had just landed was in a hurry to pack their things, with no time to inquire about others' catches, all wanting to sell their catch and go home before the rain started.
Feng Xuan quickly pushed the cart back.
Just as I finished loading the things onto the cart, the sky suddenly brightened for a moment, then immediately darkened again.
But then a bolt of lightning flashed by.
Three seconds later, a thunderclap rang in everyone's ears.
"Walk."
The two pushed the cart and ran towards the collection point.
With another flash of lightning followed by a deafening clap of thunder, large raindrops slammed heavily onto the ground.
At first, it seemed to be the prelude; the raindrops were large but not dense.
But a moment later, it was as if a floodgate had been opened in the sky, and raindrops streamed down in dense lines, shooting down like arrows.
Just a few days after the typhoon passed, another storm hit.
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Feng Jiafa looked at the people selling their catch with great curiosity.
Normally, these people would only sell for ten or twenty yuan a day, and if they were lucky, they could sell for fifty or sixty yuan.
Why are you all acting like you're on steroids today, spending hundreds of dollars at a time?
As he paid the man 163 yuan, he asked in bewilderment, "How come everyone's luck is so good today? Have you all made a fortune?"
The man immediately laughed loudly, "Hahaha, we have to thank Ah Ye for finding us such an auspicious place."
The people in the shop immediately started talking about it.
“Yeah, if it weren’t for Ah Ye, how could we have made so much money?”
"Ah Ye is amazing, he actually found such a great sea area."
"It's really strange. Before, when we used to set up fishing lines there, it wasn't much different from other places. Now, there are fish everywhere."
"Perhaps there was a school of fish gathering there."
"It's possible. Even fishing there now yields faster and more fish than elsewhere."
"In short, we still have to thank Ah Ye. If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have known there were schools of fish there."
"Yes, yes, thank you, Aye..."
Just then, Feng Ye and Feng Xuan pushed their cart to the eaves of the purchasing point.
Despite their best efforts, they still couldn't escape getting soaked to the bone.
"A-Ye and his older brother have arrived."
Someone shouted, immediately attracting the attention of everyone in the room.
Feng Jiafa immediately chimed in, "Didn't you just say you wanted to thank A-Ye? Now that the person in charge is here, don't just talk the talk but walk the walk!"
The crowd looked at each other, and no one spoke for a moment.
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