If it's a school of fish, you mainly rely on looking for seabirds or dolphins. If you see these two things, the school of fish is generally nearby.
Then some boats are equipped with fish finders, but they are relatively expensive, so few people are equipped with them. Most people still rely on experience and follow the fishing grounds.
Fishing grounds aren't fixed either; what kind of fish are there in what season? Ye Cheng was stunned. Damn, this is so complicated! It's harder than getting to Diamond rank in King of Glory.
Finally, Duan Chunsheng told Ye Cheng about several fishing grounds, all of which were accumulated through everyone's experience.
"Acheng, you must toast Uncle Duan. These are all closely guarded secrets of yours," Ye Guowei said.
"Guowei, what you're saying is true. There's no secret to it. It's all just experience I've accumulated. Ayong doesn't really like sailing, so this experience will probably just go to waste with me in the future," Duan Chunsheng said with a sigh.
"That's right, young people these days can't endure the hardships of sailing, unlike us back then."
Ye Guowei started reminiscing about the bitter past with Duan Chunsheng, but Ye Cheng was too lazy to listen to this old-fashioned stuff and just wanted to eat properly.
To be honest, sailing is a tough, tiring, and risky job. At least you can go home if you sail in coastal waters.
If you're working on the high seas, you might only be able to go home once every two weeks, which would be even more difficult.
There aren't many young people willing to do this nowadays.
When they finished eating at 9 o'clock, Jiang Yunxiang was worried that Dou Dou wouldn't be able to sleep without her, so she took everyone home.
When Ye Cheng got home, he managed to take a hot shower, which made the alcohol hit him even faster. He fell asleep immediately and slept soundly until dawn. It's good to be young; you don't get thirsty at night.
I checked the system after getting up:
Luck value: 50+20
Points: 5600
Deposits: 128,000; Foreign debt: 30,000; Mortgage: 300,000 (including interest).
It's alright, worth going to sea.
Ye Cheng got up and made himself some instant noodles. They were quite oily and made him feel nauseous.
That's how instant noodles are; eating too much makes you feel uncomfortable, but not eating them makes you feel even worse. Damn it, congee and fried dough sticks are still the best, but we don't have those in the village.
Ye Cheng glanced at his watch; it was already 8 o'clock. Alright, he'd go to a leisurely internet cafe today and see what he could find.
After calling Xiao Hu, Ye Cheng went to Ye Guowei's mudflat aquaculture farm.
Ye Guowei was already working.
"Brother, you're up so early?"
"Hmm, nothing's wrong. I just came to check and pick up some snails and crabs."
Ye Cheng glanced at Ye Guowei's bucket, which was already half full. It had to be said that since the farm was established, Ye Guowei had eaten quite a lot of snails and stone crabs.
There's no other way; selling them wouldn't fetch much money, so I might as well just eat them.
"Cheng, look, these clams have grown quite a bit." Ye Guowei happily picked up a few clams and showed them to Ye Cheng.
It has indeed grown a lot. When it came, it was just a tiny little thing, but now it's quite a sight to behold, and it's full of energy. It was still bubbling when Ye Guowei held it in his hand.
Besides seeing Ye Guowei's clams, Ye Cheng mainly came to see Dahuang. He hadn't brought it along these past few times, and he didn't know where the guy had gone.
I looked at the rock that I had deliberately left behind, but it was gone; only some traces of life remained on it.
This guy is really reckless.
After saying goodbye to Ye Guowei, Ye Cheng took Xiao Hu to the dock. There were far fewer boats at the dock; most of them had gone out to sea.
Duan Chunsheng wasn't there either; this time, no one would take him to the fish farm.
Ye Chengkai boarded the boat and sailed along yesterday's route. There were quite a few boats at several fishing grounds, but it didn't seem like there was much to be done.
"Little Tiger, do you remember what Uncle Duan said about the fishing grounds yesterday?"
Xiao Hu scratched his head. "I think it was somewhere west or south from there yesterday, but I can't remember exactly."
Neither this guy nor Ye Cheng remembered it, mainly because it happened at the dinner table. They should have written it down on paper.
"Let's head west then and try our luck." Ye Cheng didn't think much of it. After all, he relied on the system to catch seafood, not on experience.
The two sailed around yesterday's fishing grounds for another half hour, and the sea was quiet in this area.
Today, Ye Cheng planned to trawle the bottom layer, so he added an iron chain to the bottom of the trawl net to ensure it sank to the bottom.
After lowering the trawl net, Ye Cheng reduced the boat's speed; bottom trawls shouldn't be too fast.
"Brother, do you think we should get a new winch? This thing is too heavy and we can't pull it up properly," Xiao Hu suddenly said from behind.
That seems to be true. They dragged the fish twice, and the winch didn't seem to be working well enough. They had to use two people to put in extra effort.
"Okay, let's go back early today and see if we can get a different one. Or maybe we can get a fish finder too, and use some high-tech stuff."
"Didn't Uncle Duan say that thing is more expensive, supposedly costing tens of thousands? Your boat is only 30,000, it's not worth it."
Ye Cheng agreed with Xiao Hu's suggestion. It was indeed a waste to equip such a broken ship with such good equipment. He would wait until he could replace it with a bigger one that could go to the open sea before getting high-tech equipment.
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While pulling the net, Xiao Hu suddenly asked,
"Brother, why do you suddenly want to be the village chief? Are you going to become an official in the future?"
Ye Cheng glanced at Xiao Hu, who looked worried. He was obviously afraid that Ye Cheng would become an official and stop going to the beach.
"Don't worry, I'm not interested in being an official. Besides, being a village chief is nothing. The main thing is that when I'm a village chief, there won't be much resistance when I do things."
"What obstacles are there, brother? I'm not saying this to be mean, but if you really want to be the village chief, I'll lead my men to beat them up one by one, and I don't believe they won't vote for you."
Forehead...
This is going down the path of a village tyrant.
They'll be targeted in a crackdown on organized crime in the future. Besides, Ye Cheng wants to do something meaningful, not to bully the local people.
"Come on, let me be honest. I just want to help everyone get rich so we don't have to live in poverty. If you want to choose me, I'll help you. If you don't want to choose me, we'll get rich on our own. It's that simple."
Hearing Ye Cheng say this, Xiao Hu said decisively, "Brother, then don't bring them. The villagers have scolded us a lot before."
"They're cursing us because we were really bastards before. How can we blame them? Alright, let's get the nets up and take a look."
Because it was a bottom-level trawling net, the speed was relatively slow, so Ye Cheng spent a bit longer this time, more than an hour, before finally setting up the net.
The rope winch started, and there was no pressure at all. The two people stood by and watched skillfully.
Xiao Hu suddenly said, "Brother, did we forget to bring food?"
Ye Cheng turned to look at him, "Damn it, shouldn't you be in charge of bringing the food?"
"You didn't say anything," Xiaohu scratched his head, feeling wronged. "You used to tell me when you asked me to bring you lunch."
Ye Cheng: ...
Damn it, I was so focused on work that I forgot about lunch.
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