This time it didn't get stuck; the two of them pulled it open easily.
only...
"Brother, this is a bit heavy." Xiao Hu pulled it a bit by himself and felt a little strained.
"Did you not eat enough tonight? You kept getting stuck and struggling, you just wanted me to come with you, didn't you?" Ye Cheng complained, but still walked over.
He picked one up, and it felt heavy in his hand.
Xiao Hu chuckled to himself, his eyes fixed on Ye Cheng, as if to say, "Go ahead, go ahead."
"Let's hurry up, together."
The two of them worked together and pulled hard backward. This time they managed to move it, and it felt so heavy, like they had picked up a stone.
The second trap contained even more fish than the first one. As soon as a third of the trap was exposed, it started to make a ruckus inside.
Ye Cheng looked at it and thought that if they dragged it up like this, the cage would probably break.
"Go down into the water and bring it up little by little."
Ye Cheng said something, and the two stopped pulling and found a flatter spot to slowly step down.
In the dark, in unfamiliar waters by the sea, if you carelessly step into the water, you might end up with a huge hole.
After Ye Cheng made sure the ground was firmly in place, he had Xiao Hu come down with him, and the two of them slowly dragged the fish trap out of the sea.
The sound of splashing water, and fish that were clearly visible, all white.
Fortunately, the two of them were strong enough, otherwise it would have been difficult to even drag them up.
In the end, we had to turn the fish trap around, bringing the bottom up first, opening the opening to put the fish in, and temporarily submerging the middle of the trap in water, otherwise it would be too heavy.
As soon as the opening was made, the creatures jumped into the water tank in a rush; there was no way to fit them all in the bucket.
As soon as it went down, it woke up the guys in the first cage, and two groups of panicked creatures were jumping around inside.
The two of them finally sorted through the cage and found it contained cheap sardines. They decided to put them in the snakeskin bag; the tank was not suitable for them.
This time there were several large half-fish, which was the amount they would eat. Ye Cheng estimated that it weighed about twenty pounds.
The rest were similar to the first basket: tiger prawns, mantis shrimp, and some octopuses. This time the octopuses were a bit bigger, so they were put in the snakeskin bag too. Anyway, they're pretty resilient.
After using two fish traps, one water tank was almost full. Luckily, the fish traps weren't heavy. If they were made of iron, Ye Cheng and his companion wouldn't have needed to go back.
"Brother, this is a lot. If we keep going like this, the two of us won't be able to carry it all back," Xiao Hu said, starting to worry.
Ye Cheng looked at the water tank; there was one empty, but he wasn't sure if it would be enough.
"Put these half-fish into the snakeskin bag and soak them in water to save some space."
The two of them moved the half-fish to another spot. "Brothers, I'm really sorry, you guys had too much."
By the time they caught the third basket, the two were brimming with confidence, anticipating another great harvest.
However, when Xiaohu lifted it up with one hand, the two of them could only manage a wry smile.
This cage contains two large blue flower crabs, oh, and a small sea turtle, I don't know how it got away.
Ye Cheng tossed it far away, saying, "Little friend, this place is dangerous. Don't come here again."
The two traps yielded very little, together only as much as the first trap.
"Sigh, that's no good. There's only this much. Two baskets together are only as good as the first basket," Ye Cheng said with great dissatisfaction.
Xiao Hu rolled his eyes at him. "Bro, you're just showing off. This is already a lot of output, okay? If my second uncle saw this, he'd smash the boat."
"Come on, let me teach you a new word. Stop pretending to be cool all the time, it's so vulgar!"
"Come on, repeat after me: Versailles."
Xiao Hu was slightly taken aback. "Versailles? What's that? It sounds like something about France."
"Holy crap, that's impressive, you even know about France. Come on, let me explain, Versailles is basically a self-aggrandizing statement, you get it?"
For example, the fact that I'm better looking than you allows you to say, "I'm in Versailles, get it?"
Xiao Hu silently rolled his eyes, flexed his biceps, triceps, and facial muscles, and said, "I think bragging suits you better."
"Get lost, that's a new word, you know? It'll be really cool when you're picking up girls, get it?"
"I don't understand. My mom said that as long as the family has money, there's no need to worry about not finding a wife."
Ye Cheng was speechless. Well, your mother is really incredibly wise. She's already learned all the lessons she's learned over the years.
There was only one cage left, and the two of them sat down and smoked a cigarette.
In the darkness, the two points of light flickered, standing out starkly.
After finishing their cigarettes and replenishing their energy, the two headed towards the last cage.
The fish trap was thrown quite far; Ye Cheng threw it down from a large rock.
The rocks were wet and only wide enough for one person to stand on.
Just to be safe, Ye Cheng had Xiao Hu tie a rope around his neck before walking over himself.
Ye Cheng climbed onto the rock and took a few steps away cautiously.
The waves surged back and forth at Ye Cheng's feet; if he were to fall in, he would probably be crippled.
Just as Ye Cheng was about to squat down and pull the trap, he heard a loud shout from the shore.
"Who's there? Who's there?"
The shout startled Ye Cheng so much that he slipped and almost fell.
"Damn it, who is it, yelling like that?" Ye Cheng turned around and cursed.
A person carrying a flashlight came down from the other side of the mountain, and a bright beam of light shone on Ye Cheng.
Because the other person was holding a flashlight, Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu couldn't see each other, but the other person could see them.
"Hey, it's Second Brother and Little Tiger. I'm Chen Third Brother."
Ye Cheng knew who it was as soon as he heard the voice. It was Chen Laosan, a relative of Chen Jinhai. He was the third son in his family and a few years older than Ye Cheng and the others, but he was considered an uncle in terms of seniority.
Of course, Ye Cheng usually doesn't call him uncle; he calls himself Chen Laosan.
I don't know why he came.
"Damn it, Chen Laosan, you know how scary it is to scare someone to death? What are you yelling about in the middle of the night?" Xiao Hu cursed back.
"Who knew it was you guys? I thought bad guys had come to destroy our beautiful motherland."
"Get lost, we're going to use a fish trap to destroy your country!"
Old Chen San strode down, glanced down at Ye Cheng and the others' water tank, and exclaimed in surprise.
"Holy crap! So many? Did you bring these up using a fish trap?"
"Stop making a fuss. We still have a fish trap to set. Move over a bit."
"Oh, oh, you guys are doing it, I'll just watch." Chen Laosan felt like he was about to get jealous. "Tiger prawns, mantis shrimp, wow, so much good stuff."
Since they were all from his own village, Ye Cheng ignored him and started pulling the ground cage.
This time it wasn't heavy, and although it was a bit strenuous, he could still pull it up by himself.
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