Ye Cheng glanced at the other person's phone and his lips twitched. It was a Motorola V70, a swivel phone. This phone was quite expensive.
Spending several thousand yuan on a phone to photograph this anglerfish is giving this worthless fish a bit too much credit.
After he got into position, Ye Cheng took a picture of him. These days, mobile phone cameras only have this much clarity, it's barely usable.
Zhao Zhiming looked at the photo on his phone with great satisfaction. "Alright, with this, I can brag about it next time I'm drinking."
Although Ye Cheng had the most fish, the others were also very interested and eventually agreed not to go back for dinner.
Xiao Hu went back to the village and brought back a few buckets of instant noodles and beer.
Fishermen never complain about what they eat; all they want is to catch fish.
The five of them each had a bucket of instant noodles, along with beer and peanuts. After exchanging a couple of rounds of cigarettes, they quickly became familiar with each other.
The five men chatted and fished until 3 p.m., when they finally carried their fish boxes back to the village, completely satisfied.
Back at the village entrance, Zhao Zhiming first put his fish box in the trunk. He had caught a total of four fish today, which was not bad, although none of them were high-end.
Ye Cheng checked the time; it was almost 4 p.m. He said to Zhao Zhiming, "Brother Zhao, how about we eat here tonight? We still have a few traps to collect; let's see what we can collect and eat whatever we can find."
Zhao Zhiming had originally planned to return to the city, but when he heard that there were still earth traps, he became interested and put his arm around Ye Cheng, saying, "Okay, second brother, we can eat, but you have to take me to collect earth traps."
He didn't know what to call Ye Cheng, so he just called Ye Cheng "Second Brother" along with Chen Jinshui.
Ye Cheng chuckled, "Sure, but I don't know where it is either. I'll have to ask Xiao Hu."
"Brother Tiger, let's go, take us there quickly." Zhao Zhiming was unusually enthusiastic; that's the strange thing about friendships between men.
Of the five people, Zhao Youtian and Chen Jinshui didn't go, saying they were too old to move around. Actually, they were just lazy and wanted to wait to eat.
Ye Cheng, Xiao Hu, and Zhao Zhiming walked towards the back mountain, leaving the ground cage in the same spot as before.
Looking down from the mountainside, there are still many fish traps along the beach.
Believe it or not, ever since Ye Cheng made money from beachcombing, the villagers have become more and more interested in it.
I would go for a stroll whenever I had nothing to do, and I could always manage to pick up something, earn some extra money, and sometimes I would even get lucky and snag an expensive item.
Therefore, many people still use the relatively labor-saving method of using fish traps.
"Second brother, life in your village is so great! You can fish and set traps," Zhao Zhiming said enviously.
"That's because you're getting tired of living in the city. You wouldn't be able to stand staying in the village every day either."
There are no bars, no karaoke lounges, and few restaurants in the village. Can you get used to it?
Hearing Ye Cheng say that, Zhao Zhiming smiled knowingly, and nodded at Ye Cheng, saying, "Not bad, second brother, you know everything. Have you ever been to the city?"
"No, I just heard it from someone," Ye Cheng replied calmly.
These things remained the same for decades to come: the city was stressful, but there was plenty of fun; the village was less stressful, peaceful, and tranquil.
The three of them walked down the mountain path. Xiao Hu pointed to a marked fish trap and said, "Brother, that's ours."
"I'll do it, I'll do it, don't try to take it from me!" Zhao Zhiming pushed the two aside and ran over first.
This guy is about the same age as Ye Guowei, but his mentality is much younger than that of an old stubborn man like Ye Guowei.
"So you're just going to pull it up right away?" Zhao Zhiming asked, turning around. "This is my first time."
"Brother Zhao, just pull, go all out, be careful not to hurt your back." Ye Cheng mumbled the last few words, a cigarette already dangling from his mouth.
He and Xiao Hu leisurely watched Zhao Zhiming pull up the net. Xiao Hu remarked, "Brother, why do city people like to work so much?"
"We're doing the work, they're having fun, what do you know?"
During the years when agritourism was at its peak, farmers must have been ecstatic. Not only did they have people to do the work for them, but they also got paid. It was an incredible world.
Now Zhao Zhiming is that city dweller who can work but is just short of being paid.
"We have it! We have it!" Zhao Zhiming shouted excitedly when he was halfway through pulling it, not even noticing that the seawater was splashing against the rocks and getting him all wet.
"I'm off to help out; this basket seems a bit too much."
The fish had only come halfway up when it started squealing. According to Ye Cheng's calculations, the catch must be overflowing with fish and shrimp.
When he and Xiao Hu carefully waded through the water and saw what was happening, their faces darkened, and they pointed at Zhao Zhiming with a speechless expression, saying...
"Brother Zhao, it's just a few shrimp, is it really that big of a deal?"
"Why not? Look at these beautiful shrimp! Hahahaha."
Looking at Zhao Zhiming, who was laughing like a child, Ye Cheng was helpless. This was the charm of nature.
Whether you have money or not, you are a pure person in the face of nature.
There weren't many items, and the three of them pulled them all up in a few tugs.
"Blue crabs, and blue crabs too."
"This is a baby squid, an octopus, what kind of little fish is this?"
Seeing how happy Zhao Zhiming was, Ye Cheng couldn't help but ask, "Brother Zhao, aren't you from the fishing association? Haven't you seen these things before?"
"Oh dear, I'm from the fishing association, but I mostly fish in ponds. I don't fish in the sea much. Besides, you can't catch crabs and shrimp by fishing."
"Let me tell you, I absolutely have to steam this crab later; I really like it."
Zhao Zhiming held the swimming crab with a happy smile, looking at it with great delight.
"If you like it, take it home and raise it. Why would you eat it?"
"Wouldn't it be better if it were kept in my belly and absorbed by me, hahaha?"
Little Tiger set up a total of 6 traps, and because he had a special bait pack, he had a very good harvest.
We harvested two large mud crabs, but the swimming crab that Brother Zhao had been so fond of was nowhere to be found.
There were also seven or eight pounds of large shrimp, of various kinds. Ye Cheng planned to boil them directly when he got back, make some dipping sauce, and they would be absolutely delicious.
For the remaining small octopuses and mandarin fish, make a mixed fish stew.
On the way back, Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu picked up another half bucket of spicy snails.
There's enough food for tonight.
After returning home, Zhao Zhiming drove his car to Ye Cheng's house, since his place was relatively remote and spacious.
Ye Cheng went to prepare the seafood, and told him to sit in the yard.
"Damn, an air conditioner? A water heater?" Brother Zhao spotted these two things that should only be found in the city at a glance. "You really know how to enjoy life."
"You city folks can enjoy this, but we villagers can't enjoy technology?"
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