Wang Defa gave a contemptuous laugh.
“Those are yours, raised by Ye Cheng and the others. They just sold them last time, 100,000 catties! Each person in the village gets 100 yuan a day plus two banquets. Do you think that's enough money?”
"One hundred a day, plus a banquet, that's great!"
"This is even better than working in the city. Your village is so rich."
"Old Wang, are there any suitable young men in the village? My aunt has a daughter who is very pretty. Can you introduce her to me?"
"Yes, yes, does Ye Cheng have a girlfriend? My daughter is a college student, she's educated."
Upon hearing Wang Defa's words, everyone became incredibly excited; who wouldn't want their daughter to find a good family?
If Baiyun Village were really that rich, everyone would be scrambling to marry into it.
...
Leaving aside Wang Defa's side, Ye Cheng led the three of them onto the boat. The group was as curious as Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden, and they started strolling around as soon as the net was set.
"My goodness, it's huge!"
"There's even a bed. No wonder we need to buy bedding."
"Tsk tsk tsk, six beds? They didn't buy enough bedding."
Widow Zhang looked at the kitchen, which, although small, was indeed a kitchen, and even had a small refrigerator.
"Second brother, this is great! We can even use this to cook dishes." Widow Zhang was overjoyed; the roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) seemed a bit superfluous now.
"Auntie, we're making a day trip, so there's no need to cook anything, just heat up the food."
After completing his rounds, Little Tiger returned with a look of pure joy in his eyes.
"Brother, did you really buy this?"
"Nonsense, if I hadn't bought it, would they have given me the boat? It cost 300,000." Ye Cheng remarked, this being the first time he had spent so much money since his rebirth.
"Hehe." Xiao Hu chuckled. "I know, but you only said you wanted to buy one last night, and you're already driving it today. It feels a bit unreal."
"It won't be real once it's started."
Seeing that everyone had looked around enough, Ye Cheng started to get things organized. The first thing to do was to install the net trawler.
Medium-sized fishing boats have specialized net-hauling machines that connect the nets and floats.
However, it was the first time any of them had ever operated this, and it took them more than half an hour to get it working. By the time they finally set sail, it was already past 8 p.m.
Duan Chunsheng was driving the boat; he said he wanted to try what it was like to drive a big ship.
Ye Cheng was happy to have some free time, and he and Widow Zhang took their quilts and went inside to rest.
He had been running around all day and hadn't had enough sleep.
Widow Zhang hadn't slept at all during the day, and Ye Cheng planned to let her sleep a little longer before getting up to help tie up the crabs when the nets were being cast.
Ye Cheng had only taken a short nap when Duan Chunsheng quietly woke him up.
"Second brother, we've arrived. Time to log off."
"Oh, oh." Ye Cheng groggily got up, while the widow Zhang in the next bed turned over and went back to sleep.
Ye Cheng walked outside the cabin and looked at the dark sea. They had reached the area with the swimming crabs and it was almost time to set the nets.
A 24-meter fishing boat is already considered a medium-sized fishing boat, and it needs to be prepared in advance before casting the net.
Generally, a large net, nearly 100 meters long, is placed on one side of the boat and then stacked on top of it, like a layered cake.
To put it simply, it's 100 meters divided by 24, which is the length of the boat. It would take about 4 layers to lay the hull, and the rest of the stern would be thrown overboard.
The head is connected to a long string of floats, which are suspended on the high-rise net-lifting machine.
Xiao Hu has already arranged the net on one side of the boat.
After receiving the order, Xiao Hu threw the tail of the trawl net into the sea.
The drag of the seawater pulled the fishing net into the sea, and the stabilizing ropes on both sides went down with it.
"Watch out, Little Tiger."
Ye Cheng suddenly shouted, and the rope securing the fishing net swung wildly because the trawl was going too fast, and it flew right towards Xiao Hu's face.
Little Tiger was so startled that he ducked and then jumped out. Damn it, he almost got hit right in the face.
"Uncle Duan, slow down! You almost knocked me into the sea!" Xiao Hu complained loudly.
Duan Chunsheng turned around with an apologetic look on his face.
"He got a bit carried away; he's never sailed a big ship before."
"Damn! Uncle Duan, you're not young anymore, how can you still be so immature?" Ye Cheng teased.
Actually, it's not Duan Chunsheng's fault. Just like someone who's used to driving a sedan suddenly driving a heavy truck, the feeling is definitely different.
Moreover, Xiao Hu himself probably didn't realize that the rope could be swung so high.
Fortunately, it was just a small incident. After Duan Chunsheng reduced the speed of the boat a little, the entire trawl net, along with the buoy, was lowered into the sea. The trawl net, stretching over a hundred meters behind the boat, looked quite impressive.
Of course, the longer the trawl, the longer the hauling time will be. Generally speaking, the hauling time for this type of medium-sized fishing boat is 2 hours.
With that time, Ye Cheng naturally went back to his cabin to sleep.
However, he got up briefly in the middle of the night, and it was hard to fall back asleep. So when it was almost time, Ye Cheng got up on his own.
Widow Zhang had been asleep for three hours and woke up when she heard Ye Cheng getting up.
The two walked outside together. Xiao Hu and Duan Chunsheng were chatting in the cockpit. When they saw them come out, they quickly waved.
"Second brother, it's almost time, we can start setting up the net."
“Okay, Uncle Duan, then slow down the speed and we’ll set up the net.”
The four men were incredibly excited at the thought of hauling in the net; this was the first net they would ever catch on the ship.
Small fishing boats can only catch a maximum of one ton in a single net, but large fishing boats can catch up to eight tons in one net.
Of course, 8 tons is just an extreme case; it must be during the fishing season and the nets must be pulled in until they burst.
However, although it is not the fishing season, it is the season for catching swimming crabs. There are endless swimming crabs down there, so it's hard to say what will be caught.
Duan Chunsheng reduced the boat's speed and then pressed the button to haul in the nets.
The hauler emitted an unpleasant mechanical sound and then began to slowly pull the trawl net up from the sea.
The trawling net is nearly 100 meters long, and it takes several minutes just to get it online.
The group watched helplessly as the trawl net was slowly pulled out of the water.
At first, the first part was empty, which was normal. But when it came to the last 20 meters or so, the sea surface was noticeably different, and the net-hauling machine started to struggle.
A huge, bulging net was pulled out of the water, and countless crab legs could be seen sticking out through the net, revealing a white expanse of crab belly.
"Brother, the internet's down! The internet's down!" Little Tiger shouted happily.
"Damn, there are so many of these!" Duan Chunsheng exclaimed. Compared to the small trawl nets, this one was a behemoth.
Widow Zhang looked up at the huge bundle in the air, her eyes practically sparkling. "Good heavens," she thought, "when will this work ever end?"
Only Ye Cheng was somewhat dissatisfied, as it looked like only half a net, lower than he had expected.
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