Ye Cheng adjusted the course and began preparing to set the trawl net, following the ocean current.
"Big Yellow, bless me! Let's catch it in one fell swoop!" Ye Cheng clenched his fist at Big Yellow.
Big Yellow glanced at Ye Cheng with its small eyes, smacked its lips, looked down at the sea, and ignored him.
As for setting nets, Ye Cheng and his men had done it before on Wang Defa's boat; it wasn't difficult, they just had to cast the nets down.
Seeing the net fall into the water, Ye Cheng returned to the cockpit and began to slowly control the speed.
It was easy to drive, and the boat was quite fast with the ocean current. Ye Cheng drove like this for half an hour, but he couldn't stand it anymore. He slowed down and looked back at Xiao Hu.
"Little Tiger, take a look at the net."
Xiao Hu responded and started the trawling machine, gradually pulling up the trawling net.
Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu stood there on either side, watching. Half of the net had been pulled out of the water, but there was still nothing there. Damn it, could the first net be an empty shell?
"Brother, it's okay. My second uncle has plenty of empty networks. It's normal." Xiao Hu looked indifferent.
What Xiaohu said is true. There are indeed many times when the nets are empty or there are very few. If the nets were always full, the fishermen would be rolling in money long ago.
Halfway through, there was a little movement in the fishing net. The dark trawl net was filled with a dense mass of things, and it was impossible to tell what they were.
The two of them worked together to pull the fishing net up and dumped out the contents: a pile of small seashells, some small shrimp, and miscellaneous fish.
Surprisingly, the most common items were trash, including plastic bags and fishing nets.
Damn, no wonder they say we need to protect the marine environment. They just casually trawled a net and brought up so much trash. How dirty is the seabed?
Come to think of it, I didn't find so much trash when I went diving before. It's probably because there are a lot of fishing boats around here, and they leave behind a lot of household waste.
Once the net is pulled up, it's time to pick and choose.
Ye Cheng stopped the boat, and the two found a small stool, sat down, and began to choose.
I put the plastic waste in a bag and will throw it away when I get ashore.
Clams and other small shellfish were thrown away; they were too small.
The two of them spent a long time picking out the shrimp. There were about a dozen slightly larger ones, but they were all cheap shrimp. The rest were released.
They also caught a blue crab, which was the most expensive one there.
They picked out a few small fish and shrimp for Big Yellow, and the two threw the rest back into the sea, planning to catch them when they grew bigger.
Big Yellow seemed to enjoy its meal very much; it ate even more happily when it was smaller!
"No, I'm telling you, Big Yellow, you brought me here, but you haven't done anything useful. Look, you've been working on it for an hour and only got one orchid crab. Aren't you ashamed? Tell me."
"Don't run away! Will running make a difference? You know you're only running away because you're guilty."
Da Huang, too lazy to pay attention to the dazed Ye Cheng, walked away with his food in his mouth. Men and women alike are irrational when they are angry.
"Brother, Big Yellow is just a turtle, are you really going to rely on it? If you don't have it, just keep playing." Little Tiger said calmly.
Ye Cheng thought about it and realized it made sense. He had the system's support, so what was there to be afraid of? Go! Keep going!
The two rallied, tidied up the net, and continued casting.
This time, Ye Cheng chose to sail diagonally against the ocean current, and he felt that the ship's speed really decreased a bit, and the opening of the trawl net at the stern of the ship also became larger.
From a distance, he could see that Duan Chunsheng had already started setting up his net. Duan Chunsheng had been dragging it out for about an hour.
Ye Cheng picked up the radio and called out to Duan Chunsheng.
"Uncle Duan! How is it?"
Duan Chunsheng waved to Ye Cheng.
"Not bad, we caught over a dozen blue crabs and two sea bream. We were lucky. How about you guys?"
"Just one orchid crab, and the net's empty, Uncle."
"Keep going, be patient."
After talking with Duan Chunsheng, Ye Cheng felt terrible. He, a person with a system, couldn't beat someone without a system.
grass!
I refuse to believe it.
continue!
This time, Ye Cheng dragged it out for a long time, taking an hour, as if he intended to catch everything in the sea.
When the winch pulled up the trawl net and dumped it out, Ye Cheng was dumbfounded again. Damn it!
Why are there still only small fish and shrimp? The last net even had a blue crab, but this net has completely wiped out the crab, leaving only some miscellaneous fish and shrimp.
The two of them didn't spend more than a few minutes sorting through the shrimp, and with the first net, they only managed to catch a small bowl of shrimp and a blue crab.
This time, Ye Cheng didn't even let the small fry go; he took them all.
"I'll coat them in flour and fry them later," Ye Cheng said resentfully.
Cooking is possible on these trawlers, though it's simple—just a pot and a fire.
As for Ye Cheng's claim about coating the boat in flour, that's nonsense. There was no flour on the boat, but there was oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar.
The two packed up their things and went back to surfing the net.
With both networks empty, Ye Cheng felt much calmer. Things don't happen more than three times; it's impossible for them to be empty three times in a row.
This time, they still used the angled net. While navigating the boat, Ye Cheng had Xiao Hu wash the shrimp and other fish.
Since it takes an hour to pull in the net, we might as well use that time to stir-fry the fish and shrimp and eat them directly, saving us the trouble of watching them.
After Xiaohu finished cleaning up, Ye Cheng let Xiaohu take over driving the boat while he cooked the dishes.
He didn't trust Xiaohu's cooking skills. As for shrimp, he would just make deep-fried shrimp, lightly frying them in oil and then adding soy sauce for color.
Ye Cheng briefly fried the other miscellaneous fish in oil, then added water to make a stewed mixed fish dish.
Two dishes plus instant noodles is considered a luxury.
And you know what? The seafood was really good, freshly caught. Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu were enjoying their heavy-flavored instant noodles on one side and the incredibly fresh seafood on the other, thoroughly enjoying themselves.
After finishing their meal, it was time to trawle the nets. The two put down their bowls and chopsticks and prepared to haul in the nets.
"God bless me! Big Yellow, please give me a big catch this time! Blue crabs, orchid crabs, big yellow croakers, all come!" Ye Cheng silently recited his prayer, then pressed the button on the net reel machine.
The network cable was twisted, and the net slowly rose, gradually emerging from the water.
No.
No.
Still no.
How could that be?
Ye Chengdu was dumbfounded. The last two times there was a pile of garbage, but this time there was no garbage at all, only a few stones.
Wow!
Are you sent by God to mess with me?
This isn't right.
Ye Cheng tapped his head.
"Little Tiger, something's not right today. Did I forget to wash my hands before leaving home or was I not wearing underwear?" Ye Cheng was starting to have an existential crisis.
It really is an empty network.
"Brother, things aren't going well today. How about we go to the island and go beachcombing?"
Ye Cheng thought for a long time, then suddenly a thought struck him: something's not right. He woke up a bit suddenly today. He was pulled up by Xiao Hu and didn't even check the system. Could it be that his luck value is too low today?
Ye Cheng quickly opened the system and took a look.
Luck value: 100+20
Points: 5620
Deposits: 30,000, foreign debt: 30,000, mortgage: 300,000 (including interest).
No way!
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