Another day full of energy!
"Ring ring ring ring..."
Today I'm going fishing for big yellow croaker near Turtle Island. My phone alarm went off at 5 o'clock sharp.
Chen Zhiyao opened her eyes groggily, only to find the room still pitch black.
Although winters in Guangdong aren't too cold, it's still a bit chilly early in the morning, and Chen Zhiyao reluctantly left her warm bed.
Her slender little hands groped along the wall, and with a "snap," the lights in the room came on.
Chen Weiqiang, who lived across the hall, just opened his door and came out. His daughter's light was on, and he began to urge her:
"Tangtang, hurry up, it takes three hours to get to Turtle Island."
"Okay, okay, don't rush me."
Urged on by her father, Chen Zhiyao finished getting ready. As soon as she opened the door, she saw Ah Huang tilting his head and grinning foolishly at her.
"Good morning, Ah Huang!"
After gently rubbing Ah Huang's chubby cheeks, Chen Zhiyao walked past it in a good mood and went to the bathroom to brush her teeth.
While brushing her teeth, Ah Huang would either tug at her pants with his furry paws or nudge her calves with his big head.
Its big tail was wagging vigorously, clearly wanting Chen Zhiyao to play with it.
With her mouth full of foam, Chen Zhiyao mumbled indistinctly:
"Be good, Ah Huang. I have to go out to earn money later. I'll play with you when I get back."
"Woof woof..."
Seeing that Chen Zhiyao was ignoring him, Ah Huang pulled at her trouser leg even more vigorously.
Unable to bear seeing Ah Huang's pitiful little face, Chen Zhiyao quickly tidied herself up and squatted down.
First, I rubbed Ah Huang's fluffy head, then stroked it all the way from its head to its bushy tail, playing with it for a while before going downstairs to eat breakfast.
When Chen Zhiyao brought Ah Huang down to the living room, Grandma Chen waved to her with a radiant smile.
"Get up, come and have breakfast."
Seeing her grandmother looking so energetic, Chen Zhiyao asked tentatively with a grin:
"Grandma, you look great today! What magic medicine did you take?"
Grandma didn't think much of it, served her granddaughter a large bowl of seafood noodles, and then smiled gently:
"I don't know if it was because I drank honey water, but I slept really well last night. When I woke up today, I felt much more relaxed, as if I had become several years younger."
Just then, Grandpa Chen strode into his house, carrying half a bucket of shrimp and looking very energetic.
Chen Zhiyao secretly glanced at her grandfather and found that, like the old lady, he had a rosy complexion, clear eyes, and looked very energetic.
Chen Zhiyao thought to herself that the potion that enhances physical fitness is quite effective.
Once she unlocks the final level of the system, she'll buy a few more bottles; her parents will need some too.
She's also been wanting the level 3 lucky fishing rod for a long time.
It's best to accumulate more points so that everyone in the family can have a level 3 lucky fishing rod and go fishing for big fish in the deep sea.
Chen Zhiyao felt more and more pleased with herself, and finally couldn't help but laugh.
Chen Weiqiang, eager to go fishing for big yellow croakers, saw his daughter grinning foolishly again, so he tapped the table in front of her and urged her on:
"Stop daydreaming and hurry up and eat breakfast."
"Okay, sure."
The grandfather, grandfather, and grandson left home at 5:30 a.m. today, and the sun had just risen when they arrived at the pier.
However, the seaside was already bustling with activity by this time, and the fishermen who made their living from the sea were busy early in the morning.
Yesterday I filled up with 2,000 yuan worth of diesel fuel and went to Conch Island. I used about half of it.
It cost me another 900 yuan to refill the gas tank today.
In terms of fuel consumption, the new ship consumes about the same amount of fuel as the old ship.
However, the new ship is twice the size of the old one, so it is already considered to be relatively fuel-efficient.
In addition to filling the tank, the cautious Grandpa Chen also prepared several extra buckets of spare oil.
Another 500 yuan was spent in one go.
The fishing boat set off at 5:40 a.m., and by 8:30 a.m., Turtle Island was already visible.
Turtle Island
Near the island, there was a fishing boat that looked very familiar; it must be my older cousin's fishing boat.
Clearly, the people on the fishing boat over there had also seen them. Shen Qingmei even sent a message to Chen Zhiyao in the family group chat, saying that she had seen their boat.
The fishing boats over there just spotted a small group of grouper. Although the number wasn't large, they were all about six or seven pounds each.
She told Chen Zhiyao about it and asked her if she wanted to go fishing for grouper together.
The grouper was indeed very tempting, but Chen Zhiyao still refused.
Although my uncle's family makes money from fishing boat tickets, the other fishermen would definitely be unhappy if they went fishing with them.
She didn't want to put her uncles in a difficult position, and there was no need for it.
Chen Zhiyao didn't approach, but instead turned on the fish finder and searched the surrounding area for traces of the large yellow croaker.
The fishing boat headed directly to the left of Turtle Island.
Chen Zhiyao steered the Ping An boat forward for a full half hour before discovering a small school of fish at the bottom of the water.
On the fish finder's monitor, there was a small school of fish in the water ahead. They were not very big, probably only about one or two pounds.
As the fishing boat approached the school of fish ahead, seven or eight larger fish appeared in the fish finder.
Upon seeing the several large vehicles behind her, Chen Zhiyao immediately understood.
These big fish must have been hunting and unintentionally drove the school of fish toward them.
With the fish practically delivered to their doorstep, the grandfather, grandfather, and grandson naturally wouldn't let it pass by, and excitedly took out two large gillnets.
The fine-mesh net blocked the fish's path, while the coarse-mesh net caught several large fish from behind.
Unlike hand-thrown nets, which can be thrown down and retrieved immediately, gillnets require you to wait for the fish to swim onto the net on their own.
It will take at least one or two hours to retrieve the net.
After setting the fishing net down, Chen Zhiyao continued to navigate her family's Ping An Hao across the boundless sea.
The fishing boat circled around Turtle Island and finally spotted a sparse school of fish on the back side of the island.
In the upper and middle layers of the seawater, there are many slender fish that are not very big playing around.
Below, on the seabed, a few large creatures were leisurely swimming around.
After studying the images displayed on the fish finder for a while, the group felt that some of the fish looked quite like large yellow croakers.
So the three of them couldn't wait to take out their fishing rods and each hooked a lively, wriggling shrimp onto one.
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