She has come up with a brilliant plan that will guarantee her a full load of goods.
These two days, I'll enjoy myself on this unnamed island. After two days, it'll be time to set sail.
Ten days ago, a large fishing boat was holding a ceremony on the coast.
The captain, dressed in a smart and splendid outfit, led a large group of people, holding incense sticks and worshipping at the altar.
They prayed to the sea goddess Mazu to bless them with a safe voyage and a peaceful return.
After the worship ceremony, all the abundant offerings were thrown into the sea.
Everyone boarded the ship with great enthusiasm and set sail, waving to their relatives who were seeing them off on the shore.
Nearly half a month later, after many stops and starts, the boats finally found a fishing spot that they considered suitable.
After some arrangements were made.
A group of shirtless men, their bodies tanned dark from the sun, kept waving their hands, saying, "No, no, no, that's not what you said back then."
Although they were all muscular, their faces were weathered, showing that they all came from poor families and had been doing manual labor for a long time.
A captain dressed in a suit and looking stylishly at the sailors he had recruited looked at them with a cruel smile on his lips.
"Everyone has signed the contract, and your families have already taken the money—a full 1,000 yuan. Did you think we were just going to let you board the ship and do some simple things?"
"Even if you bunch of scoundrels die from carrying sandbags at the docks, how many dollars can you possibly earn in your entire lives?"
"There's no such thing as a free lunch. If you've received a huge reward, you have to take huge risks."
As he spoke, he pulled out a small, exquisite pistol from his pocket, pointed it at the group of sailors, and threatened them.
"Now, everyone go down and set up the nets!"
One of the sailors' leaders mustered up his courage and retorted.
"When you recruited sailors, you said we would go out to sea with fishing boats for three months, but you didn't say we would go out to sea to set nets."
"And it's more than fifty meters underwater, even hundreds of meters."
"Even the best divers could not withstand such high pressure."
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