A little after three in the morning.
Under the cover of night, on the vast sea, a small fishing boat slowly approaches the cliff island.
Old Fu looked at the float of the fish trap bobbing under the light and stretched his somewhat stiff limbs.
I looked down.
The area in front of him was covered in cigarette ash, so he quickly reached out and started patting it off.
He had no idea how many cigarettes he had smoked in those few hours. He dared not be careless, dared not squint, and dared not make any mistakes.
Setting sail late at night is no joke.
Looking back.
Wu An and the others were still fast asleep, snoring loudly. He went over and called out to them twice.
Nobody paid any attention to them.
The snoring continued.
Old Fu grabbed a spatula and started slapping it hard.
Wu An and the others suddenly woke up and sat up.
Their hair was like a bird's nest, their eyes were half-closed and sleepy, and they looked like ghosts with their eyes half-closed, which was particularly funny.
Wu An rubbed his face and asked in a hoarse voice, "Have we arrived?"
Old Fu nodded: "We've arrived at Cliff Island."
"What charter?"
Should we put away the traps first?
Wu An remained silent, still in a daze. He quickly fetched a basin of water, washed his face, and his mind cleared up a bit.
After he washed his face, Wu Ping, A Qing, and Mei Wu also washed their faces in the same basin of water, and none of them complained.
Wu An hooked the float and checked the system, discovering that the fish trap actually had a little bit of luck value.
Then there's no rush to collect it.
"Let's run a little further and take down the sticky net first."
He didn't just say that casually.
After setting the sticky net, come back to collect the ground trap. After collecting the ground trap, take a break before collecting the sticky net.
They should be able to finish their work before dark by applying the netting twice.
After thinking it over, Wu An concluded that the whole process was quite reasonable.
"Run further away?" Old Fu frowned. Although Wu An had always been lucky, he still felt a little uncomfortable with this kind of unprofessional advice.
"What's wrong?"
"I saw you bought a net, which is usually used for fishing in shallower waters."
"Huh?" Wu An was taken aback: "There's such a saying?"
"..." Old Fu was silent for two seconds: "Yes."
"Use nets to sink to the bottom and target bottom-dwelling fish."
"The netting is already prone to breaking, and it's even harder to retrieve if it's lowered too deep."
Wu An said, "What you said makes sense."
"So you mean we should go to Survival Island?"
Old Fu nodded.
Wu An thought for a moment and said, "Let's go somewhere else."
"We've been working on Survival Island and Cliff Island many times, so the harvest has been good each time, but we can't overexploit them."
Old Fu nodded.
That makes sense.
Wu An said, "Go to the place where we last used longline fishing yesterday, near those two islands."
"The deeper the place, the bigger the fish will definitely be."
"Going out to sea to fish is inherently risky. How can you make money without taking risks, right?"
Old Fu nodded.
Actually, the waters near those two islands are quite deep, similar to those near the cliff islands.
But since Wu An had already made his decision, he couldn't say anything more.
He said all that just to give a reminder; he's just fulfilling his obligation.
On the ship, there was only one person who could make the final decision, and that was Wu An.
The ship sets sail.
Mei Wu shouted from the stern of the boat.
Wu An walked over, and Mei Wu pointed into the distance: "An, it looks like a boat is following us."
"I've been watching for a while now."
“At first, that fishing boat was floating at sea without working, just like ours. When we moved, they moved too.”
Wu An took a look, but couldn't figure it out either.
The ocean belongs to everyone.
Encountering fishing boats is perfectly normal, but if it's really as Mei Wu described, then it is indeed a bit strange.
The fishing boat in the distance was slightly larger than his; it wasn't a trawler, and he wasn't sure what kind of fishing method it used.
Even if she followed him, he wouldn't care.
Just go along with it.
He's able to catch fish basically by cheating.
If the other party can catch fish by following him, then he's quite capable.
There's not much to say.
Wu An shook his head: "It's so dark, we can't make any sense of it."
"Come on, let's go and rest."
"I estimate the ship will be ready to operate after about half an hour of sailing."
The two returned to the boat awning.
Sleeping is definitely out of the question; I'll just eat, drink, and smoke.
Four o'clock.
The sky was already turning a bit blue.
Everyone started setting up the net. Setting up the net was relatively simple. Under Lao Fu's guidance, they went down along the island on the right and extended towards the island on the left.
The netting went very smoothly, much easier than longline fishing.
Old Fu's eyes showed some worry.
If we can't get it back, that would be a real problem.
He held back, not saying it aloud. Hearing everyone talk about the netting, and Ah Qing saying it was quite simple, he couldn't help but say, "It's easy to put the net down, but it's more troublesome to take it up; it requires some preparation."
"If it's not organized well, it's just a one-off deal."
Does anyone know how?
Everyone looked at each other, their eyes revealing a mixture of clarity and confusion.
Old Fu nodded: "Okay, then I'll start operating it, and you guys watch."
He was a little tired.
The boat is not big.
There are quite a few tricks they come up with.
Not only are there many tricks, but they also don't know any of them. They're complete novices, feeling their way across the river by trial and error.
He didn't say much.
That's why Wu An sought him out; that's precisely his value.
After the netting is in place.
The sky turned from blue to white.
The sky gradually brightened.
Wu An quickly cooked the rice noodles, and everyone had a bowl. After finishing the noodles and even drinking the soup, they felt much more comfortable.
Aqing and Meiwu took the initiative to clean up the dishes.
Wu An took his binoculars to the stern and saw the fishing boat following them.
Not long after.
Ah Qing walked over, took the binoculars, looked at them, and exclaimed in realization, "It's that ship!"
"He used to work with me and Lao Fu."
"That time it rained, Lao Fu and I took shelter in the bay, and the other party even came over to check if we were in danger."
"I never expected to run into you again."
He called out, "Old Fu."
Old Fu looked around and confirmed that it was the same fishing boat they had encountered before. He said, "Looking at it this way, it wasn't a coincidence that we met before. They might have been following us."
“During this period, our fishing boats have been making a lot of noise at the dock.”
"It looks like we're being watched."
Everyone looked at Wu An, and Wu Ping asked, "An, what should we do?"
Wu An thought for a moment: "Let's make it cold."
"As long as the other party doesn't do anything excessive, just let him be."
"Let's set sail and go back to collect the fish traps."
This is the main event of today.
While others might not know, Wu An was full of anticipation.
If you throw away 190 points of luck, you'd better get something good, or it would be a waste.
We arrived at the cliff island.
Ah Qing pointed out with her binoculars that the fishing boat was still following them. Old Fu was speechless, feeling that the owner of the following fishing boat was even more outrageous than Wu An.
Who are these people? Why are they following them on the sea?
Isn't gas money money?
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