Fan Dali clicked his tongue in amazement, never expecting such a thing to happen, and said, "If a sea turtle causes trouble, then your harvest..."
Wu An said, "It has definitely been affected to some extent."
"But it doesn't matter."
"If it weren't for the sea turtles, we wouldn't have been able to catch these giant squid."
The sea turtle was so big that it took up at least one-tenth of the space in the net. If we really calculate the loss like that, then we would have lost at least two or three hundred kilograms of giant squid.
How could you be so calculating?
Fan Dali smiled and said, "That's true."
Old Fan, standing nearby, said with some relief, "Luckily, we don't have any sea turtles causing trouble here. With the sea turtles' energy, they could easily have broken the casting net."
“Even so, Wu An and his group’s harvest is definitely much better than ours.” Fan Dali paused and said, “We only have a few casting nets on our boat. I heard from A Qing that Wu An prepared a lot for this trip. I’m thinking that when we get back, we should also buy some to put on our boat.”
Old Fan glared: "What a waste of money."
"You don't find schools of fish that easily."
"Casting nets are prone to breaking if left unused."
Fan Dali said, "I think following Wu An will definitely come in handy. It's better to be prepared. If we can cast more nets this time, we'll definitely have a better harvest."
Fan Xiaozhu nodded: "Brother is right."
Fan Dali continued, "If encountering the fish hadn't been purely accidental, I would have suspected that Wu An knew in advance and that's why he prepared so many casting nets."
"We can catch dozens of kilograms of giant squid in one net, Dad. Tell me, if we cast enough nets, how many more giant squid can we catch?"
"Throwing nets isn't cheap, but it's not all that great."
"I don't need to go into the details of this debt for you, do I?"
Old Fan remained silent for a while before finally saying, "Alright, alright, I'll do whatever you say."
Fan Dali smiled and said, "Dad, I'm just discussing this with you."
Old Man Fan snorted.
Fan Dali didn't say anything more. In short, following Ah An was definitely the best decision he ever made.
...
Cliff Island is visible in the distance.
Wu An came out of the boat awning and looked towards the cliff island.
Around 3 p.m., the sun was shining brightly, the sky was blue with the sea, and the view was unobstructed; a dark dot could be seen in the distance.
His face darkened.
The fish has taken the bait!
Not long after, Old Fu shouted, "Ah An, there are fishing boats on Cliff Island!"
Aqing and Meiwu were resting when they heard the shouts, so they sat up and crawled out of the boat awning. Aqing had been wearing binoculars around his neck, so he picked them up and looked through them.
He glanced at it and immediately cursed, "Gantam, damn it, that fishing boat looks like it's working."
"Brother, they might be stealing our traps."
Mei Wu snatched the binoculars and looked inside, then cursed, "Damn it, it's definitely the same group from before!"
"They stole once and then came back to steal again!"
"Do they think we're ATMs?!"
What followed was a string of insults that clearly had a regional flavor.
Wu An nodded.
Fan Dali's voice came through the walkie-talkie: "Ah An, there are fishing boats over at Cliff Island. I suspect they're stealing fish traps!"
Wu An walked over and said, "We've discovered it too."
"Let's move closer first."
Fan Dali shouted, "Alright, let's surround them from both sides and not give that ship a chance to escape!"
Wu An said, "Okay."
Judging from the direction the fishing boat was operating, it was trying to steal his fish traps. Fan Dali's initiative to suggest encircling the boat also shows that he didn't intend to "mind his own business."
Gao Qiangqi is right, Fan Dali is a good person to get along with.
Do not shy away from trouble.
It actually works.
Wu An said, "Brother Dali, don't rush. I'll give you a signal when it's time to make a move."
Fan Dali said, "Okay, we have harpoons, spears, and knives on our boat."
Wu An responded.
Others might not know, but he knew very well that the thief was Ma Weiqun. He didn't know how that bastard had accurately located Cliff Island, or how he knew that he was still setting traps on Cliff Island today.
He kept this question to himself for the time being.
We need to think about how to solve the immediate problem first!
There were ten people on Ma Weiqun's boat. The boat wasn't big, but there were many boatmen. This guy didn't do any production work; he just made a living by "robbing and plundering."
Theft is child's play for them.
Gao Qiangqi learned from his boatman Du Shuai that Ma Weiqun had also led them in blatant robbery, and the fishermen who were robbed dared not speak out against it.
This has long fueled the arrogance of Ma Weiqun and his gang.
There were four people on his boat, and three people from the Fan family, father and son, making a total of seven people.
If they were to actually fight, they would be outnumbered and certainly wouldn't have as much experience as Ma Weiqun and his men, putting them at a huge disadvantage.
It's not that he's diminishing his own prestige while boosting the morale of others.
If a fight breaks out, they will definitely be the ones who suffer.
Besides, whether it's the Fan family father and son, or Old Fu, Mei Wu and A Qing, they are all his brothers and friends. He absolutely does not want anyone to get hurt or even worse because of this.
This is not cowardice.
Rather, it was the result of careful consideration.
Li Hongwei has demonstrated through his actions that the "roughness" of Mangcun is unacceptable; overturning a table may feel good, but the consequences are not necessarily bearable.
You still need to use your brain.
Wu An checked the system.
Most of the fish traps still have three or four points of luck left, not too much of it has been used up, so the harvest from fish traps should be relatively limited.
...
opposite.
The group also noticed that Wu An and the Fan family's two fishing boats were rapidly approaching. One of the boatmen asked, "Boss, are we going or not?"
Ma Weiqun looked at the cage that had been pulled up, his face quite grim.
This is far worse than the previous harvest. He led so many people and ran so far, and only managed to grab four or five traps before running away.
That would be a huge loss.
He gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "Go my ass!"
"Continue with your homework!"
"Since we've already been discovered, let them watch our work."
"I doubt they'd dare to confront us head-on."
Most of the boatmen looked at each other in bewilderment.
Another blatant robbery?
A few loyal henchmen continued working, showing no fear whatsoever, even laughing and joking. It wasn't their first time doing this, and with so many people on their ship, what was there to be afraid of?
If a real fight breaks out, they won't just steal fish traps, they can also plunder fishing boats.
"The boss is right."
"There are only a few of them, including two old men. They are no match for us in a fight."
"They will definitely swallow their anger."
"Hehe, you know what, it's actually pretty exciting."
Ma Weiqun told the three boatmen to continue working, while the others grabbed their tools—iron bars, harpoons, and spearguns—and stared fiercely at the two approaching fishing boats.
He went back to the cabin, pulled out a wooden crate, and sat down with a flourish.
Why is he so confident?
It's because there are even more powerful weapons inside the wooden crate!
The distance has decreased.
They could both see that Aqing was yelling through a megaphone.
Wu An instructed Old Fu to stop the boat and not to approach rashly.
"Brother, they're still doing their homework!"
"Grass and hemp!"
"Fight them!"
Mei Wu was also indignant. This was outrageous! These people were so brazen that they were even scooping things up right in front of them. This wasn't theft; it was blatant robbery!
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