We arrived at the cliff island.
The Fan family father and son were already working, but the Fan brothers were still particular and went to the other side of the cliff island instead of the side where Wu An and the others set up the trap.
Aqing muttered, "Brother, Fan Dali is actually quite law-abiding."
Wu An nodded.
Although the location doesn't matter, Fan Dali's actions are very reassuring.
"We also have homework."
After lowering the traps, Wu An added 5 points of luck to each trap, consuming a total of 150 points of luck. He reserved 60 points of luck for backup.
He finished setting the trap, and it was already noon.
Stop the ship.
Cook.
"The Fan family father and son have arrived."
Wu An was cooking when A Qing called out.
The two ships approached each other.
Fan Dali struck the board, jumped onto the boat in a few steps, and saw Wu An cooking. He said, "An, I thought you would go somewhere else to set the trap."
Are you going to do your work elsewhere later?
Wu An nodded: "Let's go a little further and explore."
They're still operating on the cliff island, just to lay bait.
He needs to leave so that the "fish" can easily bite the bait.
Fan Dali twitched the corner of his mouth. These words sounded novel. If someone else said this while he was sailing on the sea in a fishing boat, he would think it was nonsense, but since Wu An said it, he could only flatter him: "I wish you a great catch."
Wu An glanced at him and said, "You're coming with me too."
Fan Dali was taken aback: "Huh?"
"This... I still want to guard the cliff island, just in case the guys who steal the fish traps come again..."
Wu An waved his hand: "It's alright."
"We'll be back in two or three hours."
"Will you come with me or not?"
Fan Dali hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Follow."
Wu An smiled and said, "I see you haven't started cooking yet. Don't bother. I've made a lot. Call your brother and your dad over so they can have some together."
Fan Dali nodded without any formalities. He walked around and said, "Your ship is really well-prepared, with firewood, rice, oil, salt, vegetables, and fruits."
Wu An said, "It's better to be prepared."
Fan Dali called Fan Xiaozhu and Old Man Fan over, and brought several sea fish, yellowfin tuna, which were not very big, but enough to fill a pot.
Fan Dali said, "A'an, how do you like it cooked? Pan-fried or steamed?"
Wu An nodded: "You're too kind."
"Fry them in oil."
Fan Dali nodded: "I also like fried food."
Wu An said, "You know what, we eat seafood every day, and we keep saying we're tired of it."
"But if I don't have a meal, I really won't feel right."
Fan Dali laughed heartily: "I knew it."
After eating and drinking.
The two fishing boats started up together and left the cliff island.
After driving for about an hour, all we could see on the sea was water. There wasn't even a single uninhabited island in sight. But we weren't worried. With the satellite navigation system, we wouldn't lose our way.
It is worth mentioning that their ship is now equipped with the Beidou-2 satellite navigation system.
Old Fu asked, "How do we do it?"
"Should we work here, or go back?"
Fan Dali asked over the walkie-talkie whether they should continue running.
The fact that he asked that question already indicated that he was somewhat backing down.
Wu An hesitated, about to speak, when he heard A Qing shout, "Brother, come quick, the sea turtle has arrived!"
Wu An climbed to the side of the boat and looked down.
It really is a sea turtle.
But it had been a while since they last met. Wu An waved and said, "Agui, long time no see."
To his surprise, the sea turtle leaning against the fishing boat actually raised its flippers, as if responding to him.
Ah Qing excitedly shouted, "Brother, I'm responding to you!"
"I knew it; these sea turtles are intelligent and can understand human speech."
"Should we bring him up?"
Wu An looked at the smooth shell of the sea turtle, shook his head and said, "No need."
"He doesn't have any barnacles on his back, so why are we bringing him up here?"
"I guess he just happened to run into us and came to say hello."
Aqing was somewhat disappointed.
Mei Wu asked curiously, "What's going on here? Do you know the sea turtle?"
Ah Qing chuckled smugly and said, "Of course we have to get to know each other."
"Let me tell you..."
He recounted how he had previously treated the barnacles on the sea turtles, and added at the end, "These sea turtles listen to me now; they even saved us before."
Mei Wu listened with a series of clicked clicks of his tongue.
Wu An bid farewell to the sea turtle, saying, "We should go now."
"Stay away from me."
"Don't let the fishing boats hurt you."
The sea turtle swam away quickly, and then Old Fu shouted, "Ah An, I've spotted a school of fish!"
"Fan Dali, keep up."
Old Fu adjusted the boat's course and started the engine at full power.
Ah Qing, holding binoculars, asked, "Where are the schools of fish?"
The sea was calm.
When there were schools of fish, the sea was quite turbulent, even more so than boiling water.
Old Fu shouted, "Look out to sea!"
Aqing lowered her head.
After a while, he excitedly shouted, "Holy crap, what's that? Is it a squid?"
The fishing boat continued forward.
Old Fu told Wu An to start the boat, then grabbed a net, scooped it up from the sea, reached into the net, and held up a squid, saying, "Good, it's a giant squid."
Ah Qing also came over to take a look and pulled a squid out of the net.
With one scoop of the net, Old Fu caught several squid, all of them quite large. Ah Qing compared them with her arm; they were about the length from her palm to her elbow and looked very plump.
The giant squid in his hand was still breathing, looking as if it couldn't breathe, which it actually was.
These squid die very quickly after being taken out of the water.
If you don't live on the coast or near the sea, it's very difficult to find fresh squid.
This is one of the advantages of being a fisherman.
Aqing poked the giant squid's eyeball with her finger and said, "These eyes are really big."
"Aqing, be careful." Old Fu said, looking at Aqing's clumsy appearance, "Be careful not to get bitten, its teeth are very sharp."
"Just like that parrot's beak, it could bite you badly."
"I definitely won't be able to save my fingers."
Aqing was startled and quickly put the giant squid down.
This type of giant squid is quite common in their area, but he had only ever seen dead ones before; this was the first time he had caught a live one.
Fan Dali's excited voice came through the walkie-talkie: "Old Fu, A'an, the squid swarm, did you see them?"
Wu An responded, "Yes, I saw it. We're lucky."
"Let's get started."
Fan Dali did not respond, clearly indicating that he had already started his homework.
Wu An stopped the boat. The squid were very dense, and the nets he had purchased came in handy. He looked at the large squids he had caught. Although they weren't very expensive, the quantity was huge.
The giant squid's official name is *Cephalus reevesii*, a large species of squid.
Some people might ask, isn't a squid an inkfish?
Why is squid also called cuttlefish?
Actually, from a classification perspective, cuttlefish is a general term for both squid and cuttlefish.
Giant squid is the most common type. In his previous life, Wu An often bought and ate it at the supermarket.
The price is cheap and affordable, and it's good whether stir-fried or blanched. Sashimi is also an option, but it has to be fresh to be good. Wu An hasn't tried it yet.
Today, I can finally enjoy a delicious meal.
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