Looking at the group of idle boatmen, the bearded man said, "Don't stay on deck, don't you feel the sun?"
"Go back and rest."
"Wait for the next net."
A boatman shouted, "Brother Shen, something's not right with this net!"
Hai Shen, smoking a cigarette, asked, "Is something wrong?"
The boatman pointed to the fishing boats in the distance and shouted, "Before this trawler came, we weren't exactly rolling in every net, but at least we were doing alright."
"But after this ship arrived, the net only contained fat fish, seaweed, and garbage."
"It must have been that ship that did it!"
Others echoed this sentiment.
"That's right. We were the only ones operating in this area before, and we did quite well."
"After that ship arrived, it ruined our luck."
"Why don't we drive them away?"
Hai Shen smiled wryly, waved his hand to stop everyone, and said, "Alright, alright, don't go too far."
"The gains will always vary."
"That's all normal."
After saying that, he sent everyone off to rest.
He glanced at the fishing boats in the distance. The two sides were so far apart that they wouldn't interfere with each other. If he went to cause trouble, he wouldn't be in the right.
...
Around noon.
The sun was high in the sky, and even with the sea breeze blowing, it didn't feel too cool.
Especially since everyone was sorting the catch on the deck, sweating almost non-stop, Fan Dali couldn't stand it and worked shirtless. When Wu An saw this, he told him to put on his sun protection clothes.
My skin can't take this much sun.
Fortunately, the catch wasn't too much. Everyone worked busily for a little over an hour and sorted out all the fish. After tidying up the deck a bit, they quickly retreated to the lounge.
2:30 p.m.
After more than two hours of dragging, the trawling net's luck value was basically depleted, and Wu An called everyone to haul in the net.
The net bag was still full.
Aqing went to pull it apart.
The good news is that this catch was relatively simple, consisting mainly of golden pineapples, making it easier to sort. The bad news is that there was more seaweed and other trash.
"Brother, why is there so much seaweed around here?"
"Who knows?"
"Everyone, when you're processing the seaweed, be careful not to find any fish hiding inside." Fu Yongning pulled out a few shrimp and crabs from the seaweed and quickly reminded Aqing as she pulled the seaweed into the sea.
Ah Qing said "Oh," reached out and rummaged around, and sure enough, she found a few golden threadfin bream. She showed off and said, "Brother, these fish are so beautiful."
Wu An took it and looked at it, saying, "This golden threadfin bream is really beautiful."
Under the sunlight.
The fish's fins are crystal clear, and its body has golden stripes. Sunlight falls on its scales, refracting into a variety of colors.
This fish is not only beautiful.
It's also delicious, and you can eat it fresh.
Fu Yongning's eyes lit up: "This fish is quite good."
Wu An asked, "What do you mean by 'not bad'?"
Fu Yongning chuckled and said, "Men can eat more."
Upon hearing this, Wu An said, "Alright, there aren't many anyway, we'll do them all later, so everyone don't let Yongning take them."
Fu Yongning's lips twitched: "A'an, thank you."
Everyone burst into laughter.
Wu An went to the cockpit and told Lao Fu to go further north. He was also annoyed by the amount of seaweed in the net. Since both nets were in the same situation, he decided to go further away before casting the net.
Since I've already used cheats, it doesn't matter if I disconnect from the internet over there.
...
On the fishing boat opposite.
Hai Shen, annoyed by the noise of the crew, went to the wheelhouse for some peace and quiet. He heard the helmsman say, "Captain, that fishing boat has stopped casting its nets and is heading north."
Hai Shen asked in surprise, "Why did you leave?"
The helmsman said jokingly, "Maybe they'll end up like us, without much to show for it."
"Good riddance."
"Maybe our luck will turn around once they leave."
Hai Shen said, "Don't talk nonsense," but he was secretly pleased. After thinking for a moment, he picked up the microphone, adjusted the radio channel, and said, "Ping An fishing boat, this is Rong Feng, requesting to speak. Please switch to channel 11."
He called repeatedly.
Then I switched to the channel and waited.
...
Upon receiving the signal, Lao Fu immediately contacted Wu An.
Wu An arrived at the cockpit and was somewhat surprised to learn that the other party had taken the initiative to contact him. He asked, "Old Fu, what do you think they want?"
Old Fu said, "They might say hello, ask about the catch, or even try to drive us away... anything is possible."
Wu Anxin thought it was pointless to say anything, since he didn't know what the other party meant and he didn't plan to stay in this area of water. So he picked up the microphone, tuned the radio channel to 11, and replied: "Rongfeng, hello, this is Ping'an. What's wrong? Do you need any help?"
Hai Shen said, "Thank you, Rongfeng is all right."
"Hello, I am Captain Hai Shen."
"Nothing special, just saying hello."
Wu An thought to himself, "I don't believe you for a second," and replied, "I'm the owner of the fishing boat. Judging from your voice, you should be louder than me. Just call me A'an."
After exchanging names and a few trivial words, the other party introduced himself as working for the county's fishing company. Wu An didn't hide anything either, saying he was from Fuyuan Town.
Hai Shen quickly changed the subject, asking, "I watched you fish twice, how was the catch?"
Wu An thought for a moment and said, "So-so."
"A single net can only yield about a thousand kilograms of fish."
"So, I plan to leave here and head north for a while."
"Goodbye."
There's nothing to hide; we'll just tell the truth.
Hai Shen subconsciously wanted to chime in, "Yeah, yeah, the catch isn't great right now," but he suddenly froze. "Wait, did I hear that right? A net full of a thousand catties of fish?"
You're telling me this is just average?
Are they going to run away again?
Who the hell are you kidding?
However, the fishing boat on the other side did not cast its nets; instead, it moved north at a very fast speed, which could not be faked.
The other party genuinely felt that a catch of a thousand catties or so of fish was mediocre, so they wanted to go to other sea areas.
Hai Shen tentatively asked, "Are they all fat fish?"
Wu An quickly replied, "No, that's not the case. There are mostly golden pineapple fish and golden threadfin bream, and none of them are particularly valuable."
"..." Hai Shen wanted to slap himself. Why did he have to ask such a stupid question?
He became withdrawn from all the questions.
He doesn't like either golden pineapple or golden threadfin bream?
Is this reasonable?
What's wrong?
Is your target fish the large yellow croaker?
Hai Shen was speechless and didn't even want to reply.
Wu An asked, "How's your fishing catch over there?"
Hai Shen held his breath for a while before finally uttering two words: "So-so."
The helmsman next to him had a twitching mouth.
Our average standard seems to be different from other people's average standard.
Wu An said, "This sea area is not very good."
"Meeting is fate."
"If you're willing, you can come with me."
Hai Shen declined without even thinking about it.
Are you kidding me?
As the captain, he bears a great responsibility. How could he possibly follow unfamiliar people around? If it caused losses, he wouldn't be able to explain it to his boss when he got back.
Wu An was not surprised.
actually.
He was just being polite, which is similar to when someone comes to visit your door and asks, "Have you eaten? Want to come and grab something to eat?"
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