More than an hour later.
The deck was a mess: marine debris, mud, a small blue dragon with missing limbs, and tattered fishing nets...
And clusters of little green dragons still wrapped in the sticky net.
There are too many.
There was simply no time to deal with it.
These little green dragons cannot be treated too roughly. They must be carefully removed from the net one by one and placed in the net basket.
Wu An stopped the winch, which was already scorching hot, and said, "Old Fu, go and set sail towards Cliff Island."
Old Fu was taken aback: "Not going to use longline fishing?"
Wu An shook his head.
If it weren't for the fact that the luck value of the trap hadn't been used up yet, he would have headed straight to Twin Islands, trapped the trap, and gone home.
Judging from the way the luck value of the trap has been depleted, it will probably be a night before it can get up.
Old Fu nodded, got up, and walked over to start the boat.
The moment he started the fishing boat, he couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
He's not young anymore.
Following Wu An's lead, he could clearly feel that his body was starting to feel the strain.
But he was too embarrassed to slack off.
If he were to cheat and shirk his responsibilities while earning such a high salary, he wouldn't be able to live with himself.
Old Fu steers the boat.
Wu An couldn't just sit idle either, so he turned a basket upside down as a stool and sat down to start unpacking the goods.
Mei Wu asked, "A'an, shall we go to Cliff Island to find Brother Fan Dali?"
Wu An nodded: "Yes."
"With just the three of us, it's too slow."
"If they're not busy, ask them for a hand."
In fact, Wu An now only has two choices: either return to the dock immediately, or their failure to handle the situation in time will cause some of the little green dragons to die and deteriorate.
If we go straight back to the dock, we'll have to come back to collect the traps.
He found it too much trouble to go back and forth.
It would be better to go find the Fan brothers.
Going from Cliff Island to Twin Islands is a slightly roundabout route, but it's still much better than going back to the pier to collect the traps.
Mei Wu was a little worried: "If that happens, all the fish on our boat will be exposed."
Wu An smiled and said, "It doesn't matter."
After these few encounters, I won't say anything more about Old Man Fan, but the Fan brothers, Dali and Xiaozhu, are still worth befriending.
He's a nice person.
Last time they faced Ma Weiqun, these two brothers were able to step up when trouble came.
Since we're friends, there's no need to hide anything from each other.
As for things like nests, he didn't care at all; otherwise, he wouldn't have brought the Fan family father and son to Cliff Island in the first place.
Upon hearing Wu An's words, Mei Wu remained silent.
It took more than an hour to drive there.
Cliff Island is visible in the distance.
Old Fu shouted, "I see the float! It must have been set by the Fan family father and son."
Wu An said, "It's getting dark."
"Since they don't have any homework, they must be resting on the island."
"Let's go take a look."
Old Fu responded and slowly steered the boat closer to the island.
The wind picked up at this time.
The waves were quite large, and the fishing boat was rocking violently.
Fortunately, after only circling halfway, they spotted the Fan family's fishing boat, and Wu An shouted twice through a megaphone.
The fishing boat opposite started moving.
From afar, they could see Fan Dali standing on the bow of the boat waving at them, and soon the two boats were brought together.
When Fan Dali boarded the ship, his eyes widened at the sight of the small green dragons on the deck.
"A sticky net?"
"You're not using fish traps anymore, so you've switched to using sticky nets?"
"How many little green dragons are needed? I never thought that sticky nets would be so profitable."
Ah Qing shouted, "Brother Dali, don't you even see who set up the sticky net?"
"How was your harvest?"
Fan Dali squatted down to help sort the small lobsters and said, "We just set up the fish traps before you came, and we should have caught about ten thousand yuan worth of fish."
"It can't compare to before, but it's not bad either."
"But compared to you, I'm nothing."
He finished speaking and let out a heavy sigh.
Aqing, deliberately trying to show off, said, "Ten thousand yuan is definitely no match for our many small green lobsters, the thousands of kilograms of small yellow croakers in the hold, and the red grouper, tiger grouper, and black bream in the live fish hold."
Fan Dali was stunned and looked at Wu An.
Wu An smiled and nodded.
Fan Dali scratched his head and shouted, "I want to jump into the sea."
"I should have gone with you guys."
"So what if we drive a little further? What's a little bit of oil?"
Aqing wanted to say something more.
Wu An stopped him.
We can't push it any further.
He was quite worried that Fan Dali might break down and actually jump into the sea.
Aqing was quite happy.
Previously, when Wu An brought Fan Dali to Cliff Island, he didn't object, but he still had his own little thoughts. His thoughts were very simple: he didn't want the Fan family father and son to gain more than them.
That's normal.
The fact that the Fan family father and son were able to work on this cliff island is because they led the way and gave up this place. If the Fan family father and son made a fortune here, he would definitely feel uneasy.
Seeing that the Fan family father and son hadn't reaped much of a harvest, he finally felt relieved.
Although he knew it wasn't good to be so happy, he just couldn't control himself.
Wu An, unaware of A Qing's little scheme, watched Fan Dali help untangle the little green dragon and asked, "Are you all taking a break now?"
Fan Dali nodded: "The wind suddenly picked up at night, making the homework a bit dangerous."
Wu An said, "Alright then."
"Then I won't stand on ceremony."
"Since you have nothing else to do, why don't you help me deal with the little green dragon?"
Fan Dali nodded: "Then go and call Azhu over too."
Aqing got up and went to call out.
Fan Xiaozhu quickly arrived on the boat and was surprised to see so many little green dragons, but he didn't say much. He squatted down and started working.
As they worked, it got completely dark.
Old Fu turned on the light and continued working.
...
An hour later, only one sticky net remained.
The brothers Fan Dali and Fan Xiaozhu huddled together to discuss the matter. After a moment, Fan Dali said, "There's not much left. Let's go back and prepare dinner."
"Come over here when you're all packed up."
Wu An said, "Thank you all. I have some wine on my boat. We're not working tonight, so let's have a drink."
"Okay, then we'll head over there first."
With several people working together, the last one quickly cleaned up the net.
Mei Wu placed the last basket of small blue lobsters into the live fish storage area, walked out, and said happily, "The live fish storage area is full."
Wu An smiled and said, "Luckily, I only prepared 15 sets of sticky nets."
"If that's the kind of harvest you'd expect, you should prepare 100 sets."
"Aren't you afraid of working yourself to death?"
"I'd be willing to work myself to death."
A single net can catch a small lobster weighing at least 100 jin (50 kg), and that net can fetch tens of thousands of yuan.
This job is more exciting than robbing a bank?
Ah Qing said, "Brother Ah Wu, you're right to worry. Given the situation, we really can't handle it with just a few of us."
"Thankfully, Brother Dali and Brother Xiaozhu helped us today."
After saying that, he rubbed his lower back.
Everyone says young people don't have a waist, but he could clearly feel back pain.
He turned to look at Old Fu.
His back was already hunched over.
After the boat stopped, he came over to work with us, and he didn't have a moment to rest.
I smoked a cigarette.
Aqing and Meiwu got busy again and gave the deck a quick clean.
Old Fu went to check on the live fish storage.
If the live fish hold has too many fish, problems can easily arise if it's not kept a close watch.
Wu An had nothing else to do, so he went to the fishing boat of the Fan family first.
The Fan family's fishing boat looked more dilapidated; it was the same boat Old Man Fan had been using since he was young.
Old Man Fan said that his father helped build it, and it will soon be passed down to the Fan brothers.
It can truly be said that one boat has been passed down through three generations.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com