Seeing that the net was ready to be pulled in, Wu An became too lazy to think about naming the island anymore.
I happened to overhear Aqing and Meiwu talking about how beautiful the large coral reef they saw earlier was, so I just randomly came up with the name "Beautiful Island".
Old Fu's lips twitched when he heard this, but he didn't object.
Anyway, a name is just a name.
They call it Pretty Island, but other fishermen might call it something else.
but.
Like on Life Island, the sea conditions here are complex, and fishing boats rarely come here.
That is, them.
They can sail freely at sea as if oil were free.
Old Fu also felt that his current skills were already ridiculously good.
Seeing Wu An set sail, he asked, "Are you going to collect the nets already?"
Wu An said, "Take it."
"Let's rest after we're done collecting."
"If we get things done quickly, we can go to Cliff Island and have a drink with the Fan brothers."
soon.
The fishing boat started.
Old Fu was worried, so he came over to check on things while smoking a cigarette.
It's not far away.
Moreover, the sea conditions here were not as complicated as they had been on the coral reef, and Wu An was able to navigate the boat smoothly to the vicinity of the fishing net float.
Stop the boat.
Looking back, he saw Mei Wu and A Qing eating fruit, so he didn't urge them to get back to work.
We're all exhausted.
We set off early yesterday morning, setting up traps, casting nets, longline fishing, and gillnets. After dinner, we started retrieving the longline fishing. We didn't rest much while traveling, as we were busy baiting the longline fishing.
With such intense workload, if it weren't for the high pay, everyone would have given up long ago.
I lit a cigarette for Old Fu.
Seeing the calendar ornament next to him, Wu An casually said, "Old Fu, the festival is coming soon."
Old Fu was taken aback, then suddenly realized and said, "Yes."
"Before we knew it, it was already the end of September."
"The Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day fall together this year, right?"
Wu An nodded and asked, "What are your plans..."
Actually, the question is about the exit.
He began to regret it.
There's not much to say about National Day. Mid-Autumn Festival is a time for family reunion, but for Old Fu, who is a recipient of the Five Guarantees (a government welfare program for the elderly, disabled, and orphans), such a day might not be so friendly.
Old Fu chuckled: "How can we get by?"
"Every year is the same."
"The village organizes activities, and it's quite lively."
Wu An suddenly realized.
yes.
Although they are recipients of the Five Guarantees, they are not as helpless as they would be in the city. In the village, no matter what the relationship is, they are still family, and even if the bones are broken, they are still connected.
Old Fu also has sons and nephews in the village.
Not to mention, the village is still very humane.
On this point.
Wu An, on the contrary, has more authority to speak.
Why.
In his previous life, after leaving his hometown, he struggled in the city, witnessing the coldness of human relationships and the fickleness of the world, especially during holidays.
He would stay in his rented room playing on his phone all day, not even wanting to leave the room.
Even when going out.
There was no one to look for, and nowhere to go.
Wu An smiled and said, "That's good. I haven't had a proper holiday in many years."
Old Fu squinted and stared at Wu An.
He's a bit strange.
Despite his young age, Wu An's eyes revealed a sense of vicissitude that even he found hard to believe.
He casually remarked, "If we're not going out to sea, we can make a proper preparation."
Wu An nodded: "Yes, I will."
The two chatted casually when Aqing came over and asked, "Brother, wanna set up the net?"
Wu An glanced at the time.
It was almost 3 p.m.
"Get up."
Wu An got up and used a hook to pull the float up. With the help of the winch, it was very easy. Old Fu still couldn't help but remind him to be careful and try not to mess up the net.
As the water emerged from the net, Wu An, standing beside him, could feel that the winch was clearly struggling much more, and the sound it made was completely different from the beginning.
Old Fu and Mei Wu were still in charge of untangling and cleaning the nets. The father and son were working together more and more smoothly. Wu An and A Qing were responsible for operating the winch and observing, while the other was responsible for collecting the fish.
When the fish were pulled from the water, everyone was stunned.
What was pulled up from the net were not fish, but small green dragons.
The little green dragon is menacing, and although it doesn't have two fierce pincers like a lobster, its spines are still very dangerous.
If you are accidentally pricked, not only will it hurt, but you may also face the risk of infection.
Aqing was stunned: "Brother, this... I can't handle this by myself."
He reached out his hand.
As a result, the little green dragon sensed the danger. Already entangled in the net, it struggled and thrashed even more violently, breaking off its long whiskers.
Ah Qing felt so sorry for the little dragon that she cried out, "My goodness, don't move!"
"Don't struggle too much."
"You don't feel pain if I break your whiskers, but I do."
"You were originally quite valuable, can you please stop demeaning yourself like this?"
Wu An was also helpless.
After thinking for a moment, he said, "Let's pull this net up first."
"I don't want the internet anymore."
"I remember there were several pairs of scissors on the boat, which were used to cut the net open and get the baby dragon out."
Old Fu felt a pang of heartache: "There are so many nets, we can't just cut them all off, can we?"
Wu An laughed: "If every net's harvest needs to be cut, then we'll cut them all."
"A few little green dragons can buy a sticky net."
Aqing also shouted, "Brother is right, you can't catch a wolf without risking your cub."
Mei Wu said, "Then we don't need to untangle the net. The four of us can work together. Look, a few more little green dragon whiskers have fallen off. If we untangle the net sooner, we might be able to save their whiskers."
Old Fu was just habitually worried about the sticky nets, always thinking that one set of sticky nets could last a year. He smiled and said, "I'll listen to you."
He has no choice but to agree.
We are indeed too busy.
Even ordinary sea fish are difficult to clean, let alone these small, menacing green dragons. If they were to handle them with utmost care, it might take the four of them a whole day to finish.
The first net pulled up mostly contained small lobsters, along with some common shrimp and crabs.
Aqing and Meiwu worked together.
The scissors cut the net open, and the little green dragon was thrown onto the deck. Then, they went to catch it. This wasn't the first time Aqing had done it, and her movements were skillful, fast, accurate, and ruthless. Meiwu was slightly less skilled.
But he is a diligent learner and learns quickly.
Practice makes perfect.
The second, the third... the nets that were pulled up later were mostly filled with small green lobsters. Old Fu said that the seabed should be a lobster nest.
What amazed Old Fu was that the seabed conditions in a typical lobster nest are very complex, and getting caught in a net is almost inevitable. But after pulling up nearly ten nets, not a single one got caught.
There was a big hole in the net, but even so, because it was used to hang small green dragons, the whole net, though tattered, was still pulled up without any of the small green dragons falling off.
Ah Qing cried out, "I feel like I'm surrounded by these little green dragons!"
"Don't come any closer!"
A quick glance.
That's right.
The entire deck was covered with little green dragons.
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