Old Fu watched for a while, his eyes filled with envy. Taking advantage of Wu An finishing one and going to grab the next sea turtle, he quickly said, "Can I try?"
Wu An nodded and handed him the net and tools.
Old Fu caught a sea turtle, picked up his tools, and got to work.
Working.
He felt his numb old heart start beating again.
He felt as if he had returned to the time when he first went out to sea, everything was new and exciting, and he was full of energy no matter what he did.
Right now, he's getting more and more into it.
Wu An glanced at it a few times and found that Old Fu's technique was better than his own. He asked, "Old Fu, have you done this before?"
Old Fu smiled and said, "Having been at sea for so many years, I've encountered all sorts of things. I remember... when I was young, I often caught sea turtles in my nets while on board ships."
"At first I also helped clean up the sea turtles, but I was scolded by my elders, who said I was busy doing nothing."
"They said I was just being silly and told me to save my energy."
"From then on, even if I caught a sea turtle in the net, I would just throw it away."
"Doing this job now reminds me of that afternoon, of my lost youth."
Wu An's scalp tingled, and he glared: "You old man, you never expected this?"
"Huh? What?"
"It's nothing... I just meant I never expected that someone your age would be so sentimental," Wu An said casually. He had been bored lately and often surfed the internet. The fact that Wang Dachui, the representative of the loser, hadn't become popular yet meant that Wanwanguaiguai hadn't come out yet.
Old Fu was just expressing his personal feelings and accidentally stumbled upon a joke. Wu An thought about it and found it quite interesting.
Some of the overused and clichéd ideas from the previous life haven't become popular in the present.
Old Fu was a little embarrassed: "I'm just... prone to overthinking..."
"That's good, that's good." With nothing else to do, Wu An changed the subject and asked curiously, "Old Fu, you seem to be quite skilled at piloting boats, and you have the necessary licenses. So why are you doing odd jobs on the Chen family's trawler?"
Old Fu's face darkened, and he said sullenly, "I'm not a very sociable person. The Chen family doesn't like me, so they send me to do odd jobs."
Wu An suddenly realized: "We've run into each other a few times at sea before, and you seem to be quite kind-hearted."
“This morning my brother said he would signal for us to return to base by flags.”
Old Fu nodded: "Yes, you didn't listen. If you had listened to me, none of this would have happened..."
“The Chen family didn’t listen to me either, and as a result… they dragged one into the net and threw me into the sea too.”
"Damn it..."
He couldn't help but curse a couple of times, but seeing that Wu An was still listening, he reluctantly shut his mouth.
Wu Anxin thought that Old Fu's mouth was indeed a bit problematic. At such an old age, he was so bad at speaking, just like Wu Anxin was when he was young in his previous life.
Ah Qing interjected, "It's lucky the old man didn't listen to you. If he had, you would definitely be in the Dead Sea."
Old Fu was taken aback, then nodded and said, "That's true."
"This is fate," Wu An smiled, wiping the rain from his face, and said, "I wonder when this storm will stop."
"I've been staying here, and although I have food and drink and there's no danger, I can't get in touch with my family. I'm afraid they're worried sick about me."
Upon hearing this, Wu Ping was also extremely worried: "Yes, your sister-in-law must be incredibly anxious, sigh."
Aqing also had a bitter face. Her family must be worried about them, and they were also worried that their family was worrying too much about them.
Looking at the three of them with their worried expressions, Old Fu couldn't help but feel a pang of envy.
It's so nice to have someone who cares about you.
Unlike him.
He's dead, so what? I'm sorry to trouble my nephew to break the basin.
He rubbed his legs: "Just like the wind and rain, it comes quickly and goes quickly too."
"Don't worry, it won't last long."
"We'll definitely get home before dark."
Wu An asked, "Old Fu, what's the basis?"
Old Fu patted his leg: "Firstly, it's my experience; secondly, it's my old, cold legs."
You might not believe it if I told you.
"My legs are more useful than the weather forecast."
Wu An nodded: "You might not believe it even if I told you, but I believe what you say."
Aqing raised her hand: "I believe it too."
Wu Ping was a beat slower, but he nodded in agreement, feeling that it would be out of place not to agree.
Old Fu laughed heartily and said, "You bunch of hotheads are really something."
Wu An rubbed his hands together, revealing his true colors, and said with a smile, "Interesting, isn't it? If it's interesting, then you can work for me from now on."
He believed in first impressions.
Old Fu's previous kind reminders show that he is a good person with a kind heart.
He and Lao Fu had been through thick and thin together, and he thought the old man was a good person.
Putting everything else aside, there's no way anyone can outsmart him when it comes to boating skills.
He didn't think that Old Fu's inability to speak was a problem at all.
Therefore, he extended an olive branch at the opportune moment.
Old Fu was taken aback: "Huh?"
"Your boat isn't big, but it should be enough for all of you."
“Don’t let the size of my boat fool you, I’m actually short-staffed,” Wu An said, looking at him. “I’m serious.”
Old Fu frowned: "I'm still working on the Chen family's fishing boat..."
Wu An waved his hand: "That's alright."
"I'm also quite interested in the Chen family's trawlers, sooner or later..."
Old Fu: "Huh?"
Wu An coughed twice: "You and the Chen family probably haven't signed any formal contract, right? Just inform them formally when you get back."
Old Fu nodded.
In fact, he also planned to stop working on Chen's fishing boat after he returned.
Wu An hired him to work, and as long as the pay was right, he was quite willing to do so.
But looking around, he wondered if there could be enough work on such a small fishing boat.
Wu An continued, "Now is not the time to discuss these things in detail. We'll talk about it in detail when we get back."
Ah Qing called out, "Brother, let's have a good drink when we get back inside!"
Wu An smiled and said, "Of course I'll take it."
"Old Fu, how's your alcohol tolerance?"
Old Fu raised one finger.
Aqing asked, "One bottle's worth?"
Old Fu shook his head: "You can keep drinking."
"Depend on."
"Really?"
Wu Ping retorted, "Old Fu, don't brag. My brother can drink quite a lot too."
Wu An laughed and found Old Fu to be quite interesting. It was a bit illogical that such an interesting person would be a recipient of the Five Guarantees (a government welfare program for the elderly, disabled, and orphans).
He was curious about what setbacks he had encountered when he was young, but didn't ask any further questions.
Given their current relationship, they can't have that kind of deep conversation.
We chatted while tidying up the sea turtle, and time flew by.
Wu An threw the last sea turtle back into the sea, waved goodbye to them, and the sea turtles all darted into the sea and left.
Just as I was about to take a break, I heard Aqing shout, "Brother, the orcas are here again!"
Wu An raised his hand to shield his forehead, and after confirming that it was indeed a pod of killer whales, he said with a smile, "They're probably hungry again."
"Let's prepare some more shrimp and crabs to feed them."
Aqing and Wuping nodded. At this moment, neither of them felt sorry for the orcas, after all, these orcas were their "lifesavers".
Just as they were about to feed the shrimp and crabs they had taken out of the live fish tank, they saw many dark shadows floating on the sea.
Before we could even see what it was, the orcas, as if by prior arrangement, emerged from the seabed in unison, knocking the dark figure into the air.
Wu An stared wide-eyed, then couldn't help but curse, "Holy shit!"
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
Shouting and dodging, they watched as dark figures, accompanied by seawater, fell from the sky onto the deck.
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