They planned to cast a few nets in the surrounding waters in the morning to see if they could be as lucky as they were yesterday and then go to the isolated island to fish when the tide was about to go out in the afternoon.
They didn't plan to go out to sea too far away, as they were not going to do proper trawling. Proper trawling would start at one or two in the morning, or at two or three at the latest.
It takes more than an hour to reach the destination sea area, and more than an hour to cast a net.
If you go too far, you won’t be able to pull up many nets in a day, and you’ll just be wasting diesel for the round trip.
They just wanted to see if they could get lucky like they did yesterday. If not, they would just go to the isolated island to fish. There were so many people, and if everyone fished a little, it wouldn't be too much of a loss.
The boat sailed away from the shore. Today, Ye Yaodong no longer felt fearful. He looked extremely relaxed. When he reached the center of the sea, he shouted directly to the sea, "Sea, I, Ye Yaodong, am back again!"
"Hahaha, Dongzi is too excited, right?"
"I'm excited too, Dahai. I, Pei Guang, am back too. Please send me more seafood!"
"Oh my god, you'd better not say your name. The Sea God will definitely not send us seafood if he hears it!"
"roll!"
"Hey, stop talking nonsense and cast the net quickly. I don't know how to do it!" the fat man urged excitedly.
"Don't be in a hurry. This is a shallow sea area. It's too close to the shore and there isn't much cargo. Let's drive out a bit first." A Guang said experiencedly.
His father is a ship driver, and his aunt also has a small boat. In the past few years, his cousins were too young, so his aunt would ask him to go out to sea to help. He is very familiar with these things.
Ye Yaodong was also very familiar with it, but he just couldn't show it for the time being. He smiled and said, "It all depends on how lucky we are today. If we have a big shipment, we can happily share the money. If not, we can still get some snacks to eat."
"Just don't let me make this trip in vain!"
"If we can't catch anything with the trawling net, we can definitely fish for something on the reefs, so we won't return empty-handed. In our village, those without boats can't come to the island, and those with boats have gone trawling. Who would waste time sailing out to fish? It's a waste of resources. There must be a lot of shellfish on the reefs of the island."
People in the village who have boats wish that the sea would be calm every day so that they can go out to sea to cast nets and make money.
A Guang still drove the boat to a place not far from the isolated island. Having caught so many mackerel in this area yesterday, he also had some fantasies, hoping that there would be some big catches here again.
"Haha, let's do it here! Let's get to work~"
"I'll come, I'll come..."
"I'll come, I'll come..."
Everyone was eager to help cast the net...
As the boat sailed, the fishing net was also sunk to the bottom of the sea by the weight. The fat man couldn't wait to ask: "How long will it take before we can pull up the net?"
He is the only outsider here, but the others know something more or less.
"Wait an hour. I'll walk around a few more times to see if I can catch more fish."
"Let me drive the boat and let me try." Ye Yaodong said excitedly.
Ah Guang looked at him suspiciously, "Can you do it?"
"How can a man say no? You are looking down on me."
Ah Zheng said with a grin, "Haha, Dongzi already has two sons. You don't have as many as he does, so you're definitely not as good as him!"
"Two sons is amazing?"
"It's better than you not being able to get a wife!"
"Grass!"
Hit again, A Guang looked depressed.
In this era, people in the countryside valued having sons to carry on the family line, and having two sons was truly remarkable...
Moreover, now if the first child is a son, the second child is not allowed. Unless the first child is a daughter, the second child is allowed only after five years.
Unless you give birth secretly, you will still be fined when registering your child.
With so many people around, joking was inevitable. Everyone waited on the boat for a long time with laughter. Seeing that the time was about right, Ye Yaodong asked A Guang to cast the net.
As he expected, the internet did not explode. After all, large quantities of goods are not available every day, so one has to take a chance.
This net only caught some mantis shrimps, swimming crabs, stone crabs, shrimps, and miscellaneous fish, less than a few pounds of stuff, and everyone was a little disappointed.
Ye Yaodong comforted him by saying, "The sea here is too close to the shore, so it's normal that there aren't many fish. You can just catch some and bring them back to eat."
The fat man said unwillingly: "Then let's drive a little further out?"
"That's fine. It's almost time for the tide to recede before we drag the net again. Let's sail out a little further out to sea, make a circle, and then come back to haul the net again."
The machines on the ship made heavy rattling noises, and several people were sitting on the deck, looking rather bored.
A Wei said in boredom: "I should have brought a deck of cards with me to play with."
"All you do is play cards every day. Aren't you tired of it? And can you continue playing under such a scorching sun?" Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes.
"Well, it's better than just sitting here in the sun!"
"It's better to bring a pot than a card. After we get off the boat, we can cook and eat right away."
Ah Zheng's eyes lit up, "That makes sense. I should have brought a pot earlier."
It’s a pity that gas tanks are not yet popular. Otherwise, we could put a small gas tank on the boat and eat the freshly caught fish, which would be so delicious.
"I didn't think about it earlier. It's too late now. I'll talk about it next time."
They waited boredly for more than an hour. No one had any sense of direction on the sea. It was not until they raised the net again that they realized they had turned back.
There are still no big goods on this network, it’s still the same stuff, just in larger quantities.
"It's still just this little bit! I can't even make back the shipping fee."
"Hey, I followed you out with such a thick face, but why don't I have any luck today?" said the fat man with a look of regret.
"That's normal! If there's a lot of cargo in this shallow sea, who would go out there? Don't they want to pay for gas?"
Ye Yaodong and his friends were quite satisfied with catching so many mackerel yesterday. They didn’t expect to encounter them again today. They just wanted to try their luck again.
If you have it, that’s the best, but if you don’t, it doesn’t matter either. At least you can earn a living and make some money.
"Okay, if there's no stock, then there's no stock. That's normal. The tide has already started to recede. I'll just go to shore."
The boat was docked on the reef, and everyone jumped in like dumplings, carrying their tools and buckets, and helped to tie the boat to the reef.
"Fuck, this reef is packed with stuff, so many!"
"Dongzi is right. There are quite a lot of things on the reefs of this isolated island."
Ye Yaodong smiled, "Of course. The reef outside our dock is visited by people every few days. How many things can there be? This is an isolated island and no one has ever been here. Isn't it overgrown?"
Everywhere he looked, he saw dense masses of sea cucumbers and clams, each of which was huge, as well as numerous young clams and various types of snails attached to the rocks.
"Damn, this area is full of cow eyes!"
“I have a lot of Buddha’s hands here…”
"Grass, wild abalone..."