Ye Yaodong was also happy and relaxed. He trusted his father to drive the boat anyway, and it was daylight so there would be no problem with visibility. They could take turns driving, and each person wouldn't get tired after driving for a while.
After handing the boat over to his father, he went to chat with their two cousins and one cousin.
After his rebirth, he had been helping his family with work, and later went out to sea to make money. He was not very familiar with his cousins. Everyone had their own friends, and there was an age gap, so they seldom interacted with each other. At most, they would occasionally say hello when they met on the road. Now, they can chat all the way.
"Dongzi, you're really hardworking. You even ran so far to deliver the goods."
"Yes, have you confirmed that someone wants it?"
Ye Yaosheng was concerned about another matter. "I heard from my third uncle that if we encounter the jellyfish season at the border of Fujian and Zhejiang, we will have to stay there for a while."
The eldest cousin and the second cousin also looked over with concern.
Ye Yaodong said affirmatively: "Yes, if we stay there for a month or so, it should be okay for you, right?"
Since his father had called someone, he must have told him about it in advance, and he was just asking casually.
The three of them nodded in unison.
"It just so happens that I have no work to do recently. After the typhoon, many ships were damaged and needed maintenance."
"The money given for port handling is a bit low."
Ye Yaodong nodded, "We'll sell all the goods on the boat when we get there. If we can catch the flood season, we'll fish there for a while. If not, we'll have to come back directly."
He leaned his hands on the edge of the boat, looking at the ripples on the sea reflecting the green mountains in the distance. The morning sea breeze was still very cool, without a trace of heat.
He touched his stomach and felt a little hungry. When he got up in the middle of the night, his wife cooked him a bowl of longevity noodles with two eggs on top. It had been four or five hours now.
He casually rummaged through the cloth bag he was carrying, and suddenly felt a lot of eggs. He opened the bag, put the cans and noodles and cakes aside, and then he saw a pile of white, round eggs.
He counted them silently and found there were ten, which was quite a lot. He thought he had only cooked two or three.
He took out five, ready to give one to each of them, as his father was sailing so they could eat later. Unexpectedly, they refused and took out their own eggs.
"We all have."
Ye Yaodong put it away with understanding. When going out, there was nothing convenient to take with you to eat, so boiling a few eggs was a common thing. What's more, there was a saying in their local area called "peace eggs."
Everyone spontaneously placed the eggs on the edge of the boat and knocked them. When they looked down, they saw a group of silvery-white fish swimming under the water not far away.
"What fish? It looks a little small, maybe not even as long as my little finger, very thin."
"Silverfish?"
"It looks like it."
"What a pity. The boat is full of cargo. There is no space to cast the nets. We can't use them."
"I couldn't catch any fish. Fortunately, it was a silver fish. If it was a yellow croaker, I would have been beating my chest and stamping my feet."
"Don't!" Ye Yaodong hurriedly stopped Ye Yaosheng from continuing, "Don't say anything, otherwise everyone will be upset."
Ye Yaosheng smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? If there really is a yellow croaker, I will jump in and catch it myself... catch... fuck... yellow... small yellow croaker..."
Before he could finish his words, as the boat passed by quickly, he saw a group of yellow fish following the school of silverfish. He thought they were really yellow croakers and was so scared that the eggs in his hand fell directly into the sea.
After identifying it as a small yellow croaker, he breathed a sigh of relief. He was really just saying it casually...
When others saw the yellow color, they thought it was yellow croaker and were also surprised. Later they realized that yellow croaker is not golden in color during the day.
"Small yellow croaker, I thought it was a big yellow croaker."
"Me too."
Ye Yaodong thought it was a hit at first, and felt a little disappointed after realizing it wasn't the case.
It would be great if it really is a yellow croaker. If we can’t catch them all in one net, just catching a few will be fine!
The fishing boat was moving fast and the fish were also moving. After a while, the two groups of fish passed by directly. He wanted to use a hand net to catch a few, but it was too late.
If it was a big yellow croaker, he would ask his father to stop the boat and turn around to chase it, but if it was a small yellow croaker, forget it.
Ye Yaodong laughed and took out an egg from the bag and handed it to Ye Yaosheng, "You scared me. I thought you had a lucky charm. I lost an egg for nothing."
This time, Ye Yaosheng did not refuse. He took his egg and peeled it again, saying with a smile: "I thought I had to go into the water, what a pity. If it was really a yellow croaker, it would be great. Just catch it casually and you would make a fortune this trip."
Ye Yaodong shrugged. "Forget it. I can't use it. The best I can do is use a hand net. I can't catch many fishes even if I swim so fast. I'd better pray that I can sell all the goods this time and catch the jellyfish season."
"Too."
After this episode, everyone became more familiar with each other, and when they talked about things at sea afterwards, it didn't feel dry anymore.
Ye Yaodong also peeled two eggs and handed them to his father to fill his stomach, and asked him where he had been.
Father Ye took two bites and almost choked to death. After drinking a pot of tea, he said, "It may take more than seven or eight hours, maybe ten hours. We have to sail until 12 o'clock to dock. I underestimated the distance and overestimated the speed of the boat. The wind direction is also a bit wrong right now."
"It has to be 12 o'clock? That can't be helped. As long as we don't get lost, it'll be fine."
After thinking about it, sea transportation has always been slower than land transportation, which is understandable.
Fortunately, there is a sunshade on the roof, which can provide some shade when the sun is right in the middle of the sky at noon.
Father Ye said affirmatively: "The direction is fine."
"Then drive slowly."
Ye Yaodong looked at the endless sea and twisted his neck and waist out of boredom. The boat was going too fast, otherwise he could have gone fishing to kill time, but now it was important to hurry on.
With nothing to do, he walked around on the boat. His special machine was always wrapped up tightly when not in use, so no one could tell what was inside and they would not rummage through it.
Walking into the cabin, he casually picked up the bag of jellyfish blood, saw two hand-scoop nets in the corner, thought for a moment, then put down the jellyfish blood, took out the hand-scoop nets, and carried them on his shoulders.
What if we encounter a school of fish again later
At least keep it in hand as a backup. If you see it, you might be able to grab two with your quick eyes and hands.
Chen Jianian saw him take out two hand nets and teased him, "Are you planning to be ready to catch yellow croaker at any time?"
"It's better to be prepared. What if what Brother Sheng said is true? I will be left with nothing. I will regret it."
Ye Yaosheng laughed, "Then we have to ask Mazu for help."
Ye Yaodong leaned his hand net against the side of the boat and leaned his back against it. He said with some regret: "If I had known it would take so long, I would have brought a watermelon. It feels hot as soon as the sun rises."
"It's okay. The sea breeze is quite comfortable. Didn't they say we'll arrive before noon? So it won't be too hot." said the eldest cousin.
"It would be more comfortable if there was watermelon to eat. My dad said it might not arrive until 12 o'clock."
"That won't be long. Today the weather is good, and the sea is calm and it's good for sailing."
"Um."
We've been driving for so long anyway, an extra hour or two won't make a difference.
Everyone was bored and leaning against the side of the boat, enjoying the breeze and chatting, talking about all kinds of interesting or strange things that happened at sea.
"When we were sailing at night, there was a light bulb hanging on the boat, which attracted a group of fish to jump onto the boat. Some of them jumped onto the edge of the boat and fell into the boat, while others fell directly back into the sea, causing everyone to rush to catch them in a hurry."
"You are lucky. We once encountered a bluefin tuna weighing several hundred kilograms. A boatmate leaned against the side of the boat and was attacked by the bluefin tuna. The tail of the fish hit him hard on the back of the head, and then the fish went back into the sea and escaped."
"Really? What happened to that person later?"
Everyone turned around at the same time and no longer leaned against the side of the ship. If the space on the ship was not limited, with only a small path in the middle and a narrow road on the side of the ship, they would have stepped back a few steps.
Bluefin tuna weighing hundreds of kilograms are no joke. What if they get hit on the head and become disabled
"After the slap, he fell forward. Luckily, someone helped him up. Then he became dizzy and kept vomiting. He was later taken to the hospital for examination and they said he had a concussion."
"That was really an unprovoked disaster."
"Who says it's not true? You can encounter anything on the sea. For example, when I was sailing before, I encountered a fishing boat. There was no one on it, and I didn't hear the sound of the engine. It was just drifting on the sea for no reason, but I heard some strange noises. Fortunately, we fishermen are very brave, but we were still scared and quickly burned some yellow paper."
Ye Yaodong also shuddered when he heard this. He had encountered this before. He quickly drove away from the boat and did not dare to get close.
This kind of ship is very evil and it is not a good thing to encounter it.
He quickly stopped everyone from talking about this, "Don't say that, don't talk about such unlucky things. We are still at sea, and it will take several more hours. Talk about good luck."
"Yes, yes, yes, don't talk about these weird things. When we go out, we have to say something good," Chen Jianian also said hurriedly. Businessmen also believe in luck.
Everyone quickly changed the subject, and when they saw fish jumping out of the water from time to time, they couldn't help but say, "It would be great if a big fish could jump directly onto our boat."
"Do you think all big fish are as stupid as Silly?"
"Not always… "
Ye Yaodong felt itchy as he looked at the water, so he took the scoop net and put it into the water. As the boat moved forward, the scoop net kept paddling the sea water, causing quite a bit of resistance.
He scraped it for a while and then pulled it up. There were only a few small shrimps in it. He picked up a still fresh white shrimp and put it in his mouth, and shared the rest with others.
Then continue to put it down, repeating it back and forth several times.
If you have nothing to do, just do some fun and kill time.
But he didn't expect that he originally just wanted to fish for fun, but while playing, he suddenly saw a red figure looming under the water, covered by his hand-scooped net.
Not only did he see it, but others saw it as well, and everyone was a little surprised.
“There are fish!”
“There are fish!”
"Dongzi, there are fish!"
"What's that red fish? Pick it up and take a look!"
Ye Yaodong was also surprised and scooped up the fish with his hand net, "Real sea bream!"
"Grilled fish!" everyone said in unison.
Chen Jianian said happily: "This fish is auspicious. It can wash away the unlucky words just said. Let us have a smooth journey."
"This fish is good, it brings good luck and fortune."
Everyone was very happy to see that it was a red sea bream.