"Dongzi, I didn't expect there would be jellyfish so close."
"We haven't driven far yet. There are so many jellyfish here."
Because it is close, the landing and fishing time of jellyfish is guaranteed, which also facilitates the subsequent timely processing of jellyfish. No wonder it is easy to catch jellyfish with small wooden boats.
Ye Yaodong also said happily: "So they can also fish with their small wooden boats. Let's use hand nets to fish and divide them up directly after catching them. This will save us from having to drag a bunch of nets up and then dragging them up one by one when we get to the shore. It's too much effort."
The three of them immediately took action, one drove the boat and the other two went to get the hand net.
They had no experience and did not have a few extra hand nets on the boat. There were only two in total, one with a long handle and one with a short handle, just enough for one person.
But when the fishing boat approached, all the surrounding jellyfish sank into the sea and escaped.
When Ye Yaodong shone his flashlight on it, he was suddenly dumbfounded, "It sank so fast?"
The two brothers holding the hand net were also confused. "This is not a trawl net. It sinks and you can't even see it. How can we fish it out?"
"Is it because the diesel engine is too loud? Are you scared?"
He looked at the small boat that had just passed by not far away and stopped. An old fisherman on the boat quickly caught a jellyfish with a hand net and was struggling to drag the net towards the edge of the boat.
"Turn off the engine first and see."
They shouted to Ye Yaosheng who was driving the boat, and the sound of the diesel engine disappeared instantly, and the boat swayed on the sea due to inertia.
The ears suddenly became quiet, and the fishing boat slowly floated forward. After a while, they found a jellyfish emerging from the side of the boat.
Ye Yaodong quickly took their hand-held net and headed for the jellyfish that had just surfaced nearby.
But maybe it was because he was too far away, the jellyfish was not caught and started to run away. Ye Yaodong hurriedly continued to cast the net towards the front of the jellyfish. Fortunately, the handle was long enough and he caught it this time.
A jellyfish weighing forty or fifty kilograms is considered a large jellyfish. It is very difficult to catch it and pull it towards the boat.
Because there were not only jellyfish in there, but also seawater that was brought in. They were not as big as the more than ten kilograms he caught a few days ago, so it was very easy.
For fear that the fishing net would break, he slowed down and let as much sea water as possible flow out to reduce the weight.
My cousin standing by saw another light blue fish floating up to the edge of the fishing boat. He quickly lowered his hand net to catch it, and then fished it out with great effort.
Fortunately, the edges of their hand-held nets were welded with thick iron, so they were quite sturdy, but they were worried that the nets would be torn.
The other two people on the boat also came over to help pull. They hooked onto the edge of the iron ring and worked together to lift the hand net up.
Two huge jellyfish were poured out of the hand net one after another and landed on the deck.
Ye Yaodong wiped the sweat off his face and said, "This is all physically demanding work. It's hard to pull such a big guy by yourself."
"Do we want to sail the boat again? Or just let it drift?" Ye Yaosheng asked.
"Drive a little further ahead and see if the lights are shining. We can stop in advance. There don't seem to be many fish here. They all sank just now and are hard to retrieve."
Ye Yaosheng obediently went to drive the boat, while his eldest cousin and second cousin went to deal with the two jellyfish that had just been caught, while Ye Yaodong took a flashlight and shone it on the sea.
There weren't many fishing boats around, only three or four small wooden boats scattered around. It might be because it was still early, or maybe they were sailing fast.
Jellyfish have the characteristic of floating in the morning and evening.
After a while, he took pictures of some umbrella-shaped transparent objects floating not far ahead, so he stopped the boat in advance and let the boat drift over with the wind to salvage the objects.
The four of them cooperated in this way, working in pairs, and slaughtered and cut up the fish as soon as they caught them.
Sometimes time passes very quickly when you are busy. As the sky gradually brightens, more and more jellyfish are caught on the boat. It is too late for one person to handle them all. Two people are needed to handle them and catch them.
They just let the boats drift with the waves, and didn't care as long as they didn't hit any reefs. There were quite a few boats floating on the sea.
Just when everyone was too busy to figure out the direction, Ye Yaodong noticed that there seemed to be two large ships very close to each other in the distance, and their ship was drifting in that direction.
"Dongzi, should we hide away?"
The two brothers who were processing jellyfish nearby immediately looked up and took a curious look.
"The two boats over there know each other, right? Otherwise, why are they so close to each other?"
"Not necessarily. It's possible that the big ships bully the small ones, or the majority bully the minority. We seem to have drifted quite far and there are no small wooden boats to be seen. There were quite a lot of small wooden boats at the beginning."
Ye Yaodong agreed without hesitation, "Let's move aside and avoid them. After all, we are unfamiliar with the place, and who knows if it is safe? Less trouble is worse than more trouble. Anyway, it won't go wrong to keep a distance from other boats."
"Yeah, that's what I thought. I'll drive to the side and let's stay away from it."
The sea was very wide. Even though they moved to the side, they could still see traces of the two boats in the distance. They did not deviate too far. When they saw jellyfish floating on the water, they stopped and continued to catch jellyfish, but they would occasionally look into the distance to see the situation.
Not long after, Ye Yaodong saw that the two boats had separated.
There was a boat coming towards them at a constant speed. Even from a distance, Ye Yaodong could still see their happy smiles and the fishing nets working at the stern.
It seemed normal. Since the other party's ship didn't come over, they didn't think much about it and just focused on scooping up their own goods.
But after a while, another boat also floated towards them with the wind. Don't ask them how they knew it, because they could see it.
The boat was hit by the sea water and drifted along with the wind and the current, so it was not moving fast enough. However, Ye Yaodong still did not care. After all, they had let the boat drift for a while before, so they would fish anything they saw and then sail away after that.
Who knew that after about ten minutes, when they had almost caught all the jellyfish around and were about to set sail, they saw someone lying on the boat in the distance, waving a red flag at them.
From a distance, most of his upper body was sticking out over the edge of the boat, giving them the impression that he looked very anxious.
Ye Yaosheng was originally preparing to sail away from this location, but when he saw this, he quickly looked at Ye Yaodong, "Dongzi?"
"I saw it. It seems like someone is calling for help over there. Since they are waving a flag for help, let's go over and take a look."
"Did the two ships collide just now?"
"It's possible. After all, the two boats were next to each other just now. One boat happily left, but this one could only float along with the wind."
The other two brothers stopped dealing with the jellyfish and stood up, leaning against the edge of the boat and looking over there.
The fishing boat was getting closer and closer, and they could see a man lying on the edge of the boat, waving a flag weakly.
"It's that young man from yesterday!"
Ye Yaodong was surprised. Wasn't that the young man on the boat they met yesterday when they were approaching the village? He was quite proud that his family had a big boat.
The young man on the boat almost cried for joy when he saw them. He waved the flag more vigorously and straightened his body.
When the boat got closer, Ye Yaodong could clearly see four or five people sitting crookedly on the boat.
"Help! Fortunately your boat is nearby and not far away." The young man communicated with them in broken Mandarin.
Ye Yaodong asked doubtfully: "Did you have a conflict with the people on that boat just now?"
Otherwise, it cannot explain their current situation.
And just when he approached, he felt as if something was wrong? Only now did he remember that there were no jellyfish on their boat. Was it robbed
Is the sea so unstable here
There were four of them and they were all beaten
"That bunch of bastards are from the neighboring Dayuan Village. They have always had conflicts with our village and have had many fights in the past. It's our bad luck that we ran into them today. We will settle the score with them when we get back."
"Brother, can you help us pull the boat back? My father and my brothers were beaten, thrown into the water and stung by a bunch of jellyfish. We are in pain all over, hot and cold, and our stomachs hurt. The diesel engine has also been taken away, so we can't go back."
"Can I trouble you for a moment? If we delay for too long, someone could die. You know jellyfish are poisonous."
Ye Yaodong agreed immediately.
"Okay, we've been fishing for so long, so it's almost time to go back. I'll take you back with me."
As a newcomer, it is necessary for him to build good relationships with the people in the village, and since there are no conflicts, he cannot just stand by and watch them die.
Since I came out at night, it’s almost time to take them back and sell them, otherwise they will shrink again if they are left unprocessed for too long.
By the way, I can lend a hand and make some good friends, so that it will be more convenient for me to live in the village in the future.
And I learned yesterday that they have many brothers and it's a big family. Most of the people in this village have the same surname as them. Saving them will also be beneficial to him, so why not do it.
The young man breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that, and other people on the boat also expressed their gratitude in their local dialect or in broken Mandarin.
"Thank you very much. My name is Lv Hongwei. If you have any inconvenience or need anything in the village, just come to our house and find us."
"Okay, let's talk about this after we get back. Let's first use the rope to tie the two boats together."
"Thank you. We are so lucky to meet you today. Otherwise, we would have no idea how long we would have drifted in the sea before we encountered a big ship."
"We also saw your two boats next to each other in front of us, but we don't know what's going on. After all, we are from other places, so we don't dare to go over."
Lu Hongwei was so angry that his eyes widened and he cursed several times, "Just now, a group of jellyfish floated on the water from somewhere. We thought it was too slow to scoop them up one by one with a hand net, so we planned to just put down the fishing net and drag them back in one go. Who knew that this group of people would rush over and attack us. Damn, our fishing net sank directly and we were caught off guard. I'm so angry."