The crew temporarily placed the coconuts on the beach of the island. Everyone had just arrived on the island and was in high spirits. No one would rush to get on board unless Xiang Yang told them to do so.
Seeing that everyone was in high spirits, Xiang Yang felt speechless. He thought that these people were really making a fuss out of nothing. It was just a deserted island, and how could they be reluctant to leave after graduation
But Xiang Yang said nothing. He was meticulous when working, but when the crew wanted to play or make noise after work, he would try his best to accommodate his crew members.
Xiang Yang walked around the beach at the edge of the island, searching bit by bit, trying to catch a few crabs to take back.
Originally, Chen Qingsheng wanted to follow Xiang Yang, but was rejected by Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang didn't do any physical work on the boat, but Chen Qingsheng participated in all the hard work. The work on the deck was really physically demanding. In addition, when they arrived on the island, Chen Qingsheng spontaneously climbed up a coconut tree to pick coconuts. Xiang Yang felt it necessary to let him rest on the island to recover his strength.
Xia Pengjie followed behind Xiang Yang. He watched Xiang Yang lower his head to look for crabs, and at the same time he looked at the huge red sun slowly descending over the sea and said, "Brother Yang, the sunset over the sea is really spectacular. It would be great if we could live on this island permanently one day."
Xiang Yang raised his head and smiled. "Everything seems beautiful when you see it for the first time, but it becomes just that beautiful after you see it many times. Believe me, you will definitely not like living on the island."
Living on an island is not only inconvenient for transportation and difficult for shopping, but the daily high and low tides alone can make people feel uncomfortable.
Speaking of high tide and low tide, Xiang Yang suddenly remembered something. It was evening now, and the tide should be about to ebb under the pull of the moon.
He hurried towards the beach, where there were the most crabs and stranded fish at this time.
Sure enough, not long after walking, Xiang Yang saw a palm-sized blue crab on the beach. The meat of this kind of crab was very plump. He hurried over and caught the blue crab.
"What a good thing." Xia Pengjie's eyes lit up. "I ate crabs this big when I traveled to Dongting Lake last year."
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "Do you like crabs?"
Xia Pengjie nodded immediately, then shook his head, "Are crabs this big really expensive? I bought one over at Dongting Lake for over a hundred yuan, so you should keep it and sell it for money, senior."
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "The cooking fee has already been added. In fact, the hairy crabs there are far less expensive. Farmed hairy crabs weighing 30 to 40 taels are only about 70 to 80 yuan per catty."
"What?" Xia Pengjie glared, "He didn't add any seasoning, just boiled it with plain water and he charged dozens of yuan for the cooking fee?"
Xiang Yang said, "If you go to a barber shop to get a haircut, and the barber charges you several dozen yuan for labor instead of a few cents for electricity, what do you say?"
"These blue crabs are all wild. If you like to eat them, catch them yourself. Pick the bigger ones. We will cook some coconut crabs later. They will taste great." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
"Yeah, okay. I'll go back and call for help." Xia Pengjie ran towards the island reef behind him.
Xiang Yang smiled, and walked towards the island reef holding the crab. Blue crabs generally like to hide in the cracks of rocks. He wanted to go back to the boat to get a spear gun to pry the rocks, and bring the net bag over by the way.
These new crew members were extremely efficient at work. When Xiang Yang returned from the boat, they had already caught more than ten large crabs, including blue crabs, tiger crabs, and horse-faced crabs.
Tang Bao was lucky. He caught a swimming crab weighing more than 150 grams. He handed it to Xiang Yang like a treasure and said, "Brother Yang, this swimming crab is big. I won't cook it. I'll keep it and sell it for money."
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "I told you that I'm giving you some free time, so all the spoils you catch are yours. No matter how big the crabs are, we'll all cook them today."
"Then this one is for you, Brother Yang."
"You're thoughtful." Xiang Yang smiled, "But one is not enough for me. Let's catch more before it gets dark."
Tang Bao nodded quickly and ran towards the beach again.
Xiang Yang also started catching crabs himself.
Soon, it got dark.
Xiang Yang lifted his net bag with satisfaction. The weight was about three kilograms. If he was the only one eating, this amount would definitely be more than enough.
"Let's go, let's go back quickly, have supper tonight and go to bed early, we may have to go out to sea tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
Everyone immediately carried their spoils back to the boat with Xiang Yang.
"Captain, are we going back to Yanlong Village directly?" Su Shiming asked in the cab. He asked this because Xiang Yang said that he would reward the ten most diligent people among them with half an hour of free diving time.
Xiang Yang said, "I was originally planning to take you diving before returning, but you asked to go to the island to play. Now it's completely dark, so we won't go diving. Let's wait for next time."
There are many more variables in diving at night than during the day, and many ferocious marine predators also come out to hunt at night. From a safety perspective, the crew naturally would not reject Xiang Yang's proposal.
Soon, the fishing boat set sail again, and this time it was truly on its return journey, heading straight towards Yanlong Village.
Everyone was busy on the boat. Xiang Yang asked a few people who knew some cooking skills to process the crabs, and those who didn't know how to cook helped out. They asked everyone to process all the crabs before the fishing boat docked, so that they could eat the crabs directly when the fishing boat docked.
At the same time, Xiang Yang took advantage of the time when the fishing boat passed by an area with better signal to call Li Chao.
"Hey, Brother Xiang, what good news do you have for your brother Chao?" Li Chao said with a smile on the other end of the phone.
"It's a good thing." Xiang Yang said with a smile: "Brother Chao, have you heard of the Red Mint Fairy?"
"Are you talking about the Gentleman Fairyfish?" Li Chao on the other end of the phone asked in surprise, "This fish is extremely difficult to catch. Did you catch one, Brother Xiang?"
"Lucky." Xiang Yang said with a smile, "I don't know if you like this fish, or if you can help me find a better buyer. You know my current financial situation best, and I'm relying on these catches to pay off my debts."
"Tsk tsk." Li Chao laughed and said, "You really made the right call. I don't raise fairy fish, but I'm going to attend a gathering of fish lovers tonight. Come over now. I'll be waiting for you in Longcheng City."
"Fish playing in circles?" Xiang Yang asked puzzledly.
"Why do you think those rare ornamental fish are so expensive? They are all driven up by people in these small circles." Li Chao said, "Call me when you arrive in Longcheng and I will send a driver to pick you up."