Although Zhou Gensheng was complaining, he had a smile on his face when he said this, and he was obviously in a very good mood. With thousands of kilograms of fish balls, even if the labor cost and the consumption of the fishing boat were deducted, he must have earned tens of thousands of dollars on this trip.
Xiang Yang nodded in agreement, and then he saw that the conversation was almost over, so he said, "Boss Zhou, my crew and I still have to go down to the bottom of the sea a few more times, so we'll go back first?"
"Wait." Zhou Gensheng hurriedly called Xiang Yang.
"Hmm?" Xiang Yang looked at Zhou Gensheng.
Zhou Gensheng pointed at the fishing boat in the distance and asked in confusion: "You have such a big fishing boat, but you don't use a seine net. Do you take people diving to catch fish?"
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "Our boat doesn't have a purse seine, it's a trawler. We've already trawled a few times today, and the catches have been somewhat unsatisfactory, so I just took people to the bottom of the sea to take a look."
Zhou Gensheng seemed very interested in this diving and fishing. He asked, "How was the harvest?"
Xiang Yang chuckled, "Not bad, I'll make back the gas and expenses after a few trips."
The fat man and the tall young man both curled their lips, obviously looking down on Xiang Yang's way of fishing.
Zhou Gensheng took a deep breath and said, "You guys only went down a few times and you made back the gas and expenses?"
The fat man was a little confused and said, "Dad, isn't it just making back the gas money and expenses? Why are you so surprised?"
Zhou Gensheng glanced at his son, and said with some regret: "Do you think the expenses of his boss's trip are the same as ours?"
Xiang Yang also looked at the fat man with a smile. Apart from anything else, the fuel cost of his trip alone was an astronomical figure.
"Okay, I have to go back first. Thank you for coming. You can keep this pack of cigarettes." Xiang Yang stuffed an unopened pack of cigarettes into Zhou Gensheng's hand, then waved his hand and rowed towards the ocean-going fishing boat.
Zhou Gensheng looked at the cigarette box Xiang Yang gave him, then looked at the one in his hand, and said enviously: "You still need a big ship to make big money. Such good cigarettes, just because we came here, without any help, you gave me a whole box."
Xiang Yang naturally didn't know what Zhou Gensheng was mumbling after he left.
Even if he knew, Xiang Yang wouldn't care.
The other party came with a sincere heart, but Xiang Yang couldn't just let the other party go unappreciated just because he didn't need his help. If everyone was like this, then no one would help fishermen when they encountered shipwrecks at sea in the future. Anyway, it was only a hundred yuan, which was nothing to Xiang Yang now.
Xiang Yang returned to the boat.
Zhou Gensheng also started the load-bearing machine, and then directed the two young men to begin the laborious work of collecting the net and turning the fishing boat around.
Soon, the twelve-meter-long small fishing boat disappeared from Xiang Yang's sight.
After the delay just now, the crew members under the water all came up.
Zhang Qicheng asked Xiang Yang, "Why did you come back empty-handed? Didn't the other party have any high-quality catches on their boat?"
Xiang Yang was at a loss for words, "What? Could it be that there are high-quality fish on the other boat and I can still snatch them back?"
"Use money to buy it from him. Are you afraid that you can't afford the price while I'm here?" Zhang Qicheng said angrily.
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "There's a boat full of fish, do you want some?"
When Zhang Qicheng heard that it was the fish, he immediately castrated it and said, "Forget about the fish. I really can't afford the price of this fish."
Xiang Yang turned his head and looked at Chen Qingsheng, "Why are you all here? Did you catch anything valuable?"
"I saw a boat appear over there, so I called up everyone under the water. We haven't done a total count of the catch yet, but this area of the sea is indeed very rich. We conservatively estimate that we have caught at least 150 lobsters and more than 500 kilograms of swimming crabs. There were no particularly valuable catches, but some people caught a few interesting things." Chen Qingsheng said.
One hundred and fifty lobsters were a little beyond Xiang Yang's expectations.
The bottom of this sea area is covered with reefs and seaweeds, and is a favorite breeding ground for lobsters. There are indeed many lobsters living there, and Xiang Yang has seen quite a few of them. But it is still a bit too incredible to catch 150 of them in such a short time. You have to know that there were less than 80 people who went down this time, which means that each person caught two lobsters.
It may be because lobsters in this sea area have no natural enemies and can reproduce in large numbers.
However, Xiang Yang was somewhat dissatisfied because he only caught more than 500 kilograms of swimming crabs.
Crabs appear in groups. There are more than 500 kilograms of swimming crabs, which means that each person only catches a few kilograms.
Maybe everyone is looking for lobsters and doesn't like swimming crabs anymore, Xiang Yang thought to himself.
"What are those interesting animals?" Xiang Yang asked.
"It's beavers. The crewman said he saw a group of beavers sleeping. When he went over, the beavers were tilting their heads back and one of them was even grinding its teeth. What's interesting is that some of the little beavers were sleeping side by side with their little feet under their heads, but he twisted them all back in place." Fang Youqun said with a smile.
beaver
Xiang Yang was shocked. What a joke! Even though the beaver’s name contains the word “sea”, does it have anything to do with the sea
Beavers, also known as raccoons, are large rodents in the family Nutria. Beavers are the largest rodent mammals, with a plump body, round buttocks, and fine, shiny fur. They like to live in groups, build nests, and can swim, but they absolutely cannot swim from the shore to such a place.
"Take me to see it." Xiang Yang said hurriedly.
Chen Qingsheng glanced at Fang Youqun, then looked at Xiang Yang and said, "Captain, it's not a beaver, it's a gray-haired sea lion."
It turned out to be a sea lion.
Xiang Yang understood immediately. It must be that Fang Youqun didn't know the difference between sea lions and beavers. He saw the picture of beavers from somewhere and thought the two were very similar, so he just talked nonsense.
"What about those sea lions?" Xiang Yang asked.
Sea seals are also protected animals, there is no way Chen Qingsheng didn't know that. Since Chen Qingsheng already knew about it, it should have been properly handled.
As expected, Chen Qingsheng said, "It has been released. It ran very fast as soon as it entered the water. Now there is not even a trace of it."
"Just let them go." Xiang Yang nodded. "Is this all the catch?"
"Yes." Chen Qingsheng nodded and said, "Almost all the catch is here."
Xiang Yang nodded, "Overall, you have done a good job. Let's keep up the good work and go for a few more trips. I will treat everyone to hairy crabs after dinner. Chen Qingsheng, please remember that when we go back, everyone who went to the sea this time will receive a red envelope of 200 yuan, and those who catch more than two large lobsters will receive an additional 100 yuan."