Xiang Yang quietly returned to the fishing boat and remained silent all night.
The next morning, just after dawn, Xiang Yang was awakened by a knock on the door.
Xiang Yang opened the cabin door only after he put on his clothes. Fang Youqun was standing outside the cabin door.
"Good morning, Brother Yang. I brought you breakfast." Fang Youqun smiled as soon as he saw Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang looked behind Fang Youqun suspiciously, "I've never seen you so diligent before, what's going on today?"
"Brother Yang, have breakfast first. We'll talk after breakfast." Fang Youqun said with a wry smile.
Xiang Yang took a look at the tray that Fang Youqun was holding. There was a bowl of sliced tomatoes sprinkled with sugar, a cup of transparent drink whose color was unidentifiable, and a red dragon fruit cut into four pieces.
"I haven't washed up yet, you can eat by yourself!" Xiang Yang actually didn't have the habit of eating breakfast. When he was on shore, he would usually not eat even if he got up early, let alone on the sea.
"Brother Yang, go brush your teeth and wash your face first. I'll wait for you here." Fang Youqun said immediately.
"Alright, you've always been a playboy. Tell me, why are you being so attentive to me?"
There are three bad boys in Yanlong Village, Fatty Zuo, Fang Youqun and Xiang Hui. The three have been noisy since they were young. Whenever the younger generation in the village gets into a fight or has any other trouble, they will just go to find these three guys and they will never go wrong. Moreover, these three guys have been more cunning and more shameless than each other since they were young.
Fang Youqun looked at Xiang Yang eagerly, "Brother Yang, Chen Tou said last night that he doesn't want me to be a sailor anymore."
Chen Tou is Chen Qingsheng. The sailors felt uncomfortable calling Chen Qingsheng "Chen Tou" in private.
Xiang Yang had a bad feeling when he heard this, "What trouble have you gotten yourself into again?"
"It was about the time I caught the bulbous tunicate yesterday..." Fang Youqun said weakly.
Xiang Yang understood immediately after hearing it. It must be that Chen Qingsheng deliberately tried to scare Fang Youqun, otherwise Chen Qingsheng would not have failed to say hello to him. Up to now, Xiang Yang had not heard any news at all.
However, Fang Youqun was indeed extremely daring. He even tried to catch unfamiliar marine creatures with his hands. If he didn't kill him, even if Fang Youqun had nine lives, it would not be enough to compensate for his loss.
Thinking of this, Xiang Yang also frowned and gave Fang Youqun a severe lecture.
As a result, Fang Youqun's serious look of repentance almost made Xiang Yang laugh.
"Okay, what happened yesterday is over. I will explain it to Chen Qingsheng, but this won't happen again. If you let me know you're messing around again next time, I will kick you off the boat no matter what you say. Got it?"
"Got it, Brother Yang, from now on if you ask me to steal a chicken I will never... No, if you ask me to go east I will never go west!"
"Well, go ahead!"
After Fang Youqun ran out, Xiang Yang smiled, picked up the toothbrush and went out to the deck to brush his teeth.
On the other side, in another cabin, Chen Qingsheng was sitting on the bed and eating the same breakfast as Xiang Yang. Fang Youqun pushed open the cabin door and ran in, "Captain Chen, it worked. The captain said he won't pursue the matter."
"If it succeeds, it succeeds. What are you yelling about? There are times when my moves fail." Chen Qingsheng rolled his eyes, "Pour me another drink."
It turned out that Fang Youqun had been feeling very nervous ever since Xiang Yang had lost his temper yesterday. Especially when he thought about Xiang Yang even saying something like getting off the boat, Fang Youqun became so nervous that he couldn't sleep and tossed and turned in bed.
Chen Qingsheng, who was sleeping in the lower bunk of Fang Youqun, was annoyed by Fang Youqun and asked him why he was uneasy.
Chen Qingsheng is such an old hand in the world, how could he not know about that incident? Since Xiang Yang said that he deducted 200 yuan from Fang Youqun’s salary, did that mean that the incident was over
But Chen Qingsheng, who understood the situation, rolled his eyes and did not tell Fang Youqun the truth. Instead, he gave Fang Youqun this bad idea.
Looking at Fang Youqun who was still pouring drinks for him after being scolded by him, Chen Qingsheng's mouth curled up unconsciously. Since a cunning guy like Fang Youqun who would go crazy if he was not disciplined for three days cannot be disciplined, if he wants to manage him, he must use some tricks to make him feel that he owes him a favor.
Xiang Yang washed up, drank a drink, and then stretched his waist on the deck.
At this time, the crew members also got up one after another, some breathing the humid air at sea, and some eating breakfast on the deck.
“Woo!”
When the two humpback whales saw the human figures appearing on the deck, they jumped high out of the sea and then fell heavily, splashing a huge wave.
"Hey!" Xiang Yang waved to the two humpback whales, responding to the humpback whales' greeting with a wave.
"Captain." Chen Qingsheng walked from behind the deck to Xiang Yang's side and called out in a low voice.
"Hmm? Have you had breakfast? Master Chen." Xiang Yang responded with a smile.
"I have eaten. The breakfast that Fang Youqun prepared for me was exactly the same portion as yours." Chen Qingsheng said with a smile.
Xiang Yang looked at Chen Qingsheng in surprise, "I heard that you scolded him last night. Can he prepare breakfast for you this morning?"
Chen Qingsheng smiled and told Xiang Yang the whole story, even including the part where he gave Fang Youqun some bad advice.
Xiang Yang found it a little funny. "I was wondering why he was so well behaved today. It turned out to be your idea. Well done. However, this method cannot be used frequently and can only be used against individual crew members."
"Yes, I know." Chen Qingsheng nodded very carefully. This little trick commonly used in the workplace may not be a problem in the short term, but once it lasts for a long time and is used more frequently, when the employees realize it, they will think that the leader is insincere and will dislike this employee from the bottom of their hearts.
In a normal company, this kind of employee resentment towards their leadership is not a big deal, but on a fishing boat, if this kind of emotion spreads, it can easily lead to big trouble.
"Captain, are we going to return to our original route today and continue south to chase the fish?" Chen Qingsheng asked after looking up at the two humpback whales that were still jumping out of the water and playing.
"No need." Xiang Yang said in a deep voice: "If we return by the same route, the fish will not be waiting for us there. The most important thing is that the temperature has risen again in the past two days. Even if we chase them south, we will not be able to catch up with the fish."
Chen Qingsheng sighed, "That's right. After the cold wave, the temperature rose and the fish school had already dispersed far away."
Xiang Yang looked at Chen Qingsheng and suddenly remembered that many fleets chose their course based on the experience of the crew members before going out to sea. He asked, "You are an experienced sailor. If I asked you to choose the direction of the fishing boat route today, which direction would you choose?"
"If I had to choose, I would choose to drive due west." Chen Qingsheng said without hesitation.