After Fang Youqun and Xiang Yang finished cleaning the butterfly fish, they couldn't help but run to the pile of catch to dig around.
Xiang Yang couldn't stand watching the horsehead fish being scattered all over the place by Fang Youqun, so he quickly stopped him and said, "Fang Youqun, what are you doing?"
"Captain, let me see if there are any rare catches."
"Keep pulling. If you want to see the wolffish, help clean the horsehead fish. Once the catch is cleaned, I'll let you see as much wolffish as you want."
Fang Youqun's thoughts were revealed by Xiang Yang, so he had no choice but to help Chen Qingsheng move the horsehead fish reluctantly.
Xiang Yang watched the crew members walking around busy on the deck while he himself was idle. Xiang Yang was usually too lazy to catch hatchetfish, which was not a very high-end marine fish, himself.
Most of the catch were hatchet fish, with squid and cuttlefish also accounting for a large portion, and the rest being a small portion of butterfly fish. There were only a dozen wolf fish in total.
With the joint efforts of the crew, over 20,000 kilograms of catch were quickly sorted and processed.
After cleaning up the catch, He Mingde didn't even bother to clean up the residue on the deck and hurriedly ordered Zhou Wang to tidy up the fishing net and cast another net. Chen Qingsheng even suggested to Xiang Yang that the fishing boat turn around and cast another net along that sea area.
Xiang Yang had no objection to casting another net, but he disagreed if the fishing boat turned around and fished again along the original sea area. Xiang Yang could see through the water that the number of horsehead fish in the sea below had decreased a lot. If he cast another net, it might really affect the reproduction and survival of the entire horsehead fish population.
The fishing boat continued to sail southward while trawling the net. It took Xiang Yang half an hour to drag the second net before he ordered the net to be closed.
Since everyone tasted success with the first net, the crew were very excited when the second net was caught. As soon as the winch started, everyone was looking forward to another big harvest.
But the moment they saw the fishing net, the expressions on everyone's faces fell. The fishing net was dragged out of the water in the shape of a long cloth bag. The total catch was probably less than 2,000 kilograms of fish, which was far from a big harvest, but it was better than nothing.
Xiang Yang didn't care. He ordered the crew on the deck to clean up the catch while the fishing boat continued to trawle forward.
The catch of the third net was even scarcer, comparable to the first net cast today. Such a large fishing net was cast into the sea, but the result was only four or five hundred kilograms of fish, and they were all not very valuable sea fish.
Chen Qingsheng couldn't sit still anymore, so he suggested to Xiang Yang and He Mingde, "Captain, Brother De, why don't we change direction a little bit?"
"Sure, which direction are you sure there will be fish?" Xiang Yang asked with a smile.
"this... ... "
Chen Qingsheng has no idea which direction the fish are located!
He Mingde took out a pack of Huang Furong Wang and took out two cigarettes. He lit one for himself, then handed one to Chen Qingsheng and said earnestly, "Old Qing, the captain is right. We fishermen rely on luck to make a living. Can you be sure that you won't catch an empty net no matter which direction you change? Besides, our harvest this time is really good."
"Captain, Brother De, I was impatient." Chen Qingsheng said immediately, "I was just a little anxious when I saw that the fishing boats didn't catch any valuable seafood in two consecutive nets."
"We have achieved a very good result." Xiang Yang said with a smile, "Master Chen, your performance is also very good."
Chen Qingsheng immediately laughed dryly.
The three chatted for a few more sentences and then Xiang Yang sent Chen Qingsheng away to do whatever he wanted.
After Chen Qingsheng left, He Mingde smiled and said to Xiang Yang: "Chen Qingsheng is also an old sailor. He was very steady in our previous fleet, but he is eager to show off after becoming the boatswain on our ship!"
Xiang Yang nodded slightly. "It's a good thing that he's eager to show off. It's better than being indifferent to anything on the ship. He is more than qualified to be a boatswain."
Xiang Yang was really satisfied with Chen Qingsheng. He could do all kinds of work walking around on the deck and never complain of being tired even when carrying loads. He could also keep a sly guy like Fang Youqun under control. However, he was too greedy. Even Xiang Yang was satisfied with the catch of this trip, but Chen Qingsheng still felt it was not enough.
It's funny when I think of Xiang Yang. Does Chen Qingsheng think that a fishing boat must have a full warehouse to be considered a good harvest
"Xiaoyang, do you want to drag another one up online?" He Mingde asked.
Xiang Yang thought that the fishing boat was about to reach the sea area where the underwater mountain peak was located last night, so he shook his head and said, "Forget it. Uncle, look at the color of the sea water. The sea area here has obviously become darker. I suspect there is an underwater mountain peak under the sea. I want to go to the sea to hunt."
He Mingde looked at the sea suspiciously, "Is there? Why can't I see it?"
The color of sea water has certain subtle differences depending on the depth of the sea water. Of course, this difference is difficult for ordinary people standing on the deck to see, so it is not a matter of experience.
Xiang Yang laughed and said, "Anyway, I feel like the sea here has become shallower."
"That may be because your eyesight is better. The captain of the fleet I used to be on also had a captain who could judge the depth of the sea by the color of the sea surface. It was very mysterious."
"Then go down and play?"
"I'm not interested."
"Then you stay on the boat and cook for us. I'll take the others downstairs."
"Why am I the one cooking again? I was the one who cooked the stone pot fish the day before yesterday. No matter how many times it's my turn, it will be next month, right?"
"Who told you that the food you cook is delicious?"
"It seems that my cooking is delicious and I am wrong. Look, I will sprinkle some salt on the food later."
Xiang Yang burst into laughter. Of course he knew that He Mingde was joking.
After laughing, Xiang Yang took out the walkie-talkie and shouted, "Master Zhou, the fishing boat slows down. We will stop in this sea area to rest for a while."
"Roger that, Captain."
The fishing boat gradually slowed down and soon stopped on the sea.
Xiang Yang took out a diving suit from the hold and put it on while saying to everyone on the deck: "Everyone has worked hard this morning. Everyone stay on the deck and rest for the next period of time. I will go down to the sea to take a look."
Fang Youqun immediately shouted, "Captain, can I go to the sea too?"
Wu Shiwen's eyes immediately lit up as well. They remembered the pearl oysters they had fished out from the seabed yesterday, and they wanted to go into the sea to fish them out again today.
"Not for now. I have to go into the sea alone to see what's under the sea." Xiang Yang shook his head.
"I also want to go to the sea to find a few more pearls to make a bracelet!" Fang Youqun said immediately disappointedly.
Chen Qingsheng rolled his eyes at Fang Youqun. "You're dreaming. Just because we had a day off yesterday, you think every day is a day off? The captain's boat, the captain's diving equipment, the captain pays you. Even if you go to the sea today and find pearls, the pearls belong to the captain. They have nothing to do with you."
There was an immediate burst of laughter on the deck, and Fang Youqun's face turned red all the way to his neck.
"What are you laughing at? Can't I make a bracelet for the captain?" Fang Youqun shouted loudly with his neck stiff.