Chapter 1045

Tens of thousands of jin!

In their decades-long careers as fishermen, they had never encountered a single haul that could bring up tens of thousands of jin.

Today truly opened their eyes!

They were really going to be rich.

The entire net, from head to tail, was over 300 meters long and 80 meters wide, with an area larger than a football field.

What they saw was only on the surface of the sea; the quantity at the mouth of the net they had just pulled up was already huge, and there was more underwater. Ye Yaodong judged at a glance that it was tens of thousands of jin.

And that might even be an underestimate.

"This haul is truly terrifying. I never imagined one haul could catch so much. When we go back, we can brag until we're blue in the face... I bet nobody will believe it..."

"Indeed, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it either. That's not how you brag. I'm going to get the camera, you guys wait, don't move yet." Ye Yaodong hurriedly ran into the cabin to get the camera.

"Hehehe, Adong even brought the camera to take pictures of these fish. Usually, who would be willing to spend money on photos? Taking a picture at the photo studio isn't cheap. Now, even we people aren't as rare as these fish..."

"There's... there's still more..."

Chen Shi grinned, happily pointing at the sea surface where the fishing net was still floating up bit by bit. At a glance, the entire net was packed full of croaker fish, exceptionally dazzling under the sunlight.

Fish piled upon fish, layer upon layer, dense and thick. As the seawater surged, the cargo inside the net squeezed and swayed back and forth.

With so many fish, even the most severe case of trypophobia could be cured instantly.

Ye Yaodong went and returned quickly, taking the opportunity to wake up the other two in the cabin.

That haul was at least tens of thousands of jin. The crane on the boat didn't have that much load capacity; it would definitely have to be hoisted in several batches. After hoisting, it would probably need sorting, so more hands were needed to help.

Moreover, such a spectacular sight naturally had to be shared with everyone. If you didn't see it with your own eyes, how could you brag when you got back?

"My mother! What is this situation? So many?"

"Boom, how come there are so many all of a sudden? It's all croaker fish, we pulled up so many..."

"We must have hit a massive school of fish!!!"

"There must be tens of thousands of jin in here, right? The school of fish we passed through must be huge to have this much just from a casual haul."

"There definitely is, maybe even more. Look, look... over there... the tail of the fishing net looks like it's all fish from far away... the mouth of the net is already this full, let alone the back."

"We definitely can't hoist this all at once; it'll have to be done in several goes. I just don't know if the boat's load capacity can handle this many fish... This quantity is too scary, and this is just one haul..."

"Tsk tsk tsk, I've never seen so much pulled up in one haul in my life. My eyes have truly been opened."

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, if anyone told me one haul could pull up tens of thousands of jin, I'd definitely curse them for bragging. I've been a fisherman for decades and never seen anything like this. If I weren't seeing it now, I wouldn't believe that a net of several hundred meters could be packed so full."

"Exactly. Usually, pulling up seven or eight thousand to ten thousand jin is incredible; that's already Goddess Mazu's blessing. Today is truly Goddess Mazu manifesting."

"Yes, yes, yes, it's Goddess Mazu manifesting. Today is just too exaggerated and too terrifying, so much cargo all at once."

Ye Yaodong happily took two photos, listening to everyone's discussion in his ears, feeling happy to death.

The exhaustion from staying up all night was swept away the moment he saw such a large school of fish. He was full of energy now; even if they asked him to stay up another day, he felt he could do it.

And now that the whole net had floated up, he felt the estimated quantity might exceed his original expectations—it might be more than tens of thousands of jin, and more than a few thousand yuan.

"Is this making up for the half month I didn't go to sea? It's really quite a lot. Too amazing, tens of thousands of jin in one haul. With a boat like ours, it's just like a dream."

Ye's father also climbed down, itching with impatience, and chimed in, "This school of fish is really big. The mouth of the net must have been opened just right at the bottom, and they all got netted in. It's really quite a lot. Looking from top to bottom, even the tail end is full."

"Not necessarily all caught; there might be quite a few that slipped through the net, it's just that this school of fish is relatively large."

"The luck is really good. It's really been half a month without going to sea, and it's all here at once... This cargo of tens of thousands of jin can sell for several thousand yuan..."

Ye's father muttered to himself, looking at the fish filling the sea, still feeling somewhat incredulous. He never dreamed they could pull up so much in one haul. Even though several minutes had passed, looking at it still felt dreamlike, and it continued to shock him.

"People with good sea luck are just like this. Others have to look for fish, but here, the fish look for people. The old saying makes sense..."

"Yeah, just like those two great white sharks last night. Who could have imagined they'd die like that? One got stuck in the passage, unable to move, and was beaten to death. The other bit the engine, got scalded half to death, and was then beaten to death too."

Ye Yaodong listened to their discussion with a face full of smiles. "Seen enough, shocked enough, let's pull the cargo up first. This haul today is something you rarely see once in a lifetime, maybe only this once. After we pull it all up and sell it, I'll reward everyone with a red envelope to share in the good fortune."

Sharing joy with others is better than enjoying it alone. Seeing everyone so excited, he wasn't stingy; since he was making money, he could let those around him have a taste of the sweetness.

"Wow, really? Then everyone gets to share the luck!"

"Haha, Adong is still the generous one. Whenever he gets good, big cargo, he always thinks about giving everyone a red envelope as a reward."

"Hahaha, if only we could net this much cargo every day. Wouldn't we be receiving red envelopes until our hands went soft?"

"Following you means getting rich, hehehe. Your luck is really good, Goddess Mazu's blessing."

"Not just Goddess Mazu's blessing, today is Goddess Mazu manifesting. Adong is going to get rich again..."

Everyone was overjoyed. Having so much cargo shock them was one thing, but being able to receive an extra red envelope reward was even better.

The atmosphere around them rose steadily. Everyone had the joy of a bumper harvest on their faces, and each of them prayed in their hearts for more such good things to come.

When the boss makes money, they can also share a bit of the luck and receive a red envelope reward.

This is exactly what Ye Yaodong wanted—he needed everyone to look forward to him making more money.

The matter of luck is ethereal; if you believe it, it exists; if you don't, it doesn't.

But having everyone look forward to him doing better and better is always better than looking forward to him having more and more bad luck.

"Don't just focus on being happy. Once you're done being happy, get to work. With such a big haul, we'll be busy for a long time."

"With so many fish, pulling in the net is also a big problem. We don't need to do anything else today; just pulling in this cargo will be enough."

"Yeah, this is probably enough to keep us busy for a day. It's really a lot..."

Ye's father's old face bloomed with a smile, and he didn't stop him from giving out red envelopes. "You guys get ready, use the machine to hoist it up in batches..."

After saying this, he climbed back to the cockpit with some reluctance.

A few thousand jin in the last haul, tens of thousands in this one—relying on the heavens for a living, you're gambling on luck.

The fishing net is over 300 meters long. When pulling in the net, it's impossible to pull the entire net up, as that would occupy the entire deck. Every time they pull in the net, they only pull up the cargo in the codend (fish collection bag).

When starting to pull the net, they pull the mouth of the net out of the sea bit by bit and onto the boat. Then, due to the inertia of leaving the water, the cargo in the fishing net naturally slides from top to bottom, slowly into the codend at the bottom.

Therefore, every time they pull the net, as long as they tighten the mouth of the codend and hoist it up, it's a bag of several thousand jin of cargo.

Just now, when the mouth of the net was being pulled up, the dense cargo near the mouth was what shocked them.

Under normal circumstances, the mouth of the net should be empty when pulled up, because the cargo has all slid to the codend at the bottom.

The length of the codend is about a meter or so. Normally, when a bag of cargo is untied, it's about three to five thousand jin. Depending on whether there's a lot or a little cargo, if there's too much, if one codend can't hold it, it's hoisted in two batches.

Like the situation with this haul, they'll probably have to hoist for a whole day.

Ye Yaodong watched with joy as the boatmen tightened the rope between the fishing net and the codend at the tail, and then the machine slowly hoisted the entire bag of cargo up.

Everyone looked up, each with a face full of smiles.

The entire net was packed full; it was truly the only time in his life he had seen this.

After the cargo in the codend was hoisted onto the boat, someone went up to untie the mouth at the bottom of the codend. With a splash, the full bag of cargo slid out of the codend and covered the entire deck.

"Wow~"

"Wow~ it's all croaker..."

"Tsk tsk tsk... the whole bag is croaker, there's no other miscellaneous fish..."

"This bag of cargo is four or five thousand jin, packed full..."

Everyone exclaimed in succession.

Ye Yaodong's smiling mouth had never closed. Originally, he was going to sleep after breakfast, but now how could he bear to sleep? If he didn't get all these fish up, he definitely wouldn't be able to sleep.

After one codend of cargo was hoisted and untied, all the cargo originally in the fishing net slid into the middle section.

The boatmen tightened the mouth at the bottom of the codend again, loosened the rope leading from the fishing net to the codend entrance, and then put the codend into the water.

After the codend hit the water, the cargo in the middle section of the fishing net gradually slid into the codend. The boatmen repeated the process of tightening the codend and continuing to hoist it up.

Two people helped to tighten and untie the ropes, and two people squatted there with baskets to collect the cargo. The entire deck was packed with croaker fish, interspersed with some miscellaneous cargo, but the quantity was extremely small.

Everyone's face was filled with the joy of harvest.

After pulling up two bags of cargo, Ye Yaodong had them pause temporarily. The entire deck was piled full, so they had to collect these into baskets first, lest they pile up too much and crush them.

"It's all croaker fish, just grab them by the handful. It's less trouble than sorting through a pile of miscellaneous cargo."

"True, but we'll be busy. There's still a full load underneath. After pulling up two bags, it feels like it hasn't decreased at all..."

"Maybe it's more than tens of thousands of jin; over a hundred thousand jin might be possible..."

"We'll know how many baskets there are once we fill them up. Each basket, after removing the ice, can hold fifty or sixty jin..."

"Then the fish hold won't be able to hold it..."

"Not just the hold, the deck will be piled full too. The boat's load capacity shouldn't be that big..."

Ye Yaodong felt the same.

Two bags of cargo pulled up were nearly 10,000 jin—if not 10,000, then eight or nine thousand jin. That adds up to four or five tons. And the fishing net underwater—the cargo inside didn't seem to have decreased much at all; it was still just as dense and packed.

Maybe it's more than the tens of thousands of jin he said at the beginning; perhaps even more.

That would be a bit tricky. His fish hold capacity wasn't that big. Even if they returned immediately and piled the cargo on the deck, the boat's load capacity couldn't handle over a hundred thousand jin.

100,000 jin is equivalent to 50 tons. Plus the cargo from yesterday's trawling already in the fish hold—they didn't want the miscellaneous cargo, but the rest was sellable, about 10,000 jin. Plus the weight of the fishing boat itself, 100,000 jin was about it. At most, two or three thousand jin more would be the limit.

At this moment, he suddenly regretted that he had built his boat a bit too small.

Fortunately, the Fengshou was nearby. In case there really was over a hundred thousand jin of cargo, the remainder could be stored on the Fengshou.

The only problem was how much compensation to give; he had to think about it.

He looked at the workers loading the cargo for a while, then looked at the dense fishing net on the sea, thinking that with so much cargo, it would probably take a whole day to finish, maybe until night.

If he filled the whole boat, he would definitely have to return to port to sell it, but the Fengshou might not.

Better to wait and see later. Now that not all the cargo had been hoisted up, he didn't know if they could finish loading it all.

After stopping the net pulling, Ye's father also came out of the cockpit and down to the deck.

"Dongzi, you should go sleep if you need to. You stayed up all night, and hoisting all this cargo up won't be that fast."

Ye Yaodong nodded and shouted to the workers who were sorting, "Those of you who need to take turns resting, go rest first. Two people are enough to stay busy. This whole net is fish, so it won't be fast to finish. We already stayed up all night, now it's time to sleep, otherwise, you won't be able to hold up."

"Then we'll finish collecting what's on the deck, sort it out, and then go to sleep."

"I'm going to sleep too." He twisted his neck, feeling a bit exhausted after the excitement passed. "Dad, later you guys just pull up one bag, finish sorting it, and then continue to pull up another. From now on, two people will stay busy, so it definitely won't be fast."

"I know, take it slow, we're not in a hurry. I guess you'll still be hoisting cargo when you wake up."

With so much cargo, just the salvaging is a problem.

"Then I'm going to sleep."

He took the camera he had just placed on the stool and returned to the cabin. His body was very exhausted, but his spirit was extremely excited—this was all from the excitement just now.

After the beginning of spring, fish cargo increased. No matter what kind of fish, the quantity increased. The price of croaker fish was not as high as in autumn and winter, but if sold on shore, it was probably about 15 cents.

This fish is also a common fish. Although he hadn't been to sea for more than half a month, the price wouldn't change too much.

It's also because this fish is small. Although the meat is tender, it can't compare to large fish like sea bass, so the selling price can't compare to them. However, retail would at least be double.

If this is sold wholesale at 15 cents a jin, 100,000 jin would be 15,000 yuan!!!

Thinking about it this way, he became even more excited.

Holy crap, one boat of cargo is worth one boat!

He sat straight up, unable to stop grinning.

"Damn, we're really rich!"

The boatman who had just walked in heard his words and said with a smile, "We're really going to be rich. We just pulled up two bags, and there's still so much in the fishing net. Your luck is truly unmatched. You really have to brag about this when we get back."

"I didn't expect my luck to be this good either. I don't know how the Fengshou's harvest is. I wonder how much cargo they can pull up in their latest haul, and if they encountered this school of fish?"

"Hehe, we'll know when we wake up and ask."

"Yeah, sleep first. When we wake up, we still have to go out and help with the work."

He ran into this big school of fish; he didn't know if the Fengshou had shared in the luck.

Just now, everyone was so focused on being happy that they only stared at the cargo on the sea and didn't let his father contact Pei's father. Maybe his father was also too happy and didn't think about anything else, not caring about others.

He lay back down, closed his eyes, and would see when he woke up.

The roaring sound of the machine in his ears made it impossible to fall asleep directly, and his mind was full of fantasies about how much money this cargo could sell for. His spirit was still extremely excited.

And snoring sounds had already come from other beds.

He didn't know how long he thought, but he finally fell into a dazed, exhausted sleep.

When he woke up again, it was only past 1 o'clock. He opened his eyes and saw others in the beds still sleeping. He touched his watch and saw that only three hours had passed, so he closed his eyes again.

What followed was intermittent sleep, a half-asleep, half-awake state, not the deep sleep as before. That time, he was probably too tired, so as soon as he fell asleep, he entered a deep sleep state.

He forced himself to sleep a little longer in a daze, half-asleep and half-awake, so he would have energy at night.

He didn't know how long had passed until he heard the creaking sound of someone getting up from the next bed. He woke up with a start, touched his watch, and it was already 4 o'clock. He sat straight up and put on his clothes.

"Ah, Dong... Brother Dong, you... you're awake?"

"Yeah."

"Did I... did I disturb... you?"

"No, I just happened to wake up."

He pulled up his pants, put on his rain boots, took his cotton-padded jacket, and walked out. Chen Shi and his other regular partner, Chen Laoqi, also hurriedly followed. They talked as they walked.

"Half a day has passed, I wonder if it's all pulled up?"

"It should all be pulled up, right? We'll know when we look."

As soon as Ye Yaodong walked out, he saw the deck was still piled full of croaker fish, but the miscellaneous cargo underneath also looked quite substantial in quantity.

"Is it all pulled up? Is the fish hold full? Is there still any in the sea?" He asked as he walked to the other side of the gunwale to look at the cargo in the sea, and was surprised. "Still so much? Why is it still so dense?"

The other two who had just woken up were also extremely surprised!

"Why is there still so much..."

"Ah..."

The person squatting there sorting said, "The fish hold is almost full. After sorting and piling these in, the rest can only be piled on the deck once pulled up. There really are so many fish, it's impossible to finish collecting. We've been collecting for half a day, and the fishing net is still just as packed."

The other person also explained, "It's just that the two of us are sorting slowly. We also collect one net and then sort it before hoisting."

"Do you have a count of the quantity?"

"There might really be over 100,000 jin. We've only collected about half. Just now your father counted and calculated the load capacity, saying that after pulling up what's in the sea, it'll be about right. It can't be any more, it's probably at the limit. He said after we finish collecting, we'll head to shore immediately and can't stay any longer."

"There's really 100,000 jin!?"

"100,000 jin!!!"

"One... one hundred thousand jin!"

The two people beside him already had their mouths open.

"This is money I couldn't imagine in my whole life..."

"Yeah, if this were us, we might have to save for a lifetime..."

Ye Yaodong laughed. "How could it take a lifetime to save 10,000 yuan? You're joking. In two years, you'll all be ten-thousand-yuan households."

"Hehe, I'll take your word for it. I hope so. I probably have to count on you to save enough."

"Yeah, making money is so hard. If I couldn't follow you to sea to work, I probably wouldn't be able to save 10,000 yuan in a lifetime."

"This haul of cargo is really a lot. We've been hoisting since morning and still haven't finished, and there's still half left..."

"Almost there, almost there... The main thing is that sorting takes time. Although most of this net is croaker fish, there's quite a bit of miscellaneous cargo and seaweed, so we have to sort it."

"Our speed is considered fast. This bag has four or five thousand jin. Two people collect and release, and we have to sort it. Basically, each bag takes nearly an hour of work. Sometimes your father comes down to help too."

Ye Yaodong nodded. That's true.

Usually, when pulling up a net of cargo, there's a big pile of miscellaneous stuff. With only two people working, they basically have to sort until the next net is pulled up. They never really stopped or rested.

This net is all croaker fish, with little miscellaneous cargo. Sorting for half an hour to an hour is considered very fast.

The main thing is that the size of these fish is about the same—none are particularly large, none are particularly small. They are all about one or two liang in size, so there's no need to distinguish by size, making it exceptionally fast to pick them up.

Otherwise, they wouldn't necessarily finish even by tomorrow morning.

"Let's work together, it should be a bit faster from now on..."

Ye Yaodong watched the 4 people squatting there sorting fish cargo, and he climbed to the top of the cockpit first.

His father's old face was still blooming like a flower; he didn't know if it had ever closed.

He knocked on the cabin door and shouted, and his father opened it.

"Half is still not pulled up. Do you want to go sleep for a while?"

"No need. All the remaining cargo will be loaded. The load capacity is no problem, right?"

"I was worried about this just now, so I went down to look and calculated the quantity. If there's still half left, it should be no problem to pull it all up. If there's more than 50,000 jin underneath, it's safer to load some onto the in-law's boat later."

"I didn't expect it to exceed expectations, to the point where even the fishing boat's load capacity might not be able to hold it all." Ye Yaodong felt excited again thinking about it.

"Hahaha, yeah, I didn't expect there to be so much. Just now I only watched bag after bag being pulled up, and there didn't seem to be much less in the sea. It wasn't until half was collected that I looked again and saw the quantity had significantly decreased."

"Then if the remaining quantity isn't much, it's fine to store it temporarily on the Fengshou. It doesn't matter much. After our fishing boat pulls it back and sells it, we'll go move the stuff from his side. Fortunately, there's the Fengshou, otherwise, we'd have to give it back to the Dragon King of the Sea."

"Right, we almost had to pour it back into the sea. That would be a pity; it's so rare to net so much cargo in one haul. When I first connected with your Uncle Pei, he was stunned and speechless. It took a long while before he asked me if it was true, if I was bragging, saying no wonder he saw our boat staying in one place without moving, hahahahaha..."

Ye Yaodong also laughed. "Then what about his boat? Didn't he net any?"

"He said he was originally very happy that he could collect ten thousand jin of croaker fish in one haul, which was already enough to be happy about. He didn't expect that comparing people would make you angry, and comparing cargo would make you want to throw it away."

"Nearly ten thousand jin in one haul? That luck is quite good, which shows that the school of fish this morning was really big. After we netted it full, Uncle Pei was still able to net nearly ten thousand jin."

"Right, he was envious to death. Then he couldn't bear to leave this sea area, thinking about whether he could net a little more, so he spent the afternoon wandering around nearby. However, the school of fish probably already left. He didn't connect again later to say anything, so there probably wasn't anything good to say."

"Connect with him again and tell him that after we finish collecting this wave of cargo, we're going to head straight to shore to sell the cargo first, and ask him if he wants to head to shore."

"Okay, with that haul of nearly ten thousand jin of croaker fish, selling it on shore is also more cost-effective. It can earn a few hundred to a thousand yuan more, which can offset the losses of the round trip. And if he doesn't go to shore at night, he'll probably have to call a fresh-fish collection boat tomorrow afternoon to collect the cargo and replenish supplies."

Ye Yaodong looked at his watch again. It's past 4 o'clock, and there's still more than half left in the sea. Now that there are many people, there is great power, but they'll probably have to work until 9 or 10 o'clock. After finishing, they'll head straight to shore, and it will probably be early morning when they arrive.

"Where is our nearest port?"

"It's the provincial capital. After going to sea yesterday, we kept moving forward while working and didn't turn back. We've been sailing for a day and a night, so we're almost at the provincial capital area."

"The provincial capital?" He frowned and hesitated for a moment.

There was too much cargo on the boat. Selling it directly in the provincial capital wouldn't be that fast. The farmers' market in the provincial capital couldn't compare to the aquatic wholesale market in their city, and he wasn't that familiar with the market in the provincial capital.

"Otherwise, turn back and go to the city, but that would mean sailing for three more hours."

"Selling directly to the wharf in the provincial capital is also fine. It saves us the time of selling the cargo. Otherwise, if we go to the wholesale market in the city, we'll have to guard the market stall. With so much cargo, it'll probably take two or three days to sell."

Ye's father nodded. "Right, with our 100,000 jin of cargo, if we transport it from the wharf to the aquatic market, it'll take dozens of trips and take several days to sell. Selling directly to the wharf means we have no worries; let them figure out how to sell it."

The time saved can be used to catch more cargo when going to sea. Time cost is also a cost.

Although selling to the wharf might not be as high as selling to the wholesale market, the wholesale market also charges a three-point commission in both directions, and he still has to pay for tractor transportation and fuel for the long distance.

Comparing the two, the difference shouldn't be too big. The most critical thing is that he can take the money and leave immediately to return to the sea to continue trawling.

"Okay, then you tell Uncle Pei to pull it straight to the wharf in the provincial capital. We'll just sell the cargo at the wharf in the provincial capital to save some time and return immediately to continue trawling without having to guard the stall to sell the cargo."

Ye's father agreed and immediately connected.

Pei's father heard that they had decided to go to the wharf in the provincial capital to sell the cargo to save time. Although he was a little worried about the price, he was later persuaded by Ye Yaodong, only waiting for them to finish collecting the cargo before heading to shore together.

After they asked about each other's harvest, they hung up, and Ye Yaodong also ran to the deck to continue watching the cargo in the sea.

The sun had already hidden in the clouds early. There probably wouldn't be a sunset today. Everyone was busy. He thought for a moment and simply put the rice down to cook before going to help.

It's just that they hadn't installed a fish finder and didn't have this technology, otherwise, they wouldn't have to rely on luck. If they pulled up 100,000 jin in one haul, the Fengshou detecting the school of fish definitely wouldn't be bad either.

Now this is completely relying on their own character and luck. Those who are close might be able to pick up a little bit of leakage.

They were busy with this haul until nearly 9 o'clock at night before they collected all the cargo. The deck was piled full, and later there weren't enough baskets, so it was just scattered on the deck.

Who could have imagined there would be so much cargo?

Anyway, they would reach the shore the next morning, and the temperature at sea wasn't high, so it wouldn't spoil if piled for a night.

After everyone untied the last bag of cargo onto the deck, they didn't put the fishing net down, just threw it in the corner, and the people were so tired they just slumped in the corner.

"My waist is about to be unable to straighten up..."

"Me too, my neck can't be lifted either..."

"Damn, there's so much! After collecting it from 8 or 9 in the morning, we've been hoisting in batches until now, from dawn to dark." Ye Yaodong complained to himself, feeling both happy and exhausted.

"Hehe, it's good to have money to earn."

"Are we going straight back to sell the cargo? The whole boat is full, it's probably at the limit of its load capacity, right?"

He nodded happily. "Almost. This is probably about 110,000 jin. Plus the 10,000 or 20,000 jin of cargo collected all day yesterday and those two great white sharks, we can't load any more."

"Then we really can't load any more. We're rich, we're rich~"

"A net of gold, a net of silver, a net of 100,000 jin of croaker fish, the whole boat is full of snowy silver."

"Made a fortune. This fish should sell for more than 10 cents on shore, right? The whole fishing boat will pay for itself directly, right?"

"Wow, this is too cool. One haul of cargo equals one boat."

"Wait until dawn, ask on shore to know. I hope there won't be price suppression. I'm just worried that there's too much cargo and people will suppress the price."

"Ask first and see. If the difference is too big, we won't sell. Ask a few more places."

"We'll see."

Ye Yaodong touched the cigarettes in his pocket and distributed one to everyone. After working all day, let alone smoking, they didn't even have time to drink water or eat. At this moment, everyone was sitting there panting, rarely resting.

"Should we wait until dawn to head to shore?"

"Yeah, we're going to the provincial capital. The acquisition point at the wharf isn't open at night. It just so happens that there's no noise on the boat now, so let's rest for a while, and everyone go to sleep together. Don't worry about it. After being tired for a day, sleep enough and then sail back to the provincial capital."

Returning at full speed at this time doesn't make much sense. The acquisition point at the wharf definitely isn't open yet. It's better to have a good sleep and stay at sea for a while longer. After all, the Fengshou's fish cargo isn't full yet, and they can continue to work and trawl.

When the sky is bright, the two boats will sail to shore together, and it will be just right to sell the cargo when it opens in the morning.

"That's also fine."

After everyone rested for a while, they threw the cigarette butts in their hands into the sea and even ate a late-night snack. A big pot of seafood was available whenever they wanted to eat.

After Ye's father locked the cockpit, he also came down, intending to go to sleep together. At this point, everyone was sleepy after being exhausted all day.

Without the sound of the machine, everyone slept exceptionally well.

The fishing boat swayed with the waves, rippling with the waves, rising and falling, just like a rocking chair, and the sound of the waves echoed in their ears.

The Fengshou kept trawling without stopping, just keeping a distance from them, not too far or too close.

It wasn't until the sky was bright that the two fishing boats moved at full speed toward the provincial capital.

The boatmen in their dreams heard the machine sound roaring again and knew that the fishing boat was heading to the provincial capital. Everyone pulled the quilt over their heads and continued to sleep. At this time, they didn't need to work and didn't need to do anything.

Ye Yaodong didn't sleep anymore. The sufficient sleep at night had already made him full of energy. He was now exceptionally looking forward to how much money this batch of cargo could sell for.

When they reach the shore, he still has to ask the acquisition point if there is a master who repairs fishing boat machines and invite one to come on board to check.

The engine at the stern of the boat was bitten by a great white shark at the time, and he didn't know if it was damaged. It's safer to invite someone on board to check, so as not to see the situation now, and then have safety hazards at critical moments, which would be troublesome.

He stood on the deck blowing the wind, cooked breakfast, and thought about the supplies needed after going to shore.

This trip just started, and the harvest is so big. He definitely can't go back so easily. He can stay for a few more days.

The closer to the provincial capital, the more boats seen on the sea, all of which went to sea to fish at night or in the morning.

Correspondingly, after reaching the shore, there weren't many boats scattered on the shore, and it was empty, so they could dock wherever they wanted.

They weren't in a hurry to lift the cargo up immediately, intending to ask around on shore first like last time.

There were few fishing boats docked at the wharf, but there were many people coming and going. There was a pile of people around who were setting up stalls to sell seafood. He didn't know if they docked at night or returned after setting the net early in the morning, or if they were from other villages bringing seafood to the wharf for retail.

Many people in the city were carrying baskets and choosing the cargo they needed at the wharf.

They also walked around, and then they looked clear. Some were selling snails, razor clams, opened oysters, or clams they dug themselves. These were all beach cargo, and there was also a lot of fish cargo.

A small morning market had probably already formed here, so every fisherman who brought seafood ran here to set up a stall, and even some agricultural and sideline products were quite numerous.

After Ye Yaodong, Pei's father, and his father took a look, they went straight to the acquisition points on the side and asked for prices separately as usual. The first one he entered was the one that sold the devil fish last time.

Unlike the bustling scene in the evening, in the early morning, several acquisition points were deserted and empty. There were only empty baskets inside and at the door, and no cargo at all. A young man was still sleeping on the table.

"Hey, boss, get up and collect the cargo."

The other party wiped his saliva and looked up at them in a daze.

"What cargo?"

"How much is croaker fish per jin?"

"10 cents, 6 cents."

"What about a large quantity?"

"Large quantity is the same."

"Is a few thousand or tens of thousands of jin the same?"

The man woke up a bit after hearing the quantity. "Same! Hey, aren't you the guy who sold the devil fish before?"

"Right, it's me. An old acquaintance, is the price a bit higher?"

Ye Yaodong also recognized him. Last time he heard others call him Acheng.

"How much quantity do you have? Did the fishing boat just return?"

"Tens of thousands of jin!"

"Grass!" Acheng's eyes widened. "Really or fake?"

"Why would I lie to you?"

"Take me to see." He hurriedly pulled Ye Yaodong to see the cargo.

Ye Yaodong stopped him. "Wait a minute, you continue to sleep first. I'll take a turn and ask for the price first."

"No need to ask. No one can eat your tens of thousands of jin of cargo. I still have to find others to share it together. If I knew you had tens of thousands of jin, I wouldn't have reported such a high price."

"Ah?"

"Ah what? Who do you think can take out ten thousand yuan at once? We who collect cargo all use cash. Every batch of cargo has to be pressed out, and we can only collect money after everything is sold. If I knew you had such a large quantity, I would have reported a lower price, so I could collect more cargo. I was sleepy, damn."

Ye Yaodong didn't quite believe him. After all, he was almost pitted by that devil last time.

Their brothers were not very honest and deliberately suppressed his price, thinking he didn't know the goods. It was the middle-aged man next door who made trouble, which allowed him to touch the approximate price.

"Then you have to wait. My father and my uncle ran to the neighborhood to ask for the price. No matter what, we have to compare. You have a criminal record, so I have to prevent it."

Acheng looked at him with contempt. "Everyone collects cargo together, the price is about the same, all based on the market price of the day."

That's hard to say. He is from out of town, and it is common for locals to bully strangers.

"Anyway, I've already asked, so let's talk after they ask."

"How many days does your fishing boat dock once? Is it all around us?"

"Right, it's not certain how long it docks once. Anyway, the value of the cargo is high, and it's worth docking, so we'll come back."

"Then your batch of cargo is not small? Is the hold full? Besides croaker fish, what else is there?"

"It's all croaker fish..."

Before the other party could continue to inquire, Ye's father ran over hurriedly.

"Dongzi... Dongzi... how much money did you ask for here?"

"16 cents."

"Oh, I asked two families, and the most was 16 cents."

"I said so, market price, fair to children and old people, the quantity is the same price."

A middle-aged man followed Ye's father and walked in, laughing and saying, "I told you I'm a fair person, reporting the real price, and not bullying strangers, whether it's common or uncommon cargo."

"You're making trouble again! They are my old customers..."

"Who said that? They also ran to me to ask for the price."

"You're not doing this..."

"Nonsense, I'm doing this."

Ye Yaodong saw them arguing and felt a bit big-headed. "Don't argue, my quantity is a bit large, can you eat it?"

"How many numbers?"

"Tens of thousands of jin?"

Both asked at the same time.

"110,000 jin!"

"How much?" Both widened their eyes and looked at him in a daze.

"110,000 jin of croaker fish, and 10,000 or 20,000 jin of other fish."

"110,000 jin???" The middle-aged man named Laohai was shocked.

The young man named Acheng was no less so. He dug his ears and looked at the man named Laohai in a daze.

"110,000 jin? All croaker fish?"

"Right, I ran into a school of fish, 110,000 jin in one haul."

"How much? ！！！！"

Both eyes widened more than just now.

Ye Yaodong smiled and repeated it to them again.

The two looked at each other. The appearance of being at daggers drawn just now was gone, and they had been shocked by him. Where could they still care about arguing?

"No, you say it again, how many jin of fish do you have?"

"I said I have 110,000 jin of croaker fish, 55 tons, which is the cargo netted in one haul. I ran into a big school of fish, and there are other miscellaneous cargo and two great white sharks."

"My go!"

"My goodness, this is the first time in my life, Ye Yaohai, that I've heard that one haul of cargo can reach 110,000 jin!!!"