Chapter 1052: Resuming Longline Fishing (10,000 words, +20 monthly votes)

After seeing the guests off, Ye Yaodong stood at the entrance for a while, watching the children playing and running wild. None of the adults were standing outside; it was late at night, and everyone was staying in their own homes. Some had to head out to sea at night, so they had gone to bed early. He returned to his room as well.

Lin Xiuqing and the old lady were engrossed in watching television, the two of them even discussing the plot. Neither of them turned their heads to look at him.

Ye Yaodong went to the empty room on the first floor, opened those few boxes of canned fish again, and tallied the numbers.

Originally, there were 73 full boxes in total. Each box contained 5 cans of caviar. After reorganizing, 7 boxes remained, which equaled 355 cans.

Additionally, he had one more box on hand, the one he had kept privately that was salvaged together with the box he gave to Bureau Chief Chen; this one also contained 5 cans.

However, he had opened one can when Lin Ji was inspecting the goods, and he would definitely have to let them inspect the goods again when delivering them at night, so he would keep these five cans aside for now and not count them.

At 10 yuan per can, 355 cans would sell for 3,550 yuan.

Calculating it this way wasn't bad; it was better than nothing. It was better than letting them go to waste in his own hands. With so many, he would have to eat them until the year of the monkey and the horse month, until he got sick of them, or until they expired.

After calculating it one more time, he came out feeling satisfied.

All in all, this batch of goods he salvaged could truly sell for 10,000 yuan. He had made a profit.

Lowering his desires and expectations, and not thinking about how much others could earn, but only calculating his own harvest—sure enough, he could be much happier.

In a better mood, he sat down next to the two women and watched TV with them.

"Why are you shaking your leg? What are you so happy about?"

"Happy that I'm about to make money again soon."

"Then are we going to keep some squid to dry when the time comes?"

Hearing him say he was going to make money again, Lin Xiuqing interpreted it as the squid fishing season approaching, which indeed meant making money again.

"We have to. For dried goods, of course, we need to prepare a bit of every variety. However, the price is high at the beginning; we'll keep the goods after about five or six days. This dried squid sold quite well last year, so we can raise the price a bit this year."

"Mm, it just so happens that our big boat hasn't gone out to sea, and the workshop has been empty lately. Many people keep asking me when the boat will be repaired."

"I'll find some time tomorrow to call the shipyard and ask."

"Didn't you just go ask Ah Hai? What did he say?"

"He said the shipyard is rushing to meet delivery deadlines and can only spare one master and an apprentice for repairs; it won't be that fast. Besides, we have all three boats placed there for repairs at the same time. I'll call them tomorrow and have them repair the captured one first."

"Then when you go out to sea tomorrow morning, remember to bring the cast nets. There are 5 of them; you decide how many to bring. If it's not enough, I'll go buy some more net thread in a few days and weave two more myself. Anyway, our own boat isn't repaired, and the workshop isn't busy, so I can just do it myself; no need to hire others."

The cast nets on the big boat were not far from being scrapped. She had mentioned it to him a while ago, asking her to arrange for a few to be woven and kept in reserve. Now that the fishing season was here, it was just the right time to use them.

"Got it. I'll take them and put them on the flatbed cart first, so I don't forget."

Lin Xiuqing also stood up and followed him outside.

After preparing everything that needed to be brought on the boat for tomorrow's trip, Ye Yaodong went early to sleep in the idle room on the first floor.

He couldn't stand the noise of the two little ones, and he had to get up at night to give the caviar to Lin Ji, so sleeping alone in this room was for the best.

Fortunately, Lin Xiuqing had already tidied it up today, made the bed, and the bedding still carried the scent of the sun.

With things on his mind, Ye Yaodong woke up intermittently. They had agreed on ten to twelve o'clock, and he estimated that they should arrive around ten.

It wasn't fully hot yet, and let alone 10 o'clock, by 8 o'clock the village was already quiet and empty; even the children of every household had been dragged home to sleep.

After sleeping several times, seeing that it was just past 10 o'clock, he immediately got up, tiptoed out, and opened the door, trying his best to keep the sound of opening the door to a minimum to reduce the creaking noise.

Then he sat alone at the courtyard gate, smoking while waiting, looking at the pitch-black sea surface and the churning waves. He thought again about the super typhoon this year, but in his vague impression, it didn't hit them directly, though it still had a significant impact.

The main thing was that the current houses were relatively old and dilapidated; the houses some old people lived in were no better than pigsties. A slightly stronger typhoon could blow the roofs away together.

If it were like the houses in the future, there would be nothing to fear. An ordinary typhoon would only count as a light drizzle, and when a super typhoon came, as long as the doors and windows were closed well, there would be nothing to fear.

After thinking for a while, he couldn't figure out which month it was, so he simply stopped pondering. Anyway, he would deal with whatever came, and as long as it didn't hit them head-on, it would be fine.

He sat at the courtyard gate for a while, and sure enough, it was only 10:30 when he saw a dark shadow in the distance pushing a flatbed cart over. The rumbling sound of the axle was particularly harsh in the silent dark night.

Fortunately, there was the sound of the waves, churning every now and then, covering up the sound of the cart wheels turning.

"I thought you'd have to knock on the door when you came over. I didn't expect you to be quite punctual."

"Thinking that you were at this time last time too, I calculated the time and got up."

"Should I push it straight in or leave it at the door?"

"Leave it at the door. There are only 7 boxes in total. The sound of your axle turning is a bit loud at night. If you push it into the courtyard, I reckon the old people in the house will get up directly. I'll just go in and move them out."

"Oh."

Lin Ji parked the cart at the door, followed him in, and then stopped in the courtyard, waiting for him to move them out.

The dog at his feet immediately pricked up its ears and circled around Lin Ji when he came in, its nose sniffing back and forth on his pant legs, and then it shook the fur on its body.

Before entering the house, Ye Yaodong also turned his head and lowered his voice, reminding the few dogs to return to their kennels, and then went to move the boxes.

It was just that no matter how lightly he moved and how careful he was, he still disturbed the old lady in the next room.

People grew light sleepers as they aged, and her ears were very sharp. At the slightest sign of trouble at night, she felt as if there were thieves, and she immediately sat up alertly, quietly glancing out the window.

Clearly, Dongzi was supposed to go out to sea early the next morning, not tonight. Where did this movement at night come from?

Borrowing the moonlight, she really saw a dark figure, and the courtyard gate was still open. Before long, she saw someone in the house moving a large box into the courtyard.

The two were sneaking around, and the sound of heavy objects landing on the flatbed cart was also heard by the sharp-eared old lady.

Her first reaction was that there were two thieves moving things from the house. She panicked and didn't know what to do for a moment. After circling the room, the only thing she could use was a walking stick.

She quietly opened a crack in the door; the main room was pitch black. Then she heard the sound of moving things in the room next door where dried fish were stored, and she felt a bit nervous and panicked.

Moving lightly, she took two steps and raised the walking stick in her hand high. Suddenly, she remembered that Ah Qing seemed to have wiped the bed in this room today and laid out bedding, saying it was for Dongzi to sleep in for these few days, to avoid being disturbed by the children.

The old lady's high-raised walking stick slowly lowered. Thinking that this wasn't the first time Ye Yaodong had been sneaking around in the middle of the night, she worried it was him again. After all, he slept in this room at night; how could he not know if a thief had entered the room?

Afraid of scaring someone in the middle of the night, and also worried that it might be a thief, she didn't dare to make a sound.

Just as she hesitated for a moment, Ye Yaodong had already moved another box of goods out. As a result, when he walked to the door, a dark shadow stood by the door, which immediately gave him a big fright, and he threw the box of canned goods in his hand directly out.

"Ouch, my mother, no, it's my ancestor. Why are you not sleeping in the middle of the night and scaring people here?"

"Oh, it's nothing, it's nothing..." The old lady hurriedly reached out and patted his chest a few times.

"I heard movement in the middle of the night and got up to check, worried, but I was afraid of scaring you, so I didn't make a sound. I wanted to see if it was you or a thief."

"Who told you to do things in the middle of the night instead of during the day, messing around in the middle of the night every now and then? I thought there really was a thief. Why didn't you even turn on the light?"

Ye Yaodong glared at her angrily, went to pull the power cord, looked at the cans scattered all over the ground that he had thrown, and squatted down to pick them up one by one.

Hearing the movement in the house and seeing the light turned on, Lin Ji also walked in, "What's wrong?"

"Almost scared to death. Standing at the door without even turning on the light. People scaring people really can scare people to death."

Lin Xiuqing also heard the sound of heavy objects falling outside, as if a pile of things had been knocked over. Through the crack in the door, she also saw the light outside, so she put on an outer garment and opened the door to take a look.

"It's the middle of the night, what are you doing not sleeping?"

"You all go to sleep. He wants to buy dried fish and will leave early tomorrow morning. I have to go out to sea early too, and I don't have time, so he came over at night to move the goods. I'm just giving him these cans along the way," Ye Yaodong said, half-truthfully.

"Coming to move goods in the middle of the night, I thought someone was standing in the courtyard, pitch black and couldn't see clearly, and didn't even turn on the light..." the old lady muttered a few times.

"It's only 10 o'clock, how is it the middle of the night? You go to sleep."

Seeing the caviar all over the floor, Lin Xiuqing understood. The canned fish were all sold out, and these could only be caviar. She had heard him mention it before, asking if she wanted to see if anyone wanted it when they returned.

Moving at night without making a sound, sneaking around and turning on a light—there was nothing to it, right? It saved them from scaring themselves.

"Are you done moving? Do you need help?"

"No need, we'll just move them ourselves. You all go to sleep."

Worried that others would feel uncomfortable with them watching, Lin Xiuqing returned to the room, intending to interrogate him after the person left.

The old lady also returned to her room slowly, looking back every three steps.

Ye Yaodong also picked up the box of goods scattered on the ground and handed it to Lin Ji, "Sure enough, a guilty conscience makes one suspicious. If I had known, I would have turned on the light directly, and wouldn't have to worry about movement."

"I don't have a guilty conscience; you're the one with the guilty conscience."

"Fine, fine, fine, I have a guilty conscience. There are only a few boxes of goods in total. Move them quickly, and you can flip through them casually and spot-check two cans."

"Will you fool me?"

"How is that possible? I'm an honest man."

"Then I'll look at them slowly when I get back."

He had no reason to fool him, and he wasn't really short of this bit of money. He could still give this bit of trust.

"Okay, there are 7 boxes in total, plus 10 scattered cans, 360 cans in total. That'll be 3,600 yuan."

Originally, he had kept 5 cans without counting them, wanting to leave them for him to spot-check and then add them back. Now that there was no spot-check, of course, he would sell them to him for money!

If he spot-checked and opened them after going back, they wouldn't count as his!

Anyway, Lin Ji had already earned so much, so he could earn a little less here. He was relatively poorer and could earn a little more.

"Fine."

Lin Ji was also very straightforward, taking the money out of several pockets on his body, counting it twice before handing the 3,600 to him.

Ye Yaodong watched him count it, so he didn't need to count it again, putting it directly into his pocket and saying with a smile, "Many thanks, walk slowly, I won't see you out."

"Aren't you going to count it once?"

"Will you cheat?"

"No."

"Then that's that."

"Mm."

Lin Ji waved his hand at him, looked around left and right, and pushed the flatbed cart away.

Ye Yaodong also shook the banknotes in his hand, closed the courtyard gate, and then closed the door and light, returning to the storage room to lie down.

But just as he closed his eyes, the door was opened again.

"Ah Qing?"

"It's me."

Lin Xiuqing felt her way to the bedside, but Ye Yaodong grabbed her hand and pulled her onto the bed, and the old-fashioned canopy bed also made a heavy sound.

"What are you doing..."

"Do you want money?"

She said with a smile, "I do. How much money did those caviar sell for?"

"Serve me well, and everything will be yours."

Ye Yaodong skillfully rubbed her roundness.

"Haven't I served you well enough? I've been serving you like an ancestor."

"I don't feel it. Show a bit of sincerity."

"Don't mess around, tell me quickly, how much did it sell for?"

He freed one hand and reached under the pillow, shaking a large handful of money in front of her eyes, and then quickly retracted it when she reached out.

"Hey~ perform well and it'll be yours."

"Are you looking to die?" Lin Xiuqing patted him twice.

"I want to live, to have a good time. Hurry up, use all your skills."

"Get lost, hurry up and put it away. How can you put so much money in this room?"

Ye Yaodong raised his hand high, just to keep her from reaching it. When she turned over, he quickly stuffed the money under the pillow, rested his head on the pillow to press it down, and looked at her with a grin.

"Come on, it's several thousand yuan, I won't wrong you."

"Are you looking to die? What do you take me for?"

"My wife. Everything of mine is yours. Hurry up, I don't even bother to lift an eyelid for other women. Hurry up."

Lin Xiuqing moved to pull the pillow, but was pressed tightly on the pillow by his two hands, making her unable to pull it at all.

"Be obedient, fulfill your duty as a wife, and I'll give it all to you."

"I'll take it directly after you go out to sea tomorrow."

"Then won't I take it out to sea?"

Lin Xiuqing pinched him, "Don't be stubborn."

"Then I won't be stubborn, here Y..."

Ye Yaodong grabbed her little hand XX?

"Are you annoying? It's so late... and in this room..."

He coaxed softly, "Then you want to go out, outside is fine too..."

"No..."

The couple whispered to each other, and the waves outside the house also churned violently, one after another. When the waves crashed, they also roared, and the wind made the treetops rustle.

The spray on the shore churned to the highest point, then slowly fell back down, rising and falling calmly for a few times, then churning and roaring heavily again.

In the silent dark night, the sound of the waves was particularly clear.

Ye Yaodong lay on the bed like a dead fish, not wanting to move at all.

"Dead man, get off me, let me down."

"You're not sleeping here?"

"Those two children are so young, how could I let them sleep by themselves? They sleep so badly, I have to touch them in the middle of the night to see where they're sleeping. What if they roll off the bed in the middle of the night? I have to sleep on the side and keep an eye on them."

There was another point: she was also afraid of walking out of this room early in the morning and being seen by the old lady, Ye's father, and Ye's mother, which would be a joke. It wouldn't do to be separated for a night, and then have to crawl over here to sleep; how embarrassing that would be.

Ye Yaodong didn't force it. Anyway, he had enjoyed himself, and it would be even more enjoyable to sleep alone later. Anyway, it was hot, and the bed wasn't cold.

He was also exceptionally true to his word. When she got out of bed, he took out the large handful of money from under the pillow and handed it to her.

"A reward for you. You performed very well just now, keep up the good work in the future."

Lin Xiuqing took the money, glared at him, and also cooperated with the role-play, "Price increase next time."

"Damn! Do you know how much money is here?"

"Hmph, you think it doesn't come at a cost? And having to play this kind of game with you."

"This is called fun."

"So price increase next time."

Before leaving, Lin Xiuqing had to pinch him again, and then left happily, gently closing the door on her way out.

Ye Yaodong muttered a few curses, "Several thousand yuan at a time, it's enough to sleep with a fairy. Where am I supposed to earn that?"

From now on, wouldn't he have to save up the accounts from the shops in the city and the returns from going out to sea all together, and then hand them over to her, just to sleep once? Otherwise, he couldn't even sleep while resting at home.

Damn it, he pulled the quilt over his shoulders, didn't even put on his pants, and closed his eyes to sleep directly.

Overworked at night, he almost overslept early in the morning, and it wasn't until his father came to knock on the door and pushed it open that he woke up.

In a rush, he hurriedly put on his clothes and followed him out to sea.

Fortunately, he had put everything away last night, so he didn't have to rush to prepare this morning. After a simple breakfast, he pushed the flatbed cart and went out to sea.

What surprised him a bit was that when he arrived around the Oarfish Island, he found that someone had already thrown branches into the sea, and the quantity was not small. Clearly, when he came to scout the location yesterday, he hadn't seen them, and his longline was placed not far away.

"Dongzi, we haven't been here for several months. It's probably occupied by others. Someone has already taken the first step and thrown branches around here. It wasn't thrown yesterday, it must be tonight. Should we find another place?"

"Where can we find another place at this time? Let's sail around this island first and take a look."

He had a guess that it might have been thrown by Ah Zheng and Xiao Xiao.

Last year, he had taken their two boats to place branches around here. It had only been a few months since they went out to sea, so they definitely wouldn't let others occupy this location.

After sailing around, it confirmed his guess. The area he occupied around the island last year was left empty, while the areas the two of them occupied last year were already filled with branches.

"Just as I thought, it should be the branches placed by my two friends. We'll just place them here, it doesn't matter."

"Are you sure?"

"Probably, maybe, 80% sure. If you're worried, then we'll collect the longline first. After collecting it and re-hooking the bait, we'll come back and throw the branches. It'll probably be noon by then, and they should come over to check the situation too."

"That works too."

Ye's father sailed towards the buoy not far away, and Ye Yaodong continued to cut the bait.

After arriving at the place, he stopped. He skillfully collected the buoy first, and then pulled the hook. It had been a long time since he had set the longline, and his luck was still as good as ever.

After three or four empty hooks at the beginning, he directly pulled up a sea bass weighing more than three jin, and then pulled up several more one after another, each at least two jin or more.

The sea bass in spring were fat and delicious, and the spring fish were also very fresh and tender. He pulled up many of them one after another. These were all good fish, making Ye's father beam with joy.

"Yo, even caught a squid. It's really almost the fishing season."

Ye Yaodong untied the squid hanging on the hook and squeezed its belly, wanting to see if there were eggs in its belly and if the fish roe had been discharged, but he forgot for a moment that it would spit black ink.

With a 'biu' sound, a stream of ink sprayed all over his face, more than what was sprayed on him last night.

Fortunately, he was wearing a hat, and a large patch of the sun-shielding scarf on his face was black, and his eyes were also sprayed, but at least his whole face wasn't covered.

"Be a bit more careful, knowing it would spit ink."

After Ye's father finished speaking, he also took the squid from his hand and squeezed its belly. He didn't expect there was still ink in its belly, and it sprayed him all over his face again.

Now it was Ye Yaodong's turn to mock his father.

"Knowing there was ink inside, you actually squeezed it directly. I was just sprayed."

Ye's father wiped his face, and it was even blacker.

"I thought it had already finished spraying."

"There's no cargo in this belly, it should have already spawned. It looks like the fishing season is just these two days."

Ye's father threw it into the basket on the side. There were already quite a few fish in it, sorted by category, distinguishing the good from the bad.

Except for the sea bass which was packed separately, because there were really many goods, the others were only distinguished by value. If the quantity was large later, they would just sort them out separately on the return trip.

A row of longline had 100 hooks, and the hit rate was about 1/3. There were big fish and small fish. Some hooks still had bait hanging on them, some hooks had no bait left, probably because the fish escaped, and some hooks had fish that were eaten halfway by other big fish, with only half left.

Basically, the fish caught were all fish, except for that squid just now.

They only caught such a squid after collecting two rows of longline. If they collected more later, they would see a few more one after another. They were all caught by shrimp bait. Other fish bait was relatively large and couldn't catch squid.

After they finished collecting a row, they also moved the fishing boat forward. There were 20 baskets of longline in total, and the speed of collecting them wasn't that fast, and some fish were still very active and could only struggle.

When Ye Yaodong combed the line, he pulled the line, picked the fish, and replenished the bait, then threw the fishing line into the water to continue working.

He skipped the damaged ones directly. As long as the hooks still occupied the majority, he didn't plan to collect them back. It was too troublesome, and he would have to reorganize them after collecting them back. He would collect them back when there were more hooks to replenish.

It was just that when he was collecting, he clearly saw a transparent squid weighing more than two jin hanging on the next fish hook, but before he could collect it, a big fish suddenly jumped up, opened its bloody mouth, and swallowed the whole squid directly.

"I fuck..."

In the blink of an eye, that fish pulled the fish hook and wanted to run. The fishing line held in Ye Yaodong's hand was pulled and kept sliding forward from his palm.

He couldn't care about talking, reacted quickly and pinched the fishing line, but was pulled by the fish's impact and his body tilted forward, so he had to wrap a few more circles on his hand and pinch the fishing line tightly.

This was using bait to lure bait and then catching a big fish!

Ye's father also saw the big fish that just jumped out of the water, and the dip net held in his hand was also pinched tightly.

"Ouch, gave me a fright. It ran away before I could react. You hold the fishing line well."

"I know, you prepare yourself. If it's pulled to the front later, remember to use the dip net to hook it. That's a small tuna, it's not that easy to get it up."

When he collected fish, his father always held the dip net and other tools on the side to prepare, in case the fish's activity was still very strong, and it was easy to let it run away when it was hooked, and also to prevent swallowing the hook, he needed to use scissors, or a wooden stick with a hook, which made it easier to collect the goods.

"I know, I'm preparing. You hurry up and collect yours."

Ye's father stretched his neck and looked at the sea surface. He had already collected three or four rows just now, and this fish that wanted to intercept their goods halfway was the biggest one.

He didn't expect that the harvest on their fish hook would be caught in the act of being intercepted. Fortunately, the fish hooks they used were relatively thick, just to catch big fish.

The value of bigger fish goods was of course higher than smaller ones.

Ye Yaodong pulled the fishing line in his hand, and the white, slender fishing line strained tightly against his palm. Fortunately, he had been wearing gloves, so he wasn't afraid of the fishing line straining into his flesh, but as the small tuna struggled, the line in his hand was held tighter and tighter, and it still strained into his flesh as usual.

Collecting fish like this was no different from hand-line fishing.

"Do you need my help?"

Ye's father saw him pulling back and forth with the fish, and hadn't pulled the fish to the front for a long time, and from time to time he loosened the line in his palm to let the fish go, and he was also anxious, worried that it was because the line strained his hand and hurt.

Ye Yaodong gritted his teeth and pulled, "No need, you wait on the side. Such a big fish isn't that easy to collect, it'll be soon. I'll collect it in a while, you hold the stick well, prepare to hook the fish gills later, and pull it up together."

It was very energetic.

It could jump out of the water just now to intercept halfway, and run away immediately after one encounter, so it wasn't an easy master to collect.

And according to the figure exposed on the sea when it ran away just now, it looked like it weighed more than forty jin. He wasn't that anxious, just let it pull, and collect it to the front when it had no energy.

This was the biggest fish he saw today.

The battle between man and fish kept seesawing. Ye's father could only stretch his neck and watch from the side. He pulled and released back and forth, and it took almost 20 minutes before he got the fish exhausted and pulled it to the front.

The sweat on his body was all pulled out.

Ye's father also looked at it with joy. When the fish reached the side of the boat, it was still floating back and forth on the sea surface, as if it had already exhausted its strength, but it could still flick its tail and hit the water surface from time to time.

He aimed at the target and swam to the front, directly held the wooden stick at one end, used the other end with the hook to stab fiercely into the fish gills, and then after it struggled violently for a while, he slowly lifted it up against the side of the boat.

When the fish head emerged from the boat edge, he also hugged the fish head and used a bit of strength to throw the fish onto the deck.

"Finally got this fish up after a long time."

"You bleed it, lest the meat quality turns sour, I'll continue to collect."

"Okay."

Ye's father threw the tool in his hand to his feet, and used a knife to settle this fish first. This one was a small tuna and definitely had to be bled. This fish was generally used for sashimi, and if it was left for a long time without bleeding, the meat quality would turn sour directly.

Ye Yaodong shook his arm that was a bit exhausted from being pulled, and then continued to collect goods.

Because the fish hooks were thicker, the fish collected were at least one jin or more, and he would also catch bigger fish or squid.

Just now, before he collected for a while, he saw another big squid weighing two or three jin. It seemed that this year's squid were very fat and delicious. He had already seen several of such big ones.

Perhaps it was possible that the small ones had already been screened out and couldn't hang on the hook.

"Yi yi yi, blue..."

After collecting for a while, his heart, which had become numb and calm, immediately became spirited again.

Ye's father also became energetic, "Is it possible it's a leopard coral grouper?"

"Possible, also possible it's a small humphead wrasse, both are good fish. Wait for me to collect it and take a look. The activity of this fish is also strong, and it's very energetic to pull."

Leopard coral grouper wasn't just red, there were also blue ones. Of course, red ones were more popular than blue ones. After all, everyone liked festive colors, and red leopard coral grouper was also more expensive than blue ones.

He turned the fishing line on his wrist a few times, pulled and cut it with force. This blue fish also jumped out of the water, looking quite fierce. It could still be so energetic in its death throes.

"Seems not leopard coral grouper."

"Collect it and take a look."

It wasn't so clear in the sea, and there were misjudgments. He would know after collecting it.

Ye Yaodong pulled for a while before slowly sliding this fish to the front. He didn't know when it bit the hook, but it definitely hadn't been long. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so laborious to collect.

"It's a swallowtail grouper."

"Right."

The father and son both looked at the tail and identified it. The tail of this fish was forked, like a swallow's tail, and the swallow's tail was like scissors.

Leopard coral grouper colors had bright red and blue, and also brown, but the main thing was that the head and body had many blue spots, and the biggest feature was that there was a nearly complete blue ring around the eye socket.

And swallowtail grouper also had red and blue, and it was named because it grew a forked tail like a swallow, which was also its main difference from leopard coral grouper.

If one wanted to distinguish, looking at the tail was the most intuitive, so after pulling to the front, the father and son both saw clearly what fish it was.

"This fish is also good, it's also a grouper, and it's also valuable. This one is also about two jin."

"Mm, it also has to be bled."

Ye Yaodong collected the fish with satisfaction, and then threw it to the side, letting his father bleed it.

"Good luck today."

"Your luck has always been quite good."

"That's true."

"Hurry up and collect the ones behind, haven't collected many, it's almost 9 o'clock."

"It took a long time to sail out, and also sailed around the island."

He estimated that by the time he finished collecting all these longlines and re-hooking the bait and putting them down, it would probably be noon, and the other two boats should also come over to check the situation of the branches.

He collected them hook by hook and put them down.

There were no top-tier fish or big fish seen later. Collecting them wasn't that laborious. Only occasionally when the size was a bit bigger and the activity was stronger, it took some effort, but they were all collected smoothly, and there was no running hook halfway.

When he finished collecting the goods, leaving only the last line, a small dot appeared at the end of the coastline, and it became bigger and bigger. It was a fishing boat.

He looked up, and hurriedly collected the remaining goods. By the time that fishing boat sailed to the front, he had probably finished collecting these goods.

While collecting the fishing line, he also kept an eye on the fishing boat from far to near. He couldn't see clearly whose boat it was from a distance. All trawlers basically looked the same, except for the marks on the boat body, which could only be seen when close.

But when it got close, he also probably saw the people on the boat.

Ye's father also saw it.

"It really is your friend and his father."

"Right, I said it should be them. Last year they occupied this island with me. It makes no sense for them to give it to others this year, and go find other places themselves. They aren't stupid."

If it weren't for the fact that he encountered pirates on the return trip, and the boat was damaged when fighting the pirates, and he dragged it to repair, he probably would have given up on this year's squid fishing season just like the Harvest, directly.

After all, using branches to lure squid was around the island. The water level around here would be shallower. If the big boat approached, it would be stranded directly, and it would be impossible to move an inch.

Trawling in the outer sea could also try his luck to trawl quite a few passing squid, and the harvest probably wouldn't be much worse.

And because he damaged the fishing boat fighting pirates and dragged it to repair, probably the whole village knew. This new boat was sailed back, and it also spread throughout the village. Using their not-so-smart brains, they also knew that he would definitely take the opportunity to catch this year's squid fishing season.

After the boat over there waved a flag to remind them, and then sailed over, Ah Zheng's voice also immediately came over loudly.

"Dongzi, I knew the longline here was set by you."

"How are you so smart."

He smiled brightly and proudly, used a long bamboo pole to hook Ye Yaodong's boat side, and put the two boats together, so it was convenient for them to talk.

"I've always been smart. I thought about it with my butt and knew, so I discussed it with Xiao Xiao, and left the area of the island you occupied last year empty for you."

"I also saw it when I came over just now, but I was a bit uncertain, so I collected the longline first. Did you just finish trawling?"

"Yes, thinking it was noon, we rested for a while, and ate a meal by the way, and also came over to check the situation of the branches luring squid. Although my father said there weren't many noctiluca these two days, and the fishing season should have just started, it would take two days for the goods to increase. Staying here is a waste of time, might as well go trawl a few more nets. But throwing them down early, preparing early, we can collect more squid eggs when the time comes."

"Mm, I'll be done here soon."

"How is the harvest of your longline?"

"Quite good, lots of sea bass, just caught a small tuna, and a swallowtail grouper."

"Then your luck is quite good. My father also said that spring is here, and there are more sea bass. We trawled a few nets from night until now, and there are quite a few sea bass, also more than a hundred jin. Relying on this sea bass, today's harvest will also be good."

"Your branches were thrown yesterday, right? I also came here last night, but didn't see."

"When we were about to go back yesterday evening, we came here and put the branches down. We also saw the buoy floating here, and thought it should be you. When will your boat be repaired?"

"Don't know yet, there's no definite news yet, have to wait. Fortunately, it just happened to catch up with the squid fishing season, not a loss, and can earn."

"My father also said there two days ago that your luck is really good, even when the boat is broken, you don't forget to earn money, and can catch up with the fishing season. It broke just right."

Ah Zheng's father immediately said angrily, "Nonsense, what do you mean it broke just right? Can you speak? Those who don't know would think I was hoping their boat would break."

"Didn't say wrong either, it really broke just right, didn't delay anything."

"Alright, don't hinder others from collecting goods here. Let's go over there and check the situation first, and you go cook by the way."

"I don't want to, I don't know how. You cook, I sail."

After Ah Zheng's father scolded, he also pushed the boat away, and handed it to him to sail, and then honestly went to heat the food.

There was a reason for everyone being spoiled. There were always parents who spoiled them. Otherwise, how could there be spoiled children?

After Ye Yaodong watched their fishing boat slowly leave, he also pulled up the last few hooks and took a look, replenishing bait where it needed to be replenished, and collecting goods where it needed to be collected.

Ye's father also smiled and said, "I saw him hanging out with you all day long for the first two years, relying on his 4 sisters for everything. He looks quite decent these two years."

"Isn't it? Still taught well by me."

"Stop gilding your own face, people have their own father."

"Didn't see him taught well in the first twenty years. After seeing me earn money this year, they also followed and became positive, so it's still my credit."

"It's good to be better. Otherwise, I don't know who will support whom when I'm old."

"He has 4 sisters who are devoted to their younger brother, life is very easy. It's a pity, why didn't you give me a few more sisters at that time."

"That would be terrible. There's already an old guy in the house who doesn't distinguish right from wrong every day, which is already enough. If you come with 4 more sisters, wouldn't that be heaven?"

"Then probably need 7 sisters to go to heaven."

"Hurry up and work, don't be glib. It's just a pity that it's not allowed to have many children now. His family seems to have only one son? And only gave birth to one granddaughter. Don't know what kind of sin was committed, children are not allowed to have many. Our fishermen who go out to sea should have more sons. One is not enough, two are considered few, three are barely enough, four or five are enough. Blindly messing around."

"Stop complaining, hurry up and cook. It's all collected, you are still standing here, watched for half a day, don't know how to cook first. People's father just went to cook, you are still here."

Ye's father shook his head, "Fine."

Ye Yaodong was also very satisfied looking at the harvest of several baskets behind him. Today, just these goods should be able to sell for several tens. This was only busy for a morning.