Chapter 111

The waves on a typhoon day are ruthless, constantly battering their boat, but fortunately, it can still withstand them; the waves haven't reached the deck yet.

Along the way, they haven't seen any other boats still out risking operations; they are all heading toward the shelter harbor. The two of them are truly insane!

"It's fine, it's a small scene. The typhoon is still several days away. Young people need to have a fighting spirit! Thirty percent is destined by heaven, seventy percent depends on hard work~" As he spoke, A Guang began to sing a song in Minnan dialect...

Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes, "You are an only son, the sole heir of three generations, and you aren't even married yet. You'd better be careful..."

"I'm not afraid. After finishing this haul, I can save up enough money to bring my beloved girl home!"

Ye Yaodong stared wide-eyed in an instant, "In your dreams!"

"Dongzi, we're brothers. You don't want to see me remain a bachelor forever, do you? You have to be anxious about what your brother is anxious about. When it's time to help, you have to help. Your son can already go buy soy sauce, and I haven't even touched a girl's hand. Don't you feel sorry for your brother?"

"Go die somewhere else. If you keep nagging, I'll throw you into the sea as fish bait."

A Guang immediately shut his mouth. One must know how to adapt to circumstances, right?

When the boat reached the place where he usually worked, he finally stopped, "Alright, let's do it here. Let's cast a net first and see."

Ye Yaodong looked around at the coast. At sea, there is water on all four sides, and everything around seems the same. But if you work in one place often, you will definitely be familiar with the shapes of the surrounding mountains and islands, yet this place is not one he is familiar with.

"Do you usually work here?"

"We'll go out a bit further. Thinking about the typhoon, we're playing it safe and not running too far."

"Then let's cast a net to test the water first. If there isn't much cargo, we'll change places."

"Hmm."

Having had a previous lesson, they are very careful now when casting nets at sea, fearing they might get their feet hooked and fall off.

The net was slowly lowered. A Guang suddenly said, "Dongzi, why don't you handle the first net? Your luck is a bit better."

"You do it. My luck hasn't been good lately. I opened several conchs and didn't find any pearls. Instead, my second sister-in-law opened one, and my eldest brother even picked up a leopard coral grouper. I feel like my luck has run out."

"Isn't it normal not to find any? You want to find pearls after opening a few conchs? Are you dreaming? Your second sister-in-law might have just gotten lucky, but I heard she doesn't have that kind of wealth; she cut her own hand with the knife, and the whole village heard about it."

"Sigh, you don't understand!"

He truly feels he missed out on that leopard coral grouper!

"Forget it, then let's look at mine for this net. Let me explode the first net!"

Ye Yaodong rested his chin on his hand and responded listlessly, then asked, "What date is A Zheng getting married? The wedding candy hasn't been handed out yet. We'll have to go carry the sedan chair when the time comes."

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"After you move, I heard it's the 28th of the lunar month. We'll have the matchmaker's feast the night before. The wedding candy and invitations should be handed out in two days. I'm so envious, the speed is so fast."

"Heh heh, then ask your aunt to introduce one to you. If you like each other, you can get married in three days, even faster than him."

"No, how can a man be fast? Good things take time! How can marriage be so casual?"

"Why can't it be? It took ten days from meeting my wife to getting married!"

"That's because you were lucky enough to meet someone blind, so you had to trick her home quickly, right?"

Ye Yaodong glared at him fiercely, "How are you talking? Who are you insulting?"

"Oh right, it should be that you were lucky enough to find a treasure, so you had to trick her home quickly."

Going to sea with a friend is much better than going to sea with their own fathers; at least there's someone to banter with, so it won't be boring.

Seeing that the time was about right, A Guang let the fishing boat move forward at a slow speed. Ye Yaodong went to retrieve the towing cables one by one. When he reached the otter boards, he fixed them to the otter board frame to detach them from the towing cables, then continued to retrieve the fishing gear.

A Guang also went to help, and the two of them worked together to slowly drag the fishing gear from the stern slipway onto the deck.

"This net is so light? It feels a bit easy to pull."

"Indeed, it feels like only thirty or forty jin. I guess there isn't much in it. Could it be that the cargo in this sea area happened to be swept elsewhere?"

"Let's pull it up first and see."

"Holy crap, parrot fish head, zebra-striped fish body, and plum blossom deer-patterned fish tail—it's three-knife fish!"

Ye Yaodong recognized this special net of fish at a single glance.

The appearance of the three-knife fish is very beautiful. It has nine orange oblique bands on its body, all fins are orange, the dorsal fin has a blue longitudinal band parallel to the base, and there are white spots scattered on the caudal peduncle and caudal fin.

In Hong Kong, it is called the "Fish King," commonly known as "Slash Three Knives" or "Mountain Knife." It is named "Three Knives" because the fish body is thick and difficult to steam through, so fishermen always slash three knives on the fish body before steaming to ensure it is heated evenly.

A Guang's eyes also lit up with excitement, "Damn, a whole net of three-knife fish. No wonder it's so light. We've struck it rich!"

This net didn't weigh much, and the two of them pulled it up in one go. They couldn't wait to untie the fishing net. The deck was covered with three-knife fish, and the two of them kept flipping them over in excitement.

"So many, and they look so beautiful. This is the Fish King. Coming out today was the right choice..."

"If this were sold to Guangdong and Hong Kong, it would be even more valuable."

A Guang asked with a curious smile, "How do you know it's more valuable in Guangdong and Hong Kong?"

"There are many rich people in Guangdong and Hong Kong, hahaha~"

"That's true!"

"There are also a few sea chicken fish. Let's pick them out separately; sea chicken fish are cheap."

"You pick them out. I feel like after changing my name, my luck exploded. Going to sea with my dad, I explode a net every day."

A Guang, full of passion, hurriedly went to sail the boat and cast the net again. Coming out late today, time is tight.

When the second net was raised, there were only swimming crabs and miscellaneous fish, but the quantity was quite impressive, and the two of them were also a little happy.

Seeing that the waves at sea were getting bigger and the boat was constantly pitching and rolling violently, the two decided to drag one last net and then go back.

"Let me try the last net. After dragging it, we'll go back. The waves weren't this big in the morning. I feel like the typhoon is getting closer."

A Guang had no objections. After handing the boat over to Ye Yaodong, he went to tie the crab legs.

Ye Yaodong is still very skilled at dragging nets, but the waves are really too big. In the hour he was sailing, the waves hit the deck several times, and waves half a person high were churning up around them from time to time.

Suddenly, a flash of lightning like a golden dragon streaked across the sky, and at the same time, a wave not far away slapped up more than ten meters high, scaring Ye Yaodong's heart to skip a beat.

The two exchanged glances. A Guang couldn't help but swallow his saliva, "Quite spectacular."

"But it's a bit scary..."

"Shall we go back?"

"Okay!"

Humans cannot withstand the power of nature!

Coming out today was already very risky. After half a day, the danger factor felt like it had doubled. Seeing this wave, the two decisively withdrew.

"We'll raise the net in a while. I'll sail away from this sea area first. Give me the compass."

They have already made money today, so it's not advisable to take more risks. Ye Yaodong identified the direction according to the compass and increased the horsepower to return.

As that huge wave dissipated, the boat rocked even more violently. The waves behind kept slapping the deck, seemingly with a trend of intensifying. Both of them felt a sense of urgency in their hearts.

A Guang was also in no mood to tie crab legs. His eyes kept staring at the sea level. Only then did he feel that he had been impulsive this time, too whimsical.

The landscape of nature is both magnificent and dangerous!