Chapter 196

Watching the spectacle on the sea surface to eat, the father and son both regretted not having four hands. The fishing boats nearby were visibly piled with cargo, boat after boat of sardines, and various big fish.

Most of the people on other boats were also leaning on the deck to rest, regretting that manpower was limited.

A-Guang, after putting the fishing net back down, was also resting there, and sailed the boat over.

"Dongzi, how many nets did you fish? How many jin did you fish?"

"Two or three thousand jin, arm strength can't take it, otherwise don't need to rest. How about you?"

"About the same, just a few more big fish than you. Don't dare to fish too much in one net, afraid of not being able to pull it up."

Ye Fu said with a smile: "It's enough to have a few big fish. Those sardines are not valuable. Any deep-sea big fish is worth several hundred jin of sardines."

Pei Fu said with a smile: "That's what I said, so after dawn, we try our best to catch big goods."

"It's just that it's expensive in terms of hands. After this ticket is finished today, everyone has to rest for a few days, can't come out." A-Guang swung his aching arms, don't know whether to be happy or happy, or happy...

Ye Yaodong put away the half-eaten lunch box, wiped his mouth and said: "Earned a year's money in one day today, don't say rest for a few days, rest for a month is fine!"

Pei Fu laughed loudly, "Dongzi is right."

"Rested enough, continue, continue."

Stimulated by the big fish on A-Guang's fishing boat, Ye Yaodong shook the cast net and planned to seize the time to continue. He had already set his eyes on the yellowfin tuna not far away.

Sardines are just bait in the eyes of these fishermen now, it is the bait they use to catch big fish. Catching it is just by the way.

It's a pity that they didn't see bluefin tuna around them. There were boats everywhere, and changing points wasn't easy. Could only catch whatever was nearby, to avoid falling into a void.

Seeing them busy again, and catching another yellowfin tuna, A-Guang also excitedly shouted to his father to continue, not willing to fall behind.

Work hard to finish this ticket, and don't worry about the three turns and one sound for marriage!

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Other fishing boats on the sea surface didn't dare to rest much. Missing one net is a loss of several tens of yuan.

The sardines on the sea surface were constantly swimming, big fish were chasing and hunting behind, and the fishing boats also followed closely, from dawn to dusk.

Suddenly, exclamations came from a boat ahead of them. The fishing boats that were originally moving slowly and fishing all stopped one after another.

Ye Yaodong and the others had just reeled in a net laboriously, and people were still leaning on the gunwale to rest, when they heard bursts of calls for help from the fishing boats ahead.

Ye Fu leaned half his body out of the gunwale and looked, only seeing someone sinking and floating on the sea surface ahead...

"The boat ahead seems to have an accident, Dongzi!"

Ye Yaodong also frowned and looked, "I saw it, seems like someone fell down. Dad, let's sail the boat up a bit, see if we can help."

There is a recognized agreement at sea: you must save people when you encounter danger at sea. Even if you are trawling or hauling cargo, you must put saving people in the first place.

There are big fish everywhere on the sea. He saw several great white sharks earlier. Generally, whales and sharks don't eat people, but it's hard to guarantee in case... if there is a bloody smell...

Not only their fishing boat, but many fishing boats around also saw this accident. Everyone quickly drove the horsepower to approach that boat, and then spontaneously surrounded that area, trying not to let those big fish on the sea surface approach.

Time is short. By the time they surrounded it, the struggling water splashes on the sea surface were small. Ye Yaodong looked around and felt it should be relatively safe, so he took off his coat, untied his watch, and jumped down. Two people from other boats also jumped down to help.

As soon as he dived into the water surface, he saw a middle-aged woman sinking to the bottom, still with weak struggles. He hurriedly swam toward her. However, his arm strength was limited due to excessive consumption of force in reeling in the net earlier. The woman seemed to have grabbed a straw, struggling there and clutching his clothes. Fortunately, the other two people who jumped down also swam over to help. He was instantly relieved.

At this time, he also saw the dense sardines under the sea surface not far away. The magnificent landscape was even more so than what was seen on the sea surface.

He widened his eyes instantly, only to see countless sardines constantly shuttling before his eyes, arranged in various regular or irregular groups, as if dancing.

It was only a short few seconds, but this magnificent natural landscape was deeply engraved in his mind. When he floated to the water surface, he was still in a daze, with glowing eyes.

The other two were also the same expression. They didn't expect that the sardines on the sea surface were just the tip of the iceberg of the sardine storm, and the truly spectacular scene was in the sea.

But it was only for a moment. Seeing the boats gathered around and the noisy sounds in his ears, they immediately came back to their senses.

The three of them, together with the woman's husband on the boat and some enthusiastic fishermen on the boat, worked together to drag the middle-aged woman onto the boat, and then also climbed onto that boat.

After Ye Yaodong got on the boat, he sat in the corner and panted, watching others perform first aid.

The boats around also gathered together, looking with concern.

Fortunately, she was rescued in time. After first aid, the middle-aged woman spat out a mouthful of water and slowly woke up.

The woman's husband was so happy he almost shed old tears, his mouth didn't stop thanking everyone, and said it was all his own fault for not knowing how to swim, and then left the addresses of the people who helped, indicating that he would definitely come to thank them when he went back.

After Ye Yaodong reported his family name, he also climbed onto his own boat, continued to sit paralyzed and swing his arms, looking at the various big fish on the distant sea surface, the scene he had seen on the seabed flashed through his mind again, and he had some thoughts in his heart.

People's horizons need to be expanded. When the horizon is wide, the pattern is also large, and life is wide.

Ye Fu let him take off his wet clothes first, wear a coat to avoid catching a cold. It was only after 2 PM now, no one was willing to go back early.

"And this watch, when did you buy it? Spendthrift, actually willing to buy such an expensive thing..."

Ye Yaodong took the watch, looked at the time, put it in his pocket, and didn't answer his father's question. If he wants to nag, let him nag a few words.

Ye Fu also knew that his son had changed a lot in the past few months. He didn't have the anger of hating iron for not becoming steel when he spoke, at most he would nag a few words when he couldn't see it.

After resting, Ye Fu let the boat drift with the waves. They wanted to continue to work hard to catch two more big fish. Today is a cloudy day, the sky looks a bit dark, and they need to seize the time.

When organizing the fishing net, Ye Yaodong discovered that in the continuous high-intensity throwing, the fishing net had been damaged in some places, and the holes were too big, all because the big fish struggled too violently. It could continue to catch, but it was easy to leak fish, but they were mainly to catch big fish, so it didn't matter if sardines ran away.

He rubbed the aching muscles on his arms. They didn't have the strength to throw nets like they did at the beginning, and the net couldn't be fully opened. They originally didn't count on those sardines, as long as they could net one big fish, it would be enough.

Fortunately, their hope didn't fall through. There were still many big fish on the sea surface, all running after sardines. It was just that the fish they could choose within their field of vision were relatively few, and they could only catch whatever was nearby.

Every time the cargo came up, no matter how many sardines there were, a big fish would be brought. Even though the two had been paralyzed with fatigue, and their hands were aching so much they couldn't be lifted, they still hoped to catch two more.

At this time, Ye Yaodong set his eyes on a big blue shark nearest to them.

Before, they specifically avoided those super-large whales and sharks, which they couldn't catch. But there was no way, there was only this blue shark nearest to them in the field of vision now.

Fortunately, the blue shark is relatively small among sharks. This one is less than two meters long, with a slender body, about 100 jin, but there are quite a lot of sardines in the net. The father and son grinned, and with effort, they pulled it up.

Although the meat of the shark is not valuable, its fins are valuable, which is shark fin. It's better than catching a net of sardines.

After throwing the blue shark and the sardines caught together casually on the deck, the father and son were almost paralyzed, leaning on the gunwale, panting continuously, and both hands were shaking violently.

"Dad, still catching? It's almost five o'clock."

Although men can't say they can't, human power has limits. This high-intensity physical work really almost killed him. He felt his hands were no longer his own, and the deck was full of sardines, with some corners piled up like small hills. They had no place to step.

The sky also darkened. Originally, it gets dark quickly in autumn and winter. Today is a cloudy day, making it even darker.

Longline fishing was still left in the sea behind them, and neither of them was willing to leave to reel it in. Missing this opportunity, they might not necessarily encounter it again in the future. They didn't have extra food on the boat to let them chase sardines for a day or two, and they didn't have so much ice to keep fresh. They all wanted to take advantage of the current time to catch one more net as much as possible.

"Are we going back? Too regrettable..."

Ye Fu also panted, his hands were already aching and couldn't be lifted, but he still couldn't bear to leave.

"Can your hands still be lifted?" Ye Yaodong also couldn't bear to leave, but there was no way. Staying here, they could only watch. Chasing the sardine school for a day or two on the boat, they still wouldn't have the strength to catch.

Better to go back and rest early.

Ye Fu, although reluctant, knew that staying wouldn't help, so he looked at the sea surface with eyes full of longing and said: "Go, go, go back..."

"Eh wait, there are still longlines that haven't been reeled in, what to do, we don't have strength in our hands?"

Ye Yaodong also thought of this.

"Those longlines, can only throw them into the sea for one night. Tomorrow I'll ask my eldest brother and second brother to sail the boat over to help me reel them in. Shouldn't be lost. By the way, bring them to trawl in this sea area. After the sardine storm, the cargo in this sea area must be better than other sea areas."

"Also works. Regrettable, don't know where they went to trawl today. I looked around on the sea surface and didn't see the family's boat."

"Hmm, then go back... eh?"

Ye Yaodong discovered a marlin suddenly appearing on the sea surface next to them, and he stared at it with glowing eyes.

Ye Fu also saw the marlin that suddenly appeared on the sea surface around them, and said fiercely: "Dongzi, catch one last net, catch that marlin and we'll go back."

"Good!"

This marlin is more than two meters long, about 100 jin, considered underage. Adult marlin are generally three or four meters long.

Its top is cobalt blue, below and silvery white; it has a distinct dorsal fin and a long, lethal spear-like upper jaw.

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Ye Yaodong endured the pain of lifting his arms and cast the net. After netting it, both were full of joy. This was equal to half success, just waiting to pull it up.

The father and son's arms, which had originally exhausted their strength, once again erupted with power.

Both of them had blue veins bulging on their hands and foreheads, biting their back teeth and planning to use the last bit of strength, but this net was especially heavy for them.

They used all their strength to drag the fishing net to the side of the boat, and planned to use more strength, but didn't expect that they couldn't pull it up no matter what, and could only stalemate there.

Ye Yaodong cursed, feeling depressed to death. Wanting to give up but feeling it was a pity. The father and son felt a bit difficult for a moment.

Last net, can't you let me catch a decent one?