Chapter 213: A bit annoying

Ye Yaodong was also not sure if this boat was going to take the same route as him. After all, it hadn't been long since they sailed out. Perhaps halfway, they would go to their target sea area?

"Not clear, let's see first. Maybe the sea area they want to go to is in the same direction as ours for now. Let's see if they will leave by themselves in a while."

Ye's father frowned and nodded. It was a bit far away, and the light wasn't very bright, so he couldn't see clearly whose boat it was.

Ye Yaodong let him continue to hang the bait, and he would just keep an eye on it while driving the boat.

It was just unexpected that even after the boat had sailed out ten nautical miles, the boat behind was still there.

If this were to be called a coincidence, he certainly wouldn't believe it.

The sea area was so vast, yet it followed behind him for so long; it must be intentional, and he had his guesses in his heart.

The boat continued to sail forward. He drove to the sea area where they picked up small yellow croakers yesterday. They couldn't stop fishing just because a fishing boat was following them.

Things had to be done as they should. A trip out also cost oil money, and he had prepared so much bait.

When they reached the target sea area, the boat behind was still maintaining a distance from them, not far or near. Seeing this, Ye's father was so angry he cursed.

"F*** their mother, the sea is so big, are they deliberately following us to fish? Don't know whose family it is, let me know and I'll go to their door and curse them to death."

"It must be because we caught too much goods recently, making people jealous, so they want to follow us to try their luck."

He had the same thought as Ye's father. This boat must have seen that they were lucky and wanted to follow behind them to see if they could drink some soup.

Ye's father leaned against the side of the boat, watching the fishing boat behind and cursing, only regretting that he didn't have a loudspeaker in his hand, so no one could hear him cursing.

Ye Yaodong let the boat move slowly and walked toward the bamboo basket, "Let's put the longline hooks down first, there are still a few baskets that haven't been baited."

They did their work, and if that boat wanted to follow them, they couldn't drive them away. Hopefully, they would be smarter and keep their distance from them, each dragging their own.

If they deliberately dragged nets in the sea area around those longline hooks, it might affect the fish taking the bait. Fortunately, they still had drag nets, so they didn't have to rely entirely on longline fishing. At worst, they would drag a few more nets and then go to collect the lines at the end.

After putting down the baskets of hooks one by one, he threw the buoy and took a special look at the boat behind, finding that the boat was no longer following behind him and was moving slowly toward the side sea area.

He estimated that the boat had started to put down nets. After all, it had been more than an hour since the 1000 hooks were put down.

"Dad, that boat seems to be dragging nets, let's put our nets down too. I'll go drive the boat and avoid them."

Ye's father cursed that boat again, putting down nets while cursing.

Ye Yaodong slowly drove the fishing boat on the sea surface. That boat kept looking at them from afar, maintaining a long distance to the left or right, or in front or behind, without interfering with each other.

Maybe they wanted to rub off some luck, but were also afraid of affecting their drag nets, so they just followed from a distance.

After driving and working around the sea area for more than two hours, the father and son prepared to lift the nets. At this time, the sky was already bright, and the sun had long risen from the sea level to mid-air.

The two worked together to pull up this net. They originally thought that with that fishing boat dragging nets around them, they would be in trouble today, but they didn't expect to pull up a whole net of sole fish.

Although the quantity was not large, just thirty or forty jin, and mixed with some small fish and shrimp, it was much better than catching a net of miscellaneous goods.

Ye's father said with satisfaction, "This net is okay, it wasn't affected by the boat next to us."

"Mm, first flatfish, second mirror fish, third sole."

This sentence is widely circulated in coastal areas, referring to three kinds of delicious sea fish. The one ranked third is the sole fish, which is the kind they caught just now. They call it "shoe sole fish" locally because it is flat like a shoe sole...

It is also called dragon tongue fish, a warm-temperate near-shore large bottom-dwelling fish.

The omega-3 fatty acids in dragon tongue fish can inhibit free radicals in the eyes, prevent the formation of new blood vessels, and reduce the occurrence of lens inflammation, so it is also known as "eye-protecting fish meat," especially suitable for office workers who face computers all day.

Supermarkets often use Basa fish to impersonate dragon tongue fish. The two look different, but once the skin is peeled off, ordinary people can't recognize them. Both have no small intramuscular thorns and have a lot of white meat.

Basa fish is a freshwater fish, low in price, but its meat quality and taste are not as good as dragon tongue fish.

Using Basa fish fillets to replace dragon tongue fish fillets is simply a powerful imitation. Some places even give such an introduction: dragon tongue fish fillets, also known as Basa fish...

Dragon tongue fish expresses that it is very aggrieved!

Actually, Basa fish fillets are obviously very thick, while dragon tongue fish are relatively thin. If you can't be sure, it is recommended to buy the whole dragon tongue fish. You should recognize it after it puts on clothes!

Fish are all good fish, but you have to eat clearly!

Can't spend money wrongly!

Watching the fishing boat next to them still maintaining a distance from them in this sea area, it was obvious that they were determined not to leave. They had no choice but to do their own thing.

The father and son, one sorting and one driving the boat, drove the boat back to the sea area where they put the longline hooks. From the beginning of putting them down to dragging a net, three or four hours had passed, and it was almost time to collect a wave.

Seeing their boat drive back to the original sea surface and stop, that fishing boat actually moved closer?

"Dongzi, that seems to be your friend?"

"Mm?"

Ye Yaodong raised his head in surprise, narrowed his eyes into a slit, and looked into the distance.

Fortunately, he didn't study, wasn't nearsighted, and had excellent eyesight. From a long distance, he also discovered that there were two people on that boat. One was facing away and couldn't be seen clearly, and the other was actually Uncle Awei?

Afraid that he had seen it wrong, he looked carefully, "It's Uncle Awei."

"Where did he get the boat? Aren't you sworn brothers? Why has he been following us? Do you want to go over and say hello and ask in a while?"

They have a saying here about sworn brothers, friends who grew up together or have good relationships and have dealings are all called sworn brothers.

Ye Yaodong frowned, his heart suddenly blocked, and a nameless fire ignited.

They were friends after all, and the unpleasantness before was fine, but now he was actually deliberately adding trouble to him? If it were other villagers, he might not be so angry!

"Collect the lines first, and then drive the boat over to see in a while."

"Mm, talk to him properly. The sea area is so vast, where can't you drag nets? Actually, you keep turning around us. There won't be good things falling from the sky every day. Tell them to go elsewhere to drag nets, or we will change a spot, give this place to them, and tell them not to follow us."

The branch lines were collected one by one, and after removing the hooks, they were re-baited and put down. The fish were only one or two jin in weight, and there were no particularly large ones, which was not as good as the previous harvests. The father and son looked not particularly satisfied.

At this time, that fishing boat also drove over and approached them.

They also recognized that this boat belonged to Uncle Awei's uncle. The other short, middle-aged man with a square face on the boat was his uncle, who was from the next village, and their daily fishing boats were also docked at their pier.

Ye Yaodong put down the work in his hand and handed it to Ye's father, watching the other party with a cold expression.

"You are deliberately following behind us!"

He was not asking, he was saying it affirmatively.

Uncle Awei had a gloomy face and remained silent, but an old man beside him laughed and said, "How can you say we are deliberately following behind you? The sea is so vast, isn't it free for anyone to go wherever they want? This sea area is not for one person, it was originally for everyone to make money together, haha."

"We are acquaintances after all, you guys are too immoral. The sea area is so vast, where can't you drag nets? Why do you have to follow us?"

Ye's father saw that it was his son's friend, so his words were still polite.

Ye Yaodong didn't have such a good attitude, and said unpleasantly, "You are sure that following us can make money? Then I really thank you for looking up to me. If I really hit the jackpot and made a fortune, then I really don't mind letting you follow and drink some soup."

"Don't be too proud, it's just luck that you earned some money," Uncle Awei said coldly.

"Luck is also part of strength. How is this called being proud? I am just stating a fact. Isn't it that you deliberately followed behind us to pick up cheap goods?"

Did he still have to be polite and smiling and tell them to follow closely?

Uncle Awei's uncle still had a good temper, but the smile on his face disappeared, "Haha~ then let's see if you can make a fortune and share a piece of the pie with us."

"Okay, then you guys pray for me to make a fortune."

The two boats gradually widened the distance, floating and working in the same sea area, not far or near.

Seeing them put down nets just after sailing a little distance, Ye's father said depressedly, "Too much, they are getting closer and closer."

"Just like this, the sea area is circulating, and he can't catch all the fish. Let's continue to collect the lines, and go elsewhere to drag nets after collecting! Lead them away, and come back to collect a wave when we return in the afternoon."

With an extra tag-along, they didn't count on longline fishing today.

As they collected the lines to the end, the goods were indeed getting fewer and fewer, and there were more empty hooks. The mood of the father and son was not very beautiful either.

After collecting this wave, Ye Yaodong drove the boat directly away from this sea surface, sailed out about one nautical mile, and then put down the net again. That fishing boat also followed them slowly.

A bit annoying.

At this time, a ripple on the sea surface suddenly spread forward at high speed, as if it had been split by a giant blade. A big fish sped past them like lightning.

Ye's father stood by the side of the boat and looked carefully, "It's a swordfish!"

Some time ago, because of the sardine storm, various big fish appeared on the sea surface, and Ye's father also feasted his eyes. At this moment, he recognized the long beak at a glance.

The swordfish's snout extends forward, flat and sharp, like a sword, which is particularly prominent, accounting for 1/3 of its body length. There are many in the Kuroshio sea area flowing through the eastern part of Wanwan, and they live in the ocean, deep sea, and near-shore coastal areas.

"It's coming again!"