Chapter 44: Lots of goods on the reefs of the isolated island

They planned to drag a few nets in the surrounding sea area in the morning to see if they could be as lucky as yesterday to encounter big goods. When the tide receded in the afternoon, they would go to the isolated island to go to the sea.

They didn't plan to go to the distant sea area either. It wasn't formal trawling. Formal trawling was done at one or two o'clock in the morning, and the latest was two or three o'clock.

Because it took over an hour to drive to the target sea area, and it took over an hour to pull a net.

If they went too far, they couldn't drag a few nets in a day, only wasting the diesel for the round trip.

They just imagined being like yesterday, seeing if they could hit the jackpot. If not, they could go to the isolated island to go to the sea. With so many people, everyone going to the sea a bit, it wouldn't be too bad.

The boat sailed away from the shore. Today, Ye Yaodong didn't have the feeling of fear in his heart anymore. His expression was incomparably relaxed. After arriving in the middle of the sea, he directly shouted at the sea, "Sea, I, Ye Yaodong, am back!"

"Hahaha, Dongzi is too excited, right?"

"I'm also excited. Sea, I, Pei Guang, am back. Hurry up and send more seafood over!"

"Damn, you'd better not say your name. If the Sea God hears it, he definitely won't send us seafood!"

"Get lost!"

"Hey, don't talk nonsense. Hurry up and cast the net. How to do it, I don't know!" Fatty urged excitedly.

"Don't rush. This is the shallow sea area, too close to the shore, there are no goods. Drive outside for a while first." A-Guang said with experienced knowledge.

His father ran a large boat, and his aunt's family also had a small boat. In the past few years, the cousins were too young, and his aunt would call him to go out to sea to help. He was very familiar with these.

Ye Yaodong was also very familiar, but it wasn't easy to show it for the time being. He smiled and said: "Just look at today's luck. If there are big goods, everyone will be happy to share the money. If not, we can also get some side dishes for drinking."

"Don't let me run for nothing!"

"If you can't catch goods by dragging nets, there must be some on the reefs. In our village, no one comes to the isolated island. Those with boats all go to drag nets. Who would waste time driving a boat out to go to the sea? It's a waste of talent. There must be quite a few shellfish on the reefs of the isolated island."

Families with boats in the village all wished for calm winds and waves every day, so they could go out to sea to cast nets and make money.

A-Guang still drove the boat to not far from the isolated island. Yesterday, he caught so many mackerel in this area, and he also had fantasies, hoping that big goods would appear here again.

"Haha, still here! Everyone, start working~"

"I'll come, I'll come..."

"I'll come, I'll come..."

Everyone excitedly scrambled to help cast the net...

While the boat was sailing, the fishing net was also sunk into the seabed by the sinker. Fatty asked impatiently: "How long do we have to wait to pull up the net!"

Here, he was the only layman. Others would know a little bit more or less.

"Wait for an hour. I'll turn around a few more times in the surrounding area to see if I can net a bit more."

"Give me the boat to drive, let me try." Ye Yaodong said excitedly.

A-Guang looked him up and down suspiciously, "Can you do it?"

"How can a man say he can't? You underestimated me."

A-Zheng smiled and said: "Haha, Dongzi has two sons. You guys don't have as many as him, so you definitely aren't as capable as him!"

"Two sons is amazing?"

"Still better than you not being able to marry a wife!"

"Damn!"

Hit again, A-Guang looked depressed.

In this era, rural places all pay attention to having sons to carry on the family line. Having two sons is indeed amazing...

And now, the first child is a son, and the second child is not allowed to be born, unless the first child is a daughter, and the second child can be allowed to be born after five years.

Unless you hide and give birth secretly, but you will also be fined when registering the household.

With many people, joking is unavoidable. Everyone chatted and laughed on the boat and waited for a long time. Seeing that the time should be about right, Ye Yaodong called A-Guang to pull up the net.

As he expected, there was no explosion of the net. After all, big goods weren't there every day, and it depended on luck.

This net only had some mantis shrimp, swimming crabs, stone crabs, shrimp, and miscellaneous fish. There weren't many goods, and everyone was a bit disappointed.

Ye Yaodong comforted and said: "This sea area is too close to the shore. It's normal that there aren't many goods. Netting a bit to take back to eat is also fine."

Fatty said somewhat unwillingly: "Then let's drive a bit further out?"

"Fine, dragging another net is almost time for the tide to recede. Drive a bit further out to the outer sea, turn a lap, and then pull up the net."

The machine on the boat made a heavy *da-da-da* sound, and several people sat on the deck, quite bored.

A-Wei said listlessly: "If I had known, I would have brought a deck of cards."

"Knowing how to play cards every day, didn't you get tired of playing? And under such a big sun, can you play?" Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes.

"Sigh, it's better than sitting here and basking in the sun!"

"Bringing cards is not as good as bringing a pot. After getting off the boat, we can bury the pot and make food, and cook and eat it directly. It's not to mention how fresh it is."

A-Zheng's eyes lit up, "Makes sense. If I had known, I would have brought a pot."

It's a pity that gas cylinders haven't been popularized yet. Otherwise, putting a small gas cylinder on the boat, you could catch and eat it directly, not to mention how fresh it was.

"Thought of it too late, it's too late now, let's talk about it next time."

Bored, they waited for another hour or two. They had no sense of direction on the sea. When they pulled up the net again, they knew they had turned back.

This net still had no big goods, still those things, just that the quantity would be a bit more.

"Still only these things! Can't even earn back the boat fee."

"Sigh, specifically thick-skinned and followed, how come there's no good luck today." Fatty said with a look of regret.

"It's normal! If there were many goods in this circle of shallow sea, who would drive the boat outside? Don't you need oil money?"

Yesterday, netting so many mackerel, Ye Yaodong and the others were quite satisfied. Today, they didn't expect to encounter it again, purely wanting to bump into good luck.

If there is, it's best. If not, it doesn't matter. Anyway, they can earn a bite to eat, and can also go to the sea.

"Fine, if there are no goods, there are no goods. It's normal. The tide has already started to recede. It will recede to the bottom at 12 o'clock. I'll dock directly."

Parking the boat on the reefs, one by one, like dumplings into a pot, they all jumped down with their tools and buckets, and incidentally helped tie the boat on the reefs.

"Damn, there are so many goods densely packed on this reef!"

"I have so many Buddha's hands here..."

"Damn, wild abalone..." ===== CHAPTER 45 =====

As far as his eyes could see, everything was densely packed with mussels and sea clams, each one huge, along with many juvenile shellfish and various types of snails all clinging to the reefs.

"Damn, this whole area is full of 'cow eyes'!"

"I've got so many goose barnacles here..."

"Grass, wild abalone..."