Chapter 496

Ye Yaodong felt he was missing something again.

Binoculars, sigh~

This view was endless, crowded and packed, and he wanted a pair of binoculars again.

No wonder his wife always said that women didn't love buying things as much as he did, but sometimes, he really was always missing one or two things.

Moreover, in his concept, there was no stinginess like people have now. After all, many things would be popularized in the future, so it was very normal for him to want to buy everything—after all, everything was lacking.

As the fishing boat gradually approached, there were even more jellyfish in sight, and Ye's father's mouth was already smiling so wide it was about to split to the back of his head and couldn't close.

He looked behind him and discovered that those two boats were still dawdling behind, scooping scattered jellyfish and not speeding over.

"Your big brother and second brother are really slow. No wonder they are a step behind in everything and can only follow behind you. It's been a long time, and they just moved a little bit just now and stopped moving again." Ye's father said with disdain.

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, there's a huge patch here. Once they finish scooping around their area, they will naturally move over. There's no difference. They don't know there's a large patch of jellyfish here. Didn't we also float along yesterday and scoop them up when we saw them?"

"Hmm."

Ye's father saw that they were close enough, and there were jellyfish everywhere around the fishing boat, so he stopped the boat.

The father and son didn't wait for the fishing nets to be organized; each took a hand-scoop net and started lying on the edge of the boat to scoop.

"This damn thing is really heavy. Being big is one thing, but it also carries so much water. Hey, damn... holy crap, hurry... you guys hurry up and come help pull it up together. It's too heavy. If I had known, I would have picked smaller ones."

Large jellyfish really require two people to scoop them up, and it's quite strenuous to scoop them up.

Ye Yaodong had just scooped up a large jellyfish and thrown it onto the deck when he saw Ye Yaosheng dragging a fishing net and wanting to go to the stern. He hurriedly called him to stop.

"Wait, don't put the net down yet. Just leave it there for now; let's scoop first. When the agreed time for receiving the goods is almost here, we'll properly cast a net and drag it back to organize. Otherwise, with so many here, we won't be able to drag it up if we cast a net, and dragging it back directly—it's better to scoop for a while before going back."

"That makes sense." Ye's father echoed and handed the hand-scoop net in his hand to them, "You guys use this, I'll go get the iron hook."

He hurriedly walked to the corner on the other side of the boat and took a long bamboo pole with a steel hook, and there was also a short one next to it. This was something Ye Yaodong had made before to hook big fish, so that if a big fish was played well, it wouldn't be hard to pull up.

They worked in pairs, lying on the edge of the boat one after another, pulling the jellyfish together.

The leisurely sea turtles behind also approached this side, then scattered, and some sank to the bottom of the water and started their own hunting.

Ye's father walked to their side with the long bamboo pole with the steel hook, aimed at the target, and directly plunged it into the seawater, then lifted it upward, rapidly pulling the bamboo pole up.

Oh wow! An umbrella-shaped jellyfish as big as a dining table was hooked by the hook.

Ye's father held the handle and retreated bit by bit, the veins on his arms bulging, gritting his teeth as he slowly dragged this jellyfish along the side of the boat.

After throwing it onto the deck, he wiped his sweat, scooped a large cup of tea, and after drinking it, he said: "I feel like this bamboo pole with a hook is easier to use than the hand-scoop net, it's easier to exert force. There's a short one over there, do you guys want to try it?"

Ye Yaodong heard this and directly handed the hand-scoop net in his hand to the others, went to get the short bamboo pole with a hook himself, and told them: "If it's too big and hard for one person to scoop up, you guys pick smaller ones. Anyway, it's densely packed here."

"Alright, we'll handle it ourselves."

Before Ye's father extended the bamboo pole again, he looked back and also discovered that those two boats were still floating in the distance, showing no signs of movement. If one had to say there was, it was only that they had drifted forward a bit with the wind.

Immediately, he felt frustrated again, "Still reluctant to come over."

"This shows they have goods on their side too, so they aren't in a hurry. Anyway, as long as there's something to scoop, it's fine."

Ye Yaodong took the short bamboo pole, aimed at a jellyfish in front of him, and learned to scoop it using the same action as Ye's father just now, discovering that it was indeed easier to use than the hand-scoop net.

Just as he was dragging it to the side of the boat, a sea turtle suddenly swam beside his fishing boat, took the opportunity to sneak an attack and bite a piece, and then sucked it in like sucking noodles.

Damn it, the meat in hand still gets bitten—the uncle can endure it, but the aunt cannot.

Ye Yaodong hooked the jellyfish in his hand and directly gave it a "Mount Tai Pressing Top," lifting it up and pressing it down heavily.

This sea turtle was caught off guard and was really stunned by him; its head shrank back instantly, and it sank below the water surface.

Only then did he satisfy himself by lifting the jellyfish up. They really are turtle grandsons, turtle bastards.

But when he was lifting it up, he saw that the terrain under the water seemed a bit unusual?

V-shaped?

He reached out and used the jellyfish hooked in his hand as a tool, shaking it left and right, pushing away the jellyfish floating around the edges, revealing the clear scene under the water surface.

It seemed it really was V-shaped.

"Dad... look at this bottom..."

Ye's father happened to have hooked another jellyfish next to him and didn't care about lifting it up, turning his head to look at his side, "What is it? What's at the bottom... eh?"

He also discovered that the bottom seemed a bit unusual, and he also learned from Ye Yaodong, using the jellyfish in his hand as a tool, and poked around on the water surface a few times.

Ye Yaodong was also poking around on the side at the same time, saying: "This bottom seems to be a trench."

"A trench?" Ye's father looked at him in surprise, "You even know about trenches?"

"Why? Can't I know?" Ye Yaodong said irritably.

"You haven't worked for many days, but you know quite a lot."

"Of course, don't look down on people."

Ye's father rolled his eyes at him and looked carefully under the sea surface, and the others also looked over.

"Is it really a trench?"

"The water around here is quite clear, we can actually see several meters to the bottom."

"It really is a natural trench!"

The formation of a trench is considered to be the result of the interaction between oceanic plates and continental plates.

The denser oceanic plate inserts under the continental plate at an angle of about 30 degrees, and the two plates rub against each other, forming a long "V"-shaped depression zone.

Ye's father also said: "No wonder there are jellyfish everywhere here. This trench should be naturally suitable for jellyfish reproduction. I don't know how long or deep it is at the bottom?"

Ye Yaodong shrugged and didn't speak. If it were just him and his father on the boat, he might have gone into the water to take a look.

Maybe this V-shaped trench at the bottom hides quite a few good things.

Just now, he was also preparing to scoop the jellyfish up when he took a look at the sea turtle he had poked down, which is why he discovered there was a trench at the bottom.

Otherwise, none of them would have noticed looking under the water just now; they were all just looking at the jellyfish floating on the sea surface.

It's a pity; with so many people on the boat, it's impossible for him to go down, and he doesn't know when he'll have a chance.

Ye Yaosheng asked suspiciously: "There's a trench here, but people in the surrounding villages haven't discovered it, and there are no fishing boats coming here to fish for so many jellyfish?"

"Don't you think this small island seems a bit remote? Small wooden boats wouldn't row here. After all, there are many jellyfish to scoop within ten minutes of the shore, and we have to drive the boat for more than half an hour to get here."

"Larger power boats usually go to sea areas a bit further away from the coast to fish, after all, it's further away and the resources are richer. This isolated island doesn't have a beach exposed, and it's all steep rock walls around it, so it's not easy to get on the island, and general boats won't dock here."

"And I don't know how long this trench has been formed, or how long jellyfish have been breeding here?"

They listened to Ye Yaodong's words and also felt it made some sense.

This distance, which is neither near nor far, and is also located at the edge where the sea area meets the land's wild forest, it's possible that few boats come here.

"Whatever, anyway, since we've encountered it, let's scoop it up fiercely."

After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he rolled up the sleeves on his arms high and continued to lie on the edge of the boat to hook jellyfish.

Others didn't go into it deeply either. Anyway, being able to encounter it was their luck. If others didn't run into it, maybe their fate hadn't arrived yet, or maybe this trench hadn't been formed for long.

Anyway, everyone was full of passion again and threw themselves back into fishing. All the jellyfish that just came up were thrown onto the deck; at this moment, no one had time to process them.

Fortunately, the ones scooped up before had been processed almost completely, and these scooped-up ones could be delayed a bit before segmenting.

Everyone was busy and working hard. With money to earn, everyone was desperate and didn't feel tired.

How can earning money not be hard?

It was clearly still early in the morning, but they were all sweating profusely. Except for Ye Yaodong who was wearing long sleeves, they were all wearing vests, and the sweat beads on their arms were dripping down one by one.

Ye Yaodong's back was also completely soaked. This was all relying on human labor. At this time, he couldn't help but regret that he should have called two more people; more people would catch more.

It was also fortunate that there was a sunshade on top of their heads, which could block the sun for them so they wouldn't be directly exposed, otherwise they would have to peel a layer of skin within two days.

It was also fortunate that his big brother and second brother learned from him later and also pulled up a sunshade on their boat.

When the jellyfish on their boat were scooped full and there was almost nowhere to step, the two large boats behind finally were willing to row over slowly, and they stopped to scoop a few times while rowing, which made Ye's father burn with anger.

After a while, the boats behind seemed to have discovered that the sea surface here was unusual, and they were actually willing to accelerate and drive over.

As soon as the boats approached, they were just opening their mouths, not yet starting to exclaim and ask, when Ye's father started scolding Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua.

"Why are you always a step behind others? We've been staying here for a long time, and you didn't know to drive over, still dawdling behind. There were only a few jellyfish behind, making me anxious."

"It's not that, Dad. Why are there so many jellyfish here? This is too many, right? This whole patch is everywhere..."

"That's why I was anxious for you. You didn't come over for a long time. There's a trench at the bottom, which is why there are so many jellyfish around."

"Ah? A trench?!"

Everyone on the two boats was surprised.