Chapter 96

The arrival of his father-in-law and brother-in-law made his wife very happy. Although she didn't say it, he knew that this time he had finally made her barely able to show her face, and she had good things to say to her family.

Ye Yaodong also felt a bit guilty in his heart. Fortunately, the node of his rebirth was okay, and he could still make it up to her.

The next morning, he got up full of spirit and vigor, took the dozen or so ground cages he had made, and went out to sea. Although the quantity was a bit small, it was better than nothing. Earning a few yuan was still earning a few yuan; many a little makes a mickle!

Working at sea was originally about luck and relying on the heavens for food.

After piling the ground cages onto the boat, Ye Yaodong looked around and also saw the small boat of Ah Guang and the others. It was easy to recognize and very conspicuous; they hadn't even untied the big red embroidered ball on it.

It was agreed that they would go out to sea together this morning, so he waited on the boat.

He didn't have to wait long before the three of them walked over, chatting and laughing.

"Dongzi, why are you so early? We went to your house to call you, and your grandma said you had already come out."

"It's just that you guys were too late."

Ah Guang asked, "Didn't I tell you yesterday morning? You didn't come to eat at my house last night. We specifically saved a lot of the fish we caught yesterday morning, and we waited for a long time but didn't see you come. We even thought it would be fine if you came later, just in time to let you wash the dishes."

"Then it's a good thing I didn't go, otherwise I wouldn't have eaten anything and would have had to wash dishes. My father-in-law and brother-in-law came yesterday, and they were eating at home last night, so I couldn't walk away."

"What did they come for?"

"They brought a flatbed cart of watermelons."

"Your father-in-law's family is quite good, bringing you watermelons from so far away."

"Yeah, it's okay. Hurry up and get on the boat, let's go."

The two boats sailed side by side. They chatted while rowing. The sun was a bit scorching, but it couldn't stop their enthusiasm for life.

After having a boat, their entire mental outlook looked much more positive.

"It seems like the tide is going out soon. Do you want to go beachcombing later? If we don't go, we won't know—there are many things on the isolated islands around us," A Zheng said with a grin, looking at Ye Yaodong. "Anyway, you've already come out, and setting ground cage nets won't take long. Going back to work is not as good as going beachcombing."

"Yeah, there's no wind today, and the waves aren't big. After we cast a few nets yesterday, we wanted to go to the isolated island, but who knew it would get windy yesterday afternoon."

"There's no tide today, it's quite dangerous. If you guys want to go, let's just take a look around in a while. I'll set the ground cages first." Ye Yaodong was also quite moved; he hadn't gone beachcombing for a while either.

The two boats moved forward together. Various buoys floated in the middle of the sea, all of which were ground cages or crab cages placed in this sea area by their village or the neighboring village.

After rowing the boat to a position in the middle of the sea that he felt was suitable, he straightened and extended the prepared ground cages until they were fully deployed.

After organizing the ground cages and checking that there were no knots, he tied one side with a rope to make a knot, then put the prepared small miscellaneous fish as bait into the ground cages, and only then, while holding the ground cage line, used his other hand to cast the small anchor first and then the ground cage.

One ground cage was set, and the second ground cage was immediately tied to the rope of the first one, setting a row continuously.

Note that when setting the cages, they cannot be set too tightly. If they are set too tightly, you won't catch a single fish or shrimp.

He only had sixteen ground cages and set two rows. After setting them, he rowed the boat to the distance where the three of them were working.

"Cast a few nets? Caught any good goods?"

"Cast a pile of worthless small water-valley fish. The biggest goods are those two blue crabs and that big sea bass."

Ye Yaodong brought the boat closer and saw the big sea bass in the bucket, "Not bad, you have two hard goods in such a short time. This sea bass is five or six jin. Are those in the small bucket plum-blossom fish or small yellow croakers? There are quite a few too."

Small yellow croakers and large yellow croakers are two different varieties; small yellow croakers don't grow big.

Ah Guang looked at the few buckets by his feet, "They're plum-blossom fish. It's okay. After casting this net, we'll change to another spot."

"Then you guys cast first, I'll go around and see if there are any small islands with beaches exposed."

"The water level isn't that high. As long as it doesn't look that steep, it's fine. After all, it's not the first or fifteenth of the lunar month, so the tide hasn't dropped that low."

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"I'll go take a look first."

He rowed the boat toward the nearest small island, but found that even getting onto the island was quite difficult. The surroundings were all reefs, and they were very steep. Waves slapped against them wave after wave, and it was easy to be knocked into the sea.

But there must be many goods on the reefs of this kind of small island. On the reefs that are hit by waves all year round, there might even be sea chicken feet.

After circling around, he secretly remembered this small island in his heart and rowed away, planning to come back and take a look on the first of the month in a few days.

As a result, he searched for three small islands in a row, but none were suitable. Searching further was meaningless, so he could only return empty-handed.

But he didn't expect that as he rowed back, a stupid fish jumped directly onto the fishing boat and hopped around on the boat, "Damn, stupid fish!"

Ye Yaodong kicked the big fish speechlessly, "It actually delivered itself to the door. It would be good if two more came."

As soon as the words fell, another one actually jumped up. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry; he was just saying it casually, so why was it so spiritual?

He walked over and took a look, only to see a bigger one jumping up from the sea level. He was quick-eyed and fast-handed, scooped it up with both hands, held it in his arms, and threw it onto the boat.

"Damn, one bigger than the other, one stupider than the other!"

Things obtained without effort shouldn't be wasted. He stopped the boat and lingered for a while, wondering if there were any more. As a result, after waiting for a long time, there was no movement. Just when he wanted to leave, he saw a gray-white floating object drifting from the sea level.

He stared at it and saw it looked like a big fish.

Out of curiosity, he rowed the boat over and saw that it was a dead sea pig.

It was about a meter long and didn't look small. It was just a pity that it was dead. He spent a lot of effort with a water bucket to scoop it up and throw it onto the boat.

He checked it and found it was still fresh. He didn't know how it died, or if it was bitten by a big fish.

This sea pig was also worth a lot of money. He made a profit!

He happily put it back in the bucket and rowed back to find Ah Guang, A Zheng, and Xiao Xiao.

The three of them had already changed to a position to work.

"Hey, I just picked up a good thing at sea."

"What?" The three turned their heads curiously.

After he rowed the boat closer, he handed the water bucket to them to see, "It's a sea pig that just died. It looks still fresh."

The three leaned over to look, "Your luck is okay. You didn't do anything, and you actually picked up a sea pig."

"There are also three stupid fish that jumped onto the boat themselves. The big one is five or six jin, and the small one looks like it's over 2 jin."

"This fish isn't worth much. It's quite delicious to cut it into small pieces and pickle it."

"You can also use it to cook fish fillet hot and sour soup!"

Slurp~