Chapter 206: Harvesting Longline Fishing

Wu An thought for a moment and said, "Lao Mai, although this matter doesn't involve me, that person... actually does have a bit of connection to me."

Lao Mai hummed, "I heard it's a love triangle, and because of a romantic dispute knives were drawn... and you got involved too?"

Wu An sweated heavily, "Don't misunderstand, it's not like that."

"The person I said is connected to me is Chen Long."

Lao Mai was even more shocked, "This... do young people play so fiercely?"

"..." Wu An didn't know how to answer, fearing the more he described, the darker it would become.

"Hahaha." Lao Mai laughed, "Just kidding."

"Lao Mai, at your age making this kind of joke with me, I might actually take it seriously." Wu An couldn't help but complain, saying, "I want to ask you for a favor."

"Hmm, go ahead."

"I want to know exactly what happened, preferably with some details." Wu An paused, then continued, "If there's any video, that would be even better."

Lao Mai asked, "The matter is simple, but what do you intend to do?"

Wu An said, "I'll see if I can use this incident to make Chen Long repay me."

"You also know the feud between me and Chen Long."

"That bastard owes me forty thousand yuan, and now he just refuses to pay, dead or alive."

"I've already planned to sue him, but thinking about the time and effort, it'd be better if I could resolve it myself."

Lao Mai said, "Alright."

He hung up the phone.

Wu An shook his head.

Alright.

Something still went wrong.

Who stabbed Chen Long?

Shen Fang?

Mao Wang?

Chen Long, that skinny dog, can't even beat a half-grown child; anyone could have stabbed him.

Forget it.

Don't think about it.

Good words can't persuade that damned ghost.

Put aside the helpful storyline, enjoy a beautiful life.

He wondered if he could strike while the iron is hot, using this incident to get his money back.

He has to wait for Lao Mai's investigation results.

No matter what.

Whether there's a date or not, grab a stick first.

Right now, focusing on the real work is what's important!

A Qing hurried over, holding a plastic bag, shouting, "Brother, I'm late!"

"The call got cut off, and I don't know why, but I fell asleep again."

"These are my mom's boiled eggs, for us to eat on the road."

Wu An and Mai Hangyu saw there were a dozen or so eggs, each took two, peeled them and ate.

The farm-fresh eggs smelled delicious.

Except they're a bit small, there's nothing else to say; in my previous life, the first time I ate eggs in the city, I almost threw up, later I learned they were hormone eggs.

Later... even counterfeit eggs appeared.

Now that he's reborn, he truly feels everything at home is wonderful; even plain boiled eggs are endlessly nostalgic.

He couldn't help but exclaim, "Really tasty."

Mai Hangyu also nodded.

"Hehe, my mom often feeds the chickens seafood, and villagers often come to my mom to buy eggs," A Qing said with a smug face, "I'll have my mom save some for you next time."

Wu An suddenly understood, no wonder, shook his head and said, "Don't send them, I'm too lazy to cook them myself."

"Next time let my sister-in-law go buy some."

Mai Hangyu raised his hand, "I also want to buy."

A Qing smiled and nodded.

He couldn't help but think further; the aquaculture here has great potential—chickens, ducks, geese raised on seafood aren't just a gimmick, they actually have nutritional value.

Mai Hangyu took a bottle of mineral water from the car, Wu An took it, glanced, it was still Yiyun, and with a clank— drank most of the bottle.

Full and well hydrated.

Went to get bait from Lao Xie.

Lao Xie had just opened the door, squatting at the entrance brushing his teeth.

After greeting him and taking the bait, they boarded the boat for a check; Wu An started the fishing boat, accompanied by a "Boom—" sound, the boat left the pier and headed straight to the Longline Fishing spot.

On the boat.

The three felt fairly relaxed; regarding Longline Fishing and Crab Pot, they were expectant, expectant— yesterday's devil ray set the base, today whatever they catch will be pure profit.

Of course.

Wu An knew clearly that the harvest from Longline Fishing and Crab Pot would only increase, never decrease.

Arriving at the Longline Fishing spot, it was just past six in the morning.

The sun rose slowly, its light dazzling.

Blue sky, white clouds, the originally dull sea surface, colors also grew rich, the world in view gradually became clear.

The sea surface sparkled, same as yesterday, wind and waves were not big.

What nice weather!

""The sky is really good, the heavens are giving face.""

""Goddess Mazu blesses us.""

""Let's get a big catch.""

The three muttered, began to reel in the line.

It was A Qing doing it.

Mai Hangyu was responsible for hooking.

Reeling in the longline isn't difficult, but it requires care, mainly because there are many hooks on the longline, they must be hung in order.

Zhao laoban, when delivering the goods, several times stressed that we must not mess up.

If we get it wrong, it will be troublesome, likely causing a large section of the longline to be scrapped.

The longline is expensive, not to mention the line, just the hooks are many; these are piles of money, the expense is already high, plus we have to hand it over to Zhao laoban to resolve, going back and forth is also troublesome, wasting time is wasting money.

So we'd rather go a bit slower.

A Qing's hands and feet were fidgety, Mai Hangyu needed to be steadier.

Wu An had to steer the boat.

He previously let A Qing try steering the boat; the result was A Qing almost made the boat fly, after one attempt he almost died, so Wu An dared not let him touch the rudder again.

Wu An took the helm, letting the fishing boat move forward slowly and steadily.

Hearing A Qing shout: "Brother, the float is hooked."

"It's incredibly heavy."

"We've hooked a fish, we've hooked a fish."

"Brother, we've got a catch, look at the splash, it's not small."

Wu An's face showed a smile; although he didn't see it, hearing A Qing's loud exclamations made him feel as if he were there.

"Brother, it's a big sea eel!"

"Damn, it still wants to bite me!"

"Watch my fisherman's three punches!"

Wu An didn't see it, but knowing A Qing, he said throwing three punches would definitely happen, so he quickly warned: "Be careful, this sea eel's bite is no joke."

As he spoke, A Qing excitedly brought the big sea eel over to show him, longer than A Qing's arm, weighing several catties.

"A great start!"

A Qing said: "Brother, the hook can't be tied, I just cut the line short."

Wu An nodded: "Needed."

He looked at the sea eel's sharp teeth, this is no joke, it feels like it could snap A Qing's thin arm in one bite.

Mai Hangyu shouted: "A Qing, come quick, the second hook also has a catch!"

A Qing threw the big sea eel into the live fish hold, turned and ran over: "Coming, coming."

Not long after, A Qing shouted: "Brother, another big sea eel."

"The third hook is also a sea eel!"

"We've run into a school of sea eels!"

Wu An nodded.

Although when a sea eel bites the hook you can only cut the line and the hook is hard to retrieve, this wild sea eel weighs at least several dozen catties, so one is worth several hundred yuan.

That's not bad.

If every hook carried this catch, the income would be very considerable.

The longline stretches for kilometers, naturally it can't catch only sea eels; soon there were yellow bream, black bream, and several groupers, making A Qing shout again.

Overall.

Wu An also felt pleased hearing it, didn't stop A Qing from shouting, planning to buy him some throat-soothing candy when they return, lest he ruin his voice.

This haul took two and a half hours.

It could have been faster.

But unfortunately the catch was too much, needing to collect each one, to gut each one, which took effort; sometimes when there were many fish, he would stop the boat and come help.