Chapter 330: Calling All Hands

It's not 88, nor 188, but 388!

Since getting the system, this is the first time I've maxed out Luck Value.

Looks like it.

Tomorrow…

No.

It's already past midnight, so it's a new day.

Today is a good day!

Wu An couldn't help but let his thoughts wander; the later it got, the more his mind scattered, thinking about a lot of things.

Snap!

He slapped himself.

We're all reborn people, how can we still be so impatient!

First.

Set sail!

We have to leave now; even counting everything, it's only 24 hours, we can't afford to delay.

Subtracting the travel time to the target sea area, it's just over 20 hours, still very tight.

Call A Qing.

A Qing was already asleep; it took a while for the call to connect.

"Hello, brother."

A Qing's voice was thick with drowsiness.

"Sleeping?"

"Mm."

"Stop sleeping, get up quickly."

A Qing seemed a bit more awake: "Can't sleep? Want me to keep you company and chat?"

"We're heading out to sea right now."

"Huh?"

"Can't we?"

"Sure."

"Then hurry over here, tell Aunt Juan, say that today's outing may not return the same day and we might have to stay overnight at sea."

"Oh, oh, oh."

A Qing responded excitedly, his voice indicating he was already climbing out of bed, then shouted "Mom", and Wu An said nothing more and hung up.

Then call Lao Fu Tou.

Lao Fu Tou answered and said, "A An, why the sudden rush?"

"Just... got the urge."

"Alright then."

Lao Fu Tou rolled over, sat up, and stared blankly for a moment after hanging up.

People grow old.

He'd just fallen asleep a short while ago, got woken up, and now had to get up and go work; at that moment, he truly didn't want to move a muscle.

He took a drag of a cigarette.

He steadied himself.

He quickly hopped on his newly bought electric bike and headed straight to the dock.

Fortunately, yesterday he had already prepared everything; he just needed to get bait from Lao Xie and could set sail directly.

Wait for A Qing to arrive.

The two of them didn't delay and headed home.

Wu An didn't want to disturb the household's rest, but there was no choice; all the gear was at home, and his sister-in-law had just made a set of Longline Fishing gear, which he also planned to bring.

He had calculated.

The Crab Pot, when fully loaded, consumes 200 Luck Value.

Two sets of Longline Fishing, cast twice at sea, should consume 80 Luck Value.

Beyond that, there's still a shortfall of over 100 Luck Value.

Go to the island Panshuikeng?

Fishing?

It's not impossible.

But the problem is, after the catch comes aboard, you have to sort and process it; with just the three of them, there's no time for anything else.

Can't be in two places at once.

With such a "huge" Luck Value boost, the catch will definitely explode.

On ordinary days, making a few tens of thousands a day, the three of them could manage.

But in today's situation, manpower is still insufficient!

Don't be fooled by the modest size of his fishing boat; the target catch is a Trawler.

Even with the three of them, they'd be exhausted and still couldn't finish.

After opening the door.

Father and his brother-in-law and sister-in-law heard the noise, and all three got up to check.

A An, A Qing, what are you guys doing?

Why are you taking the Longline Fishing gear at this time? Are you going out to sea?

Didn't we say we'd go out to sea at 5 a. m.?

Wu An casually said: "Time waits for no one, we strive every moment, take dreams as our horse, do not waste our youth."

Wu Yingwei glared: "Speak properly."

Wu An coughed twice: "I'm so bored."

He pushed the tricycle out, A Qing moved the Longline Fishing gear and some tools onto the vehicle, Wu An just got on board, and seeing the older brother who was helping to fully open the Gate, he asked: "Older brother, you're off tomorrow, right?"

Yes.

You were originally planning to help sister-in-law tidy up the chicken and duck coops, right?

Uh… yes, but you already helped fix it today, didn't you?

So you have nothing to do tomorrow either…

"Well… maybe…" Wu Ping broke into a sweat, not understanding why Wu An brought this up now; he still wanted to go back and hug his wife to continue sleeping.

What if Mei Yueqin gets angry and makes him lay an earth-Shop—what then?

Wu An said: "Then come out to sea with me."

Wu Ping: "..."

So even laying the earth-Shop won't work out?

He looked at Father and Mei Yueqin, asking: "Why do I also have to go along?"

Wu An also couldn't speak frankly, could only find an excuse: "It's not that we haven't been able to go out to sea for a few days; today we finally can, so I wanted to earn a bit more money."

"You following might end up being a big help."

Wu Ping looked at Mei Yueqin again, seeing she had no objection, he nodded: "That works too."

Previously, when he went out to sea with them, Wu An had given him a lot of money, he had tasted the sweetness; Wu An now again called him to come along, and he was genuinely moved.

Wu Yingwei, on the other hand, frowned.

Although he didn't want to say discouraging words, he still couldn't help feeling a bit worried.

Both sons are going out to sea.

What if…

Spit, spit, spit, can't be thinking wildly.

Wu Yingwei moved his throat, but in the end still held back and didn't say anything.

Wu An looked at Mei Yueqin and said: "Sister-in-law..."

Mei Yueqin's eyes lit up: "Can I also come along?"

"You should stay at home." Wu An paused, then quickly added: "These newly caught chicks and ducklings have just been brought home; nobody can stay to look after them."

"This trip out to sea might take a day."

"Help me call A Wu Ge to see if he's free."

Mei Yueqin blinked: "Why don't you call yourself?"

"If I call him, he'll definitely refuse; if you call him, he'll know it's a sincere invitation and might agree." Wu An said, of course also counting sister-in-law's face.

Mei Yueqin nodded.

Directly gave Mei Wu a call.

After sister-in-law finished speaking, Wu An also said: "A Wu Ge, take a day off, didn't you also say you wanted to go out to sea with me for some fun?"

"I observed the night sky, it's good weather."

"Come on."

Sister-in-law also chimed in.

Wu An directly raised the stakes: "Pay wage, one thousand per day, bonus based on performance."

On the other end of the phone, Mei Wu hesitated a moment, then nodded: "Alright, I'll come right away; let's meet at the dock."

No way.

Wu An's offer is really a lot.

Just right.

He also happens to be annoyed.

I don't know what's going on, but the foreman has been bothering him these past two days, nitpicking; he also feels a bit annoyed, so going out to clear his mind is just right.

"Dad, call me if anything comes up."

Wu Yingwei nodded.

Riding the vehicle out, sister-in-law also walked out.

"Be sure to be careful."

"Pay attention to safety."

"Go check the waves at the dock; if they're still big, delay departure."

Wu An and Wu Ping nodded repeatedly, listening to sister-in-law's nagging, especially Wu An, who could hear it in his calluses; every time they go out to sea, sister-in-law always gives a lecture.

He also dares not to ignore it.

Arrived at the small Shop.

A Qing went to knock on the Gate.

Lao Jiang flung the door open, swearing, and when he saw it was Wu An and A Qing, he cursed even more filthily: 'What are you two kids up to, not sleeping in the middle of the night……'

Wu Ping got out of the car and also greeted.

Lao Jiang saw him and only then managed a faint smile; he wouldn't give face to just anyone, but he had to give face to Wu Ping, this teacher—and in the village Wu Ping still had good rapport.

The kids in the Village were all Wu Ping's students; at the School, Wu Ping also looked after the Village children.

"What's up?"

"What else could it be? Buying food and drink—this crate of fruit, that crate too to move, plus the soy‑marinated dishes, beef, sliced boiled chicken, and all these vegetables."

"No need to mix."

"The seasoning is in a separate bag; we'll mix it when we eat at sea."