Chapter 383: Fortunately, we almost blew the warehouse

Wu An didn't say hello.

Mei Wu, A Qing, and Lao Fu Tou had already taken out the cast nets, one each, standing apart, then threw the cast nets into the sea.

Whoosh—

Hauling in the cast net, the sea surface could be seen boiling, water splashing everywhere.

Those were Big Tail Squid struggling.

But it was destined to be futile.

Lao Fu Tou was the first to haul in the cast net, the winch began operating.

A Qing could only pull it himself first, shouting: "Brother, can we prepare a couple more winches on the boat?"

Wu An ignored him.

Such a small boat, some fishing boats similar to his don't even have winches equipped.

He didn't throw the cast net, went over to help pull.

It was a bit strenuous.

This is a good thing.

It shows this cast net was thrown well, catching many Big Tail Squid.

Human strength is still no match for the winch; after pulling the cast net to the sea surface, the winch had already hauled up Lao Fu Tou's cast net, then switched to A Qing's.

Lastly was Mei Wu.

All the pressure went to the winch.

Wu An had originally planned to throw a couple more, but by the time the catch reached the deck, he had no time, so he could only crouch down and hurriedly tidy up.

Taking advantage of freshness, they all hurried to tidy up.

Lao Fu Tou then took out a new cast net, with a whoosh, threw it out again.

The cast net spread quickly and fell on the sea surface, then water splashed.

Seeing this, Lao Fu Tou couldn't help but smile: "Not bad."

A Qing laughed so hard he couldn't close his mouth: "Yeah, yeah."

"This cast net of mine will catch at least a couple hundred catties."

"Aren't Big Tail Squid not cheap?"

Lao Fu Tou said: "About twenty bucks."

Big Tail Squid are the most common, much cheaper than rocket squid, but still decent; this cast net could earn two or three thousand bucks.

That's equivalent to an ordinary worker's monthly wage; what more could one want?

Wu An had prepared ten sets of cast nets on the boat.

The result was A Qing still said the preparation was too little, leaving his talents idle.

Wu An was busy to the point of flying about.

He really had no time; otherwise he'd definitely give him a kick.

Lao Fu Tou said: "How strange, in broad daylight with such nice weather, why are the squid coming up to the surface waters to move?"

A Qing replied: "What's strange about that? Surely it's because they know Brother's coming, so they specially brought blessings."

"……" Lao Fu Tou didn't respond, there's not much to talk about with A Qing.

Mei Wu suddenly shouted: "Hey, I also netted a sea turtle."

Wu An had just sent a basket of squid down, just came up, saw the sea turtle, and said: "How did it come along too?"

Just after throwing the sea turtle overboard, Lao Fu Tou and A Qing also netted sea turtles.

Lao Fu Tou suddenly realized: "I was wondering why the squid swarm ran to the surface in broad daylight; it turns out these sea turtles were chasing them."

A Qing also suddenly realized: "It's these sea turtles, to repay Brother, deliberately driving the squid so we can catch them."

"……" Lao Fu Tou was speechless, can you still explain it like that?

Anyway, no matter what, it's all Wu An's achievement, right?

Wu An said: "Don't spout nonsense, hurry up and work."

He became even busier.

Besides handling the catch, he also had to hold the sea turtles and throw them off the boat, while telling them to stay away so they wouldn't get netted again.

After all, netting these sea turtles is their problem; so, when sending these sea turtles back to the sea, Wu An even specially stuffed a Big Tail Squid into each turtle's mouth.

The sea turtles were obedient, opening their mouths when he told them to.

Fortunately, processing these squid is relatively simple, no need to sort, just toss them into the fish basket; it's not troublesome, one person can barely keep up.

Worth mentioning, among the sea turtles netted, several have barnacle scars cleaned on their backs, obviously they were previously rescued sea turtles.

Truly a fateful encounter.

On the vast ocean, one can still encounter them from time to time.

Wu An also wondered, could it really be that A Qing was right, these sea turtles deliberately drove the squid so he could catch them?

Soon he couldn't afford to indulge in random thoughts.

Couldn't keep up with the work.

Simply couldn't keep up.

Net after net, if it weren't for the cast nets running out later, having to reuse them after untying, he simply couldn't keep up; besides handling the catch, he also had to steer the boat.

As a proper boss, he was like a mere handyman.

That's enough.

The Big Tail Squid, once caught, don't just lie still waiting to die; struggling, they suddenly spurt ink, impossible to dodge; this little rascal A Qing is crafty.

Having just dodged one, he was smugly chuckling when another Big Tail Squid sprayed ink all over his face, filling his mouth; he crouched on the ground retching, then picked up the squid and hit it.

Mei Wu was laughing, also got sprayed.

Wu An and Lao Fu Tou naturally also couldn't dodge, all got sprayed all over; fortunately a few students are not that bad, nobody wears glasses, otherwise the glasses wouldn't be usable.

Not knowing how long they've been busy, everyone cast the net down, the big tail squid hauled up are getting fewer and fewer.

Wu An feels it's quite good.

He just wanted to slack off, when A Qing shouted for him to come throw the cast net, saying his luck is good, if he throws it, he'll surely be able to match them as before.

Wu An got angry a bit.

I, the hall's boss...

Then he picked up the cast net and threw it out fiercely.

Originally planning to use the actual situation to slap A Qing's face, let A Qing know he's the same as everyone, but when the winch hauled the cast net up, he was dumbfounded.

This net down, it's more than A Qing's previous net.

A Qing wasn't surprised, proudly said: "I knew it, I wasn't wrong, brother's throw is definitely different."

Wu An looked at him, suspiciously asked: "A Qing, are you acting on me?"

A Qing scratched his head: "What does that mean?"

He looked toward Lao Fu Tou and Mei Wu, the two also laughed and said: "A An, your luck is better than ours."

Wu An felt weary.

Took the cast net that Lao Fu Tou had prepared, resignedly threw it out again.

After throwing a few more nets like that, even he couldn't catch any big squid; Lao Fu Tou, unwilling to give up, turned around a circle, indeed no more trace of big tail squid was found, then he stopped the boat.

A Qing a bit disappointed: "Looks like we've caught out the big tail squid."

Lao Fu Tou laughed heartily, saying: "A Qing, you're overthinking."

"With just our few cast nets, still wanting to catch all the big tail squid, it's that the big tail squid sank down."

Wu An looked at the working winch: "After hauling in this net, we'll rest."

"How much harvest roughly?"

Lao Fu Tou had already checked around, directly replied: "The hold is already more than half full, fortunately the big tail squid are gone, otherwise we couldn't go collect the longline fishing."

According to past harvest situations, his words are not baseless.

A Qing also looked relieved: "Lucky, almost overflowed the hold."

Mei Wu smoked, laughing and crying, thinking: "You guys chatting like this, don't you see a problem?"

The cast net came up quickly.

Not many big tail squid, but there were two sea turtles; these two sea turtles are probably gluttons, their mouths still chewing something, likely eating big tail squid.

Entangled by the cast net, they looked not at all panicked.

A Qing and Mei Wu were both exhausted, Wu An could only personally go release the sea turtles.

The two sea turtles were not big; Wu An held one in each hand, walking toward the ship's side, discovered the sea turtle bumped him with its head, which hurt quite a bit, he scolded: "Don't be mischievous."

The sea turtle swayed its head again, opened its mouth and spat at him.

Wu An, quick-eyed and quick-handed, dodged with a "whoosh", letting the sea turtle's spit land on the deck.

"Get lost."

Wu An gave a strong throw, the two sea turtles fell into the sea, then he turned back to look at the deck where the sea turtle's spit was, stained with the sea turtle's saliva, looking like vomit.

This thing it is!

He rinsed it with seawater, just about to kick it to the garbage pile, when Lao Fu Tou suddenly shouted: "Wait, I think it looks a bit like ambergris."