Chapter 437: Think of a trick, carry it out

Lao Fu Tou said the island wasn't far away; A Xing had just smoked two cigarettes when Lao Fu Tou shouted, saying the fishing boat was approaching the small island.

"The small island isn't tall, but it's quite wide."

"Look at this reef, it's really beautiful."

Hearing Lao Fu Tou shout like that, Wu An and the other two hurriedly lay on the boat's edge to look down.

The so-called reef refers to a structure formed by the accumulation of reef-building coral and calcium carbonate skeletons, i. e., a coral reef.

Looking at it, it's very beautiful.

And it's very sturdy.

Simply put, these coral reefs are the homes of marine organisms.

A huge coral island, people can also live and reside on it.

Wu An said: "Lao Fu, be careful; some coral reefs are very close to the sea surface, the fishing boat might hit them."

Lao Fu Tou replied: "Okay."

He was already being very careful; he didn't even have time to wipe the sweat off his face, fully focused on steering the fishing boat.

After passing a coral reef, Wu An felt uneasy and gave the fishing boat a bit of Luck Value.

Not only to protect the fishing boat, but also to protect these extremely precious coral reefs.

As a result, the next moment.

The Luck Value that had just been buffed onto the fishing boat vanished instantly; so quickly that Wu An felt as if he were hallucinating.

Just now, did we actually buff the fishing boat with Luck Value or not?

He began to doubt himself.

He buffed it again with a bit.

This time he stared intently at the system, but after only three seconds, the Luck Value disappeared again.

Wu An hurriedly shouted: "Lao Fu, just stop the boat here; we'll work here."

Lao Fu Tou hesitated: "A An, although the depth here is sufficient for work, it's not far from the coral reef, I think the seabed situation could be very complicated."

"I just observed a bit; if we go further north, there's a better work spot."

Simply put, working here is not a good choice; the longline fishing and battle nets on their boat are both bottom-set.

If the catch struggles in the sea, it could cause the longline fishing and adhesive net to be unable to be retrieved.

Lao Fu Tou's speech has become much more tactful nowadays; based on his experience, working here will definitely result in the situation he worries about.

Wu An laughed: "Lao Fu, your worries are reasonable, but let's still work here."

Lao Fu Tou couldn't help but frown, didn't reply immediately, and instead pulled a cigarette from the rack beside him.

With a 'pop', he lit the cigarette and took a strong drag.

He was using the cigarette to plug his mouth; otherwise he would surely have retorted to Wu An a couple of times.

He thinks his words make sense, but he doesn't listen.

What does this mean?

What's the fuss?

Young people, they're good, they have drive, they have initiative, they have ideas, but sometimes they're just too unreliable.

After taking two puffs of cigarette, he pondered how to persuade Wu An, but then he heard A Qing shouting loudly.

"Lao Fu, what are you spacing out for? Hurry up and stop the boat; my older brother said we should work here."

Mei Wu also said: "Father Fu, we definitely trust your experience and judgment."

"But since Wu An has said it, let's just listen to him."

Seeing these two brothers say that, Lao Fu Tou became even more emo; in short, these three brothers treated his words as wind in the ear, left ear in, right ear out.

What could he do?

He could only stop the boat.

He asked: "A An, do you think there's something to gain?"

Wu An nodded.

Lao Fu Tou then didn't say anything more; Wu An's luck and intuition have always been good.

A Qing came over and asked: "Brother, what should we deploy first?"

Wu An thought: "First deploy the longline fishing; after that, you two deploy the adhesive net, and I'll go cook."

Everyone began work in an orderly manner.

Starting from this small island and extending outward, it stretches for three kilometers.

It sounds quite long, and indeed it's not short.

However, for such a length of longline fishing on the open sea, it's actually nothing.

Some fishermen who specialize in longline fishing operations deploy several kilometers or even tens of thousands of meters each time.

On the way, they had already baited the longline with plenty of bait; the three coordinated, Lao Fu Tou drove the boat, and the speed of deploying the longline was very fast.

But even if they deployed it as fast as possible, they were still busy until noon.

Mei Wu and A Qing each smoked a cigarette, then began deploying the adhesive net; Wu An went to stir-fry dishes.

He took out a piece of pork belly.

There were plenty of vegetables on the boat, including celery and chili peppers; he stir-fried the pork belly with them.

He also took two small yellow fish weighing about a catty each, braised them; three simple dishes were enough for four people.

Just finished cooking the rice.

Mei Wu and A Qing's work also just finished; the three came into the boat's awning and closed the door.

Originally the boat's awning was open-air; since it wasn't equipped with air conditioning, Uncle Li helped him seal it.

Time is limited, so it was done rather roughly.

But don't say.

When the air conditioner turned on, the cool breeze whistled.

Wu An was still a bit worried; everyone was sweaty, and if they air‑dried the sweat they'd catch a chill, so he quickly had everyone wipe their sweat first.

A Qing bought a lot of discs, watching TV while eating.

Having this condition at sea is indescribably pleasant.

After eating and drinking their fill, A Qing went to wash dishes; he and Mei Wu agreed that each would wash once.

Wu An lay down; his brain lacked blood flow, already feeling drowsy, planning to cultivate a bit more and nap, and subconsciously checked the system.

When he looked.

He couldn't help but sit up.

The Crab Pot's Luck Value was still high; it seemed the resources on Shuangzi Dao were not very good.

But the Luck Value granted by Longline Fishing, in less than an hour, was already exhausted.

The Adhesive Net just deployed also saw its Luck Value dropping rapidly.

The resources here were better than he imagined; seeing this, Wu An still had a slight drowsiness.

He called out, "Lao Fu, A Wu Ge, don't rest yet; let's go collect the Longline Fishing."

Lao Fu Tou, just after lighting a cigarette, frowned and said, "A An, why do you act on a whim?"

"The Longline Fishing has only been down for an hour; normally it takes at least over two hours before retrieving."

Wu An said, "I think the resources here are good; we can retrieve earlier."

"Normally it's two hours, but now it's an abnormal situation."

Mei Wu sat up, "A An, are you serious?"

Wu An nodded.

A Qing, having finished washing the dishes, walked in; learning that they were to retrieve the Longline Fishing because Wu An said so, he gave strong support.

"Brother already said so, then let's do it."

Lao Fu Tou shrugged, "Alright, when retrieving the Longline Fishing, be careful not to mess things up."

"If it's not good, we can still manage to redeploy it in time."

Outside the boat shed, heat waves rolled.

Before starting work, everyone was already sweating.

They began the operation.

Soon they hauled up a hundred‑meter Longline Fishing, with not a single fish.

Mei Wu and A Qing saw this and furrowed their brows intensely.

Lao Fu Tou asked a question, learned it was like this, and couldn't help but sigh.

He thought… I knew this would happen.