Chapter 509: then translation of title

A trawler is normally crewed with eight to ten people.

Now his boat has at most five people; it's not that it could work, it will certainly be overwhelmed later.

Not to mention ten people; even if fifteen people came onto his boat, when the catch overflows, not a single person would be idle.

So, manpower is still very lacking.

Originally he hadn't considered the brothers Fan Dali and Fan Xiao Zhu, but after hearing them say that, he gave it some thought.

Previously, because of Ma Weiqun's matter, everyone cooperated a bit; they are also friends—can't say they know each other inside out, but they have some understanding.

Leaving other things aside.

Both Fan Dali and Fan Xiao Zhu are reliable people.

Having them work on his boat, he still feels very reassured.

Fan Dali was startled and hesitated, "If we come onto your boat to work, then what about our fishing boat…"

Wu An said, "To be blunt, your family's fishing boat should have retired long ago."

"Brother Dali, Brother Xiao Zhu, I am sincerely inviting you."

"Come work on my boat for a few years; I won't promise anything else, but building a three‑story house in the Village and buying a car for about 200,000 for transportation would definitely not be a problem."

Fan Dali: "Ah, this …"

Fan Xiao Zhu remained silent, but muttered to himself, "Who wouldn't make grand promises?"

He doesn't speak much, but he's not stupid.

He silently tallied in his head; to build a house and buy a car, the total would be at least several hundred thousand.

According to the plan Wu An sketched, let's say three years; after subtracting expenses for food and drink, one would need to earn about 200,000 per year.

Wu An offers a one‑percent commission; if he wants to earn 200,000 a year, that means Wu An's trawler must make 20 million in a year.

Is that possible?

The more Fan Xiao Zhu thought about it, the more he saw the trap; he simply couldn't take that pie.

Fan Dali didn't refuse, saying, "Alright, we'll go back and discuss it."

Wu An nodded, and the topic was not pursued further.

It was evident that the brothers Fan Dali and Fan Xiao Zhu were not very eager to work on his boat, which was normal; ordinary people know he goes out to sea to fish and earn money, but they don't know exactly how much.

Eat and drink well.

Fan Dali and Fan Xiao Zhu were about to leave.

Wu An called out, "In a hurry to go back?"

"If you're not in a hurry, later you can help with the longline fishing."

"We are in a hurry to go back."

"With a few more people, we could finish the work earlier."

Fan Dali nodded.

After the two brothers left, A Qing said, "Brother, why did you suddenly ask them for help? We should be able to manage the work ourselves."

Wu An smiled, "Help them make up their minds."

A Qing wanted to keep talking, but Mei Wu called him away.

……

When the brothers Fan Dali and Fan Xiao Zhu returned to the fishing boat, Fan Lao Tou was holding a bowl of noodles, humming, and asked, "So, Wu An agreed, right?"

"You guys are foolish; if you really want to follow him, where would you need to split half the money to them?"

"We'll be like before; at most we can follow secretly …"

Fan Xiao Zhu interrupted, "Dad, Wu An didn't agree."

Fan Lao Tou was stunned, "He didn't agree? He still wants more?"

Fan Xiao Zhu shook his head.

Fan Dali sat down and explained the situation.

Fan Lao Tou laughed, "Damn it, he's not willing to let you join the partnership; he's turning you straight into laborers."

"He does play the abacus just the way he wants."

"Ugh."

Fan Dali said, "Dad, you're being short‑sighted. We don't know exactly how much Wu An makes, but he said he bought a trawler, so he must have made a lot of money."

"If we follow him, maybe it could work."

"Xiao Zhu, what do you think?"

Fan Xiao Zhu voiced the calculation he had made in his mind, and Fan Lao Tou shouted, "Xiao Zhu, you're overanalyzing; he's just trapping the two of you to work for him. You must not agree, absolutely must not agree."

Fan Dali sighed and said, "Dad, you go back first; after all, there's not much catch."

"Xiao Zhu and I will go to Wu An's boat to help."

"We'll return once the work is done."

Fan Lao Tou shouted, "Help with what? No help."

Fan Dali stood up.

Fan Xiao Zhu also got up.

Watching the two brothers leave, Fan Lao Tou was so angry that he finished his noodles in a few bites and followed them.

Fan Dali saw the old man catching up and asked, "Dad, what are you coming for?"

Fan Lao Tou hummed, "Can't I also come to help?"

Fan Dali whispered, "Please don't cause trouble by saying things you shouldn't."

Fan Lao Tou said, "I'll do as you instructed."

"I'll keep an eye on it for you."

"So you two brothers won't be sold and not even know it."

……

Wu An saw Fan Lao Tou also arrive, said some polite words of thanks, quickly found the float, hooked it, the Winch began operating, and the Longline Fishing rope was rapidly hauled up.

"Brother, the rope is shaking so hard."

"It's a Sea Eel, damn, it's thrashing with real force."

A Qing shouted excitedly.

These Sea Eels are clever; when pulled up to the surface they kept dying and flipping, of course they flipped onto the boat, and in the end only "death" remained.

Wu An was still quite satisfied; the price of wild Sea Eel isn't low.

Lao Fu Tou watched and said, "The Longline Fishing we set tonight happens to be the Sea Eel feeding time, so we should catch quite a few."

A Qing went to grab the line.

Wu An shouted, "Wait a moment, don't rush."

A Qing seized the rope, let out a "Wahaha" and boasted, "Look how big it is, must be over a meter, look at its plumpness, probably around ten‑plus jin."

Mei Wu stayed silent and helped pick off the fish hook.

No solution.

These Sea Eels have vigorous life force and extremely strong attack power; not to mention biting, even a touch would surely break the skin.

The Winch operated steadily, pulling up one Sea Eel after another.

Fan Dali said, "Dad, look, we really caught a lot of Sea Eel; we've set lines here many times before, but never caught many."

Fan Lao Tou hummed, "Sea Eel isn't worth much."

As soon as the words fell, A Qing shouted, "We got a Red Eel, no, several of them, Sai Linmu, what do we do?"

Fan Lao Tou couldn't help but go over to look.

It turned out several Red Eels were tangled together; this Red Eel spins, especially when injured, and the few Red Eels spun, pulling the rope together, then they tangled with each other, with one Red Eel even biting another.

Dragged onto the Deck, blood spurted.

A Qing and Mei Wu didn't know how to handle it, hesitating, when Fan Dali walked over and said, "I'll take it."

He and Fan Xiao Zhu coordinated, quickly tidied the Red Eels, threw them into the live‑fish storage, and after processing, Fan Dali praised, "These Red Eels aren't small."

"One of them is definitely over two meters, that's rare."

"It could sell for over a hundred per jin."

Fan Lao Tou listened, a flash of envy and jealousy in his eyes; as an old fisherman he could instantly gauge the approximate value of the catch, and the Sea Eel and Red Eel hauled up in just over half an hour together were estimated to be worth around ten thousand yuan.

The kid's luck is truly great.

Can't argue with that.