Chapter 510: Joining the Crew

Wu An waited a while, seeing no sea eels, and asked: "A Qing, how many sea eels?"

A Qing shook his head: "Anyway, there are plenty."

Wu An was speechless.

Fan Xiao Zhu said: "Forty-six, about five hundred catties."

"There are also twelve red eels, about one hundred catties."

"A An, your luck is really good."

Even though it's been said many times, every time I see it I can't help but say something.

Wu An smiled and casually said: "I don't know what comes after."

The winch kept operating.

In the middle, the hooks kept coming up empty.

Sea eels hadn't surfaced for a long time; Mei Wu was alone reeling in the line, while A Qing and the others sat idly smoking.

Fan Lao Tou and Lao Fu Tou chatted for a while, then exclaimed in surprise: "What?"

"You only came last night, and this is the first time you're hauling in the longline?"

"I saw that golden pomfret amounted to over a thousand catties..."

Lao Fu Tou laughed: "They were caught."

After saying that, he gestured a fishing pose.

Fan Dali heard and asked: "Really, they were caught?"

A Qing proudly said: "Of course."

"We caught them one by one."

"We've been fishing for several hours."

Fan Dali said: "Has this school of fish not dispersed?"

A Qing seriously countered: "Would a school of fish disperse?"

Fan Dali: "..."

A Qing continued: "We're fishing them, so they won't disperse."

Fan Dali: "..."

A Qing's words left no room for reply.

Wu An and them could catch that many golden pomfret with fishing rods; they used adhesive nets, crab pots, longlines, exhausted all means, yet still ended up catching less than others.

Who can we reason with about this?

Comparing people really makes you angry.

Fan Dali finally understood what "Dongshi imitating the frown" means.

Can't learn it.

Since we can't learn it, why not just join?

Fan Dali secretly made a decision.

Fan Xiao Zhu said: "You guys are really impressive."

A Qing became more enthusiastic, laughing: "Eh, catching just a bit of golden pomfret won't earn much money, what's so impressive about that."

"Let me tell you, don't spread this outside."

Fan Dali and Fan Xiao Zhu curiously asked.

A Qing looked at Wu An.

Wu An nodded slightly.

A Qing was definitely going to bring up the swordfish.

Let's just say it.

There's nothing to hide about it.

Anyway, once we reach the dock, many people will see it.

A Qing looked, now he could safely show off, took out a fresh cigarette, lit it, inhaled, and said: "Let's go, I'll show you."

"Don't get too excited when you see it later."

A Qing led the two toward the cold storage.

Fan Lao Tou also followed curiously; seeing the swordfish in the cold storage, the father and son trio widened their eyes in unison, Fan Xiao Zhu couldn't help but exclaim "fuck" several times.

A Qing, one hand holding a cigarette, the other picking his ear, puffing clouds, said: "Hey hey, I told you beforehand not to get excited, why are you still making a fuss?"

Fan Xiao Zhu pointed at the swordfish and asked: "Don't tell me you caught this too?"

A Qing shrugged: "No, the swordfish jumped onto the boat by itself."

Fan Xiao Zhu: "..."

Fan Dali suddenly turned, quickly walked toward Wu An, and said: "A An, no, Boss, I and Xiao Zhu are willing to work on your boat."

Wu An beamed: "Good, good, good."

Fan Lao Tou walked over, wanting to speak, but Fan Xiao Zhu grabbed him and pulled him into the corner.

Fan Lao Tou sighed: "Xiao Zhu, have you decided?"

Fan Xiao Zhu said: "I'll follow my brother."

Fan Lao Tou said: "Fine, you brothers are united, I'm relieved."

"Anyway, if following Wu An yields nothing, we can just come back; the three of us can keep busy."

Fan Xiao Zhu nodded.

He also thought that.

He whispered, "I think big brother did the right thing; those swordfish, how much each, even if it's just one percent, we could still make a lot."

"This is really a small boat."

"That trawler would definitely make money more easily."

Fan Lao Tou hummed: "Don't be too optimistic about everything; he's messing around like that, a blind cat hitting a dead rat—if we switched to a trawler, who knows what would happen."

"Pah pah pah."

"What am I saying, Goddess Mazu? Just treat my words as a fart, don't take them seriously."

Fan Lao Tou wrapped his left hand around his right, making the gesture of worshiping Goddess Mazu, and muttered quietly.

Fan Xiao Zhu smiled, was about to speak, when shouts came from the winch side, yelling about some large yellow fish; Fan Lao Tou hurried over to look.

Only see A Qing jumping up and down on the deck, Fan Dali holding a golden-yellow big fish, his happy face with flesh shaking, laughing so hard his eyes disappeared.

Fan Lao Tou: "Holy shit..."

Although the large yellow fish had nothing to do with the Fan family father and son, Fan Xiao Zhu was still happy, saying: "Dad, you said a blind cat meets a dead rat—we didn't see the dead rat, but this dead fish is plenty."

"Ah yo, yo he, he hi..." Even Lao Fu Tou was excited, making meaningless sounds with his mouth, rubbing his hands on his body, he happened to touch the cigarette box, trembling as he took it out.

He not only smoked himself, but handed out one to everyone.

Wu An was also happy; no wonder the longline fishing still had that bit of luck value left unmoving for half a day, then suddenly cleared—looks like it was because of this large yellow fish.

Afterwards, the longline fishing hauled up three large yellow fish, and nothing else.

Lao Fu Tou weighed the three large yellow fish and announced loudly: "Three and a half catties, two catties four taels, this one is the biggest, four catties eight taels; together they're almost eleven catties!"

Wu An looked, somewhat regretfully saying: "Too bad they're all dead; if they were alive, that would be better."

Lao Fu Tou laughed: "Already not bad; just these three fish could sell for tens of thousands."

Wu An shook his head: "Just good luck, having hooked a few large yellow fish; otherwise the catch would be ordinary."

Lao Fu Tou said: "This is normal."

"It's autumn."

"When the weather turns cold, the fish aren't as active."

"Once the trawler arrives, the longline fishing can be temporarily paused."

Wu An nodded.

Lao Fu Tou called out: "Mei Wu, don't just stand there, hurry and put it in storage."

Mei Wu responded happily, and together with A Qing carried the basket to storage.

Fan Lao Tou looked at these people, pulled Fan Dali's brothers, and muttered quietly: "You see? They're singing in harmony, deliberately showing off for us."

Fan Xiao Zhu smiled and said: "Dad, it's fine; soon we'll be one of them too."

Fan Dali said: "If I had known earlier, I should have told A An; look at this ship's cargo—if we were crew, we could also get a good share."

Fan Xiao Zhu: "Better than us busying ourselves."

Fan Lao Tou: "..."

De de de.

So now he's the only outsider, right!

Then I'm leaving!

After finishing the longline fishing, we still need to go to Shuangzi Dao to collect the crab pots.

Fan Lao Tou didn't follow; he went back to his own boat.

Wu An asked: "What's wrong with your dad? Why does he look unhappy?"

Fan Dali: "Don't bother with him."

Fan Xiao Zhu: "Right."