Chapter 511: Swordfish Blows Up the Dock

Arriving at Shuangzi Dao, it was already 3 p. m.

Upon reaching the target sea area, Wu An found the buoy and still hauled it up himself.

It was originally meant for A Qing.

A Qing was unwilling, not because he was lazy, but because he felt his luck was bad.

No choice.

Wu An could only do it himself.

The winch began operation, and the first line of crab pots was hauled up smoothly.

"Holy shit, we struck it rich, so many orchid crabs!" Seeing the catch dumped out, Fan Dali couldn't help shouting.

"There are also red flower crabs; the current dock purchase price is approaching a hundred per catty."

Fan Xiao Zhu crouched down to look and let out a delighted shout.

Besides these two more expensive kinds, there is also the cheaper three-dot crab.

Cheap is relative; the three-dot crab can sell for twenty or thirty per catty, and larger specimens can fetch even higher prices.

A Qing and Mei Wu squatted down, each with a fish basket, and began sorting.

While sorting, they still had food in their mouths.

"Good grief, how can there be so many crabs."

"Some have been taken care of."

"I'm afraid we won't finish even by dark."

Mei Wu also chimed in with a couple of remarks.

The Fan brothers, Fan Dali and Fan Xiao Zhu, were naturally not idle either, helping to tie up while listening to A Qing and Mei Wu's complaints, their expressions somewhat strange.

With so many crabs, it's a huge haul—why would anyone complain?

If they could get such a haul from dropping the crab pots, they'd probably be grinning from ear to ear.

Here, the catch from the first line hadn't been fully sorted when the second line of crab pots was already hauled up.

The shrimp crabs frantically flailed inside the pots, shaking them and sending water spraying everywhere.

"Splash."

The catch was dumped out, the crabs piled up again into small mounds, followed by the orchid crabs scattering and crawling wildly across the deck.

A few crabs even encountered the sea eels in a narrow passage, biting and pinching each other in a fierce struggle.

Soon.

A few crabs, disregarding martial virtue, ganged up on the sea eel, which was quickly defeated.

When Lao Fu Tou saw this, the sea eel had already lost signs of life, and he shouted, "A Qing, hurry up and deal with it."

A Qing came over to look; his fingers ached from the sorting and tying, and seeing the worthless three-eyed crab kill the sea eel only made him angrier, so he went up and kicked those few three-eyed crabs.

After kicking them away, he looked at the sea eel, which wasn't that big, and muttered, "You don't even look at your own size, yet you still want to eat others."

"You've capsized, huh."

"Instead, you got killed by them."

Then he caught those few three-eyed crabs, tied them up, and lectured, "We're all unfortunate fellows in the same boat—why resort to lethal moves?"

The Fan brothers looked at A Qing as if he were a deity, then turned their gaze to Mei Wu.

Mei Wu smiled: "That's just A Qing."

Although A Qing is a bit crazy, one must admit it also adds a bit of fun to the otherwise boring sorting work.

All fifty lines of crab pots were hauled in, the catch so huge they could barely keep up.

Wu An poured a large cup of tea for everyone; in this scorching heat, if they didn't replenish fluids in time, a heatstroke would cause serious trouble out at sea.

After everyone finished drinking, Wu An also joined the work, squatting down to tie and sort.

Fan Dali and Fan Xiao Zhu worked energetically, their speed surpassing that of Mei Wu and A Qing.

Seeing this, Wu An called out, "Take it easy."

Fan Dali, head down while tying, replied, "It's fine; we two brothers have been pent up these past couple days."

"All this energy finally has a use."

"Hehehe."

Wu An laughed: "Later, you'll have times when you complain of being tired."

Fan Dali said: "I'm not afraid of hard work; I'm afraid of not making money."

"If every time we went out to sea we could be this busy, just thinking about it feels great."

Fan Xiao Zhu also nodded.

Wu An smiled and had Lao Fu Tou take the helm.

Lao Fu Tou responded, saying, "A An, we probably won't reach the dock until dark."

"Alright, Dali, Xiao Zhu; when we get to the dock, I'll treat you to a big meal."

"Rest tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow come with me to test the boat."

"As long as the weather holds, in no more than two days we'll be able to start trawler operations."

"If you have anything to take care of, the trawler will need to stay out at sea for at least three to five days when it goes out."

The two Fan brothers replied in unison.

With heads down sorting, time flew by; Lao Fu Tou came to remind them that they were just over an hour from the dock.

Wu An stopped, washed his hands, and contacted A Jin to receive the cargo.

Then he reported safety to his family, and finally called Qin Zong to book a table.

Seven o'clock in the evening.

Just finished sorting, the fishing boat also arrived at the dock.

The dock was lit up, but there weren't many people; many umbrellas had come back in the evening, and by this time everyone had already tidied up and gone home.

But after Wu An's fishing boat docked, many people still gathered to watch the excitement.

Everyone knew his luck was good; every time he went out to sea he brought back good catches.

Most people, after seeing it, were envious and jealous to the point of being unable to stand it, yet they couldn't help but want to look.

People.

That's how it is.

First came the golden pomfret, just over a thousand catties; everyone thought it looked fine, remarked a few sentences that it didn't seem to come from the internet, and thought nothing of it.

Then came the sea eel.

"Good fellow, they're still jumping around alive."

"This thing isn't easy to catch; a few days ago I also set out over 1,000 meters of longline fishing, and only managed to haul up three."

"They've already moved three baskets of theirs."

"You're crazy, comparing him to me?"

"Hehe, yeah."

Everyone was chatting idly when they saw a few people bringing out swordfish, and immediately they couldn't stay calm.

"Holy shit, swordfish, is that swordfish?"

"How was this thing caught?"

"You've got real guts; such a small fishing boat actually dares to catch swordfish."

"Seeing that they're all fine and the boat isn't damaged, Goddess Mazu must have helped."

"Really, they want money without caring about their lives."

"Good luck and big guts—no wonder they're making money."

One, two, …

Seeing nine swordfish being moved off the boat, the scene was as lively as a boiling pot.

The swordfish were loaded onto the vehicle and taken away directly; Wu An didn't dare show his face much and also left with the vehicle.

He had thought that bringing it out would cause a sensation, but he hadn't expected everyone to become this excited.

Fortunately he had previously told everyone not to say they were swordfish caught by fishing; otherwise, rumors would spread and who knows what they'd turn into.

In the vehicle.

A Jin kept making phone calls.

He was contacting some bosses to come bid; as for the large yellow fish, no need to mention it, although swordfish are said not to be expensive per unit, they are still quite rare, worth doing this.

He put down his phone, and A Jin said, "An Ge, same old rule."

Wu An nodded.

A Jin turned his head, glanced, and said, "It's a pity we missed the opening of the fishery auction; otherwise these swordfish and large yellow fish could definitely fetch a better price."

Arrived at the market.

Gao Qiangqi also came; seeing so many swordfish, he was quite shocked: "Good thing nobody got hurt."