Chapter 529

On the ship.

Rest room.

The fishing boat sailed smoothly on the sea; today's weather was fine, wind calm and waves still, hardly feeling any rocking.

Everyone sat around together.

With the air conditioning on, they brewed tea around the stove; whenever someone's tea cup was empty, Wu An would help refill it.

Besides tea, there were also some dried fruit snacks.

Mei Wu exclaimed, "A An, you really know how to get things done."

"Besides, this feeling is actually not bad."

"What is this called… brewing tea?"

'"Brewing tea around the stove." Wu An smiled; the concept of brewing tea around the stove is not yet popular nowadays, unlike later times when it's everywhere.'

Actually.

This method has existed since ancient times; it later became popular because people's demand for leisure and entertainment increased.

Fu Yongning watched, feeling it was somewhat dangerous, but thinking that the wind was calm and the waves still, he didn't say anything.

Everyone was having fun, and if he stood up to say it wasn't safe, wouldn't that spoil the fun?

To be honest.

Being so leisurely on the fishing boat, he was still quite unaccustomed to it.

A few hours later, Lao Fu Tou came over and asked, "A An, the water depth in this sea area is about a hundred meters; want to try lowering the net?"

Wu An nodded: "Sure."

"Lowering the net just in time for lunch."

"I'll heat up the food; after we eat well, everyone can rest a bit."

He didn't give the fishing boat a luck boost; honestly, detecting fish conditions is somewhat useless.

Because the consumption of the fishing boat's luck value is not only due to fish schools, it could also be due to other things under the sea.

For example, white butterfly clams, ambergris, or even undersea treasure.

For the fishing boat, the best use of a luck boost is still to control fish.

Moreover, perhaps because it's his first day at sea, the system hasn't reacted yet; today his luck value isn't high, only a little over 300.

At most, that's enough to lower three nets.

We need to use it sparingly.

It's worth noting that the luck value's upper limit has already reached 1100.

He is really looking forward to tomorrow.

He hopes the system will respond, directly pulling the daily operating value to its limit.

After hearing him finish, everyone immediately sprang into action.

A Qing also stood up and wanted to go out.

Wu An shouted at him: "A Qing, don't go out; just stay in the rest room."

A Qing shook his head: "I also need to go work."

Wu An: "You're not listening to me?"

A Qing nodded, then quickly shook his head, saying: "Brother, everyone is working; if I alone don't work, that's not okay, right?"

Wu An said: "Nobody will say anything."

"Your facial wound hasn't healed yet; if you go out and work up a sweat, it's easy for the wound to get infected."

A Qing sniffed: "Brother, you're really good to me."

After saying that.

He actually cried.

Wu An was dazed; what's going on?

He didn't know that A Qing actually felt stifled and wronged in his heart; as his two paternal cousins, they had snatched his candy since childhood, bullied him in various ways, and yesterday they had even beaten him half to death.

As for Wu An,

He had always taken him out to play, treating him like a younger brother.

The family members.

Who could bear this?

Wu An said impatiently: "Don't give me this nonsense."

"I'm worried that if your wound gets infected, it'll be a hassle, and we might have to head back early."

"Still crying, I'll kick you."

A Qing wiped his tears: "Brother, go ahead and kick me; I can't control myself."

Wu An laughed despite himself: "Go cry over there."

He hurried out of the rest room; it was just past 11 a. m., the sun was big, heat rising; although it was already autumn, noon was still hot, meaning the day‑night temperature difference was slightly larger.

Wu An stood on the deck for a while, then felt somewhat unbearable, went to the control room, and watched Fu Yongning and them lower the net; Lao Fu Tou smiled and said, "Did A Qing cry?"

"I thought this kid wouldn't cry."

"Yesterday he was beaten so badly, howling in pain, yet not a single tear."

Wu An said: "A Qing is still a child."

On the deck.

Fu Yongning loudly shouted commands for the net‑lowering operation; since the previous trial voyage had already lowered the net once, this trip was still somewhat chaotic, and on a trawler, one person can't get anything done.

We need to cooperate with each other.

Everyone is still unfamiliar now; we need to slowly get used to each other and cultivate tacit understanding.

Wu An was thinking, tonight we'll do some activity to properly break the ice, so everyone can get acquainted quickly.

After a while, the Trawling was smoothly lowered into the sea.

Lao Fu Tou nodded slightly: "Sure, no problem."

Wu An saw Fu Yongning talking with the Fan family brothers, and the more they spoke the more excited they got; he hurried over to greet them: "What are you chatting about? Come back to the rest room first."

Fu Yongning and a few people walked over.

Fan Dali explained: "Brother Yongning is teaching us."

Just now, Xiao Zhu and I didn't do well in some spots.

Fan Xiao Zhu: "Yeah, I almost got dragged into the sea."

Fu Yongning snorted coldly, his expression not looking good.

Wu An realized, chuckled and said: "That's something to pay attention to; no matter what, safety comes first, making money comes later."

Since Brother Yongning is willing to teach you, you should study well.

The Fan family brothers nodded repeatedly.

Wu An patted the two of them: "Alright, you're all sweaty; go wipe off first, then come over to eat."

The food was all ready-made.

After eating and drinking well, everyone went to their own spots to rest.

The trawling time isn't fixed; it can be long or short, usually two or three hours. Since we're not familiar with this sea area, we'll follow what Lao Fu Tou said earlier and keep the time a bit shorter.

Let's see how the catch is.

If it's not bad, we'll continue the operation.

If not, we'll discuss it later.

As the trawling operation proceeded, the fishing boat's speed dropped considerably, swaying slightly; Wu An lay back half‑reclined, put on a movie, but after just two minutes of the film, snoring already sounded.

When he woke up, the movie had already ended.

After turning off the TV, Wu An stretched, leaned back comfortably, looked left and right—only A Qing was still asleep, everyone else was gone. He went to the control console, greeted Lao Fu Tou, and saw Fu Yongning and the four others already on the deck preparing to haul in the net.

Lao Fu Tou said: "A An, it's time to raise the net."

In a moment you'll go untie the net bag.

This is the official first trawl; use your good luck to get off to a good start.

Wu An subconsciously checked the trawling's luck value, was about to nod, then suddenly froze: "Wait, don't rush."

Let's wait a bit longer before hauling in.

Lao Fu Tou blinked: "What's wrong?"

Wu An shook his head.

The luck value had only dropped by about 20 points, indicating the trawl's catch wasn't big.

How so?

Can't really say.

He couldn't help scratching his head, just as Lao Fu Tou said—this first trawl needs to be a smashing success; if the catch is poor, it will definitely deal a big blow to morale.

Lao Fu Tou didn't ask further, and notified Fu Yongning and the four others to come back first.

Everyone returned, learning that Wu An wanted to let the trawling operation continue a while longer; although they found it a bit odd, they didn't ask further.

Wu An had Lao Fu Tou slightly adjust the boat's heading.

Lao Fu Tou did as instructed.

After several minutes like that, Wu An monitored the trawling luck value; after adjusting the boat's heading, it barely dropped by one point.

This reminded him of the "Ming Chao formula" meme; his micro‑control couldn't be said to be ineffective, only that it had no effect.

Just as they were about to haul in the net, they suddenly saw a familiar silhouette far off in the distance.

It was an orca pod.

Great.

Hu Zi must be there too.

In this situation, he planned to ask Hu Zi for help.