Chapter 676: What Exactly Are They Trying to Do?

Lao Feng was at a loss.

But with Jing He's permission, he quickly summoned the brothers to lower the nets for work.

"Brothers, do it well."

"This time we're out with Wu An."

"In Fu Yuan Zhen, who doesn't know that Wu An's luck is ridiculously strong, blessed by Goddess Mazu."

"Even if we're not lucky, we could still strike a big haul."

Hearing him say that, the others echoed in agreement.

Even though it's unethical.

But it's none of their business; the one getting scolded is Jing He.

…

Wu An woke up.

It was already noon.

It was A Qing who woke him.

"Brother, it's time for lunch."

"What time is it?"

"Almost twelve o'clock."

"I slept so long."

"Yeah, after we finish eating we'll start the second net, and we want you to handle it."

Wu An got up.

He learned that the first net's catch wasn't great, but it was okay—about a little over a thousand jin of Shuttle Crab, which happen to be in peak season now.

Moreover, the crab meat was plump, the roe and fat were abundant—a golden time for eating.

Approaching the end of October, especially Red-roe Crab and female crabs, if it's winter they become even more delicious, and they're snatched up at the dock.

"Besides Shuttle Crab, there's a lot of trash."

A Qing complained.

As the saying goes, a good start brings luck; since the first net's situation wasn't great, everyone agreed to have A Qing call him up to handle the second net, hoping to turn the tide.

Wu An felt numb.

He didn't even boost his Luck Value for this second net; if the catch were good, it would be a miracle.

But he couldn't say anything.

Never mind the rest, let's eat first.

He sat down, picked up the Shuttle Crab, and started eating.

Honestly, they're damn delicious.

You could eat them a hundred times and never get tired.

"Make another pot, we need Red-roe Crab."

After they ate and drank their fill, under everyone's expectation the second net came up smoothly, the net bag was swollen, and everyone was excited; if that's all catch, it must be pretty good.

"Looks like it's just over two tons."

"Brother, go handle it; it's definitely all catch."

"That's a must."

"A An, go ahead."

Even Lao Fu Tou was full of confidence in him.

Wu An was both amused and helpless, and went up to handle the net.

With a splash.

No one could laugh.

Lao Fu Tou frowned: "There's a lot of trash, and the fish fat looks even more."

He rummaged a few times, nodded, and said, "This net's situation is just like that."

"Hua Tie Lu?"

Everyone looked at Wu An.

Wu An shrugged.

Not a Hua Tie Lu.

It's because he didn't cheat.

In this situation, he could accept it; besides the worthless fish fat, there were plenty of Shuttle Crab and Pipi Shrimp.

Fu Yongning called out: "Don't just stand there."

"Lower the net first."

"Quickly clean up after lowering the net."

The third net went down smoothly.

Wu An glanced at his Luck Value.

It's still pretty good.

He maxed out his Luck Value.

The second net's catch wasn't large; everyone cleared it quickly, picking up two baskets of Pipi Shrimp—not much—and about a thousand jin of Shuttle Crab.

That's not bad either.

One net brings in roughly several tens of thousands of yuan; not necessarily a profit, but at least there's no loss.

Wu An went to rest.

Staying up late is really not good; although I slept for several hours, I still feel very tired, and after waking up it's already 3:30 p. m.

The third net is about to be hauled.

He came out to look and asked, "Who's coming to haul it?"

Mei Wu raised his hand, volunteering: "I'll do it."

"Okay." Wu An saw Lao Fu Tou come over from the stern and asked, "Old Fu, how's it going?"

Lao Fu Tou had gone to check the situation at Jinghe's side, saying, "They're also operating nets over there, and someone has been keeping a telescope trained on us."

"What are they looking at?"

"I don't know."

Wu An fell into thought.

Is Jinghe just following him to keep an eye on him?

As the net bag came out of the water, Mei Wu vigorously swung his fist, excited: "The net bag is so full; even if half of it is trash, there must still be two or three tons of catch!"

Wu An smiled.

This net's Luck Value has been exhausted, but getting two or three tons of catch is impossible.

Mei Wu cracked his knuckles and went up to untie the net.

He was still muttering under his breath.

"A Wu Ge, hold on tight."

"Done yet?"

"You've prayed to every god and Buddha under heaven."

A Qing and the others were getting impatient.

Mei Wu gave a hehe laugh, grabbed the net rope, and shouted, "Pull hard!"

As the net rope was pulled open, the mouth of the net bag opened and the catch poured out.

"What kind of fish?"

"Sunfish!"

"Holy shit, they're all sunfish!"

Fu Yongning shouted excitedly; Wu An picked one up to have a look and asked, "This fish isn't that valuable, why are you so excited?"

Fu Yongning said, "This is the first time I've seen a net haul in so many sunfish."

Normally hauling in two or three fish baskets is considered good.

Wu An suddenly understood.

That explains it.

Then it makes sense.

Did he turn on cheats?

He smiled: "Never mind that, hurry up and sort the catch."

This fish isn't particularly good-looking; its body is a long oval, laterally compressed, with a distinctive 5 to 7 large spiny structures, and a prominent black spot on the pectoral fin.

Besides the sunfish, there were plenty of bigeye seabream, bright red and quite festive.

Mei Wu was very happy.

Lao Fu Tou also came to have a look, clicking his tongue in amazement.

"Is this fish tasty?"

"It's okay."

"All right."

Wu An instantly lost interest; frankly, most seafood tastes fine, and compared to most freshwater fish, the common seafood on the market can be eaten without hesitation.

"I've just run into sheer luck."

Mei Wu couldn't stop laughing.

Wu An nodded and praised, "You're better than me."

"You can try it on the next net too."

Mei Wu nodded: "Then I'll give it a try."

Wu An saw his confidence and was happy to cooperate.

This net's catch was huge, several thousand catties, because there were many sunfish and they had to be sorted by size; although it was troublesome, it could fetch a higher price.

After all the busyness, they didn't even have time to eat, and it was already time to haul the fourth net.

The sky had already grown dark.

Lights were lit on the boat.

It attracted many squid to the surface, but busy sorting the catch, nobody had time to scoop up the squid; the fourth net was still Mei Wu's, and the catch was still quite good.

Sunfish were fewer, but bigeye seabream were more.

While they were busy, Wu An heard a familiar call.

It was a dolphin.

From the sound, Wu An could accurately tell.

Wu An called A Qing to get some ice.

After greeting the others, he crushed the ice and fed it to the dolphin one by one.

A Qing could only stand by and stare.

Just then.

The walkie-talkie crackled with Lao Fu Tou's voice: "A An, Jing He's ship has pulled up alongside."

"It's fast."

"Should we negotiate?"

Wu An stood up.

A Qing was a bit excited: "Great, just in time."

"There's a big circle here; if they look for trouble, they're asking for death."