Rebirth of Fishing Village: Starting from Hua Axiang in Jiehu Village

Chapter 995: Zhao Dahai, a man you both love and hate
Five o'clock in the morning.

Langtou Village.

Zhao Dahai, Zhao Shi and Shi Wenming walked up to the dock and saw the lights of the speedboat on from afar.

"Yo!"

"Zhong Shizhu and the others have arrived so early?"

Shi Guangming took a puff of the hookah as he walked.

"what!"

"Uncle Shi!"

"What's wrong with you? Don't people need to sleep less when they get older? We've already arrived at the speedboat, why are you just coming here now?"

Liu Bin saw Shi Guangming shouting and joking.

"Humph!"

"Why should I work at my age? I can sleep as long as I want and as long as I want!"

Shi Guangming waved his hand, and Liu Bin immediately pulled the rope of the speedboat to the dock and extended his hand to help.

"what!"

"Uncle Shi!"

"You're right. At this age, there's really no need to worry about these things. You can get up whenever you want!"

"With you and Uncle Zhao leading us today, we will definitely be able to find a good place!"

"Who knows, maybe we really found that big trench!"

Zhong Shizhu took the water and handed it to Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming.

"If we really find a large trench, we will be very rich for the next six months!"

Lei Dayou was very excited.

There are a lot of fish on the artificial island reef. In the past few months, Zhao Dahai and I have caught a lot of them.

During this period, there are more and more speedboats fishing on artificial islands and reefs, and the competition is very fierce. In addition, there are very few fish in the sea in the past ten days, so fishing is very difficult. But once you find a big trench, it is full of fish.

"Is there any need to say this? One veteran is worth two. Now there are two veterans. We will definitely be able to find that big trench."

Shi Guangming was not polite at all.

Zhao Dahai checked the speedboat, especially to see if everything needed for fishing at sea was ready, and the other one was the speedboat.

Zhao Dahai checked for more than half an hour and found no problems at all.

Zhong Shizhu drove the speedboat and slowly left the dock, gradually increasing the speed.

"Ugh!"

"Hasn't there been no fish, shrimp or crab in the sea these days? Why are there still so many fishing boats?"

Shi Guangming looked around and saw that the sea was pitch black, but the lights of the fishing boats were very clear and densely packed everywhere.

"There have been no fish recently, but you never know when there will be fish. If there are fish, they will be large schools."

"Who dares to be lazy?"

Zhao Shi sat on the refrigerator, holding a hookah in one hand and pulling a rope with the other. The speed of the speedboat was faster, so it could be kept stable.

Zhao Dahai’s speedboat has a cabin, which is relatively stuffy inside. He doesn’t like it, so he just stays outside.

Every once in a while there may be days when not many fish, shrimps or crabs can be caught in the sea, but the more times like this happen, the less people dare to be lazy, because you never know when a lot of fish, shrimps or crabs may suddenly appear in the sea. Once you miss this time, the loss of profit is not just a little bit. Experienced people will be very alert at such times and go out to sea to fish on time every day, waiting for the big fish to appear at an unknown time. Once they encounter a big school of fish, the money they earn in one night can last for a month or two.

"Correct!"

"People who fish and go out to sea really can't relax at this time."

Shi Guangming looked at the sea in front of him. Every light was a fishing boat, all waiting for a school of big fish that might appear at any time.

Going out to sea means relying on the weather.

The hard part is that sometimes there are fish and sometimes there are not. When there are fish, you have to work very hard. Even when there are fish, you still cannot rest. You can only float on the sea and wait. You still have to put the fishing net into the sea and pull the net, which still requires effort.

Zhong Shizhu drove the speedboat directly to the foam area of ​​the island reef.

"Dry!"

"Hasn't there been no fish recently? Why are there still so many speedboats coming here? Are they trying to fill up the entire island reef foam area?"

Liu Bin took a look at the foam area of ​​the island reef. It was still dark, but the lights of speedboats were everywhere. This was the same as the fishing boats he had seen on the way here. Although he knew that there were not many fish in the sea in recent days, they all had to go out to sea and wait here. Who knows, one day all the sea bass might come out at once.

"what!"

"Aren't we the same? Even though we know there is a high probability that there are no sea bass here, we still come here to take a look every time we go out to sea."

Zhao Dahai came out of the cabin and just heard what Liu Bin said.

"Zhao Dahai."

"Should we wait here for a while? Let's see if there are any sea bass in the foam area after the tide comes in."

Zhong Shizhu didn't know what Zhao Dahai was thinking.

Zhao Dahai thought about it and nodded. He went to the artificial island today not to fish, but to look for the sea trench. In this way, it would be no problem to delay here for a while. No one could say whether there would be a school of sea bass here today. If there was, the fish would be worth thousands of kilograms if missed.

Zhao Dahai told Zhong Shizhu to park the speedboat, take a rest and wait for the tide to rise before trying again. If there were fish, they would fish. If not, they would leave immediately and head for the artificial island reef.

"What the hell!"

"Why is Zhao Dahai's speedboat here again?"

Xu Xiaochui pointed to a speedboat two or three hundred meters away from him. The large speedboat was very conspicuous among the small speedboats of his group and could be seen at a glance.

"what!"

"Isn't it a good thing that Zhao Dahai's speedboat came here? It proves that Zhao Dahai thinks there may be sea bass here."

Song Tianping took a puff of his cigarette, half joking and half serious.

In recent days, it is very difficult to catch sea bass in the island reef foam area. Every day, Xu Dachui, Xu Xiaochui and I can only catch about 20 kilograms.

The cost of fishing for sea bass is higher than that of other fish, and you can hardly make money by fishing for this amount of fish. In recent days, Zhao Dahai's speedboat has either appeared here for a very short time or not appeared here at all, which is not a good sign.

When Zhao Dahai came here, he definitely wanted to steal fish, and he only stole the big fish. However, as long as Zhao Dahai appeared here, it meant that there would be a lot of sea bass in the island reef foam area.

Now, himself, the two brothers Xu Dachui and Xu Xiaochui, as well as the people fishing for sea bass in the island reef foam area, really love and hate Zhao Dahai.

What I hate is that once Zhao Dahai appears here, he will catch a lot of sea bass, and it is very difficult for others to catch enough sea bass. What I love is that once Zhao Dahai appears here, although he snatches away the fish, there will often be schools of sea bass appearing on that day, and everyone often catches more fish than usual.

"Ugh!"

"All right!"

"Song Tianping."

"What you said makes sense. If Zhao Dahai appears here, it might really be a good thing."

"correct!"

"Have you been able to catch fish anywhere else these days?"

Xu Xiaochui was very depressed, but he had to admit that Zhao Dahai's appearance here was somewhat a good thing, especially when there were not many fish in the sea recently. Zhao Dahai's appearance here gave people like him a little more hope.

"Don't mention this matter."

"Wasn't there a lot of fish at the Windmill Foot fishing spot a few days ago?"

"It's true that someone caught a lot of groupers, but that person was Zhao Dahai. How many of us, including other veterans, can catch a lot of fish?"

"Now I understand clearly that whether it is fishing for sea bass or grouper, or fishing for other fish elsewhere, only those who are really capable can catch a lot of fish and make a lot of money. For people like us who want to fish for grouper, and want to catch a lot of grouper, that is impossible."

"I went to some other places in the past two days, but I didn't go fishing for grouper, I went fishing for black porgy and yellowtail. I can't say I didn't catch any fish, but I really didn't make much money. I only made about 100 or 200 yuan a day."

Song Tianping was very depressed.

There are very few fish in the sea in recent days, and I can't catch any sea bass here in the island and reef foam area. So I went to other places to learn how to fish for black porgy and yellow bass. I caught some fish, but not many. After deducting the costs, what was left was just hard-earned money.

"Ok!"

"Yes."

"We caught some grouper when the fishing spot at Windmill Foot was big, but there were only two or three of them. We made some money, but it wasn't much."

"I looked at the other speedboats and they were basically the same as ours. The better ones could catch five or six groupers, and very few could catch seven or eight."

"We want to make a lot of money fishing for grouper, but it's almost impossible."

"There are so many speedboats at the Windmill Point fishing spot, and most of the people are veterans with many years of experience. They are all in this situation, let alone those of us who are new to the industry."

Xu Dachui glanced at Zhao Dahai's brightly lit speedboat two or three hundred meters away. He, his brother Xu Xiaochui and Song Tianping were good at fishing for sea bass in the island reef foam area. However, if they went to other places to fish for grouper, or even black porgy, they would really be just ordinary people who could not expect to make a lot of money.

"If you think about it this way, even if our sea bass fishing here is affected, we might still make more money than going to other places to fish for black porgy, grouper, or other fish."

Song Tianping became more and more depressed as he spoke.

Ever since Zhao Dahai often appeared here to fish for sea bass, the income of himself and the two brothers Xu Dachui and Xu Xiaochui has been greatly affected. They have no choice but to find another way out and go fishing for grouper. But now after a careful calculation, it is indeed found that it is very likely that there is no point in tossing like this.

"Ugh!"

"How can I explain this?"

"From the current situation, it really is of no use. We can't make much money, and we even have to invest a lot of money. But what can we do? Are we going to fish for sea bass here forever? Or not go fishing for grouper?"

Xu Xiaochui kept shaking his head.

If Zhao Dahai hadn't come here to fish for sea bass, they wouldn't have to worry about it. What they had to do every day was to get up early and run to the island reef foam area to occupy the best position. If they occupied the largest foam area, they could catch enough sea bass and make enough money. Now that this is no longer possible, Zhao Dahai came here to grab fish, and their income has been greatly affected.

"Forget it."

"There's no point in talking about things like this!"

"The tide is about to rise. Let's make some preparations and see if there are any sea bass. If there are, we should act quickly and see if we can grab a few more fish."

Xu Dachui patted the side of the speedboat and pointed at the sea. The sea water had already started to flow and sea bass might come in at any time.

There is no point in saying anything now. Let's wait and see if there will be sea bass in the sea today. If there are, we'll have to be quick and grab more fish.

Xu Xiaochui and Song Zaiping didn't say anything and started to prepare immediately. Whether to catch black porgy or grouper was a matter for the next step. What they had to do now was to catch the fish in front of them.

"In recent days, it has been very difficult to catch fish in the sea."

……

"People who go out to sea to cast fishing nets can't catch many fish, shrimps or crabs, let alone those who fish."

……

"what!"

"We can still catch fish following Zhao Dahai. Those who go out to sea without much skill or those fishing boats have had a hard time these days. Every time they go out to sea, they don't catch many fish, and many of them even lose money on gas."

……

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, Lei Dayou, Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming were sitting or squatting on the deck of the speedboat, smoking and chatting. It was still early and the tide had not risen yet, so they wondered if there were any sea bass.

"coming?"

"Is the tide rising?"

Liu Bin sat on the side of the speedboat, talking and looking down at the sea from time to time. After about half an hour, he saw that the sea water seemed to be flowing.

Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming immediately looked down and nodded. Yes, the tide had indeed begun to rise, and small bubbles kept appearing in the sea water under the light, and it kept flowing.

"Yo!"

"Should we try now to see if we can catch any fish?"

Lei Dayou suddenly became energetic.

"what!"

"What else can we say? Let's see if we can catch any fish. If we can, there will be fish here today. If we can't, let's hurry up and leave here and head to the artificial islands and reefs."

Zhao Dahai was driving the speedboat closer to the foam area of ​​the island reef while talking. The tide and water flow had just risen, but if there were any fish, they would definitely be caught, but there were not many of them. No fish could be caught now, especially since neither his own speedboat nor other speedboats around could catch any fish. Even if the tide and water flow were stronger in a while and there would be more fish, they would not be that many. There was no need to waste time in this place.

(End of this chapter)