My fishing raft will ask for help.

Chapter 227 Continuing the Yellow Croaker Harvesting

Zhou Miao had no idea where Luo Hao and Lu Xingyu had gone to buy the fishing nets, as they hadn't returned by dinnertime.

Call them and just say they'll be back before 7 p.m., and don't worry about them.

Since that's what they said, Zhou Miao stopped paying attention to them.

After dinner, he carried the cleaned fishing nets onto the boat, and then went to the supermarket to buy some food and drinks.

The weather forecast for tonight showed no rain, so Zhou Miao decided to stay there tonight to avoid having to make an extra trip back and forth.

It was nearly 7 p.m. when Luo Hao and Lu Xingyu returned.

When Zhou Miao saw the two fishing boats, he finally understood why they had returned so late.

"You little rascal, you've done something big without anyone noticing!"

"We can't keep using your boat, and if we catch a lot of fish, your boat won't be able to hold them all," Lu Xingyu said happily.

Although it was a dilapidated second-hand boat that only cost 100,000 yuan, it was his first boat, just like his first car. He cherished it no matter how broken it was.

"That's true." Zhou Miao nodded, not telling him that he was about to embark on a journey to conquer the distant seas, and that he would be going to these places less often in the future!

At that point, Luo Hao and Lu Xingyu would naturally no longer be able to continue making money like this.

However, it's not a big problem. They can set a few nets in their spare time and then charter the boats to customers, which can increase their income considerably.

With the engines started, Zhou Miao led the way, and the three fishing boats, arranged in a triangular formation, headed towards the sandy bed.

An hour and a half later, they arrived at their destination.

This wasn't Lu Xingyu's first time sailing; he was very steady and didn't fall behind.

He also has a driver's license, which he and Lu Xiaoxiao specifically went to get after they caught mantis shrimp.

"Why did you stop?" Luo Hao shouted as he steered the boat to Zhou Miao's side.

"This is it. Let's moor the boat on the side, gather the three of us on one boat, and then sail over to set the net. We'll do the same when we haul in the net tomorrow morning; it'll make things much easier."

Today, Zhou Miao was hauling in the nets all by himself. He was so busy that the nets almost got stuck in the machine. He realized that whether it's setting the nets or pulling them up, at least two people are needed to work together, and three people are ideal.

Luo Hao and Lu Xingyu agreed at the same time, and then followed him to first drive the boat to the outer perimeter, and then moor the boats together.

Seeing that they had tied the boat up, Zhou Miao went over to help them board.

With the three working together, the fishing net was easily lowered into the water.

The three of them took turns helping, and the six large nets almost completely surrounded the waters where the sand bed was located.

An hour had passed by the time I finished.

"Ah Miao, what's next? Going fishing for big yellow croaker?" Luo Hao asked.

"No, I'll go back to the boat and get some sleep. We'll start hauling in the nets around 4 a.m.." Zhou Miao glanced at his watch; it was almost 10 p.m., and he wouldn't get more than a few hours of sleep.

"Oh, by the way, I bought some food. If you get hungry tonight, feel free to come to my boat and get some."

"Alright, let's all go back to our ships and sleep then."

The three boats were very stable when moored together, swaying only slightly on the sea. Zhou Miao spread a waterproof cloth on the deck, took out a blanket from his backpack, and made do with it to fall asleep.

Summer was alright, but now that winter is almost here, even with a blanket, Zhou Miao still wakes up in the middle of the night feeling the cold wind creeping up her neck.

As soon as he woke up, he smelled a rich aroma. He got up and saw that Luo Hao and Lu Xingyu were eating hot pot.

"Oh, you're awake?"

"Looks like he woke up from the cold, just like me."

Zhou Miao checked the time; it was almost 2 a.m., then picked up a small stool and sat down next to them.

"When did you get up?"

Lu Xingyu: "I dozed off for a while but got too cold, so I decided not to sleep anymore."

Luo Hao: "I woke up half an hour earlier than you, also from the cold. It was so cold that I decided to have hot pot with Xingyu to warm myself up."

"From now on, we'll either have to stay up late at night or go back to sleep."

Zhou Miao took the disposable bowl and chopsticks he handed her, picked up a piece of tofu puff and swallowed it whole.

As the tofu puffs, accompanied by the hot broth, slid down my esophagus, I immediately felt warm.

Hearing Luo Hao say he was going to stay up all night, he gave a playful smile: "From now on, I won't be joining you guys here to surf the internet."

"What do you mean?" Lu Xingyu paused, looking at him with a puzzled expression.

Zhou Miao didn't keep them in suspense and told them his plan directly.

"Today I contacted Brother Zhou and asked him to help me buy a Class II fishing boat, in preparation for conquering the open sea in the future."

"Brother Zhou plans to contribute 30% of the funds so that he can easily accompany me on sea voyages when he has free time, but I will use the boat most of the time."

"..."

Luo Hao and Lu Xingyu exchanged glances, and then almost simultaneously revealed expressions of envy, jealousy, and resentment.

"Damn, this rich bastard can even afford a fishing boat for deep-sea fishing!"

"Exactly, and there are even suckers investing in it! Why can't I ever have something like this?"

Zhou Miao glanced at Lu Xingyu disdainfully: "Even if you encounter such a good thing, how much money can you come up with to buy a boat?"

"I actually put out 1.5 million!"

"I actually put out 1.5 million!"

"Hiss~" Lu Xingyu gasped, finding it outrageous. "Wait, how do you have so much money? You couldn't even come up with the money when you acquired Ahao's fish rafts."

Luo Hao pondered for a moment, also finding it strange: "That's not right! The fishing competition is worth 350,000, but you have to pay taxes, and they all went to me."

"You made a lot of money from the big yellow croaker, but you didn't take half of our combined income this time. Even if you include today's income from the yellow croaker, I estimate you only have a few hundred thousand."

"You don't even have a million, where would you get 1.5 million?"

Zhou Miao earned all this money openly, so he wasn't afraid of them finding out.

But Luo Hao had clearly underestimated two sums of money. He laughed and said, "I made quite a bit of money with Brother Zhou when we went to Shandong."

"Secondly, I caught a lot of sea urchins before, which also made me quite a bit of money."

"My savings aren't quite 1.5 million yet, but I still have yellow croaker!"

Lu Xingyu suddenly realized: "So it's an advance loan!"

Luo Hao understood what was going on: "That's right. Even if you can't come up with 1.5 million, given your relationship with Brother Zhou, it wouldn't be a problem to have him lend you some first."

Zhou Miao nodded, but if it wasn't enough, he would use the money from the gold bars first.

Along with large-scale fishing boat operations, if there isn't enough money, they'll just give you gold bars.

He earns less, and money laundering is troublesome and takes time, but Yu Muzhou doesn't have this problem.

After finishing the hot pot, it was 3:17 a.m.

Zhou Miao didn't wait any longer. He washed the pot and then called the two men to start preparing to cast the net.

They first pulled in his two nets, and as the nets gradually left the water, the three men's tense mood instantly turned into surprise.

Even though Zhou Miao knew there were schools of fish here and had used a fish finder to check the water conditions, he was still a little uncertain about whether he could actually catch any.

As the yellow croakers surfaced one by one, his tense expression immediately relaxed.

If he makes a profit in the next two days, he will not only be able to come up with 1.5 million, but also have some extra for daily expenses.