Chapter 116, Part 3: Passing by one's home without entering.
Chapter 116, Part 3: Passing by one's home without entering.
Yu Muzhou went night fishing, and Zhou Miao and the others took the opportunity to rest on his fishing boat for the night.
The next morning, before six o'clock, they got up and began to collect the traps.
The harvest was almost the same as last time; each trap caught a lot of mantis shrimp.
This scene kept Yu Muzhou under strict control for several minutes.
"I was wondering why you guys weren't in a hurry at all, catching so few fish tonight. Turns out you were confident!"
"How did you find so many mantis shrimp?"
"Of course, I saw it while I was diving," Zhou Miao said with a smile.
He collected eight fish traps, filling the fishing boat completely. He then dumped the mantis shrimp from the remaining seven traps onto Yu Muzhou's fishing boat, so that he wouldn't need to borrow another boat after returning home.
"Tell me honestly, are you Mazu's biological son?"
Aside from Zhou Miao, Yu Muzhou had never encountered such incredible luck.
Zhou Miao's lips twitched: "If I were Mazu's own son, would I be working this hard? I could just stand on the beach, and all the fish would come running to me!"
"That's right, he's my godson." Yu Muzhou nodded in agreement. His biological son wouldn't be treated so badly.
"You can't get over your son, can you?"
Zhou Miao was both amused and exasperated. After tidying up the mantis shrimp and the traps, he quickly set sail back. Yu Muzhou followed him in his boat.
They returned to the dock at 8:30.
The boat docked at Tingtao Fishing Raft. Knowing that Zhou Miao and Luo Hao had gone out to sea the night before, Luo Qianqian came to the raft early in the morning, which was quite unusual for her.
"Zhou Miao, should we notify the auntie who's peeling the shells?"
"Call five people first, and have the other ten come over after lunch."
"Okay, I'll make the call right away."
Zhou Miao and Lu Xingyu quickly sorted the mantis shrimp and then moved the smaller ones onto the fish raft.
The larger ones will be kept in the net cages on the fish rafts until the next batch of mantis shrimp arrives in the afternoon, at which point they will be sold together.
Yu Muzhou also helped out, and picked up two jin of big, fat, and juicy fish for himself as a reward for his hard work.
After he finished processing the mantis shrimp, he called out to Zhou Miao, who was preparing to return to the deserted island: "Miao, can I borrow your tricycle for a bit?"
"Huh?" Zhou Miao was stunned. Why did he need his tricycle?
But the next moment he realized that in such thick fog, it was easier for a tricycle to take shortcuts than a car!
"No problem, no problem, I'll drive the tricycle to the dock."
Zhou Miao's initiative made Yu Muzhou very pleased.
He sailed his boat to the fish farm dock and first hoisted up the grouper.
After Zhou Miao arrived in his tricycle, he operated the crane to place the fish into the truck bed.
He was not entirely satisfied that the rear door of the truck bed was not open.
So after placing the fish in the container, he got off the boat, opened the back door of the truck bed, and displayed the whole fish.
That way, he'll be more noticeable when he drives on the road.
Then, Yu Muzhou got into his car and left the dock, but accidentally got lost.
He turned left and right, passing by his own home, and came to a wild river with relatively abundant resources and many anglers.
Although it's morning, it's already nine o'clock, and there are still quite a few diligent anglers.
"Hey guys! Do you know how to get to Dongxiang Road? I don't know this place at all, and I've been looking for it everywhere but can't find the way. The battery is almost dead from carrying this two-meter-long grouper."
"What? You mean navigation? Navigation can help you find good fishing spots and catch fish this big?"
"Hey sir, your bamboo pole is really good. I think it could easily lift a 200-pound object, like mine."
Passing by my home, I came to a bustling farmers' market...
"Hey! Boss, your little crucian carp are quite lively! Unlike mine, which is already a bit dead."
"Brother, do you have a large scale at home? My scale isn't very good; it can't even weigh this grouper that's only a little over two meters long."
Passing by my home, I arrived at a breakwater in Nanzhen...
"Hey guys fishing, how's your catch this morning? You've caught a lot of black sea bream, that's impressive! Unlike me, I only got one fish, a grouper that weighs over 200 pounds."
"Hey, hey, hey, why are you packing up? Are you going home? I want to go home too, but this tricycle is too weak, it can't even lift a fish."
Hearing Yu Muzhou's lewd words, all the rock fishing guys turned pale.
It is only because we live in a society governed by the rule of law that public security is so high.
Forty years ago, they would have fed Yu Muzhou to the fish.
All I can say is that Yu Muzhou was too cunning; he hid the fish's wound very well. You wouldn't even know the fish wasn't caught unless you turned it over.
However, just as he was preparing to go to the next place to attract hatred, Pang Hao called him.
"Hey Zhou, what's going on? Did you get lost this early in the morning?"
"Huh? How did you know?"
"Absolutely! The fishing groups are buzzing!"
"They said, 'Brother Zhou, you're driving around in a little tricycle right now. They also said you bought this fish, it couldn't have been caught by fishing.'"
"Slander! This is blatant slander! Do they have any evidence to support their claims?"
Upon hearing this hesitant remark, Pang Hao knew what was going on.
He chuckled and continued to flatter him: "Exactly, what kind of skills do you have, Brother Zhou? It's just a mere 200-pound grouper, a piece of cake."
"But Brother Zhou! This fish is so big, you can't finish it all at once. How about I take it and I'll take care of it for you? You can come to my shop and try it later."
"Heh, even dogs wouldn't eat Japanese food." Yu Muzhou revealed a mocking smile. "Don't even think about this fish. It would be a waste to keep it in your Japanese restaurant. I have other plans."
Pang Hao wasn't about to give up so easily. When negotiation failed, he tried appealing to emotions: "Hey, Brother Zhou, just consider it helping out with my business, okay?"
"I'm having dinner with some leaders from the Culture and Tourism Bureau soon, and this fish is for that occasion, so don't even think about it."
"..."
Pang Hao was surprised that Yu Muzhou's fish was actually useful, and feeling frustrated, he could only give up!
But he had already guessed that the fish must have been sold to him by Zhou Miao. He didn't complain, but he was a little puzzled as to why Zhou Miao hadn't contacted him this time, which shouldn't have happened.
He even considered that Yu Muzhou had bought the fish from somewhere else.
Regardless, he had to call Zhou Miao to ask about the situation.
"Ah Miao, you didn't go out to sea today?"
Pang Hao was prepared for the phone call to go unanswered. He had received a message from Zhou Miao last night, saying that they were going to catch mantis shrimp and asked them to come to the dock around 1 p.m. today.
He's just trying to call now; if he can't get through, he'll call a satellite phone.
"Just got back, about to head out to sea. What's up, Hao-ge?"
"It's nothing serious, it's just that Brother Zhou got lost this morning while driving his tricycle carrying a large grouper, did you know that?"
"Haha, he actually got lost!"
"Judging from your tone, you know?"
"Of course I know, I borrowed all the tricycles."
"I told you Zhou-ge bought this fish. Ah-Miao, you sold it to him, didn't you?"
"No, Brother Zhou caught it himself while fishing or hunting."
Having received an extra 20,000 yuan, Zhou Miao naturally kept his promise and would not reveal the truth.
"Huh?" Pang Hao was shocked. "Really?"
"Of course it's true. Brother Zhou was with us last night. He said he'd been learning fishing and hunting for a while and needed to put it into practice. Then he got lucky and caught this grouper." Zhou Miao lied without batting an eye, providing Yu Muzhou with perfect after-sales service.
"Wow~ Brother Zhou has really impressed me!" Pang Hao exclaimed incredulously. "Let's leave it at that for now. I need to talk to someone else about this."
"Brother Zhou is amazing!"
(Just got back from a banquet tonight, and there was a problem with Chapter 3, so I had to make a lot of changes. I'll revise it properly tomorrow, and then there will be two updates tonight.)
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