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 on the speedboat from afar.

"Yo!"

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

Shi Guangming took a puff of his hookah while walking.

"Ha!"

"Uncle Shi!"

"What's wrong with you? Don't people need to sleep less when they get old? We have all arrived at the speedboat, and you are just here now?"

Liu Bin saw Shi Guangming and shouted at him while joking.

"Humph!"

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

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

"Ha!"

"Uncle Shi!"

"You're right. At this age, you really don't need to care about these things. You can get up whenever you want!"

"Today, with you and Uncle Zhao leading us, we will definitely find a good place!"

"Maybe we will really find that big trench!"

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

"If we really find a big trench, we will be rich in the next six months!"

Lei Dayou was very excited.

There are a lot of fish in the artificial island reef area. In the past few months, he and Zhao Dahai have caught a lot.

During this period, there are more and more speedboats fishing on artificial island reefs, and the competition is very fierce. In addition, there are very few fish in the sea in the past ten days and eight 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? The veterans are worth two, and now there are two veterans. We will definitely find that big trench."

Shi Guangming was not polite at all.

Zhao Dahai checked the speedboat, especially whether all the things needed for fishing at sea were ready, and the other was the speedboat.

Zhao Dahai checked for more than half an hour, and there was no problem at all.

Zhong Shizhu drove the speedboat and slowly left the dock, slowly picking up the speed.

"Alas!"

"Haven't there been no fish, shrimps or crabs in the sea in recent days? Why are there still so many fishing boats?"

Shi Guangming looked at the surrounding sea surface, which was pitch black, and the lights of the fishing boats were very clear, densely packed.

"There have been no fish recently, but you can't say for sure if there will be fish one day. Once there are fish, they will be large schools of fish."

"Who dares to be lazy?"

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

Zhao Dahai's speedboat had a cabin, which was relatively stuffy inside. He didn't like it, so he stayed outside directly.

Every once in a while, there may be days when not many fish, shrimps or crabs can be caught in the sea. However, the more such times happen, the less people dare to be lazy. You never know when a lot of fish, shrimps or crabs will appear in the sea. Once you miss this time, you will lose a lot of money. Experienced people will be very alert at such times. They go out to sea on time every day to fish, waiting for the big fish that may appear at any time. Once they encounter a big school of fish, the money they earn in one night can last for one or two months.

"Yes!"

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

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

Going out to sea depends on the weather.

The hard work is hard here. Sometimes there are fish, sometimes there are no fish. When there are fish, you have to work hard. When there are fish, you can't rest. You can only float on the sea and wait. The fishing nets have to be put into the sea, and the fishing nets have to be pulled, which takes effort.

Zhong Shizhu drove the speedboat and rushed directly to the island and reef foam area.

"Fuck!"

"Haven't there been any fish recently? Why are there still so many speedboats here? Do they want to fill up the entire island and reef foam area?"

Liu Bin took a look at the island and reef foam area. It was not yet light, but there were lights of speedboats everywhere. This was the same as the fishing boats he saw on the way here. They knew that there were not many fish in the sea in the past few days, but they all had to go out to sea and wait here. Who knows if all the sea bass will come out at once one day.

"Ha!"

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

Zhao Dahai came out of the cabin and just heard Liu Bin's words.

"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 rises."

Zhong Shizhu didn't know what Zhao Dahai thought.

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 stop the speedboat, take a rest while waiting for the tide to flow and then try again. If there are fish, fish. If there are no fish, leave immediately and rush to the artificial islands and reefs.

"Damn it!"

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

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

"Ha!"

"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 cigarette, half joking and half serious.

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

The cost of fishing sea bass is higher than that of ordinary fish. It is almost impossible to make money if you only catch this amount of fish.

In recent days, Zhao Dahai's speedboat has either appeared here for a very short time or simply not appeared here. This is not a good sign.

Zhao Dahai must have come here to grab fish, and he always grabs big fish, but as long as Zhao Dahai appears here, it means that there will be a lot of sea bass in the island reef foam area.

Now myself and the two brothers Xu Dachui and Xu Xiaochui, as well as the people who fish 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 grabs fish, there will often be schools of sea bass on this day, and everyone often catches more fish than usual.

"Alas!"

"Okay!"

"Song Tianping."

"You have a point. If Zhao Dahai appears here, it might be a good thing."

"That's right!"

"Have you been able to catch fish elsewhere these days?"

Xu Xiaochui was very depressed, but he had to admit that Zhao Dahai's appearance here was 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."

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

"Someone did catch 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 it. Whether it's fishing for sea bass or grouper, or going to other places to fish for other fish, only people with real skills can catch a lot of fish and make a lot of money. It's impossible for people like us to fish for grouper and catch a lot of grouper."

"I went to some other places in the past two days, but I didn't fish for grouper, but for black porgy and yellow chicken. I can't say that I didn't catch any fish, but I really didn't make much money. I only made one hundred or two hundred yuan a day."

Song Tianping was very depressed.

There are very few fish in the sea these days. I can't catch any sea bass in the island reef foam area. I went to other places to learn how to fish for black porgy and yellow bream. I caught some fish, but not many. After deducting the cost, the rest is just hard-earned money.

"Yeah!"

"That's right."

"When the fishing spot at Fengchejiao was full of fish, we caught some groupers, but only two or three. 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 caught five or six groupers, and very few could catch seven or eight."

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

"There are so many speedboats at the Fengchejiao fishing spot, and most of the people are veterans with many years of experience. They are all in this situation, not to mention us newcomers."

Xu Dachui glanced at Zhao Dahai's brightly lit speedboat two or three hundred meters away. He and his brother Xu Xiaochui, including Song Tianping, are good at fishing for sea bass in the island reef foam area. But if you go to other places to fish for groupers, or even catch black porgy, it's really just that ordinary people don't think about making a lot of money.

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

Song Tianping became more and more depressed.

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 was greatly affected. They had 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 use in tossing like this.

"Alas!"

"What can I say about this?"

"From the current situation, it is really useless. We can't make much money, and we even have to spend a lot of money. But what can we do? Can we just keep fishing for sea bass here? Don't go fishing for grouper?"

Xu Xiaochui shook his head.

If Zhao Dahai hadn't come here to fish for sea bass, they really wouldn't have to worry about it. What they had to do every day was to get up as early as possible 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 this thing is no longer feasible. Zhao Dahai came here to grab fish, and their income has been greatly affected.

"Forget it."

"It's useless to say such things!"

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

Xu Dachui patted the boat's bowstring and pointed at the sea. The sea water has begun to flow, and sea bass may come in at any time.

It's useless to say anything now. Let's wait and see if there will be sea bass in the sea today. If there are, we should be quick and grab a few more fish.

Xu Xiaochui and Song Zaiping did not speak, and immediately began to prepare. Whether to fish for black porgy or grouper was a matter for the next step. What they had to do now was to fish for the fish in front of them.

"In recent days, the fish in the sea are really hard to catch."

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

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"Ha!"

"We can still catch fish with Zhao Dahai. Those who go out to sea without much skill or those fishing boats have a hard time these days. There are not many fish every time they go out to sea, and many of them lose money on fuel."

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Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, Lei Dayou, Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming sat or squatted on the deck of the speedboat, smoking and chatting. It was still early, and the tide had not risen. I wonder if there were any sea bass.

"Is it coming?"

"Is the tide rising?"

Liu Bin sat on the side of the speedboat, talking while 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. It was true that the tide had begun to rise. Small bubbles kept coming out of the seawater under the light and kept flowing.

"Yo!"

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

Lei Dayou suddenly became energetic.

"Ha!"

"What else can I say? Let's see if we can catch any fish now. If we can catch any fish, there will be fish here today. If we can't catch any fish, we'll leave here and rush to the artificial islands and reefs."

Zhao Dahai said as he drove the speedboat close to the island and reef foam area. The tide had just risen, but if there were any fish, they would definitely be caught, but there were not many. If there were no fish now, especially if there were basically no fish in his speedboat or other speedboats around, even if the tide was stronger and there were more fish, there would not be many places to go. There was no need to waste time in this place.