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

Chapter 1504 New Questions
Five o'clock in the morning.

Zhao Dahai, Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, Liu Lei, Lei Dayou, Zhao Shi, and Shi Guangming left the large fishing boat in two speedboats and headed directly to the island and reef foam area.

"Brother Dahai!"

"Am I just imagining things? Or is it really true that there are fewer fishing boats or speedboats in the island and reef foam area now?"

Liu Lei looked around and wondered if it was just his imagination, but it really seemed like there were far fewer speedboats or people.

"How could it be an illusion? There are definitely fewer people. The main problem is that the people who usually go out to sea to fish are no longer here at this time of year."

"All that's left are speedboats or fishing boats that specialize in fishing for sea bass in this area."

Zhong Shizhu smiled. Liu Lei had been going out to sea fishing with him recently, and had gradually developed a basic understanding of the surrounding area. Today, there were indeed fewer speedboats and people fishing for sea bass than usual, and the difference was very noticeable; it was easy to spot immediately.

"This is the best thing that could be possible for us."

"I wonder what the tides are like here today? If the tides are good, we'll be able to catch a lot of sea bass."

Liu Bin looked at the approaching vessel with some anticipation. He glanced at the sea with the speedboat's lights. At this time, the sea was calm, and there was no sign of any movement in the water.

Liu Bin was very clear that, no matter what, fewer people here would definitely have a smaller impact on him, especially on Zhao Dahai.

With Zhao Dahai's ability to find fish, or rather, track schools of fish, he'll definitely be able to catch more fish than usual.

The biggest problem now is to see if there are any fish in the sea, or how many fish there are.

If there are fish, you can definitely catch a lot of them; if there are no fish, then there's nothing anyone can do.

"what!"

“We’re definitely not the happiest people. The happiest people are those who usually fish for sea bass in this spot.”

Lei Dayou pointed to the speedboats on the sea surface, waiting for the tide to come in.

During the fishing moratorium, even more people come to fish here. The teacher said that it doesn't have a significant impact on him and Zhao Dahai, and they might even be able to catch more fish.

However, the others don't have Zhao Dahai's abilities. With more people here, and more speedboats and fish boats, the impact is enormous.

"correct!"

"I've heard that people who usually fish for sea bass in this area are catching far fewer fish than usual when they use the fish-showing equipment. Instead of making money, some people have actually lost a lot of money."

Shi Guangming remembered something.

There are many sea bass in the island and reef foam area, and many sea bass appear every day.

Over time, many people will come here specifically to fish for sea bass.

These people basically only come here to fish for sea bass; they don't go fishing elsewhere. They are only familiar with the area here.

During the fishing moratorium, the prices of fish, shrimp, and crabs will rise sharply. Under normal circumstances, as long as you can catch fish, you can definitely make more money.

This is the same every year. These professional anglers can make a lot of money during the fishing moratorium, at least more than usual.

But this year is different; there are many more people fishing and speedboats coming here.

People who usually fish in this area have been greatly affected; the vast majority of them are not catching many fish, and some are even catching far fewer than usual.

These people usually only fish for sea bass and are not familiar with or know how to fish for other fish. As a result, their income not only did not increase during the entire fishing moratorium, but actually decreased.

For these people, the fishing moratorium is about to end, and other fishermen who used to go out to sea will no longer come here to fish. This is definitely a good thing, something that couldn't be better. These people must be breathing a sigh of relief.

"Correct!"

"That's exactly how it is!"

"During the fishing moratorium, the number of fish we catch does not decrease but increases. This is mainly because the fishing boats that go out to sea have to stay at the dock and cannot go out to fish, so there are more fish in the sea."

Zhao Dahai nodded. During the entire fishing moratorium, he caught more fish than usual, and significantly more.

"what!"

"Brother Dahai."

"From this perspective, doesn't that mean we actually really want the fishing moratorium to continue indefinitely?"

Upon hearing Zhao Dahai's words, Liu Lei immediately thought of something.

"Correct!"

"That's right, that's really how it is. We actually really wish the fishing moratorium could go on forever, the longer the better, but that's just impossible."

Zhao Dahai nodded.

That's absolutely right. Personally, I really hope the fishing moratorium continues indefinitely.

Why is it like this?
During the fishing moratorium, the number of big fish caught by Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, and Lei Dayou did not decrease but increased.

At the same time, the prices of fish, shrimp, and crabs are very high during the fishing moratorium.

In other words, during the fishing moratorium, one can earn more money than usual.

They would definitely love for the fishing moratorium to continue indefinitely, but that's simply impossible.

Zhao Dahai glanced at the sea. The tide hadn't come in yet, and he knew very well that the tide was coming in a bit late today. So he simply waited for the tide to come in while talking to Second Master Zhao Shi and the others before starting to fish.

"Damn it!"

"These people are finally gone! Their presence here has had a huge impact on us. The past month or so should have been an opportunity for us to make money, and a lot of money at that, but because of these people, we not only failed to catch many fish, but we actually caught fewer and fewer fish."

Xu Xiaochui took a deep drag on the cigarette between his teeth, looked around at the sea. There were many speedboats, but these were all people who regularly fished here. He hardly saw any people who couldn't go out to sea to fish during the fishing moratorium.

"Correct!"

"At least these people have stopped fishing here!"

"We're just fishermen out at sea, why do you have to come and steal our food? Aren't you just causing us trouble?"

"Damn it!"

“We should have been able to make a lot of money, but instead we didn’t. There’s really no way to complain about this,” Song Tianping said, shaking his head.

"correct!"

"Xu Xiaochui".

"Have you made any money during this period? I have made some money, but all in all, it's been a bit little, only about three thousand yuan."

"Damn it!"

“In previous years, during the fishing moratorium, we could at least make 10,000 yuan, even if we didn’t make 30,000 yuan. Why is it so bad this year?”

As Song Tianping spoke, the smile on his face vanished instantly. He was no joke. In previous years, he could earn 20,000 to 30,000 yuan during the fishing moratorium, but this year he only earned 3,000 yuan. He really couldn't understand it no matter how he thought about it, or rather, he couldn't have imagined that such a thing would happen.

"Three thousand yuan?"

"We earn a little more, but not by much, around five or six thousand yuan."

Just like the smile on Xu Xiaochui's face, it vanished in an instant. It was truly astonishing to know this until it was told.

During such a long fishing moratorium, and at such a time when fish prices are so high, I only made five or six thousand yuan.

"Humph?"

"Xu Xiaochui".

"How exactly are you calculating this? Song Tianping is one person, while we are two brothers. Two people working together."

"If you calculate it this way, we didn't earn more money than Song Tianping; in fact, we earned a little less."

Xu Dachui reminded Xu Xiaochui that this wasn't how you accounted for yourself. The two brothers earned five or six thousand yuan from fishing at sea, but Song Tianping earned three thousand yuan by himself.

If you calculate it this way, the money that he and Xu Xiaochui earned was really no more than that of Song Tianping.

"Hey!"

"This year's fishing moratorium is just...I don't even know what to say. We've made so little money!"

Xu Xiaochui sighed. It was true that his older brother, Xu Dazui, was thin. In that case, the two brothers earned less money than Song Tianping.

"If we had known that this year's fishing moratorium would be this dismal, we would have just gone to do odd jobs instead of fishing in the open sea under the scorching sun!"

Song Tianping was indignant; this year's fishing moratorium was truly terrible.

I really never expected to encounter such a situation. I really never expected to catch so few fish and earn so little money.

"What can we do? Although there are more fish in the sea this year, there are just too many fishing boats and speedboats coming here to fish!"

Xu Dachui shook his head and sighed. In all his years of fishing, he had never encountered a situation like this before.

"We've caught fewer fish, and we've earned less money, but Zhao Dahai has earned significantly more, and it looks like it's not just a little more, but a huge amount."

Song Tianping pointed to Zhao Dahai's two speedboats not far away.

Throughout the fishing moratorium, Zhao Dahai would often come here to fish for sea bass.

It's not really clear how many fish he caught, but it was definitely not a small number. We saw with our own eyes Zhao Dahai pulling sea bass out of the sea one after another.

"This is really unbelievable. We've all been affected by the people who come here to fish for sea bass, so why hasn't Zhao Dahai been affected? In fact, not only has he not been affected, he's been catching even more fish!"

Xu Xiaochui frowned, truly unable to understand this matter. There was nothing wrong with Zhao Dahai being able to catch so many fish; anyone with that skill could certainly do it. But the key question was why? Zhao Dahai hadn't been influenced by anyone else.

"Who can know what happened?"

"Anyway, what we can see is that Zhao Dahai is catching more and more fish, definitely more than usual when it's not the fishing moratorium, and much more."

"The most obvious difference is that now it's two speedboats fishing together, instead of just one speedboat."

"If you're not catching many fish, why would you need two speedboats to go out to sea together?"

Xu Dachui glanced at Zhao Dahai's speedboat. At first, there really was only one boat here to fish, but during the fishing moratorium, it became two boats. And judging from the looks of it, they will be going out to sea with two speedboats from now on. Only someone who has caught a lot of fish would do this.

The white ones are the fish that have been caught. It's very likely that one speedboat wouldn't be enough to hold them all, which is why two speedboats are needed.

"Zhao Dahai's two speedboats are so big, they can easily make several thousand kilograms, or even more than ten thousand kilograms, of fish."

"Ugh?!"

"There's really no way to compare people like this!"

Song Tianping let out a long sigh.

There's really nothing we can do about this.

"There's no point in talking about this anymore!"

"For us, what we really need to think about now is whether we can still catch enough fish and make more money now that the fishing moratorium is over and there are so many more fishing boats in the sea."

Xu Dachui had talked to Song Tianping and Xu Xiaochui about Zhao Dahai countless times, and the final conclusion was that no matter what they did, they couldn't possibly fish like Zhao Dahai. Or rather, no matter what kind of people they were, they couldn't influence Zhao Dahai's fishing.

With the fishing moratorium about to end, the biggest challenge facing Song Tianping and his group is whether they can catch enough fish.

It's true that I didn't catch many fish during the fishing moratorium and didn't make much money, but in any case, there are fewer fishing boats in the sea during the moratorium, so logically there should be more fish in the sea.

Whether or not you can catch fish is another matter, but the fact remains that there are fish in the sea, and more fish than usual.

With the fishing moratorium over, a large number of fish balls will be released into the sea, causing a significant decrease in the number of fish in the water for fishing boats.

In this situation, the number of sea bass in the island and reef foam area will definitely be affected, and the impact will be significant.

In short, there are fewer and fewer fish in the sea because most, or even a large number, of the fish have been caught elsewhere by fishing boats using nets.

Are we still able to catch more fish here than during the fishing moratorium?

If you catch fish, there's nothing to say; you'll definitely make more money. But if you don't catch any, you'll earn even less than during the closed season.

It's okay if you don't catch many fish or make much money in one or two months, but it's very troublesome if you don't catch many fish or make much money in a year or two. This is a new problem for people like you.

(End of this chapter)