Beachcombing: The beach is full of amazing seafood, but my wife won't let me get out of bed!

The sea surface rippled, with concentric circles spreading outwards.

Chen Yang lay prone on the side of the boat, half of his body leaning out, craning his neck to stare at the water.

"Brother-in-law, this old turtle is amazing!"

His face was full of disbelief as he turned around and yelled at Wu Sui.

"It actually nodded at us just now, is this thing some kind of sentient being?"

Wu Gang stood to the side, holding a piece of hemp rope in his hand, also looking quite emotional.

"Living creatures in the sea, over time, develop a kind of spirit."

"Second brother, you did a great job today. It's a good deed for our voyage."

Wu Sui raised his wrist and glanced at his watch.

3:30 a.m.

I spent over two hours cleaning the barnacles on that hawksbill turtle.

"Alright, stop looking, they've already disappeared."

He shook the seawater off his hands and walked to the center of the deck, looking around.

It was pitch black all around, with only the searchlights of the fishing boats shining on the sea.

Just now, the fishing boat was dragged along by that huge hawksbill turtle, and it had long since deviated from its original fishing spot. It was now at least five or six nautical miles away.

"Brother, we need to head back," Wu Sui said, turning to Wu Gang.

Wu Gang was taken aback, then rubbed his hands together: "Not fishing anymore? It's the middle of the night, we just started to get into a good fishing rhythm, and we're already going back?"

Wu Sui walked to the water tank, lifted the lid, and checked the situation.

"We left in a hurry when we went out to sea and forgot to buy ice at the dock."

"The fish that are caught are prone to dying when the water pressure changes. If they are not kept warm with ice, they will go bad when taken home and will not fetch a good price."

As he spoke, he scooped out the rock sea bream that Chen Yang had caught earlier.

The fish had pulled so hard that its intestines were squeezed out from its rear end. It was belly-up in the live water tank, and it looked like it was about to die.

"We were up all night last night, and my family was worried. Let's go back to longline fishing and go home early."

Chen Yang looked at the stone sea bream that Wu Sui had thrown on the deck and felt somewhat discouraged.

"It's all my fault, I had no experience fishing the first time."

"Alright, it's just a fish, stop being so girly."

Wu Sui smiled and patted his shoulder, then turned to look at his older brother.

"Turn around and go back to retrieve the longline."

Wu Gang didn't say anything more.

The weather has been nice these past few days, and they haven't stopped working all day. It's good that they're going home early so their families won't worry.

The diesel engine roared, and the fishing boat cut through the white waves in the night, turning its bow to begin its return journey.

While returning to port, Wu Sui carried the half-dead stone sea bream to the makeshift stove at the stern of the ship.

With swift and skillful movements, he scraped off the scales, removed the gills, and gutted the animal.

After rinsing the fish thoroughly with a hose to remove the blood, I made two cuts on the fish, rubbed it with salt, sprinkled it with shredded ginger, and then put it in a pot to steam.

Chen Xue and her sister-in-law heated up the food they had prepared, and the meal was ready.

"Dinner's ready!" Wu Sui carried a steamed sea bream into the driver's seat.

Chen Yang's stomach had been growling with hunger for a long time. As soon as he heard that dinner was served, he quickly ran over, picked up his chopsticks, and stuffed a large piece of fish belly meat into his mouth.

"Hot, hot, hot!" Chen Yang slurped as it burned, but couldn't bear to spit it out. "Brother-in-law, this sea bream meat is so firm and fresh."

Wu Gang held a large meat bun, took a bite and his mouth was full of oil. He ate it with Wang Feng's pickled vegetables and his face was full of smiles.

"These pickled vegetables are perfectly seasoned; they go wonderfully with rice!"

Wu Sui also grabbed a handful of dried fish and chewed on them.

The three of them squeezed into the driver's seat and managed to eat a three- or four-pound fish, a dozen large meat buns, a bunch of side dishes, and a pot of soup, all of which were completely devoured.

After eating and drinking his fill, Wu Sui lay on the deck enjoying the breeze.

Before long, the fishing boat slowed down.

"Second brother, we've reached the reefs. Get ready to find the buoy."

Wu Gang shouted from the cockpit, cutting off the power and letting the fishing boat glide on the sea surface by inertia.

Wu Sui stood up, walked to the bow of the ship, habitually closed his eyes, and activated the system radar in his mind.

The moment the radar screen lit up in his mind, Wu Sui froze.

When the radar is normally turned on, the screen displays either scattered green dots or clusters of small light spots.

But now!

The area where they had set up four longline fishing baskets was now filled with a continuous line of lights, arranged in an orderly fashion, almost forming a band of light.

"Holy shit!" Wu Sui couldn't help but swear.

Chen Yang had just finished clearing the dishes when he heard the commotion and rushed over: "Brother-in-law, what's wrong? Did you see the float?"

"Yes, I saw it." Wu Sui's heart raced instantly.

The signal light bands of this density are definitely not something that a few scattered fish or a small school of fish could make.

Below this is definitely a ton of high-quality stuff.

"Big brother, slow down, steer to the left, and get close!" Wu Sui shouted into the cockpit.

Upon hearing the shout, Wu Gang immediately adjusted his direction.

The beam of the searchlight shone on the water's surface, where a red and white plastic buoy was bobbing up and down in the waves.

"Xiao Yang, get the net ready, we're here."

Wu Sui quickly walked to the side of the boat, picked up the hook, and retrieved the buoy.

"Brother-in-law, did you find out you caught a fish?"

"Stop talking nonsense. 2000 hooks, how could they all go up empty-handed?"

Wu Sui pulled the main line onto the deck and casually hung it on the winch.

As Chen Yang pressed the start switch for the winch.

"Clang... Clang..."

The hoist had only turned twice when the previously loose main line instantly became taut and straight!

"Buzz!"

The taut main line vibrated violently in the sea breeze, and the winch sounded muffled and strained.

"Hey, this weight is wrong." Wu Gang ran out of the cockpit, staring at the taut wire.

"Second brother, this machine is turning so hard, is it stuck on the bottom?"

"It's not that it's stuck to the bottom, it's that the goods underneath are too heavy."

Wu Sui gripped the gunwale with both hands, his eyes fixed on the water.

A large number of white bubbles began to churn underwater.

Then, with a "splash!" the first fishhook was pulled out of the water!

A flat, slender fish, its body gleaming with silver light, was pulled into the air.

This fish was more than four fingers wide and over a meter long, and it was twisting its body wildly in the air.

What's most frightening is its mouth; its upper and lower jaws are open, filled with fine, sharp fangs that dazzle the eyes under the light.

"Holy crap! A ribbonfish?!" Chen Yang took a half step back, keeping a safe distance.

"This ribbonfish is huge? It's almost as thick as my arm!"

Wu Gang's eyes widened in disbelief: "This is pure broadband!"

Before they could even react, the second line emerged from the water, and another silver-banded fish appeared.

With each rotation of the winch, a large ribbonfish is pulled out of the water.

The main line is densely covered with shimmering silver ribbonfish, one after another, end to end.

"Don't just stand there, unhook it!" Wu Gang reacted, grabbed the long-nosed pliers, and rushed towards the first ribbonfish.