My Deep-sea Fishery

Naturally, Xiang Yang has no reason not to agree. Anyway, to Xiang Yang, whether it is selling to Li Chao or Zhang Qicheng, it is a sale, as long as the other party can afford the price.

After a busy day, Xiang Yang lay on the side of the boat to watch the scenery on the return trip, and squinted his eyes enjoying the humid sea breeze.

On the other side, Boss Li called Zhang Qicheng, and the two rushed to Yanlong Village in eight hundred miles.

After more than an hour, Xiang Yang finally vaguely saw the outline of the pier under the night sky.

The pier was still full of people, and the villagers of Yanlong Village seemed to regard it as a custom to welcome Xiang Yang's ocean-going fishing boat back.

In fact, Xiang Yang knew that most of the onlookers came with special purposes, except for a very few who were family members of the crew on the fishing boat.

For example, the left village chief.

Xiang Yang just heard from Xiang's father that the head of Zuo Village led 20 or 30 households in the village, and was planning to jointly buy two big boats like him to come back, but now the villagers have a heavy ideological burden. Most of those who said that they can do it, and are willing to pay for it, still want to wait and see.

Wait and see what?

Of course, it is to wait and see how Xiang Yang catches every time he goes to sea.

After these few days of waiting and watching, the villagers became more and more courageous, and more and more people were moved.

It's no wonder, after all, Xiang Yang went to sea several times in a row and returned with full rewards. It would be a lie for the villagers to say that they are not envious at all when they see Xiang Yang earning a lot of money every time he goes to sea.

Every time Xiang Yang returned from the sea with a full load, the villagers swelled up their courage as if they had eaten a bear's heart and a leopard's guts.

I just don’t know if Xiang Yang went out to sea and returned empty-handed, would he take the courage of the villagers in one fell swoop?

They're back, look, they're back. The sharp-eyed villagers saw the silhouette of a big ship appearing in the distance between the sea and the sky, and immediately shouted loudly.

There was a commotion among the crowd, and two large searchlights were turned on.

The village head Zuo smiled and played with a fake military telescope.

How is it? Have you seen Boss Xiang and the others?

Major Zuo, can you lend me this telescope?

Is there another mountain of fish piled up on the boat when Xiang Yang came back this time?

The villagers were chattering, and Boss Li and Zhang Qicheng, who were standing and waiting, almost didn't laugh out loud, so what can we see clearly in this day and night? The binoculars see that the sea is completely pitch black. It is good to be able to see the boats clearly. Want to see the people on board and the fish?

Well, I see clearly. But the smile of Zuo Village Chief gradually disappeared, and his face gradually became serious. He found that the waterline of Xiang Yang's boat back from the sea this time was very shallow, just like an empty boat.

The village head Zuo secretly thought that it was not good, could it be that Xiang Yang and the others were in vain today?

Xiao Zuo, show me this mirror. An old fisherman became anxious when he saw the head of Zuo village holding up the binoculars for a long time and didn't speak for a long time.

Oh, Uncle Qin, you can't watch it. The village head Zuo hurriedly stopped him.

But it was too late, Uncle Qin had already seen Xiang Yang's fishing boat clearly through the binoculars.

Hey, this draft.

Village Chief Zuo withdrew his arm resentfully, the thing he was most worried about had already happened.

Sure enough, the next moment, Village Chief Zuo heard Uncle Qin muttering to himself while holding up his binoculars, That brat from the Xiang family didn't catch a lot of fish this time, judging from the draft!

Yeah?

About how many?

The people around became anxious when they heard Uncle Qin's words. Although they came to the pier for different purposes, whether they came to wait and see, or came to the pier to wait for their son or husband to return home, they all hoped that Xiang Yang's fishing boat would be safe. There is a boat full of catches, and now I heard Uncle Qin say that Xiang Yang didn't catch any catches this time, so it's okay?

Those who were envious of Xiang Yang who bought a big boat and made a lot of money in the high seas began to feel uneasy and hesitated whether the plan of the village head to buy a big boat and go fishing in the high seas should be suspended first.

Those villagers who had made up their minds and decided to buy a large ship through a joint venture also began to worry. They were afraid that some of those who had made good plans would retreat.

Of course, the most anxious ones are the family members of the crew on Xiang Yang’s ship. They are worried about whether Xiang Yang will lay off employees. It is really not easy to find a job in a place like Yanlong Village, especially with the welfare benefits on Xiang Yang’s ship. The post is the only one.

Oh. Uncle Qin returned the binoculars to the village chief Zuo, but he didn't answer the villagers' questions directly, The boat will be docking soon, you can see for yourself how many catches there are.

The more Uncle Qin didn't say anything, the more anxious everyone became, and the atmosphere of the whole pier seemed depressed for a while.

A few minutes later, the fishing boat finally entered the waters of Qinglong Bend, and now everyone could see clearly.

Everyone was stunned when they saw that the draft of Xiang Yang's big ship was almost exactly the same as when it went out.

The boy of the old Xiang family is really unlucky today, so many people, such a big boat went out all day and didn't get anything?

In such a big sea outside, there are always horsehead fish, right? There are always bamboo saury? There are always a lot of bighead fish, right? Why do you come back with an empty boat?

If there are fish, the boss of Renxiang will not catch them? Let me tell you, the fishery resources outside here are exhausted just like our Qinglong Bend.

Bullshit, if the fishery resources in the outer waters are also exhausted, what was on board when they came back last time?

This question is on point. As far as I know, the fishery resources in the entire ocean are exhausted. The reason why Xiang Yang and the others were able to catch fish in the previous two trips is because of the sea area outside Qinglong Bend. The people in our Qinglong Bend have never gone out, and the people outside Qinglong Bend have never come in, so there are more fishery resources, but that is relative, and they will be gone after fishing twice, so they will come back empty-handed this time. gone.

So that's how it is.

The villagers nodded repeatedly.

Village Chief Zuo wanted to refute, but the draft of Xiang Yang's fishing boat was indeed very low, so he couldn't find anything to refute.

After thinking for a while, the village head Zuo had no choice but to say euphemistically: Everyone is lucky or unlucky. We can't just rely on Xiang Yang, who didn't catch any fish in the sea once, and conclude that the fishery resources in the ocean are exhausted. So many times, in general, the harvest is greater than the white drift.”

No one took the village head Zuo's words.

Even the village head Zuo heard someone whispering, 'Fortunately, I didn't listen to the village head Zuo's words, or half of my life savings were spilled into the sea, we have to jump into the sea. '

When the village chief Zuo heard this, he was angry and helpless.

What's annoying is that the villagers are not motivated, and someone has already made a way for Yanlong Village to get rich, but the villagers are all afraid to go forward.

The helpless thing is that the head of Zuo Village is also very worried now. He asks himself over and over again, is ocean fishing really the way out for Yanlong Village? Is Xiang Yang's first two appearances really just luck?