Chapter 117 is making people envious again.
Chapter 117 is making people envious again.
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Miao couldn't help but laugh out loud.
He wasn't going to laugh at first, but Pang Hao's comment before hanging up, "Brother Zhou is amazing!" immediately made him laugh.
He didn't pay much attention to this little incident and quickly returned to the fishing boat to head towards the deserted island.
However, the appearance of a large number of mantis shrimps will naturally attract the attention of those who are interested.
Not only would word spread about the village women peeling shrimp, but it would also be noticed by people at the dock.
This resulted in Zhou Miao and Luo Hao being followed whenever they went out to sea at night.
They also had to take the opportunity to find a deserted island to land on, turn off the lights to hide their tracks, and rest for two or three hours before setting off again.
The next day, they brought back all the mantis shrimp at once. Because of the previous two fishing trips, the number of mantis shrimp had decreased, and the two boats could barely carry them all.
For three consecutive nights, Zhou Miao managed to evade the other fishermen's pursuit in this way.
In addition, the island is far away, and there are no fishermen who can go to the open sea.
In these three days, Zhou Miao earned a total of 180,000 yuan, and also had more than 100 jin of dried mantis shrimp.
Including the ones dried the first time, he has a total of about 150 jin of dried mantis shrimp.
As usual, Zhou Miao sent five jin (2.5 kg) home so that her parents could eat it slowly.
He didn't give much this time, mainly because after the mandarin fish arrived home, his mother called and told him not to send express deliveries so often in the future.
Now, neighbors and relatives can tell from the styrofoam box that it's the seafood he mailed back.
They all offered compliments and expressed envy, hoping to get a share of the spoils.
The main reason was that there were a lot of ribbonfish in the first batch, and Zhou's mother took out most of them and distributed some to them.
It's okay if there are only five mandarin fish, but if it were a large number of aquatic products like ribbonfish...
She felt she would be at a disadvantage if she split the money, but if she didn't, she would be subject to gossip. So she simply told Zhou Miao not to send any more, or if she really wanted to send some, to send less.
Zhou Miao never expected that sending some seafood home out of kindness would cause such a problem. This was only the first time she had sent it!
But since his mother has spoken, he will naturally be careful.
"Ah Miao, are we going out to sea again tonight? Why don't we rest for a few days and sneak out when no one is watching us?" Luo Hao suggested after dinner.
The intense work of working three consecutive nights was already taking its toll on him, not to mention that there were quite a few people watching them.
Zhou Miao shook his head: "Don't you think there are significantly fewer mantis shrimp this morning?"
"I estimate that one more round of fishing tonight will be enough. Let's work hard for one more night! After tomorrow, I can get some rest."
"That's right, there were indeed far fewer this morning, so let's work hard for another night." Lu Xingyu, who was standing next to him, agreed.
After sharing half of his earnings with Zhou Miao these past few days, he'll have a net income of around 35,000 yuan.
The reason he received so much less than Zhou Miao was because Luo Hao also wanted to give him 50% of the profits.
This income immediately eased Lu Xingyu's tight financial situation.
Therefore, no matter how tough these past few days have been, I've been able to persevere.
Sometimes he even regretted it, wondering why he even bothered with the fish raft project. If he had known Zhou Miao had such luck, he would have just partnered with him to buy a big boat and become fishermen.
"Alright, let's stick it out for one more night."
Luo Hao chose to rest for a few days, partly due to matters related to the fish rafts.
Luo Qianqian alone cannot properly serve all customers.
Sometimes, when customers wanted to go out to sea, he would politely decline because he wasn't there.
But considering that this was the last night, and that National Day was just a few days away, he agreed.
Just like the previous days, they set off shortly after seven o'clock.
The journey takes two hours, and another one or two hours will be spent avoiding people, so time is quite tight.
However, this time, some fishermen in Nanzhen stopped performing and surrounded Zhou Miao and Luo Hao as soon as they set off in their fishing boats.
Before long, eight fishing boats that could go to the open sea followed them.
Following too closely could easily lead to an accident if one is not careful.
This infuriated Luo Hao, who immediately started cursing: "Fuck... beep beep beep... beep beep beep beep..."
He cursed from his parents to his ancestors for eighteen generations, leaving Zhou Miao and Lu Xingyu dumbfounded, as if they were seeing him for the first time.
Few fishermen have good tempers; the older ones have been used to competing with others for resources since they were young, resorting to any means necessary.
The fact that this group shamelessly followed along shows they're no good to begin with, and they immediately retaliated with insults, each one with a high level of filth.
When Lu Xingyu saw that something was wrong, he immediately went to help.
Zhou Miao didn't hold back either, but how could three mouths possibly out-argue so many people?
Although it felt good to vent, I also felt frustrated!
"Fine, fine, since you won't let us have an easy time, then let's not have an easy time at all."
"Ah Hao, immediately notify everyone with fishing boats and tell them the location of the mantis shrimp. I'll also send a message in the group to expose the location."
"We're not going tonight; let them go and rob us."
Zhou Miao immediately decided to suffer heavy losses himself and inflict a thousand casualties on the enemy, but at least he would feel better that way.
Aren't these people just jealous?
You won't even be able to make back the cost of gas then.
"Okay, anyway, the number of mantis shrimp has already decreased significantly, so we won't lose much." Luo Hao immediately agreed and announced the location of the mantis shrimp.
Then they turned around and went back.
Watching them leave, the envious fishermen gathered together.
"Old Chen, it seems they've gone back. What should we do now?"
"Keep an eye on them; they might sneak over at night."
No sooner had Old Chen finished speaking than one of the younger fishermen shouted, "Oh no! That bastard Luo Hao has exposed the mantis shrimp fishing spot! Now many fishermen know where it is!"
"Damn! This guy's inhuman!"
"Has she given birth yet... beep beep beep..."
The fishermen were immediately in an uproar. If more people found out, wouldn't all their hard work over the past few days have been for nothing?
"Even if the news spreads, not everyone will necessarily go. Some people might think that since everyone knows about it, they won't gain anything and therefore won't go."
After everyone had finished cursing and their anger had subsided considerably, Old Chen spoke again.
The younger fisherman agreed with this statement.
"I'm planning to go and take a look. Mantis shrimp can fetch tens of thousands of dollars a day, so even with a lot of people, I should still make a good profit."
"I'll go too! We know the place, so we can just go straight there. I won't feel right if we don't go!"
Another fisherman made a decision.
After being outmaneuvered for three consecutive days, their sunk costs were quite high, with fuel costs alone amounting to two thousand yuan.
The main thing is that Zhou Miao and his team will drive halfway first and then find a place to hide.
This left the fishermen in a very difficult and unpleasant situation.
That's why I did something so shameless tonight, just following him around.
In the end, none of the fishermen were willing to leave, and after making their decision, they immediately headed towards the deserted island.
If you go first and put the cage in first, you can secure a good spot and catch more mantis shrimp than others.
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