As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up
Chapter 282 - Chapter 282 Chapter 237 The Sunken Road Boat

Chapter 282: Chapter 237: The Sunken Road Boat Chapter 282: Chapter 237: The Sunken Road Boat The next morning, before sunrise completely, Chu Mingcheng had to get up and hurriedly collect the shrimps and fish caught by the lobster cages and floating floats.

If there were too many Nine-Section Shrimps caught in the cage, it would easily lead to death by asphyxiation, so the loss would outweigh the gain.

The fish caught by the floats might have been able to spit out the hooks after a night if they washed their gills.

Of course, that would be a good outcome. He feared the fishing line might get worn out, which was a downside of too much time.

Sensing the movement of the person beside him, Jiang Luoluo also groggily woke up.

Last night, seeing that she seemed very tired, Chu Mingcheng did not bother her further but just held her and slept soundly.

Thus, her energy had almost fully recovered, allowing her to wake up this early.

“Ah Cheng, getting up so early?”

Jiang Luoluo yawned and slowly sat up. The blanket slid off her shoulders, revealing her sexy nightgown.

Her chest was tightly bound by the nightgown but still seemed like it wanted to break free.

Chu Mingcheng turned his head and saw this scene, licked his somewhat dry lips, and quickly shifted his gaze.

This kind of half-hidden, especially in the morning, easily made him hot-headed.

“I need to collect the shrimp cages and fish. You continue to sleep; I’ll accompany you after I’m done.”

“Hmm~” Jiang Luoluo yawned again and then threw off the blanket, “Then I’ll go make breakfast. I’m not feeling so tired today.”

At her words, Chu Mingcheng felt a little embarrassed.

Why was she so tired if not for himself?

Now he could see the ten percent improvement in physical fitness after the diving training, by then Jiang Luoluo would probably not surrender so easily.

After washing up, Chu Mingcheng came on deck; the three sea lions gave him a glance when they heard the noise and then continued to snooze.

He knew a thing or two about these animals’ habits.

As long as they’re full, they just lie down and rest.

If there’s a shortage of food, the sea lions would keep hunting to fill their stomachs, so if he wanted to maintain their wildness, he shouldn’t feed them too much every time.

At least for today, Chu Mingcheng would not feed them.

He started the boat and began collecting the floats one by one. Over the night, the floats were scattered all over. If he hadn’t added heavy sinkers, he figured several floats would have been missing.

But out of ten floats, only six still had fish, thankfully all coral fish and Groupers.

The remaining four floats had two empty and two with broken lines.

This was not unexpected; leaving them out for too long would result in such situations, which is why he collected the fish every two hours yesterday.

Although he was barbecuing last night, he still collected fish three times, and with this morning’s haul, he should have about eight hundred pounds of fish now.

However, these fish were probably still not enough to distribute among the five restaurant owners.

As for the customers in the group, they don’t need fish for now; they all bought plenty when he came back from Nansha, which should last them for a while.

The three sea lions, seeing there were fish, all squeezed over wanting a share, then got chased off the boat by Chu Mingcheng one by one.

Little Sea Lion kept yelping, following the boat while swearing.

Then, seeing the boat paid no attention to them, they helplessly went with their buddies to hunt by the coral reef.

With such rich resources here, they didn’t need to worry about going hungry at all.

Sea lions don’t just eat fish; they also like Squid, Cuttlefish, and even some shellfish.

Chu Mingcheng arrived at the location for the shrimp cages; he had set five cages in total.

Not that he didn’t want to buy more, mainly the boat was just too small. The floats took up most of the space, and he had to consider the space for the fish and foam boxes, so he settled with just five cages to make do.

Once he got a bigger boat, he definitely planned to fully equip it.

A big boat comes not only with a crane but also a winch installed on the side of the boat, especially for pulling up deep-sea crab cages.

In the continental shelf area of the East Sea, there are many deep-sea crabs and shrimps, which Chu Mingcheng could not pass up.

But thinking about these things now was still too early. He began pulling up the shrimp cages.

When he grabbed the rope of the first shrimp cage and pulled it back, Chu Mingcheng was slightly startled; it was a bit heavy!

Continuing to pull the rope, when he brought the shrimp cage up to the surface, there was immediately a rustling noise from inside.

Countless Nine-Section Shrimps were jumping inside, not only that, Chu Mingcheng also found plenty of rich shrimp.

Seeing some as big as forearms, they must be neighboring Rich Shrimps that had come over to join in, this cage’s catch was about over forty pounds, truly a bountiful harvest.

Currently, one fish box was solely occupied by Rat Spot, leaving two others, both placed beside and filled with some sea water, next to two foam boxes.

Chu Mingcheng emptied half of this cage’s catch into a foam box and then prioritized selecting the rich shrimp to put into a fish box and turned on the oxygenation.

There were only five forearm-sized Rich Shrimps; the smaller ones he threw back into the water.

These were still very lively and could survive even if released. The less vigorous ones had to be tearfully kept for himself to eat.

Nine-Section Shrimp were roughly selected, and the smaller, lively ones were released back into the water.

The bigger ones were placed into another fish box and supplied with oxygen.

From the current situation, it was clear that today’s catch of Nine-Section Shrimp would be quite substantial.

He did not have enough fish boxes to keep all the Nine-Section Shrimp alive, so he had to discard the smaller ones to ensure that the larger ones survived.

As he was preparing to pull up the next shrimp cage, Jiang Luoluo’s breakfast was ready.

Chu Mingcheng wasn’t in a hurry this small moment, so he washed his hands, ate breakfast, and then continued to pull up the remaining four shrimp cages.

With Jiang Luoluo helping to sort, the efficiency greatly increased.

The situation with the remaining four shrimp cages was not much different from the first one; some had more than half a cage’s worth of catch, others less.

Aside from the Rich Shrimp and Nine-Section Shrimp deliberately picked out, the smaller Nine-Section Shrimp alone filled two foam boxes, definitely weighing over one hundred kilograms.

The Rich Shrimp, as big as a forearm, totaled twenty-three, just exceeding twenty-five kilograms.

There were many Nine-Section Shrimp as large as a palm; he didn’t count them precisely, but they weighed forty-seven kilograms. At three taels each, the number should be around one hundred fifty.

Being able to catch so many large shrimp indicated that this area had hardly been developed.

However, Chu Mingcheng estimated that after a few more visits, the catches would gradually decrease until the closed fishing season was over and the latter half of the year could bring a huge increase.

He just didn’t know whether the shrimp population here could withstand his sole exploitation after the growth and reproduction rates had been enhanced.

As for the Rich Shrimp, he really couldn’t say how many there were.

He had caught some previously using the fish gathering feature, but the attraction rate was only 13%, and he didn’t focus on catching more due to other tasks, so he estimated that there were still many forearm-sized ones left.

In any case, for the upcoming period, he could maintain a stable income with these two types of shrimp until the numbers of large Nine-Section Shrimp and Rich Shrimp visibly decreased, after which he would stop.

Overfishing these large shrimp shouldn’t affect the breeding of the entire shrimp population, as long as he didn’t indiscriminately catch the medium and small ones as well.

After organizing all the goods, Jiang Luoluo stood up, stretched lazily, and stretched her body.

She looked around and puzzledly asked, “Where are Little Black and the others?”

Chu Mingcheng explained, “They wanted fish from me this morning, and I drove them off the boat. I think feeding them occasionally is okay, but feeding them so full every day might make them forget their basic hunting skills.”

Jiang Luoluo also understood this point; after all, the three sea lions were not always with them.

If they were truly spoiled by feeding, they might eventually have to be sent to an aquarium.

Although the near shore was relatively safe, surviving in the wild was never easy.

By this time, the sun was high in the sky, and the temperature was gradually rising, so Chu Mingcheng took Jiang Luoluo diving for half an hour, then carried her into the bathroom…

After a simple lunch at noon, he started sailing back.

As for Jiang Luoluo, she was taking a nap, as diving was exhausting.

When he was nearly back at the dock, Chu Mingcheng, as usual, sent the catch of the last two days to the customers.

Eight hundred kilograms of fish and nearly two hundred kilograms of shrimp might seem like a lot, but when divided among five families, it was not much.

They had voluntarily divided about one thousand kilograms of goods, with each family taking about two hundred kilograms.

Selling the goods to them was worry-free for Chu Mingcheng, as he didn’t need to sort the catch by type; he simply delivered everything in bulk to Wen City for them to divide as they wished.

Regarding the Rat Spot, Chu Mingcheng also took a photo and sent it to Wei Jiaguo to ask if he wanted it.

How could Wei Jiaguo not want such rare items?

The last Rat Spot had given him a relaxed half month before it finally died due to his poor care.

Having some regrets about this, he definitely would not miss the opportunity this time.

Wei Jiaguo transferred twenty thousand yuan immediately, not even needing Chu Mingcheng to mention it.

Receiving the money, he couldn’t help but marvel, “Rich people are indeed rich.”

With all the goods having confirmed buyers, he let Jiang Luoluo, who had woken up from her nap, steer the boat, while he organized the goods outside, preparing to package them when they returned to the dock.

Just then, the speed of the boat suddenly began to slow down.

Chu Mingcheng was a bit surprised and was about to ask what was happening when he heard cries for help.

He went to the side of the boat and saw a bass boat that had already sunk halfway, with two people on it calling for help.

Chu Mingcheng was a bit speechless, thinking how reckless these two were to dare to take the bass boat so far out.

Bass boats were designed for small rivers and lakes and were very poor at withstanding waves; they couldn’t even handle slightly rougher large rivers, so how could these two dare to take it so far out to sea?

As the fishing boat approached, he saw that they were two blond, blue-eyed foreigners, making Chu Mingcheng instantly understand.

From a distance, he had thought they were just two local youths who had dyed their hair, especially since their cries for help were in Chinese.

Seeing that they were foreigners, their death-defying act no longer surprised him; their low population had a reason.

One of the foreigners, seeing an approaching boat, quickly told his friend, “Fishing rod, fishing rod, gather the rods and bring them.”