The waves on the sea were turbulent, and Jian Qiaoxin sneezed while the wind was blowing.
Yan Gan looked at him: "Cold?"
"No." How could he be cold in this scorching sun? Jian Qiaoxin rubbed his nose: "Maybe it was due to the cold last night, it's not a big deal."
Yan Gan pretended to inadvertently glance at the program boat behind them: "When we go back tonight, ask for a quilt."
Jian Qiaoxin remembered that they couldn't use coconuts as money today, and said: "Don't we have to sell fish to exchange for money, or to use the card in our hand?"
Yan Gan played with the small buttons in his hands and smiled at the corners of his mouth: "Isn't the quilt already given to us?"
Jian Qiaoxin explained in a dumbfounded way: "But that was for the game, although it is a free gift, what if they don't give it tonight if we don't play the game?"
Yan Gan: "Does he really think he can just not give it to us?"
"..."
Mr. Yan's speech of taking things at will made the good boy Jian Qiaoxin have a new understanding of his views again. Casting a net to fish was a task that took time. During this time on the boat, Jian Qiaoxin chatted with the fisherman.
He sat next to Yan Gan, studying some fishing tools on the boat, and asked: "Do you fish every day?"
The old fisherman nodded, there were several wrinkles around his eyes, and the traces left by the years were hard to erase: "I used to go to the sea every day, but now it is harder when I'm getting old. I have been fishing for a lifetime."
Jian Qiaoxin knew that fishing is an individual job. Once many fishermen get older and run out of energy, they will naturally retire.
But he still chose to comfort him: "You have a strong body."
"No way." The old man's voice was hoarse, and he pointed to his waist and stomach: "It's all old problems."
Yan Gan said, "How is the fishing market now?"
The old fisherman smoked a pipe, he dug some tobacco from a bag with his black nails: "It has been ups and downs. In the past, you could just dive in the shallow water to catch some fish, but now the environment is polluted, and some unscrupulous traders are fishing aggressively. The fishes in the shallow water started to go extinct. When there are no fishes in the shallow water, they start to move into the deep sea. If outsiders like them can't find fishes in the shallow water, fishermen like us that want to survive, we have to go into the deep water."
Jian Qiaoxin frowned unconsciously.
Marine pollution and illegal fishing have always been problems that continue to be banned.
Yan Gan played with Jian Qiaoxin's hand. The man's palm was wide and warm, and it just wrapped Jian Qiaoxin's hand. He said, "Going to the deep sea, is there a high rate of accidents?"
The old fisherman smoked a pipe and looked at the sea with deep eyes: "The village chief of our village, the Wang family, six brothers and a boat, were killed in Shanghai when they returned..."
There was a moment of silence on the boat.
Seagulls sounded, and the waves gently shook the boat's body. The sea was deep and beautiful, yet it had swallowed too many people. Those who depended on the sea for food eventually returned to the sea.
In the next period of time, Jian Qiaoxin and Yan Gan mostly listened to the old fisherman telling them some interesting things and pleasures at sea.
The old fisherman said: "There was a year when a typhoon just ended. My father took me out to sea. When passing this part of the sea, the boat circled in the same place and we couldn't get away from it. According to the words of our elders, we just met a water ghost. I was young at that time, but I remember my mom said to Dad: "Go down and get it up"."
Jian Qiaoxin held onto Yan Gan's hand tightly.
The old fisherman was now speaking in a very calm tone, as if it was not a terrible thing, and it was precisely because of his indifferent attitude that the listener could not help calming down.
He took a mouthful of smoke and said quietly: "Then my dad came up with a corpse. My mom blindfolded me all the way."
Yan Gan listened with interest: "Typhoon victim?"
"Yes." The old fisherman coughed on his cigarette: "Later the body was taken back by the family."
The group of people chatted and talked as the time passed by quickly, and in a short while it was time to close the net. This time Jian Qiaoxin was a good student. He found that as long as he leaned on the side of the boat, Yan Gan would not be happy; so he just stood in the center of the boat and helped.
The net was collected, and there were a lot of fish in it.
After chatting with them for some time, the fisherman was getting quite familiar with them. Looking at the fish in the net, he sighed, "Our luck is not so bad today."
As soon as he finished speaking, the fish in the net was taken out. It was...strictly speaking, it was not a fish. It looked like a turtle, with a small tail behind it, and it was a pair of turtles. But they looked different from ordinary turtles.
Jian Qiaoxin took a look: "They seem to be endangered animals?"
His guess was confirmed by Yan Gan: "Chinese horseshoe crab."
The old fisherman at the back did not expect that these two would actually know it, and he appended: "Yes, this thing, we are obligated to release them if we caught them by accident, since this is a pair, we must let them go together."
Jian Qiaoxin had no objection: "Let it go."
This was an unexpected gain. The fish in the net was gradually taken out. The most valuable fish in it was an eel, which could be sold for a hundred yuan.
Adding up all the fish in the basin, the old fisherman predicted that there would be four to five hundred.
Jian Qiaoxin was very happy, he said happily: "We can have a big meal with this money!"
The boat was driving back. Yan Gan took off his gloves and put them aside. He looked at the fish in the basin: "Little friend, do you think we can sell all of this within today?"
Jian Qiaoxin was taken aback.
Yan Gan glanced at the fishing boat meaningfully: "Let's wait and see."
Because of his words, Jian Qiaoxin was constantly in fear. After the boat drew ashore, it was the fish market. Just as they disembarked, Jian Dan and Fu Lougui happened to be back at the same time.
Yan Gan carried a bucket of fish and said to them, "Let's not sell these near each other."
Fu Lougui nodded: "Then you stay here, I will go to the other end with Dan Dan."
This undoubtedly made them go a little further. Jian Qiaoxin looked at Yan Gan hesitantly, and listened to Yan Gan saying: "Don't worry, you think we'll just go out and sell fish once?"
"..."
True, five days vacation, today was only the second day
Two people set up a stall on the street. The program group set up a camera not far away to take pictures. When more and more people started passing by, they would stop and watch. Most of them first took out their phones to take pictures.
A young man stopped at their stall, his appearance was innocent and tender, and he whispered softly, "How much are the yellow croakers?"
Jian Qiaoxin thought of the price the old fisherman told him. He said, "50, you want some?"
The young man laughed, and looked at Yan Gan a little shyly: "Can it be cheaper?"
Jian Qiaoxin: "..."
Isn't it me who answered you?
Yan Gan sat on the small bench next to him. They were clearly sitting on the roadside of the market. His indifferent and leisure attitude created an illusion that they were in an elegant chairman office, even though they were actually at the market.
Jian Qiaoxin elbowed him: "He's asking you."
The misfortune came from nowhere, Mr. Yan glanced at the young man in front of him and smiled at the corner of his mouth: "This fish sells for 60."
The young man blushed and picked up his phone: "Okay, can you scan the code?"
"..."
Didn't you ask for a bargain?
The program team gave them a code. The youth scanned 60 and took the fish, he stayed around for some time before leaving. When he left, he took selfies with his phone for a long time, just to be able to take a photo with Yan Gan.
There were a lot of people coming up to them, but most of them did not buy any.
A little girl came over and glanced at the eel in the bucket. She smiled and said, "How much is this?"
The bucket was in front of Jian Qiaoxin, and he replied, "98 for each, you want one?"
"I want one." The little girl spoke very refreshingly, her gaze focused on Jian Qiaoxin's face without turning away, and she smiled: "I like you, I will spend 200 yuan to buy it, can you give me a hug?"
Jian Qiaoxin was taken aback. He didn't expect to meet his fans here. He coughed slightly: "No need, 200..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yan Gan on the side: "Miss, how do you pay?"
The girl smiled stiffly: "Alipay."
"That won't work." Yan Gan slowly put away the payment code: "We have to pay in cash here. It seems that this business cannot be done."
"..."
You liar!
The little girl pointed to the young man who had not yet gone far: "How come he could pay with his phone?"
Yan Gan was full of scorn, and he could be arrogant whenever he wanted to: "Because he did the business with me."
The little girl gritted her teeth: "Then I will pay you and buy it from you."
"Sure." Yan Gan quickly gave her the eel, and then handed over the code: "Thank you for coming."
? ? ?
The little girl looked at Jian Qiaoxin hesitantly, with a face of disbelief: "Then, what about my hug?"
Yan Gan's eyes narrowed dangerously, and the corners of his mouth smiled: "Doing business with me, I don't provide any extra services, thank you for coming, bye bye."
"..."
He thought selling fishes would be laborious, but it became very interesting because of various incidnets. The market was always full of people, and they were coming and going quickly.
When all work was over, they got a total of 420, and the program team directly gave the cash to Yan Gan. This big red ticket looked so touching that Jian Qiaoxin almost cried.
Jian Qiaoxin looked at the money in Yan Gan's hands: "It's great, let's buy some delicious food and cook them!"
Yan Gan gave him all the money with an "uhm": "You decide."
Jian Qiaoxin was caught off guard, he looked up suspiciously, "You give me all the money?"
"If not, then what?" Yan Gan bent over slightly and looked at him amusedly: "Isn't the wife in charge of the family's finance?"
The sky in the market was already dark, and some people were cooking something not far away. Some sweet and hot air was blowing in the wind. For a moment, Jian Qiaoxin remembered that there was a winter in which he and Yan Gan were walking in this way. It was snowing heavily on the small streets of China, and there was a layer of snow on their heads, as if they had all white hair together.
"Xiao Xin!"
Not far away, Jian Dan and Fu Lougui also sold out their products. They walked over and Jian Dan said: "Are you done? The market here has not closed yet. The director said that we have to go back to the island for dinner. Let's do grocery shopping?"
Jian Qiaoxin readily agreed: "Okay!"
They went shopping for groceries, but the program team called Yan Gan aside. He had a business phone call to deal with, so he left the group and went to the side to answer the phone to deal with the problem.
Jian Qiaoxin didn't go far, just browsing the street food vendors in the market.
Fu Lougui next to him was picking some cabbage, and his tone was lazy: "Today you went to sea with A Gan, did he do something to make you feel awkward?"
Jian Qiaoxin was taken aback, and had wanted to say no. But after a day together, he remembered the part of throwing a fishing net: "It's not a big deal, but...he doesn't seem to like me standing by the boat side."
Fu Lougui raised his eyebrows: "Then what do you think of him?"
"What do you mean?"
"Like you think he is unreasonable." Fu Lougui returned to the railing of the market: "Or getting angry for no reason?"
Jian Qiaoxin didn't feel much embarrassment in the face of his idol. He glanced at Yan Gan not far away and shook his head gently: "I know he did it for my own good, maybe because I was too careless about safety at the time."
The light of the market was dim, and the corners of Fu Lougui's mouth raised unnoticeably. He bent slightly, approached Jian Qiaoxin's ear, and whispered, "Let this brother tell you a secret."
Jian Qiaoxin was taken aback: "What?"
"A Gan's biological mother, she jumped into the sea to committ suicide when he was seven years old." Fu Lougui's voice was very soft, but it was clear in the noisy market: "From the ship, in front of him."
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