The dolphins were agile too. Seeing so many fishing boats surrounding them, they abandoned the schools of fish, leaped across the surface with a few cries, then dived underwater.
Ye Yaodong and his father had only cast one more net than the others, but neither of their last two casts caught as much as the first.
There were hardly any fish left in the water. Those that could escape had already fled, yet the fishing boats were still packed together on the surface, and more boats were actually hurrying over from the distance.
He chuckled twice, then quickly steered out of the cluster of boats and headed for shore.
Father Ye was emptying the fish catch from the net. Seeing more boats approaching, he heard someone call over, "Any fish left?"
"Just the broth!" he replied with a laugh.
"That fast? Didn't they say dolphins were herding the fish? You caught up with them already? Oh my, made another fortune, have you?"
"A fortune, my ass. We trawled up less than two baskets of fish all day, and none of them were worth anything. We nearly failed to cover our fuel costs, so we came back early to avoid burning more fuel out at sea. We just took the chance to scoop up two or three nets' worth. We're off, we're off... You won't find a damn thing going over there now."
Once his father finished speaking, Ye Yaodong sped away, leaving the crowd talking behind them.
Only after returning to shore did they learn that everyone had come back early that day. Their catches had been so poor that there was no point wasting more time at sea.
With the two schools of fish supplementing their catch, theirs now counted as quite good.
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