The night was quiet and gentle, but the sea at night looked mighty and turbulent. Yet deep in the darkness, it also concealed countless secrets.
The silvery waves trailing behind both sides of the fishing boat became clearly visible in the moonlight. They spread outward in layers, shimmering with a white sheen.
Once their boat had traveled some distance from the fishing village, one or two points of light appeared on the sea from time to time. Those were other boats out fishing, large and small. Some were as bright as day, others as faint as fireflies, moving silently through the night.
Ye Yaodong focused on the waters ahead, checking their course, while Father Ye baited the longline beside him.
That was right. They had brought in the gill nets and would not set them again. Next, they planned to continue longline fishing alongside the Trawl Net for a month or two, then focus on catching squid.
After steering the boat to their usual "allotted plot" for longline fishing, he helped bait the hooks. Then they worked together, one steering while the other paid out the line.
As usual, there were 1,000 longline hooks in ten bamboo baskets.
Only after setting them all did he stack the baskets one by one to take up less space.
Speaking of which, their family really did have a lot of bamboo baskets, because they had so many uses. Organizing a single longline alone took ten baskets, never mind the ones needed aboard to hold the catch.
Whenever his father had nothing else to do, he sat by the door with his hands constantly busy. All their baskets had been woven by his father in his spare time.
He used to hand them over to the Production Team after weaving them. Later, he occasionally