Recaps

Ye Yaodong helped the village secure rewards and donations to rebuild Mazu Temple while balancing fishing, family, and the salvage work. After a whale shark tore up a boat and became tangled in fishing net, Ye Yaodong freed it and returned home with Father Ye.

• Ye Yaodong helped the soldiers fish and gather shellfish, then used baited handlines to land several fish while sharing the catch with the soldiers.
• Ye Yaodong declined Secretary Chen’s request to requisition his boat, adopted a pregnant dog to guard his home, and continued diving and trawling until a storm halted the work.
• After villagers blocked the salvage team from going to sea, the museum and county awarded money to Mazu Temple, and Ye Yaodong received a commendation and fifty yuan for the Bronze Wine Cup.
• Ye Yaodong donated fifty yuan to Mazu Temple, and the village promised him and Father Ye separate subsidies for their salvage work.
• Ye Yaodong put Lin Guangyuan to work hauling sandbags, then returned his wages and urged him to resume school and consider joining the army.
• While trawling, Ye Yaodong discovered that a whale shark was sucking fish from their net, and the shark followed their boat after he fed it leftover bait.
• A Luzhou Island crew tried to catch the whale shark, which battered their boat before following Ye Yaodong’s boat with fishing net tangled around its body.
• Ye Yaodong climbed onto the whale shark and spent more than half an hour cutting the net free, then headed home with Father Ye as the whale shark followed before stopping.

Ye Yaodong frees a stranded whale shark, then rides out a typhoon that scatters fish and shellfish across the village shore. After gathering a huge haul, he catches Old Wang stealing scallops from his net and receives a basket as compensation before hauling in an impressive catch.

• Ye Yaodong and Father Ye returned with their damaged net, and Father Ye told the villagers how Ye Yaodong had freed and fed a whale shark that stopped pirates from robbing fishing boats.
• Ye Yaodong accepted five yuan from newspaper staff for his account, then bought Malt Milk and instant noodles for his family and the children.
• As a typhoon approached, Ye Yaodong and Father Ye retrieved their fishing gear, followed the whale shark to a stranded baby, and towed it back into deeper water.
• After the storm began, Ye Yaodong and Ye Yaopeng brought Father Ye and Mother Ye to the new house, where Ye Yaodong and Father Ye gathered fish washed near their courtyard and helped rescue people swept into the sea.
• When the typhoon passed, Ye Yaodong and Lin Xiuqing set nets and fishing pots along the shore to catch scallops swimming back out, while villagers gathered the storm’s shellfish and other seafood.
• Ye Yaodong and Father Ye returned to their nets after the beach was picked clean, caught Old Wang taking scallops from them, and secured a basket of shellfish as compensation.
• Ye Yaodong and Father Ye hauled in the nets with Xiao Xiao’s help and revealed a heavy catch that surprised the watching villagers.

After the typhoon flooded the village with seafood and disrupted sales, Ye Yaodong led neighbors to the city wholesale market and bought shops as investments. He later returned with his brothers, bought a second shop for his sons, and brought his family together for a movie outing.

• Ye Yaodong and Father Ye brought their typhoon catch to the pier, where dishonest loads delayed sales and buyers cut scallop prices.
• Ye Yaodong persuaded neighbors to take their seafood to the city wholesale market, where the group sold their catch for better prices.
• Ye Yaodong borrowed money from his companions and bought a shop in the new market, then explained the purchase to Lin Xiuqing and repaid his lenders.
• Ye Yaodong hauled in a large catch from his fishing pots and told buyers and relatives about the city market and its shops.
• Ye Yaohua and Ye Yaopeng considered buying shops, while Ye Yaodong bought villagers’ small catches and arranged another trip to the city market.
• Ye Yaodong took Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua to the city, sold most of their seafood, and bought a second shop for his two sons.
• Ye Yaodong asked his brothers to keep the purchase secret, returned home with fruit and chestnuts, and took the children to a movie and to get their heads shaved.

Ye Yaodong turned a risky jellyfish-buying scheme into a profitable trip to the Zhejiang-Fujian border, where his group found rich fishing grounds and a huge jellyfish gathering. After village rivalries and growing suspicion brought trouble, Ye Yaodong decided to move the group that night.

• Ye Yaodong bought thousands of jin of jellyfish from local fishermen, processed the catch with his family, and left with Father Ye and their companions for the Zhejiang-Fujian border.
• The crew sold their processed jellyfish for about 600 yuan, and Ye Yaodong’s call home reassured Lin Xiuqing and the Old Lady that he was safe.
• Ye Yaodong rescued Lü Hongwei and his injured relatives after men from a rival village attacked them and stole their engine.
• Ye Yaodong’s brothers joined the trip, and the group discovered an island surrounded by countless jellyfish beside a V-shaped trench.
• Ye Yaodong released sea turtles caught with the jellyfish, while his crew continued harvesting and selling large catches.
• As fighting and suspicion grew in the village, Ye Yaodong warned his family to prepare to move and urged them to keep their earnings safe.
• A young man attacked Ye Yaodong over Lü Mingmei, and Ye Yaodong told him he had a wife and children before ordering his family to pack and leave that night.