Recaps

Ye Yaodong helped the Zhou brothers bring their strange sea creature to the Fisheries Bureau, then planned a city shop with Lin Xiuqing’s family while the village faced a child abduction attempt. After a glowing nighttime catch and New Year family gatherings, Ye Yaodong prepared to send Father Lin to manage the shop and urged Ye Chenghu to stop showing off.

• Ye Yaodong advised the Zhou brothers to offer their rejected sea monster to the Fisheries Bureau, and Director Chen and his officials later collected it after dining at Ye Yaodong’s home.
• Ye Yaodong visited Maternal Grandmother's House and asked Father Lin to try managing one of his two City shops after New Year.
• Ye Yaodong arranged family portraits at his home, drawing neighbors and relatives to have their pictures taken too.
• Ye Yaodong, A-Guang, Xiao Xiao, and A-Zheng rescued A-Cai's youngest son from traffickers, and Ye Yaodong persuaded the villagers to hand the men to the Border Defense Station.
• Ye Yaodong caught a Great White Shark Pup and a Cigar Shark at night, then prepared the shark meat and saved the pup’s fins for New Year’s Eve.
• The family exchanged New Year’s gifts and photos, and the Old Lady gave Ye Yaodong her saved money while Mother Ye contributed toward the grandchildren’s school fees.
• Ye Yaodong discussed having Father Lin manage the City shop and told Ye Chenghu to study instead of showing off to his classmates.

Ye Yaodong expanded his dried-fish business, arranged a large order from Boss Zhou, and brought his in-laws to help run the city shop. Back home, he dealt with a broken engagement and unexpected catches while planning to buy a tractor and finish paying for his large ship.

• Ye Yaodong opened his city shop, sold dried toadfish to Boss Zhou, and worked alongside Father Lin and Lin Mother as the shop drew customers.
• Ye Yaodong bought dried Bombay duck from Uncle Pei’s friend, set gill nets with Father Ye, and arranged for his brothers’ wives to gather shellfish for sale.
• Ye Yaodong and Ye Yaosheng hauled in a shellfish-covered wooden boat, then brought home its shipworms after it broke apart.
• Ye Yaosheng said he wanted to end his engagement, and Wang Lizhen confronted him at Ye Yaodong’s house before neighbors urged them to discuss it with their elders.
• Father Ye found a pearl among the shellfish, while Ye Yaodong cooked the stonefish he had caught and declined to promise buyers he would take more shellfish.
• Boss Zhou offered to buy 3,000 jin of dried fish and send a truck, and Ye Yaodong planned to rent a nearby house for Father Lin and Lin Mother.
• Ye Yaodong decided he wanted to buy the village tractor, while Lin Xiuqing questioned whether they needed it and Ye Yaodong revealed Boss Zhou’s order would help fund his large ship.

Ye Yaodong expanded his dried-fish business while dealing with an attack on his dogs and stock, then helped Ye Yaosheng retaliate against the Wang Family with snakes. The arc ended with the Wang Family accusing the villagers of theft as another snake appeared in their house.

• Ye Yaodong failed to sell the Sea Chicken Feet but delivered 3,000 jin of dried fish to Boss Zhou, while A-Zheng agreed to dry fish for him to buy.
• Ye Yaodong and A-Guang caught A-Qiu after he poisoned the dogs and spoiled the dried fish, then hung him from a tree before leaving for the city.
• Ye Yaodong rented a house near the city and learned that A-Qiu had been sent away for treatment and barred from returning to the village.
• Ye Yaosheng borrowed money from Ye Yaodong and Lin Xiuqing to settle his engagement dispute with the Wang Family, who had harassed his family.
• Ye Yaodong, A-Guang, A-Zheng, and Xiao Xiao gathered banded kraits and a trapped leopard cat, then carried the snakes to the Wang Family’s house.
• Ye Yaodong and A-Guang emptied baskets of snakes into the Wang Family’s house, then returned with their friends and pretended to help catch them.
• The Wang Family accused Ye Yaodong and the other villagers of stealing two hundred yuan, but Old Wang backed down after A-Zheng threatened to put the snakes back.
• After another snake emerged from the Wang Family’s firewood, Ye Yaodong and his companions went to Fatty’s house to prepare the snakes with the leopard cat and chicken stew.

Ye Yaodong balanced family life and fishing, helped the children gather octopuses, and celebrated Ye Xiaoxi’s first birthday before Qingming. As he watched boats from Luzhou Island near a reef and worried they might be searching for gold, the village invited him to help protect Mazu’s Birthday festivities.

• Ye Yaodong took the children to the shore, where they caught stonefish, octopuses, and other seafood, and he showed them how to set jars along the low-tide line.
• Ye Yaodong and Father Ye hauled in Spanish mackerel, shrimp, crabs, and small green lobsters, while Ye Chenghu tried to raise a red octopus that Lin Xiuqing eventually cooked.
• Ye Yaodong bought the children’s octopus catches and shared the proceeds, then celebrated Ye Xiaoxi’s first birthday with Lin Xiuqing’s family.
• Ye Yaodong urged Lin Xiuqing to give up her Village Committee job, and they discussed family plans, Qingming grave-sweeping, and waiting before rebuilding Ye Old Master’s tomb.
• Ye Yaodong refused to promise his cousins a place on his planned jellyfish trip to Zhejiang Province, warning them about the dangers of fishing in hostile villages.
• Ye Yaodong and Father Ye found sea cucumbers and small green lobsters near Oarfish Island, while a boat from Luzhou Island repeatedly stayed near the reef and fled when they approached.
• Ye Yaodong suspected the Luzhou Island crew was searching for a gold deposit and asked Lin Xiuqing to lock away the nuggets, but she questioned whether the crew could know about them.
• Director A De invited Ye Yaodong to Mazu’s Birthday celebrations and asked him to help patrol during the opera, noting his place among the important guests because his name led the Merit Stele.