Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 247: Chapter 244 Arriving at the High Seas Chapter 247: Chapter 244 Arriving at the High Seas After traveling thirty nautical miles at night, the captain was ready to have the crew cast the nets.

In S City’s docks, there were many such tourist boats. The captains and crew were employed by the owners of the vessels, but at sea, the captain’s job wasn’t just to take tourists out to sea—it also involved using fishing boats to catch seafood as an extra source of income.

The amount of seafood the crew could catch all depended on luck, and this additional income didn’t need to be handed over to the owner of the vessel. It was only distributed among the few employees on board according to their work.

It was the same even for Zheng Huaqing’s yacht, which had six or seven crew members, including the helmsman and six other sailors responsible for other aspects of the ship’s work.

These sailors were personable and had good service attitudes, but to them, Huo Sining and his party were not particularly attractive since how much money they earned was all up to the employer, and they were merely working stiffs.

To them, the most valuable things were at sea.

Of course, as long as the crew could operate the fishing boat without any mistakes, Zheng Huaqing wouldn’t care how much seafood they caught and wouldn’t be harsh on them. He would even give them extra subsidies when there was no catch.

This was the reason why the crew members had a lot of respect for Zheng Huaqing. He treated his employees generously, so the crew worked diligently and conscientiously.

The speed of the fishing boat slowed down, and aside from the helmsman, the rest of the crew members came up to the deck. The fishing net was spread out and ready, just waiting for the captain’s order to cast it.

Hearing that the fishing boat was about to cast the net, Huo Sining and the others hurried to the stern to watch, eagerly anticipating the moment when the fishing net would be hauled in.

Fishing with nets also had its tricks, especially in winter, when schools of fish would mostly follow the ocean currents. Therefore, casting the net required following the direction and route of the currents.

This depended on the old captain’s decades of seafaring experience. The experienced captain looked at the sea surface and soon gave the order to cast the net.

Upon receiving the instructions, a few crew members quickly scattered the fishing nets into the sea.

By eight o’clock at night, the nets were pulled up.

However, to everyone’s disappointment, when the net was hauled in, aside from crabs and small shrimps, there were hardly any fish. In total, there was less than ten jin of seafood.

Huo Sining and the others couldn’t help but laugh and cry at this sight. They had no idea when the captain said fishing was unprofitable these days, but now seeing this situation, they were completely speechless.

If the fishing nets couldn’t even catch fish, how could they succeed in sea fishing?

The old captain, however, remained calm. He gathered the fish on the net into a metal bucket, and after not even half an hour, he had the crew cast the second net.

Seeing those few pieces of seafood, even Zheng Huaqing couldn’t help but laugh and cry, but luckily he was well-prepared. During the day, he had someone buy a lot of fresh vegetables and ingredients to store on the yacht, otherwise making a table full of dishes with just this bit of shrimp and crab would have been a headache for the chef.

A skilled cook can’t make bricks without straw; even if the chef’s skills are impressive, without ingredients, a feast cannot be made.

This time, the guests onboard were all distinguished, and Zheng Huaqing had given instructions beforehand for the chef to perform at his highest level. They absolutely couldn’t neglect these guests, so naturally, the chef had to be careful and afraid of making any mistakes.

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However, what made the chef feel helpless was that these guests were not interested in his land-based ingredients at all; they all requested seafood and specifically wanted to eat the shrimp and crabs that had just been fished out of the water.

Upon receiving a signal from Zheng Huaqing, the chef thoroughly cleaned the shrimp and crabs before steaming them.

Dinner didn’t start until nearly nine o’clock, but nobody minded; instead, everyone was in high spirits, chatting and enjoying the sea breeze, extremely happy.