My fishing raft will ask for help.

Chapter 6 The cause of kidney deficiency has been found.

The biggest fear when building fish rafts is typhoons, which is unavoidable for all coastal areas.

Nanzhen is relatively better off than some other places. In recent years, it has mostly been affected by landfalls, with a direct landfall only occurring once every year or two.

When Zhou Miao and Lu Xingyu decided to invest in this project, they had considered it and, after making inquiries and conducting on-site investigations, determined two solutions.

The typhoon had little impact, so we reinforced the fish rafts as instructed by our superiors.

If a super typhoon makes direct landfall, the fish rafts will be dismantled and transported to a safe harbor to avoid economic losses.

It was because of the measures in place to deal with typhoons that Zhou Miao made up his mind to start the fish raft business.

But now... he sighed helplessly. The other investor had disappeared, and all he could do now was make money.

With some time to go before 8 p.m., Zhou Miao went inside and lay down on the bed to rest for a while and research diving.

The distress call from San Shi Jiao made him realize that he needed to master diving skills, otherwise he would be helpless when faced with diving-related distress calls.

"Buzz~~~"

"Snapped!"

Zhou Miao got up somewhat irritably. For the past few days, countless mosquitoes had been attacking him every night, which had been extremely annoying.

He turned on his headlamp, took out mosquito repellent spray from his backpack, and sprayed it on his exposed skin.

Then he took out insecticide and sprayed the whole house, then went outside and closed the door, trapping the horde of mosquitoes inside.

There are mosquitoes outside too, but the environment is open, and with the mosquito repellent spray, the situation is better than inside.

Zhou Miao stopped watching diving-related videos and started looking for rental apartments online.

I used to live on a fish raft to save money, but it's inconvenient in every way.

Especially when going to the toilet, he had to use two wooden planks as stepping stones, with the turquoise seawater right below. Every time he went to the toilet, he was terrified that a fish would jump up...

(￣ω￣;)！！

Thinking of this, Zhou Miao felt a chill run down his spine.

No, I have to rent a place. I can tolerate no electricity, I can tolerate an army of mosquitoes, but I absolutely cannot tolerate losing my future happiness.

If he hadn't come to the grouper after 8 pm, he would have gone to town to find a house tonight. Now he can only look online and choose one with a good price-performance ratio.

Nanzhen has just been transformed into a tourist town, so the flow of people is decent, but there aren't many people from other places working here. Therefore, it's not difficult to find a place to live, and the prices aren't high either.

Zhou Miao only glanced around before finding several houses near the dock.

There wasn't a single room I wanted, but there were plenty of one-bedroom apartments available, with an average monthly rent of around 600.

In the city where he used to work, a hundred dollars could only afford to rent a small basement room.

Zhou Miao chose a house with the best decor and environment, and it was also close to the dock. He contacted the landlord and arranged to view the house the next afternoon. Afterwards, he continued to look for diving videos.

The main purpose is to understand the sport of diving, and secondly, to understand the equipment needed for diving.

He didn't want to be unprepared and end up feeding the fish in a daze.

Before they knew it, it was past 7:40 PM. Seeing that it was almost time, Zhou Miao turned on his headlamp and took out his fishing rod and bait.

He used a short-section surfcasting rod at the fishing raft, without changing the line or hook.

How can you catch a six-pound sea bream in the morning and still let its mate run away at night?

Zhou Miao still brought his things to the small sampan, placing his headlamp beside him without shining it on the water.

While direct sunlight on the water's surface may attract some phototactic marine life, it can also alert some larger creatures.

He placed the fish controller aside, filled the plastic tank with water, and then took out a whiteleg shrimp he had bought that afternoon. He peeled it, leaving only the shrimp meat, and hooked it onto the fishing hook.

There were still a few minutes until 8 o'clock. According to the information from the fishing raft, the fish would come after 8 o'clock, without a specific time period, so he started fishing immediately.

Who knows, he might catch other big fish before the red snapper arrives.

However, there aren't many big fish near the shore anymore, and people are fishing on the fishing rafts every day. He hasn't even set up a fishing spot, so how could there be any big fish joining in?

After waiting for more than ten minutes, the shrimp meat was being pecked to pieces by the small fish, but there was still no sign of the big fish.

Zhou Miao changed the shrimp bait and continued to wait patiently.

He changed the bait three times in a row, and it was already 8:30. Just when he was wondering if the grouper was on the other side of the fishing raft, the tip of the rod suddenly gave a signal that a big fish had touched the bait.

Zhou Miao's spirits lifted, and he immediately got ready.

The next moment, the float in his line of sight was completely submerged in the water. Before the fish could even pull, he had already lifted the fishing rod sharply.

"Whoosh~"

The rod tip made a whistling sound as it was pulled by the large fish at the bottom of the water, and immediately bent into a large arch.

At the same time, a force far exceeding that of the morning sea red grouper came from the fishing rod.

"Depend on!"

Zhou Miao hadn't expected the fish to be so strong. Caught off guard, his body was pulled forward, causing the small boat to tilt slightly as well. Under the combined force of gravity and the pull, he almost fell into the water.

If he hadn't been single and had strong core strength to stop the momentum, he wouldn't have been able to adjust his center of gravity at all.

Moreover, the fishing reel wasn't fully unloaded, so the fish's force wasn't fully transferred to him thanks to the cushioning effect of the fishing rod and reel.

After controlling his center of gravity, Zhou Miao immediately sat down to lower it, and then adjusted his weight distribution to accelerate the consumption of the fish's energy.

Since the fish has already dived downwards, it will be difficult to catch it if it swims a few more meters.

Zhou Miao quickly exerted force, lifting the fishing rod to stop the fish from continuing to swim down.

This was his second time fishing for grouper, but with the experience from the morning and the videos he had watched before, he knew that at this point there was no other way but to use his strength to play the fish.

The big fish in the water also pulled the fishing line with all its might, and the force made Zhou Miao think that the fish weighed at least twenty pounds.

Of course, this is just a misconception held by anglers.

However, he felt that this one was probably not the mate of the sea anchovy he had seen that morning, since it was so much stronger and would naturally be much larger.

He had never even heard of a sea buckthorn weighing more than ten pounds.

Zhou Miao continued to struggle with the fish, and as time passed, his breathing gradually became heavy.

His long hours sitting in the office and staying up late have left him in a state of sub-health.

Catching just one fish is proving a bit strenuous; my stamina is starting to give out.

Zhou Miao was a little embarrassed. He didn't expect to be just as weak as the grouper he caught that morning, and that he was having such a hard time even catching a slightly larger fish.

I don't know how many rounds we pulled, but my arms were already sore, and the fish at the bottom of the water finally calmed down a bit.

Knowing that the fish was also tired, Zhou Miao took a deep breath and exerted his strength again.

After raising the fishing rod high twice and reeling in the line, I finally managed to pull the fish to the surface.

Judging from its shape, it was a grouper, but because the headlamp on the boat provided insufficient light, Zhou Miao was unable to identify the specific species of fish.

But as he pulled the fish to the side of the boat and its features became clearer, his heart suddenly started racing.

Why does it look so much like the sea buckthorn we saw this morning?

Suppressing his excitement, Zhou Miao, after confirming that the fish's struggles were not too intense, quickly picked up the fish gripper, clamped it under the fish's jaw, and then laboriously lifted the fish with both hands.

When he saw what the fish looked like, his heart skipped a beat.

He held his breath and carefully placed the fish into the plastic tank.

The next moment, he released the fish controller and slapped his thigh hard, his excitement beyond words.

Good heavens, a sea anemone over half a meter long!

It must weigh over ten pounds; no wonder that sea buckthorn had kidney deficiency this morning.

A big horse pulling a small cart—who wouldn't be intimidated?