returned home, Bei Hai's small life was so leisurely, and after going out to sea again, he sent Di Liya away, and this little life became more casual. Except for from time to time and Quincy? Wood called to inquire about the progress of the lawsuit and the design progress of the shipyard's new ship.

Returning from another voyage, the cabin was emptied again. Today is also the last time that the Ripple will go to sea this season, and this year's tuna season will officially end today.

Bei Hai can't be the shopkeeper today, because the Ripple will be returned to its owner, Mel, by tomorrow morning at the latest, and Bei Hai will have to ship back the fish rods and ice buckets he has added. There's still a lot to do.

Packing the things that should be transported back, Bei Hai drove his small pickup truck directly to the edge of the dock, while Matt and Qi Yiming carried the things and put them up.

Crackling Bei Customs got into the car door, walked to Matt's side and helped him help: "Matt, what are you going to do next?" ”。

Matt didn't think about it and said, "Take a break and wait until after Christmas to think about work!" Thinking of this, Matt suddenly said to Bei Hai: "Captain, why don't we go somewhere else to work for another month, there is a port in the south where the fishing season is not over yet, even if it is to catch a squid!" ”。

"Let's talk about it later," Bei Hai shook his head slightly: "It's really not much fun to catch squid."

Now Bei Hai's vision is a little higher, the income of offshore squid fishing is small, and Bei Hai has no interest at all, and the far-sea squid fishing has to be chartered. This chartered boat is not operated like a small boat, and every boat over there is a big ship of seventy or eighty meters. To get to the waters near Argentina or Peru, most of the money is still made by the shipowner. In this way, the proportion of the money, or the fact that others take the lion's share, is not interested in it at all.

Hearing the captain say this, Matt took a break from his thoughts, and he had thought about persuading the captain to do it for another twenty days in a flash of his mind, but now it seemed that he could only be in vain.

Bei Hai and the three of them were not completely sorted out, and the shipowner, Mel, walked over to the three of them.

"Mel?!" As soon as Bei Hai saw the old man, he raised his hand and greeted him: "Are you still coming to the dock so late?" I'll pack up the boat and hand it back to you tomorrow morning!" ”。

Mel squeezed out a smile on the three of Bei Hai's faces: "I just came back from over there, and there was a little fault in a boat, so I happened to stop by to take a look!" ”。

After saying that, he pretended to glance at the ship unintentionally and asked, "Are you all packed?" ”。

"Hmm!" Seeing the captain looking over to him, Matt immediately nodded: "Our things are all packed, and the deck and cabin are left to clean up." We'll get to work in a minute, and we'll be able to return the ship to you clean tomorrow morning."

Mel waved his hand at the three of them: "You're busy, I'll go down and take a look!" ”。 After saying that, he turned around and went down to the deck along the handrail, there was no one on the deck, but the ball was still there, and when he saw a man coming down, he immediately came over, ready to 'play' with the old man.

Seeing that the ball was so affectionate to him, Mel couldn't have been happier, and reached out and touched the door of the ball's head twice and didn't even enter the cabin. Just on the deck to play with the ball, one person and one seal seem to be quite devoted. It wasn't until Bei Hai had packed all his belongings into the pickup truck that Mel left the ball and went into the cockpit to take a look.

Matt crossed his arms and looked at Mel's figure and walked towards the cabin, turned his head to Bei Hai and Qi Yiming beside him and said, "Why do I think this thing is a little wrong!" Is there some conspiracy on this old boy Mel? ”。

"What conspiracy can he have!" Bei Hai didn't think about it when he heard this, and shook his head directly. continued to whisper: "I guess I've been laughed at for too long, and I can't wait to take back the Ripple."

Hearing Bei Hai say this, Matt and Qi Yiming both laughed. After being on the Ripple for so long, the two of them naturally knew about Bei Hai's charter.

"That's right. Tomorrow morning to my house, our smoked fish will start to be officially made. Tomorrow morning at nine o'clock in the morning, we will officially go to the smoke room" about the Ripple Fleet, everyone laughs and laughs, and it is not funny to laugh ten times in a joke. Matt, for his part, immediately turned the conversation to tomorrow's fish smoker.

During this time, the three of Bei Hai could catch a lot of fish, not to mention the bluefin tuna, the whole four bluefin of more than 400 pounds were cut into fish strips, plus large cod, and salmon and the like, there is really a lot of fish. Of course, these fish are not only used by the three of them, but also given some to Mary and neighbors, and can also be used as a small bridge of friendship or something.

"Didn't you start smoking it a long time ago?" Bei Hai asked. The last time I went to sea, I heard Matt say that the fish had been smoked, and hundreds of pounds and thousands of pounds of fish were smoked together, so when would it take? When the three of them went to sea, Matt had already handed over the first two batches of fish to the neighbors to help smoke them, and the reward was of course the fish caught by the three of them.

"We can't just let someone else smoke it, we have to do it ourselves," said Matt, "I'm very good at smoked fish, and the fish I smoked tastes so good, you will know it when you taste it."

Qi Yiming said: "Okay, then everyone will go to your house tomorrow morning to gather!" ”。 Qi Yiming was a little big or small when he arrived on the shore, and quickly interrupted his master's words, so that he couldn't continue to show off.

Bei Hai was about to open his mouth to make fun of Matt when he heard Mel's voice from the boat.

"The boat was very clean and there was nothing to clean and I could do the rest myself. Why don't we hand it over now? Mel stood at the door of the cab and smiled at Bei Hai on the dock.

Bei Hai couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Mel say this, he didn't expect this stingy ghost shipowner to be so easy to talk now, since people said so, he can save some things on his side, what's not to do? Bei Hai naturally agreed to come down.

"If you think it's good, let's officially hand it over" After saying that, Bei Hai jumped directly onto the deck, took out a list from the wheelhouse of the ship, which had the things on the original ship, and then began to pair up with Mel one by one.

There is not a single thing missing, to be honest, Mel did not leave too many things for Bei Hai except for a boat, and the things used at the beginning of the fishing season were purchased by Bei Hai later. There weren't many things to match, so it was very fast, and after the things were right, Bei Hai started the engine again, let Mel listen to it, and then the two of them went into the engine room again, and reconfirmed that the engine and other machinery were working normally.

In the end, the two signed their names on the documents before the handover was completed, and the right to use the Ripple returned to Mel, the owner, from the moment they signed their names, and Bei Hai was also relieved from the maintenance and repair obligations of the ship.

"I heard that you have placed an order with the shipyard, but unfortunately, we can't cooperate in the fishing season next year" Mel fakely held Bei Hai's hand and said, "When will it be completed?" ”。

"The time has not yet been determined, anyway, we will definitely be able to catch up with next year's fishing season, then thank you for the boat!" Behai shook hands with Mel and turned to the dock after saying a word.

As soon as he left so suddenly, Bei Hai's heart was still a little reluctant to the Ripple, and he stood on the dock and turned his head to look at the Ripple that was gently shaking on the pier.

Matt's heart was the same as Bei Hai, looking at the Ripple and sighing softly.

Only Qi Yiming was not so entangled in the Ripple, and now looked at the ball on the deck and asked the two people beside him, "What about the ball?" ”。

That's right! What to do with the ball? As soon as Matt heard Qi Yiming say this, he immediately remembered. There's a cute ball on the deck.

Bei Hai didn't take it to heart when he heard this, and no one hurt the ball now when he stayed on the dock, what could it do. If you want to swim, you can swim in the water, if you don't want to swim, you can go to the pier to bask in the sun, and if you really can't, throw it back into the space!

Matt thought about it for a while, and then whispered to Bei Hai and Qi Yiming: "Do you think this Mel is in a hurry to take back the boat because of the ball?" It is said that I have known him for more than 20 years, and every time I lease it to another ship, I can always let him find some excuse when I take it back, and this time it is too smooth! I always felt that he had some ulterior motives! ”。 (To be continued......)