Chapter 226 Putting things together and receiving the goods
The fishing boats are operating at a constant speed, the sea breeze is blowing in the ear, the cold wind is biting, everything is for livelihood.
During the operation, he ran into another fishing boat. When he saw it from a distance, he directly avoided it, and each went his own way without interfering with each other.
Ye Yaodong didn't choose to set up the net until the fishing boat had been operating for 2 hours. Regardless of the value of this net, the receiving volume is also very good.
A large bag full of fish was pulled up, and the harvest was very gratifying, much more harvested than the one dragged before dawn.
Most of the fish in this net are muddy fish, each of which is bigger than a palm, about half a catty. At this time, the muddy fish are the most plump, and in summer, one is only about 2 taels.
In the dialect of southern Fujian, it is called Niangai, and in some places it is called stinky belly fish. In their local area, it is still called mud fierce fish. It can only be said that the names are different in different places.
They have a jingle along the coast, "One stingray, two tigers, three sandy hairs, four golds, ancients, and five mothers mourning."
This folk saying summarizes the list of thorny and poisonous fish in the sea world that has poisonous fish bones but delicious fish meat. Among them, Wu Niangai is talking about mud fish.
Its stingers are not only sharp but also poisonous, and the sting is as painful as a bee sting, especially in the process of killing, it is easy to be pierced by its stingers.
But this kind of fish is really delicious. It has no fish scales. When killing it, you need to use scissors to cut it open, but be careful not to break the intestines in its stomach. The fish will be very bitter when cooked, losing its original deliciousness.
Then cut off the entire row of hard thorns on the back and abdomen of its body.
Use it to cook fish soup, first fry both sides, put water to boil, then put a little ginger, then take a radish and push it into shreds, boil it, put it down, and then add the taste.
The fish soup stewed in this way is milky white and very delicious. Sprinkle a little chopped green onion when it comes out of the pot, it is full of color, fragrance...
Suck ~
Ye Yaodong poured out the fish, and carefully picked up a few in his own bucket. The small stove must be turned on. When he saw this fish, he had already thought about how to cook it, and he will arrange it when he goes back!
"Father, do you want this fish? Take it back and cook shredded radishes. It happens that a lot of radishes in the backyard have grown up and can be eaten."
"Take as many as you like."
He took a basket and threw a dozen of them into it. By the way, he also divided the soft shredded fish and prawns in his bucket. He also threw two of them in. Adding two random vegetables would be enough for them to eat for a whole day. .
The seaside people rely on their lives to make a fortune, but they still don’t have to worry about food. They diligently set up a few seine nets on the beach, and after the tide ebbs, they can receive a large bucket of goods at will, and they can’t finish eating.
Ye Yaodong casually distributed the goods he kept for himself, and he didn’t care about the fish on the board. He clapped his hands and stood up, “Father, go and sail the boat, I’ll release the nets.”
Hurry up and go home after casting a net. The weather is not looking good. There is still a little sun in the morning, but it will be cloudy at noon. It is only two o'clock in the afternoon, and the sky is a little dark.
Father Ye was still wandering around in the nearby waters. After Ye Yaodong lowered his fishing net, he took out a basket to put those muddy fish in. Two baskets were full, and it looked like it weighed eighty or ninety catties.
There are still some miscellaneous fish and shrimps underneath, and he put them separately. These can only be taken back to dry, and the row hooks need to be taken back for repairs. There is no need for bait in the past two days, and it is hard to say when the wind will blow next.
Fortunately, in the north wind, there is no sun, and the fish can be dried in the wind.
People on the seaside cannot do without fish drying, especially in autumn and winter, as long as it doesn’t rain, there are long bamboo flats standing at the door, wall, and roadside of every house, and you can smell a strong fishy smell wherever you walk on the road.
After Ye Yaodong sorted out the goods, he had nothing to do and leaned against the cabin door with his clothes in his arms to block the wind, watching the sparkling sea.
In the past, when the weather was still cold, small fish would often jump out of the water on the sea surface, but today they are all gone. I just happened to encounter a big silver carp, and they are probably diving to the bottom of the sea now.
The situation of making money is not optimistic.
While looking at the sea, he thought about the sticky net that had flashed through his mind before, thinking about making one and trying it out when he got back.
After pondering for a while, a sailfish galloping past interrupted his train of thought.
Don’t ask him how he knew that at such a fast speed, the reason is that he saw its dorsal fin, and the open dorsal fin was as conspicuous as a fluttering flag, even though it roared past all of a sudden, he still recognized it .
Swordfish has the same long mouthparts as swordfish, but it has an extra flag waving in the wind.
This time he couldn't be bothered to chase, Ma De. He heard that the sharp kiss could pierce even a submarine. At first he didn't quite believe it until he saw a swordfish pierce an iron boat with his own eyes a few days ago. .
However, the fishing boat I met in front of me actually chased after it with full power at this moment, what a brave man! Good luck!
Father Ye also stared, hesitantly said: "Dongzi, let's not follow this time?"
"I won't follow, so I don't have to look for trouble, and I didn't see it on the spot anyway."
"That fish is too dangerous, let's not try to take advantage of it."
"Um."
Ye Yaodong wondered for a while, but he didn't see the fishing boat on the sea, and he didn't know if he could catch it successfully.
The wind on the sea seems to be a little bit stronger at night, and it seems that the wind is going to blow up again. If you collect it early, you can go home early.
I don’t know if the sea was ordered by the mud fish alone. There are not even small fish and shrimps in this net. What is poured out is all mud fish, only a few large prawns mixed in.
Ye Yaodong fiddled with it, and found that the fish in this net were bigger, most of them weighed more than a catty, good guy, he looks really good.
He picked up two more and threw them into his bucket and his father's basket...
I worked hard to catch the ones, so of course I have to keep two big ones.
Father Ye didn’t say anything when he saw it. This fish is also very cheap, so he can do whatever he wants.
The value of the fish caught today is not high, but there are still a lot of muddy fish in the next two nets. The two nets add up to more than 200 catties. Father Ye is still very satisfied.
Ye Yaodong also thinks that it is barely enough, and he can't expect to be lucky every day. It's already winter, and today's delivery is not bad.
Still let his father drive the boat, he put all the fish into baskets, and did not sort the fish by size, and it would not be too late to pick them slowly when they arrived on the shore.
When the fishing boat approached the coast, he took over the work from his father. Today’s return trip was still early, before 4 o’clock, and he planned to collect the ground cage.
He estimates that there will still be starfish in the cage today, and it will not disappear in a few days. Collecting it can also subsidize today's fish goods. The value of the fish caught today is too low.
The prices of toad fish, silver carp and mud are still in single digits after decades of heavy release. Occasionally, the price of big silver carp and mud can increase to more than ten yuan, depending on the season.
When he put away a net of starfish, Father Ye's face full of gullies burst into smiles, "I don't know how many days this starfish can last. Every day, I receive a steady stream of goods of several hundred catties. How long will it last?" The sky is also optimistic."
Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes when he heard that, it doesn't matter what his father said now, anyway, the shellfish on the surrounding reefs are worthless.
Decades later, if he says this again, he will be scolded to death. Farmers are most afraid of these starfish. To farmers, starfish are just like locusts. Wherever they go, they will suffer losses such as shellfish, oysters, abalone, etc. heavy.
"Just think about it. This is like a locust. When it retreats, we won't be able to eat mussels and oysters for several months. I don't know if there are any survivors on the surrounding islands, or they will all rush to our shore. "
"It doesn't matter. It's important to sell it for money. Those shells are gone. Anyway, there is sea water washing them, and they will grow back in two months."
"Um."
Anyway, he has a lot of dry goods in his house.
He then collected the ground cage one after another, poured out all the starfish inside, and then put the ground cage back into the sea, while Father Ye helped to load it with a sack.
After picking up all the ground cages, he counted the quantity and received another 7 and a half bags, one bag more than yesterday, and he was extremely satisfied.
It’s a patchwork, and the delivery seems to be pretty good today? Sure enough, we need to expand our business in multiple ways.
Drive the boat to the shore, the tide is now high, and the fishing boat can directly dock to unload.
At this time, the shore is still crowded with people, and there is noise everywhere, which is not much better than yesterday. It seems that everyone has struggled for another day.
It is estimated that they have just landed not long ago, and they are all queuing up to sell goods, right?
Mother Ye has been keeping an eye on the surface of the sea, and when she saw them coming back, she asked Ye Huimei to watch the queue of goods and came to help them. By the way, she told them that when they were picking up starfish today, there were several conflicts in the water, how bad the fights were, The water hit the shore, affecting a large number of people, and some of them even hit people with a pole...
Some people were bleeding from the head, and they were sent to be bandaged, and the trouble just stopped.
The father and son were speechless...
"Then are you okay? We are not at home today, have you women suffered any disadvantages? Don't come to pick them up tomorrow."
Ye Yaodong also agreed, the conflict escalated day by day, and each one gained experience.
Being beaten on the first day, the narrow-minded person must have seized the opportunity to get back on the field the next day, and it was even worse on the third day.
Mother Ye also said with some fear: "No, I picked it up for a while in the morning, and when I saw a fight started, I hurriedly pulled Huimei ashore, and didn't dare to go down again."
"Don't let the little girl out here at the pier tomorrow, just let her stay at home and wait to get married." Ye Yaodong frowned and said, such a mess is no longer suitable for her little girl to come out.
"Um…"
Just at this moment, another boat came in behind, docking alongside their boat.
Mother Ye turned her head to take a look when she was carrying the goods, but she was startled, "Oh, why is there blood everywhere? Isn't this Lin Weiying from Dongqiao Village? What happened to you? How did you get hurt?"
Get out, I will get rich after working so hard!
(end of this chapter)