Chapter 241 Take-up
Father Ye is a native of the seaside, and he lived to be in his 50s. He has heard of legends in some places. Although he has never seen it, he can check it out.
This oarfish is known as an earthquake fish!
It is not hairtail!
Ordinary people may mistakenly think that oarfish is a huge hairtail when they see it. In fact, although oarfish and hairtail are similar in appearance, they are actually not related.
Officially, it is said that the oarfish belongs to the order Luna, and the hairtail belongs to the order Perciformes.
In addition to differences in body shape, there are also differences in their appearance.
Hairtail is "wrapped in silver" and looks quite clean.
The oarfish is much more beautiful, and there is a beautiful "lace" besides the "silver-wrapped"-it is its cool and beautiful red fin rays.
The long fin rays located on the head are like a dazzling red crown, hence the name "oarfish".
"Eat mountains by relying on mountains, and drink water by relying on water", fishermen living by the sea naturally rely on fishing for a living.
For fishermen, finding a big fish is a happy thing, because it means that their labor has a good return.
But what they found was an oarfish...
Father Ye felt a little fear inexplicably at this moment.
Because according to folklore, the oarfish is the "devil's messenger" that can bring about earthquakes.
Ye Yaodong saw that his father's expression was always unpredictable, so he couldn't help but patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "I've always heard that there was an earthquake in the bay, and we only have occasional aftershocks here, this fish might be from the bay Wan Haixia panicked and fled here. It is also possible that the rumors are false."
Although he thinks it is very likely to be true, because he has read the news in his previous life, oarfishes are found on the beach, and earthquakes often occur soon after.
It is because I have never encountered it before. When I saw the "white ribbon" on the sea just now, I didn't associate it with the oarfish.
Father Ye's frown was slightly relaxed. It is true that there are more earthquakes on the Wanwan side, and their place is only affected occasionally.
"Then bring this fish back?"
"For sure! Such a big oarfish is too rare. It doesn't mean that if we don't catch it, there won't be an earthquake. It ran on the beach and ran aground on its own initiative."
This is not a sunfish. It is taboo. It is just heard that it has a legendary early warning function.
"Then let's lift it to the boat first."
One of the father and son hugged the head and the other hugged the tail, but found that it didn't work, because its body was too long, and when it was lifted like this, the middle section was still hanging on the beach.
The two had no choice but to hold the head, the other held the middle part down a little, let the tail hang on the beach, and then carried it to the boat.
"Grass... This one is several meters long and weighs more than a hundred catties. I won't give it to Ah Cai. I'll send it to the pier in town to see if there are any bosses who know the goods at a high price."
"Well, yes, by the way, let's remind everyone that an earthquake may be coming."
After lifting this huge oarfish onto the boat, it directly occupied half of the boat.
"This one is four or five meters long..." Father Ye couldn't help smiling again when he saw such a long emperor belt.
"We haven't seen this fish here, have we?"
"No, you and I have lived for so many years. I only heard about this legend. I thought it was just a legend. I didn't expect there to be an oarfish. No one in the village may have heard of the oarfish."
Speaking of this, he couldn't help being suspicious, how did the third child know the oarfish? This fish is so rare that most people have never even heard of it.
"How do you know oarfish?"
He didn't realize it at first, he thought it was a super big hairtail, but after hearing him point it out, he found the memory of the oarfish in his mind.
Ye Yaodong was gesticulating on the head of the oarfish with a cheerful face, its eye sockets almost caught up with his fists, when he heard his father's question, he said indifferently: "From the old newspapers There is a piece of news, I know."
"Old newspapers? Who are you bluffing?" Father Ye glanced at him angrily, "In total, he only went up to the second grade, and he skipped classes every three days, and he suffered from headaches and stomachaches when the exams came, and he didn't know a few words. I can still read newspapers, I can go to heaven..."
"Don't~ Dad, you are not old, why bother to curse yourself..."
Father Ye stared suddenly, "How did you talk?"
Ye Yaodong said with a playful smile: "I have recently been possessed by Wenquxing, who is studious and hardworking. I am currently attending a literacy class. I plan to go to Tsinghua University and Peking University for a few days to honor my ancestors..."
Father Ye was surprised when he heard the first half of the sentence. He didn’t expect the second half of the sentence. He just wanted to bah~
"Do you think you haven't grown up yet?"
"I heard that there are classes that a special boss can take, no, it's called advanced training..."
"Hey, keep a low profile. It's good for us to know. It's unnecessary to open 18 tables. It's a waste of money. It's not easy for us to earn some money..."
Father Ye gave him a disgusted look, and shook his head. He actually thought that the third child had grown up. There was no other person in the whole village who talked about running trains.
Ye Yaodong laughed and bragged with his father for a while before he untied the rope, intending to take in the longline fishing, but when he untied the rope, he saw all kinds of shellfish densely packed on the rocks on the shore, and his hands immediately felt a little itchy .
I saw it before, but my attention has been on the oarfish.
It’s been a long time since he came to explore the sea. Some time ago, starfish were flooded, and it will take a long time for the small islands around the coast to have no shellfish.
Today this island is very suitable, the terrain is high, there is a small piece of beach exposed even if there is no high tide, and the boat can be parked at places with high water levels on the side.
But today they still have work to do, the longlines have not been confiscated, and they have to trawl the net to make money. There is no time to pry these shellfish, so he can only untie the rope and sail the boat unfortunately.
"Father, in a few days, Shiwu will bring mother and younger sister to explore the sea. Let's just use this island. The terrain is high. After the high tide, the beach will definitely show more."
"Well, yes, go back and tell your mother that she has always wanted to come, and she just happens to be idle at home, and she can't make much money doing Internet work." Father Ye has also seen it before.
Now the boat is given to the boss and the second. Although the third child often keeps the fish to share with them, there are less dry goods like shrimps, and they are all used as bait. If you can dry some shellfish, let them sit slowly. It is also good to eat.
After Ye Yaodong took note of the approximate location of the isolated island, he sailed the boat away from the isolated island and headed for the sea area where longline fishing was carried out.
Now the sky is clear and the sea is calm. It is impossible for them to return immediately.
Father Ye has been squatting beside the oarfish with great interest and watching, imitating him to show the length with his hands there, and touching its tassels from time to time, muttering something, he is too far away. I couldn't hear it either, I only saw his father's expression of surprise as he opened and closed his mouth.
He thought while driving the boat. There was no tsunami in his previous life. There were several earthquakes that were affected by the bay, but he couldn’t remember if there was any this year, and the interval was too long.
There must not be one that has too much influence, otherwise he will definitely remember it.
It is now November in the Gregorian calendar, and it is not certain that there will be an earthquake on the Wanwan side or the Wanwan Strait.
When I went back, I would have been more alert when I slept at night in the past few days.
He kept wandering in his mind, until the boat reached the fishing point where the raft hook was released, and then he withdrew his thoughts.
Father Ye also stood up to help, instead of staring at the oarfish.
The father and son are now very proficient in longline fishing. The bait for a whole washbasin has been cut and placed there early, and the bait can be hung directly while collecting fish.
There will be fewer fish products in autumn and winter, and some products are more seasonal.
It’s really the flood season for black mullet recently. He quickly scooped up 1,000 row hooks. Half of the baskets were black mullet, half were clam fish, and half were black bream, bass and flounder. With the ray.
Hmm... toad fish are also flooded in autumn and winter.
Niu Gang also caught five or six, but their size has shrunk by half, not as big as the few caught at night, and the weight is about ten catties. This small fish is not very valuable.
With only the last few hooks left, Ye Yaodong took up the line in an orderly manner, while Ye's father continued to cut the bait. A 100-jin small fish and a 20-jin small shrimp are only enough to hang the bait twice, which may not be enough. This is because Ye The father also cut the fish into small pieces to be enough.
At this moment, he felt that the line in his hand was a bit heavy, and he was overjoyed. He didn't receive any particularly big fish in this wave today. more than enough.
In fact, it is also the reason for his hook. If he wants to catch a big fish, the hook and line must be equipped to keep up. He is completely lucky now, because when some fish eat bait, the hook will swallow deeper, and some fish eat bait. I can still run away.
Strengthening his hand, he slowly pulled up the rope bit by bit, and the fish on the hook also floated to the surface, but struggled very hard.
It’s still Niugang squid, and fish still like to get together.
In fact, he also guessed in his heart that it was Niugang scorpion. After all, he had already caught several fish here, and this fish was a large fish, so the heavy weight in his hand could match it.
If the fishing line is constantly being pulled by the fish, you can see that the hook has been swallowed relatively deep, and has passed through the fish's lower jaw, exposing the pointed part, but it is still stubbornly resisting and struggling, and it also emits "guagua". " cry.
Some fish can call. This Niugang trevally is also nicknamed melon fish by fishermen because of its special call.
This fish does not look very big, but it is not small either. Seeing it struggling on the water surface, it should be about one meter by visual estimation.
The mermaid wrestled for nearly 2 minutes before he felt the pulling force on the other end of the fishing line gradually decrease, which meant that the big fish was tired, so he slowly dragged the fish to the side of the boat. rise.
"Made, this fish is really hard to pull."
Father Ye untied it happily, "It's fine if you don't run away."
Ye Yaodong continued to take in the line, there were only a few hooks left, and they could continue to drag another net after they were done.
After pulling it, it turned out that the hook was empty, and the bait had been stolen. He hung up a bait, put it back into the sea, and then took it in again.
When the last hook was finished, he found that this hook was particularly heavy, and it was the heaviest one in longline fishing today.
He thought it was Niu Hong Kong again, but there was no struggle during the pulling, it was just pure sinking, he was a little puzzled.
When the fishing line became shorter and shorter, and the large cargo under the water gradually floated to the surface, he saw that something was wrong.
Why is it a ball?
(end of this chapter)