Chapter 257 Drying Toadfish
Fortunately, they came back early. There were no fishing boats docked at this point, and the pier was not busy. After hearing the movement here, the fishmongers at the nearby purchase point also rushed over to watch the excitement, amazed again and again.
"Tsk tsk tsk ~ These abalones are not small. Ah Dong is very lucky. Since your family caught a large yellow croaker, they have been lucky, as if they were all blessed by Mazu..."
"Who said it wasn't? It was said before that the Feng Shui of the new house is good, and the base of the house was bought, but it didn't matter if the foundation was changed..."
"Where is that accurate?"
"These conch shells are not small. Most of them are as big as a fist. How can you see so many at the usual pier at once, not to mention the several bags of abalone..."
"This abalone is not easy to deal with. Whoever goes into the water in the winter, I didn't expect that there are hidden reefs being pushed up..."
"Luck is so good, you deserve your family to get rich..."
"I don't know if the small island will pop up again..."
Mother Ye said beamingly: "Oh, it's hard to say, it's good to meet once. It's quite a pain. Dongzi and his father were soaked in the water, and their feet were swollen. His father still has rheumatism. sick..."
"If you can meet me, you can just soak the whole person in the water..."
"Hahaha... help sorting together..."
Many people are powerful. In the envy of everyone, conch and abalone were sorted out. The size of these conchs is not much different. Except for a few particularly large ones, the others don’t need to be picked out.
"I lifted them up to the scale to see how heavy they are."
"Abalone, the abalone comes first..."
"Then let's start with abalone, each bag is called..."
Everyone gathered around and stretched their heads to watch.
"This bag is 98 catties... carry it to the side, and carry it over there..."
"This bag is 92 catties and 6 taels..."
"This bag is 86 catties and 7 taels... There is also a basket of conch picked out here, and it is also lifted up... 54 catties..."
Ah Cai read the catties after finishing the weighing, taking notes while reading.
"Bang Tian, how many catties are these? Almost 300 catties?"
"277 catties and 3 taels."
"My darling... I got rich... Is this abalone worth a few dollars a catty?"
"How much, how much did Ah Cai get?"
Ye Yaodong was also looking at him. Based on the good relationship established between the two of them during this period, he didn't chase after asking the price, and now they weighed everything. If he doesn't give a satisfactory price, he won't give him a good product next time.
A Cai laughed and said: "The amount is too big, the amount is too big, let's weigh it first, and I will contact a few more buyers after weighing it."
After speaking, he looked at Ye Yaodong again, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, we are old friends, and I will earn introduction fees for this."
With such a large quantity, the introduction fee is enough for him to earn!
Ye Yaodong nodded, this is quite possible.
After remembering all the weights, he continued to weigh, and Ye Yaodong also picked out the little green dragon he was going to keep.
Mother Ye was so distressed that she couldn't help but kept saying, "Keep the little ones...keep the young ones..."
Ah Cai watched his movements, stared and grabbed his bucket directly, "What are you doing, what are you doing..."
"Keep it to eat, what else can I do?"
"Damn, it's so luxurious? It's so expensive, how can you eat it? Sell it all to me, don't eat it, don't eat it."
Ye Yaodong wanted to **** his barrel but he dodged it, and the two saw each other...
"Give it back to me, so many abalones have been collected by you, can't I keep a few little green dragons to eat?"
"You prodigal bastard, how many of me are you keeping?"
"You don't care about me... go, go, first weigh the fish..."
Ye Yaodong snatched the bucket, and continued to catch Xiao Qinglong. Seeing that, Ah Cai was heartbroken and scolded him like a prodigal son...
"You catch a few less... eat less..."
Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes, he has such a big belly, how could he ask him to eat less?
Ah Cai watched him keep catching and was heartbroken, so he had to go to weigh the fish first.
The giant cobia was relatively large, and was bought for 4 cents per catty. The whole fish weighed 27 catties.
Mako shark fins are valuable, but after processing, the meat is worthless. The whole head was only charged more than 6 yuan, and it was only on top of the big yellow croaker.
It can only be said that the quality is not enough, and the quantity is enough.
After weighing everything, he took the list and saw that the price column for abalone, conch, and little green dragon was empty, and the price of other goods was written on it, and he put it away after confirming that it was correct.
"I'll come over in two days to settle the accounts? Is it okay?"
At this time, there were also fishing boats on the wharf, and as soon as they landed, they heard that Ye Yaodong and Ye's father had dug more than two hundred catties of abalone. Look at those sacks of abalone, and listen to everyone's discussion by the way.
Ye Yaodong saw more and more people, and after a few words with a casual smile, he quickly squeezed out of the crowd?
"Stop talking, you have repeated it several times, hurry home and take a bath and soak your feet, you are feeling uncomfortable."
"Let's go, I'm going back now, I was so happy just now, today's surprise was too big, and everyone was curious, so I told them." Ye Mu had a good look, her mouth couldn't close her smile.
Everyone has vanity, and country women are generally straightforward and undisguised.
"Let's go, let's go back first, your body is still wet, don't care what others say, if you want to envy them, give them envy." Ye Yaodong pushed the cart and took a step ahead.
Mother Ye said from behind: "You push it back and put it in the door. I'll go over and kill the fish later."
"knew."
Lin Xiuqing was surprised that he came back so early today, and was also very surprised when he heard what happened at sea today.
But when he heard that he had been soaking in the sea for a long time, his heart ached, and he didn't bother to read the list carefully, so he hurried to the back door to dig two more pieces of ginger, boiled water for him, and soaked his feet in **** water was enough. Take it easy and get rid of the humidity.
After taking a comfortable bath, Ye Yaodong soaked his feet again, only then did he feel that his whole body was alive, and his body felt a little warm.
Lin Xiuqing brought him the cooked dim sum on purpose, "Knowing that you eat noodles all day at sea, I don't have to cook noodles. This is the nine-layer cake I bought this morning. I put it in it and went to the beach to dig it today. The sand clams are very fresh.
"I originally wanted to bring you out to sea tomorrow for a change of taste, but I don't need to bring it now. You can eat it while it's hot, fill your stomach, and have dinner later."
"Well, you still go to the beach to dig sand clams in the morning? You are so brave!"
"I couldn't see it, so I took my two children and dug on the beach at the door for a while and then came back. The elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law went to dig outside the pier. There were too many people there, so I didn't dare to go."
"Don't go to crowded places."
"I know, I'll go and add some hot water for you, let's soak more."
"okay."
After eating a bowl of nine-layer cake, he felt warm and felt sleepy. His feet were still soaked, and he was already lying on his back.
"If you're sleepy, just squint for a while. I saw several baskets of toad fish on the cart at the door. Why did you keep so many back? There are still the ones that were posted last time."
"Half of what was dried last time was given to the old house, and the rest will not last long. I am not going to go to sea in the first month, and there will be no fresh ones at that time. You can also eat some dry ones for a change. The temperature has dropped day by day recently, but the weather is still It’s good, the winter solstice is coming, so it’s time to get more sun.”
"Okay, then you can soak for a while, and lift your feet up before the water cools down. I'm going to kill the fish."
"The fish at the door wait for mother to come over before killing, it's not convenient for you to squat there now."
"It's okay, it doesn't affect, there is a small bench."
Ye Yaodong originally wanted to squat for a while after soaking his feet, but he heard the sound of running and jumping in front of and behind the house, and the noise of children one after another, so he had no choice but to go to the door to have a look.
But just in time to see Lin Xiuqing's whole body shaking when she stood up, which startled him.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly, and walked up a few steps to help her up, "What's wrong with you?"
"Ah...it's okay...I just stood up too suddenly, my eyes went dark..."
Mother Ye was also taken aback just now, thinking that something was wrong with her, "You are anemic, do you have red dates at home, occasionally cook brown sugar and red date soup to drink, or cook spinach and pork liver soup to eat more."
"You rest, go and lie down in the house, don't do it."
Lin Xiuqing was a little embarrassed, "I'm fine, just slow down, it's really too hard to stand up all of a sudden."
"No, you'd better lie down and rest for a while, I didn't help you just now, you were about to fall down."
"I'll bring you a few homegrown eggs tomorrow, and you can use them to stew red dates."
Ye Yaodong also thought about going to buy pork liver tomorrow morning, but now she is eating alone and making up for two.
Seeing that she was still squatting down to kill fish with scissors, Ye Yaodong quickly snatched it away, "I'll come, you go wash your hands and cook dinner, be careful."
Tell her to lie down, she will definitely not be able to lie down, so it is better to tell her to cook dinner.
"Okay then, I'll cook."
Ye Yaodong took the scissors and pulled a basket of fish to his side. These fish don't need to be washed, just kill them.
To kill toad fish, use scissors to cut the fish maw along the mouth, quickly remove the internal organs, and rub an appropriate amount of salt evenly. Fish maw and fish liver are good things, so they should be put away separately.
After the fresh fish is marinated, it is washed with spring water in the mountains and dried. In order to dry quickly, each shelf is tilted towards the north, because the north wind is blowing, and there is no sun now. Can rely on cold wind to blow air.
After resting at home for two days, he strolled around the village when he had nothing to do.
It may be that the weather has been good recently, and after the earthquake, there are a lot of fish products. All kinds of fish fillets are drying in front of and behind the houses of every household. There is a faint fishy smell in the air of the whole village. The small village is full of busy and A sight of joy.
He passed by the door of every house, and saw that some people did not use long bamboo flats, but fish racks, about 3 meters wide and 5 meters long, and the fish racks were neatly placed on them. Mackerel, skinned fish, eel, herring, the most common one is toad fish...
Some fish fillets are neatly hung with ropes under the eaves, exuding an attractive color against the sun, which is extremely dazzling, forming a different fisherman's scene.
After eating early in the morning, Ye Yaodong took a leisurely walk around the village a few times, and heard a few gossip about him digging abalones. The rumors were outrageous, and it was rumored that he already had a household of ten thousand yuan. Ma, it's obviously still far away.
In the past two days, the fishing boats have been receiving goods very well, and the village is full of joy, filled with the joy of a good harvest.
After listening to the gossip and strolling, he was about to go back when he saw a cart driving in at the entrance of the village. The villagers walking on the road stopped and stared curiously.
Some people in the house came out of the house when they heard the noise, or opened the window and poked their heads out.
The cart stopped directly in the center of the village, and got off a middle-aged man with a square-cut head and a square face. He directly said to the curious villagers around him: "Pick out the shrimp skin, pick out the shrimp skin, pick out the small fish inside, and let's take a look." It's 10 cents per catty..."
As soon as everyone heard it, they immediately gathered around, "How do you pick it? Are you picking out the mixed and useless small fish?"
"Yes, yes, anyone can do it..."
I almost fell asleep several times, closed my eyes several times, was afraid and broke my promise, and finally finished writing and went to sleep. Good night everyone
(end of this chapter)