Chapter 326 A lot of harvest
Father Ye saw him going to sail, so he planned to count today's harvest.
Looking at the stacked bamboo baskets, his face was full of smiles. If he could go to sea every day and gain so much every day, would he still worry about not getting rich?
Walking to those bamboo baskets, he silently calculated how much these goods could sell for today?
Get rid of those skinned fish and other fish products that have been cut by the propeller, and there are quite a few left...
After counting the number, he also has a count of today's harvest.
Just as he moved a small stool and sat down to take a rest while the fishing boat was driving, he saw the net bag in the corner of the cabin door.
Um? Why don't the net bags be put away casually? I am so grown up and I don't know how to clean them up. I throw everything around, and when I need to find it, I turn around...
Father Ye slandered inwardly, planning to put the net bag in the bucket for him and put it together with his tools, but when he picked it up, he found that there was still something in the net bag?
He picked it up and looked, "Jiang Yao? Yao Zhu?"
I feel a little surprised, when did you pick it up, why didn't you say anything?
Father Ye opened the net bag, and took out a few Jiang Xie that Ye Yaodong picked up at random, only five, big and small, he was pleasantly surprised, and then walked towards Ye Yaodong.
"Dongzi, when did you pick up Jiang Ye, and threw it everywhere without saying anything."
Ye Yaodong saw Jiang Yan in his father's hand before he remembered, "Oh! I forgot about my busy work. I was busy working on squid there all afternoon. I just put this in the corner and forgot about it."
"This is when I went into the water at noon, I was looking for a ground cage. I accidentally found a piece of river scorpion on the bottom of the sea not far away, just like a monument. When I saw it, I didn't have enough time, so I pulled out a few and brought it up."
Father Ye was very happy when he heard this. Originally, the scorpion grows in patches on the bottom of the sea, "Then go into the water tomorrow and pull more up. This is not cheap. The big one costs 15 cents, and the small one costs 10 cents." .”
"I know."
It is too late to pick up more today, otherwise he will come up with the net bag full.
However, this value is still inferior to that of sea cucumber and abalone, but fortunately, there is only one piece. You can pull it all back and continue digging abalone. There are still a lot of abalone on the seabed reef. , If the number is small and easy to solve, solve it first.
"You are lucky, you can always come across good things."
"It may also be that no one goes down to the bottom of the sea, so there are a lot of goods underneath, so I caught up with it."
Father Ye was a little moved, "Then is it good for you to buy this set of launching equipment? Or let your elder brother and second brother get one? Let them go to the bottom of the sea to search?"
"Ah? Don't think about it. It's not easy to buy, and it's expensive. Don't think about it. And going to the bottom of the sea is not for fun. It's dangerous. They'd better trawl the Internet cafe honestly. Don't mess around." .”
"Then you were still messing about?"
"I'm different, I know this."
The underwater world is so wonderful and beautiful. Ever since he saw the sardine storm on the bottom of the sea, his heart has long been wild and ready to move.
Father Ye had no choice but to give up the idea, or not to take this risk.
Ye Yaodong said again: "Put Jiang Ye in the bucket, just a few, keep it for yourself, and take it home to steam at night."
"You are the only one who knows how to eat, and you want to have a bite of everything."
Father Ye felt it was a pity, but just a few of them were not easy to sell, so I threw them into the bucket for him.
Ye Yaodong said with a smile again: "Choose a few cuttlefish with rice, and don't want other goods. Those few baskets of cut and skinned fish are enough for drying."
When he was sorting, he had already left two catties of white shrimp, half of which was for the children to eat, and the other half was stewed with wine for milk. There is no need for other fish, just keep a little skinned fish for yourself.
"Um."
With so many squids, Father Ye no longer feels distressed if he keeps some of them.
The fishing boat returned quickly, and the wind at night was warm, and it was quite comfortable to blow, but all the hair was blown to the back of the head, and the roots of the blown stood up, revealing the wide forehead, which was a bit ugly.
But it doesn't matter, the face is pitch black, who cares about the hair.
When the fishing boats approached the pier, it was dark, and more fishing boats were returning from the sea, and headlights were flickering everywhere.
It’s because there are a lot of goods recently and the weather is good, so I want to use the Internet more, so everyone came back late.
When I met a familiar person with a good relationship, everyone greeted each other and asked a few words about their respective achievements.
Only then did I realize that everyone had harvested a lot of squid today, no less than mackerel. At this time, other people felt that the squid fishing season had arrived.
Squid is more valuable than mackerel, and it can also be lured with branches to lay eggs, and then fished with a net, the profit is even greater.
After the fishing boat docked, everyone started discussing at the pier. Everyone was surprised to see Ye Yaodong and his son with dark faces, but fortunately they recognized the facial features.
Seeing the goods they carried off the ship again, everyone was even more surprised, and asked one after another: "Did you catch squid on purpose today? Your face was sprayed so black?"
"A lot, there must be a dozen baskets here, are they lured by branches?"
"Did you start catching them today? There didn't seem to be so many yesterday. Is it the beginning of the flood season?"
"There are still a lot of mackerel and skinned fish, did you catch less today?"
Father Ye smiled and said: "It's okay, it's okay, the squid fishing season is coming, and your harvest is not bad today."
"Not as many as you catch, these squids weigh five or six hundred catties, right?"
"Hey, the eldest and second child of your family are back too." The people next to them saw someone coming down with baskets of goods behind them, and there were also a lot of squid.
Father Ye looked at the goods carried by Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua, and also walked over to help watch.
When the baskets of squid and fish were placed on the open space, he was also satisfied, and his two sons did not miss, so he was relieved.
"Your family's response is really fast. This is one step ahead of others. The two boats have not caught less?"
"Everyone's fishing is not bad..."
"Did you throw branches into the sea? We have to start trapping tomorrow. We didn't go to sea a few times in the first half of the year, so we hope to make more money during the fishing season."
"Yes, yes, go up the mountain tomorrow and cut more branches..."
"It's going to be another day of delay. If you don't go this day, it's another day's loss..."
"No way, trapping with branches can catch more."
"It would be great if I knew about it one day earlier. Yesterday, I could save time by going up the mountain to chop firewood at home..."
"After the preparations are done, we can catch more fish. It's not a day or two. The squid fishing season didn't end so soon."
"Let you father and son take the lead again, good luck..."
Listening to the voices of discussion in the ear, the Ye family father and son would also say a few words from time to time, and the atmosphere was quite lively. Everyone knew that the squid fishing season was coming, and everyone was also in high spirits, wishing they could go to sea again now.
Among the words of envy from everyone, after they sold the goods on scale, they hurried back.
Ye Yaodong's cart also piled up a lot of skinned fish, there are four bamboo baskets, and several buckets are also filled with scattered goods, and it takes a long time to push these back.
Father and son all walked back together with the appearance of Bao Gong, their dark faces could not hide their joy.
Today, the two harvests are similar, the harvest is very bumper, and they both sold more than 200, even if Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua caught squid, they would still have a little more than Ye Yaodong.
Father Ye smiled and asked Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua, "There is an island next to the sea area where we put the branches. There are many squids that have laid eggs stranded on the beach on the island. If there is no wind, rain or waves at night, let your daughter-in-law Let’s go out to sea with us to pick them up, don’t waste them, it’s better to earn more money.”
Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua looked at each other with a smile and said: "Unfortunately, we also discussed on the boat today that we should take them with us at night, and let the children stay with their mother..."
Ye Yaohua added: "We also found a small island today and put branches around it."
"Because there are many seabirds staying around that small island, we went there in doubt. Who knows, we found a lot of squid stranded on the beach."
"Then after we put branches around the island, we went to the island to pick up squid. Unfortunately, there are too many seabirds around, and a lot of stranded squid were eaten."
The two brothers added one sentence at a time.
Ye Yaodong realized now, so they don't have much fish, but they have a lot more squid than him.
Father Ye nodded, "That's fine too. It's fine to go out to sea with you to pick up some more squids. You can't make much money by weaving nets at home."
"That's what I thought. When I go back, I need to tell my mother to help take care of the children."
Mother Ye has no objection, just take care of a few grandchildren, and cook more meals, which is a pity, she also really wants to go to sea with her.
I don’t know if the squid flood season will pass after Ah Qing is out of confinement.
While marinating squid eggs, she pondered in her heart that she would be confinement in about half a month, and she should be able to catch up with the end of the flood season.
The pickled squid eggs are very good for rice. They usually eat more pickled squid eggs, and they can be dried, but today Ye Yaodong brought back a small amount, so Ye's mother pickled them.
After marinating the squid eggs, Mother Ye continued to peel the fish, and Sister Ye and Sister Ye also helped.
They were very happy to hear that they would go out to sea together to pick up squid at night. After all, today’s squid harvest is not small. make some money.
Most of these skinned fish are scattered, and there is no need to deal with the fragmentary ones, just peel the skin.
Only a few of them were only slightly cut on the surface. They tore off the skin and head from the tail, then took out the internal organs, cleaned them, salted them for half an hour, and spread them on long bamboo flats to dry.
In fact, dried fish in the autumn and winter is the best. One is that the flies are gone, and the other is that the north wind blows up, and the naturally dried fish in the northwest wind is the best.
But they are not that particular about it. They just dry it when there is fish that needs to be dried.
There is no refrigerator now. If you want to preserve fish and eat it slowly, you can only marinate or dry it, and it will last longer.
(end of this chapter)