Ye Yaodong was not sure whether this ship would take the same route as him. After all, it had only been out for a short time. Perhaps they were heading towards their target sea area halfway through the journey
"Not sure, let's wait and see. Maybe the sea area they are heading to is in the same direction as us for now. Let's see if they will leave on their own later."
Father Ye frowned and nodded. It was a little far away and the light was not very bright, so he couldn't see clearly whose boat it was.
Ye Yaodong asked him to continue hanging the bait and he just had to drive the boat and keep an eye on it.
But I didn't expect that even after the ship had sailed ten nautical miles away, the boat behind me was still there.
If this was a coincidence, he definitely wouldn't believe it.
The sea is so vast, but she followed him for so long. It must be intentional. He had his guess in his mind.
The boat was still moving forward, heading towards the sea area where they picked up small yellow croakers yesterday. They couldn't stop fishing just because there were fishing boats following them.
Whatever he had to do, he had to pay for gas, and he had prepared so many baits.
When they arrived at the target sea area, the ship behind them was still keeping a distance from them. When Ye's father saw this, he was so angry that he started cursing.
"Fuck it, the sea is so big, are they deliberately following us to fish? I don't know who they are, if I find out, I will go to their house and scold them to death."
"It must be because we have made too much money recently and people are jealous of us, so they want to try their luck with us."
He shared the same idea as Ye's father. This ship must have seen that they were lucky and wanted to follow them to see if they could get a share of the soup.
Father Ye leaned against the side of the boat, cursing at the fishing boat behind him, regretting that he didn't have a loudspeaker so no one could hear him.
Ye Yaodong moved the boat forward slowly and walked towards the bamboo baskets. "Let's put the hooks down first. There are still a few baskets without bait."
They were doing their job, and the boat wanted to follow them, and they had no way to drive it away. They hoped that they would be smart and keep a distance from them, and each tow their own boat.
If you deliberately trawle in the waters around those hooks, it may affect the fish's chances of taking the bait. Fortunately, they still have trawl nets, so they don't have to rely entirely on longline fishing. At most, they can trawle a few more nets and then reel them in at the end.
After dropping the hooks one by one, he threw the buoy and took a special look at the boat behind him. He found that the boat was no longer following him and was moving slowly towards the sea nearby.
He guessed that the boat had started to cast the net. After all, it took more than an hour to cast all 1,000 hooks.
"Dad, that boat seems to be dragging a net. Let's put the net down. I'll drive the boat to avoid them."
Father Ye cursed the boat again and let out the net while cursing.
Ye Yaodong slowly drove the fishing boat across the sea. The boat was always far away from them, either to the left or right, in front or behind, keeping a long distance from them without interfering with each other.
Maybe they wanted to try their luck, but they were also afraid of affecting the trawling net, so they just followed from a distance.
After sailing around the sea for more than two hours, the father and son were finally ready to raise the net. By this time, it was already bright, and the sun had already risen from the sea level to mid-air.
The two of them worked together to pull up the net. They originally thought that there was a fishing boat trawling around them and their day was doomed, but they didn't expect to be able to pull up a whole net of shoe-sole fish.
Although the quantity is not large, only about thirty or forty kilograms, mixed with some small fish and shrimps, it is much better than catching a net of groceries.
Father Ye said with satisfaction: "This net is OK. It is not affected by the boat next to it."
"Well, one flounder, two mirrors, and three sole eyes."
This saying is widely spread in coastal areas. It refers to three kinds of delicious sea fish. The third one is the sole fish, which is the one they caught now. They call it "shoe sole fish" because it is flat like the sole of a shoe...
It is also called dragon fish and is a large warm-temperate near-shore bottom fish.
The omega-3 fatty acids in longli fish can inhibit free radicals in the eyes, prevent the formation of new blood vessels, and reduce the occurrence of lens inflammation. Therefore, it is also called "eye-protecting fish" and is especially suitable for office workers who face computers all day.
In supermarkets, Basa fish is often used to impersonate longli fish. The two look different in appearance, but once the skin is peeled off, most people cannot tell the difference. Both have no small intramuscular bones and mostly white meat.
Basa fish is a freshwater fish that is cheap, but its meat quality and taste are not as good as those of longli fish.
Using Basa fish fillet instead of longli fish fillet is a real imitation. Some places even give the following introduction: Longli fish fillet is also known as Basa fish…
Long Liyu felt very aggrieved!
In fact, Basa fish fillets are obviously very thick, while longli fish is relatively thin. If you are not sure, it is recommended to buy the whole longli fish. You should be able to recognize it when you put on the clothes!
All fish are good fish, but you have to know how to eat them!
Don’t waste money!
Seeing that the fishing boat next to them was still keeping a distance from them in this sea area, it was obvious that it was determined not to leave, so they had no choice but to do their own thing.
The father and son, one was sorting the things while the other was driving the boat. They drove the boat back to the sea area where they had placed the row hooks. Three or four hours had passed from the beginning of placing the hooks to dragging the net, and it was almost time to collect a wave.
When the fishing boat saw their boat returning to the original sea area, it not only stopped moving, but also moved a little closer
"Dongzi, that seems to be your friend?"
"Um?"
Ye Yaodong raised his head in surprise, narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance.
Fortunately, he couldn't read and was not nearsighted, so his eyesight was excellent. Even from a long distance, he could still spot two people on the boat over there. One of them had his back to him and he couldn't see clearly, and the other one was actually Avi
Afraid that he had seen it wrong, he took a closer look and said, "It's Awei."
"Where did he get the boat from? Aren't you all brothers? Why is he following us? Do you want to go over and say hello and ask him later?"
They have a concept of brothers here. Friends who grew up together, or have a good relationship and interact with each other are called brothers.
Ye Yaodong frowned, and suddenly felt very upset and angry.
After all, they were friends. It was fine if they had a quarrel before, but now they were deliberately making things difficult for him? If it was any other villager, he might not be so angry!
"Reel in the line first, and then drive the boat over to take a look later."
"Well, let's talk to him. The sea is so vast, there is no place where we can't trawl. They are still following us. Money doesn't fall from the sky every day. Tell them to trawl somewhere else, or we can change the spot and give it to them. Tell them not to follow us."
The branch lines were pulled up one by one, and after the hooks were removed, the bait was hung again and put down. Each fish weighed only one or two kilograms, and there were no particularly big ones. It was not as good as the previous harvests, and the father and son were not particularly satisfied.
At this time, the fishing boat also came over and approached them.
They also recognized that the boat belonged to Awei's uncle. The other short middle-aged man with a square face on the boat was his uncle, who was from the village next door. His fishing boats usually docked at their dock.
Ye Yaodong put down the work in his hands and handed it over to Ye's father, looking at the other party with an indifferent expression.
"You guys are following us on purpose!"
He wasn't asking, he was affirming.
Ah Wei had a gloomy face and remained silent, but an old man beside him said with a smile: "How can you say that I followed you on purpose? The sea is so vast, isn't it free for anyone to go wherever they want? This sea area doesn't belong to one person, we all make money together, haha."
"We are all acquaintances after all. This is too immoral. The sea is so vast, you can go anywhere to trawl? Why do you have to follow us?"
Father Ye saw that the man was his son's friend and spoke to him politely.
Ye Yaodong didn't have such a good attitude. He said unhappily, "You think you can make money by following us? Thank you for your appreciation. If I really get lucky and make a fortune, I really don't mind letting you share some of the spoils."
"Don't be too proud. You just made some money by luck." Awei said coldly.
"Luck is also a part of strength. How can I be proud of this? I am just stating a fact. Didn't you deliberately follow us to take advantage of us?"
Should he still speak in a nice voice and ask them with a smile to follow closely
Uncle Awei was still good-tempered, but he put away the smile on his face, "Haha ~ it depends on whether you can make a fortune and give us a share."
"Okay, then you can bless me to be rich."
The two ships gradually distanced themselves from each other and were now operating in the same sea area, not too far away.
Father Ye saw that they had just set the net there after getting a little distance away, and said depressedly: "That's too much, and they're getting closer and closer."
"That's it. The sea is fluid, and he can't possibly catch all the fish. Let's continue to reel in the lines, and then go trawling somewhere else! Lead them away, and come back to reel in another wave when we're about to return in the afternoon."
With one more follower, they could not hope for longline fishing today.
As they reeled in the line, the catch was indeed getting less and less, and there were more empty hooks. The father and son were not in a very good mood.
After catching this wave of fish, Ye Yaodong drove the boat away from the sea and sailed about a nautical mile before casting the net again. The fishing boat also followed them slowly.
It's a bit annoying.
At this moment, a ripple suddenly appeared on the sea and spread forward rapidly, as if it was split by a huge blade, and a big fish rushed past them like lightning.
Father Ye stood by the side of the boat and looked carefully, "It's a swordfish!"
Some time ago, because of the sardine storm, various large fish appeared on the sea, and Ye's father was also feasting his eyes. This time, he recognized it at a glance because of the long beak.
The snout of the swordfish is extended forward, flat and sharp, and is particularly prominent like a sword, accounting for 1/3 of its body length. There are many of them in the Kuroshio Sea flowing through the eastern part of the Taiwan Strait, and they live in the ocean, deep sea and near-shore coast.
"here we go again!"