In the afternoon, Ye Yaodong went to collect the traps. Now there were only four rows of traps left, which could barely be sold for seven or eight yuan. Occasionally, if he was lucky, he could sell them for ten yuan.
The weather has warmed up recently, so there are quite a lot of sea bass. He kept two big ones for making fish soup, and also kept two Huangshan fish to steam.
There’s no need to leave too much, just enough for dinner and tomorrow, and come back early the day after tomorrow to collect it.
His wife and children love to eat shrimp, so he kept two kilograms of them.
I also collected a whole basket of other miscellaneous goods and sold them for more than 8 yuan. When I was not going out to sea, I could supplement the family income.
When I finished selling the fish and was sending it to the old house, I happened to see A Guang and Ye Huimei there, and they also brought a lot of things over.
Ye Huimei was cursing in the main hall, "Don't you know that the old lady is old? She was fine, what can I say to her? When it broke out before the New Year, she was shocked. Fortunately, the lively atmosphere of the New Year helped her recover quickly..."
"Don't say anymore. If the old lady hears it, she will be upset again." A Guang said soothingly.
Ye Yaodong saw a box of bird's nest on the table and took it up curiously. "Where did you get it? Do you have this good stuff?"
"I heard that bird's nest is good for pregnant women, so I bought two boxes a few days ago. I'll bring one box over for the old lady today."
ah
Ye Yaodong glared at Ye Huimei, who seemed a little uncomfortable.
So fast
Mother Ye also looked over happily, "She's pregnant? So soon, why didn't you say anything?"
"Isn't this because Yueyue is still young?"
"Go talk to the old lady and make her happy. Hope she gets better soon."
"oh… "
Maybe she was in high spirits because of good news, or maybe the old lady was afraid of causing trouble to her children and grandchildren, so after only two days of lying in bed, she was able to get out of bed and walk around.
Ye Yaodong and his father could also go out to sea with peace of mind, otherwise neither of them would dare to leave.
Xiaoxiao and Azheng's fishing boat also returned the day before, and they were going to test the water tonight. He even waited until the firecrackers were set off before everyone went out to sea together.
The first time they went out, A Zheng's father was worried and also went on board, but they felt that it would be better to go on a familiar boat for the first time so that they could look after each other.
Moreover, they had already seen Adong's luck, so they decided to follow their homework today.
Ye Yaodong had no objection. He had company and would not be bullied if he encountered a big ship again.
The two fishing boats could not wait to rush out of the port, sailing side by side, heading towards the endless darkness, heading towards the same sea area. The fishermen's "fields" were on the sea.
The night sky is dotted with stars, and the brightest morning star twinkles and guides the direction. It is the brightest star in the east before dawn.
Suddenly becoming the leader, Ye Yaodong also wanted to be on the safe side, so he took them to the waters of the Oarfish Island that he had often visited in recent months. He felt that the area was his blessed land.
When he arrived at the place, he waved his flag at their boat to alert them.
This was what they had agreed upon in advance.
No one had any communication equipment, so it was inconvenient to communicate or shout at sea, so flags would be used when multiple ships went out to sea together.
Ye Yaodong found a spot and put down the longline fishing line. After Xiaoxiao and A Zheng received instructions, they drove the boat to a farther location and started to cast the net.
Of course they were trawling. Most people in the village used trawling as the main method. Some also followed Ye Yaodong's method of catching with both hands. Anyway, it was all done by manpower. They lowered the nets to the destination and collected them on the way back. It just took a little more effort.
Everyone is working in the same sea area, but they are spread out a little bit, and the two ships try to keep a distance from each other so as not to affect each other.
After he put down all the hooks, he drove the boat towards the reef. There was a row of traps on the boat that he had prepared in advance, and he planned to put them on the reef to try.
Before, I had considered that there were many rocks around the reef and the traps would be easily hooked. If they got hooked, I would not be able to go into the water in such a cold weather, so I never thought of releasing them.
The weather has warmed up recently, and his mind has become active again. When he was collecting the traps during the day, he specially pulled a row of them home and planned to try them out today.
He even brought his diving gear with him, just in case.
When Father Ye saw him drive the boat to the reef again, he was puzzled, "Why are you here again?"
"I brought a row of traps and planned to put them here to try and see if I can catch the little blue dragon."
"They are all hidden reefs. They will get caught and we won't be able to pull them out."
"Don't worry, I brought my equipment, and the weather should be fine in April."
Seeing that he had made all the arrangements, Ye's father just let him do what he wanted. This kid is very opinionated now.
He also helped to open the trap, grabbed one end, and let it sink slowly.
"Okay, come back and collect them when we're about to return. Let's go drag the nets. Zheng and Xiao Xiao are probably about to pull up the first net, so let's go over and take a look first."
"You drive the boat, I'll go sort out the fishing nets first."
Ye Yaodong drove the boat straight ahead, and the sea was boundless as far as the eye could see.
There were only two boats in this area, and they were quite far apart. It took him five or six minutes to get close to them, and he slowed down after that.
Xiao Xiao shouted to him from the boat, "You haven't cast the net yet?"
"Not yet. I just finished setting the hooks and was going to come over to take a look. Have you pulled up the net yet?"
"It's only been two hours. If you plan to delay it for a while longer, why don't you collect the net in advance and see?"
"Just collect it, collect it. If you delay it for too long, it will be hard to transport the goods if there are too many of them."
"Okay, let's collect the net and see."
The two had no experience with trawling, but A Zheng's father had experience, and he skillfully collected and reeled in the net first.
By the way, their fishing boats also have an old-fashioned stabilizer connected to the engine, which saves a little effort. The fishing boats of the fishing team are still well equipped.
Father Li asked two people to hold the tow rope of the trawl, and then wrap it around the stabilizing vehicle little by little, and slowly drag the various parts of the trawl out of the water one by one.
The goods in the fishing net gradually appeared in their sight.
"Holy crap, that's a lot of bass."
"Fuck, are you blind? There's an oil spot." Ye Yaodong shouted excitedly. As soon as the fishing net was pulled to the surface of the water, he saw a fish with a different pattern.
The patterns of grouper are very special, and you can distinguish it from other species of fish at a glance.
"where?"
Ah Zheng fiddled with the fishing net in confusion and saw the oil spots blocked by a few bass.
"Ah, it really is an oil spot! I made a profit..."
Father Li also said happily: "This is a good network, a good start."
Oil spot is actually called cloud grouper, generally known as electric grouper. It is also called oil spot because of its rich oil content.
This fish is estimated to be 13-15 cm long, oval in shape, light brown in color, with 5 dark brown bands on the sides of the body, which are forked in the abdomen. There are no spots on the sides of the body and the fins. It often lives on the coasts of islands and continents.
Father Ye also smiled and said, "We are lucky. Apart from the oily fish, the other fish are also good. It is the spring and the spawning season for perch. There are quite a lot of them recently."
"There are quite a lot of crabs. Your boat is worth buying. It only cost 2,000 yuan, and it comes with a stabilizer, which saves you a lot of effort." Ye Yaodong was envious when he saw how easily they pulled up the fishing net.
When he got back, he would go to Lin Ji to check.
"I also feel that I have made a profit. It is also because of my uncle's relationship. Otherwise, I would have been robbed by someone else."
"Come on, let's go and cast the nets." After greeting them, Ye Yaodong hurried to cast the nets.
After the Waking of Insects, a spring thunder sounds, and all things come back to life. The seafood in the sea will also become more active, and there will be more and more goods. However, there is a lot of rain in spring and the weather is not very good, so the time to go out to sea is limited.
After the father and son worked together to lower the fishing nets, they kept working around at a constant speed. They were used to it. When it came time to pull up the nets, Ye Yaodong couldn't help but start complaining about how tiring it was. There is no harm without comparison.
"We have to get a machine quickly to save some trouble."
"Pull it up first."
Most of the fish in the net are sea bass, and there are also quite a few shrimps and crabs. There are a lot of sea bass recently, and the price has dropped. It is only 0.22 cents per pound, but fortunately there are a lot of them.
After pouring out all the catch, the two men continued to cast their nets. Except for eating, they raced against time and did not take any breaks.
I dragged three nets in a row. The last two nets had more blackhead fish. The two nets dragged a small mountain of blackhead fish, as well as other miscellaneous fish, shrimps and crabs.
Without bothering to sort the fish, Ye Yaodong poured all the fish onto the deck and planned to collect the ground traps first. He also wanted to leave more time as he had to collect the longline fishing lines later.
The tide was rising now, and the reef was no longer visible, as it was flooded by the sea, but he was familiar with the situation, and the buoy was floating with the waves.
He slowed down in advance to avoid running aground, and then leaned over to remove the buoy.
He tried to pull it in, but perhaps because the head and tail were far away from the center of the reef, he was able to pull up the first cage without any hindrance.
While he was collecting the fish, he stuck his head out to take a look and saw a small green dragon hooked on the fishing net. When he was reeling it in, it fell down and landed in the fish bag.
He grinned happily, "My work was not in vain, I saw the little blue dragon."
“How many?”
"I don't know. I just saw two of them hanging on the fishing net, and a few nine-segmented shrimps also fell into the fish bag."
“Put them up first…” Father Ye also put down the sorting work in his hands and helped.
After collecting the first trap, both the father and son were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling, and looked at the fish bag with shining eyes.
"There are sea cucumbers! There are sea cucumbers underneath!" Father Ye was very surprised.
As soon as they pulled the fish bags onto the deck, which were still leaking water, and before they even untied them, they saw plump, grey sea cucumbers inside, their heads almost as heavy as his flesh.
"Damn, it was all worth it."
As he spoke, he untied the fish bag and poured the scattered cargo inside onto the deck.
As soon as the four olive-colored little green dragons escaped from their restraints, they immediately crawled around on the deck. Ye Yaodong ignored them as they couldn't escape anyway.
He happily picked up a thick sea cucumber and weighed it. "It's about 300 grams. It's really fat."
Father Ye also grabbed one with one hand and said happily: "There are three of them, and they are all quite big."
"There are still 9 traps, there must be a lot more."