"Wow, that's a lot! How long have you been down there? The whole net is full."
"When I went there before, I wandered around looking for sea cucumbers, small blue dragons, or traps. I only dug abalone to fill the nets at the last minute. Today, I went straight to the area of jiang yao, and I didn't waste any time at all."
Ye Yaodong helped pull up the bag full of prairie fish as he spoke.
Father Ye untied the net bag happily and picked up one at random. Each one was as big as his palm and shaped like a winnowing basket, and most of the things inside were bigger than his palm.
He weighed it and said, "This one is almost 70 or 80 taels. Are there still a lot of them?"
"It's not bad. We can still harvest a thousand kilograms from that piece."
Father Ye was delighted and said, "That's not bad. There should be more nearby."
"I don't know. I don't have time to go around. I'll just clear this area first."
In fact, the meat of this larva is particularly delicious in late autumn and winter. Now that the weather is getting warmer in May, the taste is not as good.
However, it was so cold and he didn't want to go into the water. He also didn't have the habit of winter swimming, as he would catch a cold if he was not careful. Now that he had found them, he would definitely fish them all out.
"Well, pour it into the basket first and free up the net bag."
The father and son worked together to pour all the goods into the basket. There was a rustling sound, and the basket was just full.
Ye Yaodong's wet clothes stuck to his body, making him feel uncomfortable. He pulled at the clothes on his chest and twisted his sleeves and trouser legs.
"How about I go in the water later? We can take turns, and if someone takes over, you can relax a little and take a breath during your free time."
After thinking about it, he decided to refuse. His father didn't understand this and something unexpected might happen, so it was better not to let him go through all this.
"No, I just need to rest for a while. This dive is more than ten meters deep, which is not fun. I don't need you. I am very familiar with it. You don't bring any clothes. You will get wet in a short time. It will be very uncomfortable."
As he said this, he simply took off all his clothes and pants, wrung them out, and threw them aside. He sat on the ground naked in just his shorts.
"Why don't you teach me? We can take turns, it will be more efficient."
"Let's talk about it when I'm free. I don't have time to teach you right now."
Ye Yaodong said a few perfunctorily, and waited until he had rested enough before putting on his wet clothes again. Then he put on his equipment and prepared to dive again for the second time.
By jumping down from this position, you can reach the clams directly on the seabed. You don’t even have to look for them, and you don’t have to dive so deep, which saves you a lot of trouble.
After landing on the Jiangluo bush, he immediately took the time to start working.
After repeating this four or five times, he decided not to go into the water anymore as he was too tired. He took off all his clothes and lay on the boat in a spread-eagle position to bask in the sun.
Father Ye also said: "If you can't bear it, take a break and don't go into the water again."
"Um."
"I'll cook you some Jiang Yao to replenish your energy."
"Huh?" Ye Yaodong immediately turned to look at his father in surprise.
Did you take the wrong medicine
He used to be so stingy that he wouldn't even take any seafood away, but now he actually offers to cook some for him
Did he hear it right
"You'll cook Jiang Yao for me?"
"Well, this pot is small, so it's enough to cook four." Father Ye said as he picked out a few small ones from the basket.
"Why are you suddenly so willing to do this and be so good to me?" He put his hands behind his head and looked at his father curiously.
Father Ye rinsed it with clean water and said unhappily, "I'm counting on you to do more work and eat something so that your strength can recover faster. We'll have to catch squid again later."
All right!
I thought his father had a change of heart and was willing to eat and drink.
After all four Jiang Yao were cooked, he asked his father to eat two as well and then cook them later.
"I won't eat it, you can eat it yourself. I also have some bird eggs. Just fill your stomach and get them across the lake."
"No, let's eat together. After eating, we will have more energy to work. You can't let me do it alone."
After stuffing two of them into his father's hand, he started to peel the shell of Jiang Yao himself.
The scallops of clams are quite similar to the meat of scallops, except for the big difference in appearance.
If you don't look at the shell, even the garlic paste and vermicelli that often appear with them may not be able to figure out who they are on the table with.
The clams of prawns are relatively long and shaped like broad beans, and are also called "long ribbons", while the clams of scallops are close to round and are called "round ribbons".
Ye Yaodong took a bite of the scallop and started chewing. It was quite fresh and chewy, though a little worse than those caught in winter. But that was okay as people nowadays are not so particular.
The shell is super large, but the meat shrinks after being cooked, and the blanched dish doesn’t taste as good as the one with minced garlic, vermicelli and scallion oil.
Ye's father put four more apples in the pot and boiled them before he peeled the ones Ye Yaodong had left for him.
“Very fresh!”
“It tastes better in winter.”
"Then you'll come back in winter?"
"Then come on, you go in the water?"
"You won't teach me?"
"When did I say I wouldn't teach you anymore?"
Even though I am an old man, I still go diving. I just need to stay on the boat. Diving is an addictive sport, and there are a lot of underwater treasures now.
In addition to wanting to help reduce his labor, Ye's father was also curious about the seabed.
Seeing that he always brings up good stuff from the bottom of the sea, I can’t help but want to go down and take a look at what the bottom of the sea looks like. Is there anything else there
After finishing off the cooked clams in the pot, they also ate the three bird eggs. Then Father Ye sailed the boat towards the buoy where the branches were placed.
Although each person ate four clams, there was only one scallop inside, and the meat was not big, which could only be used to fill the gaps between the teeth of these strong adult laborers.
As for not cooking some for my two brothers-in-law? That's not a big deal. It's not a rare thing. It's not worth making a special trip. It's the same as leaving some for home.
While his father was driving the boat, Ye Yaodong went to the cabin to change into dry clothes, and the father and son started a new round of work.
Until the sun set, they were still reluctant to leave, and finally set up two more networks. When Xiaoxiao and A Zheng came to call them, they had to go and pick up Lin Xianghui and Lin Xiangrong to leave together.
"Eh? Did you change the people today? You didn't bring your father-in-law and mother-in-law, but two brothers-in-law instead?"
The two brothers-in-law both smiled awkwardly.
Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes at them, thinking they really didn't know how to talk.
"My father-in-law and mother-in-law were worried about the work in the fields, so they went back first..."
"Hey? What's that you picked up?"
Before Ye Yaodong could finish his words, he was interrupted by Ah Zheng, who just happened to see the small bucket they were carrying onto the boat.
"What?"
Ye Yaodong also saw it. He picked it up and looked at it curiously. It had gaps everywhere and looked incomplete and tattered.
“Is this sunfish skin?”
"We don't know what it is. We just thought it was a little strange so we picked it up. It doesn't take up any space anyway." Lin Xianghui said with a smile.
Father Ye also took it and identified it. "It's the skin of a sunfish. I don't know where it came from."
"It might be the one we just encountered. The skin is very thick and elastic. You can take it back and roll it into a ball for your children to play with." Ye Yaodong also stroked the fish skin and said.
"That's great, I can give it to them as a toy."
"Well, there is no boy who doesn't like playing with a ball, and it's easy to roll it into a ball."
"Dongzi, where did you get those Jiang Xia? Why are there so many?" Xiaoxiao had seen it and wanted to ask, but the two boats were not too close to each other before, so it was inconvenient to talk.
"Haidilao!"