After teasing the two boats, Ye Yaodong and his crew were in a good mood and drove back without paying any more attention to the two boats behind them.
The people on the two boats were furious, but there was nothing they could do.
Originally, they encountered it by accident, and Aqiu and his two sons thought they were lucky and got it without any effort, so they wouldn't have to cause trouble to them tomorrow.
There happened to be a boat belonging to one of their relatives nearby, so they went over to persuade their relatives and joined forces with their ships to attack together. However, they did not expect that not only they could not do anything to the enemy, but they also felt very angry.
It really makes me angry.
But there was nothing they could do, because they were the ones holding back. They also forgot to consider that their boats didn’t have that much horsepower and might not be able to outrun the others.
Fortunately, they have a lot of people, otherwise they might have to pay for another one.
Seeing Ye Yaodong and the others walk away, they were so angry that they could only curse at them, but they didn't want to chase them anymore. It would be futile to chase them.
After Ye Yaodong and his crew had sailed away for a while, they saw that the two boats had stopped chasing them and were still floating in the same place. He laughed sarcastically, "Hehe, so what if you run into them?"
The noise of the machine was a bit loud at the moment, and it was inconvenient to talk by shouting. Father Ye didn't say anything. After the boat had been sailing for nearly half an hour and was about to dock, he said, "Let's go fishing somewhere else tomorrow. Otherwise, we will definitely run into it again. Who knows, they might ask more people to go to the isolated island and reef tomorrow."
"Um."
As soon as their fishing boat docked, Xiao Xiao A Zheng's boat also docked soon after. The two boats were parked side by side. Ye Yaodong reminded them again to change the fishing spot tomorrow.
"It doesn't matter where we fish, but it's a pity that we can't go into the water. There are still many abalones on the reefs on the seabed."
"Yeah, that's all money. If I don't go for a few days, I will lose a lot of money."
"It doesn't matter. It won't grow legs and run away anyway. It's just stuck to the rock wall. It will be there whenever we go over to pry it open." Ye Yaodong said indifferently. Anyway, he was the only one with the equipment to go into the water and others couldn't. He was not anxious at all. He just had to take his time. A few days wouldn't make a difference.
"Isn't this just about getting the money in your pocket as soon as possible so you can feel at ease? What goes into your pocket is yours."
"Yes, you are debt-free, but we are all still in debt, so we just want to earn more money to pay it back. Before we had debt, life felt so easy, we ate and drank without any worries, and ate as much as we could afford. Now that we owe money, we feel stressed."
"That's good. Pressure brings motivation. Okay, let's quickly carry the goods down to weigh them. It's almost dark when we get back because of those idiots. We came back quite early today."
As Ye Yaodong spoke, he took down the baskets of hooks that were piled on the top, pushed them to the corner, and moved out the fish at the bottom first.
The father and son first carried a basket of fish ashore, then pushed the cart to the shore, and then lifted all the goods onto the cart and transported them to the purchasing point, and then continued to go to the shore to receive the goods.
In recent days, because there are fewer squids, the fishing boats have returned very early and have been docking before dark. They came back late today, and there were not many people at the purchasing points, so it was not crowded.
When Ye Yaodong was moving the goods, he was surprised to see Zheng and Xiaoxiao carrying a basket full of Jiang Yao from the boat.
"Huh? Where did you get Jiang Yao?"
Xiao Xiao raised her head and asked in confusion: "Ah? Didn't we tell you?"
Ah Zheng scratched his head and glanced at Xiao Xiao. "Didn't you say that? It seems like he didn't say that. My brain was so clogged with his shit that I forgot about it."
Xiao Xiao explained: "We didn't see many squids in the afternoon, and the trawling net was tangled again. We couldn't trawle the net until it was untied, so we thought of giving skin diving a try. We deliberately chose a spot near the island where the water was not that deep and jumped in."
“Are you addicted to diving?”
"Well, I'm just envious of the abalone under the sea, so I want to try skinny diving. If I can't stand the pressure at the bottom of the sea, I'll come up again."
Ah Zheng excitedly took over the conversation, "Who knew that we would see Jiang Yao just three or four meters underwater? We are really lucky."
"Oh, by the way, you and Jiang Yao also dug around there before, right?"
"Well, it's not far from the reef. You are quite lucky."
Both of them were very happy.
"We went down together and it took us several hours to pull out all the ones in that small patch. I figured there should be more around here."
"Let's go back in a few days and do more."
They took turns weighing the goods. After they had weighed their own goods, they took out the abalone, sea cucumber and small green dragonfish they had caught from the water for weighing.
"You also got these good things?" Ah Cai was also a little surprised. These things were previously exclusive to Ye Yaodong, and he was the only one in the village who could get such a large quantity.
Ah Zheng was a little proud, "Why do you care about us? Hurry up and weigh it. The squid season is almost over. Remember to prepare the money. I will come to your place to settle the bill tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
Ah Cai rolled his eyes and said, "You don't need to remind me. I know I won't owe you anything."
"Then I feel relieved. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to sleep at night. I'd wake up in the middle of the night every day wondering whether I should squat outside your house."
"You brothers have agreed to block me at any time, right? You haven't even prepared sticks and kitchen knives? And your rhetoric is exactly the same."
"Huh? Who's so smart? What I thought is the same."
“It’s far away, yet it’s right before your eyes.”
"Dongzi also said that he would go to your house to stake out? That's right, as the saying goes, 'A red plum is red, a black plum is black.' I was influenced by him."
"Tsk~ Write it down on your bill after you weigh it, and do the math next time you settle the bill, so you don't have to write it down here and make it messy."
Ye Yaodong finished speaking and waited until he had written everything down before he went out to the shore. While he was weighing the goods inside, Ye's father had already taken the hooks off the boat and put them on the cart. They were very light and could be carried by one person.
They first pushed the cart to the village to ask someone to sort out the hooks, and then went home.
Unexpectedly, on the way back, I ran into Ye Huimei, who was coming towards me with her pregnant belly.
"Little sister? What's wrong?"
Ye Huimei had been thinking about something while walking. She looked up when she heard someone calling her, "Dad, Third Brother, why are you back so late? Big Brother and Second Brother came home a long time ago."
Father Ye asked, "Is A Guang back?"
"He also came back a long time ago. He said that the catch has been low these days, and he is also going to longline."
Ye Yaodong also asked: "Why are you here so late?"
"Auntie A Guang brought us a basin of shrimp fillets, but we couldn't finish them. Now that the weather is hot, we can't keep them, so we sent some over."
"Why don't you sell it? Why bring back so much? I remember it was quite valuable."
"I heard from his aunt that it seemed that two boatmen hid the items. After getting off the boat, one of them fell and the items fell out of the luggage bag. That's when they were discovered. So they searched the other person's things as well, and found that he had hidden a lot of items, so they took them all back."
"Is this all right?"
"Who knows? They say the two boatmen don't dare to hire us anymore. We have to find new boatmen these two days. Otherwise, who knows if they will bear a grudge. After all, their boat is bigger. It takes three or four days to come back after going out to sea."
Father Ye agreed, "That's true. It's better to find a more reliable boatman."
"Yes, and A Guang's eldest sister is also old enough. I'll ask my mother if there's anyone suitable. I'll ask her to help find someone."
"Then you should go back early. Be careful when it's dark. Walk slowly and watch the road carefully."
"okay."
When Ye Yaodong returned home, he also saw four large shrimp fillets. He weighed them with his hand and found that each one weighed half a pound.
"Emi just brought it here. Did you see it when you came back?"
"I see. Let's steam this shrimp fillet with scallion oil."
"It's OK to blanch it, why add scallion oil?"
"I eat boiled food every day, don't you feel sick of it? This scallion oil makes it more flavorful and tastier. I also brought back a bowl of shrimps, and I just need to blanch them."
Lin Xiuqing thought that she already had a bowl of boiled shrimp, so she just listened to him, "You are the best at eating. Others all boiled it, but you asked for scallion oil."
"Although seafood must be steamed or blanched to preserve its freshness to the greatest extent, it is also necessary to change the taste occasionally! I have left a few crabs. You can stir-fry a spicy crab later, add some chili, potatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, etc...."
Lin Xiuqing was confused. "What is spicy crab? I don't know how to make it. Where did you hear that? It's weird. Aren't crabs usually steamed or fried in half? What is spicy crab?"
"Wait until I finish my shower, and I'll teach you."
"You're crazy, what a mess. Just eat whatever you have. Stop talking nonsense. Otherwise, you can make it yourself. It's almost time for dinner, and you're still cooking potatoes, cucumbers, and lettuce. Isn't that too much trouble?"
"I told you I taught you..."
"If you're that awesome, come on yourself!"
"I can't do it. I can only talk but not do it. Forget it. You can either fry the shrimp fillet with scallion oil first or I'll go take a shower."
"What a mess..." Lin Xiuqing muttered, but still did as he asked.
When Ye Yaodong came out of the shower, the table was already full of food, and his two sons also sat down to eat.
He poured a glass of sea snake wine first, then reached for the bowl of shrimp fillets.
Mantis shrimp live in the sand and mud on the seabed about 30-100 meters deep and are caught by bottom trawlers of fishing boats.
The mantis shrimp, as its name suggests, at first glance this shrimp is flat and fan-shaped, just like an inverted mantis shrimp, hence the name mantis shrimp.
Although its head does not look like the shrimp we usually see, it is a real relative of lobster.
Mantis shrimp is also called mantis shrimp, slipper lobster, and nine-tooth fan shrimp. Its taste and body shape are different from shrimp, so it is often classified as a mantis shrimp.
It uh uh uh...has the effects of nourishing the kidneys and strengthening yang, as well as promoting lactation and replenishing milk.
"Come on, Qing, stop busying yourself. I'll peel one for you. I heard this one can help with lactation and replenish milk!"
Lin Xiuqing: “?”