Fifty sticky nets is a lot of them, and Ye Yaodong even asked about it specifically, but Uncle Lin only put up 30 of them.
Uncle Lin also said that he had good luck these days. He could catch an average of 30 kilograms of fish with one net. There were all kinds of fish, most of which were worthless toadfish, but there were also other fish.
Because of the large quantity, I can sell them for seventy or eighty yuan each time. Sometimes, if I'm lucky, I can get nearly a hundred yuan.
People passing by the dock were also a little envious, but their small boats were not powerful enough to go too far, so some people decided to just try making a few and put out some sticky nets at the same time when putting out the ground traps.
However, he heard that the effect along the coast was not good and there were not many goods. After all, it was just in the surrounding coastal waters, and there were mostly small wooden boats in the village, which were all around the coast, setting all kinds of nets. The resources circulating around the coast were also very limited, and could not compare to the more distant sea areas.
Ye Yaodong calculated the time to get up early the next morning. When he saw the tide coming in, he followed his father out to sea to collect the nets with hope in his heart.
50 nets are really a lot. One net is about 30 meters long on average. If 50 nets are collected along the sea area, it will take 1,500 meters. But this is exactly what he wants.
Whether you are herding 10 sheep or 50 sheep, you have to make full use of the day.
As soon as he arrived at the destination, he began to collect the buoy and pull the net line. He wrapped the net line around the rolling wheel and then slowly pulled the fishing net up while it was rolling. The fish in the net were also gradually brought up by the wheel.
Ye Yaodong was turning the wheel in front, while Ye's father was collecting the fishing nets and taking out the fish stuck in the nets at the back.
Later they specially raised a wooden board to serve as a transfer for the collected fishing nets. Some of the toadfish weighed five or six kilograms, and it was difficult to take them out with one hand. So they raised a wooden board, put the nets on top of it and then took the fish down one by one, which made it much more convenient.
Father Ye said happily as he took the fish out of the fishing net: "Dongzi, I didn't expect there were so many toadfish, and they are all around two or three pounds."
"It would be great if they were all manta rays or turbot. At worst, shoe fish will do. These are worth several times more than toadfish." Ye Yaodong was collecting the fishing net and was very happy to see one or two big and small fish every one or two meters.
"You take it for granted. If there were more fish, they wouldn't be worth much. It's because of the large number that they are cheap."
"Isn't it tempting to think about it?"
Everyone knows that things are valuable because they are scarce, but that can't stop him from fantasizing and thinking better.
"It's cheap, but it's also good to have a large quantity. We estimate that we can collect more than a thousand kilograms today, which is a lot. We can sell it for more than a hundred yuan. If it's sunny for half a month without any wind or waves, we may be able to get our investment back in less than half a month, and the rest will be profit."
"Yeah~ I thought so too... Damn, damn, this manta ray is so big..."
Father Ye also stretched his neck and saw the big manta ray being rolled and dragged to the front. He shouted happily, "This one is big, this one is good, this one can be sold for a good price."
As he said this, he quickly bent down, took out a kitchen knife from the tool bar at his feet, and started to cut off its tail.
Then he slowly untied the three layers of fishing nets, picked its nostrils and dragged it out.
"This manta ray is huge. It feels like it weighs 15 to 20 pounds just now when I was dragging it."
Ye Yaodong turned his head and looked behind him, his attention focused on the big manta ray in his father's hand. His eyes were not on the rolling wheel, but his hands were still moving the pulling line.
At this moment, a boat happened to be heading towards them, instantly diverting their attention.
They all looked over and saw that the boat was actively avoiding them, keeping a distance and sailing away from them. Only then did they feel relieved.
"Hey young~"
Ye Yaodong's attention had not yet shifted back, but at this moment, he actually felt something furry on his hand.
This startled him for a moment, and he withdrew his hand as if he had been electrocuted, and his attention was instantly drawn back to his hand.
"What the hell? What is this? A seal? No, an otter?"
"What seal otter?"
Father Ye's attention was attracted by his voice, and he quickly turned his head to look at the scroll wheel.
Ye Yaodong looked at the little thing in the fishing net curiously, staring at it, "It's still alive."
"Let me see." Father Ye stepped forward quickly. "Hey, you, why are you so small?"
"It's an otter cub that hasn't fully grown yet. I don't know how it got stuck in the sticky net." Ye Yaodong carefully pulled the fishing net, slowly freed it from the net and held it in his hand.
After being caught in his hands, the otter cub did not struggle or bite. It looked very cute, with wet little eyes. It was very adorable at first glance.
Its fur is long and dense, and the back of the body is coffee-colored with a glossy luster, while the fur on the belly is lighter in color, gray-brown. The base of the fur is grayish white, and the velvet surface is coffee-colored.
Father Ye also looked at it curiously, "It's too small. If it were bigger, it could sell for a lot of money."
"It's a pity that I don't know how to raise it. Otherwise, I would have taken it home to raise. It's so small, the two children would definitely like it."
"Come on, leave it to a few kids and they'll kill it in no time. They've already killed two of our chicks."
"Well, let it go. It's so small that you can let it grow longer in the sea."
Otter skin is expensive and its liver is considered a valuable traditional Chinese medicine. Otter hunters pursued them relentlessly, causing the number of otters to decrease year by year, and they later became protected animals.
"Take it home and stew it to replenish your body."
"Forget it, it's too small, it's just bones and I can only drink the soup."
Mainly because it looks so cute, with big black and wet eyes, looking a bit innocent, similar to Ye Xiaoxi's eyes, which are also mostly black and round like little grapes, and it doesn't bite people, and looks very well behaved, so he couldn't bring himself to kill it.
"What does it matter? It's the same as taking supplements."
While the father and son were talking, the boat, which had been far away, suddenly came closer.
Ye Yaodong didn't even bother to talk to his father. He turned around and looked over, only to find that it was a familiar ship.
It’s A Guang’s boat, the one he’s temporarily partnering with Hao Zi on.
The people on the boat seemed to be Haozi, his wife, and his father. They must have recognized his boat, so they came over.
"Dongzi, what a coincidence."
"Hmm, that's quite a coincidence. Has the boat been serviced? Can we sail it out to cast the nets?"
"Yes, I had it serviced yesterday. Today happened to be a free day, so I drove it out early in the morning to try it out, and by the way, I dragged a few nets to see how the harvest was."
"That's an otter you caught, right? It's so small. If it was bigger, it would be worth a lot of money. What a pity."
"Well, I caught it by accident. It's too small. Let's put it back into the sea to let it grow longer." As he said that, he flipped his hand and threw it back into the sea.
The mouse's wife immediately leaned over the side of the boat and cried, "Ah! Why are you just throwing it away? It's so small that we can sell it for some money. If it doesn't work, we can eat it ourselves, right? It's such a pity to just throw it into the sea."
"What's the pity? It's just a small thing. It's not like you haven't eaten before."
Mouse's father was also there, looking at the sea, feeling sorry, "At least this can be eaten."
Ye Yaodong pursed his lips. He caught it, so he could let it go if he wanted.