"Brother De, your speed is not good enough." Chen Qingsheng proudly took a piece of the fried hairtail from the pot and put it in his mouth to taste it. "Hmm, it tastes delicious and slightly salty. It's fresh."
He Mingde was unmoved. The steps for making pan-fried hairtail and braised hairtail were different, and he was too lazy to compete with Chen Qingsheng in speed.
He Mingde slowly poured oil into the pan and heated it up, then added red pepper and stir-fried it until fragrant, then added hairtail and fried it until golden brown, and finally added chopped green onion and stir-fried it.
When the aroma of chopped green onions wafted in the air, He Mingde added the prepared sauce into the pot and then served it on a plate.
"Okay, my braised hairtail fish is ready." He Mingde handed the big plate to Chen Qingsheng and said, "Try it?"
"Okay." Chen Qingsheng was not polite and immediately picked up a piece and stuffed it into his mouth. Then he praised generously: "Sure enough, the fish meat is delicate and tender, and the taste is salty and sweet. It's delicious."
He Mingde shook his head and said, "The materials on the boat are limited, so we can only make it like this. It would taste better if we marinated the hairtail on shore, coated it with egg liquid, and then fried it in a pan."
"Go, take the food out to them."
Of course, it was impossible that the dinner Xiang Yang prepared for the crew consisted of just this one cutlassfish.
While He Mingde and his crew were cooking hairtail, the other crew members had already prepared a sumptuous dinner. In addition to the indispensable fruit and vegetable salads, there were also large baskets of swimming crabs weighing three or four taels each, and many whole roasted small squids.
"Captain, have a crab first." A crew member picked out the largest swimming crab from the basket and handed it to Xiang Yang's bowl.
Xiang Yang was actually full, and he didn't really like the original flavor of crab. He looked at Xu Fang, who was sitting next to him and chewing a piece of cantaloupe, and naturally put the swimming crab into Xu Fang's bowl, "Master Xu, you've worked the hardest today, so this biggest crab should be given to you."
Xiang Yang was not talking nonsense.
Since going out to sea, Xu Fang has almost always stayed in the cockpit, working while other crew members were resting.
Xu Fang took the crab from Xiang Yang and was somewhat flattered. "Boss, this is my job."
"It's good enough to do your job well. To be honest, your workload is really heavy. Master Xu, please hold on for a while. Next time I buy a big boat, I will hire an employee who can drive a boat. Then he can help you share the work and you will be more relaxed."
Xu Fang stopped refusing and first broke off a crab claw from the swimming crab. As he lowered his head to bite the crab, a hint of joy clearly flashed in his eyes.
I don't know what he is so happy about.
If he knew that Xiang Yang would often go on deep-sea fishing after changing to a large ship, sometimes the people would rest but the boat did not, and that two drivers would work in two shifts sailing 24 hours a day, I wonder if he would still be happy.
By the end of the meal, every crew member had a full stomach and had not even finished eating all the seafood.
Xiang Yang had no intention of freezing the leftover seafood. He simply waved his hand and told Fang Youqun to feed them to the Steller's sea eagles and fur seals. Even the two humpback whales were each given a dozen grilled squids. Probably except for the humpback whales, all the people and animals were full.
After dinner, the fishing boat sailed east for a few more hours. Xiang Yang fell asleep early, so he didn't know exactly what time Master Xu had been sailing before he fell asleep.
The next morning, Xiang Yang woke up from his sleep just as daybreak.
At this time, Master Xu had not yet gotten up, and the fishing boat was quietly parked on the sea with a large searchlight on.
"Xiaoyang, are you up?" The deck was not empty, Xiang Chen greeted Xiang Yang.
"Yeah." Xiang Yang looked at Xiang Chen suspiciously, "Brother, did you stay up all night or did you get up?"
"It was my turn to be on duty last night. I don't know why, but I didn't sleep the whole night and now I'm not sleepy at all." Xiang Chen said with a smile.
Xiang Yang looked around and saw the vast ocean all around. He couldn't help but ask, "Where are we now?"
"I don't know exactly where we are, but we must have passed through the Dongwuyang Fishery."
Xiang Yang nodded. He knew this even if Xiang Chen didn't say it. If they were still in the Dongwuyang fishing ground, it would be impossible not to see a single ship on the sea.
"I'm up, you go to sleep for a while." Xiang Yang said. Although Xiang Chen said he was not sleepy now, Xiang Yang didn't believe it was true. Xiang Chen worked hard during the day yesterday and stayed up all night. Even an iron man couldn't stand it.
"Okay, then I'll go take a nap first." Xiang Chen didn't bother to be polite with Xiang Yang. He turned around and walked into the cabin. Anyway, Xiang Yang had already gotten up, so there was no point in working the night shift.
After Xiang Chen left, Xiang Yang admired the sunrise alone.
It is said that watching the sunrise and the sea of clouds on Mount Tai is a rare and beautiful sight.
In fact, watching the sunrise over the sea is no less stunning than watching it on Mount Tai.
First of all, the sky is still light blue, very light.
In the blink of an eye, a ray of golden light appeared where the sky met the water.
The golden light gradually expanded and became brighter. Xiang Yang knew that the sun was about to rise from the horizon, so he stared at it intently.
Sure enough, after a while, a red sun appeared there. Although the sun was red, it was not dazzling. It slowly and vigorously rose up.
After a while, the red sun broke through the clouds and completely jumped out of the sea.
At that instant, the red sun emitted a dazzling light, which hurt Xiang Yang's eyes, and the sky and the earth suddenly became bright white.
At this time, the crew on the ship also got up one after another.
"captain."
"boss."
"Brother Yang."
They saw Xiang Yang standing on the deck and hurriedly greeted him.
Xiang Yang also greeted his crew members one by one.
Soon, the crew finished washing and having breakfast.
"Set off."
At Xiang Yang's command, the fishing boat's boiler instantly emitted a loud roar, and the waves behind the fishing boat began to roll. Not long after, the fishing boat began to move forward, and the speed of sailing became faster and faster.
"Captain, are we still heading east today? Should we stop or cast a net along the way?" About half an hour later, Zhou Wang walked up to Xiang Yang and asked.
Xiang Yang first walked to the edge of the deck and took a look. After leaving the crowded Dongwu Ocean, the number of fish in the nearby waters really did increase. Xiang Yang could clearly see through the jade shells that there were countless fish swimming around on the seabed.
"Of course we have to cast the net." Xiang Yang turned his head to look at Zhou Wang. He wanted to test Zhou Wang, so he said, "But where to cast the net is a matter of taste. Old Zhou, if you were allowed to choose, where would you choose to cast the net?"