Looking down from a high place, the line of sight is quite good, and with a telescope, we can still track the group of six-banded trevally.
Father Ye also followed his prompting and chased the group of fish.
Simply speaking, the well-fed silver shark did not swim very fast, nor did the large army following behind it. The fish shadows were moving on the sea surface.
The fishing boat drove past quickly, then slowed down and stopped after passing a short distance. The boatmen were already ready. As soon as the fishing boat stopped and saw a school of fish moving towards the side, they immediately put out the arranged fishing nets.
Throw it out.
There were two more nets full of fish, but when the nets were being closed, the fish did not stop at all and continued to move forward. They also deviated from the direction of their fishing boat and swam to the side.
Because there was a lot of fish and one net was full, it took time for them to close the nets. After the two nets were collected one after another and dumped on the deck, Ye Yaodong stood on the helm and looked through the binoculars, but there was no trace of the fish anymore.
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He only knew that he had just moved to the side. He pointed in the direction and asked his father to continue driving in the direction he pointed to see if he could find it again. If he couldn't find it, he would have no choice but to give up.
, this wave of six-banded trevally can only bring them so much harvest.
Father Ye kept moving forward in the direction he pointed, and no more fish could be seen. Ye Yaodong also took a telescope and looked in all directions, and no more fluctuations were seen on the sea.
, even the seabirds scattered or flew around their fishing boats.
I don’t know whether it was because I was full, or because I was frustrated because I couldn’t eat any big fish, or because I had more to eat by following their fishing boat.
"Is it gone? Can't find it?"
Ye Yaodong took down the telescope and said, "I can't find it. It either ran far away or sank under the water. I can't see the trace anymore. It's up to you. You decide for yourself which direction and coordinates you want to go."
It would be great if a fish detector could be installed so that we could detect the situation under the ocean.
"Forget it if you can't find it. There should be quite a few like the one we just encountered."
"I'll go down and take a look. You'd better drive the boat."
The deck was still full of fish, and some bolder seabirds swooped down to catch the big fish, but they never succeeded and were waved away.
When everyone is sorting out the goods, they will also throw out some small trash fish to feed the seabirds, causing them to fly down and grab them.
Ye Yaodong looked at everyone picking goods there and squatted down to help them pick. He also asked, "Do you know how many kilograms you caught?"
"It should be around 3,000 pounds, so it can be sold for a good price."
"We haven't even reached the fishing area yet, and we've caught so much before we even start lowering the net. It's pretty good..."
"Chen Shi's stuttering is much better. It seems that Fish School can cure his stuttering?"
Chen Shi chuckled, "No, it's just so... shocking. It was the first time... I saw... the fish... in the water. There were so many movements. I... couldn't say... words at that time."
“I couldn’t say it then but I can say it now.”
"yes."
"It's a pity that we can't set the net here yet. It's too shallow. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to catch more residue."
"If we drive a little further and take a look, we can no longer see many jellyfish, which means we are almost out of the offshore area."
They are now heading towards the East China Sea. In the past, they were heading towards the Taiwan Strait or down the southeastern coast at home.
While driving the fishing boat, Father Ye used the compass to identify the direction of travel. In unfamiliar waters, he did not dare to drive too far. After calculating the time, he felt that it was almost done, and then he asked people to lower the net.
The sea nearby is endless and boundless, with no mountains and rivers visible, only the coastline on the horizon.
Dongsheng is extremely insignificant in front of the vast sea, as inconspicuous as a grain of sand in the desert.
The sun was scorching during the day, but the wind from the sea was still very cool. After sorting all the goods, Ye Yaodong returned to the ship's warehouse to take a rest, while others lowered the nets and cooked.
I took advantage of my free time to do what I needed to do, and I was still busy when I waited for the internet to go online.
Lying there, he was not idle, still thinking that the other side of the trench was exposed, and there probably wouldn't be many ships coming to make money next year.
After all, it is not as huge a profit as it was two years ago. It is only divided among their families. Now everyone in the city is participating. It is not worth fighting the locals to make money.
If one trip can still earn a household of 10,000 yuan, and the blood will flow like a river, they may still think it is worth it, because no one will think of themselves as cannon fodder, and will always imagine that they are the chosen one who will have the last laugh.
However, it is not ruled out that some people think that it may be standardized next year and it will not be so dangerous. It is also the flood season here after all. Even if we salvage one by one from the sea, it is still better than making a little bit of money by trawling at home.
He thought a lot and thought that he didn't need to worry about those people in the village next year. Everyone who was supposed to come this year had already been here and knew their location. They could make their own arrangements.
At most, wait until he becomes the vice-president. If there are any relevant policies or other matters, tell him in advance. If there are any difficulties, he will help if necessary. After all, he is from the same village, so we have to work together.
Hug a group.
If he came, he would definitely have to come far in advance.
It is impossible to salvage all the sea urchins in the trench in just one month. Who knows how the weather will change? Even if it is sunny every day, he does not know how long the trench lasts. He can only salvage one area and move it bit by bit.
, as much as you can salvage.
On this trip, he only planned to stay for about three days. When the fish warehouse was full, he would return immediately. With these few days as a buffer, most of the locals probably tried it and gave up.
When he goes back, the trench will still belong to him.
If he can make a lot of money in a nearby place, why should he go far away?
It's not autumn yet and the weather hasn't turned cold yet, so I can go into the water as many times as possible to catch all the sea urchins from the bottom of the trench. Maybe he can move out.
When next year comes, we won't have to stay in the trench where jellyfish gather. Instead, we will move outside along the trench below.
When the time comes, everyone will be crowding in there to catch jellyfish, and he only needs to catch sea urchins easily outside, staggered from everyone else, which is better.
He fantasized wildly and thought about it until he fell asleep and didn't even eat lunch. The boatman wanted to come in and call him, but saw him sleeping and then left.
They got up too early at night, so they took a nap after dinner and woke up just in time to close the nets.
Throughout the whole day, they had not encountered even a fishing boat except near the coast. Their boat was the only one floating on the sea.
It's not like they haven't gone to sea before, but now they don't know if it's because they are in a different place in another province, and the fishing boats are floating alone all day long. Night operations do seem a bit scary to them.
Usually, even at night, they could see the Harvest when they looked up. There were two boats accompanying them, which made them feel particularly safe.
Ye Yaodong had slept during the day and took over the task of sleeping in the middle of the night.
While he was driving the boat slowly around the sea, two boatmen who were on the same shift as him ran up from the lower deck.
He asked doubtfully: "What? Have you picked out all the goods underneath?"
"We have picked it up. We are the only ones on the deck. It feels empty...a little scary..." Chen Laoqi crossed his arms and rubbed them back and forth.
Chen Shi also said: "It's too... too dark... the whole... sea surface is... black, just... the two lights... up and down... I'm scared."
Ye Yaodong didn't feel much at first, he had long been accustomed to the darkness, but when he heard what they said, he suddenly felt a little scary.
The darkness was like a giant beast with its mouth open. When they were operating, it felt like it was going to swallow up their entire fishing boat, as if the fishing boat was going to sail into the night and disappear in the next second.
In the past, there would always be a Harvest on the sea, looking at each other, and they didn't look so lonely.
"I've told you two quite a bit. Then you guys, just stay on top of the helm and wait until the nets are closed before going down. People, you just can't be idle. When you are idle, you will always have random thoughts. When you have work,
, I can’t even think about anything.”
"Yes, that's right...as soon as I...finished my work, I raised...my head...and looked...at the sea, and my heart...felt panicked."
When Ye Yaodong was about to say something, he saw the raised bow of the ship suddenly turning blue waves as it sailed.
And it's not all at once, it's continuous.
The fishing boat is constantly working, which means it is constantly moving. The waves are rolling and hitting the bow of the boat. The waves brought up are all blue and have not changed.
He blurted out, "Red Tide!"
"Red Tide!"
"Langlanglang...blue..."
Ye Yaodong repeated, "The red tide is coming...it wasn't there just now, it's suddenly spreading."
Not only the bow of the ship, he looked at the sides and stern of the ship. The waves brought up by the movement were all blue, which was undoubtedly red tide.
Red tide also has a nice name called blue tears. This is a natural phenomenon, but I didn’t expect to encounter it here.
They met him at home two years ago, but it had no impact on them. But it was different now. He had to drive the boat back.
I don't know if these red tides will spread inside. Now I can only go back and work in the closer sea area first. Generally, I can't go out anymore. There should be red tide outside now.
"Red tide...is...what is it?"
Chen Shicai has only been a fisherman for two years, so he doesn't know much since he hasn't met him.
"Red tide is a marine phenomenon. When you look at it during the day, the sea water is brown. At night, when the waves are rolling, there will be a blue light. Now that the fishing boats are sailing, the waves will naturally bring out a blue light.
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"Highly dense red tide organisms can block the respiratory organs of fish and shellfish, causing the death of large numbers of fish and shellfish. These fish or shellfish poisoned by red tide continue to secrete toxins in the seawater, harming the growth of other marine life.
"
"This thing looks good, but it's not that good. We can only temporarily leave this sea area with red tide." Ye Yaodong explained to him some popular science.
"Fishing net..."
"There's no need to close it immediately. Don't worry. Let's go out first. We just encountered it, so it's not a big problem."
"It looks...very nice..." Chen Shi curiously went down to the helm again, leaned against the edge of the boat, and looked directly at the bursts of blue light brought up by the waves beside the fishing boat.
Red tides generally appear more frequently in summer, and if they are too serious, they can also affect humans. People who accidentally eat fish, shrimp, and shellfish affected by red tides may be poisoned. Fortunately, they have just encountered it, so there is no problem if they go back.
big.
It's just that he was working while walking back, and he was still dragging the fishing net underneath, so the driving speed was a little slower. Even if he drove back, the waves he brought up were still glowing with blue light. After thinking about it, he just called the two of them.
Set up the net.
You can put the net up first and then go back. You can also wait until there is no blue light before taking off the net.
They have received quite well today. I originally planned to go back tomorrow night and trawl the net, so that I can reach the shore in the evening the day after tomorrow. However, my plan has not kept up with the change. Now I can only go back first. Do you want to go there?
Trawl the blue light to kill some time.
The darkness, originally filled with suffocating fear, suddenly became a bit weirder because of this piece of blue light.
People were a little curious when it first appeared, but after watching it for a long time, they couldn't help but feel a little hair standing on end. After all, the background in the darkness was black, and the circle of fish boats was now illuminated with blue light, which looked weird to them.
Especially Ye Yaodong, who was sitting in the cockpit, could see the whole fishing boat. The entire fishing boat was emitting blue light, as if it was held up by this blue light. In the endless dark night, the blue light shone brightly.
After using his rich imagination to think about it, he also shook his body, and then quickly shook his head to get some weird thoughts out of his mind.
Blue tears are also quite common in summer, but they are not common now. The current marine ecology is generally better, and they appear less often. They are the only boat on the sea. Today's fishermen are more superstitious and can see them in the dark.
This phenomenon will inevitably make people a little scared.
The fishing net was slowly pulled up, and the fishing boat also drove back, but the blue light still existed. It was not until the fishing net was completely pulled up that the blue light became lighter, not so bright, so dense, and became more scattered, but
You still have to go back.
It seems that this wave of blue tears covers a large area, and I don't know if it will continue to spread inside.
Ye Yaodong waited for the contents of the fishing net to be emptied onto the deck. Chen Shi and the other two also pulled up the fishing net that was still in the sea bit by bit and threw it onto the deck.
After they were all collected, he speeded up and drove inward, moving to the side at the same time to make sure that other sea areas had not been spread.
It's just that until daybreak, no matter where his boat sails, it won't be long before the bow of the boat will bring up blue waves.
At first, he would ask people to continue unloading the net, but after only going back and forth twice, he gave up this thought and walked back attentively.
When Father Ye and the others just got up, they stretched themselves, took a pee, and wanted to help sort the fish, but they saw a large mess of fishing nets on the deck, with no fish at all, which looked a bit strange.
At this time, the sky was only pale, the moon had not completely set, and the sun had not fully emerged.
"What's going on? Why are all the fishing nets collected and not working?"
Chen Laoqi explained: "We encountered red tide at night."
The three people who had just woken up were surprised and shouted in unison: "Red Tide?!"
"When did you encounter red tide?" Father Ye looked at the sea, but felt that the water was very blue, and there was no sign of red tide at all.
"Five or six hours ago, when the red tide was discovered, I originally wanted to go back a bit to see if I could avoid the red tide and continue working, but I found that the sea water always had a blue light, so I collected the fishing net."
"Dong... Brother Dong said that this... wave of red tide should be quite big and spread... quite widely. We originally... planned... to go back directly to the shore..."
"You're going back now?" Father Ye frowned, "In total, I've only been out for a day and a night, and I didn't make much during this day and night..."
"He said that a red tide was coming, and the seafood on this seabed might be affected. He thought of driving back first to see if there was anyone who was not affected and could drag two more nets."
"This is the original story. Don't listen to Chen Shi's words about leaving half of the fishing net in half. When we drove to this place, we found that there was no blue light. He just came out and shouted for us to prepare to lower the net. We are now arranging the fishing net and preparing to lower it."
"Then we can change the place and continue salvaging. It's fine." Father Ye felt a little more relieved. It could be avoided anyway. As long as it didn't affect their fishing, it didn't matter.
After saying that, he also walked up to the helm building, intending to replace Ye Yaodong and ask a few more questions about the situation of red tides at night.
"It's okay. During the red tide, at night, the fishing boats happened to be driving and the waves were all blue. I noticed it at first sight, and then walked back. I planned to find a place without red tide to continue fishing, so as not to waste the round trip.
Gas money. It just happened to be found now. It doesn’t look like it has spread here yet, so it should be possible to trawl the area.”
"Well, leave it to me then. You can go and rest."
"good."
Anyway, he has found a place without red tide and can salvage it. He can just leave it to his father to look after. He is really sleepy after staying up all night.
After switching places with his father, he went out and his father came in.
Ye Yaodong stood on the helm, stretched hard, and took out the telescope hanging around his neck to take a look, preparing to take a final look at the sea surface before returning to the cabin to sleep.
"etc……"
He frowned and kept staring at the sea ahead.
"Dad, come and take a look. There is a lot of black water over there in front of you. Come and take a look..."
Father Ye was curious after hearing what he said, so he kept the boat moving forward at a constant speed, came out by himself, and took his telescope, "What is it?"
When he put on the binoculars and took a look, he was surprised, "What is that? It's black, white, and black, and it seems to be floating over."
Ye Yaodong also squinted his eyes and looked there, but he couldn't see the distance carefully with the naked eye. After all, it was just dawn, and the water on the sea didn't look blue. Usually when the weather is good, the blue sky is reflected on the water.
Only then will the water appear blue.
"I don't know what it is. Later, I asked them not to put down the net yet, but to put it up first to see what is over there, so as not to let the red tide spread again and their efforts be in vain."
I've been online twice before, and now I'm looking at black, white, and black clouds in front of me. I feel like the red tide may be spreading. I'll wait and see what the situation is.
"It's really unlucky, we just went to sea..." Father Ye complained.
"It's not unlucky. After all, we encountered a school of fish yesterday. There's nothing we can do about this natural phenomenon."
Ye Yaodong is quite tolerant. After all, he is not short of money now. It is not unacceptable to occasionally waste one or two opportunities to go to sea. The harvest yesterday was quite good. It is not a loss to go out this time. Now he will go back like this.
, although you can’t make much money, you can’t lose either.
He yelled at the bottom. Although the people below were confused, they obeyed and quickly resumed pulling up the net. They just asked one more question.
"Is red tide spreading again?"
"Not sure, let's take a look first and then put it away. Anyway, put it away first."
It was not completely put into the sea in the first place, and it was very simple to put it back up again.
When everyone threw the fishing nets on the deck again, they were suddenly free again. They were bored and looked into the distance like the father and son on the helm.
"Ah...what is that black thing?"
"What's black? It's obviously white but a little bit black..."
"No...not like Crimson Tide..."
"What is that?"
After waiting for a short while, things in the distance floated closer and closer, and everyone was surprised when they could see it with the naked eye.
The father and son upstairs watched more carefully.
"No...what is that big guy...that area on the side should be a school of floating fish, right?"
Father Ye looked at Ye Yaodong muttering to himself, and his heart felt a little itchy. He reached out to hook his arm, trying to grab the telescope in his hand, but found that it was not high enough.
"What big guy? Show me, show me quickly... don't hog it, show me too..."
Ye Yaodong looked at his father helplessly and handed him the telescope in his hand.
"The white ones I just saw from a distance are rolling waves, and the black ones look like some big fish. They can't be seen clearly. They can't be identified from a distance. The surrounding area is densely packed and dark, so it should be a school of fish."
Father Ye said with certainty and excitement: "It's a school of fish! The big one is also a big fish. Tell them to prepare, and I will sail over to them immediately."
After saying that, he put the telescope into Ye Yaodong's arms and immediately went to the cockpit to prepare to drive the ship over.
Ye Yaodong held the telescope and hadn't even taken a second look when his father urged him to ask his subordinates to prepare first, and he had no choice but to do so.
"You go and prepare your fishing nets. There is a school of fish in front of you. We are going to sail there now. You should prepare in advance."
"Shoals of fish, no wonder..."
"Let's go get the fishing net..."
Just when they were ready with their fishing nets, they waited until they got close to the fish and cast them away. Ye Yaodong on the helm was surprised again.
"Wait a minute...don't move yet..."
Needless to say, the people below also noticed something was wrong. As the fishing boat approached, they suddenly discovered that the big guy on the sea was a little different.
It seemed to be very ferocious, and it kept churning. The closer it got, the more the churning movement became.
Ye Yaodong took a telescope and looked more carefully. It seemed as if he was right in front of him. The big fish was indeed very ferocious, and it looked different. There was a big saw as wide as a wooden board at the end of its snout!
At this time, it was tumbling on the sea killing all directions, constantly waving the large sawtooth in front of it, and the one it slashed was also a big fish, looking like a shark.
"Dad...wait a minute, let's not get too close first...there's something wrong with the fish school over there..."
After seeing the big fish, he felt that the small fish around him seemed different. They seemed to be dead. They were all floating on the sea, drifting with the waves instead of actively moving.
"Ah, what kind of fish is that...why does something like a saw appear..."
"That one seems to be growing on fish..."
"Damn, what kind of fish looks so weird..."
As the distance got closer, Ye Yaodong could now see clearly that it was a big sawfish!
The sawfish is also a type of stingray, which can also be said to be a type of manta ray. Its body is very similar to that of a manta ray, except that its snout is very different. It is shaped like a sawtooth, occupying half of the body.
half.
Its long flat saw-tooth edge is inlaid with beak teeth, which is really similar to the blade side of the saw. Its body and back are dark gray in the sea water.
But now the sea water in front of him was floating with a red color. It was probably because the shark was killed by him, so the blood spurted out dyed the water surface red, but it was washed away by the sea water after a while.
Ye Yaodong said to his father: "There is a sawfish ahead. It has a long, flat, saw-like weapon on its mouth. It has a long mouth like a swordfish, but it is flat and wide.
"
"The fish floating up around us seemed to be dead, and they were quite large. And on the far coastline, the color of the sea water seemed to be quite dark. I wonder if red tide has spread."
He looked in all directions, not only staring at the wave of fish and sawfish that were very close now, but also looking at the sea in the distance.
He had some doubts about whether the wave of fish in front of him was affected by the red tide. So they all died and floated to the sea, and then they met them.
If this is the case, then they really can't salvage some of the dead people in the previous wave. Since a large part of them have died due to the effects of red tide, the human body will definitely be affected if they eat it.
He is not a person who would lose his conscience just to make money.
"What should we do?" Ye's father asked him, slowing down the speed of approaching him. He has now become the backbone.
"Is that red tide in the distance? Can we catch the fish in front? That big fish won't attack the fishing boat. Can we deal with it?"
"Get closer and take a look before deciding whether to catch these fish. The big fish should not be a big problem. When you get closer, drop the fishing net from the boat and entangle it. Even if its mouth can cut the fishing net, its body will be entangled.
Even if you stay here, you still have to finish playing."
In just a moment, he had an idea in his mind.
He also has a gun on the boat. After a few shots, he will naturally lose the ability to resist.
"This fish is alive and large, so there is no need to worry about being affected by red tide."
This fish is so big and rare, and it is rare to catch it.
Chapter completed!