Ye Yaodong went to call the boatmen to prepare for the second net. Everyone immediately took their positions. The person who had pulled the cable in front had to change to someone else this time, and they were all very self-conscious.
Everyone in the village is familiar with each other and knows their character. Father Ye has thought carefully when looking for people, and he has found people who are reliable and hard-working. Everyone has a good eye, takes turns, and divides the work and cooperates.
After seeing that everyone was ready, he added: "When the net is put away, Chen Shi will cook first, and everyone will sort out the rest. Then we will divide it into two shifts. The two of us will go to my father's house."
In the middle of the night, two people stayed with me for the rest of the night."
The second half of the night is a bit more difficult. After all, it’s hard to fall asleep right after eating, and then you probably have to get up immediately after squinting for a while.
It's better to keep your eyes open until midnight, and then have a deep sleep after the shift.
But he was a son, a young man, and strong, so of course he had to work till midnight.
"Okay, then when the net is collected, the four of us will divide it up."
"What time is it in the first half of the night?"
"It's twelve o'clock, right? I'll start at seven o'clock and rest until twelve o'clock. Then I'll go from twelve o'clock in the middle of the night to five or six o'clock in the morning, which happens to be dawn. If you feel tired, you can also discuss it and take advantage of the free time when you are offline.
It’s okay to catch up on some sleep if you have time.”
Everyone nodded and discussed while watching the machine rotate.
Under the pulling force of the net reeling machine, the sea surface port began to gradually tighten. After it was completely tightened, the trawl was slowly pulled out of the water.
As the pulling force becomes stronger and stronger, the net rolling machine also begins to make a tightening sound.
It was already getting dark at this time, and it only took a moment to set up a net before it became completely dark.
The lights on the boat are also on, but the wattage is too low and the light is not that good. Everyone needs to bring their own headlights to facilitate sorting at a time, so as not to miss some fish due to weak light.
Some fish look very similar, such as the small yellow croaker and the plum blossom. They are both golden yellow and have similar body shapes. They can be distinguished by the shape of their heads. It is easy to mistake them under poor lighting conditions.
The fishing net was towed to the left side of the ship, and the crane on the front deck hoisted the fishing net to the top of the deck. Everyone also turned on the flashlights and headlights that had been prepared and shined it.
"Another big bag of toad fish!"
"Fuck the toad fish...ah, there are manta rays..."
"How many? Have you photographed..."
"There seem to be two?"
"This one is a bit big. It's wrapped in a fishing net. It looks like there are two of them. Let's take a look at it after we pour it out."
"The net is exploded, the net is exploded, this net is exploded, I saw a lot of red fish..."
"There are a lot of red fish. I saw a lot of horsehead fish and pipa shrimp. There are a lot of valuable things in this net..."
"It's bright red and quite pretty, but there are still more toad fish..."
"Those red ones are valuable!"
"It's all good. Toad fish is better than trash fish. All trash fish have to be dumped into the sea. Don't worry about it being cheap. Goods that can be sold for money are good ones."
Ye Yaodong really thinks that toad fish is very good, and it’s not just words. This fish brought him his first fortune, opened up his sales of dried fish, and led to the scale of his current workshop and shop.
His reborn brain was also activated step by step.
"Yes, as long as it can be sold for money, it is a good product. The majority of the fish are toads, and the number of small miscellaneous fish seems to be small."
After a while, the net bag full of catch was dumped on the deck in an instant.
When the goods were first brought in, everyone used flashlights to shine and could only see a little bit through the fishing nets. They all relied on guessing what was in the package. With such a big package, only the tip of the iceberg could be seen.
After everything was scattered on the deck, everyone could see clearly what goods were wrapped in the middle, and they were all very happy.
"Wow...two more manta rays and a shark..."
"Ah! It really hit the internet, there are so many horsehead fish and pipa shrimp steaks."
"Yes, the harvest from this net is better. This net can be sold for hundreds of yuan. There are also two big manta rays, which makes a lot of money..."
"Tsk tsk tsk, the goods in this net are quite valuable. Not only the red fish and shrimps, but also some small tubes and sword shrimps."
"The trawlers in the village have been working for a month to reach this net..."
"Yeah yeah……"
"Put the net down first and then talk..."
Immediately, everyone simply continued to log off the net again.
This process of collecting and lowering the net lasts about half an hour. This work requires experience, strength, and quick hands and feet. Tight ropes, rotating machines, and slippery soles all have hidden dangers.
It's even more dangerous in the dark. If the waves are bigger, you can easily be swept directly into the sea by the waves, and people around you can't help even if they want to.
After the fishing net was put down again, everyone looked at the small mountain of seafood on the deck.
"This package seems to be taller than the one just now. It's like a hill, almost as tall as me."
"How tall are you? You are 1.6 meters tall, right? Hahaha..."
"You're not that tall either. Don't laugh. Only A Dong is the tallest. I don't know how he grew. There's no one taller than him in the whole village."
"Hurry up and get to work. It's getting dark. Let's quickly pick things up. After picking out what you should sleep on, go to bed..."
"Work, work, work..."
"Today, the two nets have received very good goods. If I add a few more nets, the fish warehouse will not be able to hold them..."
"This is a good thing, the warehouse is full of fish and shrimp!"
Everyone still picks the toad fish there first. After all, this fish is relatively large in this net and there are a lot of them. It is easier to sort out the toad fish first and then pick other items.
But Ye Yaodong fell in love with those Pipa shrimps that were jumping around.
He habitually picks the more expensive ones first. This is a habit left over from his previous life. After all, after the turn of the millennium, sea resources gradually became scarce. The boatmen working on the ship picked the most valuable items first after receiving the goods.
High.
Choose from expensive to cheap.
Moreover, he also felt that there were a lot of Pipa shrimps coming from this net, much more than the previous net, and it felt like they were half as many as toad fish.
It’s just that after dark, there is not enough light. Everyone is attracted by the size of the devil. Compared with other fish, the Pipa shrimp is too small and a bit inconspicuous. In addition, there are quite a lot of red fish in this net.
"There are a lot of Pipa shrimps, aren't they? It's almost half of the basket just by picking them up?"
"Yes, it seems so. It looked red as soon as I pulled it up, which is particularly conspicuous at night. I saw a lot of horsehead fish, so I thought there were more horsehead fish."
"There are a lot of red fish products on this website..."
"It means we have entered the deep water area. In deeper waters, the colors of fish have become more colorful, especially this kind of red fish, which are all in deeper waters."
"I'll also take some Pipa shrimps and boil them later. Pick up a few of whatever you want to eat, throw them into the pot together, cook them in one pot and put them there. Whoever is free can go and eat a few bites, pick the fat ones, and eat the crab legs.
, there is no need to chew on the shrimp heads and the like, just break them off and throw them into the sea, there are plenty of shrimps and crabs anyway." Ye Yaodong said while picking the goods.
"Pick up the rest later. Don't rush to sweep them all into the sea. Just pick up the fat ones and throw them into the pot to cook a big pot. You still have to sell the ones that can be sold for money. They are worthless.
That’s enough for us to eat.”
"Yes, you can sell it for money, but you can't eat it in your mouth. It's worthless. Picking up just a little bit is enough to make our stomachs full."
"Look at these crabs. They are very hard. There is red paste when you break them open. But they are not that big. It would be a pity to go to the sea. It would be good to pick up a few and cook them in a pot later, and just eat their crab paste..."
Someone randomly picked up a swimming crab and violently broke off its big feet while it was still bouncing around. Then he peeled the crab shell raw, and the red crab paste flowed all over his hands, and he threw it aside casually.
"This crab paste is pretty good. If you collect it and make a big jar, it will be very fragrant..."
"Whoever has the spare time is too lazy to eat and still peels..."
"There are quite a few horsehead fish in this net, and they are red..."
Everyone was happily chatting while picking and talking at length.
The speed of sorting is also fast when there are many people. Once a basket is full, it is pushed to the corner. It is not until all the goods are sorted that Ye Yaodong straightens up and counts the quantity.
They can probably count the weight of goods in a bamboo basket by lifting it with their hands.
There were 32 baskets of toad fish. Each of the big toad fish weighed at least five or six kilograms. Each basket held about seventy or eighty kilograms. There should be one weighing more than two thousand kilograms.
There are also pipa shrimps, ranging from 5,60 to 7,80 liang each. A basket is not full, which weighs 60, 70 kilograms. There are also 12 baskets, which weigh about 700 to 800 kilograms. Although it is big, the price is the same as sword shrimp.
It's about the same, 30 cents at the dock, and about 15 cents on the fresh-picking boat.
This type of fish is worth over a hundred yuan, which is much more expensive than the two thousand kilograms of toad fish.
Thinking about it, the price is indeed much lower compared to the market. It costs 1.5 cents on the fresh-picking ship, at least 30 cents to 3.5 cents when transferred to the wholesale market, and 3 cents on the wharf to wholesalers, and you get 4 cents.
If it is sold to the common people, it will cost 60 to 70 cents. It is exploited at every level, and the price difference between middlemen is constantly increasing.
What real fishermen earn, after deducting fuel and labor costs, is at most only one-tenth or two-tenths of what is available on the market.
It would be cheaper for fishermen to catch it directly and sell it at the dock or at the entrance of the market, or to sell it along the street.
However, the net weighed several thousand kilograms, which was quite a harvest for him, and the net contained a lot of good goods.
There are also 6 baskets of horsehead fish. This fish is bright red and festive. It can be worth one or two cents when picked fresh by the boat, and it can also be sold for sixty or seventy yuan.
There were also odds and ends of the same value, including one and a half baskets of poli fish, one and a half baskets of sword shrimps, half a basket of small tubes, and five baskets of various assorted fish that could be sold for money.
There were also more than twenty octopuses crawling all over the boat. After everyone had sorted them out, they separated to catch them.
But as soon as Ye Yaodong caught it in the basket, he climbed out again before he could catch the next one, and even climbed into his rain boots. He felt something foreign inside the rain boots and screamed.
"So soft, so disgusting..."
He immediately leaned against the side of the boat and took off his rain boots. The octopus wrapped around the instep of his feet. After he pulled out his feet, it continued to burrow inside.
"Grass, it stinks to death..."
Ye Yaodong grabbed it out of his rain boots and then threw it into the bucket that others had filled with seawater.
This is a flavorful octopus.
"This net, plus two manta rays, should be sold for three hundred yuan, right?"
"It feels about the same. These goods alone weigh five thousand kilograms, and the useless groceries left on the plywood weighs a thousand kilograms."
"Pick out the shelled ones and throw the fat ones into the pot and cook them all together. Peel a few when your mouth is itchy. It would be a pity to throw them into the sea."
"These shrimps are just a little too small. It's a pity. They taste really good..." Everyone rummaged through them and ate while picking them.
"Fan...Fanfan...is fine...uncle..."
"Oh, I know, I know it's time to eat. Stop talking. It sounds really uncomfortable."
"It's hard, it's hard, it's hard... there's nothing you can do about it! You, you, you have to... get used to it!"
Ye Yaodong couldn't help laughing, but unexpectedly he learned to choke.
"Let's eat first. We've been busy for so long and it's getting dark. Eat the food quickly. We can clean up the rest after dinner and dump it into the sea. There's no rush."
"Then carry these things into the fish warehouse and eat. After eating, come out and chop off the tails of the two manta rays. It should take about a while."
"Come and lift it up..."
Ye Yaodong looked at the fish warehouse that was already one-third full. He felt that he would have to contact the fresh-picking ship before the day after tomorrow, and he would have to pick up a batch of goods tomorrow afternoon.
Otherwise, if you wait for one more day, the fish bin will no longer be able to fit in it and will be piled on the deck. The temperature will not be low due to direct sunlight during the day, and it will be easily damaged.
Unexpectedly, the second network was more popular than the first network. There were only a thousand catties of unwanted groceries, and the remaining five thousand catties could be sold. It was better than the Harvest harvest, twice as much.
After dinner, when he went to exchange for his father, he also mentioned to his father the goods he had just received.
"I just walked out of the cockpit and watched for a while. Our two nets have indeed received a lot of goods. I went to sea with A Guang twice before. Your two nets are worth a day's harvest, but your fish warehouse is better than his.
That’s a small two or three square meters, but it doesn’t matter, just contact us in advance to collect the fresh goods tomorrow afternoon.”
"Well, I just made an agreement with the boatmen that we will be on duty in two waves at night. You will work until midnight, and I will come and take over for you after twelve o'clock."
"Okay, then I'll go eat first, and you can watch here for a while."
Father Ye took a look after walking out of the cabin. On the sea diagonally behind him, there were a few shining light spots, which looked like stars in the distance. In fact, they were the headlights and flashlights of the Harvest.
This won't affect everyone, everyone gets what they want, and they take care of each other. He is extremely satisfied.
When the three brothers' boats are delivered next year, we can do this as well. As long as everyone keeps a distance and can see each other, it's safer. Anyway, the sea is vast, so you don't have to worry about running out of things to catch.
Ye Yaodong watched the ship sailing steadily without deviation in direction, so he did not keep staring. Instead, he walked out of the helm building and watched the boatmen below continuing to clean the deck with brooms and buckets, one after another.
All the fish, shrimps and crabs fell into the sea.
It's a pity that a small amount of a thousand catties can be poured into a net, and several thousand catties have to be poured in every day.
If this was a live broadcast, the live broadcast room would be full of curses and a waste of natural resources.
No matter how small or useless the fish is, it can be dried or made into canned fish, such as clove fish and green fish. Nowadays, large pieces of fish are dumped into the sea, and a lot of dragonhead fish are also dumped, mainly because of the quantity.
Too few, too fragmented, no need to keep them.
If the quantity is large, of course we will tell you something else.
When these groceries were dumped into the sea, there were a lot of splashes and fish heads on the sea surface, all of which were big fish and small fish that swam over after smelling the bait.
Ye Yaodong also shined his flashlight on the sea. The fishing boat was sailing forward, and the flashlight's aperture kept moving, but there were always fish jumping in his aperture. This was the phototaxis of individual sea fish.
After he finished emptying a basket, he moved the flashlight's aperture into the boat, and when he was about to continue emptying the goods, he shined the flashlight toward the sea again.
Going back and forth, enjoying each other, who made the baskets of groceries so many.
But when the aperture of his flashlight kept shining on the sea surface, suddenly it wasn't just fish that came up to grab bait.
Father Ye, who had just helped empty a basket of groceries, took the bamboo basket and knocked it twice on the edge of the boat, knocking off all the small fish and shrimps stuck in the cracks of the bamboo strips. He also stretched his head out to take a look.
, cargo that just fell on the sea.
However, he discovered that there were many small tubes popping in the circle of light illuminated by the headlight on the sea.
"Wait, come here and take a look..."
"What's wrong?"
Those holding brooms and baskets all came over to take a look in confusion.
"Are there fish? It's normal for fish to swim over and eat when so much food falls."
"They seem to be small tubes. Take a look... your flashlight attracted a circle as soon as it hit the sea surface. The aperture is moving, and these small tubes also follow the aperture."
"Really... bring me the hand net, let's take a look?"
"Do you have a hand-made net with you?"
"Yes, yes, there are, in the corner of the cabin, all the jellyfish fishermen have been brought on board. Go look for them quickly."
Ye Yaodong watched them running in and out from the helm, and asked loudly: "What are you doing?"
"There is a small tube!"
Have a small tube?
No wonder when he shined his flashlight on the sea surface just now, he saw a lot of white things jumping in the circle of light below. He thought they were small fish, but he didn't expect them to be small tubes.
This thing is also very phototactic.
A major feature of Dongshan Island is that they catch tuber at night every year using lights. With this, they can catch enough cargo to fill the cabin of the boat.
It is also due to the geographical location of Dongshan Island that the surrounding waters are extremely rich in small tube production.
Dongshan Island is also the sea area that produces the highest quality small tubes in the world.
He also shined a flashlight and watched them holding a hand net. As the fishing boat kept moving forward, they fished in the direction of the forward movement, and then raised it with difficulty with both hands.
"It really does!"
"There really is..."
"Try again..."
There were bursts of excited sounds.
Ye Yaodong also saw a small pile of transparent tubes caught in the hand-made net as their headlights flashed. They looked like jelly, crystal clear and had not changed color, but when they were poured into the basket, they turned into another.
White and purple in color.
After pouring the small tubes from a small net into the basket, everyone became excited again and continued to participate in the activity of fishing out the small tubes.
Some people help with flashlights, while others are responsible for fishing.
He didn't go down, he just watched everyone's excited expressions from above, and there were a lot of discussions below, but the sound of the machine was running extremely loud, and he couldn't hear what everyone was talking about, so he just watched them catch one net after another.
Come up.
The quantity is not large, only two or three kilograms are taken out.
But there were so many of them that they couldn't handle it. The few people below took turns lighting the lights, taking turns fishing, and taking turns to rest. This work was quite laborious.
Looking at him made me feel a little itchy.
It wasn't until they were all rubbing their arms and gasping for breath that he called his father to come up and take a look, and he ran down to take a look.
"Ah, there's quite a lot of them. You guys were fishing for them one at a time, but I didn't expect that you also caught a whole basket."
"Even when the fishing boat was working, when we were fishing, the resistance of the water and the wind was also great, and it was quite strenuous. As soon as we stretched it out, the net couldn't weigh more than a few kilograms, and our hands were shaking so we had to lift it up."
"That's great. I didn't expect this little bit of light to attract the little tubes."
He also took a hand net and fished it out. Under the aperture of the headlight, before the hand net was closed, there were already a lot of small transparent tubes lying inside. They were transparent and crystal clear and looked pretty good.
"If you fish it out a few more times, your arm will be sore."
"Without brighter lights, it won't attract much. Otherwise, we can just fish for this. This thing is valuable."
"Catch a few more while there's still time..."
Everyone stopped for a while and felt that their arms were no longer so sore, so they continued to fish again.
Ye Yaodong stopped when his hands were sore.
After a few minutes, as the fishing boat moved forward, the dancing circles on the water turned into a group of small silver-white fish. Everyone fished for a few times, and all they saw were flat anchovies and white-scaled fish.
Then they all turned over and fell back into the sea.
"There should be no more. They are all small fish."
"Stop fishing and rest for a while. If you don't have it, there won't be any."
Everyone rested their hands on the edge of the boat and panted, still looking at the sea with the headlights above their heads.
"It's gone so quickly."
"The boats are moving, and the fish are also mobile, but of course not necessarily. They are found in every area, and people swim there in waves and in groups."
"It's also quite strenuous."
Ye Yaodong took a look and saw that the two baskets at his feet were about seven to eight percent full. "I have a hundred pounds, and I have earned back your wages for today."
"Hahaha~"
"Take a few and put them into the pot together. Have you cooked the shelled ones just now?"
"Not yet. I'll clean the deck just after dinner."
Ye Yaodong went to get an enamel basin and filled half of it, "I'll cook it in one pot later. While it's still fresh, it won't change color until it's fresh. Just put it into the pot and your tongue will be able to swallow it."
The fresh seafood, boiled in clear water, is the most delicious in the world. When you put it into your mouth from a small tube, it is tender and delicate, and it seems that the freshness of the entire sea is concentrated.
"I, I, I...I'm going to cook!" Chen Shi waited for him to finish loading, then actively took the enamel basin and started cooking.
Ye Yaodong also took a rag and wiped his hands, "Uncles, if you should go to rest, go and rest early, and get up again around twelve o'clock to change."
"Okay, then let's go to sleep for a while first so that we can be energetic at night."
"We'll switch it up tomorrow, one day at midnight and one day at midnight."
Everyone nodded without any objection, then those who should go to bed went to bed, and those who continued to clean up the deck continued to clean up.
The two baskets of small tubes were also carried into the cabin together, and poured together with the small tubes caught in the previous net, saving baskets.
Ye Yaodong washed his hands and brought a white sweet potato after the meal.
A few days ago, Lin Xiuqing's second brother sent it over. She put a basket directly for him and brought it to the boat, so that everyone could tear off the skin and eat it at their leisure.
However, in the twelfth lunar month of winter, when the cold wind is blowing on the sea, no one likes to eat such cold things, not to mention having to peel them. For everyone, this is more troublesome than eating seafood.
All day long, no one reached out or peeled it.
Ye Yaodong really likes to eat. He is typically lazy and greedy, but now he seems to be no longer lazy, and his greediness cannot change.
However, let me tell him, if his mouth is itchy and he doesn't want to smoke, of course he has to eat something. What does it have to do with being greedy?
What's more, the fruits we produce now are so delicious, just like the native pigs we raise.
The skin of the white sweet potato was also very easy to tear. It was not difficult to tear it off one by one and it was intact. After tearing it, he cut it in half and gave Chen Shi half.
"Thank you thank you thank you..."
"Stop! Judging from what you said during the day, aren't you already less stuttering?"
"Hehe, but...maybe...now...say...Bibi more...!"
"Speak more, and if people dislike you, they will dislike you. Anyway, if you don't speak up, people will dislike you. It's better to talk more, and it will choke people to death and make them jump in anger, but I can't do anything to you."
"I, I, I...also...think about this, this, and so on!"
"Don't you feel bad now?"
He shook his head, "Yes... the sea... there is sea everywhere..."
"Then you should get used to it and don't want to go out to sea with others. If you go back in two days, just stay in the workshop and I will bring others out."
He shook his head again, "I, I, I... will... overcome it."
"Then you see for yourself."
Seeing that the whole pot was bubbling and the lid was on the pot, Ye Yaodong opened the pot smoothly, took out a small tube with chopsticks, and directly took it with his mouth, not caring about burning it.
"fresh!"
After chewing one, he didn't forget to give his father a bowl too.
"How many kilograms were caught?"
"A hundred pounds or so is not bad. I can earn money from it."
"Hahaha, when I have free time, I will use the flashlight to shine on the sea and look for it again. Anyway, I have nothing to do."
"It takes a long time to sort, how can we have any free time? We will all go to the cabin to sleep later, and there are only three of you. We are afraid that it will be too late to pick the goods."
"Yes, then you go to bed early."
"Um."
The night life hasn't even started yet, and he is going to bed. It's hard for fishermen.
The roar of the machine never stops throughout the day and will not be weakened by the presence of the wooden hatch.
There were bunk beds next to the machine cabin. When he entered the cabin, the snoring of other people was already heard.
They can sleep as long as they want, and the roar of machines has no impact on the older generation.
Ye Yaodong also lay down on his bed. There was his suitcase at the end of the bed. He touched it before he even straightened his legs. He curled up like a shrimp on the small bed.
The newly made quilt at the tip of my nose still smelled like sunshine during the day, but now it has been filled with some sea smell.
He tossed and turned for a while, but couldn't fall asleep. He didn't know if it had been a long time since he spent the night on the boat.
Chapter completed!