Chapter 1097: Longline Fishing for Hairtail

When he arrived home with thousands of dollars in his arms and was surrounded by a group of boatmen, he happily took out 20 yuan and gave it to the two boatmen on duty tomorrow.

"For extra food tomorrow, I will buy 10 pounds of meat and make braised pork for my cooking aunt."

"Ah, there is meat to eat."

"Haha, the fish they harvested from trawling today are pretty good, and they can replenish their oil and water tomorrow."

"If your stomach is oily, don't panic."

"Did you have a good harvest of sea urchins?"

"It's okay. If you eat better, you will have more strength. Your body is your capital..."

The whole rental place was full of joy. People who didn't have access to water could eat a meal of meat. Everyone was very happy. 10 pounds of meat without side dishes can be cooked in a large pot. Although it was impossible to open it and eat it, it was still enough. Enough for all their strong men to replenish their oil and water.

They were beaming with joy, and other villagers around them also looked envious after hearing about it.

Not everyone's family can afford to eat meat every three days, and what they eat on a daily basis at the beach is basically light boiled seafood, and everyone is short of oil and water in their stomachs.

Nowadays, the price of fat meat has increased to two or three yuan per catty. Even pork belly costs two yuan per catty. One catty of meat is worth a day's salary of an average worker. No one is willing to do this.

Anyway, they don't need much money to eat and drink on a daily basis. There is enough food in the sea, no oil and water, but it can still fill their stomachs, and everyone's desires are very low.

Just like today's dinner, in addition to multi-grain rice, it is vegetables, fish and shrimp, all free of charge, not much oil or water, but still enough to fill your stomach.

Father Ye curiously followed him into the house and asked, "How much did you sell for today? And you took 20 yuan to buy meat?"

"Sold for 980 yuan."

"so much……"

"So I will improve the food for everyone."

People nowadays work hard and work hard just to have food and drink. After all, no one has the pressure to buy a house or a car, just to make ends meet.

Now that he has made a lot of money, he can also provide better food for everyone, so that he can work harder and the working atmosphere can be better. Who doesn't want to make money happily?

Father Ye also had a smile on his face, "Okay, okay, I got off to a good start on the first day. I earned so much, so it's okay."

"How are the trawl harvests of other boats today?"

"So-so, give it some subsidies. After all, I haven't started to make a lot of money yet, so I'm spending money there. I heard that good ones are sold for twenty or thirty yuan, and ordinary ones are sold for more than ten yuan. Not to mention the selling price, leave We have enough to eat and drink when we come back. I just heard them discussing there, saying that they don’t know what will happen tomorrow, and they plan to go out to trawl the net at night, and then go to the trench at dawn, so there won’t be any delay.”

"Oh, that's okay. If there are no jellyfish, at least we can trawl the net first. It's not a loss."

"Yes, but some people are not in a good mood and complain that they are early."

"Don't worry about them. There are gossips everywhere, and we don't force them to come. When you make money, you compliment them with a smile, and when you don't make money, you curse. It's normal."

Ye Yaodong doesn't care, human nature is like this.

"Well, when your eldest and second brothers came back from trawling the net, your cousins ​​came to him and started cursing and making a fuss. What's the matter? If you get involved, you can't get rid of him."

"How to say?"

He had been so immersed in fishing for sea urchins that he almost forgot that Ye Yaoguo and his brothers did not have a boat to take them with them today. They could only rock a small wooden boat around the coast and watch the large troops run away.

"What else can you say? If you let your eldest and second brothers go out to sea, you have to take them with you, just like other boats. If your eldest and second brothers are willing, we have already agreed at home. No money will be taken, and we will just bring them here by the way, and take them back when the time comes. , during the time they are here, they figure out how to salvage it, and it has nothing to do with others."

"If it's just one or two boats, who has the energy to take care of them if they have five boats? If you don't make money for yourself, how can you help others make it?"

"I couldn't talk anymore. I made a fuss, but they ignored me. Everyone helped me talk. In the end, I had to hold my nose and swallow. Later, I came to Ah Sheng again."

"Ah Sheng also said that he couldn't help it. If he just took a boat with him, he would admit that he was a brother, but there was really nothing he could do with five boats. What's more, the boat he rented belonged to you, and the money he earned was How can I partner with others without permission and help others without caring about myself?"

"Even if he agrees, you definitely don't agree."

Ye Yaodong nodded, "Yes, that's right, let them solve it on their own."

"So there was a lot of noise and commotion there in the afternoon. Later, they had to find another way. If there was no other way, they could only do like the local fishermen and wait for the peak flood season to come and fish around the coast. "

"It was also because after we towed the boat back in the morning, they saw nothing in the boat and returned empty-handed, so they felt more balanced and didn't make it too ugly. They had a row and then it calmed down."

"Actually, fishing around the coast is not bad. You can make a lot of money in a day. It's better than working at home." He told the truth.

There were too many fishing boats in the trench, and he didn't dare to think that he could fish for a few days. There were too many fishermen and too little food. At least there was a steady stream of jellyfish drifting in from around the coast, which could last for several months.

When they went back in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival two years ago, the locals were still salvaging.

After all the goods in the trench are harvested, other boats will still have to search and salvage all over the sea like the local fishermen. It won't take more than a few days to really say it.

Father Ye shook his head, "That's incomparable. Plus, all the troops are rushing that way. They can't keep up, and they will definitely feel uncomfortable."

"Don't worry about them, they can take care of themselves. Let's go eat first. I'm starving. Have you finished eating?"

Ye Yaodong locked all the money in the lockbox, and after hiding the lockbox, he hurriedly wanted to go out to eat, but he was starving to death.

"You've all eaten. I've saved some extra food for you."

"How's the longline going?"

"After lunch, everyone started working together. Everyone has basically finished a whole fishing line. I should be able to do a little more before going to bed at night."

"The efficiency is quite high."

"With so many people doing it together, what's the point of spending most of the day making one?"

Ye Yaodong counted in his mind, "If I make another batch that night, there must be more than thirty fishing lines and more than 3,000 hooks."

"After I ran out of materials in the afternoon, I bought another batch and asked them to make some changes. Anyway, I asked them to hang five fish on each fork of a fishing line in the trench. Six hooks are a bit more dense. There are almost five to six hundred hooks on one fishing line."

"I'm worried that if there is too much fishing line, it will be too long if it is stretched out to the coastline. Then I will have to drive the boat into the water and run back and forth to collect it. It will be too strenuous."

Ye Yaodong also imagined what his father said and felt it made sense.

This time they are targeting hairtail in the trench. They are not fishing longlines on the sea surface as usual. They are concentrated. Longline fishing lines are too long, which is a disadvantage. It is better to change them and make the hooks denser. Concentrate your fishing in one area, since the bottom is densely packed anyway.

"Dad said it makes sense. It needs to be changed like this. The more densely packed the fish are, the more fish can be caught, so as not to stretch the coastline too long. In the future, we will have to go into the water frequently to find a good place to put it. I will tell you how much it costs."

"Don't worry, we'll take a look at the situation tomorrow."

"Know."

He was already looking forward to it.

As soon as the boatmen came back, they stripped naked, then fetched a few buckets of well water from the surrounding wells, washed them casually, and then went to eat shirtless.

When Ye Yaodong arrived, everyone was rushing to eat deliciously, and people from other fishing boats also came over to ask him how much the sea urchins sold today.

He only said perfunctorily that he had sold it for a few hundred yuan, and then emphasized that he had invited so many people, and the expenses for a day without eating or drinking would cost more than 100 yuan. He was also under great pressure, and he had to find ways to make more money no matter what.

Everyone can't help but ask when the number of jellyfish will increase.

"Just wait a few days, the quantity will always increase

It's getting more and more every day, so be patient. The other group of people from the town haven't come yet, and the factories haven't started working yet, which means it's not time yet, so don't worry. "

"I just wanted to salvage it first before anyone else comes. Who knew the quantity was so small."

"If the number really increases, people will have arrived a long time ago, and the factory must have started working early. It is normal to say this now, and it is not yet time."

They all came to him with questions, and he patiently comforted them.

"Why are you doing longline fishing there in the afternoon? You can't catch jellyfish..."

"Well, it's also useful."

"I heard that a school of hairtail was found in the water, but is this a temporary solution of any use? When I release it into the sea tomorrow, the fish will have already swam away..."

"A dead horse is treated as a living horse doctor? But if you really have money, you can do it..."

"There are no schools of fish, so I can catch other fish, so that's okay..."

The news cannot be concealed, but many people only know one thing but not the other. After all, he only told his father and Pei's father, and the boatman who salvaged it also knew about it, and the person who salvaged it had just returned, so many people only knew that they did The purpose of longline fishing is to catch hairtail, but we don’t know anything else.

Ye Yaodong would definitely not talk too much, but after dinner, when Azheng Xiaoxiao came to ask, he didn't hide it, he just told him honestly.

The two people who heard this were extremely regretful and lamented that they wished they had such a set of equipment, or they had followed him into the water and discovered together that they could still benefit from it like A Guang.

Now even if they want to ask Dongzi to take them, they can't drive out the longline.

There is no place to buy materials at night, and they will rush to make it tomorrow. There are few people and they can't make much fishing line. They can only make it for use the day after tomorrow. Maybe there will be more jellyfish the day after tomorrow and they won't be used.

"One step too late, every step too late."

"I can only say that I don't have this kind of wealth or luck."

"I always feel like after Aguang became your brother-in-law, he would follow you around every day to take advantage of him and get a share of everything good."

"Yes, this trip to catch jellyfish can earn a lot of agency fees..."

"I've made him a lot of money, so I should ask him to give you some money..."

Ye Yaodong explained: "Last year he also gave me a red envelope, but I didn't ask for it. This year he said it and took the initiative to share it with me."

"It's good to have points this year."

"Hey, all the good things have happened to him."

The two of them were complaining about each other, but they were actually envious in their hearts.

After chatting for a while, they stopped talking about it after seeing A Guang arrive. After all, they were all good friends. Although they were just complaining, it was not very good to hear it.

They all had a tacit understanding and chatted about other topics.

"Dongzi, when will the number of jellyfish there increase?"

"I don't know, it's hard to say. Anyway, the jellyfish factory will start work tomorrow, and I probably won't be able to receive many goods. It will take two days anyway, so just wait."

He is not in a hurry now. He hopes that the flood season will be as late as possible, so that he can catch more sea urchins and hairtail, otherwise he will not be able to do it when the peak flood season comes.

Other villagers also came to chat with them about jellyfish and take a breather. Who made their team here the largest? The others were scattered. After eating, everyone wanted to gather here with the big team. At least there were more people here. , I can know a little more and be more lively.

There was nothing to do at night. Everyone was enjoying the cool air and chatting about today's fishing situation. Ye Yaodong's people were also busy doing longline fishing.

The jellyfish blood I brought back today has been boiled and dried at the door.

A Guang's manpower was also sitting in front of his house doing longline fishing. They were not far away.

When the locals see such a large group of people at their door, they stay away as much as possible and try not to have anything to do with them. After all, such a large group of men can do anything and are not easy to mess with.

Without waiting for the next day, all the fishing boats went out to sea to trawl nets at night, and no one wanted to sit around and wait.

There are only a few small boats following Dongsheng

and the Harvest were still at the dock.

At dawn the next day, Ye Yaodong called everyone up. After a simple breakfast, two people were left to guard the area, and he asked people to put all the longline fishing done last night into a basket. The basket bearer carried it onto the boat.

During the day, only a dozen people did it, but at night, all 30 of them worked together while enjoying the cool weather. The efficiency was very high. Longline fishing also allowed them to make 10 baskets. If Ye’s father hadn’t bought limited materials, they could still have done it. Do more.

Although the quantity is the same as what he put at home before, there are five or six times more hooks on each fishing line. In the past, one basket at home contained 100 hooks, and ten baskets contained 10 fishing lines and 1,000 hooks. Now the total number is 100 hooks. But there are five or six thousand hooks, which is different.

Fortunately, he has many people on hand, so he doesn't have to worry about people to work at all. Now he only worries about the lack of work.

The people in the small boats also got up early and arrived at the shore, but they could only watch helplessly as they sailed out.

The flood season has not yet arrived, and there are too many people and too little food. Even the trawlers can only go offshore to trawl to make a living. Their small boats can row out to try their luck on the sea like the local fishing boats.

The locals still have hand-thrown nets that can be used to cast out and collect some goods, but some of them are unprepared and have not brought them with them at all. They only bring fishing nets and kitchen knives to catch jellyfish and make a lot of money.

Now the blind people have to go out and try their luck, otherwise they are just sitting at home.

It's not a good idea to ask someone to take it out, otherwise it will just be like yesterday, when you go out for a walk and have to beg someone to bring it back.

Although the other brothers, Ye Yaoguo and others, were a little reluctant, they felt a lot more balanced when they thought that the other boats that were taken out yesterday also returned empty-handed and stayed on the shore like them today.

Ye Yaodong drove the Dongsheng, and his father also drove another boat out to trawl at night.

And Aguang and Pei's father only followed them in the trawler. The Harvest was left on the shore today. Because it was very fuel-hungry, it was not ready to be driven. They were not Ye Yaodong, who could earn a thousand dollars a day, and they were Sea urchins and hairtail are all there. They only use long lines to catch hairtail, so a small boat is more than enough.

They came to the trench as usual, and because they were the only two boats out, they did not bring a large force. The large force had nothing to gain yesterday, so they did not attract the attention of the locals.

When we arrived near the trench, there were no signs of other fishing boats except for scattered jellyfish floating around.

When they came over, of course they couldn't let go of the jellyfish floating on the sea. The number was twice as many as what they saw when they came out yesterday. There were one or two hundred by visual inspection. Although they were still sparse, they were still no more than what they saw when they came out yesterday. What is lacking above is more than what is below.

"There are a little more today. It looks like more and more will float up in less than two days."

"Now I would like to postpone the flood season until I can catch as many sea urchins and hairtails as possible."

"That's true..."

"I'll fish it out first. After I finish fishing it, I'll find a good place to launch it into the water."

As soon as their two boats, one large and one small, rushed into this area, they began to scrape the jellyfish on the sea surface. After they were all swept away, the small boats followed the big boats.

As soon as the Dongsheng stopped, Aguang also sailed over and climbed aboard the Dongsheng.

Seeing that Ye Yaodong was already putting on his equipment, he also took another set and put it on.

"I'll join you later in the water to help you fish for sea urchins. I'll take turns with you and put down the longline at the same time. I'll give you another free labor force."

Aguang thought well and borrowed his equipment to go into the water to find a good position to fish the longline. At the same time, he used the extra time to help him fish for sea urchins and repay the loan with his labor.

Ye Yaodong nodded, "Okay."

They were found together in the water yesterday. Although I borrowed his equipment, I also wanted to take him into the water to satisfy his curiosity, but after all, they were found together. He would definitely not be able to catch all the hairtail fish. , it’s okay to give A Guang some credit, and he’s not an outsider.

Now it would be okay to have an extra laborer to help him salvage.

He reminded again, "I have a larger number, we have to spread them out to avoid knots."

"I know, that trench is quite wide, and it's hard to tell how long it is. When we release it later, we have to go into the water to find a good position. The fishing boat may have to move, otherwise the air tube is too short and the distance it can swim under the sea is limited."

"Well, let's put a fishing line down and take a look. I'll go in the water and aim the hook at the trench. Hurry up, I'm ready."

After waiting for Guang for a while, both of them went into the water after he was ready.

The longline had been put down before them. After they went into the water, they just had to follow their longlines to the bottom, find the position of the trench, and pull the longline into the trench.

Because there were a lot of forked lines, they swam and pulled them underwater.

Fortunately, they made fewer fishing lines, and the hooks of the forked lines were placed more densely, so the front line would be slightly shorter. Only after they went ashore halfway and let the fishing boat deviate a little, they could get everything done in the next trip.

The fishing boat did not move after they came up. Ye Yaodong had checked and placed the fishing line. There were many sea urchins growing densely in that trench, which was a little far from the place they dug out yesterday. Today, they could catch a lot of fish again.

The trench below was so long that he went up and down the water twice to move along the trench. The cliffs on both sides were crowded with sea urchins, and there was no end in sight.

The silver-white ribbon below was also shining there, and it was unknown how many meters dense it was. Except for the empty black hole when the jellyfish floated up, it was gathered together to glow at other times, like a flat white road.

When he came up from work, he was already panting with fatigue. The two trips up and down were too physically demanding.

A Guang had less fishing lines, so he came up and lay on the deck before him.

After the longline fishing was done, the rest was the work of other boatmen. After the two took off their equipment, they handed it over to others to go into the water to fish for sea urchins.

"It's quite exhausting to go down to the bottom of the sea."

"Of course, there is pressure at the bottom of the water. Let's take a break. The school of hairtail is in the ditch. It should be easy for them to bite the hook. Let's take a break for half a day and try to reel in a line at noon to have a look."

"Okay."

Ye Yaodong also took off his wet shirt and pants and sat there to rest in his shorts.

The other people on the boat who hadn't taken their turn to go into the water were also sitting there chatting. A Guang's boat next to them was also idle. Everyone on the boat stood there bored and blowing the wind. They only moved when they saw jellyfish coming up.

To be honest, there was no need for so many people. Two or three people could come out to cast and reel in longlines. However, the father and son both planned to come out to see if it was feasible, so except for the people who stayed behind, they also brought everyone else out. Anyway, they would be paid whether they worked or not.

After resting enough, Ye Yaodong also stood up to observe the sea surface. He thought that the flood season was approaching, and the number of jellyfish floating today was much greater than yesterday.

After resting enough, A Guang also took turns to go into the water. When one person was missing, he joined the team to make up the number.

After 12 people took two turns, it was already noon. In addition to the first turn when they had time to cast longline fishing, they also went into the water to fish for 11 sea urchins in total, and the deck was full of them.

Everyone's performance also tended to be stable. After becoming proficient, each wave of going into the water and coming up could harvest about 200 kilograms. In these two rounds alone, they harvested more than 2,000 kilograms.

They had been casting longline fishing for half a day, and Pei's father and others had been waiting there to collect them.

Ye Yaodong also wanted to see the effect of the dense placement of fish hooks. After calculating the time for half a day, he called A Guang to catch one together to see.