Chapter 1143 Great Harvest

"Then I'll drive over?"

"Go ahead." Ye Yaodong said affirmatively.

"Oh...wait...give me two guns first, I'll go down to the deck and get ready, you wait a moment, and we can get closer when we're ready."

"Okay."

Father Ye stood up and made way for him to get the gun.

Ye Yaodong took two 56-and-a-half guns and went down to the deck.

Everyone was surprised to see him holding two guns.

"What are you doing..."

"Don't be nervous, we are planning to catch the big fish. You all saw the big fish in front, right? The snout is so long, like a saw, similar to the long snout of swordfish and marlin. It will definitely not be so easy to catch later."

After Ye Yaodong calmed them down, he handed the gun in his hand to Chen Shi, "Take it, and wait for my order before shooting."

Then he said to the others, "The boat is moving forward now. When you get closer, you can throw the two broken hand-cast nets to the sawfish. However, these two hand-cast nets are definitely useless. Its saw teeth will be broken in a few strokes. It was cut, and the net was not big, so it was easy to escape. It probably ran away before you could collect the nets. "

"So when the two hand-cast nets were thrown out, you should pull them hard twice at the first time, and we will immediately shoot. When the fishing boat gets closer, another person will throw the trawl net down and continue to entangle it. This fishing net is more than 300 meters long. If you get entangled, you will definitely not be able to escape or struggle. "

If the trawl net was not too big and heavy, and could not be thrown out as lightly as the hand-cast net, he would not have to work hard to use all the nets.

Everyone quickly agreed and was eager to try.

"Then let's catch the big fish first. We will catch these dead fish floating on the sea surface after we catch the big fish. Anyway, they are dead and can't escape."

"Let's see how these fish died later. They were poisoned by the red tide, so we can't keep them. Let's take a look first."

"Oh... We didn't care so much before. We just ate whatever we wanted... We were good enough to catch some fish to eat."

"So there were many deaths in the past. Anyway, they were buried after death, and their families couldn't investigate." Ye Yaodong said casually, and then reminded them, "Get ready, get closer."

"Hey! Here they come!"

There was a large group of dead fish floating on the sea surface, some of which were about to float in front of them, and the big sawfish was in the middle of the fish school.

I don't know if the shark was killed, so it didn't roll there at this time, and it looked very calm.

It was delayed by the telescope for a while, so he didn't know the fate of the shark. He only saw blood red spreading on the sea surface a moment ago, and now it has calmed down again. It is likely that it either escaped or died.

Ye Yaodong saw that the distance was almost right, and the fishing boat stopped, and immediately called them to get ready.

"You can throw the fishing net, Chen Shi, get ready, when the fish struggles to expose its body part, we will shoot together."

"Understood!"

When he agreed, the hand-cast net had been thrown out, firmly covering the sawfish, and many fish were also covered in it.

These dead fish floating on the sea surface are of all kinds, big and small, with a wide variety. It is estimated that a large area may weigh tens of thousands of pounds, and the dark area is quite large.

As far as he can see with his naked eyes, there are mullet, pomfret, small yellow croaker, perch, Bao Gong, water croaker, yellow croaker and so on, all kinds of valuable and worthless.

The two hand-cast nets covered the sawfish together, one in front and one behind. When the first fishing net just covered it, it immediately struggled, and when the second fishing net covered it, it struggled even more.

Its snout also waved wildly, and its body struggled violently on the sea.

"Shoot!"

As soon as the voice fell, a burst of gunfire rang out immediately, followed by a second gunfire. The sawfish on the sea struggled even harder because of the pain, and the splashing water could still spray on their cheeks.

The body entangled in the fishing net was also divided by the struggle of its snout, and the fishing net was directly cut.

It was just that it struggled too hard at the beginning, and the fishing net was already tangled up in a mess. Even if it used its snout to cut the fishing net, its body and fins and tail were already tightly entangled in the fishing net, and some of them could not break free, and only the snout was freed.

The body was restricted in freedom, which made it particularly manic, rolling on the sea constantly, and because of the rolling, the pain doubled, and its ferocity and madness increased dramatically.

Even the dead fish around it struggled harder, and were pushed farther and farther by the waves, leaving the circle around it empty. Only it was still twisting its body madly, swinging its tail, and chopping everywhere with its snout.

The two fishermen held the other end of the rope, and they didn't dare to use any strength at all. In front of such a big crazy fish, their strength was not enough.

"Put the rope on the roller and roll it up, let the roller see if it can collect the net."

"It's too tight, that good fish is struggling and chopping everywhere, it may cut the rope, and then the effort will fail."

"Yes, then you should pull the rope well and don't use any strength first, at least the fishing net has already entangled it, and it only has a long mouth exposed outside, and its body can't break free."

After saying this, Ye Yaodong looked at the sawfish that was still struggling so hard, and took the opportunity to shoot again.

Chen Shi also followed suit.

"If you struggle a little more, it should be about the same..."

"No, it wants to run away..." The ropes in the hands of the two long-term workers were pulled taut, and half of their bodies were dragged by the ropes in their hands, with half of their bodies exposed outside the hull, and their entire belly pressed against the edge of the ship. .

"Oh, boss, you are so energetic. Come and help. We can't catch it. If we can't catch it, we will be dragged into the sea by it."

Ye Yaodong and Chen Shi also quickly put down their guns and helped each other hold the rope to prevent them from being dragged into the sea by the fish.

"It can't run. Its body is covered by the fishing net. It can't even swim. It should be sinking to the bottom of the water now. It may not be dead yet."

Father Ye also noticed their situation. He was afraid that the rope would be cut by the saw teeth because of the tension, so he also drove the boat and moved the boat a little in the direction of the rope being straightened.

Due to the movement of the fishing boat, the sawfish, which lost its freedom and was restrained, continued to sink to the bottom.

"Do you still want to release this big net?"

"Let it go, but wait a minute, go and ask my father to stop the boat and stop moving. The fishing boat is moving now, and the fishing net thrown down will follow the progress of the fishing boat and float to the back of the boat. Tell him to stop." Come down and throw the big net down to catch the fish."

Now the fish can only sink to the bottom of the water, but it can't sink anywhere if they pull it, but don't even think about pulling it up. If you pull it, it will only make it struggle harder. Such a big fish can't do that. Easy to die.

It will only stimulate it, and then the snout will move around and cut the rope. Then he will probably have to sink to the bottom of the sea and fish it out. Who knows how many meters deep it is?

The boatman complied, and he and the others held on to the rope to prevent the fish from sinking to the bottom.

The big net was lowered into the sea along with the ropes they were holding. The big net was too long, more than 300 meters long. They had no intention of lowering the entire fishing net. They only lowered it for more than ten meters and then removed it from the fishing net. The pulling force felt that the fish was entangled in the fishing net.

"It was hit. Sure enough, it's still there alive. Such a big fish really has strong vitality, so it's not easy to die."

"Fortunately, I didn't pull it. If I did, I would have gone crazy."

"Then what should I do now that the fishing net is entangled?"

"Just use a net hoist to lift it up. There are so many nets wrapped around me, and the thread of this big net is so thick. I'm probably not far away from death now. I don't have that much energy to cut such a thick fishing net. I can't escape." Dropped."

The line of the hand-thrown net is too thin. Even if it can be pulled up with a net machine, as long as the fish still has breath, it will be easily cut and then sink to the bottom of the sea. The big net is different, its line is very thick. It is thicker than hand-thrown nets and cannot be easily cut.

"Then we can't let go of the thread we hold on to."

"Hold on first."

"It's still very energetic, it's still moving, and it's still trying to escape."

"I'll use the net hoist to hook it up and pull it up..."

Several people were busy working together, and when the net hoisting machine started to operate to collect the net, suddenly a hand-throwing net rope suddenly came loose.

"Ah, my rope is broken."

"It's okay. I still have this one, which means it's still there without running away."

Ye Yaodong also stared at the sea, watching the fishing net being pulled up bit by bit. He could already see the shadow of the big fish under the water.

"Yes, yes..."

"Yes, whose is it?"

"It's yours. Isn't this your boat? Isn't it yours to catch a big fish?"

Ye Yaodong pursed his lips in a bored manner and stopped talking. As expected, these people had no sense of humor at all. If Aguang Xiaoxiao and the others were here, they would have understood what he meant and laughed and cursed a few words.

There was a splash of water.

"Ah! Collect it."

"Caught!"

"Such a big one, and that mouth... is so long, like a saw..."

"Wow, this one has to be more than three meters from beginning to end, right? It's so big..."

"I don't know how much this fish can be sold for. It looks really weird. I don't know if anyone wants it?"

"Oh, I only thought about catching big fish and didn't think about whether anyone would want it. It's not like no one wants such a big fish, right? It just looks a little weird, but it looks a lot like a manta ray."

"You can't sell such a big fish for money, so it's an honor to tell it."

A several-meter-long sawfish is entangled in a fishing net like a large five-flowered board, with only the end of its snout exposed. The long snout is about the same proportion as the body, and wide, and the tusks on the sides are like saw teeth. No wonder it’s called a sawfish.

Seeing that the boatmen were going to borrow ropes, Ye Yaodong quickly called them to stop, "Wait a moment."

"Isn't he dead?" Everyone immediately backed away nervously, looking at the big fish with vigilance.

"No, I want to take pictures first."

"Huh? I thought the fish was still alive. You told us not to get close."

"I was so warped, my eyes were closed, and the big saw was motionless."

"Are you going to take pictures again? Your camera is only used on fish. You don't take as many pictures of people as you do of fish?"

"What do you know."

It will be very difficult to see this fish in the future. This is his brilliant achievement, so of course he has to take pictures and keep them as evidence.

From now on, if you randomly pick out any of his ocean photos, they are all mythical. Who can be as awesome as him, as rich in experience as he is, and moreover, he has proof of what he says.

This is his glorious history and bragging rights.

Ye Yaodong quickly returned and took two pictures before letting him put them down. However, he didn't take any more pictures after putting them down. He couldn't take any pictures because of his large body. When the fishing nets were untied, he took another picture.

"First untie the big net. Now we can only go back to the shore. It has been cut and needs to be repaired. The transparent line of the hand-cast net can be cut directly with scissors later. Be careful with the big net and don't damage it too much. You will need to use it again after repairing it."

"I know."

Father Ye ran down excitedly to take a look. "Such a big fish, it's lucky to catch it."

"Why did you run down? Go and drive the boat to chase the dead fish floating on the sea."

Father Ye turned his head to look at the sea. It had drifted far away. He only saw the black "Okay, okay, I will drive the boat to chase it immediately."

After saying that, he took a fish out of the fishing net and took a look. It was very fresh and not poisoned. Then he went back to the cockpit.

When the fishing net was cast, it not only covered the big fish, but also caught a lot of small fish. In fact, it is small relative to the size of the sawfish. In fact, it is not very small. What you see in the fish net now are all good goods that can be sold.

Ye Yaodong also squatted down and caught a few fish to check whether they were poisoned by the red tide. After all, the color concentration of the red tide at night is quite high, but I don’t know whether it is poisonous or not.

Red tide is formed by different algae, some of which are poisonous and some are non-toxic.

The eyes of fish polluted by red tide will be turbid, lose their normal luster, and some even bulge outward.

Severely polluted fish will also have abnormal shapes, some have large heads and small tails, some have curved spines or even deformities, and some have yellow skin and blue tails.

This type is not edible at all and will cause human poisoning.

If it is just a simple water environment with severe lack of oxygen, causing fish, shrimps and crabs to suffocate and die, it is still edible.

He looked through a few of them in his hand and they all died normally. They were all fresh and edible.

Other fishermen were also picking small fish out of the fishing nets to relieve the space, and they also saw that these fish were edible.

"Fortunately, there are new hand-cast nets in the cabin, which can be taken out and used, otherwise the dead fish that floated up..."

"You must prepare more when you go out, but don't be afraid, don't we still have hand-scoop nets? You can cast the nets later, and use the hand-scoop nets to catch the ones that need to be caught. Try to catch them all in one net. It's rare for such a big wave to float up. Go and get it now. This fishing net can't be untied for a while, so put it aside for now and talk about it later."

"Okay."

Ye Yaodong also put down the fish he was looking at, stood up and took a telescope to look at the sea in the distance. The dead fish that floated up were drifting with the waves. They were originally scattered because of the fierce struggle of the sawfish, but now they are gathered together again because of the scouring of the water.

The main reason is that there are enough of them, and the water flow and wind direction are in the same direction. They were not scattered by the waves, but concentrated again.

If all the fish in this area can be caught in the naan, the income is also very good, which is equivalent to working for a few days at sea. It is not a loss to return this trip.

If everyone saw such a large group of dead fish before, they would have been very excited. These are all free goods. Mazu sent money.

However, everyone has been fishing with Ye Yaodong for the past two years. Their horizons have been improved and their thresholds have been higher. These fish are not exciting enough for them.

After all, they have caught 110,000 catties of plum fish in one net before. There are probably only tens of thousands of catties of fish on the sea. How can they compare with the 110,000 catties of plum fish?

But they are still happy. After all, it is a big harvest. There is no need to drag one net after another. The goods are directly in front of them. They only need to spend effort to catch them and they all belong to them. There is no need to gamble on luck.

Everyone is still very enthusiastic and immediately prepares.

Father Ye drove the fishing boat to chase the black dead fish gathered on the sea. These were dead and had no vitality. They could only drift with the wind. They were not running fast, but they caught up in a few seconds.

The boatmen also took out new hand-cast nets and threw them to collect the fish on the sea as soon as the fishing boat stopped. The other two also took hand-cast nets to salvage the goods beside the fishing boat.

The nets that were supposed to be used to catch jellyfish were now used to catch dead fish.

"There are all kinds of fish, so many..."

"Talk less and save more energy. With so many, it will take a while to salvage them all. It will take several hours."

"It seems that the red tide has spread over there. From a distance, it looks brown, unlike the blue sky and blue water in the past." Ye Yaodong said with a telescope.

"This red tide looks pretty serious."

"It was spreading over a wide area, and we just happened to encounter it. It's okay. Take your time to fish. These fish died of suffocation. It's not a big problem. We'll go back after we're done."

"Okay, okay, fish them all. The fish warehouse is probably full."

Ye Yaodong also took a hand net and followed everyone to fish. After the fishing boat stopped, Ye's father also picked up a hand net.

The whole boat was fishing. All the fish were dumped on the deck. No one had time to sort them out. They just wanted to catch all the fish in the sea as soon as possible.

The early morning sun had risen completely when they were fishing. Under the bright sun, everyone's face was also sunburned red, and sweat dripped onto the sea. As usual, there was only one fishing boat floating in the middle of the sea, fishing diligently.

No one had time to run to the cabin to get a towel to wipe the sweat off their heads. They all took off their clothes and hung them around their necks to wipe them.

Ye Yaodong had been exposed to the sun intermittently during this period, and his face was already several shades darker than in previous years, but compared to the dark faces next to him, he was considered fair.

When he goes out, he doesn't wear sunscreen like a ghost like he does at home. He just pays more attention when he is at sea. After all, the sun at sea is the most poisonous.

"If you are tired from casting the net, or if you have stayed up all night, take a rest first and help cook a meal. We haven't eaten since early in the morning, so we probably don't have any energy anymore. Let's take a rest first and take it easy."

Father Ye wiped the sweat from his face and said to him: "You haven't slept all night, so you should take a rest first."

"Then let's all take a rest first. We won't finish fishing so quickly. People are like iron, and food is like steel. You won't be hungry until you eat a meal. Only when you are full can you have the strength to work. Let's take a rest." Those who cook cook, and those who rest rest.”

Everyone quickly put down their nets. Everyone was either sweating profusely or looking exhausted. They divided the work. Those who had not slept all night took a rest first, and the two who had slept went to cook first.

Father Zhiye took the fishing net everyone put aside and continued to cast the net.

"Why don't you take a break, dad."

"I took a nap without being tired. When I woke up, I kept sailing there without doing much work. You can rest while I catch more."

"That's up to you."

Ye Yaodong leaned against the side of the boat tiredly, not daring to close his eyes at all. He was afraid that he would fall asleep immediately and be unable to get up later.

After resting for a while and feeling that my arms were no longer so sore, I stood up and took the binoculars to look at the surrounding sea. They were still the only boat alone.

There are too few fishing boats that can travel such a distance these days, and offshore resources are abundant. Most of the time, one trawler is enough to make money fishing offshore.

While they were fishing, the red tide had already spread, spreading around their fishing boat, covering all the fish in a blanket of brown.

Originally, the fish looked black and white, with black on the back and white on the abdomen. Now, at a glance, they are all brown.

If it had been covered by red tide before, they probably wouldn't have been able to see the dead fish floating on the sea here.

Ye Yaodong watched the fishing boat rippling in the water and deviate from the fish, so he climbed onto the cockpit and moved the fishing boat closer to the dead fish so that his father could continue to cast the net.

By the way, he was also sitting in the cockpit to rest and avoid the sun.

It wasn't until everyone called him to start dinner that he realized that he had fallen asleep at some point. When he was woken up, he felt exhausted all over and could hardly open his eyes.

But he still held on, relying on his willpower to wake up again and go down to eat.

It is really hard for fishermen. It is common to have difficulty eating and sleeping on a fishing boat. It is even more difficult to sleep if you encounter a school of fish.

Everyone simply ate some porridge, had enough rest after filling their stomachs, and hurried to salvage.

After the sawfish was fished out, no one encountered any problems. At most, the fishing boat diverted the fish and then moved over.

After several hours of exposure, everyone finally successfully fished out all the dead fish from the sea. The entire deck was piled up like a hillside, taller than a person, referring to Father Ye and the others. The younger generation is shorter.

"Finally, we've finished fishing. It's tiring just fishing..."

"My hands are almost numb..."

"This is like a small mountain, weighing at least 30,000 to 50,000 jins? I don't know if it exists elsewhere..."

"You are too greedy."

Ye Yaodong listened to their discussion with a smile, "I find another pile next to me, what are you going to do?"

"Ah? Then just rest for a while, you can't even lift your hands."

"Haha, just finish fishing. We'll sail back soon."

Father Ye was still holding the hand net, reluctantly preparing to fish out the few remaining fish on the sea. It would be a waste not to fish out all the fish.

In the past, if a fish was seen on the sea, everyone would immediately go fishing for it. Now, there are too many fish caught, and the arms are so sore. Everyone cannot move the remaining bits and pieces, and can only leave them to the aftermath. The boss dad.

Ye Yaodong also clapped his hands and said, "Those who stay up late go to bed with me, and the rest of you will sail the boat and pick up the goods. When we wake up, you will come over to help. After staying up all night, we have been working for so long. The three of us can’t handle the work anymore.”

"Okay, you go and have a rest first. We will leave this place to us." After Father Ye poured out the four or five small fish in the fishing net, he threw the handmade net aside. "I will go back to the boat now."

"Let's rest for a while. We can't even lift our hands. Let's rest for a while and then pick."

"First go to the fish warehouse and carry a bucket of ice cubes out and pour it on top, otherwise it will be stale due to the sun. Pour some ice cubes in and then you can rest." Ye Yaodong added.

"OK."

Anyway, I added more ice cubes when I came out. I changed some last night because of the red tide. I didn’t have any goods to haul. Even the little goods I had during the day yesterday didn’t require so much ice.

Just take out some of the ice cubes and cover them on top to prevent them from being sunburned. The remaining ones are enough for these fishes.

Ye Yaodong was also exhausted. He checked the time and it was already past 10 o'clock. He went back to the cabin and lay down. He fell asleep immediately.

They all slept deeply that night, and they didn't wake up until they docked in the afternoon and were woken up.

He looked confused, "Is it so noisy outside?"

"Arrived at the dock."

"So fast?"

Father Ye said, "We didn't run far. You were driving back last night. It's only 2 o'clock now, and we haven't sorted out all the goods on the deck. There are all kinds of fish in that pile of goods. It's not like the same kind of fish caught in the past. There are too many varieties here, and it takes a long time to sort them."

Ye Yaodong shook his head and sat up more sober. "Let's go, pick up the goods first, and have a good sleep after we go back. Anyway, we have landed, the fishing nets are broken, and we can't go out to sea tomorrow."

"Oh, by the way , we have docked. Has the red tide spread to the shore? "

"No, there are a bunch of people standing outside looking at the goods on our boat. Listening to them talking, it seems that no one has encountered the red tide. It seems that we are the only ones who have encountered it, right?"

"Isn't it evening yet? Most of the fishing boats haven't come back yet,"

"It's possible. Anyway, there are a lot of people outside surrounding our boat. They are so envious, hehe..."

"Is there any food to eat?"

"There is still a little bit of lunch left. You can eat first and then work."

Ye Yaodong nodded.

When he went out of the cabin, he saw a bunch of people on the shore talking around their fishing boat. He had to change direction even when he wanted to pee.

Less than half of the goods on the deck had been sorted. There were still a lot left. After all, there were only two people, and Ye's father had to drive the boat. Moreover, they were overworked. Their arms were so sore from salvaging that they couldn't lift them. It was normal that they were inefficient.

However, with their participation, the efficiency was higher.

When the sun went down, all the cargo on the deck was finally sorted out, leaving only the sawfish that was wrapped like a dumpling in the fishing net.