Chapter 1234: Harvest of Ground Traps

"Can you give it to me? Take it home to feed the chickens, ducks and pigs."

Ye Yaodong looked at him in confusion, "It's all smelly, the chickens and ducks will hate it."

"Dry it in the sun, crush it, and mix it with rice bran. It's a pity to dump it all back into the sea. It doesn't take much effort to pull it back anyway. I can do it myself."

"Okay, then you can get a basket to put it in."

"Thank you, Brother Dong. Hehe, I'll take it back and let my wife and mother take care of it slowly. It just so happens that some chicks and ducks were hatched this year."

Ye Yaodong laughed, "It's quite a living."

"There are more people in the family, and we have to find ways to make life a little better. Our least valuable thing is our strength, so what's the big deal about a little more effort."

"That's right."

He sighed in his heart, there are still more people who are down-to-earth and hardworking.

The two divided the work and cooperated. Ye Yaodong rowed the pile of goods, picked out the fresh ones, and rowed the unfresh ones aside for Chen Guodong to put into the basket.

Only about 20% of the goods in the pile were fresh, 10% were barely OK, and the other 70% were not fresh or smelly.

Ye Yaodong picked up all the ones that were OK. This part could be pickled and eaten as salted fish, which was not a problem. Of course, the fresh ones could be cooked in any way.

It was not so fast to carry four or five hundred kilograms of goods. Before they finished carrying them, there was a splash on the water surface, and two heads emerged from the water one after another.

They quickly put down their picking work and went to help pull the people up. By the way, they also took over the lines in their hands and started to collect the nets.

"Yes... 4... 4 nets."

"There are 4 nets, and it's like this under the water. It's amazing. There are really a lot of abalones. There are a lot of small blue dragons hiding in the gaps. It's spectacular, so amazing. There are a lot of fish. One stupid fish even bumped into my arms..."

"I told you, right? You'll be shocked after seeing it. I don't know what it looks like under the water. Are there a lot of rare things? It's amazing..."

As soon as they came up, the two novices were amazed. They kept talking about what they saw and heard, and they had greater expectations for the situation under the water.

Ye Yaodong said: "If you want to go to the bottom, there are plenty of opportunities. You should familiarize yourself with the upper layer first and collect all the traps around the reef. Then we will go to the bottom for you. There will be a new world for you to see."

"Apart from small blue dragons and abalone and blue crabs, what else can there be, Brother Dong?"

"You will know when we go to the bottom in a few days."

"Brother Dong, do you know who threw the traps down? Does anyone else know about this place? So they threw the traps down to replenish the goods?"

"I know. I led them here last year, those two idiots."

Ye Yaodong looked at Zhi on the sea in the distance. Mada's fishing boat pursed its lips and motioned them to look over, "It's right there."

"So they also placed the branches around the island? I said, we came here so late to occupy the territory, why didn't they come to cause trouble."

"They dare? Beat them to death. This Feng Shui treasure land was originally mine, I just shared it with them. Stop talking nonsense, the fishing nets are collected, pull them up quickly."

"Okay, work, pull them up quickly."

The four nets that were collected were also full of goods. Because of the inertia of being pulled up, the fish fell into the fish collection bags at the bottom, and the upper mesh was still full of various fish and shrimps.

Everyone showed the joy of a good harvest, and they all felt that their work was not in vain. When all were poured out, there were more fish than those just now, like a small mountain, filling the deck.

"Too many..."

"If these goods were all fresh, I would make a fortune..."

"That's good too..."

Ye Yaodong reached out and grabbed a big blue crab that was running sideways. He smiled and looked at it with only one big leg left. He turned it over and looked at its belly. It was a male.

The fattest crabs are after the Mid-Autumn Festival. This one with one leg can't be sold for money. It's just right to keep it and give it to the children.

He threw the crabs into the basket separately and found that there was another one at the foot, and it had both big legs intact, waving its big claws to clamp his rain boots.

He quickly grabbed it. Fortunately, he found it in time. It only grabbed his feet and didn't move forward. If it crawled a few steps forward, it would be his crotch.

The claws of the big crab were very powerful, and they could clamp fingers off.

"Pick them out, keep the fresh ones, and put the unfresh ones in another basket. Guodong will take them back to dry and grind them to feed the chickens and ducks."

"What a good idea! It would be a waste if we dump them into the sea."

"Can you, can you, share some..."

Chen Guodong nodded, "Okay, there are so many, if you want some, then we'll split them."

"Okay."

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Ye Yaodong thought for a moment and reminded them, "These are already bad, some are rotten, and there may be bacteria and viruses. Take them back and boil them in a big pot first, then dry them in the sun. It will be better after sterilizing the bacteria."

"Sterilize?"

"Just do as I say."

"Okay, then take them back and boil them before drying them."

"You pick them, Guodong, come with me. Before it's afternoon, go down a few more times and fish up more. There will probably be some scattered squids in the afternoon. Then we can take a look in the water. If there are a lot, we will collect them. If there are few, we will come back tomorrow."

The three people's eyes lit up. They had never seen how the squid laid eggs on the branches.

"Great! I really learned something new today!"

"So I still have to follow Brother Dong. I can't imagine how lucky those people are to follow Brother Dong every day."

"Yes, those people who followed him to the sea last year were commended and rewarded with 500 yuan. I envy them so much. When will it be my turn?"

Ye Yaodong smiled and said, "Isn't it your turn now? Don't just think about glory and gaining knowledge. The risks at sea are unimaginable. If you can make money safely on land, don't take risks."

While Chen Shi and the others were in the water, Ye Yaodong took a break while sorting the fish. He was wet and cold, and the wind made him even colder.

He thought that he had to bring a torn blanket tomorrow so that he could wrap himself up in his spare time.

The two warmed up again, put on their diving equipment one by one, and then jumped into the water.

Although there are many traps hanging on the bottom, they are collected in a series, not just one by one, which is more efficient.

After Ye Yaodong went down, he and Chen Guodong found the nearest one to them, and then they swam carefully around the reef to untie the hooked traps.

He also saw Chen Guodong reaching out to the big abalone on the reef, but he couldn't get it off after trying for a long time.

Then he reached out to the smaller abalone on the side, but still returned empty-handed.

At this time, he also remembered that he forgot to tell them not to rush to get the abalone.

It is definitely impossible to get the abalone off with your fingers, not to mention that there is water pressure in the water, so you can't use force as recklessly as on the shore.

The suction of abalone is also very strong. Once alerted, human power cannot get it off even if it smashes the shell, but you can take it off by shovel when it is not prepared, and the speed must be fast, otherwise it will definitely not work.

He swam towards Chen Guodong, gestured with his hand to the fishing net, and signaled him to do the business first.

There are so many abalone on the reef, it is normal for everyone to be tempted and not think about picking them up at the first time.

But now is not the time to do this, and they have no tools at hand.

Chen Guodong watched his gestures and followed him to get the ground traps. He felt very regretful, but he had to wait until he got up.

This time, collecting these ground traps was not smooth. They untied a large string of them on the reef and thought they had all escaped the reef and could go up.

Who knew that when they got on the boat and asked the machine to collect the net, it got stuck halfway through, and then the machine kept running, moved again, and then got stuck again.

Ye Yaodong was puzzled and paused.

He was still popularizing them how to pick abalone.

Under the clear water, the shadow of the ground trap could still be seen faintly, and it was about to come out of the water.

"What's going on, Brother Dong?"

"The only explanation is that it might be hooked somewhere, so it can't be pulled up. Go down and take a look. If it is hooked, cut the connecting line between the two traps and pull up the one that can be pulled up first."

"Okay."

They waited on the shore for a while, and saw signs of looseness. Then they tried to pull it manually, and a trap emerged from the water.

"Ah, it's up."

Everyone reached out to help pull, and finally pulled the trap to the edge of the boat with great effort, and then worked together to pull up the first one and threw it on the deck.

Ye Yaodong first untied the fish bag and poured out the goods, and the remaining two continued to pull the rope to collect the trap.

At the same time, a head emerged from under the water, and everyone pulled him up first.

"Brother Dong, there are so many traps in a row, like a long dragon. When I went down, some traps were still hanging on the reef, and the nets were broken. A lot of fish, shrimps and crabs floated out of the nets and were swallowed by a big fish. I was shocked. Fortunately, they were not as big as me, otherwise I would have worried that I would be eaten."

"What fish?"

"I don't know. Anyway, they look a little smaller than me."

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"I knew it early, I I I will go."

"Go to hell, you can't even speak clearly, and you go. How will you report when you go up? Brother Dong Dong Dong Dong Dong, I I I I..."

Before Chen Guodong finished learning his words, Ye Yaodong kicked him with a smile, and Chen Shi's fist also hit him in the face. He quickly dodged and begged for mercy with a smile.

"Haha, don't, I'm just learning, just joking, no harm."

"There are already two stutterers who are learning from Chen Shi, if you learn again, there will be three, you learn, you learn again."

Chen Shi also said: "I'll give it to you, you learn."

He slapped his mouth, "You're a bad mouth, I can't learn."

Ye Yaodong said: "Stop making trouble, hurry up and close the net."

"Okay, right away."

Several people put away their joking looks and hurried to work.

This wave caught 6 traps, but it was a pity. The last trap was cut by the reef, and it was empty inside, and the goods fell into the sea.

The four of them were divided into two waves, and they took turns to go back and forth in an orderly manner. If they felt tired, they would rest for a while.

In one morning, they also caught 29 traps, and the harvest was also considerable. These traps also brought them a whole ship of goods, which was estimated to be about 3,000 to 4,000 kilograms.

It's a pity, and there are probably less than 20% fresh ones.

The quantity of fish in each net is different, and the ratio of good to bad fish is also different, but even if it is only 20%, it is considered a bumper harvest for them.

The stacked baskets weighed five to six hundred kilograms, and there were a lot of good products that could be sold at a good price.

The cages that were brought up were covered with a lot of seaweed and some sand and garbage, but it was vaguely visible that the cages were very new, and there were signs of wear and tear on the reef in some places.

You can take it back for repairs and cleaning, and it can be reused. These floor cages are also a treasure. It depends on whether Azheng and Xiaoxiao want them.

While they were all resting there and picking fish, two fishing boats in the distance were slowly coming towards them.

Ye Yaodong also stood up and squinted to look. The telescope was placed on the Dongsheng for his father to use. He could only see with his 5.3 eyes.

As expected, the two boats approaching from far away were Azheng and Xiaoxiao.

The two of them were already waving to him from a distance.

"Are they here to collect squid?"

"Definitely."

"What should we do if we see these goods on our ship? They threw the cages down."

"Then who told them to hang up..."

The people next to him were talking, but Ye Yaodong ignored them.

He thought that if they wanted those floor cages, he would return them to them, but the goods must belong to him, and he couldn't work in vain.

He thought to himself that Azheng's boat was already approaching, and he used bamboo poles to hook the two boats together and side by side.

"Dongzi, I said this boat here should belong to you. I saw you here two days ago. Have you put down all the branches? I was still thinking that if you didn't put down the branches today, I would go home and follow you. Say it."

"Hey, why are there so many fish on your boat? Damn the ground traps! Did you go into the water and catch these ground traps?"

"Ah~ I'll go, I thought you put the machine on the big ship. If I had known, I would have come earlier..."

As soon as he came over, he kept talking. Then he looked at the cargo on the ship in surprise and started talking a lot.

"Dongzi, please speak..."

Ye Yaodong said helplessly: "You're asking a lot of questions? Which one should I answer? I came out this morning just to salvage these cages and put down the branches by the way. I just had something to eat and decided to rest enough. Go into the water and take a look to see if there are any squid.”

Azheng became even more excited, "Can I go down with you and have a look? I've never seen how a squid lays eggs."

"Alright."

Seeing that he didn't mention the cages and that his attention was attracted by the squid, Ye Yaodong took the initiative and asked, "I just heard what you said, do you know about these cages? You put them down."

Knowing it is one thing, you still have to ask, you can't pretend to be deaf and just take it away, just give it to them if they want it.

"I know, I put it down, and a small part of it was put in by Xiaoxiao. Damn it, except for the front, which can be collected intermittently, it's worth losing a few ground cages, and the ones dropped at the back can only hang on the bottom. , Fortunately, I made a lot of money in the past, and there is no loss in total. "

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"It's not a loss, as long as it's not a loss, then do you still want these cages? If so, just move them over."

"Some of these are mine, some are small, and there are no buoys. How can I tell which one belongs to whose? I don't remember how many I dropped. There aren't even ten in the row behind, so I just dropped them casually. Forget it, I I don’t need it, so I gave it to you. Anyway, I made a profit, and it was you who worked hard to get it.”

"I don't care, just give me the goods."

"When Xiaoxiao comes, I'll ask Xiaoxiao. Can you put that thing on for me and take a look in the water?"

"Can."

He was gearing up and happy.

Azheng's father curiously looked at the cargo they had on the deck and asked, "Are these dumped from the ground cage?"

"Yes, but none of them are fresh. Some of them are smelly and rotten to varying degrees. We can't have them."

There were too few baskets brought out today, and the preparations were not sufficient. Previously, I picked up the stale fish and put them in the baskets separately. Later, I could only free up the baskets to hold fresh fish.

These stale and rotten things can only be thrown on the deck first, and when we return to the shore, we can bring some baskets to put them in.

Azheng's father looked pityful, "There are so many, it looks like they weigh several thousand kilograms. If they were all fresh, it would make a lot of money. It looks like there are quite a few snappers and small green dragons."

"Not only that, there are also a 3-pound tiger spot, a 2-pound bluestone spot, and a small mouse spot. It's a pity that they all stink."

Azheng glared and said, "Damn, that's a pity. Is there any place to buy your equipment? If I had a set, these items wouldn't end up in the sea."

"There is no place to buy them at the moment. A few days ago, I wanted to buy two more sets. I wanted to take them to Zhejiang Province later, but it turned out that I couldn't buy them. The opportunity has been cut off."

"Well, it's a shame that so much of the stuff stinks."

"Who says it's not? Fortunately, they thought of taking it back, drying it, grinding it into pieces, and then feeding it to chickens and ducks. It's not a waste."

As Ye Yaodong said this, he also drove away the seabirds that kept swooping in from all directions. The seabirds that circled his boat did not stop all morning.

"Then when will you get into the water?"

"Let's wait for the other boat to come."

Both of them looked at the boat that was almost approaching.

Xiaoxiao also took the bamboo pole, hooked it with the hook on the top of their fishing boat, and came closer.

"I obviously moved first, why did you come here before me?"

"I was close, and Dongzi salvaged a small part of the ground cage that we had thrown away intermittently last year and brought it up. He asked me if I wanted more, and I told him to forget it. It was worn out anyway, so we both had to share it. It’s unclear who belongs to whom, and there’s no mark.”

"Oh, that's fine. It's not a loss anyway. They're all broken. Let's take them back and sew them up. Anyway, I don't need them now. I've been trawling the nets all the time. I originally made a floor cage, but I also wanted to use it from underneath. Get some sea cucumbers and small green dragons, make some money, then keep cheating and mess up, and almost lose money. "

"That's what I think too. We don't have the ability to go down to the bottom. It would be a waste if we throw it away."

Ye Yaodong said: "Then let's wait until we catch it and take it back."

"Why are you still standing here? Why don't you go take a look at the squid."

"Didn't I just come here to have a conversation with Dongzi? I'm waiting for you to come with me, right?"

Xiaoxiao looked at Ye Yaodong again, "Are you staying at home now? You even went out of your way to trap squid."

"Pretty much. I'll probably stay at home during this flood season, while my dad sails out to sea."

"Are you sold out of kelp? When I came back from the sea yesterday, I saw that the goods were no longer weighed. When I asked, I said the weighing was finished."

"It shouldn't be sold out yet. Anyway, the early shipments have been shipped out. The rest will be piled up there and sold slowly. I don't need my people there. I can just arrange for people to deliver the goods."

Both of them looked at him with special envy.

"Why are you getting more and more powerful? You look so beautiful."

"Yeah, why did you secretly become so powerful behind our backs?"

Ye Yaodong said angrily: "Crazy! I became powerful because I was upright, but you didn't participate, so you don't know."

Azheng: "Made, it will take another half a year before we can get the boat and follow you far away."

Xiaoxiao: "When you have a boat, you can also join in the fun. Every day you hear from the village what fish you caught and what rewards you got. The city commended you and awarded you 500 yuan."

"It's 1,000 yuan!" Ye Yaodong corrected him.

Xiaoxiao: "Envy's facial features are all distorted, and they don't even touch the light."

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"Don't worry, not only did you not get the benefit of the doubt, but my father also didn't get the benefit of the doubt."

Azheng: "Your father is really miserable!"

"Fortunately, my father is not on the boat, otherwise he would be so angry that he would vomit blood after hearing what you said, and he would not be able to recover for half a month."

Ah Zheng said to Xiao Xiao: "Dongzi said he wanted to go into the water to see if there are any squids. I want to go down with him. You..."

"I want it too, I want to go too."

"You're going to do whatever it takes. Do you want to follow me if I eat shit?"

"Yes, let's come and watch you eat."

"Suzuki cock breakup!"

"Lin Bei is lazy!"

The two of them stared and quarreled across the boat, and their biological father quickly followed up with a few scoldings.

The sound was not loud, and there was the sound of waves following the wind. Ye Yaodong couldn't hear it clearly.

He said: "Have you eaten yet? Just take your time after eating. After eating for a while, come down with me. If you haven't eaten yet, stay a little later."

"I've eaten." They both said in unison.

"Then one goes down with me, the other goes down with Chen Shi, take turns, and help me pick up the floor cage underneath."

"You don't miss any opportunity to squeeze us. If you follow us, we will have to untie you."

"Definitely, the free labor doesn't go to waste. It's going to go down anyway, so you can untie the cage for me by the way, and let you see the good things you have done."

Ye Yaodong said righteously: "It's because of people like you who just throw the cages under the ground and hang them on the bottom without being able to deal with them. That's why there is so much marine garbage."

"You have to pay for your actions responsibly. It is your obligation and your responsibility to go down and remove the cage... The party and the people educate us that everyone must be responsible for their own actions..."

The two of them were a little dumbfounded after hearing what he said.

"I heard that you went to the party school? Why did you... really learn a lot?"

"It's necessary! You should also ask the village committee to report it to you, and also go to the party school. It will be very useful."

"What's the use? Can you talk in one sentence?"

Xiao Xiao had an insight into the true meaning, "Can I have a companion with you?"

Ye Yaodong chuckled, "You go to the village cadres to educate yourself. Party members are very useful. Stop talking nonsense now and come over here!"

"I'll go! Are you speaking human language?"

"That's right. Is it wrong to let you crawl over here?"

"When it comes out of your mouth, it doesn't sound like a good word. Why don't you just say it directly?"

"Oh, then crawl over here."

Xiao Xiao was angry. In order to follow him into the water and take a look, he would not behave like such a mean-mouthed person.

While he was rambling, Ah Zheng crawled over without hesitation and had already crawled over.

"Dongzi, let's go down first and leave him alone."

"Okay, you better be obedient."

Azheng's eyes widened and he stretched out his fist to make a gesture on the back of his head.

"You're getting more and more mean-mouthed."

"I didn't say any bad words, unlike you."

"Okay, okay, hurry up, I have no education, I have no quality, I just love swearing."

Everyone laughed.

Ye Yaodong was so happy that he still had fun with them and joked casually.

The two put on masks, flippers and air tubes, checked them again, did some warm-up, and then jumped into the water.

He did not move the boat to the area around the island where he had dropped branches. It was actually the same from here, not far away.

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If there are squids laying eggs below, you can see them when you go into the water. At that time, the three boats can move to the positions where they drop branches.

At this moment, the other two boats are waiting by the side, while the boatmen on Ye Yaodong's boat continue to sort the goods on the deck.

After a small turn, after looking at their harvest, they were amazed, and then squatted down to help.

After Ye Yaodong took Ah Zheng into the water, Ah Zheng looked at the ground traps hanging on the reef and had already known what was going on, and was not very surprised.

It was only when he got closer and saw the black abalone shells on it that he opened his eyes wide.

He only knew that there were sea cucumbers, small blue dragons and prairie prawns, but he didn't know there were abalones, and there were quite a few of them.

Damn! Dongzi got rich again!

He could see them all by following him, but he couldn't pick them up. He was so angry.

Ye Yaodong watched him rushing towards the reef, and swam up to pull him, motioning him to look around first to see if there were any squids laying eggs first.

It wouldn't be too late to deal with these traps later.

However, when they turned around to circle around the reef, they saw that there were many transparent squids around the traps in front of them.

Moreover, there were many squids swimming towards them from a distance. The number was not large, but there was a small group visible to the naked eye.

Then, in their wide-eyed eyes, they rushed directly to the traps around the reef, and then attached themselves to the traps and didn't move.

Ye Yaodong was shocked in his heart.

Did these squids use the traps below as branches to lay eggs?

In theory, branches are not necessary. Artificial egg-laying devices can be made of iron wire, bamboo wire, branches, plastic branches, etc.

The egg-laying device is placed on the squid to lay eggs, and the eggs are attached to the seaweed on the hard branches one by one with its head and feet.

In order to avoid falling directly on the seabed and being swallowed by other marine life, it can also immediately eat floating diatoms, various algae, and some insects such as Noctiluca.

The two looked at each other and approached the ground cage, watching these transparent squids wrap their tentacles around the fishing net.

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