Chapter 238 The Fish Is Dead and the Net Is Broken

At two o'clock in the morning, Ye Yaodong woke up on time. He was in excellent mental condition and refreshed. He didn't feel tired at all from lack of sleep.

Lin Xiuqing also woke up and was about to get out of bed.

Ye Yaodong whispered: "Don't get up, I can just boil an egg and eat it."

"Then how can you eat enough? You have to go all day."

"I asked my father to bring the coal stove from the old house. Later, I will get a few slices of rice noodles and some dry goods, and then go to the backyard to chop a cabbage and cook it on the boat, so that I can have a hot bite even in the cold weather."

"Yes, you can bring the coal stove from the old house to the boat. You can't eat noodles all day long. I'm awake anyway..."

"It's okay. You can continue to sleep. You can eat for two days now and then but not every day."

Getting a coal stove to cook on the boat would save her a lot of trouble. She wouldn't have to get up with him in the middle of the night to cook for him. It would be even more inconvenient if she got pregnant in two months. She could do more than one thing with one stone.

Lin Xiuqing saw that he persisted, so she lay down. She was also sleepy in the cold weather.

Ye Yaodong took a basket, filled it with 4 pieces of dry rice noodles, grabbed a handful of dried oysters, went to the backyard to chop a Chinese cabbage, picked a few leaves, washed them, put them all in the basket, and fished the other side dishes from the sea. .

He quickly brought the bowl with him, filled it with some seasonings, washed the bucket, and filled it with a bucket of clean water. After everything was prepared, he pushed the cart to the dock.

There was no need to eat today. He was faster than his father. There were not many people at the dock when he arrived. He went to sail the boat first. After loading everything on the boat, Father Ye arrived late.

"Why are you so fast?"

He glanced at his father, wondering why he was asking.

Father Ye didn't expect him to answer. After carrying the coal stove onto the boat, he planned to cut the fish bait.

"Dad, you go sail the boat. I'll cook some noodles first."

"What? You haven't eaten yet?"

"No, I brought noodles and planned to cook them on the boat. It will be easier and save Ah Qing from having to get up in the middle of the night to cook."

The people on the fishing boat next to him joked, "Haha~ Can't you tell that A Dong loves his wife so much? Who's wife doesn't get up in the middle of the night to cook, and some of them have to go out to sea..."

Ye Yaodong ignored what others were saying, took out a match, lit a handful of straw, put it in the coal stove to burn the coal first, then filled the small pot with water, let it simmer slowly, and then cut the fish and hung the bait.

Father Ye said a few words casually and then sailed the boat to the distant sea.

While the pot is boiling, Ye Yaodong is busy with his work, which doesn't waste time.

After the water boiled, he just tore two pieces of cabbage and put the dried rice noodles on top, a few dried oysters, a few shrimps, and a little more flavor. Once cooked, it was ready to serve.

I haven't cast the net yet today, so I can only put in a few small shrimps, but they are quite fresh.

"Dad, do you want some more?"

"You can eat it, I've eaten it."

It felt like playing house, but it was also quite tasty. Ye Yaodong took a big gulp and drank up the soup before starting to work again.

According to his own habits, Father Ye drove to the sea area he was familiar with and stopped to help. It was only after three o'clock and it was still dark.

After Ye Yaodong handed over the job of hanging bait to his father, he planned to put down the hook. As soon as he turned around, he saw a figure jumping out of the sea out of the corner of his eye. Then, a white light appeared and he heard Dong's sound.

He looked carefully at the sea, but only saw a white figure, and then it submerged again, and the sea was empty again, leaving only the sparkling water.

"Did a fish jump out of the water just now?" Father Ye also heard Dong's cry, but when he turned around, he saw nothing.

"It seems like there were fish catching seabirds just now? I didn't see clearly."

He thought the white figure should be a seabird.

"Please pay attention. Many fish are active at night. When the weather turns colder, there are fewer fish schools. It is rare for big fish to jump out of the water."

"Well, Dad, go sail the boat and I'll do the rest."

He arranged the hand-thrown net and put it beside him, always ready to cast the net. Then he put the baited hooks into the water and looked in all directions to pay attention to the surrounding water, but he didn't see any movement anymore. He was a little disappointed.

Are you already full?

After all the rows of hooks were released, he lowered the stone sinking rope and prepared to catch low-level fish. Just as he was throwing the buoy, a large fish with graceful lines suddenly cut through the calm sea surface with a whooshing sound, and was flying at low altitude. The seabird bites it and drags it underwater.

"Dad, over there!"

Father Ye kept an eye on the sea surface while sailing the boat and saw it. It was not far away, only about ten meters away. As soon as he turned the boat around, Ye Yaodong made sure to throw away the hand-thrown net and planned to give it a try.

When he was dragging it, he found that it was actually in stock, so he quickly called his father to come over and help.

This hand-thrown net is quite easy to use and is very suitable for adapting to circumstances.

The father and son beamed with joy when they felt the weight in their hands. When they struggled to drag the fishing net to the side of the boat, they could clearly see the contents of the fishing net with the help of their headlights.

“Is this a cowport trevally?”

The light at night was not very good, Father Ye said uncertainly.

Ye Yaodong swung the fishing net onto the deck with a little effort. He shined his headlight back and forth before saying with certainty, "It's a Niugang trevally, a big one, and there's a tern in its mouth."

As he spoke, he quickly untied the fishing net and poured out the large fish inside. Under the drag of gravity and the pressure from the outside world, it had taken in more air and outtaken less, but its gills were still moving there. of.

Ye Yaodong shined his flashlight back and forth on this Niu Hong Kong trevally. No wonder he could see the fish flying out of the water to catch birds. It turned out to be this guy.

It is a magical little flying fish that can fly and eat birds. It loves to eat seabirds and even learned to "fly" in order to catch food. It is also known as the "God of War who loves to eat seabirds."

This Niu Hong Kong trevally is also called Ronin trevally. It is a migratory fish along the coast. It mainly forages at night. Its belly is silvery white, its back is blue-green, and its lower jaw is relatively prominent. Its appearance gives people a very special look. A fierce feeling.

He visually inspected it and found that the fish was about 1.5 meters long and weighed about 70 to 80 pounds.

Just after going out to sea, he caught such a big fish. Father Ye was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. He quickly took out the tern in his mouth first.

I saw that the body of the tern was already covered with a layer of membrane, and the bream was caught by them before it could swallow it.

He threw the tern that had not yet been swallowed into the sea, and unexpectedly, another tern jumped out immediately.

Father Ye lowered his head and threw it away without even lifting it. He saw nothing, but Ye Yaodong saw a fish head emerging from the sea.

"Also, dad..."

As he spoke, he excitedly threw the net aside, briefly arranged it, and then threw it toward the water.

After throwing it out in a hurry, the fishing net was not fully opened, and it was knotted in some places. It took some time, and I didn't know if I could catch it.

"Flying out of the water again?"

"Just when you threw the tern, another big fish head popped up on the sea."

As he spoke, he started to put away the fishing net again. Unexpectedly, the fish in the net pulled harder this time, and he felt some strength in his arms.

Father Ye felt the same way.

"Fuck, you shouldn't have caught several in this net, right?" Ye Yaodong cursed and tried his best.

The father and son worked hard back and forth. When the fishing net was dragged to the surface of the water and was about to approach the side of the boat, they also saw that there were two big fish and a lot of black mullet in the fishing net.

"No wonder it's so heavy, Dongzi, try harder..."

The fishing net was pulled down from the sea to the side of the ship little by little, and then slowly pulled up.

At this moment, I don’t know if the fishing net is not strong enough, or if the bream inside is struggling too hard.

The fishing net had just pulled one-third of the way over the side of the ship and was about to fall to the deck. The tail actually broke a hole and exploded. The fish at the bottom fell directly to the water with a splash...

At the same time, the fishing net was pulled by them and fell to the deck. Both father and son were dumbfounded.

"Fuck..."

In just such a moment, half of it was lost and half was left?

“It’s okay, okay…the two Cow Harbor Trevally were relatively large and were pulled onto the boat before they could fall off.”

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but feel lucky when he saw that there were only two big trevally left in the fishing net, and a few black mullets that hadn't had time to fall off.

Father Ye was also lucky. Fortunately, there was a hole in the bottom. Although a large part of the black mullet was missed, it was good to be able to save the Niugang trevally.

Ye Yaodong shook off the hand-thrown net, and didn't care about the two trevally in the fishing net, which had already been pulled up anyway.

He ran to the side of the boat to see what was happening to the black mullets that had fallen into the sea. Unexpectedly, he saw that all these fish were floating on the water, and he was overjoyed.

"Dad, come over quickly with your fishing net. These black mullets have been crushed to death by the Cow Harbor Trevally and have floated to the surface."

Father Ye didn't bother to look, and quickly went to get two fishing nets.

The two fished out two nets and brought all the black mullets on the sea to the boat.

It may not necessarily be that they were crushed to death by the bream. Marine fish live in seawater for a long time. Seawater has high salt content and high pressure. When it is dragged ashore, the sudden change in external pressure will cause the fish's swim bladder to swell and burst, or cause it to collapse. It's not necessarily the case that a small blood vessel in the body ruptures and then one dies.

Although the fish were dead and the net was broken, at least nothing was missed and they were all caught.

Ye Yaodong shook off the fishing net in his hand, "Made, it almost failed."

"It's good to just catch them all. Take the fishing net back to mend it and it can still be used." Father Ye said cheerfully as he went to untie the fishing net.

"When we get back, we'll ask someone to knit a new one and give it to Azheng as compensation. Let's mend this torn one and keep it for ourselves."

At that time, he said he wanted to take it to return it, but Azheng said no need. It had been kept in his hand for a month or two, so he would use it and weave a new one to return it.

"Although this hand-thrown net is a little more laborious, it is still very practical sometimes."

"Well, let's knit a new one and give it to him. Let's keep this one for ourselves."

Ye Yaodong also stepped forward to help pull out the two cow trevally from the fishing net and put them side by side with the one in front.