Chapter 255 Eyes Bulging Out

There were not many hooks left, and practice made perfect. Ye Huimei fished along the lines. Except for the occasional empty hook, most of the remaining hooks were toad fish. She disliked them while removing the hooks.

"Why are there so many toad fish? Most of them are them. I can't catch them all."

"Aren't there a lot of toads and fish in the winter? Don't you also eat delicious food?"

"It's okay to eat it, but that doesn't stop me from denouncing it as ugly!"

"Let's save some more to dry the toad fish in the evening. We'll prepare more for the current year. We won't go to sea in the first month of the year and we'll have a good New Year at home."

There are no hard bones in the body of the toad fish. After the fish is dried, the fish bones are very crispy, and its ugliness does not affect its deliciousness.

In fact, he wanted to dry some more dried majiao fish, but considering that the majiao fish is still worth two or three cents now, he might as well sell it. This kind of toad fish, which costs only a few cents, can be dried and eaten. Not distressed.

Mother Ye nodded, "Okay, life is getting better this year. You can save more and don't be so tight. The 200 kilograms that were dried last time are only over 30 kilograms after drying. It's not much if you divide it."

"Then we won't sell the fish today. Let's dry them all. There aren't many. I'll sell the valuable ones in a few baskets."

Today I collected 5 baskets of toads, 2 baskets of mackerel, half a basket of flounder, and a basket of mixed fish, such as sole fish, minnows, black snapper, manta rays, etc., and a few other good fish. The most exciting thing is the giant cobia.

The big yellow croaker died when it landed, but the two groupers were still swimming well in the barrel. Today's longline fishing harvest was not bad, but there was no time to put in a few more hooks and no time to trawl.

I don’t know if all the boats trawling today had their nets burst.

After collecting all the fishing lines into the basket, he and Ye Mu carried the baskets to the corner and stacked them to save space.

Father Ye also went to sail back. This time it was already after two o'clock. If he returned to the shore, it would probably be after three o'clock.

Ye Yaodong's bare legs were so cold that the hairs on his legs stood up and were covered with goosebumps. It was so painful, but it also made him remember to bring an extra set of clothes when going to sea in the future.

His father drove the boat, so he sat by the stove again, lifting his legs up to warm himself by the fire.

There are no boats on the way back. The weather is good today. The sun has just set in the west. It will be a while before going down the mountain. We can still catch another net. It is estimated that the fishing boats will not dock so soon.

Ye Huimei looked from one basket to another, and then ran to the corner to look through the sacks. Her face was full of smiles and she was so excited that it took a while before she came over again.

"Third brother, let's wait until the next first day of junior high school to go out to sea, right?"

"Are you too full? The house is too comfortable, but there is still no sea breeze? It's a cold day, don't stay at home, and you still want to run to the island, the cold wind will kill you." Ye Yaodong said angrily.

"It's just once in a while, and I don't go there every three days. I just blow it once in a while, and it's fine."

"It's fine if I blow some air every now and then... Look at my face, it's only been a few months since I was pretty, and it's turned into a real fisherman's face."

Ye Huimei looked at how her third brother had changed drastically in just a few months. His face, which was a little dark and red due to the sea breeze, suddenly felt a little distressed compared to the fair and tender face before.

Her third brother had been spoiled since he was a child. At most, he would get a little tan in the summer when he was naughty, but it soon came back. He had never been sunburned like this before, and he looked older.

He has really been working hard these past few months.

But she didn't say anything affectionate, but hit him playfully, "Ah haha...it's okay, but I can't compare to dad. He has an authentic fisherman's face. You're not even close. You need to keep working hard, so take me there again." chant."

Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes at her, "If you go to sea a few more times, you'll be like me."

"Hmph..."

She huffed her nose and snorted a few times, then turned to her mother unwillingly and shouted: "Mom..."

"What are you doing?"

"Hehe... We didn't dig much with shells today. The rocks are densely covered with them. Let's ask Third Brother to take us there again at the beginning of next month, otherwise we won't be able to dry out the new year's goods."

Mother Ye nodded in agreement, "We have to come again. We didn't pry much today. It's half a sack, and we can't dig out much meat."

Ye Yaodong stared at him, and the stinky girl would look for reinforcements.

"Dongzi, take us here again in a while, so we can get more sunshine before the new year..."

"That's almost enough. Why do you need to make so many? There are still so many dried fish left before. After the first month, when the weather gets warmer, I can take you out to sea in time. Why do you have to rush to go in the cold weather now? Then The wind on the island is so strong..."

Mother Ye interrupted him, "We'll come again next month, and I won't delay you. You can pick us up and put us on the island. We can just dig it ourselves. There's no need for you to do anything."

"You really need to show off more this year. Aguang doesn't have a mother, and there's no woman at home to help. So when the time comes, you need to show off more and send it over. Your sister will marry into his family a year ago..."

Speaking of this, Ye Yaodong had nothing to say, "Okay, okay, if there are no storms and good weather on the first day of next month, I will bring you here."

"Um."

After Ye Huimei achieved her goal, she raised her eyebrows at him proudly. Ye Yaodong gave her a big eye roll and continued to warm the fire.

When the fishing boat was approaching the dock, he put on his less wet pants and made do with it.

The tide was high at the moment, and the fishing boat docked directly. Ye Yaodong and Ye's father first carried the toad fish they wanted to keep onto the cart for Ye Huimei to watch.

Ah Cai sat at the door and watched the father and son carrying the goods. He was a little surprised. He looked at the sky and his watch. Wasn't it just three o'clock?

"Is the wind blowing? Why are you back so early? Are there so many people going today?"

"There's no wind, and no trawl boat has docked yet, right?"

"Yes, you are the first to dock. What do you have today? Are these toad fish going to be kept for drying?"

"Yes, seeing as the weather has been good recently, I plan to save more for the New Year. There are other things on the boat, so we'll be waiting for you later."

After Ye Yaodong and Ye's father moved all the goods they wanted to keep on the cart, they then went to carry other fish products. Baskets of fish products were carried into Ah Cai's purchasing point, and then they carried another bag containing cobia and gray fish. Mako Shark’s bamboo basket immediately made Ah Cai’s eyes light up.

"Such a big cobia? This is a giant cobia. It's okay. Sure enough, there are big fish in strong winds and waves. Are there any big ones later?"

"There are no big fish left."

"Ah?" Ah Cai was a little confused, "No more? Is this all there is? The waves on the sea have been rolling for two days, and this is all you have gained? Then you are back so early?"

"What's the rush? There's no big fish, there are others, just wait."

After Ye Yaodong said that, he walked out with his father. Ah Cai was also curious about what else, and followed him to the shore. He watched them lift another basket from the boat and stretched his neck to take a look.

"Damn it, little Qinglong!"

He was pleasantly surprised and said, "It's quite a lot! How did you catch it? It's hard to catch this thing on the coral reef at the bottom of the sea."

"We're lucky today. You can help us get it in. This isn't heavy. There are other goods on the ship, etc..."

Ah Cai took the basket from his hand and cursed, "Made, you told me there wasn't any before, and now you still have it. Are you kidding me?"

"Are you asking if there are any big fish? Then I told you there aren't any?"

Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes and continued to carry it on the ship.

In fact, Ah Cai just underestimated and complained. He moved the bamboo basket containing the little green dragons to the purchase point. He happily grabbed a few and looked at them, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw the father and son carrying one. Super safe bags come in.

He quickly put down the crayfish in his hands and asked curiously: "What is this? A shell? You went out to sea today and didn't have a trawl net? No wonder so many people went there and the fish stocks shrank seriously."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hands to untie the straw rope tied to the sack, and when he stretched his head to take a look, his eyes widened in shock, "Ah? Damn it, abalone? Are all these sacks full of abalone?"

Ye Yaodong ignored his noise and walked out with his father.

"What the hell, are there any more on your boat?" Ah Cai stared at their backs, unable to believe that they actually dug up so many abalones?

When did abalone become so easy to catch? So widespread?

Aren’t these all reef creatures living on the bottom of the sea? Where did you get this done to be so powerful? There was actually more than one sack. No wonder we docked early today and everyone was still wondering.

Holy shit!

He quickly followed, and when the father and son just carried the goods from the ship to the shore, he quickly helped to take over.

After carrying three and a half bags of abalone ashore, Ah Cai was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. He quickly asked: "Is there any more? Is there any more?"

"No more, they are all here. This bag contains conch and abalone. I need to pour them out and pick them out. The other two and a half bags have been picked."

"Did you poke the abalone nest? Why are there so many?"

"It's a reef. A reef suddenly appeared on the sea, covered with abalone..." Ye Mu said excitedly before he could say anything.

Ah Cai's eyes were so wide that they almost bulged out, "Holy crap, Tamad can let you have such a good thing happen to him?"

Ye Yaodong looked at his mother who was beaming and talking and gesticulating excitedly. She kept describing how big the abalone was. The reef was covered with it. They only dug half of it. It was a pity...

That's quite an exaggeration... I've obviously dug up almost 2/3...

He couldn't help but hold his forehead... The middle-aged woman... finally experienced what it means to spread rumors...

In fact, he was not afraid to tell Ah Cai. Anyway, the reefs had sunk back into the sea. If he didn't tell him, the villagers might discuss and speculate even more if they knew about it.

He interrupted his mother's words and added: "We accidentally encountered a raised reef at sea this morning. It is probably due to the earthquake a few days ago. The raised reef was covered with dense abalone and conch. It's a pity that It didn't stay out of the water for long, and it sank again before we even dug much..."

"The little green dragon was also fished near the reef. Unfortunately, it ran too fast. Just after catching a net with the hand net, all the rest was gone."

"Fuck, everything good has happened to you. No wonder you came back so early."

"It's not that easy to dig. My feet are swollen. Okay, hurry up and pick out the goods in the sacks and weigh them. Otherwise, all the fishing boats will come in later and you will be too busy."