Chapter 297: Pulling the Wool Hard

In the afternoon, Ye Yaodong went to collect the floor cages. Now there are only four rows of floor cages left, which can barely be sold for seven or eight yuan. Occasionally, if he is lucky, he can sell them for more than ten yuan.

The weather has been getting warmer recently, and there are quite a lot of seabass. He kept two big ones that can be used for making fish soup, and two Huangshan fish for steaming.

There’s no need to keep too much, just enough for dinner and tomorrow, and you’ll come back to pick it up the next morning.

His wife and children love to eat shrimp, so he also kept two kilograms.

There were also other miscellaneous goods. I also collected a whole basket and sold them for more than 8 yuan, which can help support my family when I am not going to sea.

When I was delivering the fish to the old house after selling it, I happened to see A Guang and Ye Huimei there, and they also brought a lot of things.

Ye Huimei was scolding in the main room, "Don't you know the old lady is getting old? Okay, what should I tell her? She was shocked when it broke out the year before. Fortunately, the lively atmosphere of the New Year was relieved and it soon calmed down." coming……"

"Stop talking, the old lady will feel uncomfortable again if she hears it." A Guang said soothingly.

Ye Yaodong saw a box of bird's nests on the table. He picked it up curiously and asked, "Where did it come from? Do you still have such a good thing?"

"I heard that it is good for pregnant women to eat bird's nest. I bought two boxes two days ago. I just happened to bring one box to the old lady today."

ah?

Ye Yaodong glared and looked at Ye Huimei, who was slightly uncomfortable.

So fast?

Mother Ye also looked over happily, "Are you pregnant? Why didn't you say anything so soon?"

"Isn't this because Yue is still young?"

"Go and talk to the old lady and make her happy. Please hurry up."

"oh……"

Maybe people feel refreshed during happy events, or maybe the old lady was afraid of causing trouble to her children and grandchildren, so she was able to get out of bed and walk around after only two days of lying down.

Ye Yaodong and Ye's father can also go to sea with confidence, otherwise none of them would dare to leave.

Xiaoxiao and Azheng's fishing boat also came back the day before, and they were going to test the water tonight. He even waited until the firecrackers were set off before everyone went out to sea together.

On the first trip out, Azheng's father was worried and joined him on the boat. However, they felt that it would be better to go on the first trip with a familiar boat and someone to take care of them.

Moreover, they had already seen A Dong's luck, so they agreed to work with them today.

Ye Yaodong didn't have any objections. He was with him, so he wouldn't be bullied if he encountered a big ship again.

The two fishing boats rushed out of the port eagerly, sailed side by side, and headed into the endless darkness, heading towards the same sea area. The fishermen's "fields" were on the sea.

The night sky is dotted with stars, and the brightest morning star is shining brightly to guide the direction. It is the brightest star in the east before dawn.

Suddenly becoming the leader, Ye Yaodong also wanted to be on the safe side, so he took them to the oarfish island waters that he had frequented in recent months. He felt that that area was his blessed place.

When he arrived, he waved his flag at their ship to remind them.

This is what they agreed upon in advance.

Everyone has no communication equipment, and it is inconvenient to communicate and shout out at sea. Flags are used when multiple ships go to sea together.

Ye Yaodong found a location and lowered the longline first. After Xiaoxiao and Azheng received the instructions, they moved the boat to a farther position and started releasing the net.

Of course they are trawling. Most of the villagers mainly use trawling. Some people also imitate Ye Yaodong to catch it with both hands. Anyway, they use manpower to put it down at the place and collect it on the return trip. It just takes a little more effort.

Everyone works in the same sea area, just spread out a little bit, and the two ships try to keep a distance as much as possible so as not to affect each other.

After he lowered all the rows of hooks, he drove the boat to the reef. There was a row of ground cages on the boat that he had prepared in advance. He planned to put them on the reef to try.

Previously, I had considered that there were many rocks around the reef and the ground cage would be easily snagged. If it got snagged, it would be impossible to enter the water in the cold weather, so I never thought of releasing it.

The weather has warmed up recently, and his mind has become more active again. When he was collecting the floor cages during the day, he specially pulled a row home and planned to try it out today.

He even brought his diving gear, just in case.

When Father Ye saw him sailing the boat to the reef again, he was confused, "Why are you here again?"

"I brought a row of ground cages and planned to put them here to try to see if I can catch the little green dragon."

"They are all hidden reefs. They will get caught and cannot be pulled up."

"Don't be afraid. I brought my equipment. It should be fine in April."

Seeing that he had made all the arrangements, Father Ye let him do as he pleased. This boy had big ideas now.

He also helped open the cage, grabbed one end, and let it sink slowly.

"Alright, we'll collect it when we return. Let's go to the trawl bar. Azheng and Xiaoxiao estimate that the first net is about to be hauled up, so we'll drive over first to take a look."

"You start the boat, and I'll sort out the fishing nets first."

Ye Yaodong drove the boat in a straight line, and the sea was endless as far as the eye could see.

There were only two of their boats in this area, and they were quite far apart. He drove for five or six minutes before approaching them, and then slowed down.

Xiaoxiao shouted to him from the boat: "You haven't lowered the net yet?"

"Not yet. I just finished setting up the hooks. I plan to come over and have a look. You haven't set up the net yet?"

"It's only been two hours. If you plan to delay it for a while longer, why don't you check it out in advance?"

"Collect it, collect it, it will take too long, and it will be difficult to transport too much goods."

"Okay, let's take a look first."

The two of them had little experience in trawling, but Azheng's father had experience, and he first skillfully collected the winching gear.

By the way, their fishing boat also has an old-fashioned stabilizer connected to the engine, which saves a little effort. The fishing team's fishing boat is still well equipped.

Father Li asked two people to hold the tow rope of the trawl, then wrap it around the stable car bit by bit, and slowly drag each part of the trawl out of the water section by section.

The goods in the fishing net also appeared in their field of vision little by little.

“Holy shit, that’s a lot of bass.”

"Damn it, you're blind, there's an oil spot." Ye Yaodong shouted excitedly. As soon as the fishing net was dragged to the water, he saw a fish with a different pattern.

The patterns of grouper are very special, and you can distinguish it from other types of fish at a glance.

"where?"

Ah Zheng fiddled with the fishing net in confusion and saw the oil spots hidden by a few bass.

"Ah, it's really a greasy spot! Make a profit, make a profit..."

Father Li also said happily: "This network is good, it's a good start."

Oil spots are actually called moiré groupers, generally called electric groupers. Because they are rich in oil, they are also called oil spots.

The body length of this animal is 13-15 cm by visual inspection. The body is oval and light brown. There are 5 dark brown stripes on the side of the body. The stripes bifurcate on the abdomen. There are no spots on the sides of the body and each fin. It often lives on islands. and the coast of the continent.

Father Ye also smiled and said: "I'm very lucky. Except for oil spots, other fish are also good. Spring has begun, and it's the spawning season of bass. There are a lot of them recently."

"There are a lot of crabs. This boat you bought is so worth it. It only costs 2,000 yuan. It also comes with a stabilizer, which saves effort." Ye Yaodong saw that they had just dragged the fishing net up easily and was filled with envy.

When he gets back, he will go to Jiyijilin Jishang to have a look.

"I also feel that I have made a profit, and it is also because of my uncle's relationship, otherwise I would have almost been intercepted."

"Let's go, let's set the net." Ye Yaodong said hello to them and took the time to set the net.

After the Waking of Insects, there is a sound of spring thunder, and everything revives. The seafood in the sea will also increase activity, and there will be more and more goods. However, there is a lot of rain in spring and the weather is not very good, so the time to go to sea is limited.

The father and son worked together to lower the fishing nets and then kept working around them at a constant speed. They were both used to it. When it was time to raise the nets, Ye Yaodong couldn't help but start complaining about the waste of effort. Without comparison, there would be no harm.

"We also need to get a machine quickly to save trouble."

"Pull it up first."

Most of the entire net was filled with sea bass, and there were also quite a few shrimps and crabs. There have been a lot of sea bass recently, and the price has dropped. It only costs 2 cents and 2 cents per pound, but luckily there are a lot of them.

After pouring out all the goods, the two continued to set off the net. Apart from eating, they raced against time and did not take any more breaks.

I dragged three nets in a row, but the last two nets contained more mullets. The two nets dragged a small mountain of mullet, as well as other miscellaneous fish, shrimps and crabs.

Ignoring the sorting, Ye Yaodong dumped all the fish on the deck, and planned to collect the ground cages first. He also wanted to save more time and collect the long lines later.

The tide was rising at the moment, and the reef could not be seen, it was covered by the sea water, but he was very familiar with it, and the buoy was floating with the waves.

He slowed down in advance to avoid hitting the rocks, and then leaned over to collect the buoy.

He tried to pull it back, maybe because the head and tail were far away from the center of the reef, but he pulled up the first cage without any hindrance.

While he was reeling in the fish, he stretched his head out to take a look, and happened to see a small green dragon hooked on the fishing net. When he reeled it in, it fell down again and fell into the fish collection bag.

He grinned happily, "My hard work was not in vain, I saw the little green dragon."

"How many are there?"

"I don't know. I just saw two hanging on the fishing net, and a few nine-segmented shrimps also fell into the fish collection bag."

"Collect them first..." Father Ye also put down his sorting work and helped together.

After collecting the first ground cage, the father and son were so happy that they couldn't open their mouths from ear to ear and looked at the fish bag with bright eyes.

"There are sea cucumbers! There are sea cucumbers underneath!" Father Ye was pleasantly surprised.

As soon as they pulled it down on the deck, the fish bag was still dripping with water. Before they untied it, they saw the gray and chubby sea cucumbers inside, each one almost catching up with his two ounces of flesh.

"Made, it's not in vain."

As he spoke, he untied the fish bag and dumped all the loose goods inside onto the deck.

As soon as the four olive-colored little green dragons escaped from the restraints, they immediately crawled around on the deck. Ye Yaodong ignored them because they couldn't escape anyway.

He happily grabbed a thick sea cucumber and weighed it, "There are three ounces of it. It's really fat."

Father Ye also grabbed one with one hand and said happily: "There are three of them, they are not small."

"There are still 9 ground cages, there must be many more."