Chapter 684 Falling Back Into the Sea

Lin Xiuqing's hands were now loose. Ye Yaodong said that he would fry small fish to reward the child laborers in the afternoon, so she did so.

After all, the bucket full of goods that they brought back was quite a lot to pour out. There were really all kinds of fish, shrimps, crabs, shells and conches. They didn’t mind the miscellaneous piles and picked up everything big and small.

"There's no need to cook it. You can just steam it all in one pot. Just dig out a few sea urchins and stew them with eggs."

"I know. Then tonight, just stir-fry a bowl of bamboo shoots dug up in the morning and make soup with sea greens."

Ye Yaodong nodded, very satisfied with the dinner dishes, which were all based on the delicacies (bamboo shoots) and seafood (seafood) they had obtained through hard work today!

Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengyang also had a delicious dinner. Each of them had a bowl of sea urchin and steamed eggs, as well as seafood picked up by their own hard work. Who wouldn't like to eat the fruits of their own labor?

At night, Ye Yaodong got up before it was time to go to sea, because after the rain and the sky cleared, Azheng was going to the city to buy fish to dry, and by the way, he would help him escort a car of dried fish to the city.

It rained a few days ago, but fortunately, the amount that Azheng collected for the first time was not too much, so he collected it all in the corridor. He also hung up the empty rooms at home and opened the windows for ventilation. He managed to save it, and it didn't stink. Today He quickly took it out to dry.

Then he thought about how many days it would be sunny, and thought about taking the opportunity to get more sunshine. It happened that his little daughter had a high fever yesterday due to the change of seasons. Xiaoxiao was worried and wanted to spend one more day practicing and not go to the sea at night.

After Ye Yaodong carried all the dried fish into the car and folded it up, he paid the fare on the spot. After sending the people away, he entered the house and prepared to go out to sea.

Fortunately, he doesn't go to sea every day, and now Ah Zheng is helping to solve the problem of supply, otherwise he would have to go back and forth and people would have to suffer.

Before dark, he had already moved all the sticky nets to be taken to the sea onto a cart, as well as the more than 50 shrimp pots. They were stacked together and tied to the cart with ropes to avoid falling and returning them. It would take two trips back and forth, and they would set off as soon as his father arrived.

However, he estimated that the sticky net would not last a few more days. Spring had begun and all the toad fish had returned.

Moreover, these fishing nets are also quite damaged. Although they did not release them many times after the New Year, they were very careful when picking up the fish and folded them well when they were recovered.

However, it is easy to break after being used for a long time. Even if they are good, they have not replenished them. His eldest brother and second brother have already replenished a batch. Most people cannot use them for so long.

But there are not many good ones left, some are slightly damaged, some are more severely damaged, and the degree is different, so you can make do with it.

He estimated that when the toad fish is out of season, the fishing nets will be scrapped. In fact, they can be eliminated now and are just used as waste.

One spring rain, another warm one, ten spring rains, wearing single clothes.

Going out to sea at night, he could clearly feel that the sea breeze blowing over was no longer so cold and biting, but it was still a bit chilly. He felt that this was just the temperature difference between morning and night.

After they put down all the fishing nets, the sun was high in the sky, and they no longer felt how cold it was. The sea breeze blowing over was a little warm, and they could clearly smell the breath of spring.

"Dad, there are only about thirty-four of these sticky nets left. Judging from the degree of damage, they probably won't be usable after one or two more uses."

"Well, there's no need to make up for it. Spring has just begun, so we can just trawl the net, and we can also make use of the longline fishing."

"That's what I think too. If you drive the boat forward, I'll put down the shrimp pots as well."

The techniques for placing shrimp pots are similar to those for ground pots. The only difference between the two is the mesh size, and other differences are not big.

Ye Yaodong has already tied all the cages together with ropes at a distance of 4-10 meters each. Like the ground cages, they are arranged in groups of ten. One end is tied with a stone and thrown into the sea. The other end is tied with a buoy and placed in the water.

During the period, he also threw in some small butt-sized fish that he saved from the mouths of chickens and ducks during the day and used them as bait.

There were only 50 shrimp pots, not to mention too many. With the cooperation of Father Ye, they were all put out in less than an hour.

"Collect it when you go back in the evening, or come here tomorrow morning to collect it?" Ye Yaodong looked at his father, "Collect it in the evening, come out in the early morning, and collect it again?"

Normally, the shrimp pots are put out in the evening and then collected the next morning. If it is early the next morning, the interval between them will be a bit long.

"We'll see if there's a lot of cargo in the trawl later. If there's a lot, we'll drag an extra net without collecting it. We'll come back tomorrow to collect it. If there's not a lot of cargo in the trawl, we'll just collect it on the way and then return. Let's make up for it. number."

"That's okay too."

Originally, these shrimp traps were just a few, but now he is too lazy to put them in the ground traps. There are too many types of fishing nets. If he puts them all, he will not be able to work. When it is time to give up, he has to choose. Those that can only be used now. Save it for later use.

For example, when the weather gets warmer, he plans to take the ground cage to Oarfish Island to put in sea cucumbers and small green dragons. These good things are not to be missed.

The weather is still too cold now. If the water hits the water, people will not be able to bear it.

While Ye Yaodong was talking, he also pulled out the large fishing net from the cabin, and Ye's father also stepped forward to help sort out the net.

"The heavy rain has just passed, and I don't know if there will be any more good things."

"It's hard to say, it depends on luck."

The two ropes that dragged the net were originally piled on the sides of the ship. As soon as the net entered the sea, the cables were quickly twitched, like a winding snake, and they all entered the sea in just a few minutes.

After the fishing net sank into the sea, Ye's father went to drive the boat at a steady speed. Ye Yaodong began to have nothing to do. He simply lay down on the edge of the boat and took a nap.

He got up too early at night. The sun was shining and he felt warm and sleepy. It happened to be the time when the fishing boats were working. He could squint for a while before getting up, otherwise he would have to work all day long.

And when he was running a boat in his previous life, he had already developed the ability to fall asleep anytime and anywhere.

He just lay down on the edge of the boat and slept, which was a little unsettled. It was normal for the fishing boat to shake when it was operating, but it was the waves brought up by the operation that woke him up.

After the waves hit the hull, a small amount of water spray will erupt and scatter on his cheeks.

It was just a small wave at first, and after a few clicks, he didn't pay attention, turned his head and changed sides and continued to sleep.

But there was a wave of flowers falling from behind, and a large number of water drops dripped from his head. The wet feeling made him think it was raining heavily in his sleep, and he woke up immediately.

"It's raining!?"

After coming back to his senses, he looked at the sunny sky, wiped the water drops on his face, and touched his steamy hair.

"It's waves. I thought it was raining... Damn, these waves are really like rowing without an oar."

He touched the corner of his mouth again, but he couldn't tell whether it was saliva or sea water. He had just dreamed that he was on a speedboat and opened a bottle of champagne. It was so beautiful...

Disappointing...

Watching the waves rolling on the sea, he felt that it would be better to sit on the edge of the cabin and lean on it. He could sleep no matter whether he was sitting, lying on his stomach or standing and leaning on it.

However, before he left, he saw a strange fish on the sea. It was golden and a little bigger than a palm. "It seemed like a puffer fish? But why is it golden?"

The fishing boat was not moving very fast because it was working. It was actually floating on the side. Ye Yaodong saw a hand-made net on the side deck of the boat, so he took it and stretched out his hand to try it. Although it was a little far away, It was really picked up.

Father Ye watched his actions from a distance and curiously asked loudly: "What are you fishing for?"

"I saw a strange golden fish." He took the net back and took a look, "Well, it's really a puffer fish, a golden puffer fish..."

He reached out and grabbed it out and put it in his hand. Unexpectedly, it kept spitting at him, as if it was despising him?

Despise him?

Or are you despising him?

He actually kept spitting at him! !

Your sister!

I have eaten countless of your brothers and sisters, but I have never eaten golden ones.

It was only about the size of a palm, and he didn't know how it grew to be golden. He simply took a bucket of seawater and threw it in to raise it first, so as not to kill it if he held it in his hands.

However, before he could study why this one was golden and whether it could be eaten, his father saw it when he went to close the net, turned around and fell back into the sea. He was too late to stop it.

"What I caught, I put it in the bucket to grow. You just dumped it as you asked without asking me."

"What are you using it for? Do you want to dry puffer fish and eat it again? People have died from eating it before."

"I just looked at it and didn't eat it. I saw it was golden and I was a little curious because I had never seen it before."

"Golden gold is gold. You don't care what it is. You can't eat it anyway. If it falls down, it will fall down. You can't know all the things in the sea. I came here to help collect the net first. It just frees up the bucket to put other things."

Because of the different values, the "treatment" of fishing products is naturally different. Useless things can only return to dust, soil to soil, and sea to sea. Only the useful ones deserve to be taken back.

"There are so many baskets, but you're worried that there's nothing to put them in? How many tons of fish do you want to put in?" Ye Yaodong was dissatisfied, so he asked him at least without even asking, because he was curious.

Father Ye didn't care about his complaints, "Come and help quickly, the network might burst, and the network hoisting machine creaks."

“Which means it’s time to apply lube!”

"Nonsense~"