335. Chapter 334: April Jellyfish, the Water Is Warm Early (Two in One) (1/2)

After sorting the sea fish, the young crew member collapsed to the ground from exhaustion.

The second uncle looked disgusted.

"Are you just going to sit down and rest?"

"Get up quickly and clean the trawl net. Remove the seaweed and other miscellaneous things hanging on it. Also check whether it is broken. If it is broken, use a shuttle to repair it."

The young crew complained.

"I just finished my work, and I don't want anyone to have a good rest."

"What's the time to rest? It's going to be dark soon. Please clean the net quickly."

"I'm so lazy. It's the first time I've ever been on a boat with a lot of fish, and he cleaned the deck all by himself."

At this moment, Chen Liang regretted agreeing to allow his father to get on the boat. He thought that getting on the boat would be about catching fish, but he didn't expect that there would be so many chores.

He glanced at his father. No wonder every time he went out to sea for fishing, he would sleep for a day or two after returning home. Fishing at sea was really tiring.

Clean the trawl.

After cleaning the deck, the young crew members were all hungry and tired.

At this time, Uncle Zhuang in the kitchen knocked on the iron basin with a shovel, making a "bang bang bang" sound.

"The meal is ready."

After hearing that the meal was ready, Chen Liang rushed to the kitchen and picked up the bowls and chopsticks, just to eat.

If someone takes the lead, other young crew members will run over when they see this.

When Uncle Zhuang saw these young crew members, he frowned before he could say anything.

Chen Liang's father knocked him on the head on the spot and cursed: "When you get to the boat, you think you are like our family."

"On the boat, we must abide by the rules. The boss of the boat hasn't come to eat yet, so we can't touch the dishes."

"If you go out to sea and have a great harvest, you must first worship the Dragon King. You are really ignorant, so put down your bowls and chopsticks quickly."

Chen Liang touched his head.

He whispered: "You didn't teach me, how could I know?"

"If I didn't teach you, you wouldn't know how to learn. What's the use of your brain? It's the first time you get on the boat. How come you understand everything?"

When Li Duoyu, who had just boarded the boat, heard this, his mouth twitched and he couldn't help but cursed: "Can you please stop inciting hatred for me?"

After the meal is ready.

Uncle Zhuang placed the food on the bow of the boat.

The uncle took the lead and lit three incense sticks with matches, and then each gave one stick of incense to the third uncle and him.

Under his leadership, the three of them worshiped the Dragon King respectively.

After all, this time the three ships went to sea together, so there were three ship bosses.

To be honest, when Li Duoyu was young, he also disliked these cumbersome rules and didn't even think they were necessary.

But as he grew older, and on the last fishing trip with his third uncle, he found that the rules on fishing boats were very important.

The most important thing is that the dignity of the boss of the ship must be ensured, otherwise in a relatively closed space, if there are no rules, it will be easy to do bad things.

The first thing the crew members do after boarding the ship is to be obedient. Once they are found to be a thorn, they will definitely be fired.

In addition to abiding by these rules, you must also abide by some unique folk rules on board the ship.

For example, you cannot sit down to eat your first meal after sailing.

The boss of the ship must squat close to the big mast, with his back leaning against the mast, and the rest of the people squat in a circle with the boss as the midpoint and facing inwards.

The large iron pot of mackerel rice cooked by Uncle Zhuang was eaten by everyone in less than ten minutes.

Even the pickled vegetable and pork bone soup was drank cleanly.

When everyone finished eating, it was completely dark, and several young crew members were sitting on the deck of the ship smoking cigarettes.

But not long after, he was called back by his second uncle.

"it's dark."

"Don't be on the deck, get inside the cabin quickly."

Although Chen Liang and the others were a little reluctant, they still returned to the cabin obediently.

They knew this, they had heard it told by others before when they heard ghost stories.

If a fishing boat spends the night in the open sea, except for the night watch crew, the rest of the people must return to the cabin. They cannot stay on the deck, let alone get close to the sides of the boat.

Otherwise it will

Thinking of this, Chen Liang glanced at the dark sea and suddenly felt a little trembling.

And after nightfall.

Under the leadership of Li Duoyu, three fishing boats sailed to a nearby uninhabited island.

If you spend the night offshore.

The fishing boat would have to anchor.

But the anchor is not dropped casually.

When anchoring in deep water areas, the water depth should generally not exceed a quarter of the length of the anchor rope, because the anchor rope is usually pulled diagonally to ensure stable pulling.

The water depth where Li Duoyu was just now is at least sixty or seventy meters, which means that only more than three hundred meters of anchor rope is needed.

The anchor ropes of their three ships were not enough, and the place just now was full of rocks, which was not suitable for anchoring.

Once the anchor gets stuck on the rocks, it will collapse, and the anchor may have to be abandoned, which will cause huge losses.

Under normal circumstances.

Fishing boats that spend the night at sea will try to find an uninhabited island nearby if possible.

As long as there is a small island, it proves that the nearby sea is definitely not particularly deep.

Experienced boat owners usually choose to anchor on the sandy side of the uninhabited island.

Because the muddy bottom is the most suitable for anchoring, you can firmly hold the fishing boat without worrying about the anchor getting stuck in the gaps in the rocks.

However, fishing boats do not dare to get too close to the island and will keep a relatively safe distance.

If you are too close, the waves will have a reaction force when encountering obstacles, so the waves will be larger.

At the same time, he was also worried about whether there were unclean things on the island sneaking in the dark. After all, in this era, there are still many people who take risks.

After nightfall.

Li Duoyu turned on the ship's radar and detected the situation on the sea at any time.

In the cab.

His eldest cousin Li Shuguang, who slept with him, turned on the radio and listened to the broadcast.

What Li Duoyu didn't expect was that this guy especially liked to listen to the "enemy station".

And he was just eating the enemy's tricks.

While listening, he couldn't help asking: "Duoyu, you have been to the island country. Do you think the island country is more advanced now, or the overseas province is more advanced."

"Definitely the island country."

"The overseas province is already so advanced. If the island country is more advanced than it, wouldn't it be very powerful."

Li Duoyu nodded and couldn't help but sighed: "Their housing prices at this time are indeed very powerful."

Although the overseas province at this time is the Four Asian Tigers, in this era, even if all four are added together, they are not enough to fight the island country.

At this time, Xiao Jiang was still managing the overseas province. Li Duoyu remembered that when he just came out of prison.

Xiao Jiang died of diabetes, and the "spiritual islander" Gou Dengzi took over. Since then, the relationship between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait has begun to move towards confrontation.

Li Duoyu suddenly remembered the old soldier who gave him the water pump and asked, "Shuguang, have you met the old soldier recently?"

Li Shuguang shook his head and said, "I met him again last time, and I haven't met him since then."

"Is that so."

Li Duoyu sighed. He originally planned to take Zhou Xiaoying back to his hometown and visit the old soldier's hometown and ask for clues about Ma Xiumei.

But after having a child, he couldn't run away at all. In addition, he had too many things to do recently, and Xiaoying also had to teach, so he never went.

Li Duoyu planned to visit Zhou Xiaoying's hometown during the summer vacation and help the old soldier find his first wife.

Li Duoyu looked into the distance.

There was a faint light there.

Li Duoyu knew that there was a coastal city there. As long as he got ashore from there and took a ten-hour drive, he could reach Zhou Xiaoying's hometown.

With the ups and downs of the waves.

Li Duoyu had a deep sleep.

The next day.

Before dawn, Li Duoyu was awakened by the sound of knocking on a bamboo tube. The young crew members were listless and wanted to stay in bed.

Second uncle pulled open the quilt and scolded: "If you stay in bed like you do, the captain will definitely throw a bucket of cold water on you."

After getting up.

Uncle Zhuang had already prepared breakfast. There were not so many rules for breakfast. Generally, whoever arrived in the kitchen first could eat first.

For those who stayed in bed, if they came late, their breakfast might be eaten up by others, and they would have to go hungry.

Before dawn, the fishing boats moved in the direction of the sea current.

Li Duoyu took the lead in driving the boat out and made a big circle, and then communicated with the trawler of the third uncle using the walkie-talkie.

As the trawler went down to the sea.

Everyone was full of expectations, and some even sang songs, hoping to catch a big net of mackerel like yesterday.

And. When the net was collected this time, the net bag was also very large.

The young crew members were all very happy.

"The net exploded again, and we got rich again."

But the old fishermen standing at the stern noticed something was wrong after looking at the floating net bag.

Under normal circumstances, the net bag would not float to the surface of the sea so quickly, and the net bag looked very light in color, as if it had caught a net of seawater.

In fact, they had already guessed what was in the net bag.

Uncle San, Uncle Da, and Li Duoyu, the three boat bosses, looked at the net bag in front of them and all smiled bitterly.

This net overturned!

A whole net of jellyfish.

Under normal circumstances, July and August are the peak seasons for jellyfish fishing.

But it is only early April now.

Unless the sea water warms up early this year, it is impossible to catch jellyfish.

If the sea water warms up early, it will definitely be a good thing for Li Duoyu who cultivates kelp.

After the sea water warms up.

The kelp will grow wildly. If it lasts for a month, it is estimated that the kelp can be harvested again in late May.

At this time, everyone was in a dilemma when looking at the whole net of jellyfish.

The second uncle was smoking a dry pipe.

"There are really a lot of jellyfish, each one is big and fat."

"It's useless to use the wool, this thing is heavy and big, it's not cost-effective."

"How much does this net cost? Just throw it all away and make another net. Maybe the next net will be mackerel."

The captain Li Zhengfa thought for a while: "Jellyfish this month is quite expensive. Let's catch it, process it, and pull it to the nearby dock to sell it."

After the third uncle said this, the old fishermen on the boat suddenly realized that they always thought jellyfish were very cheap.

But they forgot that there are very few jellyfish this month. The probability of them catching jellyfish this month may be lower than that of catching yellow croaker.

Scarcity makes things expensive.

Maybe the price will double. If there is a hundred yuan, it will be quite good.

Then, the old fisherman put "urea bags" on the baskets.

Such heavy jellyfish could not be hoisted up at all, and as before, the boat captain Li Zhengfa "hanged down with wires" and untied the net.

But what was different from before was that.

This time everyone was obviously prepared, and took out the extended version of the scoop net, and one jellyfish at a time was pulled directly onto the deck.

The old fisherman was fully armed, wearing water shoes and gloves.

Jellyfish is poisonous.

Once you are caught by its tentacles, it is irritating to think about it.

Li Duoyu was stung on the beach before, and the burning pain is still fresh in his memory.

The old fishermen were sitting on small stools, the one in front, after seeing the jellyfish being fished out.

The second uncle quickly cut the jellyfish head and jellyfish cap with a knife and pushed them to the uncle behind him.

Unlike ordinary creatures, the jellyfish head they are talking about here is not the round one on top, but the harder part on the jellyfish tentacles.

And this is also the most delicious part of the whole jellyfish, and some fishermen like to call it "jellyfish claws".

The jellyfish head tastes very crispy.

If you want to make a cold jellyfish head, if you add a cucumber, minced garlic, coriander, and sesame oil, it will be perfect.

Li Duoyu couldn't help drooling when he thought of this dish.

Unfortunately, if you use raw jellyfish, you can't make that kind of chewy taste. You have to dehydrate it several times.

And the mushroom-like cap of the jellyfish, after processing, is the jellyfish skin that everyone is familiar with.

When the second uncle and the first uncle were processing the jellyfish, Uncle Zhuang also came to help.

Seeing that they threw away a lot of jellyfish materials, Uncle Zhuang said distressedly:

"This jellyfish brain and jellyfish blood are good things, don't throw them away."

The second uncle said disdainfully:

"It's too troublesome to process, and you can't sell it for money. If you really want it, you can do it yourself."

The jellyfish brain that Uncle Zhuang said is not the brain of the jellyfish. This thing really has no brain, but the reproductive gland of the jellyfish, just like the crab roe of the crab.

Since this thing spoils very quickly and is difficult to store, it is difficult for people who are not from the seaside to not eat this thing. It is very delicious when used to stew soup.

When making jellyfish brain soup on Dandan Island, two eggs will be beaten into it to make jellyfish brain egg drop soup.

"It's a pity to throw away such a good thing. I will make this jellyfish brain soup for you at noon today."

Li Duoyu also took a small stool and sat down: "Uncle Zhuang, do you want me to scrape some jellyfish blood and stir-fry some cabbage to eat with it."

"Sure."

But the next second, Uncle Zhuang and the second uncle asked curiously: "Scraping jellyfish blood requires skills. Do you know how to scrape it?"

Li Duoyu smiled: "You are underestimating me."

In everyone's surprised eyes, Li Duoyu picked up a small bamboo scraper, turned the jellyfish skin over, and then scraped off the red film inside.

In fact, Li Duoyu didn't understand why this film was called jellyfish blood. It might be because of the color.

However, if you scrape off this layer of membrane, blanch it, and use it for cooking, it is really a unique dish.

Jellyfish is full of treasures. In summer, fishermen often cut jellyfish into strips and add various sauces to eat as jelly.

"Duoyu, you scraped it well. I can't scrape it as well as you."

"Awesome, right?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, it's really amazing. You are very good at hiding it."

Li Duoyu laughed twice. He would not tell Uncle Zhuang that for a person who has been engaged in sashimi for more than 20 years, doing this is really a piece of cake.

The young crew behind him frowned at Li Duoyu, especially Chen Liang.

He really couldn't believe that the person in front of him was the same person as the Li Duoyu he knew before.

He and Agui were really bastards before, and they often blocked them in the corner and made all kinds of moves.

Sometimes, they took away just two packs of cigarettes in his pocket, and if he wanted to stay in the village, he had to pay them protection fees regularly.

Although everyone said he had changed.

But Chen Liang still didn't want to believe that a person could change so much in a short period of time.

Even if he raised kelp, oysters, and eels, he thought it was his uncle Chen Dongqing who helped him.

It can be seen that he scraped the jellyfish blood so neatly, Chen Liang frowned and thought.

Could it be that Li Duoyu

was pretending to be such a jerk before, otherwise, how could he know everything.

Seeing him in a daze.

Chen Liang's father patted his head: "Hurry up, learn well, if you want to get along on this ship in the future, you must know how to handle all kinds of seafood."

Chen Liang complained: "Dad, can you stop hitting my head all the time? I'm not smart to begin with, what should I do if you hit me more and more stupid."

"Don't hit my head, hit your butt."

"I'm so old, and you still hit my butt. If others know, how can I find a wife?"

Chen Liang's words made everyone laugh. (End of this chapter)

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