They also have other work at night, which is to catch eel fry using other methods.

Tools such as triangular hand nets, plank nets, and ship's drag nets were all mobilized and prepared to start work.

Wang Yi can't be idle either, he also has to get started with work.

He uses a triangular hand net to catch eel fry.

This thing is relatively light and has a very simple structure. It uses two small bamboo poles of one and a half meters crossed and put mesh in the middle to make a triangular dustpan shape.

The tools are simple, but the fishing operation can be quite hard.

To catch eel fry with a hand net, you need to go into the water to fish along the seashore or in the shallows, operate it by one person, and fish back and forth in the water to catch the fry.

According to Zhou Mindong’s introduction, the eel fry caught with such fishing tools are of good quality and have a high survival rate, but it’s just a matter of hard work——

The hardship does not lie in the fact that walking in the sea is cold and tiring, nor does it lie in the danger, nor does it lie in the tiredness of the arms when operating a hand-operated net to lift the net up and down.

It's about the hard work of the mouth.

Working in the sea with a handheld net at night requires lighting, and the lighting tool in this era is a flashlight.

But this hand-made net requires both hands to operate, so how to carry a flashlight for lighting?

It's very simple, just hold it in your mouth...

Isn't it hard work?

Young ladies in the 23s are charged for doing this, and the money is quite a lot, starting at several hundred.

But it’s not too hard on Wang Yi’s side, he brought a headlamp!

Headlamps are rarer than in coastal areas, but they are very familiar to people. Even ordinary people in the 1950s knew this thing.

This thing is necessary for coal mine operations.

So Wang Yi took out the headlamps and distributed them to everyone. They just looked at them curiously, and no one questioned how Wang Yi could still buy the headlamps.

But the moment the headlights are turned on.

Everyone was still shocked.

A searchlight appeared above my head!

Compared with the brightness of current flashlights, the brightness of these headlamps Wang Yi brought back was too bright.

Standing on the beach and shining a headlamp on the water, I suddenly penetrated to the bottom of the sea!

Now the members were happy:

"Teacher Wang, you are so capable. With this guy's help, won't we get twice the result with half the effort?"

"Absolutely, with Teacher Wang taking the lead, the work will be brisk and efficient."

"Okay, my mouth is lighter now. Damn it, I just happened to be angry and had blisters in my mouth today. I was just worried that holding the flashlight in my mouth would hurt so much that I couldn't close my mouth!"

When he heard that someone had blisters on his mouth, Wang Dongquan said: "Then you go to the fishing net cafe on the boat, or go to the fishing net, don't..."

"I don't." The club member laughed, "I want to play with this very bright lamp."

Wang Dongquan said: "When Banli is catching eel fry, there are also lights, and they are very bright."

"That's a carbide lamp, it stinks so damn bad." The member immediately curled his lips.

Wang Dongquan laughed: "It's quite particular. Okay, let's change to a new one. We can't waste precious batteries. Let's go to work in the sea!"

He took the lead in diving into the sea, lowered his head to shine on the sea, and began to work with the net in his hand.

Wang Yi also entered the water.

The sea water is still cold in April.

The boss doesn't have a lake to take care of them. There are indeed quite a lot of eel fry in this area.

However, there are not many beaches, so it is not easy for them to catch fish with hand nets.

Eels are still very alert.

After all, they have come here from the deep sea after a long and dusty journey. Those who are not smart have fallen into the stomachs of their natural enemies and become fish dung. Most of the remaining ones are very clever.

What a pity that they are naturally light-loving!

A clever mind cannot compete with nature.

One by one, Wang Yi and his party hung a shining light ball on their heads, causing the surrounding eels to lower their heads, shake their heads and swim forward...

Once the net is set up, a few young eels will be collected.

This feeling of gain is very satisfying.

It's just that the sea water is too cold, so it's very hard to lift and lower your arms constantly.

Forty minutes later, Wang Xianghai arranged for several groups of people to rotate.

Wang Yi was able to go ashore and obtain a fishing rod for fishing.

The slat nets of this era were all woven with nylon threads and had a square shape. The large slats used to catch eel fry were generally more than 3 meters long and wide.

Its center is a mesh bag, and the mesh gradually becomes denser from the edge to the center.

When used in this way, the elasticity of the small bamboo poles is used to open the four corners of the net, and then it is put into the nearby water. People operate on the shore, put the bamboo basket into the water and then fish it up.

Catching eel seedlings with a fishing net is also very hard. In addition to operating such a large fishing net, you also have to operate a small cloth fishing net with a long handle.

The function of this fishing net is to use it to fish out the eel fry in the net bag when the net is about to lift out of the water, and put it into the frying container that you carry with you.

A carbide lamp is hung under the bamboo pole to trap eel seedlings with light and increase production.

The carbide lamps produced by the production team are very old, with a brass texture and a sense of history.

Wang Xianghong told Wang Yi about the origin of these carbide lamps. They were all used by coal miners in the 1950s and 1960s. After being lit, they could be fixed on the workers' safety helmets, so that their hands would not be hampered from work.

In the early 1970s, carbide lamps were replaced by electric headlamps, and then he obtained a batch of carbide lamps through his old comrades.

The structure of the calcium carbide lamp is very simple. The lower part is filled with calcium carbide, the upper part is filled with water, and there is an iron mouth protruding from the middle waist.

Its raw materials are calcium carbide and water. The calcium carbide is calcium carbide. It reacts with water to produce acetylene, a gas that can burn and emit light. There is an iron mouth sticking out from the middle of the calcium carbide lamp, which emits acetylene.

The light from the carbide lamp is not that bright, but it has a stinking smell...

So when Wang Yi was operating the board, he always felt like someone was farting in front of him.

It just so happens that farts can also burn...

This made him feel that the way he worked was quite disgusting.

Among the methods of fishing for eel fry, the easiest is the trawling operation.

This thing is similar to the net shape of the fixed net, but a rope that can be dragged is installed at the mouth of the sleeve net, and then hung on the boat and towed by the boat for fishing.

When using the trawl net, just rest and be careful not to let the ropes of the trawl net get twisted together.

In particular, the trawling net used on Tianya 2 is very advanced and is made of steel wire. Once this thing is twisted, it will be damaged, which is distressing.

Several working methods were used continuously, and they were busy all night, and they were destined to be so busy in the next few days.

The members were so tired that they were breathing heavily, so in the morning, Wang Yi led them ashore to find a hotel to sleep in.

Wang Xianghai was a little anxious when he heard this: "Ah? Do you have to sleep in a guest house for accommodation? No, right? Let's just squeeze in on the boat."

Others were not willing to spend money: "Yes, Teacher Wang, we are here to work, not travel."

"We are a farmer family. We don't have to live in a guest house like cadres when we go to other places..."

Wang Yi said: "Everyone, please change your thinking. What is money for? It is used to improve our quality of life and make our lives more comfortable."

"You have to have a good rest after a hard night, and you have to continue to work hard tonight."

"Just come with me. I've opened all the letters of introduction just so that we can have a good rest!"

The members said they wanted to be frugal, but they were very honest. They packed up their clothes, locked the ship door, and went to the dock.

None of them have ever stayed in a guest house and are quite yearning for it.

This kind of thing can be used as capital to brag to relatives and friends later on.

While walking on the road, Wang Xianghai was a little nervous and asked: "Teacher Wang, we have been running on the sea all day and soaked in sea water all night. We are covered in fishy smell. Can we go to a guest house?"

Wang Yi said: "It can be done, but it's not good to sleep like this. Let's take a hot bath first, wash ourselves and then go to the guest house to rest."

"I heard there is that one in the city." Wang Donghu gestured like "opening the door curtain and lying down again."

Wang Yi asked: "Miss?"

Wang Donghu was stunned: "Miss? There must be ladies in the city. Now there are bosses and capitalists in the city. Aren't the daughters of capitalists also ladies?"

"That's what I'm talking about. There is a bed in the bathhouse. What is it called? I heard Teacher Xu say it."

Wang Yi suddenly realized.

He was talking about the kind of bathhouse where guests sleep.

Some commune members who knew this kind of place hurriedly said: "We can just sleep in the bathhouse. This kind of bed is cheap, and you can also take a bath."

Wang Yi explained patiently: "The bathhouse does have beds to accommodate guests, but not during the day. People have to do bathing business during the day, so the folding beds have to be opened at night."
To be continued...