"Can you give it to me? Take it home and feed it to the chickens, ducks and pigs."
Ye Yaodong glanced at him doubtfully, "It stinks. Chickens and ducks must dislike it."
"Dry it in the sun, mash it, and mix it into rice bran. Looking at the amount at the bottom, it would be a pity to dump it all back into the sea. It doesn't take much effort to pull it back anyway. I can do it myself."
"Okay, then you have to get a basket to put it in yourself."
"Thank you, Brother Dong. Hey, take it back and give it to my wife to toss around slowly. It just so happens that we hatched some more chicks and ducklings this year."
Ye Yaodong chuckled, "It's quite manageable."
"As the family grows, we have to find ways to make life easier. The most valuable thing we have is our strength. It doesn't matter if we put in more effort."
"That too."
He sighed in his heart, there are more people who are down-to-earth and willing to work.
The two of them divided the work and cooperated. Ye Yaodong rowed the pile of goods, picked out the fresh ones, and pushed aside the stale ones for Chen Guodong to put into the basket.
In a pile of goods, only about 20% are fresh, 10% are barely okay, and the other 70% are stale or smelly.
Ye Yaodong picked up everything that had been returned. This part was barely enough to be pickled and eaten as salted fish. It was not a problem. Of course, you can cook fresh ones in any way.
It was not that fast to pick up four to five hundred kilograms of goods. Before they could finish picking up, there was a splash in the water, and two heads emerged from the water one after another.
They quickly put down what they were doing and went to help pull the people up. They also took the lines from their hands and started to close the net.
"There are...4...4 nets."
"There are 4 nets, and it looks like this under the water. It's amazing. There are so many abalones, and there are so many small green dragons hiding in the gaps. It's so spectacular, so amazing, so many fish, and one of them was stupid enough to hit me.
In my arms..."
"I'll just tell you, right? You'll be shocked when you see it. I don't know what it's like. There are a lot of rare things. It's amazing..."
As soon as they came up, the two novices were amazed, chattering with each other about what they saw and heard, and had greater expectations for the underwater situation.
Ye Yaodong said: "If you want to go to the bottom, there are many opportunities. You should first get familiar with it on the upper level and collect all the ground cages around the reef. Then I will go to the bottom for you. There will be a new continent for you to see."
"What else can there be besides little green dragons and abalone and blue crabs, Brother Dong?"
"You will know in a few days when it reaches the end."
"Brother Dong, do you know who threw the floor cage down? Does anyone else know about this place? That's why they threw the floor cage down and prepared to replenish the goods?"
"I know, I led them here last year, those two fools."
Ye Yaodong pursed his lips toward the sesame-sized fishing boat on the sea in the distance, motioning for them to look over, "It's right there."
"So they also placed the branches around the island? I asked, why didn't people come over and cause trouble when we came so late to occupy the land?"
"How dare they? Beat them to death. Originally, this geomantic treasure was mine, I just shared it with them. Stop talking nonsense. The fishing nets have been collected. Pull them out quickly."
"Okay, we're done. Pull us up quickly."
The four net ports that have been collected are also full of goods. Due to the inertia of pulling up, the fish products have fallen to the bottom of the fish collection bag, which is still full, and the upper mesh is still full of various fish and shrimps.
Every one of them showed the joy of harvest, and they all felt that their work was not in vain. When everything was poured out, there were more fish than the ones just before, and the deck was piled up like a hill.
"Too many..."
"It would be great if all these goods were fresh, then we would make a fortune..."
"It's pretty good too..."
Ye Yaodong reached out and caught a big blue crab that was running away sideways. He smiled and saw that it only had one big leg left. He turned it over and looked at its belly. It was a male.
The fattest crabs are after the Mid-Autumn Festival. This one with one leg cannot be sold for much money, so I can just keep it and replenish it for my children.
He threw the crab alone into the basket and found that there was another crab beside his feet, and it had both big feet, and it was holding his rain boots with its big pliers.
He quickly grabbed it, but fortunately he found it in time. He only touched his feet and did not move forward. A few steps forward would be his crotch.
The claws of the big crab are so powerful that they can break even your fingers.
"You pick them up, keep the fresh ones, put the stale ones in separate baskets, and Guodong will keep them to be dried and crushed to feed the chickens and ducks."
"What a great idea! It would be wasted if you throw it into the sea."
"Can, can, can, please give some points..."
Chen Guodong nodded, "Okay, the quantity is so large. If you want it too, then we can divide it equally."
"OK."
Ye Yaodong thought for a while and reminded them, "These are already bad, some are rotten, and there may be germs and viruses. Take them back and boil them in a big pot before drying them. It will be better if you sterilize them and then dry them."
"Sterilization?"
"Just do as I say."
"Okay, then take it back and cook it before drying it."
"You pick and choose. Guodong goes down with me. Before it's afternoon, go down a few more times and catch a few more. There will probably be some scattered squid in the afternoon. Take a look in the water then.
If it’s too much, we’ll collect it; if it’s too little, we’ll wait until tomorrow.”
The eyes of the three people were bright. They had never seen how the squid attached its eggs to the branches.
"Great! I really learned a lot today!"
"So I still have to follow Brother Dong. I can't imagine how lucky those people are to go to sea with Brother Dong every day."
"Yes, those people who went overseas last year even got a commendation and a reward of 500 yuan. I'm so jealous. When will it be my turn."
Ye Yaodong smiled and said: "Isn't it your turn now? Don't just think about glory and increased knowledge. The risks at sea are unimaginable. If you can make money safely on land, it's better not to take risks."
While Chen Shi and the others were in the water just now, Ye Yaodong took a break while sorting fish. His body was wet and cold, and the wind made it even colder.
He was thinking that he would bring a ragged blanket over tomorrow so that he could wrap it up in his free time.
The two warmed up again, put on their diving equipment one by one, and then jumped into the water.
Although there are many ground cages hanging from the bottom, they are collected in a series, not just one by one, and the efficiency will be higher.
After Ye Yaodong went down, he and Chen Guodong found the place closest to them, and then the two of them carefully swam around the reef and unhooked the hooked ground cage.
He also saw Chen Guodong reaching for the big abalone on the reef, but he couldn't pull it off after a long time.
Then, unwilling to give up, he reached out to the smaller abalone on the side, but returned with no success.
At this time, he also remembered that he had forgotten to tell them, asking them not to rush to seize the abalone.
If you pick the abalone with your fingers like this, you definitely won't be able to get it off. What's more, there is water pressure in the water, so you can't use as much force as you do on the shore.
The suction power of abalone is also very strong. Once you are alert, even if you smash the shell, you will not be able to remove it. However, you can take advantage of it and use a shovel to remove it. The speed must be fast, otherwise it will definitely not work.
He swam towards Chen Guodong and gestured with the fishing net with his hand, signaling him to get down to business first.
There are so many abalones on the reef. It is normal for everyone not to be tempted and want to pick them up immediately.
But now is not the time for this, and they don't have the tools at hand.
Chen Guodong looked at his gestures and went to get the floor cage first. He felt very regretful, but he had to wait until he got there.
This time, it was a bit difficult to collect these ground cages. They untied a large number of them on the reef, thinking that they were all out of the reef and could go up.
Unexpectedly, I got on the boat and asked the machine to collect the net, but it got stuck halfway through. Then the machine kept running, moved again, and then got stuck again.
Ye Yaodong was confused for a moment and paused first.
I was originally teaching them how to pick abalone.
Under the clear water, you can still vaguely see the shadow of the ground cage, which is about to emerge from the water.
"What's going on, Brother Dong?"
"The only explanation may be that it's hooked somewhere, so it can't be retracted. Go down and have a look. If it's hooked, cut the connecting wire between the two floor cages and pull up the one that can be retracted first.
"
"good."
They waited on the shore for a while and saw signs of looseness. Then they tried to pull it manually, and the cage emerged from the water.
"Ah, coming up."
Everyone stretched out their hands to help, and then they struggled to pull the ground cage to the edge of the ship. Then they worked together to pick up the first one and threw it on the deck.
Ye Yaodong first went to unpack the fish bags and pour out the goods, while the remaining two people continued to pull the rope to collect the cage.
At the same time, a head emerged from the water, and everyone pulled him up first.
"Brother Dong, there are so many ground cages in a series, like a long dragon. When I went down, some of the ground cages were still hanging on the reef, the net mouths were scratched, and a lot of fish, shrimps and crabs fell out of the nets.
It floated out and was swallowed by a very big fish, which shocked me. Fortunately, it was not as big as me, otherwise I would have been worried that it would eat me."
"What kind of fish?"
"I don't know him. Anyway, he looks a little younger than me."
"I knew it earlier, I, I, I will go."
"Go to your head, you can't even say anything, so you go ahead. How do you report it when you go up? Dongdongdongdongdong, brother, me, me, me..."
Before Chen Guodong could finish imitating him, he was kicked by Ye Yaodong with a smile. Chen Shi's fist also came towards him. He quickly dodged and begged for mercy with a smile.
"Haha, no, no, I'm just going to imitate it and make a joke. There's no harm in it."
"Those who learn from Chen Shi already have two stutterers. If you continue to learn, it will become three. You learn, you learn again."
Chen Shi also said: "I'll teach you, you learn."
He slapped himself in the mouth and said, "You are a bitch, I can't learn from you."
Ye Yaodong said: "Stop making trouble and close the net quickly."
"Okay, right away."
Several people stopped laughing and started working quickly.
In this wave, 6 ground cages were collected, but it was a pity that the last cage was torn by the rocks, it was empty, and all the goods fell into the sea.
The four of them were divided into two waves, taking turns going back and forth in an orderly manner. If they felt tired, they would rest for a while.
In one morning, 29 ground cages were collected, and the harvest was considerable. These cages also brought them a whole shipload of goods, which weighed three to four thousand kilograms by visual inspection.
It's a pity, the fresh ones are probably less than 20%.
The quantity of fish in each net is different, and the ratio of good to bad fish is also different, but even if it is only 20%, it is considered a bumper harvest for them.
The stacked baskets weighed five to six hundred kilograms, and there were a lot of good products, which could be sold at a good price.
The cages that were brought up were covered with a lot of seaweed and some sand and garbage, but it was vaguely visible that the cages were very new, and there were signs of wear and tear on the reef in some places.
You can take it back for repairs and cleaning, and it can be reused. These floor cages are also a treasure. It depends on whether Azheng and Xiaoxiao want them.
While they were resting there and picking fish, two fishing boats in the distance were slowly approaching them.
Ye Yaodong also stood up and squinted to look. The telescope was placed on the Dongsheng for his father to use. He could only see with his 5.3 eyes.
As expected, the two boats approaching from far away were Azheng and Xiaoxiao.
The two of them were already waving to him from a distance.
"Are they here to collect squid?"
"Definitely."
"What should we do if we see these cargoes on our ship? They threw the cages down."
"Then who told them to hang up..."
The people next to him were talking, but Ye Yaodong ignored them.
He thought that if they wanted those floor cages, he would return them to them, but the goods must belong to him, and he couldn't do it in vain.
He thought to himself that Azheng's boat was already approaching, and he hooked the two boats together with bamboo poles.
"Dongzi, I said this boat should belong to you. I saw you here two days ago. Did you put down all the branches? I was still thinking that if you didn't put it down today, I would go home and follow you.
Tell me."
"Hey, why are there so many fish on your boat? Damn the ground traps! Did you go into the water and catch these ground traps?"
"Ah~ I'll go, I thought you put the machine on the big ship. If I had known, I would have come here earlier..."
As soon as he came over, he kept talking. Then he looked at the cargo on the ship in surprise and talked a lot.
"Dongzi, please speak..."
Ye Yaodong said helplessly: "You have a lot of questions? Which one should I answer? I came out this morning just to salvage these cages, and put down the branches by the way. I just ate something now, and I decided to rest enough.
Go into the water and take a look to see if there are any squid."
Ah Zheng became even more excited, "Can I go down with you and have a look? I've never seen how a squid lays eggs."
"Alright."
When Ye Yaodong saw that he did not mention those cages and that his attention was attracted by the squid, he took the initiative to ask, "I just heard what you said, do you know about these cages? You put them down."
Knowing it is one thing, you still have to ask, you can't pretend to be deaf and just take it away, just give it to them if they want it.
"I know, I put it down, and a small part of it was put in small. Damn it. Except for the front, it can be collected intermittently. It's worth losing a few ground cages. The ones thrown in the back can only hang on the bottom.
,Fortunately, I made a lot of money in the past, and there is no loss in total."
"It's not a loss, as long as it's not a loss, then do you still want these cages? If so, just move them over."
"Some of these are mine, and some are small. There are no buoys. How can I tell which one belongs to whose? I don't remember how many I dropped. There aren't even ten in the row behind, so I just dropped them casually. Forget it, I
I don’t need it, so I gave it all to you. Anyway, I made a profit, and it was you who worked hard to get it.”
"I don't care, just give me the goods."
"When Xiaoxiao comes, I'll ask Xiaoxiao. Can you put that thing on for me and take a look in the water?"
"Can."
He geared up and was happy.
Azheng's father curiously looked at the cargo on their deck and asked, "Are these dumped from the ground cage?"
"Yes, but none of them are fresh. Some of them are smelly and rotten to varying degrees. We can't have them."
There were too few baskets brought out today, and the preparations were not sufficient. Previously, I had picked up the stale fish and put them in the baskets separately. Later, I could only free up the baskets for fresh fish.
These things that are stale and rotten can only be thrown on the deck first, and when we return to the shore, we can bring some baskets to put them in.
Azheng's father looked full of pity, "There are so many, it looks like they weigh several thousand kilograms. If they were all fresh, it would make a lot of money, and it looks like there would be quite a few snappers and small green dragons."
"Not only that, there are also a 3-pound tiger spot, a 2-pound blue grouper spot, and a small mouse spot. It's a pity that they all stink."
Azheng glared and said, "Damn, that's a pity. Is there any place to buy your equipment? If I had a set, these items wouldn't end up in the ocean."
"There is no place to buy them at the moment. A few days ago, I wanted to buy two more sets. I wanted to take them to Zhejiang Province after a while, but I couldn't buy them. The opportunity has been cut off."
"Well, it's a shame that so much of the stuff stinks."
"Who said it wasn't? Fortunately, they thought of taking it back, drying it, grinding it into pieces, and then feeding it to chickens and ducks. It wouldn't be a waste."
As Ye Yaodong said these words, he also drove away the seabirds that kept swooping in from all directions. The seabirds that circled his boat did not stop all morning.
"Then when will you go into the water?"
"Let's wait for another boat to come."
Both of them looked at the boat that was almost approaching.
Xiaoxiao also took a bamboo pole, hooked it with the hook on the top of their fishing boat, and came closer.
"I obviously moved first, why did you come here before me?"
"I was close, and Dongzi salvaged a small part of the ground cage that we had thrown away intermittently last year and brought it up. He asked me if I wanted more, and I told him to forget it. It was worn out anyway, so we both shared it.
It’s unclear who belongs to whose cage, and there’s no mark.”
"Oh, that's fine. It's not a loss anyway. It's already broken. Let's take it back and sew it up. Anyway, I don't need it now. I've been trawling the net. I originally made a floor cage, but I also thought about using it from underneath.
Get some sea cucumbers and little green dragons, make some money, then keep cheating and messing up, and almost lose money."
"That's what I think too. We don't have the ability to go down to the bottom. It would be a waste if we throw it away."
Ye Yaodong said: "Then let's wait until we fish it out and take it back."
"Why are you still standing here? Why don't you go take a look at the squid."
"Didn't I just come over to have a conversation with Dongzi, and I'm waiting for you to come over too?"
Xiaoxiao looked at Ye Yaodong again, "Are you staying at home from now on? You even went out of your way to trap squids."
"Pretty much, I'll probably stay at home during this flood season, while my dad sails out to sea."
"Are you sold out of kelp? When I came back from the sea yesterday, I saw that the goods were no longer weighed. When I asked, I said the weighing was finished."
"It shouldn't be sold out yet. Anyway, the early shipments have already been shipped out. The rest will be piled up there and sold slowly. I don't need my people there. I just need to arrange for people to deliver the goods."
Both of them looked at him with special envy.
"Why are you getting more and more powerful? You look so beautiful."
"Yeah, why did you secretly become so powerful behind our backs?"
Ye Yaodong said angrily: "Crazy! I became powerful because I was upright, but you didn't participate, so you don't know."
Azheng: "Ma De, it will take another half a year before we can get the boat and follow you far away."
Xiaoxiao: "When you have a boat, you can also take part in it. Every day, you hear from the village what kind of fish you caught and what kind of rewards you got. The city commended you and gave you another 500 yuan."
"It's 1,000 yuan!" Ye Yaodong corrected.
Xiaoxiao: "My envious features are all distorted and not even touched by the light."
"Don't worry, not only did you not get the benefit of the doubt, but my father also didn't get the benefit of the doubt."
Azheng: "Your father is really miserable!"
"Fortunately, my father is not on the boat, otherwise he would be so angry that he would vomit blood after hearing what you said, and he would not be able to recover for half a month."
Ah Zheng said to Xiao Xiao: "Dongzi said he wanted to go into the water to see if there are any squids. I want to go down with him. You..."
"I want it too, I want to go too."
"You're going to do whatever it takes. Do you want to follow me if I eat shit?"
"If you want, come and watch you eat."
"Suzuki cock breakup!"
"Lin Bei is lazy!"
The two of them stared and quarreled across the boat, and their biological father quickly followed up with a few scoldings.
The sound was not loud, and there was the sound of waves and wind. Ye Yaodong couldn't hear it clearly.
He said: "Have you eaten yet? Just take your time after eating. After eating for a while, come down with me. If you haven't eaten yet, stay a little later."
"I've eaten." They both said in unison.
"Then one goes down with me, and the other goes down with Chen Shi. They take turns and help me pick up the floor cage underneath."
"You don't miss any opportunity to squeeze us. If you follow us, we will have to untie you."
"Definitely, the free labor is not wasted. It's going to go down anyway, so you can untie the cage for me by the way and let you see the good things you have done."
Ye Yaodong said righteously: "It's because of people like you who just throw the cages under the ground and hang them on the bottom without being able to deal with them. That's why there is so much marine garbage."
"You have to pay for your own actions. It is your obligation and your responsibility to go down and remove the cage... The party and the people educate us that everyone must be responsible for their own actions..."
The two of them were a little dumbfounded after hearing what he said.
"I heard that you went to the party school? Why did you... really learn a lot?"
"It's necessary! You should also ask the village committee to report to you, and also go to the party school. It will be very useful."
"What's the use? Can you speak one thing after another?"
Xiaoxiao had an insight into the truth, "Can I have a companion with you?"
Ye Yaodong chuckled, "You go to the village cadres to educate yourself. Party members are very useful. Now stop talking nonsense and come over here!"
"I'll go! Are you speaking human language?"
"That's right. Is it wrong to let you crawl over?"
"When it comes out of your mouth, it doesn't sound like a good word. Why don't you just say it directly?"
"Oh, then crawl over here."
Xiao Xiao was angry, and in order to follow him into the water and take a look, he would not be like this kind of mean-mouthed person.
While he was rambling, Ah Zheng crawled over without hesitation and had already climbed over.
"Dongzi, let's go down first and leave him alone."
"Okay, you better be obedient."
Ah Zheng's eyes widened and he stretched out his fist to make a sign on the back of his head.
"Your mouth is getting worse and worse."
"I didn't say any bad words, unlike you."
"Okay, okay, hurry up, I have no education, I have no quality, I just love swearing."
Everyone laughed.
Ye Yaodong was so happy that he still had fun with them and joked casually.
The two put on masks, fins and air tubes, checked again and warmed up before jumping underwater.
He did not move the boat to the area around the island where he dropped branches. It was actually the same here, not that far away.
If there are squids coming to lay eggs underneath, you can see them when you go into the water. At that time, the three boats can move separately to their respective positions to release branches.
At this moment, the other two boats were waiting next to each other, while the boatmen on Ye Yaodong's boat continued to sort the goods on the deck.
Xiao Xiao walked around in a circle and looked at their harvest. He was amazed and then squatted down to help.
After Ye Yaodong took Azheng into the water, Azheng looked at the ground cage hanging on the reef and already knew about it, so he was not too surprised.
It was only when I got closer that I opened my eyes wide when I saw the black abalone shell on top.
He only knew that there were sea cucumbers, small green dragons, and Jiang Yao down there, but he had no idea that there were also abalones, and there were quite a lot of them.
Damn it! I made Dongzi rich again!
I can see it even if I'm following him, but I can't pick it up, which is really annoying.
Ye Yaodong watched him rushing towards the reef, and swam up to pull him up, telling him to walk around first to see if there were any squids laying eggs.
It's not too late to come back later and slowly build these floor cages.
However, when they turned around to go around the reef, they saw many transparent squid surrounding the cage in front of them.
Moreover, there were many squids swimming towards them from a distance. There were not many squids, but there were still a small group visible to the naked eye.
Then with their eyes widened, they rushed directly towards the ground cage around the reef, and then stayed around the ground cage without moving.
Ye Yaodong was shocked in his heart.
Do these squids use these ground cages as branches to attach their eggs?
Logically speaking, it is not necessary to use branches. To make artificial egg attachments, iron wire, bamboo wire, branches, plastic branches, etc. can be used.
The ovipositor is released to the squid to lay eggs. It uses its head and feet to attach the eggs one by one to the seaweed on the hard branches.
In order to avoid falling directly on the seabed and being swallowed by other marine organisms, it can also immediately eat planktonic diatoms, various algae, and some insects such as noctiluca.
The two of them looked at each other and then moved closer to the ground cage, watching the transparent squids wrapping their tentacles around the fishing net.
Chapter completed!