"You're afraid that you can't cut it if you eat it? I'll eat it even if it's raw!"
"Hahaha, Adong is still generous and willing to eat it, otherwise, a few pieces will be just a few pieces."
"No way, haven't you ever tasted such a big one? Give it a try, how does such a big one compare to the small one?" Ye Yaodong said vaguely with words in his mouth.
"Let's see if one or two can be caught in the fishing net later..."
"I think it will definitely blow up the Internet later!"
"Yes, yes, I think so too. Mazu will definitely bless us to fill our warehouse with fish and shrimp..."
Ye Yaodong listened to the chatter in his ears and ate quickly. After eating, he went to get a camera and took a photo of the manta ray on the deck. Then while the food was still hot, he hurried to change his father.
When taking the photo, the big manta ray could still swing its tail slightly, and it was not dead at all. It was too tenacious to survive.
He controlled the fishing boat and kept moving forward. He looked at his watch from time to time and paid attention to the time.
It was around 2:30, which he estimated to have dragged on for two and a half to three hours, before he walked out of the cockpit and shouted to everyone, "Get ready to launch the net~"
After hearing this, everyone immediately stood up and got ready, instead of sitting around and sitting around.
The manta ray on the deck had been cleaned up after dinner. Everyone looked at it as if it was dead, so they cut off its tail and threw it into the sea.
Several people worked together, picking their noses, lifting their buttocks, and moving their pectoral fins to move the big fish into the fish hold.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to move such a big fish back and forth on the deck, and a large bag of fish would take up space when the net is set up.
Father Ye listened to Dongzi shouting to raise the net, and asked two boatmen to each pull a cable to the side of the ship on both sides, wrap the rope around the roller, and use the power of the machine to quickly pull the cable.
The fishing net is also under the pulling force of the net rolling machine, and the net mouth on the sea begins to gradually tighten. After it is completely tightened, the fishing net is slowly dragged upward until it is dragged out of the water.
"Wow, what a big package!"
"Ah! There are manta rays and sharks in there!"
"There are also a lot of toad fish..."
"Except for manta rays and sharks, the entire net is filled with toad fish..."
"The flood season for toad fish has not passed yet..."
As soon as the fishing net was pulled out of the water, everyone saw the goods inside and started talking about it.
This was just the first day out to sea, and it was also the first time the big ship came out. We also saw a battle between two races at sea. Everyone was still excited and wanted to say a few words about everything they saw. After a while, things would probably change.
He worked silently and silently.
It still feels fresh now, but after a while it will almost feel numb.
As the net rolling machine continued to exert force, the entire fishing net was slowly lifted up, and the heavy weight directly bent the mast.
After a while, the net bag full of catch was dumped on the deck in an instant.
Some fish were dead due to gravity and pressure, but some were still bouncing and swaying their tails when they were dumped on the deck because of their tenacious vitality. Crabs crawled around, and shrimps kept curling up. There were a lot of them.
Miscellaneous goods covered the entire deck, rising up like a hill.
Of course, the most eye-catching ones are of course the largest devil rays and sharks. The two huge devils completely covered the deck. Their bodies overlapped in half, and there were a bunch of fish, shrimps and crabs scattered on them.
Covered a large area.
One shark was still pinned down by two overlapping manta rays, and only a little bit came out. At this time, it was still struggling, trying to get out from under their abdomens.
The other two sharks were scattered on the deck, still swaying their heads. The experienced boatmen immediately picked up the sticks and gave the two lone sharks a few blows on the head until they were killed and stopped moving.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
"It looks longer than me. Is that really scary?"
"How else would you dare to fight with such a big manta ray? And even bite it?"
"You're not moving, are you? Just not moving..."
"There is another one at the bottom like a devil... The devil's tail keeps moving, but two of them fall there. One is facing us with his head, and the other is facing us with his tail. His tail is swaying, and he doesn't dare to get close."
"Wait a minute or bleed these sharks first."
When Ye Yaodong was collecting the fishing nets, he stopped the boat for a moment, ran out and took a look, with a smile on his face.
"The first net's delivery was pretty good. I got two manta rays and three big sharks. I poked the manta ray's nose with a longer bamboo pole, pushed it to the corner, and knocked out the other shark first, so as not to
It can still bite people, so we should clean up the fish on the deck first."
This pile, which stood out like a hill, weighed at least four to five thousand kilograms, and it took an hour or two to collect it, just in time to clean it up before the next wave of fishing nets came up.
Father Ye also had a smile on his face, "These four to five thousand kilograms of toad fish can be sold for dozens of yuan. The boat that collects the fresh fish will give you two cents at most. It would be great if you catch it online at home and drag it back directly to dry the fish."
A good deal.”
"No need to say, they have come all the way out, how can they drag them back? The price here is tens of dollars, and those two devils weigh four to five hundred pounds. They are so big, and the intact ones should be worth tens of dollars more.
Add in the two big sharks and other miscellaneous fish and shrimps and remove the useless ones, and you should be able to earn two hundred yuan, which is pretty good."
If a big net like this could be sold for more than a hundred yuan, it would be better than catching fish at home for two days. This is because the harvesting boat is discounted by nearly half.
"Yeah, it's not bad, but I'm not familiar with the nearby waters. Apart from the Harvest, I don't know any fishing boats. I don't know where to go ashore. If it's not far away, I can sell it ashore and double the price."
"Let's clean it up first. You go sail the boat. I'll watch from here and direct the boatman to lower the net first."
If you can get 200 yuan for the first network, and haul six or seven networks a day, then if you can get 1,230 yuan, it will be better than the first time you sell goods on Harvest.
I remember when I was settling accounts a few months ago, Harvest called the fresh harvest ship to come over to collect the goods for the first time. It took two days to save the goods before selling them for just over a thousand yuan.
I went to sea for five or six days and sold three times in total for more than 3,000 yuan. After deducting most of the gas, wages and expenses, I made a net profit of more than 1,000 yuan. I got more than 180 yuan per share. Everyone was happy with smiles on their faces.
Flowers bloomed.
It was also on that occasion that he split more than 500 shares into three shares and came out for the first time.
There were a few big fish in this net today, which directly doubled the value. Although those toad fish are not valuable, they are better because of their large quantity, and they are better than useless trash fish.
Ye's father listened to his instructions and ran to start the boat. Several boatmen put the fishing nets into the water again, continued to trawl, and then worked hard to load the fish on the deck.
The two big manta rays have been pushed to the corner by the bamboo poles, which does not affect them from packing other goods.
"There are few miscellaneous fish in this net today, all are toad fish..."
"You don't have to fall back into the sea. This toad fish is big and can be sorted very quickly..."
"This basket is full. Let's take it to the fish warehouse and add some ice cubes..."
"This fish is slimy and disgusting. It's just like snot. It's just delicious. It's all cartilage. It's very fragrant when cooked with distiller's lees..."
"You don't have to worry about fish at sea..."
Everyone chatted while working, and they looked much better than in the morning. After Chen Shi had work to do, his attention was diverted and his complexion looked much better.
This was purely a fear of the boundless sea. It was not seasickness, but a sense of panic brought about by running to the middle of the sea for the first time. It was boundless, surrounded by water on all sides, and only the ship was the center of the world.
Ye Yaodong took advantage of his free time to chat with him for a while and comforted him. He had to rely on self-regulation. Now he seems to have recovered a little, so that's okay.
He put on his gloves and helped with the sorting. Everyone held a basket and picked the toad fish first. After all, toad fish accounted for a large proportion on the entire deck.
An old fisherman had already bled two large sharks. While everyone was rummaging around, when they came across any fish that needed to be bled, they all threw them into a basket and pushed them over to continue bleeding them.
No one needs to say anything, everyone spontaneously performs their duties. In the past, before the production team was disbanded, there were no elderly people who had not gone to sea, but they did not go so far. Everyone also did the work at sea.
Used to it.
This is the benefit of having experience.
The fishing boats kept moving forward, and the Harvest was also working in the distance. There were no abnormal conditions in the surrounding sea. I just didn't know if they had also set up a net, and how they were receiving the goods.
Ye Yaodong squatted for an hour, his waist was sore, and then he and the workers roughly sorted all the goods and carried them to the fish warehouse.
For the few valuable groceries left on the deck, everyone also picked up a few bowls of their favorite foods to prepare for cooking in the evening. Others were swept up with brooms, and baskets were dumped back into the sea.
"It's a pity. If I could send it home, I could just pickle it or dry it and eat it for a long time."
"Oh, there's so much in the sea that it takes up too much space to send to the harvest ship."
Ye Yaodong watched with heartache as they returned basket after basket of worthless goods to the sea, which could be used to ferment fish sauce, dry in the sun, or pickle salted fish.
In the future, there will be fish that no one wants, it just depends on the price. Now it is indeed being rejected and taking up space, and it can only be returned to where it came from.
"I've almost killed the remaining ones. You can wash them and hang them up, let them dry in the sun on the boat for two days, and we'll have something to eat."
"Then take a rope and tie it..."
Using local materials, everyone is very familiar with it.
"Do you want to kill the manta ray that you picked up before? It's just a free moment now. The second net hasn't come up yet. By the time the second net comes up, it's almost time to make dinner again. If you want to kill it, of course, kill it while it's fresh.
." asked the old boatman named Chen Laoqi who has been responsible for killing fish.
Everyone turned to Ye Yaodong, waiting for him to speak.
After all, he had just said he wanted to stay and taste it, but he might have changed his mind, so he had to ask first how much it cost.
Ye Yaodong nodded, "Let's kill them together by the way. Let's steam a bowl at night and let everyone taste it to see the difference between a few hundred kilograms of devil fish and a few kilograms of manta ray."
"Okay!"
"A Dong is so awesome!"
"Yeah, I'm willing to eat this. No wonder I can do big things and make a lot of money. You can't take this thing seriously, haha."
"The main reason is that it's not worth selling it at such a low price, so it's better to keep it for everyone to have a taste of it."
"If you want it...if you want it, wait until the harvest...Chunzhou...comes and asks...first!"
Chen Shi shouted the last word with all his strength before he stopped without stuttering.
Since following Ye Yaodong, Ye Yaodong has not disliked him. He has spoken more and is not as stuttering as he was at the beginning.
At first, he was disliked by everyone. He was so autistic that he didn't even dare to speak. Sometimes he didn't even say a word. He only occasionally said one or two words to his friends, but he was also disliked and begged to shut up.
Now when his friends ask him to shut up, he will say a few more words shamelessly. When people scold him, he will scold him back, making them jump in anger.
The more he practices, the more he stutters. He can also see that he is getting better, and he can also boldly speak a few words in front of unfamiliar people.
"No, it's already two days to wait for the fresh harvest ship. Such a big fish will take several days to finish. It will take two days to start eating. How long will it take? Let's slaughter it now and start it in the evening while it's fresh.
eat."
"If you are sure to kill, I will go and kill him? Do you want to ask your father?"
"No, when you kill him, he might eat more than me. But when you kill him, remember to keep his gills and don't throw them away."
"You need to keep the gills, right? Then I remember."
Chen Laoqi called two people to help drag the fish out of the fish warehouse and help kill them together.
Weighing over two hundred kilograms, the thick flesh can be cut out with just one cut. Originally, the pectoral fins of this manta ray are made of cartilage and skin, and there are no hard spines all over the body.
But this one is so big and the meat is very thick. When it is cut off, it is no longer just the skin and cartilage, but the snow-white fish meat is exposed.
Ye Yaodong watched him chop off the pectoral fins directly, and ordered him to chop off the fish head first without thinking of cutting it off first.
"Don't you eat the pectoral fins first? Don't you eat the meat on the side first? Should you chop off the fish head first? We can't finish the head and pectoral fins of such a big fish at night."
"No, don't cook other fish. Just cook the fish head at night and use it to make tofu soup. Cut off a piece of the pectoral fin meat and steam it. Then you can make any dish."
"That's okay too."
Ye Yaodong mainly wanted to remove the gills of the manta ray while it was still fresh.
The gills of this manta ray are also called bulging gills, also called manta ray fú fèn gills, because manta rays are also called manta rays.
Expanded fish gills are mainly made from the processed gills of fish such as manta rays. It is a pure natural and precious marine health care product.
There is no need to make this, just take it out, wash it with water to remove the salty taste, dry it and store it.
Squid gills mainly have the functions of clearing heat, clearing rash, detoxifying and promoting lactation. It is often used to treat measles, pox, rare milk and other diseases. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is regarded as a good medicine for clearing away heat and detoxifying, and is also a natural "antipyretic".
It is specially used to treat fever and tonsillitis in children. It is also very good for bronchitis and laryngitis.
No one is hyping it up yet, and those in the countryside don’t know the value and use of this thing.
Later, after H1N1 and avian flu frequently made headlines, the market for manta ray gills gradually grew, with a kilogram of manta ray gills selling for as much as $200 in the dried seafood market.
It's so scary.
Although many things have a certain value, they are common medicines before they are hyped, but as soon as they are hyped, they become magical medicines.
Ye Yaodong thought about keeping the incomplete manta ray, and also wanted to cut off its gills, dry them, and take them home for later use. The children at home were still young, so what if it could be used?
Anyway, the swollen fish gills won't be blown away in the future, and they should have some unique features. Now, just sell them at a low price with a small piece of the pectoral fin missing. It's better to keep them to eat meat and get a swollen fish.
Fish gills.
The two hundred kilograms of manta ray weighs several kilograms if its gills are cut off. It is probably worth one or two kilograms when dried.
He watched Chen Laoqi chop off the fish head for a long time before he chopped it off, and then told him to be careful. If he didn't remind him, these big guys would just chop it randomly. Anyway, they would just put it in the pot and eat it themselves.
"Don't cut it randomly. Don't damage the fish's gills. Take them out intact."
"You still have to take it off intact? Then I'll be careful."
Ye Yaodong waited until the bright red fish gills were cut off, and the blood of the manta ray was still stuck on them. It was a bloody area, and then he asked him to throw it into a bucket of clean water first.
"What's the use of this? Do you need to stew it separately? Aren't the gills delicious? Such a big fish eats meat, so what's so delicious about the gills?"
"A Dong turns out to like eating fish gills?"
"No, I want to dry it and put it away."
"What's the use of these gills? Do you need to keep them away?"
"It can clear away heat and detoxify. It can also be used to treat throat inflammation and cough in children. Keep it for later use."
"Oh, it turns out, that's okay. It's not a rare thing anyway. It's better than spending money to buy medicine..."
"I'll give you a wash, just make it clean, okay?"
That saves trouble, Ye Yaodong said with a smile: "Just wash it and hang it to dry."
"OK."
The uncles took the initiative to help him clean and dry him, and did the work without him having to stick his hands.
"There's nothing to do now. You guys should rest for a while. We'll start setting up the net again later."
"Okay, okay..."
Everyone lowered their heads, watching Chen Laoqi kill the devil fish, and responded without raising their heads.
Ye Yaodong didn't care about them. Anyway, the gills had already been dried. He planned to go to the cockpit to see his father and use the maritime radio to connect to Uncle Pei's side to see if they had set up the net? How was the harvest?
?
They had only adjusted the frequency of the new machine when they got it, and they had not yet tried intercom at sea.
But when he turned around to get into the cockpit, he saw another oversized manta ray flying over in mid-air. He was stunned for a moment and screamed.
"Ah! The manta ray is flying again."
Everyone also turned their heads.
"Ah, flying over?"
"Ouch, flying over our heads..."
"Get out of the way..."
Everyone hurriedly hid to the side. Although they didn't know what danger there would be, the feeling of being covered in shadow was not that good.
Everyone kept looking up, and suddenly, a large black and white thing popped out of the devil's abdomen.
"What is that?"
"Shit?"
Everyone's eyes widened, and their necks were raised at ninety degrees as they stared at the sky above their heads. They saw the large thing in its abdomen suddenly detached and fell down with a snap.
Everyone's eyes also looked from above to below.
"What……"
"Ah? Is it the little devil fish?"
"Is this flying to give birth to babies?"
"This fish flies to give birth to its young?"
"I'll go, see you soon, okay? I've never seen a fish fly up to give birth to its young. Don't they all go down to their nests and into the sea?"
From the moment Ye Yaodong saw the manta ray flying up to when everyone noticed the manta ray flying above them and then to the time it gave birth to its babies, it only took a few seconds.
In fact, it is not "flying", but a short leap.
"Just one? Does this fish only give birth to one?"
"It turns out it was raw like this. I thought it was roe just like other fish."
Everyone watched the manta ray leap up, cross the fishing boat, and then glide into the water again. After seeing no shadow, they stepped forward to take a look.
"It's really a cub from a high altitude... It's been a long time since we've seen each other..." Ye Yaodong was speechless. Fortunately, he didn't hit anyone.
I had seen this while watching short videos in my previous life. I heard that this kind of manta ray often gives birth to its babies while flying in the sky. Today, it really opened my eyes.
It's a good thing these days, such a large manta ray has not been overfished, and we can still see such a strange natural phenomenon.
"This little devil is still alive, and his mouth is still opening and closing. Should he be thrown into the live barn?"
Everyone was still wearing gloves on their hands, so they directly lifted up the tail of the baby manta ray. This one was just born and was not afraid of the small spines on its tail.
"Throw it back into the sea and let it grow. It's useless even if it's so small."
Maybe its mother was still waiting for it under the water and accidentally fell into his boat.
If you throw it back, it will grow several meters in size in a few years, and it will be worth more when it is fished out.
"Then throw it back into the sea?"
"Throw it away."
A parabola swung and sank into the water.
"I didn't expect it to be so big right after it was born. It looks a lot like a ray. If I hadn't seen it fall out from under the big devil's belly, I would have thought it was a ray."
"It's weird, I'm still giving birth in mid-air, and I'm not afraid of falling to death..."
After Ye Yaodong watched the fish fall into the water, he leaned against the side of the boat and watched for a while until he saw a large black figure under the water. It sank again after a while, and only saw blue and clear water.
Walked towards the cockpit again.
Father Ye was also curious about what had just fallen in mid-air, and asked him as soon as he came over.
Ye Yaodong also told him.
"Ah, is this okay?"
"Anyway, what I saw was that it fell directly from the stomach. Don't worry about it. It was thrown back into the sea anyway. You can connect Uncle Pei and ask him if there is anything going on there? Have you set up a network? Let's see what happens.
How is the goods?"
Father Ye immediately agreed, speaking from the bottom of his heart, he also wanted to know what Father Pei had caught in the first net.
The maritime radio station was at his fingertips, and he turned on the channel directly.
"Hey Lao Pei, did you hear that? Did you hear that?"
"Yes, yes, you are pretty good at it. You came in handy immediately and connected to me. Is there any situation on the sea..."
The distance between the two parties is not too far, but the signal is not very good. Both parties can hear what they are saying, even though there is a lot of noise, they can still communicate, which is quite convenient.
Father Ye smiled broadly and said, "It's just like making a phone call. This thing is great."
"Haha, how was your harvest from the first network?"
"We caught two manta rays, three large sharks, and a whole net of four to five thousand toad fish and miscellaneous fish. What about you?"
"What a coincidence, we also caught two manta rays and two big sharks in the first net. Tsk, tsk, tsk, those manta rays are so big. I have never caught such a big one before. I was so scared to death that it covered the deck.
It's half taken up, and it's still there, and I haven't cut off its tail yet."
"Then your harvest is not bad."
"I'm very lucky today. The entire net is mostly filled with toad fish and there are very few miscellaneous fish. At most, there are only a thousand catties of useless fish. If they are thrown back into the sea, this net can probably be sold for one or two hundred yuan.
, the harvest is very good.”
"It's still cold now, and the toad fishing season hasn't passed yet."
"It's better not to go there. It's better to catch more than to catch useless goods. One or two cents is still one or two cents. Have you picked up the second net?"
"Not yet, it's almost there." Father Ye also looked at the watch on the counter.
"It's the same here. I saw you getting off the net earlier, so I quickly followed suit. Anyway, we all stay in the same place, so we have someone to take care of you."
"Okay, okay... wait until the day after tomorrow and call the fresh delivery ship together... to come and collect the goods..."
"Please contact me if there is any situation..."
"Okay, okay..."
The channel kept buzzing, and they briefly chatted about their respective achievements before hanging up.
Ye Yaodong also heard it from the side.
"The harvest is almost the same."
"Well, they are all in one place, so they should be pretty much the same. Do you want to set up the internet now?"
"Let's wait another ten minutes, wait until 5:30. Once the network is up, we'll cook, and then we'll finish sorting. When it's time to rest, we'll have a rest. Then the six of us will sleep in two shifts."
"Alright."
This means that you can only catch two nets from the time you go out in the morning until dark, and all the time is spent on the way out. Therefore, most fishing boats go out at night, and maybe they can catch one more net.
"How many days do you plan to go back after this trip?"
Ye Yaodong shrugged his shoulders and said, "It depends on the weather. Let's stay as long as possible for two days. Also, let's see what Uncle Pei wants. We all come out together. We can't just go back. We'll discuss it then."
Father Ye himself didn't notice that he was now more and more willing to ask Ye Yaodong for his opinion, and to act according to his wishes, with him as the backbone and his opinion first.
"Then we'll check the wind and waves in a few days. If it's calm, we'll stay a few more days. It's rare to get out. It takes a long time to go back and forth, and we need to eat a lot of fuel."
"We also have to look at the receiving situation. The net we tried to catch several thousand kilograms of small tubes was really lucky and we caught valuable goods."
Although the manta ray is more valuable, you can't catch a whole net, but it's still okay.
"Going to sea is all about luck. It all depends on fate. If the shipping is strong, you can make a fortune. If you have bad luck, everything will be in vain. Safety is the most important. To make a fortune, you have to rely on it."
"Well, safe and prosperous, I'll go ask them to prepare and put away the second net before dark."
"good."
Chapter completed!