Chapter 232 Chef Li
Chen Yongwei sighed when he saw him doing well, thinking that he was not satisfied with the fish catch from collecting the nets today.
"Brother, the sea has been calm these days. There are many fishing boats out to sea, so the fish catch will be less."
"It's not good if the sea is calm. Maybe the sea is holding some big tricks?"
Li Changle looked at the calm sea, looked up at the bright sunshine, and thought that next time he would go to Lucheng Black Market to buy a radio and listen to the weather forecast.
"It's like this every year after May. It's either windy this month or the next month. As long as it doesn't rain during the few days when construction begins."
"My father said it won't happen in the next few days. He can't feel his legs."
The old man's legs feel uncomfortable every time the weather changes. Decades of exposure to wind and rain, rheumatism and the sequelae of snake bites are still a bit serious.
"That's how old people are. My grandma always complains about discomfort in her waist and legs every rainy day."
"When you get fish that are good for rheumatism, take it back and let them eat more."
Ten minutes later, the boat arrived at the sea area where the cans were dropped. Sure enough, Chen Yongwei grabbed the iron hook, fished out the float, and the lead pendant, pulled the main line, and pulled the can upwards with force.
He picked up the first jar and said, "Brother, there is a pair in it!"
"People know how to find companions, and so do they."
Li Changle took the jar with a smile and saw a pair inside, one black and one white, squeezing together to increase their affection, clinging tightly to the bottom of the jar, feeling a little embarrassed to come out.
He took a bamboo hook that looked a bit like a tickle, hooked the octopus out of the jar and poured it into the rubber bucket.
The second jar also has something in it, but it's a bit small, and it doesn't look like it weighs more than a pound or two. It's better to let it grow a little longer.
The collected jars were arranged neatly on the deck. After all the groups of jars were collected and straightened, they were put into the sea.
"Brother, after collecting the octopus, it's time for the eldest brother to come back. We've had dinner. Should we go to the island to pump out the puddles, or should we trawl the net?"
Li Changle thought about buying a trawl net. Except for the last time he encountered a school of silver pomfret, he had never hauled a few nets seriously. "After dinner, let's go drag a net and then go home to help move things."
"Okay!" Chen Yongwei was sweating profusely before he pulled a group of jars that were hung by unknown objects onto the deck.
At this time, Brother Li appeared in their sight driving a fishing boat. The fishing boat slowly moved closer and waved to a few people.
Brother Li signaled to him to anchor and stop the boat. Li Changle put down the can in his hand and jumped over with him when the boat got closer.
Brother Li started the net hoisting machine, and Li Changle and the two men retracted the net gear, and watched as the bulging net bag emerged from the water. It looked like it weighed four to five hundred kilograms.
The brothers all smiled and dragged the fishing net to the deck with all their strength.
Brother Li stepped forward and untied the net bag, and various red, white, and spotted fishes appeared in front of several people.
White horsehead accounted for the majority, five or six large yellow croakers weighing at least two kilograms, dazzling red big-eye chickens, sea bass, flounder, bluefish, and several types of mackerel, as well as gurgling shrimps and crabs.
Li Changle picked up a silver-white large yellow croaker and shook his head with some distress. The one caught during the day and the one caught at night looked like two different species.
Because there is a golden skin gland on the lower side of the body of the large yellow croaker, the yellow pigment secreted makes the large yellow croaker appear golden yellow.
However, this golden yellow pigment is easily decomposed and faded by ultraviolet rays or strong light. Large yellow croaker caught during the day usually appears silvery white because the yellow pigment is easily decomposed and faded by strong light.
The large yellow croaker caught during the day and at night was much cheaper than the large yellow croaker caught at night. He really didn't want to sell it for sixty-seven cents a pound.
Li Changle said to Brother Li: "Brother, keep three large yellow croakers for yourself to eat, and give two to your brother-in-law to take back to my sister."
"Okay!" Brother Li also felt that the price during the day was not worth it, so he nodded in agreement, caught the fish and bled it.
Li Changle didn't expect the eldest brother to agree so readily. He looked at Brother Li in surprise, "Brother agreed? Did I hear you right?"
"We also have mouths. Aren't you saying that if we don't eat more now, we will feel terrible if we eat one in the future?"
"Second brother, your brother is very good at calculation and won't tell half a lie."
Brother Li rolled his eyes at him, "You've been pointing out the good stuff since you were a kid!"
"Second brother, this net is really killer!" Chen Yongwei stretched his neck and said happily.
Brother Li nodded excitedly, "Hey, this network is good!"
"Awei, keep collecting the cans!" Li Changle said and patted Brother Li happily, "Go ahead, sort the fish, cook something to eat, and then go back to the net and go home."
"Okay!" Brother Li hurriedly went to get the rubber bucket and bamboo basket, rolled up his gloves, and started working.
The live fish are picked out and placed in the live cabin, while the dead ones are put in rubber buckets and kept fresh with ice cubes.
At the end of the sorting, white horsehead fish were the most numerous, and a full rubber bucket was filled. One bucket was 156. Big-eye chicken, sea bass, and flounder were also filled in the bucket.
Another bucket was filled with Shui Gong, Qing Zhan, Spanish Mackerel, shrimps and miscellaneous fish. There were forty or fifty blue crabs, swimming crabs, and orchid crabs in total. The fat ones were tied up and put in the bucket. Those that were too thin and those that were too small were released.
After they had sorted the fish, Chen Yongwei also collected all the octopuses, poured them into the fish hold, and closed the lid to prevent them from trying to escape.
Eight groups of jars, plus two groups of Brother Li and his friends, caught eighty or ninety kilograms of octopus, and more than a hundred octopus were caught in the tide.
After cleaning up, brother Li fetched water to wash the deck, while Li Changle and brother Li organized the fishing nets and put them away.
"A'an, I'm ready here, but the noodles I cooked are not delicious. Who will do the cooking, you or A'le?"
"A Le's cooking is also tastier than ours. I'll help Ah Wei put the jar into the sea."
After speaking, Brother Li jumped onto the fishing boat opposite as if he was running away.
Li Changle looked at Brother Li, "You have been at sea for so long, and you don't even do anything on the ship?"
"What we cooked was very unpalatable. The rice and noodles were all lumped together. There was either too much salt or too little salt. They said it was extremely unpalatable and they didn't want us to cook it."
Brother Li smiled naively and went to the back of the driver's seat and took out what Zhou Ruonan's sister-in-law had prepared, "A'nan and your sister-in-law have cut it up. You have to eat it after you cook it."
"All right!"
Li Changle didn't want to be tired for a long time and eat something terrible.
Resigned to his fate, he washed his hands and looked at the chives, scallions, cut salted fat pork, and rice noodles in the bamboo basket.
"Brother, you make a fire, and I'll catch two crabs, clams, and shrimps."
"Okay!" Brother Li took out the yellow clay stove and placed it in a leeward place. He took some pine hair and lit the charcoal. He put a small iron pot on the stove and poured a ladle of fresh water into the pot.
Li Changle caught some clams and shrimps and put them in a bucket. He took a ladle of sea water and soaked them in it. He also caught three swimming crabs, rinsed them in the sea a few times, removed the crab claws, cut them into small pieces and put them on the enamel.
In the bowl.
"Ale, the water is boiling."
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"You haven't refined the oil yet, so you just boil water?"
“Don’t you need water to cook noodles?”
"Then you have to refine the oil and then burn it!"
"I don't know how. I'll help you wash the clams."
Li Changle poured water into the steel pot and placed the small iron pot on the stove. After the pot was heated, he put the fat meat in it. There was a sizzling sound and a salty aroma hit his nostrils.
Brother Li came over with washed clams. He had already fried the crabs, popped the shredded ginger and onions, and boiled the water for shrimps and rice noodles.
Brother Li sniffed and said, "It smells so good. When the ship comes back, I'll take care of the cooking for you."
Li Changle smiled and said: "The wages are not included, I will just do the work. You wash the dishes, wash the pots, and rinse the deck."
What he hated most in the past was washing pots and dishes, and he would often do the cleaning together in the morning, noon and evening.
"Okay, you can pay whatever you want." Brother Li happily took the enamel bowl.
Li Changle put the shrimps and rice noodles into the pot, boiled them, put the clams and tang vegetables in the pot and started to put them into bowls.
Brother Li and Chen Yongwei jumped onto the deck, "We smelled the fragrance while we were still there!"
"Can it be fresh? Three swimming crabs, prawns, clams, all good things."
Li Changle took the enamel bowl from Brother Li, which was as big as his head. After filling it, he handed it to the three of them, "Guaranteed to make it fresh enough to make your eyebrows fall off."
Chen Yongwei picked up the noodles, blew them a few times, stuffed them into his mouth, and nodded while eating, "Fresh, much fresher than the seafood noodles in town, Chef Li's skills are good."
Brother Li also thought it was delicious, "I made an agreement with A Le. From now on, I will do the cooking for him, wash the pots and dishes, and we will do the deck washing."
"It's easy to use. As long as there is hot food to eat, we will cover all the work." Brother Li felt that he was not afraid of working, but he was afraid of not having food to his taste.
Full, lazy, hungry and panic-stricken, after eating bowls of seafood noodles, the four of them sat lazily on the deck, not wanting to move.
In the end, it was Brother Li who started moving first. He washed the pots and dishes, put the clay stove and dishes into the wooden box in the cabin, and came out to tell the three of them to work.
"Ale, later I will go around from the left side of Chuiyuan Island. You guys go from the right side, then go around in front and go around to Zhushan. We will meet in the waters of Yantoushan."
"Okay! I'll go over and start the fishing boat first."
Li Changle jumped onto the Rising Sun and picked up the crank to start the fishing boat. A "dah-dah" sound sounded, a plume of black smoke came out of the diesel engine, and the water on both sides of the ship surged.
Brother Li and Chen Yongwei rushed to lower the trawl into the water, jumped onto the Rising Sun, lowered the trawl, and jumped back neatly.
"Brother, you go and sleep for a while. I will call you to close the net later."
"No, you go to bed and I'll drive."
"Don't worry, brother has taught me several times." Chen Yongwei grabbed the driving seat, released the accelerator, and drove the fishing boat forward.
Li Changle was so happy that he lay on the deck, blocked the sun with his straw hat, and fell asleep soon after.
The fishing boat circled around Chuiyuan Island, and when it arrived at Zhushan, Li Changle woke up, sat up and looked around, but did not see Brother Li's fishing boat.
He took out two cigarettes and lit them. He walked to the driver's seat and handed one to Chen Yongwei, "Brother, haven't they come here yet?"
"They went around that way. Let's meet at Yantou Mountain."
"I'll drive, you can sleep for a while."
"OK."
Chen Yongwei gave up the driving seat and Li Changle took over the helm. He turned around and drove the fishing boat towards Yantou Mountain. Halfway there, he saw Brother Li standing on the bow of the boat waving to him.
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