Chapter 257 Drying the Toad Fish
Fortunately, they came back early, so there were no fishing boats docking at this point, and the pier was not busy. When the fishmonger at the nearby purchasing point heard the commotion here, he quickly ran over to watch the excitement and marveled.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk~ These abalones are not small in size. Adong is very lucky. Ever since your family caught a large yellow croaker, they have been lucky. It seems that they have been blessed by Mazu..."
"Who says it's not? It was said before that the new house has good Feng Shui, and the base on which the house was built was bought by people. However, even if the foundation was replaced, it didn't affect it..."
"How can I be sure about that?"
"These conchs are not small. Most of them are as big as a fist. You can usually see so many at the pier at once, let alone these several bags of abalone..."
"This abalone is not easy to deal with. Who goes into the water in the winter? I didn't expect that there are actually reefs that are pushed up..."
"You are so lucky, your family deserves to be rich..."
"I don't know if the island will pop up again..."
Ye Mu said happily: "Oh, it's hard to say, it's good to meet him once. It's quite painful. Dongzi and his father were soaked in the water, their feet were swollen, and his father also had rheumatism.
Where is the illness..."
"If I could meet you, I would be able to submerge myself in the water..."
"Hahaha... let's help sort together..."
There is strength in numbers. In everyone's envy and jealousy, the conches and abalones were sorted out. The sizes of these conchs were not much different. Except for a few particularly large ones, there was no need to pick out the others.
"We put it on the scale to see how much it weighed."
"Abalone, abalone comes first..."
"Then let's start with the abalone, weighing each bag one by one..."
Everyone gathered around and stretched their heads to watch.
"This bag weighs 98 kilograms... carry it to the side, and then carry it over there..."
"This bag weighs 92 pounds and 6 taels..."
"This bag weighs 86 kilograms and 7 taels... There is also a basket of conches picked out and brought up... 54 kilograms..."
After Ah Cai finished weighing, he read the weight and took a note to write it down.
"Hangtian, how much do these weigh? Almost 300 pounds?"
"277 pounds and 3 taels."
"My dear... I'm rich... How much does this abalone cost per pound?"
"How many yuan? How many yuan does Ah Cai charge?"
Ye Yaodong was also looking at him. Based on the good relationship established between the two during this period, he did not ask for the price. Now he has weighed everything. If he does not give a satisfactory price, he will not give him good products next time.
Ah Cai laughed and said, "The amount is too big. The amount is too big. Let's weigh it first. After weighing, I will have to contact a few more buyers."
After saying that, he looked at Ye Yaodong again and said with a smile: "Don't worry, we are already friends, and I will earn the introduction fee from this."
With such a large amount, the introduction fee is enough for him to earn!
Ye Yaodong nodded, that's okay.
After recording all the weights, he continued to weigh, and Ye Yaodong also picked out the little green dragon he wanted to keep.
Mother Ye was so distressed that she couldn't help but keep saying: "Leave the little one...leave the little one..."
Ah Cai looked at his movements, stared and grabbed his bucket directly, "What are you doing, what are you doing..."
"If you keep it to eat, what else can you do?"
"Damn, it's so luxurious? It's so expensive, how can you afford it? Sell it all to me, don't eat it, don't eat it."
Ye Yaodong tried to snatch his bucket, but he dodged it, and the two of them even saw each other...
"Give it back to me. You have collected so many abalones, why can't I keep a few little green dragons to eat?"
"You loser, how many of me are you keeping?"
"You care about me...go, go, go, weigh the fish first..."
Ye Yaodong grabbed the bucket and continued to catch Xiao Qinglong. Ah Cai was heartbroken when he saw it, and he cursed him in his heart for being a prodigal...
"Catch less of them...eat less..."
Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes. He had such a big belly. How dare he ask him to eat less?
Ah Cai was heartbroken to see him keep catching, so he had to weigh the fish first.
The giant cobia was relatively large, and was purchased for 4 cents per pound. The whole fish weighed 27 jins, and this one sold for 10 yuan, 9 cents and 2 cents.
The fins of mako sharks are valuable, but after being processed, the meat is of little value. The whole head cost just over 6 yuan, just on top of that big yellow croaker.
It can only be said that the quality is not enough, the quantity must be made up.
After everything was weighed, he took the list and saw that the price column for abalone, conch and small green dragon was empty, and the prices for other goods were written on them. After confirming that they were correct, he put them away.
"I'll come over in two days to settle the accounts? Is that okay?"
At this time, fishing boats were also arriving on the pier one after another. As soon as they landed, they heard that Ye Yaodong and Ye's father had dug more than two hundred kilograms of abalone. After putting down the goods in their hands, they didn't even bother to lift it on the boat anymore and hurriedly got closer.
Look at the sacks of abalone and listen to everyone talk about it.
Ye Yaodong saw more and more people, and after a few words with a casual smile, he quickly squeezed out of the crowd?
Father Ye also smiled and replied a few words, and then walked out of the crowd, and by the way, he also pulled out Mother Ye who was talking happily.
"Stop talking. You've said it several times. Go home and take a bath and soak your feet. You're feeling uncomfortable."
"Let's go, let's go back. I was so happy just now. Today's surprise was too big and everyone was curious, so I told them." Mother Ye looked at the scenery and couldn't close her mouth with laughter.
Everyone has vanity, and country women generally go straight to the point without hiding it.
"Let's go back first. You're still wet. Don't care what other people say. If you want to be envious, let them envy you." Ye Yaodong pushed the cart and took the first step.
Mother Ye said from behind: "Push it back and put it at the door. I'll go over and kill the fish later."
"knew."
Lin Xiuqing was surprised that he came back so early today. When she heard about what happened at sea today, she was also extremely surprised.
But when she heard that he had been soaking in the sea for most of the day, she felt distressed. She didn't even bother to look at the list she handed her, so she quickly went to the back door to dig out two more pieces of ginger and boil water for him. She could use as much ginger water as needed to soak his feet.
Relax and get rid of the moisture.
After Ye Yaodong took a comfortable bath and soaked his feet, he felt that his whole body came to life and he felt a little warm.
Lin Xiuqing specially brought the cooked snacks to him, "Knowing that you were eating noodles at sea all day, I didn't cook any noodles. This is the nine-layer cake I bought in the morning. I specially put in it the noodles I went to dig at the beach today.
The clams are very fresh.
"I originally wanted to take it out to sea for you tomorrow for a change, but I don't need to take it with me now. Eat it while it's hot to rest your stomach, and have dinner later."
"Well, you went to the beach to dig for clams this morning? You are so brave!"
"I couldn't see it, so I took my two children to dig on the beach outside the door for a while and then came back. My sister-in-law and my second sister-in-law also went to dig outside the pier. There were too many people there, so I didn't dare to go."
"Don't go to crowded places."
"I know, I'll go and get you some more hot water so you can soak in it for a while."
"okay."
After finishing a bowl of nine-layer cake, he felt warm and a little sleepy all over. His feet were still soaked there, and he was already lying on his back and getting up.
"If you feel sleepy, just squint for a while. I saw several baskets of toad fish on the trolley at the door. Why did I keep so many of them back? There are still some that were dried last time."
"Half of what I dried last time was given to the old man, and the rest won't be eaten for long. I won't go to sea in the first month of the year, and there won't be anything fresh by then, so I can eat some dry food for a change. The temperature has been dropping day by day recently, but the weather is still there.
It’s good, it’s almost the winter solstice, so it’s time to get a little more sun.”
"Okay, then you can soak for a while and lift your feet before the water cools down. I'll go kill the fish."
"You can kill the fish at the door when your mother comes over. It's not convenient for you to squat there now."
"It's okay, it won't affect you, there is a small bench."
After soaking his feet, Ye Yaodong originally wanted to squint for a while, but after hearing the sound of running and jumping in front and back of the house, and the noise of children one after another, he had no choice but to go to the door to take a look.
But he happened to see Lin Xiuqing's whole body shaking when she stood up, which startled him.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly and walked up a few steps to help her, "What's wrong with you?"
"Ah...it's okay...I just stood up so hard all of a sudden that my vision went dark..."
Mother Ye was also startled just now, thinking something was wrong with her, "You are anemic. Do you have any red dates at home? Make a brown sugar and red date soup to drink occasionally, or make spinach and pork liver soup and eat more."
"Just rest, go lie down in the room, and stop doing it."
Lin Xiuqing was a little embarrassed, "I'm fine. I just need to calm down and it will be fine. It's just that I stood up too suddenly."
"No, you should lie down and take a rest. I didn't help you just now, and you were about to fall."
"I'll bring you some free-range eggs tomorrow, and you can use them to stew red dates."
Ye Yaodong is also thinking about buying pork liver tomorrow morning. Now she has to eat one person and two people to make up for it.
Seeing that she was still squatting down and preparing to kill the fish with the scissors, Ye Yaodong quickly grabbed it and said, "Let me do it. You go wash your hands and cook dinner. Be careful."
If you ask her to lie down, she will definitely not be able to lie down, so you might as well ask her to make dinner.
"Okay then, I'll go cook."
Ye Yaodong took the scissors and pulled a basket of fish to his side. These fish did not need to be washed, they could just be killed.
To kill toad fish, use scissors to cut the fish maw along the mouth, remove the internal organs quickly, and rub an appropriate amount of salt evenly on the fish maw. The fish maw and liver are good things and should be collected separately.
After the fresh fish is pickled, it is washed with spring water in the mountains and dried. In order to dry quickly, each shelf is tilted towards the north, because the wind is blowing from the north and there is no sun now.
Can be blown by cold wind.
After resting at home for two days, he took a walk in the village.
Maybe it’s because the weather has been good recently, and there’s been a lot of fish since the earthquake. Every household has a variety of fish fillets drying in front and behind the house. There’s a faint fishy smell in the air throughout the village, and the small village is full of busy and busy people.
A scene of joy.
He passed by the door of each house and saw that some people used fish racks instead of long bamboo poles, about 3 meters wide and about 5 meters long. There were neatly arranged fish and horses on the fish racks.
Mackerel, skinned fish, eel, bluefish, the most common is toad fish...
Some fish fillets are hung neatly on ropes under the eaves, emitting an attractive color against the sun, which is particularly dazzling, creating a unique scene of fishermen.
After eating early in the morning, Ye Yaodong walked around the village leisurely for a few times and listened to various gossips about him digging abalones. The rumors were already outrageous. It was said that he was already a householder worth 10,000 yuan.
Ma, it's obviously still far behind.
On the contrary, the fishing boats have received very good goods in the past two days, and the village is full of joy, filled with the joy of harvest.
After listening to the gossip and walking around, he was about to go back when he saw a large car driving in at the entrance of the village. The villagers walking on the road stopped and widened their eyes curiously.
People in some houses came out of their houses when they heard the noise, or opened the windows and stuck their heads out.
The cart stopped directly in the center of the village, and a middle-aged man with a Chinese character and a short hair got out. He said directly to the curious villagers around him: "It's time to pick out the shrimp skins, it's time to pick out the shrimp skins. Pick out the small fish dices inside, and...
It’s only 1 cent per catty…”
When everyone heard this, they immediately gathered around and asked, "How do you choose? Are you picking out the useless little fish mixed in?"
"Yes, yes, anyone can do it..."
I almost fell asleep several times. I closed my eyes several times because I was afraid of breaking my promise again. I finally finished writing and went to bed. Good night everyone.
Chapter completed!