Chapter 318 Squid
He woke up on time at night, and when he saw the three boys sleeping in a mess on the bed, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
Ye Chengyang was still lying there, sleeping with his butt sticking out, in the same position.
Lin Guangyuan is so old that he sleeps with his feet up on the iron railing at the end of the bed?
The head is under Ye Chengyang’s butt?
Ye Chenghu was even more exaggerated. Both feet touched the ground, but his upper body was still lying on the bed...
I don’t know how I slept, but three of them could still sleep like this?
They are all without quilts and their sleeping positions are weirder than the last!
I don’t know if I don’t see it, but I’m shocked when I see it. I don’t know how they slept last night. Is this the same?
It's a pity that I don't have a mobile phone, otherwise I could have taken a few pictures and let them take a look at it tomorrow.
He just carried Ye Chenghu up and lay down. Hearing him grunt, he turned over and rolled inward. He didn't care about the postures of the other two people. The night was still long, and they would move when they lay down straight.
After covering them all with quilts, he walked out.
Generally, around the Grain Rain season, the rain will be relatively concentrated. It did rain intermittently for a long time some time ago, and it only cleared up occasionally for a few days this month.
Everyone took advantage of the good weather and hurriedly went to sea. During this time, hundreds of fish came ashore, and it was the time when the fish were plentiful and plump.
Because after a winter of accumulation, the fish body has accumulated a lot of nutrients at this time, and it is also the spawning period, so the fish body at this time is fat and solid.
After Ye Yaodong put down the row of hooks, he went to put down the ground cage, and then dragged two more nets. The harvest was very good, catching a large number of mackerels, swimming crabs, as well as other fish and shrimps.
With the help of the net hoisting machine, they collected the winch without any effort at all, and the cargo was abundant.
But today he still had to touch sea cucumbers and abalone. After dragging three nets, he called it a day and headed for the reef. Father Ye didn't say anything else.
The value of abalone and sea cucumber is much higher than these fish products, and seeing that Dongzi has been very safe when entering the water several times, he feels relieved and is not worried anymore.
After Ye Yaodong put on all his diving equipment, put on his breathing tube and headed straight to the bottom of the sea.
He didn't plan to collect the ground cages today. The time he left them was too short, and the harvest was very average. The harvest from each ground cage was very small. Originally, the number he released was very small, only one row.
He planned to collect it when he comes here tomorrow. If the weather is bad, he could come two or three days later and collect it again. It would not be a big problem. There are reefs nearby. Once the ground cage is put down, it will get stuck there and there is a chance of being washed away by the waves.
It's also relatively small.
If you leave it for a day or two more, you can get more goods, and save yourself from being stuck there every day. When he goes into the water, he has to find the ground cage first. If the goods are small, it will delay things.
As soon as he got into the water, he found that there were many more fish and shrimps around him than he had seen the previous few times when he went into the water. Maybe it was because the surrounding reefs were difficult to trawl. It seemed that the fish and shrimps were gathering more and more, which was convenient.
If you keep him in a ground cage for a day or two, the harvest should be pretty good.
He didn't have to look for ground traps everywhere today. He had plenty of time, so he ignored the fish and shrimps as usual. He went straight to the sea cucumbers on the bottom of the sea. He planned to find sea cucumbers first, catch a few small green dragons along the way, and then dig some abalones in the last ten minutes.
Fill the mesh bag.
The ideal is full and the reality is very powerful.
Sea cucumbers crawling on the sea floor and moving like snails are quite easy to find as long as they are not hidden in seaweed or seaweed.
They were quite eye-catching lying there in the dark, but there were not many of them. He wandered around and only found seven or eight of them, so he still had to dig through the seaweed.
Searching along the seaweed, when he passed a short coral reef, he saw many long transparent things hanging on it, like bunches of grapes.
The coral shapes on the surrounding coral reefs are very similar to tree branches, and are colorful. From a close look, they look like many smart and lively elves gathered together. The slightest movement of sea water will dance together, driving a series of "grapes" on them.
Follow the swing.
He paused curiously and looked carefully. These bunches looked like grapes. They seemed to be squid eggs?
The material inside the transparent ball is very clear. If you look carefully, you can vaguely see the little squid beating little by little inside.
Coral reefs cannot be touched casually. It takes a long time to form. There are living coral polyps in them. If you touch the bottom of the sea, the coral will die immediately. Moreover, some types of coral are poisonous.
Ye Yaodong has always cherished his life and never touched anything he didn't know. Even if he recognized that there were squid eggs hanging on it, he didn't move it.
The baby was born, and of course it was allowed to hatch naturally.
At the same time, he was also thinking in his mind that it seemed to be the squid spawning season, and these squid eggs should not have been laid for a long time.
The fishing season for squid is from the end of April to May, which is just the time for them to spawn!
With this thought in his mind, he went around to look for cages, and saw a few squids moving around in the cage closest to him. He was a little moved, but now was not the time for him to use his brain.
These ground cages can wait until tomorrow to collect them, and put more nets there.
He had wasted a lot of time looking for sea cucumbers to catch the little green dragon, but now he had to dig abalone to fill his net bag.
He dug in with familiarity, and when it was seventy percent full, he quickly floated up, and he had just the right amount of time to return.
Father Ye also took advantage of the opportunity while he was in the water to cook a pot of seafood noodles on the coal stove, which would be ready for him to eat after he landed without any delay.
I had been trawling for goods and had no time to eat or drink.
After he landed, he poured all the harvest in the net bag into the basket, and while eating noodles, he said to Ye's father: "It seems that there has been a squid fishing season recently. I saw some squid eggs on the coral reefs on the seabed."
Father Ye nodded, "It's almost the squid fishing season. When we go back, we can bundle some branches and throw them to the seabed. We can catch more squid while the squid season is here."
"Well, that's what I think too. When I get back, I'll go to the mountain and cut more branches."
Squid usually like to swim in the open sea, but in late spring, they swim in groups to the offshore sea to lay eggs.
It likes to lay its eggs on coral reefs or branches, hanging like bunches of grapes.
So they can tie things like branches into bunches and throw them into the sea to lure squids to lay eggs. When groups of squids swim to lay eggs, they can then set up nets to catch them.
Father Ye is an old fisherman and knows better than him how to catch squid with branches. This is a traditional method. Ye Yaodong knows it but has never done it.
He finished one bowl and then another. There were a lot of sword shrimps and Pipi shrimps in it, which were so fresh that he drank all the soup before putting down his bowl and chopsticks.
"These squids will die after laying eggs. When the tide goes out at 3-4 o'clock, we will go to the nearby island to have a look."
Father Ye has no objection. The third child is already a qualified fisherman.
Ye Yaodong finished eating and rested for a while before continuing to dive into the water. He went back and forth three times before retracting the hook and taking a breather to rest. Diving is also a physical activity.
Fortunately, there were people who could help, and they took turns to do the work. Father Ye was busy working on the hooks, and he watched from the side.
This time they caught a lot of sandworms, and as a result, they harvested a lot of squid, squid, and a lot of mackerel.
The mackerels each weigh more than five or six kilograms, and are very fat. It is now their spring flood season.
When there was a branch line behind him, Ye's father was having a hard time, so Ye Yaodong stepped forward with a handheld net to help. It was a mackerel weighing more than 20 kilograms, with a body length of one meter. When it came ashore, it was struggling very hard.
fierce.
Father Ye fought fiercely with it for a while before he pulled it to the side of the ship and was picked up by him.
Both of them were very happy, "This one is big enough!"
"It can be sold at a good price."
"Take back the last hook, then go to the reef, and grab some more goods before going back."
Father Ye hesitated for a moment, "Would you like me to go into the water later?"
"ah?"
"I'll replace it with you so that you won't be overwhelmed."
It's better to be your biological father, he is your biological father.
Ye Yaodong shook his head, "That's diving, it's not a joke. The deeper the seabed, the greater the pressure. No one will go into the water to accompany you. You are not familiar with this, so it will be dangerous. I can just go up and stay here."
Just be on shore."
"You knew there was danger, but you jumped down there and it took you so long to do so, so messed up..."
"Well, because I'm sure." Ye Yaodong interrupted his father's murmurings.
He could scold him for a long time without interrupting him. I wonder if it’s because he has lived with his mother for a long time, but sometimes the two of them are exactly the same.
After collecting the hooks, Ye Yaodong drove the boat towards the reef. However, when passing near Oarfish Island, he saw from a distance that the beach was covered with many white unknown objects.
And as the waves receded, many white figures were brought to the beach in the shallow water.
He has regarded this place as his lucky island and this sea area as his lucky sea.
Thinking of his previous discovery, he turned the boat around and docked at the island.
"Are those squids?" Father Ye also saw it from the side and guessed.
"It should be."
Cuttlefish grow quickly and can only survive for about one or two years, and then die after laying eggs.
The tide was going out at the moment, and the water level on the beach was very shallow. He could only go around and dock, and then he and his father got off the boat with tools and prepared to walk to the beach through the water.
As soon as they entered the water, the father and son discovered that the white things floating around with the tide were indeed squid. As the tide receded, it also stranded on the beach.
Ye Yaodong happily picked up the hand net and took a look at it. It was dark white in color and had a faint smell of sea. Then he handed it to his father.
“Still fresh.”
Father Ye also smelled it and touched its belly. The meat was plump and elastic, and the bone plate on its back was intact. Then he happily said: "Hurry up and pick it up. The tide is out."
"Go to the beach first. There are quite a few there."
The two of them walked up with the water flowing. Ye Yaodong also handed a sack in the bucket to his father as they walked.
"I feel like I can't pick it up..."
Chapter completed!