When Father Ye saw him sailing the boat, he planned to count today's harvest.
Looking at the stacked bamboo baskets, a smile bloomed on his face. If he could go to sea every day and gain so much every day, would he still worry about getting rich?
Walking to the bamboo baskets, he silently calculated in his mind how much these goods could be sold for today.
Excluding the skinned fish and other fish products that were damaged by the propeller, there is quite a lot left...
After counting the quantity, he had an idea of ​​what he would gain today.
Just as he moved a small stool and sat down to take a rest while the fishing boat was moving, he saw the net bag placed in the corner of the cabin door.
Huh? How can I just throw my net bag around and not put it away properly? Even though I’m such a big person, I don’t know how to put it away. I just throw everything around and look around for it when I’m looking for it…
Father Ye cursed in his heart and planned to put the net bag into the bucket for him and put it with his tools, but when he lifted it up, he found that there was something else in the net bag?
He picked it up and took a look, "Jiang Yao? Yao Zhu?"
It feels a little surprising. When did you pick it up? Why didn't you tell me?
Father Ye opened his net bag and took out a few Jiang Jue that Ye Yaodong had picked up casually. There were only five of them, some big and some small. He was pleasantly surprised, and then walked towards Ye Yaodong.
"Dongzi, when did you pick up Jiang Jue? You didn't say anything and just threw it everywhere."
Ye Yaodong only remembered when he saw Jiang Jue in his father's hand, "Oh! I forgot about my busy schedule. I was busy working on squid all afternoon. I just put this in the corner and forgot about it."
"I was looking for a ground cage when I went into the water at noon. I unexpectedly found a piece of river cannon stuck on the seabed not far away, which looked like a monument. When I saw it, I didn't have enough time, so I just pulled out a few and brought them up."
Father Ye was very happy after hearing this. Originally, Jiang Jue was growing in patches on the bottom of the sea. "Then go into the water tomorrow and pull out more. This is not cheap. The big one costs 15 cents, and the small one costs 10 cents."
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"I know."
There was no time to pick up more today, otherwise he would have filled the net bag before coming back up.
However, the value is still not as good as that of sea cucumbers and abalones, but the good thing is that you can pull them all out and continue digging for abalones. There are still a lot of abalones on the seabed reefs. You can pull out all the abalones and then go back and continue digging slowly without delay.
, those with a small number that are easy to solve should be solved first.
"You are lucky, you always come across good things."
"It may also be that no one goes down to the bottom of the sea, so there are a lot of goods underneath, so I encountered it."
Father Ye felt a little moved in his heart, "Is it a good idea to buy this set of water equipment for you? Or let your eldest and second brothers get a set? Let them also go to the bottom of the sea to search for it?"
"Ah? Don't think about it. It's hard to buy, and it's expensive. Don't think about it. Going to the bottom of the sea is not just for fun. It's dangerous. They should just trawl the net honestly. Don't mess around.
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"Then you were still fooling around at that time?"
"I'm different, I know that."
The underwater world is so wonderful and beautiful. Ever since he saw the sardine storm at the bottom of the sea, he had already become wild and ready to move.
Father Ye had no choice but to give up the idea and not take the risk.
Ye Yaodong said again: "Put Jiang Yao in the bucket, just a few of them, keep them for yourself to eat, and take them back to steam in the evening."
"You are the only one who knows how to eat. You want to take a bite of everything."
Father Ye felt a little pity, but it was hard to sell just a few of them, so he threw them into the bucket.
Ye Yaodong smiled again and said: "Let's pick some squid with rice, and don't need other goods. Those baskets of cut and skinned fish are enough for drying."
When he was sorting, he had already reserved two kilograms of white shrimps, half of which were for the children to eat, and half of which were stewed in wine for milk. He did not use the other fish, and just left some of the skinned fish that he kept for himself.
"Um."
There are so many squids, and Father Ye doesn't feel bad about leaving a little.
The fishing boat returned quickly, and the night wind was warm and quite comfortable. However, all the hair was blown back, and the roots stood up, revealing the broad forehead which was a bit ugly.
But it doesn't matter, my face is pitch black, who cares about my hair.
By the time the fishing boats approached the dock, it was getting dark, and more fishing boats were returning on the sea, with their headlights flashing everywhere.
Taking advantage of the recent abundance of goods and the good weather, I wanted to do more online, so everyone came back late.
When I met someone I knew well and had a good relationship with, everyone greeted each other and asked a few questions about their respective achievements.
Only then did they realize that everyone had harvested a lot of squid today, no less than mackerel. Only then did others feel that the squid fishing season had arrived.
Squid are more valuable than mackerel, and they can also be lured with branches to spawn, and then caught with a net, the profit will be even greater.
After the fishing boat docked, everyone started discussing at the dock. Everyone was surprised when they saw Ye Yaodong and his son, who had dark faces. Fortunately, they recognized their facial features.
When they saw the cargo they were carrying off the boat, everyone was even more surprised. They asked one after another: "Did you go out to catch squid today? Your face was sprayed so black?"
"So much, how many kilograms?"
"There are so many. There must be about ten baskets here. Were they lured with branches?"
"Did you just start catching them today? There didn't seem to be so many yesterday. Is the flood season starting?"
"There are also quite a few mackerels and skinned fish. Did you catch less today?"
Father Ye smiled and said: "Okay, okay, the squid fishing season is here, and your harvest today is not bad."
"Not as many as you caught. These squids weigh five to six hundred kilograms, right?"
"Hey, your eldest and second son are back too." The people nearby saw someone carrying baskets of goods coming down behind them, and there were also a lot of squid.
Father Ye looked at the goods carried by Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua, and also walked over to help look at them.
When baskets of squid and fish were placed in the open space, he was satisfied, and his two sons caught both, so he felt relieved.
"Your family reacted really quickly. You were one step ahead. Both boats caught less fish, didn't you?"
"Everyone's harvest is not bad..."
"Did you throw branches into the sea? We have to start trapping tomorrow. We haven't gone out to sea a few times in the first half of the year, so we just hope to make more money during the fishing season."
"Yes, yes, I will go up the mountain tomorrow and cut more branches..."
"This will delay another day. If I don't go this day, it will be another day of loss..."
"There is no other way. You can catch more by trapping with tree branches."
"It would have been better if I had known this a day earlier. I could have saved time yesterday by going to the mountains to cut firewood at home..."
"After the preparations are done, we can catch more, and it will be as good as one or two days. The squid fishing season will not end so soon."
"You and your son have taken the lead again. You are so lucky..."
Listening to the discussions in their ears, the Ye family father and his son would chat with each other from time to time, and the atmosphere was quite lively. Everyone was in high spirits after knowing that the squid fishing season was coming, and they couldn't wait to go to sea again now.
Amid everyone's envious words, they hurried back after weighing the goods and selling them.
There were also a lot of skinned fish piled on Ye Yaodong's cart. There were four bamboo baskets and several buckets filled with scattered goods. It would take a long time to push these back.
The four father and son walked back together with expressions of arrogance, their dark faces unable to hide their joy.
Both families had similar harvests today. They had a great harvest and both sold for more than 200 yuan. Even if Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua caught squid, they would get a little more than Ye Yaodong.
Father Ye smiled and asked Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua, "There is an island next to the sea area where we put the branches. There are many squid that have laid eggs stranded on the beach of that island. If there is no wind, rain or waves at night, let your wife
Come and go out to sea with us to pick it up, don’t waste it, it’s better to make more money.”
Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua looked at each other with a smile and said, "Unfortunately, we also discussed on the boat today that we should take them with us at night, and leave the children to mother for a while..."
Ye Yaohua added: "We also specially found a small island today and put branches around it."
"It was probably because there were a lot of seabirds staying around the island, so we went there out of doubt. Who knew we would find a lot of squid stranded on the beach."
"Then we put branches around the island and went to the island to pick up squid. Unfortunately, there were too many seabirds around and many of the stranded squids were eaten."
The two brothers each added in one sentence.
Only then did Ye Yaodong understand that that's why they didn't have much fish, but they had a lot more squid than he did.
Father Ye nodded, "That's fine. I might as well go out to sea with you and pick up more squid. I can't make much money by weaving nets at home."
"That's what I thought. I'll tell my mother to help take care of the children when I get back."
Mother Ye didn't have any objection, she just took care of a few grandchildren and cooked more food. It was a pity, she also wanted to go to sea with her.
I don’t know if the cuttlefish flood season will be over when Ah Qing is out of confinement.
While she was pickling the cuttlefish eggs, she was thinking in her mind that confinement was about half a month away, and she should still be able to catch up with the end of the flood season.
Pickled squid eggs are very good with rice. They usually eat them pickled in large quantities, or they can be dried in the sun. However, Ye Yaodong didn't bring back a large quantity today, so Ye Mu used them to pickle them.
After pickling the squid eggs, Ye’s mother immediately processed the skinned fish, and Sister-in-law Ye and Sister-in-law Ye also joined in to help.
They were very happy when they heard that they would go out to sea to pick squid together at night. After all, the squid harvest was quite big today, and it would be better if they could pick up more. They had not yet made back the large amount of money they had lost by being defrauded last year, and they were also eager to get more squid.
Make some money.
Most of these skinned fish are in pieces, and there is no need to deal with the pieces. Just peel off the skin.
Only a few of them had minor superficial cuts. They pulled off the skin and head from the tail, then took out the internal organs, cleaned them, marinated them with salt for half an hour, and spread them on long bamboo flats to dry.
In fact, it is best to dry fish in autumn and winter. Firstly, the flies are gone, and secondly, the north wind has picked up. Dried fish naturally dried in the northwest wind is the best.
But they are not that particular. If there happens to be fish that need to be dried, they just do it directly.
There are no refrigerators now. If you want to preserve fish for later consumption, you can only pickle or dry it. Sun-drying lasts longer.
Chapter completed!