The next day, Lin Xiuqing dug out the clothes made of yellow floral fabric that Ye Yaodong bought for her last year.
This summer outfit was the most beautiful and the most versatile for her. She had been reluctant to wear it, so she folded it up and kept it there, only wearing it once when she went back to her parents' home.
Ye Yaodong sat on the edge of the bed shaking his legs and watched her gesticulating with her clothes.
"Ah Dong, I feel like I have gained weight after giving birth, and the waistline of my pants is a bit too small."
"I don't think so. It's true that the steamed buns are big! Is your waist okay? Anyway, I won't touch your waist. It's good that the steamed buns are big and you have breasts."
Lin Xiuqing glared at him angrily, "Didn't you say you wanted to go to sea to see the show? Why aren't you going?"
"Why are you so anxious? It's only 7 o'clock. It's already 8 o'clock when you go to work. Why should I go so early?"
"Then go out and wait, I need to change clothes."
"It's not like I haven't seen it before...hey hey...just go out when you go out..."
After he said something, he was immediately pulled up and driven out.
When I walked to the door, I saw that my comrades from the People's Liberation Army were busy moving bricks again.
"I said, you are so active, do you want to be my son-in-law? It's a pity that my daughter is only three months old. Otherwise, I would ask my wife to introduce you to the older girls in the village to help you solve major life problems."
Captain Chen's dark face instantly turned red to the roots of his ears, "What nonsense are you talking about? I'm not thinking that you haven't come out of the house yet, and you have nothing to do. Please help me a little. Now that you're out, let's go."
"Why are you in a hurry? I'll make a bucket of tea first, otherwise I'll die of thirst after drifting on the sea all day. The water in the pot hasn't boiled yet. You can either work a little longer and I'll call you."
"Haha, you are so rude."
Father Ye quickly smiled and said: "Comrade of the People's Liberation Army, don't listen to him. Sit down and rest for a while to cool down. There are workers here."
"It's okay, let's stretch our muscles before the sun comes out."
After Ye Yaodong had prepared everything to eat and drink, they went to the sea to see the scene.
Unexpectedly, there were quite a few people who were still evil-minded. Before they even arrived, everyone saw three more boats staying around the sea area they had marked.
Those ships were also guilty of thieves. They recognized the marks on their ships as soon as they saw them. They also saw the few People's Liberation Army soldiers on the ship. As soon as the people who were launched into the sea boarded the ship, they quickly ran away.
Ye Yaodong didn't give chase. After all the boats ran away, he drove not far away and put down the cage.
When several soldiers got on the boat and saw so many cages piled on the boat, they wanted to ask. Now they watched their father sail the boat, where he put them, and also stepped forward to help.
"Aren't you wasting any money? You can't drag the net but you still need to put up a ground cage. Where did you get it?"
"My own, otherwise where else can I get it? I have always placed floor cage nets, and I will collect them in a day or two. Recently, I have been delayed and cannot even collect the floor cages. Yesterday, I went to collect the floor cages overnight.
Take it back and put it here for convenience, who knows how many days it will delay me?"
"I haven't gone to sea for four days, and it rained for more than 20 days some time ago. If I don't put the net out to get some goods, I will drink the northwest wind. It doesn't matter if I drink the northwest wind alone, there are still several mouths at home.
Now we have to build a house to bring the old lady here to take care of her in her old age, and it all costs money!"
Ye Yaodong never forgets that he will be sold miserably.
The soldier was really honest, and after hearing what he said was pitiful, he immediately asked: "Is there anything I can do to help?"
"Otherwise, we can help you set up the net?"
"Or help you go into the water and catch fish?"
"If you need any help, just ask."
The corner of Ye Yaodong's mouth twitched, and he muttered a few words casually as usual, "It's okay, I don't need any help, just put down these rows of cages."
"We went into the water before and saw that there are quite a lot of fish around the sunken ship there. Why don't we put the ground cage there?"
"I know how to hook it to the bottom. We dragged the net here before, and when we raised the net, it hooked to the bottom, and then we caught a bronze tripod. Forget it, you only spent two or three minutes in the water, maybe you still haven't found the location of the bottom hook.
You have to come up, or leave."
Honestly, it would be fine if he just put a floor cage next to him for a few days. Anyway, the village committee also made up for his losses.
"Okay, then I'll help you with it. If you have any work, just support us in doing it."
Several people always felt a little guilty for delaying him from making money, so they all rushed to take over Ye Yaodong's work.
So enthusiastic, Father Ye was a little embarrassed, feeling that Dongzi was bullying an honest person.
"We come by ourselves, we come by ourselves..."
But Ye Yaodong clapped his hands and backed out. If you want to do it, I'll do it for you. Anyway, they have nothing to do.
He went to the cabin and took out his fishing line and fishhook to fiddle with it. When he took it out every two days and tried to fish, various problems always occurred, and he failed to catch it.
Mud, now he is sent out to the sea to see the scene again. He cannot trawl, but can only fish. Otherwise, he will just sit and drift on the sea for a whole day, which is a waste of time.
There is no fishing rod, only fishing line and hook. This fishing method is also called hand line fishing.
Hand line fishing is a drag fishing method without a fishing rod. It is quite old. It depends on the angler's touch to judge whether the fish is caught, and uses both hands to directly pull the fish to stab it, and successfully catch the fish.
It is very simple to make, just like the one he has in hand, it only requires a few tens of meters of fishing line, a lead weight and a fishhook.
He doesn't have a lead pendant, but he has a stone. It's the same as using a stone as a lead pendant. In difficult times, just keep it simple.
I am very particular about the fishing line. After all, you are retracting and unwinding the line by hand, so you need to choose a relatively thicker and harder fishing line, which will not only prevent your fingers from being hurt when retracting and unwinding the line, but also reduce the knotting and twisting of the line.
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The fishing line he had on his hand was just fine. It was used for weaving nets at home. The women in the family took on different jobs every time, and the nets weaved were also different. The threads were also thicker and thinner.
Anyway, the one he has is not going to be thin, and he can’t say how thick it will be. Anyway, it just needs to be fishing and usable.
After Ye Yaodong tied a small stone as a lead weight, he went to carry the small bucket of fish and shrimp to the side of the boat, which he had specially saved yesterday.
"Dad, are you okay? Have you finished setting up the cage?"
"There's still another row, please wait a moment."
He wanted to go to the reef where the shipwreck was. He had gone into the water when it was almost dark before and saw that there were indeed many fish there. Some fish like to move around the reef, such as groupers.
Since the ground cage hasn't been placed yet, forget it and let's fish a hook here first.
He picked up a small red shrimp and put it on the fishhook as bait, then slowly put the fishhook and the stone as a lead pendant into the sea until the hook bait sank to the bottom of the sea.
This is because when the cage net is placed on the ground, the boat is moving forward slowly, and the sea current is fast, so the bait will float with the sea current under the water, attracting fish below.
This was also his first time fishing with a hand line. Compared with fishing with a fishing rod, the casting distance is not that far.
But he is in the middle of the sea, so it doesn't matter if he doesn't have to be thrown too far away. It feels fine as it is now.
After throwing the fishhook out, his fingers did not leave the line. After a while, he felt the fishing line on his hand shaking. It was not the feeling of the sea breeze blowing the fishing line, but shaking back and forth, left and right, and his fingers could clearly see
sensed.
He shouted in surprise, "Oh ho~ It's coming, it's coming~"
When he felt the strong pull on the fishing line in his hand, he lifted the line violently in time to let the fishhook penetrate into the fish's mouth and catch the fish. He grabbed the wooden stick with his left hand and rolled it, and took turns with his right hand in a bottom-up order.
Pull the string.
When other people on the boat heard his surprised shouts, they all turned their heads and looked over. Seeing him pulling the fishing line, they all walked over curiously.
"What are you doing?"
"Fishing, what else can you do? Didn't you see me pulling it up? This one is not big, struggles hard, and runs away without even biting the hook."
"You can fish like this?"
"It's rare and strange. There is a fishing line and a hook, so why can't I catch it? I just don't have a fishing rod, so I can't cast it too far. It's a bit difficult to catch big fish, mainly because it's hard to pull. Small fish are still very simple." Ye Yaodong said.
As he spoke, he worked hard to wind up the thread.
“There are real fish!”
"I saw it, I saw it..."
"It's pulled to the surface... It seems to be a perch..."
"Let me see...let me see..."
Half of the soldiers' bodies were leaning out of the side of the ship, and they were even more excited than he was.
With a splash and splashes on the water, a fish was directly lifted into the air by Ye Yaodong, "Hey! It's a bass~ Haha, you're lucky!"
Father Ye put the floor cage there. He felt a little itchy when he heard it. He kept turning his head frequently and couldn't help shouting, "How many pounds is it?"
"It's less than one pound or two pounds." Ye Yaodong pulled the fishing line onto the boat, and the flower bass on the hook was raised in front of them for them to see.
The seabass still hanging on the hook was still wagging its tail alive, and the water stains all over it were on everyone's face, and everyone looked at it happily.
"Please help me fetch a bucket of sea water. If it's still alive, you can keep it alive so that it doesn't die and become stale when you take it back in the evening."
"I'll come, I'll come..." A comrade rushed to get a bucket.
"You're very lucky," Captain Chen said with interest, "It seems you didn't let it go for long before you took the bait?"
"Two or three minutes, there are a lot of goods recently, and the boat is sailing there, and the bait below is floating, which can easily attract fish to eat the bait."
“I never thought that fishing could be done with such a simple hook and line.”
"Don't underestimate it. Although this is my first time fishing like this, it feels quite smooth. I can clearly feel the fish biting the hook underneath."
As he spoke, he took the fish off the hook. The struggle was so strong that it almost fell off the deck. After putting it in the bucket, it started to swing alive again.
"Is this fish worth the money? If you catch a few more fish in a day, would you be able to make a profit? Are there any hooks and lines on the boat? We will help you catch them."
"Yes, yes, let's help you fish together..." Everyone rolled up their sleeves, eager to get started immediately.
Why are they helping him fish? It's obvious that they themselves are itching to watch it and want to try it and have some fun.
Chapter completed!