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Chapter 166 Longline Fishing

Mother Ye had opened one herself, it was no longer a novelty, she just looked at it with a smile on her face.

Sister-in-law Ye, Second-sister-in-law Ye and Lin Xiuqing were amazed, and the three of them surrounded and approached directly.

There was a milky white bead on the side of a whole plump oyster meat, Ye Yaodong didn't touch it, he let them have a look first.

He himself was very happy. He didn't expect to open one after opening more than 20 times. The diameter of this one is about 8 mm.

"There really are!"

"Is this old and valuable?"

Ye Yaodong picked out the pearls and handed them to Lin Xiuqing, saying: "Not necessarily, it depends on the color and roundness, I can't tell, but they are definitely better than the freshwater pearls on the market, so keep them for now!"

Seawater pearls are different from freshwater pearls. Most seawater pearls are round in shape and bred in the sea. They feel more delicate, cooler and more moisturizing.

Generally, the shapes of freshwater pearls are irregular, including flat, oval, and concave-convex, and there will be a kind of astringent feeling to the touch. Freshwater pearls with poor quality can be used to grind pearls. Powder, but not seawater pearls, seawater pearls have nuclei.

Seawater pearls also contain more organic matter, trace elements, and minerals, which are more comprehensive, and seawater pearls are naturally produced and more suitable for the human body's mechanism, which can absorb toxins in the human body.

The two sister-in-laws were so envious, they looked at the pearl in Lin Xiuqing's hand greedily.

"If you can't sell it for money, how can you wear it yourself? That's great."

"When the fifteenth comes, do you still want to go to the isolated island to explore the sea again? Shall we go with you?" Second Aunt Ye looked at him hopefully after finishing speaking.

Mrs. Ye also wanted to go.

Mother Ye was also very moved, "How about Dongzi, let us know next time you go, we will go with you, no matter it's worth it or not, it's good to find more things and come back."

Headache!

It’s fine to go on an adventure with your friends, but if you take the women at home, you can only find small islands with exposed beaches, and you have to be careful when climbing on the reefs.

trouble!

A few of them adults and men fell and fell, and it didn't matter if they fell into the sea. Now it's a headache to ask him to lead a group of women.

"Mom, you have said it before. The reef is very slippery, and the sea is very windy. If you are not careful, you will be easily thrown into the sea by the waves. Even if the tide is low, you can't guarantee safety. Don't look at the amount of goods I bring back, but It’s also quite adventurous, you can think about it yourself, you can go there.”

If he wanted to go, he could only try to find a small island with a higher terrain.

There are only those small isolated islands around, and you can almost go to the ones that are closer. The others have to be searched and stepped on. Yes, the goods are definitely available.

The pier reef in their village is visited by people every three days, but they can still find something every time.

"Go and have a look, we just need to be careful." Mother Ye didn't want to take risks at first, but this time Ye Huimei came back with a rewarding experience, and she even opened a pearl herself.

The goods that Dongzi brought back in the past few times were all worthless shelled ones, and she didn't ask how much they sold for some that could be sold for money. How could there be such a direct impact this time.

"That's fine, I'll tell you when I go."

You can't bring your friends, not your family.

Sister Ye and Second Sister Ye were also happy.

Lin Xiuqing rubbed her belly regretfully. In her current situation, if she wanted to go, he probably wouldn't take her there.

"Do you want to open it for you? Otherwise, you don't know how long you will have to open such a bag?" Second Aunt Ye eagerly wanted to do it.

Lin Xiuqing said with a smile: "Wait a minute, let's have breakfast first, we're getting up late today, shall we continue driving after eating?"

"Okay then, let's take care of the house first."

Mother Ye stayed for a while, and left after she had finished speaking.

The couple talked excitedly while eating.

"I didn't expect that just a short while ago, you actually opened another one. This is the first time I've seen it."

"Maybe I'll let you open one later."

Lin Xiuqing smiled, "How can there be such a simple thing? If you say it, you will have it."

"It's hard to say, these oysters are probably grown for many years."

Ye Yaodong said as he opened an oyster that had just been steamed, dipped it in soy sauce and vinegar, and put it into his mouth in one bite.

Although it doesn't have the fragrance of minced garlic, its deliciousness is enough.

Oysters are a gas station for men and a beauty salon for women.

He ate three in a row before stopping. Seeing Lin Xiuqing picked up one and wanted to open it, he prepared to open it for her, but she refused.

"I want to open it myself, what if there are pearls?"

"Okay, I'll open it for you."

Undoubtedly, this is just her imagination. There are only oysters full of oyster meat when they are opened.

"Get some scrambled eggs in the afternoon...huh?"

As soon as Lin Xiuqing took two bites, she felt a foreign object in her mouth. When she rolled her tongue, she immediately felt what it was, and spit it out in surprise.

Ye Yaodong was also pleasantly surprised, is this all right?

"Ah, it's actually hidden in the meat, and I almost bit it."

Lin Xiuqing looked at the pearl in her hand happily, and couldn't help being thankful. Fortunately, she just touched it with her tongue and stopped it in time. Otherwise, if she bit a mark like Sister Ye, it would be her turn to cry.

"let me see."

Ye Yaodong took the pearl in his hand and looked at it carefully, it was intact, without blemishes, and the pearl was round and smooth.

"Take out the one I just gave you for comparison."

"It seems that this one will be a little bigger?"

"There is a little..."

The couple looked there excitedly, ignoring the two children. Taking advantage of their inattention, the two cleverly grabbed half a pancake with one hand, stopped eating, and just ate the pancake.

After Lin Xiuqing was happy and put away the pearls, she saw two hands and mouths full of oil, gnawing all over the table and falling down.

She couldn't laugh or cry and cursed a few more words, but the two got off the table and ran away.

When she got up in the morning, each of them took one to eat. She was worried that if she ate the whole one, she would not have to eat porridge, so she only took one and cut it in half for them to share, and the remaining two were cut in half for rice.

I didn't expect to just take it and run away right now, the two brats, when they are free, they will be caught and beat up!
"Hey, just eat it. If you don't eat, you will eat it when you are hungry at noon. If you are hungry, you don't need to feed it. You can eat your own."

Lin Xiu gave him a clean look, "You are the one who tempted them, how can they grow taller without food."

"Nutrition is all in the food, it has nothing to do with the rice, right?"

"Who said that if you don't eat, you won't be full no matter how much you eat."

"Then they will eat when they are hungry. You eat quickly. After eating, we will continue to open. There are still many pearls waiting for you."

The couple both speeded up their meal, and as soon as they finished eating, they couldn't wait to open the oysters without even washing the bowl.

Seeing that they started working, the two sisters-in-law couldn't wait to come over to help together. Even the second brother Ye, who had just returned from working in the field, heard about it and joined the oyster opening team together.

Not long after, Xiao Xiao and Ah Zheng also ran over excitedly and said that each of them opened five, Fatty opened three, plus the one on the island yesterday, Fatty also had four.

As soon as this remark came out, it gave him great confidence. He already had four in his hand, how could he not be worse than them?

The oyster opening team grew stronger again. All the oysters were opened in the midst of everyone's constant exclamation in the morning, and the three large basins were full of oyster meat.

Of course, the harvest was quite fruitful. Lin Xiuqing deliberately took a small bowl of pearls halfway, and the round and jade-like pearls in it looked very pleasing.

"Quickly count how many?"

Everyone gathered there, very excited.

Excitedly, she picked up the small bowl and counted, "One, two, three... eighty-nine... There are nine here!"

"There were two in the morning, and two yesterday, 13!"

"Fuck, so much? You get more than us for everything!" Ah Zheng looked envious.

Xiaoxiao was already so envious that she didn't know what to say, "Awesome!"

Sister Ye and the others also looked at it with envy.

Ye Yaodong smiled, ignored them, and only said to Lin Xiuqing: "Take it back to the room and put it away, and I'll tidy it up here."

"Ah."

"Do you want to sell it for money? Dongzi?"

"Ah?" Ye Yaodong looked at Xiao Xiao in surprise, "Are you going to sell it for money?"

"I think so. If you don't sell the money, why put it in your hand? Do you still wear it? Don't you think it's too wasteful? It's more practical to exchange money."

Ah Zheng also nodded, "Yeah, let's sell it for money? Money is the real thing."

Ye Yaodong thought for a while before saying: "Forget it, you guys can sell it, I'll talk about it when money is tight."

Now there is no need to spend a lot of money. This wild seawater pearl is still relatively rare. In the future, there will be only cultivated seawater pearls on the market.

Good thing, he still wants to keep it for his wife, and it will be gone after selling it. There is no woman who doesn't like jewelry, and it is more meaningful to open it yourself.

Moreover, this thing maintains its value, and the price will rise in the next few years. Good quality will only become more and more valuable.

"Is it really not for sale?"

"For the time being, you don't need to spend a lot of money, or you can take it to the store and ask how much it is worth? If you don't have much, let's put it in your hands first. It has just been opened for a few years, and the economic conditions are limited. After a few years, it will definitely be more expensive. Good now."

Xiao Xiao spread his hands, "Okay, then let's ask first, let's leave it if it's cheap, and get out if it's worth it."

"In the afternoon, collect the ground cage and fish by the way, do you want to go?"

"Go, I just took a bunch of row hooks from my old man, and I'm going to put them in the afternoon."

"Longline fishing?" Ye Yaodong looked at Ah Zheng in surprise.

For longline fishing operations, the area around them is called "Fangyu", which refers to the special fishing line.

This is a traditional fishing technique. A main line is released from the boat into the sea, and a certain number of branch lines are tied to the main line at a certain distance. The end of each branch line is tied with a hook with bait; There are sunken stones and buoys at the head and tail, which are used to control the main line and branch line in water at a specific depth, so as to trap adult fish in a specific water layer.

Longline fishing has a certain degree of fishing. Generally, the hooks it uses are relatively large and can only catch large fish, while small fish will not eat the hook even if they can eat the bait.

This fishing method is a bit old, but in this era, there are quite a lot of it, and it is a traditional fishing method.

It's just that in their village, they mainly use ground cage nets, Korean nets, and trawl nets. Ye Yaodong has only seen this longline fisherman before, but he is not familiar with it.

Ah Zheng nodded, "Yes, longline fishing, try it in the sea."

"Then you have to prepare in advance. I heard that this is quite troublesome. Steps such as tying the hook, tidying the fishing line, and hanging the bait need to be completed before going to sea."

"My wife is making it at home. After dinner, when the tide comes, I think it will be time to go to sea."

"Okay, let's go together. I'll take a look at this longline fishing and watch it."

Xiao Xiao also interjected: "I heard that this fishing method only catches big fish, not small fish."

"That is to say, no one in our village uses this fishing method. Try it first. My father-in-law said it is very good."

"My wife is well married!"

"Hahaha, a son-in-law is half the age. Doesn't your father-in-law also send fruit over every three days?"

"You come and we go."

(End of this chapter)