Back To the Small Fishing Village In 1982

  Chapter 325 One net after another

   "Yes, yes, yes, I just saw the previous group swimming in that direction."

Father Ye was also overjoyed, threw the net in his hand aside and squatted down, "This net also caught more than 30 catties, and the ground cages also weighed more than 10 catties. Today we can Make more money."

   "Well, let's clean up later, Dad, you go sail the boat first, and I'll change my clothes." It was uncomfortable sticking to his body with wetness, Ye Yaodong felt a little uncomfortable.

   "Good~"

  Father Ye threw down the squid in his hand, and drove the boat to the place where the egg-eating tree branches were dropped. The two sides were not far away, both around the island.

  Ye Yaodong walked into the small cabin and was about to take off his clothes when he noticed the net bag hanging around his waist. He patted his forehead, "I was so happy to see the squid group, I forgot about this."

  Today, the net pocket is empty, there is nothing there, there are only two scorpions, and he almost forgot if he didn't feel the weight.

   Putting it aside first, he took off his wet clothes and trousers and put on dry ones, and then went out with the net bag, and his father just stopped the boat.

   "Dongzi, hurry up~" Father Ye shouted excitedly to him as soon as the boat stopped, "Bring the fishing net here."

  Seeing his excited appearance, Ye Yaodong knew that he must have seen a group of squids, so he quickly put the net bag aside, and trotted over with the net.

  Both the father and son leaned on the side of the boat and looked towards the sea. They saw a lot of squid gathered not far away, two meters below the water surface.

  That piece is where they put the branch with eggs, and the buoys are still floating not far away.

   Sure enough, the effect is awesome!

   "A lot of squid!"

   "Fix the fishing nets..."

  The father and son neatly arranged the fishing net, and then sprinkled it on the sea surface. They didn't dare to spread the net too much for fear that the branches would be caught on the net together.

   After staying for less than 5 minutes, they quickly collected the net, hung the rope of the hand-cast net on the rolling wheel, and as the wheel rolled, the fishing net was pulled up to the water surface little by little.

  The two men received the fishing net and threw it on the deck. A large amount of ink directly dyed the deck black, and the squid wrapped in the fishing net was also pitch black.

  Father Ye laughed from ear to ear, "This net weighs thirty catties."

   "Using branches to lure squid to lay eggs, this method works!"

   "Take advantage of the large number of people around, hurry up and cast a few more nets."

The father and son immediately cast another net, but this net caught one of the branches. These branches were tied with ropes and connected together. When one was pulled up, the others moved with them, including the squid. The group also dispersed.

   How? Scattered, but not concentrated to catch.

When the fishing net was pulled to the side of the boat, other branches on the rope were brought to the surface of the water, and there were scattered strings of squid eggs hanging on those branches, just like sea grapes, and some of them were piled up in piles , looking particularly gratifying.

  When the female cuttlefish is laying eggs, the ovary glands will secrete a lot of glandular fluid at the same time, which will wind up the eggs and stick them into strings, so that the strings of eggs will attach to the branches.

  Ye Yaodong went to get a bucket after seeing it, and took out the branches that had been caught by the fishing net first, and decomposed the squid eggs on it, and put them in the bucket. The quantity was not much, just a few strings.

  After untiing it, he threw the branch back into the sea to continue to attract squids, but because the branch was fished up, it drove the whole rope, and the squid group was also scattered.

   "Wait a while before catching, first dump all these squids into the basket."

   "Well, there's still a bunch of fish that haven't been picked yet, so there's no time to do it."

   It's such a sweet burden.

  Ye Yaodong said with a smile: "You sort the squid, I'll catch the squid."

   "I'll catch the squid, you sort it."

   "It won't be long, those fish are quite big."

   "Then go."

  Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes, "I'll go as long as I go, let you go once."

   I am old and want to play too.

  He gave these squids to his father to sort the fish by himself, and he couldn’t just throw them on the deck like that. Fortunately, there is no sun today, and he will bring ice cubes next time he goes to sea.

  There are skinned fish scattered everywhere on the deck. The skinned fish that were cut by the propeller before have been piled up in the corner in the basket. These were pulled up by the second net.

  But some of them also had slight cut marks on their bodies. It is estimated that the injuries were relatively minor, and they could not die, and they returned to the fish school.

  Ye Yaodong picked out all the cut marks on his body separately, kept these for himself, and threw the rest directly into the basket according to the type of fish.

   There are four or five bamboo baskets around him, swinging his hands, shooting one, two, three, four.

  Just as he was picking it up vigorously, the boat actually started to move. He stopped what he was doing in doubt, turned his head and shouted to his father: "Why are you sailing?"

   "There is another group of squid coming, move forward a little, and cast the net again."

  He stood up happily and looked at the sea. Standing at the stern of the boat to see the distance is not very good, but as the fishing boat advances, there are many squids around the side of the boat.

  He sped up his movements again and picked them up quickly.

After picking up almost all the goods, I put all the useless fish and shrimps in a separate bucket, which can be taken back to feed the chickens. In the next half month, he will specialize in catching squid, so there should be no time to put the longline. Fished, trawling has been better lately.

  After dragging these baskets of fish to a corner and stacking them up, he ran to his father's place.

  The bamboo basket next to Father Ye has already piled up two more baskets of squid, and now this net is about to be collected again.

  Ye Yaodong pulled the squid baskets to a corner and piled them up, so as not to take up space. When the fishing nets were dragged up and there was no place to put them, he walked over again.

   "How many nets have you cast?"

   Talking in his mouth, he looked at the sea again, and a lot of squids swam over again, squeezing each other.

  He feels that the branches are not enough, and this is not yet at its peak.

   "Only two nets. Just now, I wanted to wait a while before casting the nets. I saw a school of fish here, so I moved a little bit. I just cast two nets."

   "Pull up first."

  The two caught the fishing net that had just been pulled onto the side of the boat, and were about to drag it to the deck, but at this moment, they were sprayed all over the face by squid through the holes in the fishing net.

   "Bah, bah, bah~he...tui...and sprayed into my mouth..."

  Ye Yaodong spat wildly after wiping his face, and stretched out his tongue, his eyes could barely see that his tongue was already black with ink.

  Father Ye is not much better.

  The two caught two nets in front of them, and their clothes were already sprayed black, but they didn't get sprayed on their faces. This time, they took care of it again.

   This is not the first time, they are all used to it and don't care.

  After wiping their face with their hands twice, they carried it to the corner, and then immediately cast a net, taking advantage of the fact that all the squids were swimming over to lay their eggs, they hurriedly made a big catch.

  The scroll wheel has not been returned yet, but they can still borrow it, which saves effort.

  After pulling three more nets in a row, the squids in the surrounding sea seemed to be much less, and the father and son felt a little tired, so they planned to stop for a while and see when the next wave of squids would come again.

  Anyway, it's only after two o'clock, and it's still early. Wait until there are a lot of them before casting the net, and get twice the result with half the effort, otherwise it will only get twice the result with half the effort.

Father Ye was arranging the fishing nets, and Ye Yaodong turned his head to count the bamboo baskets. There were already four squids. One basket was calculated at about 50 catties. It took just over two hours, and there were almost 200 catties here. Well, not counting those mackerel and skinned fish.

   "Today's harvest is good, tomorrow I will bring more bamboo baskets to the boat."

   "Tomorrow I will go to the old house to get it. I knit a lot while I was free some time ago, and I will give you a little more by the way. I don't know where they put it. How is the harvest today?"

   "Didn't you tell them how to do it when you tied the branches yesterday? You should understand, and you will know when you go back tonight."

"Well, there are a lot of squid today, I will pull a few more nets later, and I will go back later, I hope it will not rain tomorrow." Father Ye looked at the small island with a lot of seabirds flying next to him, "It's a pity, your mother didn't Go out to sea with us empty, otherwise so many seabirds must have been stranded on the island today, wasting a lot."

Ye Yaodong also looked into the distance, "I can't help it, and I don't have superhuman powers. My younger sister is married, and my mother has to take care of her confinement. Otherwise, ask my sister-in-law if my second sister-in-law wants to come? Let my mother take care of the younger ones? Just after school." Come back and cook for them."

  It's too extravagant to leave it for seabirds to eat like this, and there are a lot of them.

   "I'll ask when I go back in the evening."

   While the two were talking, the squids also slowly gathered, more and more, the two of them rolled up their sleeves again and started to work.

   Cast net after net.

  Although it saves a little effort when dragging it up, it requires strength and skill when casting the net, so that the fishing net can be fully opened, and the arm will be sore after a few more times.

  The sky gradually darkened, Father Ye was reluctant to take a rest in order to get more internet.

  Ye Yaodong wanted to take a break in the middle, anyway, the number would not be less every day, but he couldn't just sit there and watch by himself, making his father exhausted.

   One net after another, the goods were loaded without a break. The quantity was not comparable to that when the squid swarms first gathered, but the harvest was also very impressive. Bamboo baskets were already piled up behind the two of them.

  It was too frequent, and it was too much for the father and son to take turns.

  When it was getting dark, the number of squids coming to lay eggs decreased, so Father Ye was willing to stop.

  Both twisted their arms and kept casting nets, their arms and shoulders were sore.

  Ye Yaodong twisted his neck again, looked at his father's dark face, and said, "Can you go back willingly?"

   "Go back, let's go back, I hope it won't rain at night, and we can continue fishing tomorrow."

   "It's hard to say. When it rains, go to the mountain to cut branches and throw more branches."

   "If you can go to sea, of course you still go to sea. If you don't come, it's a day's loss. Look at how many baskets of squid have been caught today? Count it? If you stop for a day, how much loss will it be?"

   "Ten baskets?"

   "Then there are about 5 loads. If the price drops, it will be almost two hundred yuan. There are other goods. If you don't come for a day, you will lose a lot."

   "Well, let's go back first, it's getting dark." Ye Yaodong responded casually, and went to sail.

  Who can tell what is going on at sea? The weather by the sea is easy to repeat.

   If it doesn't rain, you must go to sea. The flood season for squid is only this month, so you must not miss it.

  In the past few months, due to the weather, there were intermittent rains and winds, and I didn’t go for a few days. Of course, I have to take advantage of the squid’s flood season and make up for the losses in the previous months.

  (end of this chapter)