Golden Fishing Village

Ao Muyang was squinting under the deck awning when Ao Qianlai, who was standing on the side of the ship, suddenly shouted: "There is a sea monster! There is a sea monster! Oh, everyone, be careful, there is a monster in the sea!"

Ao Muyang immediately turned over and asked: "What's wrong?"

Ao Mudong, who was awakened, roared in dissatisfaction: "Uncle Qianlai, don't talk nonsense, there is no sea monster, what kind of society is this, you still believe in these messed up things!"

Ao Qianlai insisted: "There is really a sea monster, come and see, come and see, the sea monster has appeared again!"

In the snow-white moonlight, the Dragon Head was riding the wind and waves on the sea, and the azure sea surface was raised by two huge snow-white waves, everything was normal.

Ao Qianlai pointed to a place not far away and said: "Look at the color of the sea! It's black!"

Under the light, the sea surface that should have been azure blue did suddenly become black, and a whole area of ​​the sea became a little black. The bright light shone into the distance, but it was still blue.

This black color moved quickly under the sea water, following the ship all the time. It really looked like the shadow of a sea monster. Some crew members who were still asleep saw this scene and shivered subconsciously.

But Ao Muyang knew that this must be an illusion. If there was a sea monster under the water, how could the tiger's wings cut through the water?

The bright lights illuminated the sea surface, and it could be seen that this area of ​​the sea had indeed turned black, as if some huge monster passed by underwater, and the black color on the water surface was its shadow.

However, it could also be seen that the tiger's dorsal fin cut through the water like a giant sickle, and it swam close to the sea surface, maneuvering underwater!

Ao Muyang watched for a while and suddenly realized: "Hey, this is the shadow of a sea monster, there is a school of fish under the water!"

Ao Mudong and others also figured it out. Ao Daguo slowed down the boat. Ao Muyang put down the boat and dived into the water. As expected, he saw countless sea fish appear in his field of vision:

The bodies of these fish are spindle-shaped, slightly flattened, and their eyes are a bit strange, with a long slit in the middle, just revealing the pupil.

They look very interesting, with blunt and rounded rear ends of the upper jaws, some small round scales, and a white spot on the front of the dorsal fin, which looks very beautiful.

At a glance, Ao Muyang recognized their identity, this is the blue round trevally!

He had encountered this kind of fish before, but not in such large numbers. This time, the blue round trevally encountered a large school.

This kind of fish school is not rare in the sea. The output of blue round trevally is very large, but they have never encountered a large school before, which is rather abnormal. In fact, this is one of the fish species they originally planned to travel to the South China Sea.

After surfacing, he shouted, "Throw the net, it's a school of barramundi, a big school!"

Barramundi is a common name for blue round trevally. In Hongyang, the two have the same meaning, but in some southern coastal cities, it seems that the two cannot be equated.

In some places, barramundi is a general name. Many fish with similar appearances, such as jaw round trevally, broad-eyed horse mackerel, mackerel, flat-rudder bonito and mullet, are all called barramundi.

Perhaps because there are many fish with this name, and the production of these fish is very high, the price of barramundi in the market is relatively low, and it is a fish with a high degree of popularization.

According to Ao Muyang, a slightly higher-end dinner party will not put barramundi on the table. In this respect, it is like marine dog meat. Dog meat cannot be served, and so is barramundi.

But this is a good fish. People on the coast know its deliciousness. Since ancient times, it has a name in fishermen, called the noble son of the poor family, which means that although it comes from a poor family, this fish is a good fish.

The shoal of barramundi migrates at night. They like to follow the light. This time, the shoal appeared, probably attracted by the strong lights around the Big Dragon Head.

To catch barramundi, just trawl.

A large net was cast down, and the sea became lively. The barramundi struggled and surged in it. Fish squeezed fish, fish hit fish, and fish kept jumping out of the sea, as if the ocean was boiling.

Nowadays, people eat fish, and they pay attention to rarity and delicate meat, such as grouper and wild yellow croaker.

According to these standards, the value of barramundi is still very low. They are cheap, only a few yuan per catty in the dock market, and the meat is a bit rough and not easy to chew.

But Ao Muyang likes this kind of fish. Barramundi tastes delicious and chewy. It is most suitable for eating with rice. Moreover, barramundi are wild and not farmed. If people with little money want to eat seafood, he thinks this is the first choice.

The appearance of this school of fish dispelled the idea of ​​the crew to have a good sleep.

In the early morning, the fishing net was pulled up, full of fresh fish. After the net was opened, a mountain of fish appeared at the wide stern.

The crew members were busy, and they began to return the fresh fish one by one according to their size, and then sent them to the cabin for freezing.

Fishing for balang often has unexpected gains, because balang schools are food for many big fish. They are mixed in the fishing nets and will eventually be caught.

This net is good. They even caught yellowfin tuna, and there are five in one net, ranging from one meter to two meters in size, which is quite valuable.

The crew members were busy, Ao Muyang took a few fresh fish and went to the kitchen to prepare supper.

The balang school that came with the ship was very large, and they couldn't think of resting tonight.

Balang has a lot of meat and few bones, so many methods are applicable to it.

Ao Muyang first made a home-cooked dish. He boiled water, poured in light soy sauce, crushed garlic cloves and added them to the soy sauce water, then put the fish in. After simply cooking for a few minutes, it was ready to be served.

Another one is pan-fried. When the oil is slightly heated, the fish turns golden yellow. Then sprinkle some cumin powder and pepper salt on it and it will be delicious.

After the first net of fish was collected, the group cleaned it up and then came to have dinner.

Ao Mudong wanted to open the bottle, but Ao Muyang stopped him: "Okay, drink during the day. It's so dark at night, just eat your meal."

Ao Qianpan also said something nice: "Drink something, Longtou. Drink some wine to relieve fatigue. We are too tired."

Ao Mudong said with a smile: "That's right, how about we drink bamboo leaf wine, which has a low alcohol content and is like a drink."

"You want to drink a drink, right?" Ao Muyang turned to Ao Qianlai and said, "Uncle Qianlai, go and bring up the kelp tea fungus drink. You can drink it as you like."

Someone else wanted to drink, so Ao Daguo poked his head out of the cockpit and shouted: "Is Longtou too easy to talk to recently? What's wrong with you? Don't you take Longtou's orders seriously?"

There used to be many rules at sea, and Longtou's words were military orders, and military orders were as heavy as mountains.

Seeing Ao Daguo show up, Ao Mudong and others each picked up two fish and ran away. They were not afraid of the good-tempered Ao Muyang, but they were afraid of Ao Daguo who liked to scold people.

Ao Muyang brought a plate of fish to Ao Daguo. He took a bite of the fried fish and it was very delicious. In his opinion, it was better than the wild yellow croaker in the hotel. After all, the yellow croaker was frozen, so how could it be as fresh as the balango fish?