Chapter 174
The second pit was even bigger and deeper. By the time they had plundered all the seafood in the first pit, the water level in the second pit had only dropped by one-third.
The three of them were not in a hurry and sat there smoking.
Zhao Ping also looked at the income of the two people from fishing. When Zhao Qin said that people might come to this island frequently, he calculated in his mind: “This island is probably only an hour away from the dock. When the weather is good, wooden boats can come. It is normal for people to come frequently.”
“Brother, the sea is open now. Will we still focus on ground traps and longline fishing in the future?”
Zhao Ping also looked at Zhao Qin. He wanted to go back to discuss with his brother tonight. Now Ah He asked, he also wanted to know what his brother thought.
“Let’s focus on longline fishing and ground traps on this boat. When we get a new boat, we’ll try trawling.”
There are two types of trawls. One is the middle-water trawling. The boat uses the speed to float the net in the middle of the water. It keeps sailing to let the fish enter the net.
The advantage of this operation is that it can catch a large number of fish floating in the middle water, and the net is relatively clean and not easy to get stuck.
The disadvantage is that once the boat is operating, it cannot stop, otherwise the net will lose its pulling force and sink to the bottom. In addition, the harvest is relatively single. With the current offshore resources, it is not certain how much profit can be made after a busy day, minus the fuel cost.
There is also a bottom trawling boat. This kind of net is considered to be a guaranteed harvest. Even if it does not catch any big fish, it will always catch some crabs, shrimps, mushrooms, etc. because it is close to the bottom. Every net will not be empty.
The disadvantages are also obvious. One is that there is a lot of garbage on the seabed, and most of the nets are often garbage. The second is that it is easy to get stuck.
“Since we are going to focus on longline fishing, don’t we have too few hooks?” Zhao Ping said again.
Zhao Qin calculated that his system now has a total of about 800 merit points, including the unlocking of two new fish in the pit. A basket of hooks requires about 1,000 merit points to be equipped. I have to earn another 200 points today.
“It depends on the situation in the evening. If I go back early, I will buy another basket of wire hook materials, but I don’t have time to do it. I’d better wait until a day when I can’t go out to sea…”
“You buy it. I will be with your sister-in-law. How can we finish it by midnight? Your sister-in-law can take Miaomiao to catch up on sleep during the day, and I can rest on the boat for a while.”
“Okay, you pay for the handicrafts, and I will pay for the shopping.” Seeing that his elder brother said so, Zhao Qin no longer refused.
“Brother, I will pay part of the money. I can’t help.” Ah He is 19 years old after all. Although he is heartless on weekdays, it doesn’t mean that he doesn’t want anything.
Now he has a sense of crisis, because his role in the three-person team is getting lower and lower.
The last time they collected bird’s nests, it was actually the two brothers’ credit, but in the end they still took him 20% without any discount. As for the boat matters, Brother Ping and Brother often discussed and discussed, and he could not intervene.
Zhao Qin’s mind was quite delicate, and he could naturally perceive Ah He’s general thoughts. He hugged his shoulders, put a cigarette in his mouth and said, “Come on, light a cigarette for me.”
Ah He smiled, took out a lighter and lit the cigarette in his mouth.
Zhao Qin then let him go, patted him on the shoulder and said, “How much is a basket of hooks? You pay 20%, not a penny less.”
“I’ll pay for it all.”
Zhao Ping looked at the two people playing and showed a relieved smile. Ah He was not a burden. He was often more skillful than Ah Qin in doing things on the boat.
After another half an hour, a chirping sound came from the puddle, which was very evil, like the sound of a man sucking abalone. The three knew that the water pump could not suck up water.
After turning off the machine, he first looked at the pit and found that there were no big fish, but there were many large and small stones in this pit, which could be regarded as a natural shelter for crabs.
When Zhao Qin went down to the pit, he heard the sound of a fish hitting the water in a crack in the stone. After turning it over, he saw three black-haired fish, two large and one small. He caught all three and put them into the bucket, and released the small one back to the sea later.
Seeing that he caught the black-haired fish, Zhao Ping and Ah He became more motivated.
“Don’t mess around, start from one end, let’s turn over all the stones inside.” Zhao Ping said to Ah He.
Ah He was digging something under the big stone in the middle. When he heard what Zhao Ping said, he retreated to a corner and began to turn over one by one.
There were also many water ancient fish in this pit. Several kilograms of them were caught at this time. This thing is very cheap, three yuan per kilogram. The purchasing station still has to pick and choose, and usually takes it back to dry.
Zhao Qin caught two big red flower crabs. This kind of crab is also delicious, with garlic meat inside. I heard that one pound costs 500 grams. Hmm, it’s quite expensive.
The largest pit couldn’t withstand the rummaging of three strong men. It only took about ten or twenty minutes, and all the fish in this pit were caught.These two pits were weird, they were mostly crabs. Fortunately, we also caught a few good black ones in this pit.
“From today on, this island will be called Crab Island.” Zhao Qin said to the two of them. The reason for naming it is to facilitate communication in the future. Otherwise, it would take a long time to explain when talking about this island. Now, as long as it is said to be Crab Island, everyone will know to point to it. ,
Just like the island that Zhao Qin went to for the first time, it was called Freshwater Island because it had fresh water.
“Aqin, are you still looking for Xiaodao?”
Zhao Qin took out his mobile phone and took a look. They left the pier around 5:30, and with the longline fishing and water pumping, it was almost 11:30 now. The busy time at sea passed quickly.
“Brother, let’s collect the longline first, then eat, and we’ll see what happens in the afternoon.”
The three of them have gone to sea so many times, and Zhao Ping and Ah He have developed the habit of listening to his suggestions, so usually when he speaks, they agree without thinking.
It’s not far from the longline fishing island, and it only takes about forty minutes to set sail. If you can retrieve the hook quickly, it will take an hour, and you can have dinner at around one o’clock.
As a result, when he was approaching the longline, Ah He suddenly pointed into the distance and said, “Brother, look, it’s a tiger.”
Ahe would imitate Zhao Qin in many places. Zhao Qin called the killer whale Huzi, and Ahe also followed suit.
Zhao Qin followed the direction A He pointed and saw three killer whales jumping out of the water at the same time.
“Hey, Huzi, come here.” Zhao Qin put his hands to his mouth, forming a trumpet shape, and shouted into the distance, then turned to his elder brother and said: “Brother, the boat is sailing over.”
In the past, Zhao Ping would definitely have said nonsense, but the last time he saw killer whales, not only were they not in danger, but he also gave them gifts, so he did not refute this time, adjusted the rudder slightly, and sailed in the direction where they were. .
After a while, the killer whales seemed to have discovered them. One of the largest ones broke away from the group again and swam towards their fishing boat.
When the tiger approached, it deliberately raised its head above the water and made a squeaking sound, which was a bit like the sound of a giant panda cub.
“Oh, you are the only one who can act cute.” Zhao Qin was overjoyed. He looked around and happened to see half a bucket of ancient fish caught in the pit before. He picked up the bucket and threw it to Hu Zi’s place without even thinking about it.