Chapter 386
After a night of sailing, they were far from the shore and rarely saw any fishing boats nearby.
Generally, when sailing in distant waters, two or more fishing boats usually travel together, so that even if one boat has an emergency, there is another one to rescue.
However, in the village, there is only one fishing boat over 20 meters like theirs. Some families have invested in larger ones, but they are almost all ocean-going ships.
Zhao Qin himself was selfish and was afraid that if there was another boat nearby, he would have to share some of his luck, so he never took the initiative to mention traveling with others.
The weather was very good today. The sun was high at around 8 o’clock, and the sea breeze was very cool.
Zhao Qin wore his iconic straw hat. He was afraid that the sea breeze would blow the hat away, so he pulled the elastic of the hatband to his chin.
At this moment, he was leaning on the bow. He only slept for two hours last night. He still had another hour after work, just in time to make up for the sleep.
The old cat was next to him, but he was stubborn and insisted that he didn’t look like a fisherman with a hat on.
Zhao Qin didn’t understand. What does wearing a hat have to do with being a fisherman?
The reason why he didn’t go back to sleep in the cabin was because it was a bit stuffy in the cabin during the day and not as comfortable as outside.
Achen accompanied Zhao Ping in the rudder cabin, and almost all the others were leaning on the deck, leaning or lying.
When Zhao Qin woke up, he found that Lao Mao was smoking and thinking beside him. He didn’t disturb him. As a middle-aged man, how can he show his maturity if he doesn’t think deeply occasionally?
He turned over and walked to the back, and found that Chen Yuce and Xia Yingjie had taken out their fishing rods at some point and were fishing.
“Did you catch anything?”
“I caught a sea wolf weighing more than ten kilograms. Wow, it’s really strong.” Xia Yingjie looked excited.
“Brother Aqin, are you fishing?” Chen Yuce asked.
Zhao Qin was about to refuse, but Achen suddenly called him and pointed at the water surface and said, “Brother Aqin, look, what’s floating over there?”
Zhao Qin’s back instinctively felt numb, but when he saw what Achen pointed at, he breathed a sigh of relief. It looked quite big, so it shouldn’t be a person.
The old cat heard the noise and walked closer to take a look, with a look of disgust on his face, “Sunfish, tell Aping to stay away from the boat.”
Sunfish, as the name suggests, sounds unlucky, so fishermen are afraid to avoid it. In addition, almost no one eats this thing locally, so it can’t be sold at all, so no one is interested in it.
The scientific name of the sunfish is the sunfish, which can grow to 3 tons and is considered a large marine creature.
What it likes to do most is to float on the sea surface and lie on its side to bask in the sun when the weather is clear and windless, with the back of its body exposed above the water, hence the name.
The reason for this is that it is said that it is easy for this fish to parasitize other species, and some parasites even have parasites in them, just like nesting dolls, which will make it feel uncomfortable for a long time.
If he floats on the water, he can attract seabirds to stop and eat the parasites on it.
Another point is that this fish is very slow to react. When it floats on the sea, sometimes it is eaten by other fish, but it doesn’t know it at all, and it is still basking in the sun leisurely.
However, Zhao Qin heard that many Japanese people like to eat this kind of fish. It can only be said that the taste is really strange.
“Aqin, get up the net first, and then cook after getting up the net.”
Zhao Qin looked at the time and it was 11:30, so he nodded.
When Ajie and Ace heard that they were going to get up the net, they also decisively started to pack up the fishing rods.
Achen and Zhuzi had already hung the fishing line on the winch. As the winch was running, the underwater fishing net was slowly pulled up. After a while, when the net bag came up, everyone exclaimed.
“There are so many in this net.”
“May Mazu bless us, they must be big and good fish.”
“Well, it seems that we have encountered a school of fish again. This net must have more than three tons.” The old cat looked relieved.
“Whose turn is it?” Zhao Qin looked at everyone and smiled.
“Me.” Xia Shouzhu stepped forward unceremoniously, and after posing, he suddenly pulled the rope, and the next moment the catch fell on the deck one after another.
Zhao Qin saw the full pile of fish falling, and not only was his face not happy, but he became worried.
“Fuck, why are they all small fish again.” That’s right, all the fish in sight were small fish, and they were not short in length, about 30 cm each, but too thin, with a stick-shaped body, and most of them were only slightly thicker than an adult’s thumb.
A few were larger, but they were also limited, and one fish was estimated to be 30 or 40 grams at most.
The price of the sweetfish just now was high, so it was small, and now this thing… Hey, it seems that this fish is not bad either.
Before he could take a closer look at one, the old cat exclaimed excitedly, “Oh my god, they are all sand tip, why are there so many sand tip, this net is worth a lot of money.”
“Sand tip, this fish is delicious.” Xia Shouzhu couldn’t help but shout happily.
Sand tip fish are very common. Usually you can take a fishing rod to the dock to catchIt can be caught on the head or breakwater. Although it is very small, there is not a single thorn except for the main thorn in the middle.
It is delicious and nutritious, especially suitable for steaming and feeding to children.
Because it is common, almost everyone who lives by the sea has eaten it. However, this fish does not become cheap just because it is common. On the contrary, the price has always been very good.
Shajian is a fish of the genus Juidae, and has many common names, including Shazhan, Shazhuan, Qitu, and Shashuo.
This type of fish generally does not grow very big, and is generally about one or two in size. Occasionally, you can see big ones weighing half a catty.
Just like this net, almost all of them are three or four in size, which can be regarded as a big one among the tops of the sand.
“Brother Cat, what’s the current price of this fish?” Xia Yingjie didn’t know much about marine fish, but seeing everyone so excited and knowing that it wasn’t cheap, he asked curiously.
“I don’t know much about this kind of fish, you can ask Aqin.”
Zhao Qin thought for a while and said: “The purchase station sells it for about 55 yuan, and it is very small. We are big, so we estimate that the purchase price will not be less than 35 yuan.”
He hasn’t sold it before, but he often hangs out at the Chen’s Purchasing Station and has some knowledge of the retail prices of common fish.
Normally, the purchase price of fish priced at 55 yuan is about 35-40 yuan. In addition to the size of their net, he estimated that 35 yuan is definitely the lowest price.
This is also due to his character. He would rather underestimate everyone’s surprise now than overestimate it now and disappoint everyone later.
However, such a large amount here, even 35 yuan per pound, made everyone overjoyed.
This network, excluding other groceries, has two to three tons in Shajian alone. At a conservative price of 70,000 yuan per ton, there is an income of nearly 200,000 yuan. What else do you need bicycles?
But there is one drawback to this thing, sorting is too troublesome.
“Ah Chen, let’s cook first. We can’t finish sorting until two or three o’clock.”
“Aqin, let’s sort first. The sun is shining now, so hurry up and put it into storage.”
There is one thing that the old cat has not said, that is, he will starve to death if he eats a ton less.
This is a matter of philosophy between the two of them. Lao Mao has been short of money for a long time and has a large family to support, so making money is the first priority in his mind.
But Zhao Qin doesn’t think so. Making money is for a better life. If you don’t make money, your body will be dragged down. It’s not worthwhile.
So at his insistence, Ah Chen went to cook.
However, Ah Chen could also distinguish the priorities, so he simply made stewed rice, mixed some cooking oil into the rice, then picked two kinds of salted fish, pork belly, and braised vegetables, chopped two radishes, put them on top of the rice, and cooked them in one pot Braised.
The advantage of this is that you don’t have to cook the food separately, which greatly saves time and worry. The food will be cooked when it is cooked, and you don’t have to watch it all the time.
Sha Jian, the fish is not big and tastes good.