Chapter 33: Collecting the Ground Cage
Chapter 33: Collecting the Ground Cage (Thanks to my friends for reading and supporting)
Zhou Ruonan said: "My parents-in-law have given us a lot of money over the years, and my sister-in-law has complained privately that they are partial to me. If we take the boat, I'm worried that they will be even more resentful of my parents-in-law.
When Dad comes back, ask him for his opinion. If he agrees, we can call my brother and sister-in-law together and use the money to buy the boat, so that there won’t be any rift between the brothers and their relationship will be hurt.”
"Okay, Anan!" Li Changle held her hand emotionally, "You're right, let's do as you say!"
"Oh, Dad and Mom are holding hands!" Li Xiaozhou shouted while clapping his hands. Li Xiaohai narrowed his eyes and smiled. It's so nice to have Dad and Mom like this!
Zhou Ruonan's face immediately turned red. She glared at him in reproach, pulled her hand back and said, "I don't want to bother with you!" Then she said to her two sons embarrassedly, "Hurry up and eat!"
After being married for several years, this is the first time he has discussed with me how to make money. Now I really believe that he has changed.
At this moment, she felt more at ease than ever before.
"Oh oh!" The two little ones looked at their parents and ate happily.
Zhou Ruonan felt that his brother and sister-in-law would definitely agree to them buying the broken fishing boat with the money. After thinking about it, he looked at him happily, "I remember that Dad's boat still had oars. It would be better to modify it and replace it with a diesel engine instead of repairing it. This way you can save some effort."
"This is good. With a diesel engine, we can visit islands farther away." This was what Li Changle had originally planned. He was exhausted after rowing out to sea for a whole day. Seeing that his wife felt sorry for him, he felt happy.
Zhou Ruonan nodded and said, "Also, there's no need to buy ground traps and crab cages. My mother and I can make them. They're sturdy and cheap to make yourself."
Li Changle looked at his wife with sparkling eyes and said happily, "That's fine. You can buy all the materials first. It will be in time when A Niang comes back."
"It's okay. I still have two more nets. I'll send them to Afang who makes the nets later. Then I'll go buy the net cables and steel wires." Zhou Ruonan said enthusiastically.
"Okay, the weather is too hot, don't tire yourself out." Li Changle smiled and put a piece of fish into the rice bowl. She felt that this bowl of rice porridge was more delicious than abalone.
"I'm not weaving a net under the sun, it's cool in the alley." Zhou Ruonan thought for a moment and said, "Alai from next door came back this morning. He said that all the big ships have returned to the harbor, and there are more small boats docked at the small pier. The typhoon may land in the next two days, so you'd better not go there in the next two days."
Li Changle nodded and ate two large bowls of soaked rice. Sweat ran down his neck. He stood up, took out a towel and wiped the sweat off his face. "I'll go see Awei!"
I felt that it was so hot and humid so early in the morning, it was bound to rain heavily.
"Hmm!" Zhou Ruonan pointed at the bamboo hat hanging on the wall, "Typhoons and rain are coming soon, so put on the bamboo hat."
"Okay!" Li Changle took off his bamboo hat, thought about it and went to get his tools for fishing, then went out and walked towards Changtang.
Before he reached the gate, he felt the wind was stronger than yesterday. He hung his hat around his neck and walked through the gate against the whistling sea breeze. He then passed through the grove and saw Awei carrying a crab net and walking towards him, taking one step forward and one step back.
He shouted at the top of his voice, "Awei, is the ground net up?"
"Not yet!" Chen Yongwei shouted to him happily, "Brother, I told you you're lucky! Every crab cage is stocked. This time, the blue crabs can be sold for 20 or 30 yuan."
"Not bad!" Li Changle found the small tree where the rope was tied last night, rummaged through the grass to find the rope for tying the trap, untied it, took off his shoes, and walked into the water holding the rope. After entering the water, he found that the water this morning was a little deeper than last night, and it was not even above his knees.
He walked to the trap and tried to lift it, but it didn't work. He frowned. He used a bamboo pole to probe it last night, but there were no branches or stones. Could it be that the trap was full? Or was there something big in it?
Thinking of this, his heart beat faster, but he was worried that the trap would get caught on branches or rocks, so he put in a little more strength, lifted the rope vertically, and slowly and steadily pulled the trap upwards. After the trap was out of the water, the fish inside flapped their arms and splashed water all over him.
Li Changle also saw from the size of the splash that there was a big fish in there. He grinned excitedly and shouted to Chen Yongwei: "Awei, there seems to be something in there!"
"Really?! Hurry up and lift it up to have a look!" Chen Yongwei quickened his pace and rushed towards the shore, splashing water.
Seeing that it was not caught, Li Changle lifted the trap with force and felt that the weight was not bad after leaving the water. There were two Spanish mackerels weighing about two or three pounds each in the trap, and nothing else.
But the weight in my hand should be more than just these two fish. Look at the fish collecting bag here, there are only a few black carp in it. It seems that the big stuff should be in another fish collecting bag.
Li Changle thought there was more big catch, so he gathered all his strength to lift all the traps out of the water. He saw a big snake covered with irregular spots curled up in the fish bag, with its sharp mouth full of fine fangs open, and the pair of green eyes on its triangular head staring at him.
He was so frightened that he almost threw the trap back into the water. "Fuck, there are worms again?"
"Brother, what's wrong?"
"Scared me!"
Li Changle calmed himself down, and when he saw clearly what was inside, he shouted excitedly and incoherently, "Fuck! Hahaha! I got a snow eel! Hahaha..."
The scientific name of the snow eel is Anguilla spheniscus. It has a sturdy body and looks like a huge eel. It is also called the "Eel King" by the people.
Because it floats to the surface and moves around in shallow places near the shore when it snows in winter, it is also called snow eel.
The flower eel is a migratory fish that lives in fresh water but reproduces in the deep ocean. After the newborn young fish mature, they eventually return to fresh water to survive. Its meat is delicious, nutritious, and has a very high nutritional value. It has always been regarded as a superior tonic food and is a relatively precious ingredient.
The flower eel has a triangular head like an eel, small scales, irregular spots all over its body, and a dorsal fin standing high on its back. It is quite ferocious, living in caves and rock crevices during the day and coming out at night to prey on larger food such as fish, shrimp, crabs, frogs, and mice.
The most important thing is that this thing is easy to die after leaving the water!
"Brother, did you really catch a snow eel? How long is it?" Chen Yongwei was so excited that he didn't even bother to wash his legs and ran towards him with the crab cage.
"Look!" Li Changle pointed at the trap proudly, "It's still curled up in the fish bag!"
"Fuck! It's so thick and long, at least ten pounds." Chen Yongwei danced with excitement, looking at Li Changle excitedly, and said with admiration:
"Brother, you are so lucky. When I came here before to set up crab traps and crab nets, the best I could do was to sell them for about ten yuan. With you, not to mention anything else, I got 10 to 20 kilograms of blue crabs just from a few crab cages."
I would like to report to my friends that the new book PK is currently ranked eleventh.
The first round of PK will end this week. I said that if I maintain my current results, I will have no problem advancing to the second round of PK.
When I wrote about the small mountain village, some friends spoke up for our small mountain village, saying that it was ranked too low.
Mao asked the editor and found out that he lost in the second round of PK. The exposure rate was too low, resulting in few recommended positions...
I would like to thank all my friends for their concern and support! Thank you!
I will try my best to write well, write as many words as possible and save more manuscripts to repay my friends!
Please read and support friends!
The cat has finished updating in the evening, and friends have had a good rest, it’s still the same to watch it again!
Surpass the small mountain village and advance to the third round, and it would be best if you can make it to the Sanjiang PK list!
Haha! Just thinking about it makes me so happy!
Although I have been thinking about this new book for a long time, I have never started writing it.
Because cats are only half seaside people, I was always worried that I wouldn’t be able to write well!
Until that day the editor asked Mao, what are you going to write after finishing The Little Mountain Village?
The cat blurted out, "I wrote about a small mountain village, how about writing about a small fishing village?"
I said, "Okay! Write an introduction for me to see." Mao wrote the introduction in one go, sent it to the editor, and then started to work on the ending of the small mountain village.
The Cat in the Small Mountain Village is really reluctant to end. I feel so conflicted every day when writing it. I can’t bear to part with Chunyan, Huai’an, and Dr. Xiao Wang with sesame filling…
I can’t bear to see the friends who have been supporting the cats all the way…
I am a little excited today and have said so much to you all.
I wish you all good health and may all your wishes come true!
(End of this chapter)