Chapter 140 Fairies and Dung Beetles

Chapter 140 Fairies and Dung Beetles

Chapter 140 Fairies and Dung Beetles
Elder Brother Li and Second Brother Li came out of Li Changle's house and went to their parents first, and told them what he had said.

"Dad, what Ah Le said made me blush. We suffered some losses in the past and complained about it behind our backs, but Ah Le didn't care at all and even took us to divide the money."

"Your mother and I know that you have suffered a lot over the years. Just this time, you also suffered a loss by selling the fishing boat to Ah Le."

"Dad, we never thought about coming back to do it ourselves before. Besides, before Ah Le bought it, he also asked his two sisters-in-law, and they agreed to buy it before he bought it. You also divided the money with us, so we are at a disadvantage."

The two brothers felt even more guilty, thinking they were useless and even had to share the money their parents earned from selling the boat.

Father Li patted the brothers with satisfaction and said, "Yes, that's what brothers should do. Also, you two are going to buy a boat together, so no matter what you do, you should be more relaxed."

"The older ones should give in to the younger ones, and the younger ones should think about the older ones, and they should be considerate of each other. Only then will there be harmony among brothers and conflicts will not arise easily."

He used to be outspoken and suffered a lot before the family was divided. After he had children, he was worried that his children would be like his brothers, so he often used his brothers' past experiences to teach his children.

The two brothers nodded repeatedly, "Yes, you told us before, and we all remember it!"

Although the parents favor Ale, they only use the money they earn to subsidize them, unlike some parents who force their children to help support the one they favor.

Li's mother added: "Big brother, second brother, I think you'd better write an agreement in advance like Ah Le and Ah Wei did.

How should the money be divided when it is earned, and how should the money be paid for maintenance and repairs? It is important to make it clear in advance, so that we don’t end up like the Chen brothers, who were happy before the partnership but ended up quarreling after only six months.”

In several nearby fishing villages, there are many brothers and friends who partner up to buy boats and go out to sea, but there are also many conflicts.

"Got it. Let's discuss it and start writing the agreement." Both brothers felt that what Li's mother said was right. It is better to have a good finish than a good beginning. It would be better to discuss it in advance and put it down on paper to avoid hurting the brotherhood in the future.

After the two brothers left, Father Li said to Mother Li with relief, "It's good now that the brothers are all getting along well with each other. They won't have a falling out like we did with the first wife.

Mother Li nodded happily. "Although Ah Le is lazy, he is not unreasonable. He remembers the kindness his brother and sister-in-law have shown them and wants to make it up to them!"

As she spoke, she clasped her hands together and bowed to the shrine a few times, "Please pray to our ancestors to bless us brothers, so that we can have a smooth voyage, and help each other build the new house as soon as possible."

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For dinner, Li Changle finally had the mouth-watering jumping fish stewed with tofu, and finished three big bowls in one breath.

The brothers still had to go to the cave, so they didn't dare to drink too much. After two glasses of rice wine, they started to eat.

After eating and drinking, I went home to rest for a while. When the time came, I took the corn cobs prepared by Zhou Ruonan's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, packed up the tools and prepared to set off.

Fearing that someone would follow, Li Changle went first, followed by Second Brother Li, and finally Big Brother Li and Awei.

The wind was a bit strong at night and the moon was very bright. The moonlight shone brightly on the stone steps, so I didn't even need a headlamp.

Li Changle walked all the way to the front of the cave, then turned on the headlamp to light his way through the cave. Seeing that there was no one around, he went down the mountain and walked towards the reef.

The four of them met in the cave. Li Changle went into the water first, and the other three followed him and swam into the cave.

Big Brother Li and Second Brother Li were amazed at the sight of the cave. Li Changle and Chen Yongwei hurried to check the three water holes. In the first water hole, they saw a group of water fish swimming leisurely in the water hole.

Shuichan, also has a majestic name called dragon head fish. It is called differently in different places, such as tofu fish, snot fish, but as long as you hear these names, it is dragon head fish.

The dragon head fish is not as majestic as a dragon. The longest one is only about 30 to 40 centimeters long and weighs about 20 to 30 taels. The shortest one is only a dozen centimeters long and weighs only 1 or 2 taels.

The meat is very tender and delicious, with few bones between the muscles, plenty of meat, and no fishy smell. It is delicious whether braised or cooked in soup. Put the cooked water-melted meat in your mouth and take a sip, it will melt like tofu.

Remove the head and tail of the watercress, coat it with a paste made of sweet potato starch, flour and egg liquid, and fry it into a fragrant watercress pancake. It is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. You'll never forget it after having eaten it once.

There is also an interesting legend about the origin of the dragon head fish.

It is said that this dragon head fish was originally the tenth son of the Dragon King, but because of his father's status and wealth, he did all kinds of bad things and was despised by other aquatic creatures.

The Dragon King could no longer tolerate this disobedient son and expelled him from the Dragon Palace. Thus, the dragon turned from a real dragon into a dragon-headed fish.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dragon head fish is sweet in taste, neutral in nature, has the effect of strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi, and can be used to improve problems such as malnutrition and edema in children.

"Brother, hurry up and get the scoop net to scoop up the water lilies. We need to dig oysters and conchs later!" Li Changle turned around and shouted to the two people who were curious about the cave.

"coming!"

Brother Li walked closer and took a look. "Wow, there are so many streams of water! It's just like a fish pond dug at home. When the time comes, we can fish for seafood."

Brother Li looked at the puddles with shining eyes, "No wonder Ah Le is so careful, it would be great if the secret of the cave could be kept."

"It's impossible to keep it. If we come here a few more times, we'll definitely be discovered. We can only take advantage of the fact that no one has noticed it now and chisel off the oysters and conches and sell them. Then the money will be in our pockets, and it's ours."

"Yes, hurry up, we have to dig oysters and conches later!" Brother Li took the scoop net and went into the water to work. Li Changle went to the last puddle, but didn't see even a shrimp. Just as he was about to retreat, he suddenly saw a black shadow in the corner of the puddle swimming quickly towards the reef. When he got closer, he found that it was a toadfish, which was quite big.

No wonder all the fish and shrimp in the puddle disappeared, it turned out they were eaten by this guy.

This creature usually hunts in the deep sea, how did it get here? Is there another typhoon?
The scientific name of the toadfish is Angelfish. It is so ugly that it is beyond description. It is no different from the brothers Benbolba and Babolben.

The anglerfish has three long spines on its head, one of which has a fishing spine with a lure.

When catching food, they will sneak into the school of fish and erect fishing spines to lure fish and shrimp. When these fools who cannot distinguish between enemy and food come close, they will immediately open their big mouths which are bigger than washbasins and swallow the prey along with the sea water in one gulp.

Li Changle stepped forward excitedly, first used a scoop net to drive the toadfish out from under the reef, then cast a net over its head to catch it. When he lifted the net, it was so heavy that he almost couldn't scoop it up.

"Haha, I got a big one."

"Brother, what good stuff did you get?" Chen Yongwei asked, stretching his neck. Big Brother Li and Second Brother Li also turned their heads to look over.

"A toadfish weighing about ten pounds."

"Tsk~" the three of them sneered, turned their heads away without even looking at his net bag, and buried their heads in their work.

Li Changle was puzzled. Although the fish was ugly, its meat was as delicious as lobster. The fish maw and roe were highly nutritious foods. The skin could be used to make glue, the liver could be used to extract cod liver oil, and the fish bones were the raw materials for processing fish meal.

The price is not cheaper than other fish!

He remembered that someone had gotten a fish weighing 20 to 30 kilograms and sold it for tens of thousands of yuan!

"Brother, this thing is really worthless?"

"It's not bad. It's about the same as mackerel, about 30 or 40 cents a pound. Ten pounds can be sold for three or four dollars."

"Ah Le, this fish is too ugly, not many people buy it to eat. When we were in Zhoushan, we met a few intellectuals who came on a boat to look for fish for research."

"When they saw the frogfish, they told us that the fish's body releases something that sticks to the female fish, and over time they become one."

"I know. I heard that males can also transform themselves into females to lure other male fish to possess them."

Li Changle thought that the people here didn't know the value of the goods, but the Hong Kong businessmen staying in the restaurant definitely did.

We will bring the boat back tomorrow and when we deliver the conches, we will also send the toadfish over. If the price is good, we will sell them. If not, we will keep them for ourselves.

Also, Uncle Kun asked him to go over there, saying that he had something good to tell him!

"Hahaha, I caught a big blue crab!" Brother Li held up the blue crab, which was waving its claws in vain, and proudly showed off to the others, "Look, it weighs at least three pounds."

"Tsk~ What's so rare about big blue crabs? Mine is the biggest." Li Changle curled his lips, put the fish into the net bag, and tied the net bag to the reef.

"Look, my son is about to go to elementary school, but he still likes big ones."

"Brother, look!" Chen Yongwei grinned and held up the landing net. "I have some good stuff here, too. A grouper, maybe weighing four or five kilograms."

"This is the real deal. If I send it over tomorrow, I can sell it for a good price."

"Awei boy hand, carve more pearls later."

The scientific name of the Oriental star grouper is the leopard gill bass. The fish has a slender body with small blue spots evenly distributed on both sides of the body, which looks like stars in the sky, so it is called "star grouper".

The eastern star grouper comes in blue, red, brown, yellow, etc. Compared with the toadfish, one is the seven fairies in the sky and the other is the dung beetle on the ground.

There is a saying in the seafood industry that goes “Cherry among flowers, porgy among fish, but if you talk about Dongxing, both are thrown away.”

The four of them were busy in the three water holes for half an hour. In addition to the big catches just now, they also caught two sea bass weighing three or four kilograms each. They also caught a lot of water bass, about seven or eight kilograms.

They gathered together what could be put together, tied it to the rocks, picked up hammers and chisels, and went ashore to get busy.

Li Changle chiseled one off, held it in his hand and shouted to the others, "Fuck, this is much bigger than my foot, it must weigh at least four or five pounds."

"Pick any one of them, they're all big stuff." Brother Li swung the hammer excitedly, and the sound of hammering was heard in the cave.

The fighting power of Big Brother Li and Second Brother Li was much stronger than that of Li Changle. They kept moving their chisels on the cliff, and soon a large pile of oysters appeared under their feet.

It seems that there are at least four or five hundred kilograms, and most of them are big ones, with few small ones. The smallest one weighs more than one kilogram.

(End of this chapter)