Chapter 144 Brother, leave some leftovers for me

Chapter 144 Brother, leave some leftovers for me

Chapter 144 Brother, leave some leftovers for me
Going out to sea again, the four people's faces were filled with smiles. From now on, they no longer have to wait for low tide to make money by fishing. The chances of making a fortune by fishing at sea are greater.

Li Changle was driving the boat. The three of them, including the eldest brother Li, the second brother Li and Awei, began to sort out the traps. There were a total of sixty-six traps, including his and Awei's, plus those of the eldest brother and the second brother.

There were eleven fish in a group, which was exactly six groups. The ground traps were straightened and stretched out to check. After they were in order, they picked up the sand shovel to scoop up the small fish prepared at noon, evenly put them into the bait bags in the ground traps, and arranged the ground traps neatly and orderly.

When the boat arrived at the waters near Mantou Island, the traps had not yet been prepared, so Li Changle stopped the boat and went over to help.

First, throw the small anchor that fixes the ground cage into the sea, and then maintain a rhythm similar to the speed of the boat and lower the ground cage into the sea.

The last trap in the first row also has a small anchor for fixing, and a buoy with a long rope tied to it is connected to it.

After a row of traps were set, Brother Li lowered the buoy into the sea and shouted toward the sea, "The traps are full of fish and shrimp."

Li Changle connected the remaining fishing rope with the second ground trap and placed the second ground trap in turn.

After the second row of traps were placed, the third row was placed next. All six groups of traps were placed into the sea at intervals. Brother Li drove the fishing boat and slowly sailed to the northwest of Concave Island.

This side is full of cliffs, and the sea water keeps hitting the rocks. They had no intention of docking here, so Brother Li stopped the fishing boat.

Li Changle and the other two brought out three rubber buckets. Each bucket was filled with countless coils of fishing line, and densely packed fish hooks were hung on the edges of the buckets.

This is the longline fishing method that Li’s father used to make. It is simple to make, with a 500-meter-long main line, a sub-line tied about every eight meters, and a fish hook hung on it.

They didn't put up the bait properly when they set out, so now they have to work hard.

Li Changle and the other two sat down cross-legged, picked up the fish and shrimps in the bamboo basket, and began to put bait on them in the order of the hooks hung on the edge of the bucket. They were all experienced fishermen, and their movements of putting bait on them were very neat and tidy.

After the bait was hung up, Brother Li asked Brother Li to drive the fishing boat slowly towards the deserted island. If the boat was going too fast when letting out the line, the hook would not be thrown in time. If it was too slow, the line would be too loose and easily tangled.

He first threw the sinker rope into the sea and the buoy at the same time, then let out the lines one by one, tying a sinker at every interval so that the fish hook could sink as much as possible.

After the first barrel was finished, Brother Li pulled the main line and said to Li Changle: "Come and try it, let me see if you can do it?"

When they have their own boat, the work of setting traps and casting longlines will still be done by Ah Le and Ah Wei. He will watch Ah Le do it and correct him if he does anything wrong.

Li Changle took it with a smile, "Second brother, don't worry, I learned it from my father before, I'm just lazy, so I pretended not to know it."

Brother Li kicked him and said, "How dare you say that!"

"A man should be independent at the age of 30. I have come to my senses before I reach 30, so it is not too late."

"..." Li Erge was speechless. He picked up the kettle and took two gulps. "As long as you can be a lazy dog, you have at least a hundred reasons."

"Second brother is right. Brother Ale was really lazy before."

Li Changle smiled awkwardly, connected the tail end of the first main line with the head end of the second main line, the buoy rope and the sinker rope and threw them into the sea, and then threw the hook into the sea.

Brother Li was originally worried that he would be in a mess as he wound the line together, but as he watched him skillfully, he suddenly felt relieved, thinking that he finally looked like a fisherman.

Chen Yongwei took out cigarettes and handed them to Brother Li (Big Brother) and Brother Li (Second Brother), then lit one and put it in Li Changle's mouth. He sat on the deck and chatted with Brother Li (Second Brother).

"Second brother, when you went out to sea with Uncle Atang, how many kilograms of fish did you catch at most?"

"If we were lucky, we could catch 700 to 800 kilograms of white pomfret. My father and I were so exhausted that we used the money we earned to pay off the money we owed to the village when we bought the boat, and also to buy lines and hooks for longline fishing."

Brother Li took over and said loudly, "I used to go longline fishing with my father. When we were lucky, we could catch 50 to 60 kilograms of fish with one set of line. When we were unlucky, we could only catch 20 to 30 kilograms."

Li Erge took over the conversation, "But the fish caught by longline fishing are all big fish. The fish prices in the past two years were too cheap, and we didn't make much money from helping the boat in a month. That's why we signed a long-term contract with the eldest family and went to work with them."

"Brother, when we have money in the future, we will change to a metal boat that is more than ten meters long, load the trawl net and the purse seine net, and use motorized slides for everything. It will save a lot of effort when we encounter a school of fish and pull the net."

“Trawling has its advantages, and longlining has its advantages. Trawlers rarely catch big fish, but longlining rarely catch small fish. The main reason is that using machines saves time and effort.

Also, there is a fishing ban now, the good thing is that the management is not so strict, if it is as strict as they are when they catch the goods, we will have to rest for a few months a year. "

As he was talking, Li Changle had already cast the rest of the longline, and the boat had arrived near the deserted island. The terrain of the entire island was high in the north, low in the south, steep cliffs on the west, and relatively flat on the east.

Brother Li drove the boat directly to the east and dropped anchor. Awei got off the boat pulling the cable and carefully tied the cable to a reef towering on the shore.

Brother Li pointed to the south and said, "There is a big puddle over there. How about we go to the puddle and take a look?"

Li Changle smiled and said, "Brother, did you hear from Awei that we got a big catch when we were scouring the water pit?"

Brother Li smiled and nodded, "I haven't scooped from the puddle yet!"

"Is the location of the puddle high? If it is, I will bring a secret weapon." Li Changle asked with a smug look on his face. Li Erge patted him with a smile, "It's just a few water pipes, why are you being so mysterious all the time?"

"Awei, you have such a big mouth!" Li Changle glared at Chen Yongwei who was grinning, turned around, picked up the backpack, and the four of them walked towards the south of the island.

The tide has receded to the bottom, revealing the reefs on the island. The towering, steep and sharp reefs are densely packed with clams, oysters and conches that are several times larger than those on the pier.

In the small puddles under the rocks, there are countless clams and various shellfish.

With the oysters and conches in the cave in front of them, the people who were used to eating big meals had no interest in chiseling these things.

Chen Yongwei laughed and said, "If it weren't for the oysters and Buddha's hands in the cave, we would have rushed over to dig them out by now."

"Next time, put the trap down here, and bring my sister-in-law and the kids with you when you come, so they don't have to pry those tiny seafood at the dock every day."

"Good, so that brat Li Xiaoyang won't have to keep shouting about making money by fishing in the sea." Brother Li sighed, "My two children are either good at studying or they are destined to go fishing to make a living."

"My son Xiaobo is the same. He would rather help his mother weave a web than do his homework. It depends on Xiaohai and Xiaozhou whether they can learn something from reading."

Li Changle was proud in his heart, but modest in his words, "My two children haven't started school formally yet, so who knows if they will be like his brothers in the future?"

"Brother, look, there are general caps here. They are as nutritious as sand crabs. Would you like to take some back with you?" Chen Yongwei said, pointing to the shellfish on the reef that were larger than silver ocean shells.

After seeing this, Li Changle said excitedly: "Wow, there are so many small abalones, hurry up and chisel them out!" In later generations, small abalones like these have become very difficult to find, and almost all of them are farmed large abalones.

It is said that what is concentrated is the essence. This small abalone is plump and delicious. It is so delicious whether it is used to make soup or stew.

"This thing is not valuable. If you want to eat it, get some to take with you when you go back." Brother Li turned around and said with a look of disgust.

"You little brat, you can't move when you see a big fish!" Brother Li, who was behind him, smiled and pushed him. "It's only two hours left, go to the water hole and see if there is any big fish. We still have to go back to collect the longline!"

"…What are you two thinking about?"

Seeing that the three people were not interested, Li Changle had no choice but to follow them forward. Suddenly, he heard the cry of seabirds.

He turned his head and saw a lot of seabirds circling on the sea in the distance. He thought that when whales were hunting, seabirds would gather nearby to snatch the whales' prey.

As soon as this thought came to mind, several columns of water suddenly rose into the sky above the sea, and countless fish jumped out of the water and fled frantically.

Three huge, round, black and white figures emerged from the water, opening their mouths wide to swallow the fish. It seemed that there were two more in the water driving the fish away, and those daring seagulls were actually snatching food from their mouths.

“Fuck~” Li Changle’s throat seemed to be blocked by excitement, and he shouted out with all his strength, “Look, killer whales are hunting.”

"Fuck~"

This is the only sentence that uneducated people can use to express their excitement.

The four of them ran quickly among the rocks and ran to a reef closest to the sea. They looked at the whale on the sea with excitement and distress, opening its huge mouth like the abyss to swallow the fish.

"Fuck! It's still a school of whales."

"What a pity. I can only watch."

We wouldn't dare to go out by boat to grab food.

Even the big ships dare not confront these sea tigers, let alone their small fishing boats. A single blow from their tail fins can tear the boats apart.

At this moment, Li Changle wished that he could grow a pair of wings like a seabird and fly into the tiger's mouth to snatch food.

Then I thought that the black and white guy is just like the Husky, and his brain is somewhat abnormal.

These guys sometimes drive schools of fish to the surface of the water to attract seabirds to prey on them, but then they give up the idea when they want to change their taste.

"After they finish hunting, we'll go over and catch some small fish and shrimp."

"Oh~oh..." Li Changle opened his arms and waved at the whale in the sea, "Brother, don't eat it all, leave some leftovers for me..."

"Katai, do you think they can understand..."

Before Brother Li finished speaking, two columns of water shot up into the sky from the sea, followed by two tail fins slapping the sea surface at the same time, and a rain of fish began to fall on the beach.

"Hahaha, look, brother, they understood and gave me fish." Li Changle was overjoyed, dancing with joy and shouting to the sea, "Thank you, brother Huzi..."

(End of this chapter)