Chapter 157 Goodbye Rice Fish
Chapter 157 Goodbye Rice Fish
Chen Yongwei carried a bamboo basket and dumped the fish into the warehouse. "Brother, casting the net is too tiring. I think my uncle's trawl net is more labor-saving. When the net is ready, pick a day to sail the boat to Zhang Pier on the waterway and ask Uncle Zhang to install the net-lifting machine and the slideway."
Li Changle nodded. "Your sister-in-law and my mother are already weaving the net. It will only take two or three days."
The truss on the ship was installed when it was converted into a fishing boat. However, due to insufficient money at the time, the trawl net, buoy, cable, net lifter and slideway cost a lot of money and were not installed.
Brother Li said: "Fortunately, the women in my family all know how to mend fishing nets. Otherwise, the money for mending fishing nets every year would be an expense."
Chen Yongwei nodded. "My grandma said that she used to help the cooperative mend fishing nets at the dock and earned full work points."
"My mother and father also earned full work points. There are many brothers and sisters in the family, and the young ones eat their parents out of poverty. They work very hard all year round, but the family can't even afford to eat rice."
Brother Li thinks that life is better now. Although it is still hard, he can decide what to do with the fish he catches and eat it whenever he wants. He doesn't have to hand it over to others to sell for money like before, and in the end he wouldn't even get a fraction of the profit.
"Brother, let's not talk about the past." Li Changle patted him, "You have to look forward. Now that you have been allocated a household, you can be the master of your own household. Your life will only get better and better in the future."
"That's right!" Brother Li said, picking up the tidied fishing nets. "Work. If you don't work, you won't have a good life."
Li Changle smiled and said, "Brother, let me try casting a net."
"Okay, I'll give it a try!" Brother Li smiled and handed him the fishing net. "Ah Le, I doubt you can cast the fishing net in a circle?"
"You underestimate your brother. Who am I? I am the smartest man, Li Lao San. No matter what job I want to do on a fishing boat, I can do it well."
If it wasn't for Li Changle who was reborn, he wouldn't dare to say such big words.
But he is the reborn old A Le, an old fisherman who has worked on fishing boats for more than 30 years. He can handle not only small fishing boats like this, but also modern large fishing boats.
"It's worthy of being called bragging music. It makes the hairs on my body stand up." Brother Li said while rubbing his arms exaggeratedly.
"I don't believe it!" Li Changle smiled and walked to the bow of the boat with the fishing net in hand. "Let me show you how good Chuanle is at casting the net."
"Okay, I'll watch!" Brother Li smiled and walked behind him, ready to take over at any time.
"Brother, I believe in you." Chen Yongwei stood on his side without hesitation.
Li Changle rolled up the net, took a deep breath, steadied his lower body, tilted his body sideways, gathered strength, swung his upper body, and threw the net from one side of his body to the sea. The fishing net was thrown out in a beautiful big circle and fell into the water in unison.
"Good!" Chen Yongwei applauded excitedly.
Li Changle turned his head proudly, "Brother, how is it, you are stunned!"
Second Brother Li was stunned. He remembered that the last time he came back, this kid couldn't even cast a round net, and his father kicked him a few times.
Could it be that this kid is deliberately not swinging it in a round shape just to be lazy?
"It must be." Brother Li nodded to himself and glanced at Li Changle who was looking at him smugly. "You little bastard, you really think of any way to get away with it!"
"Hehe!" Li Changle laughed awkwardly and began to collect the net. As the net rope gradually tightened, he could not feel much weight and felt that there was no way to use this net.
He looked at the two men anxiously and shook his head. He quickly dragged the net onto the boat. As expected, there were only a few yellow croakers jumping around in it.
"My luck is not good today!" Chen Yongwei stepped forward and pulled the fish out of the net. "How about I try to pull the net?"
"Cast another one. If there's still no catch, I'll let you do it." After Li Changle straightened the fishing net, he coiled it around his wrist and swung it hard into the distance. After the net sank to the bottom, he began to collect the net.
Brother Li stretched his neck, looked at the two splashes on the water, and shook his head, "Ah Le, this net may be useless again."
"Hmm!" Li Changle put away the net in frustration, and said to Chen Yongwei in disbelief, "Come again. This net doesn't work. I won't cast it today."
Chen Yongwei nodded, "Okay, you can cast as many nets as you want."
Brother Li patted Li Changle on the shoulder and said, "This is the last internet cafe. If it doesn't work, there's no need to come again."
"Hmm!" Li Changle spat into his palms twice, then rubbed them hard three times, "Good luck comes, big cargo comes!" After that, he took a deep breath and cast the fishing net out.
Brother Li thought that he might have pulled the net too fast just now, so he stepped forward to instruct him, "Wait until the net sinks to the bottom of the sea, then slowly pull it in."
"Yeah!" Li Changle slowly tightened the fishing rope, gradually feeling the weight on his hands getting heavier, and looked at the two people happily, "Not bad, there's stock."
Chen Yongwei hurriedly said: "Brother, I'll help you!"
"No, I can pull it." Li Changle thought that the catch was probably only a few dozen kilograms. With this weight, the net wouldn't burst, so he could pull it up easily by himself. Seeing that he finally caught the fish, Li Erge also came forward happily and advised him worriedly, "Pull slowly, don't pull too fast. If you pull too fast, the net will float easily and the fish will escape through the gap."
"I know." Li Changle slowly tightened the fishing rope in his hand, and saw the waves on the water surface spreading out layer by layer, and the splashes of water were higher than those splashed by Li Erge's net just now.
He felt the big fish in the net struggling desperately, trying to escape the cage, and it seemed like he could hardly hold on to the net anymore.
"Brother, a big cargo has entered the net. There is a big cargo in the net." Chen Yongwei shouted excitedly.
"Hmm, I don't know what it is." Li Changle grinned and pulled the fishing net to the surface of the water. The three of them could see clearly that there was a big fish in the fishing net.
"Wow, hahaha, my god, it's so big, it must weigh at least dozens of kilograms!" Chen Yongwei shouted excitedly.
"It looks like a big rice fish? Be careful, be very careful!" Brother Li, who was standing not far from Li Changle, hurried forward to help him pull the net onto the boat.
The three of them looked at the big fish in the net, their mouths opened in surprise and their eyes widened!
"Batian, it's a rice fish, it's really a rice fish!"
"May Lord Sea Dragon bless you! Thank you so much for your blessing, Lord Sea Dragon!" Li Changle bowed several times towards the sea, then looked at his hands and rubbed them on his face excitedly.
"Great, great, this one is even bigger than the last one."
Chen Yongwei jumped on it excitedly and quickly pulled out the big fish. "Oh my goodness, such a big fish must weigh at least 50 or 60 kilograms. I'm rich, rich, big fortune!"
"Deflate it, deflate it quickly!" Brother Li turned around excitedly and ran quickly to get the deflation needle. Li Changle and Chen Yongwei also stepped forward to help hold down the rice fish and deflate it.
After the rice fish is out of water, the swim bladder will expand in a short period of time, squeezing the internal organs out of the mouth to form a "fish tongue".
At the same time, the blood vessels on the fish bladder will also rupture. When the fish blood seeps into the fish bladder, dark spots will appear on the fish glue colloid after it is taken out and dried, thus affecting the quality.
Chen Yongwei excitedly picked up the deflated big rice fish. The Li Changle brothers followed behind him, carefully protecting the big rice fish, not even caring about the few yellow croakers and swordfish jumping in the fishing net.
After the fish were put into the live tank, Li Changle quickly opened the ice box and scooped some ice cubes into the water.
The three of them stood by the living tank. Chen Yongwei looked at the big fish lying motionless in the water and smiled foolishly, "Brother, it's too big. It almost can't even fit in the living tank."
After thinking about it, he asked again, "He didn't even move. He's not going to die, is he?"
"It's already deflated, so even if it dies, it won't affect the quality of the fish maw." Brother Li happily embraced Li Changle, "Ah Le, this is the first time I've seen someone throw a net and pull up a large fish. You must be someone that Lord Hailong is looking after."
"Thank you Lord Hailong for your blessing!"
Li Changle bowed to the sea several more times, smiling so hard that his teeth were showing. After thinking for a while, he pulled Li Erge aside and asked, "Brother, how much is the fish maw of rice fish sold for per kilogram now?"
"Isinglass is very valuable!" Brother Li rubbed his hands excitedly, "The captain of the boat that sailed with our fishing boat sold a piece of rice fish maw to a boss from Guangdong. That piece of fish maw weighed less than 100 grams, but he sold it for 220 yuan, which is about 600 yuan per catty!"
"Wow! It's less than 4 taels and sold for more than 200 yuan. It's more valuable than pearls!" Chen Yongwei shouted excitedly, looking at him with sparkling eyes, "Then how much glue can our rice fish produce?"
Brother Li smiled and said, "Ten catties of fish will yield one ounce of fish maw. I estimate that this fish weighs more than fifty catties, and the fish maw should be at least five ounces. It can be sold for at least three hundred yuan."
Li Changle's face darkened after hearing this. The last time, the rice fish weighed more than 40 kilograms, and it was only sold for more than 100 yuan including the meat and fish maw. The water in the seafood market is not ordinary deep!
"Yohoho!" Chen Yongwei shouted excitedly and hugged Li Changle, "Brother, we've made a fortune!" Then he asked, "How much did you get for that rice fish last time?"
"Stop talking, I'm losing money!" Li Changle was so angry that his face turned blue. "I only sold it for over a hundred. Damn it, I'm losing money! I thought Chen Ji's price was fair, so I ran to sell it to him. It turns out he's a complete profiteer."
Chen Yongwei was also very angry, and cursed: "Fuck, this is too evil, I will scold him when I get back!"
Brother Li said hurriedly, "Ah Le, A Dong's family is quite reliable. The price here is cheaper, mainly because the boss in Guangdong gave the starting price."
Li Changle: "The fish maw you mentioned was sold to a boss in Guangdong, right?"
Chen Yongwei: "Yes, my brother just said that it was taken away by the boss in Guangdong."
"The captain of that boat was very lucky. Whenever he cast his nets at the fishing grounds, they would burst. When the typhoon came, we docked at the pier and went ashore to play. We happened to meet a cargo ship from Guangdong, and that piece of fish maw was sold for a good price."
Brother Li paused for a moment and continued, "The main reason why rice fish is valuable is because of its fish maw, and the meat is not worth much. Besides, the seafood store must make some money."
Li Changle nodded, "I know they want to make money. The main reason is that I just heard that a piece of fish maw was sold for more than 200 yuan. I forgot that the fish maw was sold to a boss from Guangdong."
"That's right. We are from the same village and are somewhat related. They won't be so cruel."
(End of this chapter)