Chapter 218 New Varieties

Chapter 218 New Varieties

Chapter 218 New Varieties

Chen Yongwei pulled the sub-line hard to pull the fish up, but the fish in the water suddenly exerted force, and the line sank, pulling him forward. He almost lost his grip on the line and almost fell into the sea.

"Ah~" Zhou Ruonan, her sister-in-law and several children screamed in fright. Li Xiaoyang opened his mouth wide, and only then did he believe that Li Changle had not lied to him.

Li Changle and Brother Li hurried forward, "Awei, we'll help you!"

"No need. I wasn't paying attention just now and was ambushed by it." Chen Yongwei gritted his teeth and pulled the line. The fish in the sea were also struggling with him, trying to escape.

Seeing how hard he was pulling, Li Changle looked at Brother Li excitedly, "It looks like it's even bigger than the red snapper last time!"

"That should be it. Awei is much stronger than you. He is struggling so hard. The fish in the sea must weigh at least 30 kilograms."

Brother Li turned around excitedly and picked up the scoop net, ready to catch the fish as soon as it surfaced.

Zhou Ruonan, her sister-in-law and the children all turned their heads to look at the sea. Brother Li simply released the throttle and stopped the boat. Everyone stretched their necks to look, wanting to see what kind of big fish it was.
The sweat on Chen Yongwei's face dripped down like raindrops, and the fish gradually emerged from the water, and it could be seen what kind of fish it was.

The big fish had a big head and a small mouth. There were irregular blue lines and blue spots on the scales of its head and pectoral fins, and there was a black spot on its dorsal fin.

"Qingyi, it's Qingyi!" Li Changle shouted excitedly, pointing at the water surface.

"It's Da Qingyi!" Brother Li corrected him excitedly.

"Hehe! Big blue-clothed lady!" Chen Yongwei laughed excitedly.

The scientific name of the bluefin bream is Schwier's tuskfish, which is collectively called "wrasse" or "dragon head fish".

It is worth mentioning that the head of most fish is composed of 4 bones, while the head of the bluefin bream is composed of one complete bone.

This fish has a big head and a small mouth. The back of its head has a round and protruding outline. Its meat is delicate, tender and delicious, and it has very few bones.

When it swims, it propels itself by swinging its pectoral fins, and its posture looks very strange.

The children excitedly stood up and took a few steps forward. Zhou Ruonan's sister-in-law hurriedly held the children back, preventing them from going forward, fearing that they might accidentally push someone into the water and cause trouble.

Brother Li ran over and took a closer look. "Wow! It's so big!"

The man and the fish were in a stalemate for a while. Chen Yongwei felt that the big fish was not struggling so hard, so he slowly pulled it to the side of the fishing boat and suddenly pulled the fish out of the water.

Brother Li quickly handed out a scoop net and scooped the fish over the head. Li Changle on the side also leaned forward to help lift the wire ring of the scoop net. The two of them worked together to lift the fish onto the deck.

"Wow! What a beautiful big fish!" Li Xiaoqing and Li Xiaohui exclaimed in amazement at the big fish with a plump body and colorful colors.

Zhou Ruonan's sister-in-law also nodded repeatedly, "Live fish are still more beautiful."

"What a big fish!"

The boys cheered and huddled together. Li Changle patted Chen Yongwei and laughed. Several men danced with joy.

Chen Yongwei rubbed his hand which was hurt by the line and looked at the fish with a bright smile, "Brother, I estimate it is about thirty kilograms."

Brother Li nodded repeatedly, "Yes, at least thirty kilograms." He rubbed his shoulders and said, "Young man, this strength is unmatched in the whole village."

"My grandma said that I am very strong despite being simple-minded." Chen Yongwei took the kettle handed to him by Li Changle with a simple smile, drank a few sips, wiped his mouth and started working again.

"This one can be sold for fifty or sixty yuan, right?" Brother Li asked cheerfully.

"It's totally fine as long as it's alive." Brother Li happily picked up the fish and walked towards the live tank. He had to deflate the fish quickly, otherwise he wouldn't be able to sell it at a high price if it died.

Brother Li Er hurried back to the driver's seat, started the engine, and drove slowly forward. Li Changle reeled in the line and put it away, watching Chen Yongwei reel in his fishing line with great interest.

"How much gift money does your Xiao Ding plan to give to your Ah Chan?"

"My grandma said that the current market situation is that if the family is a little better off, the small betrothal gift is 32 yuan for woolen yarn, 360 yuan for gifts, and two silver dollars. The average betrothal gift is more than 100 yuan. The big betrothal gift has not been announced yet, so it should be more."

These days engagement is divided into small engagement and big engagement.

The small betrothal gift is given on the day of engagement, and the big betrothal gift is given before the wedding after the wedding date is decided. The small betrothal gift is small, while the big betrothal gift is more.

Li Changle remembered that this kind of division was no longer seen in later generations. The big deposit and the small deposit were given together. The good ones could be several million, while the average ones were more than thirty.

But marrying a girl here almost always means losing money, and it is the same in later generations. Families with poor conditions give dowry as much as the betrothal money, while families with better conditions give more houses and cars as dowry.

Brother Li smiled and said, "You gave a lot, and the Jin family also gave a lot of dowry. Last year, Secretary Wang's eldest daughter got married and gave a bicycle, a sewing machine, a TV, a three-seat sofa, and more than a dozen quilts as a dowry. I heard that they lost a few hundred dollars."

Mrs. Li took over and said, "Awei, your Ah Chan must have a lot of dowry. She used to help people mend nets at Haidu, and her daily wages were several yuan. Now she won't even go to earn her wages if she gets engaged to you."

"Achan also mends her nets every day at home. Uncle Jin goes to the ferry to get the nets and brings them back for her to mend."

When Chen Yongwei thought of Jin Chan, who was quick in both speech and action, he felt more and more that the wife God had given him was great.

As he was speaking, he pulled up another rice fish weighing three or four pounds. He pulled the hooks six times in a row before he caught an empty one.

The first group of fifty hooks had a hook rate of 90%, including one big bluefin bream, nine Spanish mackerels, seven rice fish weighing two to three catties to five to six catties, and then bluefin bream, mullet, sea bass, etc.

The big ones were sent to the live tank, and the small ones were directly put into rubber buckets to freeze. There were the most black bream, and a total of ten large and small ones were pulled up.

Li Changle had been itching to try his hand at it for a long time, so when the boat arrived at the second group of longline fishing, he immediately picked up the iron hook to hook the buoy and pulled up the main line. He felt that it did not have much weight and thought it was a capelin. When he pulled it up, he found that it was a blue crab hanging on it.

"Fuck! There are still such greedy crabs."

"That's right, he's even greedier than my Xiao Tao." Brother Li said and laughed.

"Dad, how could I be so greedy?" Li Xiaotao puffed out his cheeks, his eyes were so white that even the black pupils could not be seen.

Brother Li was very happy, "Ah Le, my luck seems to be a little off!"

"The previous hook doesn't count, look at my second hook!"

Li Changle pulled up the line group confidently, his face suddenly sank, and he thought to himself: My luck seems to be really bad, the second hook is an empty hook?

When I pulled up the hook, I saw that it was empty and the fish on it was only half eaten.

"Damn it~ It's so powerful, it eats half of it and runs away."

"Maybe the shrimp ate it." Brother Li looked at him with a smile, "A Le, how about I take the bait?"

"Pull one more hook. If it still doesn't work, I'll let you do it." Li Changle looked at it and felt disappointed. "Another empty hook. It looks like we really need to change players."

He thought that maybe he had been too lucky recently and had used up all his good luck.

He looked at his wife and children who were looking at him eagerly, and felt a little embarrassed when he thought about what he had said before: that as long as they did their best, all the goods on the boat would be good stuff.

"Brother, you come here!" Li Changle stepped aside dejectedly and said to Brother Li.

"Pull the hook again. If there is still no stock, let me take over."

"Yes, brother, pull another hook. If it doesn't work, change people."

Li Changle nodded and pulled up the line again. He felt that there was something right away and thought that as long as it was not an empty hook, even a green bream would be fine.

Seeing the veins on his arm bulging, Brother Li asked excitedly, "Is it big? Can you pull it?"

"I can pull it." Li Changle pulled the fish out of the water with force.

Brother Li picked up the dip net and scooped up the fish. "Yes, it's a Mayou fish."

Li Changle smiled and nodded, "This fish is delicious. Take it back and add it to your dinner."

The scientific name of the mackerel is fish of the Chinese genus conducti. The meat of this fish is tender and delicious. The layers of fish meat are stacked together like a thousand-layer cake. It is also rich in protein and has the effect of replenishing the body and strengthening the spleen and stomach.

After being marinated, the fish meat will separate into layers and taste very good.

Brother Li felt a little distressed after hearing this, "Ah Le, a 7-8 catties mackerel can be sold for two yuan per kg, and a 1-2 kg one is only a few cents per kg. Catch the small ones later and take them back to eat. They taste the same."

Chen Yongwei took out the hook and said, "Yes, brother. It weighs seven or eight kilograms and can be sold for sixteen or seventeen yuan. We still need to save money to buy a boat. So, let's listen to you and just sell it."

"Okay, if you catch a small one later, save it for eating."

After pulling the hook several times, he finally caught a big fish. Li Changle continued to pull the hook with full confidence.

Next he caught a conger eel weighing one or two pounds, then a black sea bream, and he actually pulled up a few horse mackerel weighing two or three pounds each.

By the time he finished pulling up the second group, he had pulled up a total of more than 30 fish. The most valuable one was the mackerel weighing seven or eight kilograms. The others were black sea bream, small yellowfin fish, eels, and swordfish. The catch was much worse than that of the first group.

Brother Li's third group was also better than his. They had a rice fish weighing more than ten pounds, three horse mackerels weighing more than five pounds, five or six eels, and the others were black sea bream, golden pomfret, etc.

After the longline fishing was collected, Li Changle and his companions lowered the trawl net into the sea, thinking that they would have to use oil on the return voyage anyway, so even if they didn't catch any big fish, it would be nice to just catch a few miscellaneous fish and bring them back to dry.

After lowering the trawl net, Brother Li stepped on the gas and sailed away from the waters of Chuiyuan Island. Along the way, he occasionally saw fishing boats operating on the sea.

Li Changle held her youngest son in her arms, leaned against the side of the boat and fell asleep unknowingly. When she woke up again, she was already near Yantou Mountain.

There were quite a lot of people on the boat, and the fishing boat kept pulling the trawl net until it was almost at the dock before it started the net hoisting machine to pull the net out of the water and onto the deck.

The net bag was filled with half a bag, which contained about 100 pounds of fish. After pulling it up, there was no rush to open the net. He waited until the fishing boat docked and sent his wife and children ashore before he opened the net bag.

Li Changle picked up some fish and shrimp and put them in the net bag, and said to Xiang Xiaoyu: "Go back and pickle them with salt and eat them with porridge."

Chen Yongwei helped him carry the eggs to the shore, and when he was ready to go back, he used a cart to pull them back for him.

Zhou Ruonan looked at the sea duck eggs, thought for a moment and said, "Xiao Yu, sea duck eggs are sold for 10 cents each in town, and seabird eggs can be sold for 4 or 5 cents each.

Duck eggs from the duck farm are only 7 cents. Why don’t you ask Uncle Le to take Tu down the bridge to sell them for you? It will be much more cost-effective for you to buy duck eggs from the duck farm.”

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