Chapter 254: You can't hide it, something bad will happen sooner or later
Chapter 254: If you can't keep your secret, bad things will happen sooner or later
The fishing boat caught up with the school of fish. Chen Yongwei and Li Erge cast their nets whenever they could. Li Changle controlled the fishing boat, moving it back and forth until all the seabirds circling overhead had dispersed, and then they started to pull up the nets.
Chen Yongwei looked at the fishing net slowly rising from the slide and said, "Brother, we have been moving and stopping all the way, so there may not be many fish in the trawl net."
"One fish is one fish, as long as the net is not empty." Li Changle turned his head to look at the speed of the net-lifting machine, and drove the fishing boat forward slowly.
Their trawl nets catch fish in the middle water layer. The advantage of this operation is that it can catch a large number of fish floating in the middle water layer without getting caught in the nets.
The disadvantage is that once the operation begins, the boat cannot stop, otherwise the fishing net dragged at the stern will sink to the bottom after losing its pulling force and no fish will be caught.
The net bag at the stern gradually emerged from the water. Chen Yongwei walked forward to take a look. The net bag was deflated, and it was obvious that there were not many fish caught.
Chen Yongwei waved at Li Changle, indicating that he didn't need to help, walked forward, dragged the net bag onto the deck, and untied the fishing rope at the tail.
The first thing that caught my eye was a red snapper weighing about 10 to 20 kilograms, followed by a small red snapper, a dazzling red-eyed fish,
Prawns, sea bass, mackerel, white eels that scurried around like snakes, and some unknown miscellaneous fish all poured out of the net bag and onto the deck.
Chen Yongwei happily picked up the lively red snapper and smiled at Li Changle, "Brother, this is enough for me."
"I told you, if there's one, there's one." Li Changle grabbed a red snapper weighing seven or eight kilograms, happily picked up the deflation needle, and shot it at it.
Chen Yongwei picked up the bucket and quickly caught the living prawns and put them into the bucket, then poured them into the big wooden barrel. Uncle Kun said that living prawns cost nine cents a pound, while dead ones only cost four cents, so they cannot be wasted.
"Ah Le, you guys are also following the school of fish?"
The two brothers Li Changkuan stood on the deck, looking at the fish caught on the deck of the Li Changle brothers with envy. Thinking of the fish they had caught in the open sea today, they regretted again that they had not borrowed money earlier to install the diesel engine and trawl net.
Li Changle turned around and saw Li Changkuan, Li Changzhong and Li Changjun standing on the deck. He nodded at him and said, "Come on!"
"Yes, let's come over here to take a look." Li Changkuan smiled at him uncomfortably. The eldest and second brothers heard that Ale and the others were working in the area of Zhushan Island, so they came here after going out to sea this morning.
The catch in the open sea is indeed more than that in the near sea, and the number of fish, shrimps and crabs pulled up by the trawl net is also quite a lot. Unfortunately, the fishing net got caught on the reef, and it took some time to untangle the net, otherwise they would have been able to catch up with the school of fish and cast two more nets.
Li Changzhong stretched his neck and looked at Brother Li with envy, "A Ping, how early did you get here? You can earn a few hundred dollars by getting so many big goods. You are really lucky!"
Brother Li quickly glanced at Li Changle's deck and gave him a simple smile, "We are just late. We only caught 100 to 200 kilograms of fish. How can we sell them for hundreds of dollars?"
Li Changzhong curled his lips and said, "You guys are busy, we will pull the trawl and leave first."
After seeing them leave, Chen Yongwei nudged Li Changle and said with a smile, "Brother is still good at coaxing people, without even blinking an eye."
Li Changle glanced at him and said, "You're not much worse!"
Chen Yongwei was surprised, "Really?"
Li Changle nodded, "Steamed, keep promoting it!"
"A Le, remember to bleed the Spanish mackerel and green mackerel that are drying in the sun." Brother Li shouted from the next door.
"got it!"
Li Changle grabbed a small Spanish mackerel that was still jumping around, cut a knife along the lower edge of the gill cover, put it aside, bent down and grabbed another one, shook his head, "You're asking for trouble."
In the past, they never bled the mackerels weighing 70 to 80 grams, but last time they found a few small mackerels that had been bled. The dried mackerels were whiter than those that were not bled and killed at home.
"We are not afraid of the trouble. Others won't bleed the fish, but we will. In the future, people will definitely come to buy our mullet." Chen Yongwei happily grabbed a mullet, and with a flick of the knife, blood gushed out.
Li Changle thought about it and agreed. The two of them worked together for more than half an hour to drain the blood of all the fish that were drying on the deck. They then picked them up and put them in a plastic bucket, sprinkled ice cubes on it and covered it with cotton wool.
Chen Yongwei fetched a bucket of water and began to wash the blood stains on the deck. Li Changle lifted the cotton wool to look at the big sole. Seeing that the ice had melted, he grabbed some more ice and sprinkled it on the sole.
Brother Li was also replenishing ice cubes. "Ah Le, you prepare the food first. We will collect the trap nets and return to the voyage. This will prevent us from running out of ice cubes."
Li Changle nodded and put away the wooden box containing ice cubes. He thought that a large ship was better. After bleeding, he could put the ice directly in the freezer below. It would be fine if he didn't go back for four or five days.
Chen Yongwei cleaned the deck, started the fishing boat, followed Brother Li, and accelerated towards Chuiyuan Island.
After eating several meals of noodles in a row, Li Changle brought out some cold rice this morning, as well as a bowl of finely chopped pickled cabbage, a handful of green onions, and a few eggs.
After the fire in the stove is burning, put the iron pot on it and heat it up. Use a spatula to scoop a large shovel of lard made from fat meat into the pot.
Fry the eggs, stir-fry the salted vegetables, add the onions and stir-fry for a few times, then grab a handful of dried shrimps, put the cold rice in the pot, add a little original ecological soy sauce and a little old wine and stir-fry quickly, add the chopped green onions when the pot is removed from the heat, stir-fry a few times and serve the rice. Chen Yongwei swallowed his saliva, "Brother, what delicious food did you make?"
Li Changle held a bowl of fried rice and smiled at him proudly, "Li's Yangzhou fried rice. Wait, wait for me to make a bowl of seaweed soup and cook a bowl of blanched prawns."
"Hey hey!" Chen Yongwei grinned and agreed.
Earning money and eating delicious food, life is so comfortable.
After the water boils, put a handful of small white shrimps into the pot and bring to a boil, then add a handful of shredded seaweed and a handful of green onions, lift the iron pot and pour it into the porcelain soup bowl.
You don’t even have to wash the pot, just add a ladle of fresh water, a few slices of ginger, a few green onions, and then a big bowl of prawns. You can’t bear to eat the live prawns, but you can still bear to eat the dead ones.
It died only a short while ago and is much fresher than the one brought to the shore.
When they were almost at Chuiyuan Island, the food was ready. Li Changle picked up the vinegar bottle and poured a small bowl of vinegar into a porcelain bowl. He waved to the fishing boat in front and said, "Let's eat!"
Brother Li waved his hand, indicating that the boat should stop next to the ground trap. A few minutes later, the boat stopped next to a group of buoys, dropped anchor and turned off the engine.
Li Changle took out the food from the rubber bucket and placed it on the deck. Brother Li and his two brothers jumped onto the boat, and the four of them sat cross-legged together.
Brother Li picked up a spoon and scooped a few spoonfuls of seaweed soup and drank it. A warm current flowed from his throat to his stomach. He sighed, "It's warm, it feels so good to drink!"
After two years on the ship, he was tired of cold rice and cold soup and just wanted something hot.
"Delicious!" Brother Li took a few mouthfuls of rice. The fragrant and hot food, coupled with the delicious blanched prawns, felt really good.
Li Changle ate half a bowl of rice and felt his empty stomach relieved. He picked up a prawn and peeled it slowly. "Brother, how many fish did you catch when the tigers surrounded us?"
"We cast seven nets in total, with a total of more than 1,000 kilograms. There were three red snappers weighing 20 to 30 kilograms, seven or eight weighing more than 10 kilograms, two soles weighing 30 to 40 kilograms, two Spanish mackerels weighing about 20 kilograms, and two tunas."
Brother Li became happier and happier as he spoke, with fine lines on the corners of his eyes becoming more and more obvious. "Awei is really strong, quick, and can pull the net up quickly. As soon as we pulled up the net, he was already casting the second net."
"It seems we pulled nine nets, and each net caught more than ten fish." Li Changle felt a little uncomfortable after seeing this. His brother was only thirty-two or thirty-three years old, but he looked like he was almost forty years old.
After being praised, Chen Yongwei smiled and scratched his head, "Yes, that's a lot. The eldest and second brothers are not slow either, they just pulled two fewer nets than us."
Brother Li was still a little excited when he recalled the scene of fishing. "The tiger brothers are so smart and powerful. I never dreamed that they could surround the school of fish and let us cast the net."
Big Brother Li nodded, "Ah Le said those educated people said that the Huzi brothers have an IQ of more than ten years old, and are older than Xiaoyang. They are also so big, there are six or seven of them in a group, how can they not be amazing?"
Chen Yongwei said excitedly: "Brother, you don't know, I felt like my heart was about to jump out of my chest, it was almost like a sweet dream."
"Little Awei!" Li Changle glanced at him and smiled, "Tell me, were you more excited when you kissed for the first time, or when you saw Brother Huzi driving fish for us to catch?"
Chen Yongwei's face turned red again, and he smiled and shook his head, "I can't describe it, it seems like a different kind of excitement."
Brother Li smiled and rolled his eyes at Li Changle, "Ah Wei, don't pay attention to this nonsense!"
Li Changle thought about it and looked at the three of them seriously, "Big Brother, Second Brother, Awei, don't tell outsiders when you go back. Today's fish was driven to us by Brother Huzi. It would be bad if others knew about it."
He was worried that if people found out, their boat would be followed by a large number of fishing boats for a long time, and they wouldn't be able to fish in peace, let alone catch any goods.
Brother Li nodded and said, "Ah Le is right. There are more and more people in the village who are jealous of our family. I think the look in Brother Zhong's eyes is similar to that of Boss Lai."
Chen Yongwei took over and said, "I can see that too. Ah Jun's eyes are almost on your big fish."
Brother Li nodded and said, "When Ah Zhong asked me, I thought of it. Don't tell the kids about it when you get home."
Li Changle and Li Erge nodded in agreement.
Chen Yongwei looked at the three of them and said, "Brother, don't worry, I won't tell Achan either."
He looked at Li Changle embarrassedly and said, "The last time I told Ah Chan that Brother Huzi came to us for help, my grandma scolded me when I got home, saying that my dog stomach couldn't hold two taels of sesame oil.
When something good happens, they start to brag about it outside. Men can't keep their words to themselves, and sooner or later bad things will happen."
Li Changle and his brothers felt their faces getting hot when they thought of the scene that day. "Grandma is right. You can't be blamed alone. We were quite proud of ourselves at that time."
(End of this chapter)