Chapter 278 Eat it and become immortal

Chapter 278 Eat it and become immortal

Chapter 278 Eat it and become immortal

Li Changle sorted the fish with higher economic value, such as cuttlefish, octopus, hairtail, and sole skin, into bamboo baskets.

Unexpectedly, I found seven or eight yellow croakers in the pile of fish. The big one weighed about two kilograms, and the small one weighed six or seven taels. When I stood up to put the fish into a rubber bucket, more than a dozen fishing boats that heard the news joined the fishing at an incredible speed.

Brother Li saw that the school of fish was running farther and farther away. They had been chasing the fish for more than three hours and the oil in the diesel engine was almost exhausted. He gestured to Li Changle, asking him to call Chen Yongwei to raise the net.

Li Changle made a gesture of receiving, and before he reached the driving seat, he saw that Chen Yongwei had already started the net-lifting machine. When the two of them dragged the last net of fish onto the deck, they were almost exhausted.

There were more miscellaneous fish in this net, but the two were very happy because at least they didn't all look like green fish at first glance.

"Brother, you pick out the big ones, and I'll go cast the net."

"Go ahead!" Li Changle picked up a large hairtail fish that was four fingers wide and more than one meter long. "Wow, another big catch."

There's also a cutlass fish that got bitten in half by something. This blue crab is good, so we quickly catch it and tie it up. If this guy breaks its claws somewhere, it will be worthless.

This red grouper fish was quite good, weighing about 6 or 7 kilograms. Li Changle hurriedly pulled the fish out from the pile of fish, only to find that it had been crushed to death.

I cut a knife under its gill with heartache, then thought about it and cut the tail of the fish again. I threw it aside and prepared to take it back for a snack.

"Brother, give me a hand!"

Li Changle wiped the sweat off his face with the back of his hand, and stepped forward to help pull the fishing net onto the deck. He felt that there were not many fish in it, "The net didn't burst? The strongman has no strength left?"

“When I pulled the first net, I felt something was wrong. It might be because I hurt my hand when I was fishing in the morning.”

"It looks like the injury is quite serious. Go back and get some activating oil to rub it on."

Li Changle opened the net and found bluefin bream, sea bass, hairtail and, most importantly, a few yellowfin bream. He quickly caught the fish and deflated them.

Chen Yongwei shook the net straight and put it away, and suddenly remembered something, "Brother, the traps haven't been collected yet, do we still need to go back to collect them?"

"No, I'll go collect it tomorrow morning." Li Changle shook his hands. He was so tired that he could fall asleep while standing.

"So are we still going out to sea to lure fish tonight?"

"No, but I still have to get up in the middle of the night. It's a hassle to trawl at high tide."

"It's fun to lure fish, but the catch is too small. If it weren't for the squid, there would be no gain after fishing all night."

"That's right. What I encountered today were all worthless goods." Li Changle thought of the things at home. "I'll open the boxes and find the treasures at home tonight."

"Yes, let's try and see if the TV works. If it does, we don't have to buy one when we get married next year."

When Chen Yongwei thought about what he had caught in the morning, he felt so happy that he couldn't stop grinning.

"Yuanbao!" Li Changle looked at him with amusement, "Are you happy to say goodbye to being a bachelor next year, or are you happy to have a TV to get married?"

"Both." Chen Yongwei laughed foolishly, "Brother, I heard from Jin Chan yesterday that a lot of fish can be caught in one night during the winter flood every year. It would be great if we could bring the big boat back earlier."

Speaking of big ships, Li Changle suddenly remembered something, "The last time we went to buy a ship, Lao Zhang showed us the contract, do you still remember it?"

"I remember, it was ordered by a man named Zhao Yincai from Shaji Village." Chen Yongwei looked up suddenly, "Brother, the loud speaker in the village said that the smuggler who escaped seemed to be named Zhao Yincai, and he was also from Shaji Village."

"Yes, it's him." Li Changle remembered immediately that the brothers of the Zhao family were Jincai, Yincai, Baocai and there seemed to be another one named Jincai.

He remembered that after those who smuggled the goods were caught, the money they had earned before would be considered stolen money and had to be handed in or recovered. In this case, there was a high probability that the ship ordered by Zhao Yincai would not be delivered on time.

Old Zhang said that the handover would take place on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, and tomorrow is the 15th. Old Zhang should also know that something had happened to Zhao Yincai. If the Zhao family has no money to take the boat, it is possible that his family could take the boat in advance.

"Brother, now that the Zhao family is in trouble, do you think he will take back the boat he booked?"

"Not sure, let's go back to the waterway to check the situation." Li Changle felt that it was highly likely that the family would not accept the ship. But even if the Zhao family did not have the money to take the ship, there was still a Zhou family in Shaji Village, and his family was the rich one.

"It would be great if we could catch the boat earlier, so we can catch the winter flood."

"Let's go get some information first, and also discuss it with my eldest and second brothers." Li Changle put the big fish into a rubber bucket, picked up the oil barrel to fill up the diesel engine, and prepared to return.

After chasing the fish for more than three hours, they have caught more than 2,000 kilograms of fish, 90% of which are bluefin bream.

The big fish weighed more than 200 kilograms, the swordfish weighed more than 100 kilograms, the yellow croaker weighed 70 to 80 kilograms, and there were also quite a few cuttlefish, eels, shrimps and crabs.

After they had packed up, Brother Li's machine started to work, and the two boats headed towards Yantou Mountain together.

It was already dark when the boat arrived at the dock.

Mother Li and sister-in-law Li, who were waiting at the dock to receive the boat, finally felt relieved when they saw their own fishing boat coming back.

The weather was good and there was no wind, but no one could tell what happened at sea. Only when I saw with my own eyes the people who went out to sea come back would I feel at ease.

"Why so late?" Li's mother had just said that when she saw the fish on the deck, a smile spread across her face. "Did you encounter a school of fish?"

"A school of green fish."

"How many?" Li's mother was also very happy after hearing this. Regardless of whether they were valuable or not, being able to encounter a school of fish proved that they were lucky. "Three or four thousand kilograms, sell half and keep the other half to dry at home."

"Okay, I'll go call Adong to get the bamboo basket." Mrs. Li turned and ran towards Chen's.

Li Changle set up the gangplank, and Li's mother boarded the boat swiftly. She squatted down and began to sort the fish. "Mother, these are the ones that have been bled. Just put this bunch in the bamboo basket."

"Okay!" Li's mother agreed, "Do you still need to deliver the goods to town?"

"want!"

When Li's mother heard this, she was delighted. Going to the town proved that there were other good things besides Qingzhan. "The tricycle is on the shore. Take the goods back and eat before going."

"No need, we can just sail over there and hire a cart to deliver the goods at the dock." Li Changle was tired and hungry at the moment, and really didn't want to ride a tricycle to get to Tuxia Bridge.

"Then I'll go back and get you some food. You can eat first and then leave."

"Go to the store and buy a few mooncakes. We can use them as a snack."

"Oh oh!" Li's mother hurriedly washed her hands in the bucket, then turned and walked towards the shore.

Li Changle and Chen Yongwei fished out the good stuff from the live hold into a rubber bucket, including tide-caught fish, big flower dragonfish, giant mackerel, and big blue spot. Unfortunately, the large sea bass had already been eaten, so they could only sell it at a 50% discount.

Li's mother came over with a package of mooncakes and gave two to each of them. "Eat two first to fill your stomach, and then you can eat something delicious when you get home."

"Hmm!" Li Changle took the mooncake and took a big bite, "Oh, it's five-nut mooncake, the sun..."

"What's wrong?" Li's mother rolled her eyes at him, "You think I'm just going to buy you two mooncakes?"

"No!" Li Changle apologized with a smile, "I wanted to say that the five-kernel dish was delicious, but I just love my son."

"You're such a smooth talker!" Li's mother glared at him in reproach and squatted down to get busy.

Big Brother Li and Second Brother Li put the good stuff from the live hold into rubber buckets, including yellowfin croaker, turbot, grouper... and there were also two swordfish weighing more than 30 kilograms in the bamboo basket.

When the villagers who were waiting to receive the boat at the dock saw Chen Ji pulling a cart of bamboo baskets over, they realized that they had encountered a school of fish and gathered around.

"Which family encountered a school of fish again?"

"The Li brothers."

"Why is it his family again? Isn't this too lucky?"

"Of course not. Ever since his family's Ah Le started to walk the right path, Ah Tang's family has become more prosperous day by day."

"He's so lucky. He might have a share of White Sand Island this morning."

"Some say yes, some say no. Everyone is busy trying to get something out. Who cares about these trivial matters?"

A group of people followed behind, and when they arrived in front of Li's boat, Chen Dong's eyes turned green when he saw the good stuff in the barrels, "Brother, give me two large pieces of cargo! Don't worry about the price, it's not lower than the price in the restaurant."

"I'll give you one of the mackerel and the big sea bass, too."

"Brother, can you give me the big lobster? I have a big client who specifically asked for a big lobster." Chen Dong looked at him flatteringly, "Please help me, I just got this big client, if I don't give him good stuff during the Mid-Autumn Festival, he might run away."

Li Changle glanced at him and said, "How much did you pay the restaurant for those two big flower dragons last time? You know it yourself. This shrimp is much bigger than those two. You name a price and I'll give it to you if I'm satisfied."

"Don't worry, I guarantee you'll be satisfied!" Chen Dong thought for a moment, "Brother, I'll give you 21 kilograms of big flower dragon, isn't that enough?"

The onlookers gasped, "Damn it, a prawn worth over a hundred dollars, can you become an immortal if you eat it?"

"You don't understand this, do you? Those wealthy bosses like this. The rarer it is, the more expensive it is."

"That's right. Last time, someone came to me to buy a big turtle. He thought that if he ate it, he would be like a turtle and live for a thousand or eight hundred years!"

"Those old emperors in the old days ate well enough, right? They are going to die if they deserve to die!"

Chen Dong saw that the topic had been diverted by these people, so he hurriedly pulled Li Changle aside and raised the stakes, "Brother, the big mackerel is one yuan per pound, the sea bass is one pound for star anise, and the green perch is one third of a pound. Are you satisfied?"

Li Changle nodded readily, "Okay, take it over and weigh it. There are more than 100 kilograms of Spanish mackerel left. Leave it at your house to freeze for a day. I'll come back to get it tomorrow when I return from the sea."

He planned to send the more than 100 kilograms of mackerel to the border police station to express his condolences to Captain Zhou and his men.

"Okay!" Chen Dong happily asked Ah San to lift the rubber bucket onto the cart, and took Li Changle back to weigh the fish. As soon as they arrived at the shop, he directed the family to go to the boat and help Li's mother and daughter-in-law sort the catch.

Old Chen put the catch on the scale neatly. "Big flower dragonfish 5 catties and 7 ounces, 114 yuan, big mackerel 18 catties, 18 yuan, sea bass 54 catties and 5 ounces, 43 yuan, a total of 6 yuan."

Chen Dong directly took out 176 and gave it to Li Changle, "Brother, do you have any more sea cucumbers and abalone?"

"How can I explain the catch clearly?" Li Changle took the money, counted it, and put it away. He walked a few steps with the rubber bucket, thought about it, and turned back to ask, "How did the Wang family solve the problem of compensation in the end?"

　Thanks to my friend Li Zi Xiao Xiao Cheng for the reward and support! Thank you!
　　
　
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