Chapter 301: Father Li in a trance

Chapter 301: Father Li in a trance

Chapter 301: Father Li in a trance
At this time, it was already dawn and the fishing boats had returned to the waters of Huzi Island.

"Let's pull up the net!" Brother Li shouted, and the net-pulling machine started to make "clicking" sounds again.

The net bag slowly rose onto the deck, and the catch of this net was obviously less than the first one.

After sorting them out, the most valuable ones are the 70 to 80 kilograms of red snapper. The big ones weigh 7 to 8 kilograms, and the small ones weigh 5 to 6 kilograms. They cost two to three yuan per kilogram, and can be sold for 100 to 200 yuan in total.

Mantis shrimps are very meaty. If you grab a few, you will rarely see any without roe.

For crabs with broken claws, you don’t even need to tie them up. Just grab them and throw them into a bamboo basket, then take them home and marinate them with crab sauce.

Everyone was very careful when catching cuttlefish and octopus, but Wang Xincheng and Chen Yongwei still ended up having ink sprayed all over their faces.

There were a lot of Spanish mackerel and bluefin bream today; most of the fish caught in the two nets were these two kinds of fish.

Mackerels weighing one to two kilograms are picked out and their heads are dried in the sun. Mackerels weighing more than two kilograms can be sold at seafood shops for three yuan per kilogram. Three large buckets of more than 600 kilograms can also be sold for more than 100 yuan.

A thousand kilograms of green croaker only sold for thirty yuan. Several people bled the fish until their hands cramped, and they had to ask a few more people to help kill the fish when they returned.

Li Changle wiped the sweat off his face, picked up Qing Zhan from the deck after bleeding, threw him into a plastic bucket, stretched his body and rubbed his aching waist, "My waist is almost broken just to finish cleaning this guy."

Brother Li and Chen Yongwei washed the deck with water. "Ah Le, go a little further out to sea tomorrow and stay a night at sea before going home."

"Okay! Let's go out this way. There are fewer fishing boats here."

"It's time to eat!" Father Li shouted to the few people holding a porcelain bowl, and Wang Xincheng followed behind with an iron pot.

After eating a big bowl of hot rice noodles for breakfast, Li Changle drove the ship back.

When passing by Chuiyuan Island, we saw fishing boats operating on several nearby islands.

Father Li said to Li Changle, "Ah Le, after the big ship is brought back, your small boat will be sold. We will fish in the open sea from now on. How about letting Ah Shui do the work here?"

"It's ok to give it to Ah Shui."

Li Changle thought about selling the boat to Ge Changfa again, "Dad, when Ah Fa wanted to buy my boat, you gave me a low price.

After repairing the boat and modifying it, it cost me two hundred less than my brother and the others. I plan to sell it to him at the original price. What do you think?"

"Afa's mother has a good relationship with your mother. When our family was in trouble, we asked her family to borrow money and rice, and she never asked for interest. Afa and you grew up together and are good friends."

Father Li paused for a moment and said, "I don't know where I've spent more than a hundred dollars. How many friends can I talk to in my life? Just give him the original price!"

"Okay! When he comes to me, I'll give him the original price."

When the big ship arrived at the dock, Li Changle and Brother Li picked up more than 20 kilograms of red snapper, some prawns and crab roe and brought them to Lao Zhang on the waterway.

After he gets there, he will have to communicate with the technicians to debug the mechanical equipment that needs debugging and officially take over the ship tomorrow.

As soon as the big ship docked, many people looked towards it. Li Changle and his companions carried the fish off the boat and immediately received a lot of envious looks.

"Look, Atang's family really bought a big ship!"

"Oh my god, after all this time, the Ale brothers bought a steel boat instead of a metal boat!"

"I saw this boat at Zhang's shipyard last time. Mr. Zhang said it cost more than 20,000 yuan!"

"In just two months, we earned a large steel ship. No wonder Lai Da said that the area where Ah Le chose was making a fortune!"

"Don't listen to the nonsense of Lai Da! I heard from Accountant Chen that when A Le brothers bought this boat, his mother-in-law lent them several thousand yuan, and the manager of the Phoenix Restaurant also lent them a lot of money, so they were able to buy the boat."

No one wanted to believe that Li Changle and his brothers could earn enough to buy a large steel ship in two months, and they all thought it was more reasonable to borrow money to buy it.

"Fuck, that mother-in-law is the real mother-in-law. She is willing to lend thousands of dollars to her son-in-law to buy a boat, but my mother-in-law only knows how to come to my house to get fish."

"If you have Ah Le's looks, you can also find a rich mother-in-law."

"Don't even think about it in this life. I hope I can open my eyes a little more before I reincarnate in the next life."

"Atang, why are you still working on the boat? You should be an old man at home and enjoy your retirement!" said an old boatman familiar with Li's father enviously.

Father Li was all smiles. "Haha, the kids asked me to stay home, and I couldn't sit still. I haven't been out fishing for a long time, so I missed it."

"You are such a coward. Why don't you just enjoy your life at home? Why do you insist on working yourself to death on a big ship?"

"The big ship is not tiring at all. I can sleep in the cabin, wake up, start the engine and start hauling the net. A large bag of seafood weighing more than a thousand pounds can be hoisted onto the deck by the engine in a short time. I don't even have to bother with it."

There were many families in the village who hoped that their descendants would buy a big boat as soon as possible. As a result, he was the first to board the big boat. No matter how hard it was, it was a happy experience.

"You are so lucky among us old guys. You got on a big steel ship before you moved into a new building."

Someone pointed at the closed door of Wang Ji Seafood Store and said, "No wonder the opera says, it is better to bully an old man with white beard than to bully a young man who is poor. When Ah Le quarreled with Wang Mazi, Wang Mazi even called him a poor devil for life!" "I still remember Ah Le replied to him, how can you be sure that you can be rich forever?"

"What kind of family is the Wang family? It's only a matter of time before they fall."

"That's right. The Atang family's children are diligent and hardworking. It's only a matter of time before they become rich."

Listening to the compliments from everyone, Father Li felt so proud and pleased in his heart that he felt dizzy and intoxicated, which was more comfortable than drinking a can of old wine.

Li Changle looked like his father who was ten years younger. Recalling the time when his eldest son was admitted to the medical university, he had that expression, dizzy and as if he was walking on clouds.

There are many boatmen selling seafood at the Dachao Wharf. There are long queues in front of Chen Ji and Li Ji. After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the prices of blue crabs, orchid crabs, swimming crabs and various crabs have fallen back to the levels before the festival.

Li Changle and his companions placed baskets and buckets at the door of Chen's house, pulled out the cart that was stored at Adong's house, and loaded the seafood that was to be sent home for drying onto the cart.

Father Li and Acheng pulled the dried fish back to Nanshan. After dinner, they went to the town with Accountant Chen to get the red book for the land.

"Brother, you should stay here and sell the goods. Wei and I will go to Tuxia Bridge to deliver the goods."

"Okay, I'll help you carry the catch to the boat."

After loading the catch onto the boat, Li Changle started the fishing boat and headed towards Tuxia Bridge Pier.

Chen Yongwei leaned against the driver's seat and asked, "Brother, how much can we earn on this trip, apart from the fuel consumption?"

"We set out at 3:30 in the morning and docked at 10:30, a round trip of exactly seven hours, with an hourly fuel consumption of about 30 liters."

"Including the fuel consumption of trawling, the total fuel consumption is about 300 liters. Diesel is 70 cents a liter now, so the fuel consumption is 210 yuan.

After deducting the diesel fee, my father and Cheng's wages, our wages, and the interest of more than 20,000 yuan on the boat, the rest is what we earned today."

"Brother, after listening to your calculation, I feel that we still don't earn as much as when we were driving a small boat."

"During this period, the boats have been pulling two nets every day. With the catch from longlines, jars, and traps, of course, the profit is much greater than the two nets pulled today."

"Oh, right. We haven't cast longlines yet!" Chen Yongwei patted his head. "Brother, you go ashore and sell the catch and take the minibus back. Ah Cheng and I will go to Chuyuan Island to collect traps and jars."

Li Changle thought that he still had to ask about Uncle Kun's shop, so he agreed to let him go first. He called a cart to deliver the goods to the restaurant.

There were three baskets of blue crabs, swimming crabs and orchid crabs, which sold for a total of 123 yuan. Two swordfish weighed a total of 321 pounds, and they were sold for 321 yuan at one pound.

46 pounds of red snapper sold for 138 yuan, two giant mackerels, a red-spotted grouper, and half a bucket of eels and tide-fish sold for a total of 67 yuan, for a total of 649 yuan.

After A Yu finished calculating the bill, A Kun came out of the kitchen with the money. After paying Li Chang Le, he said, "I've asked someone to find out about the store for you. There may be news in the next two days."

"Thank you, Uncle Kun." Li Changle thanked him gratefully.

"I heard from the boss that Caishi Street will be moved to another place. From now on, the meat, vegetables and seafood sold on Caishi Street must be moved to the market. You should make plans early."

Li Changle also knew about this. The newly built vegetable market was called the Comprehensive Market. It was completed two years later, and the left gate of the market was on the street where Chen Ji Seafood Store was.

Two years later, the comprehensive market will be completed and there will be many storefronts along the street. He kept this in mind and planned to buy two shops as soon as the news came out so that he would not have to rent shops from others.

"Uncle Kun, if we move all the meat and vegetables to the market, I think if we have money, we can buy a shop on the street. Look at how prosperous the shops outside the vegetable market street in Panzhen are."

Ah Kun nodded, "The boss has this plan too. Now we just have to wait for the town to decide on a location."

"Then I have to work harder to earn money. When the time comes, please talk to Boss Gu for me and ask him to book two rooms for me."

"Okay, I'll talk to the boss for you then."

A Kun readily agreed and asked him to go back and send over 200 kilograms of jellyfish, 40 kilograms of mackerel heads, and 50 kilograms of mantis shrimp meat.

Li Changle agreed to go out, gave the fare to the uncle pulling the cart, carried the plastic bucket and bamboo basket to the side of the road, and hailed a minibus to go home.

When we got off the car at the main road at the entrance of the village, we saw Zhou Ruonan and Mrs. Li walking in front of us, pulling cotton quilts and other things needed for the boat.

"Anan, sister-in-law!" he shouted loudly. Sister-in-law Zhou Ruonan heard the shout and turned around to help get the bamboo basket.

Li Changle put the plastic bucket on the cart, took the bamboo basket and stacked it on top. He saw several bags of rice on the cart and asked, "Are you doing a big purchase today?"

"These quilts, sheets, and mats are for your use on the boat."

"We bought 300 to 400 kilograms of rice, dozens of kilograms of rice noodles, rice cakes, and more than ten kilograms of soy sauce and red vinegar. My mother also bought more than ten kilograms of lard and pork belly this morning. We will put them on the boat and eat them slowly tomorrow morning."

"We will stay on the boat for one night at most and prepare enough food for five or six days just in case."

Large ships usually have to prepare five or six days of fresh water and food when going out to sea. In case of an emergency and no time to return to port, they can only dock at the nearest island or pier to take shelter from the wind.

(End of this chapter)