Chapter 315 Take turns to search

Chapter 315 Take turns to search

Chapter 315 Take turns to search

"Those are all legends!" Li Changle said, "We only have a short time underwater, so it's possible that there are places I haven't found."

"Let's go down and look for it again."

"Okay!" Li Changle carefully told the two people the direction from which he found the sunken ship this time, "If you find anything else, that would be great. If not, with these stones, it won't be a waste of time."

"Didn't we find some stones?" Brother Li pointed at the one he had just found and asked, "Ah Le, are these stones jade?"

When Li Changle saw the lavender stone, his cheeks twitched with excitement. "It's jade!"

My goodness, this thing is incredible. If you sell it in 20 or 30 years, it might be more valuable than gold!

"I heard that jade is very valuable. Let's take it to Boss Li to see how much it is worth?"

"Go ask next time!" Li Changle thought about it and reminded, "Brother, it looks like that ship has been sunk for many years, and the hull is already rotten. Be careful when you go up."

"Don't worry, I'll be careful." Brother Li thought of the trip he had just made and smiled, "Whether I can find it after I go down is still a question."

"You just didn't find the right place when you went down. If you follow what I just told you, you will definitely find it."

"Okay!" Brother Li swam towards the reef.

"Brother," Chen Yongwei took out a pair of trousers from the bamboo basket, "Uncle Tang took it down for you, you can change into it."

Li Changle took it and put it back in the bamboo basket. "Change it later. Let's see what color the other stones are first."

"Brother, this thing has a really beautiful color. Can I make a bracelet for grandma?"

"Okay!" Li Changle picked up the emerald green one, "Next time I'll take this to Boss Li and ask him to make one for my mother and your sister-in-law."

Looking at the transparent emerald green jade, I thought that the remaining scraps could be used to make earrings or necklaces for them.

The two men wiped off the silt on the remaining stones, one of which was colorless and transparent, three were emerald green, and two were lavender.

The largest piece was indeed red, and the whole stone looked like a rooster's comb. It looked extremely luxurious. In a few decades, a set of such jewelry might not be affordable for them.

There wasn't much gold, silver or jewelry on the ship. The ship owner might be dealing in jade, otherwise he wouldn't have such a bargain for them.

Li Changle suppressed his excitement and put the stones into bamboo baskets and buckets with Chen Yongwei.

"Brother, how can there be such a beautiful stone? There are so many stones in Yantou Mountain, how come we have never seen such a beautiful one?"

"Boss Li said that this kind of stone was shipped from a small country in the southwest. We probably don't have it here."

Chen Yongwei thought about it and said, "Brother, Uncle Tang asked me to tell you not to tell Ah Cheng about finding the sunken ship."

"Okay, put the stones in a bamboo basket later and cut some kelp and wakame to cover them so they can't be seen."

"No need to go cut them." Chen Yongwei pointed to the beach, "You see, my uncle and I have already cut a lot of kelp and wakame, and we also caught more than a dozen seahorses and several big blue crabs."

"Not bad!" Li Changle looked at the place he pointed, and saw that the beach and the reef were full of kelp and wakame drying in the sun. "There are so many, there must be about 100 to 200 kilograms, right?"

"Some of those kelp and wakame are longer than me, and the leaves are thick. If you dry them and stew them with meat, the shredded kelp will definitely taste good."

"There are still a lot here. I'll cut some back next time." Li Changle took his trousers and went behind the reef to change them. He touched the trousers hanging on the reef and found they were completely dry. He picked them up and put them on.

When they returned to the reef, Chen Yongwei had already put the stones into the bamboo basket. Out of boredom, he cut some kelp to cover the rocks.

Li Changle looked at the breathing tube and said, "Second brother has been down there for a while, why hasn't he gotten up yet?"

"It's only been a dozen minutes. My second brother needs 20 to 30 minutes to come up. Every time he goes down, he stays longer than us."

"My second brother's diving skills are indeed better than ours. In the old days, he might have been dragged by the boat gang to practice underwater skills."

"My dad is also a great diver!" Chen Yongwei said with a sigh, "I don't know where he is. Grandma said she is not worried about me now, she just hopes to find my dad and return to his roots!"

"We'll find it when the time comes!" Li Changle patted him on the shoulder. "Once we come up from the dive, we'll go on board and collect the longline trawl nets. We'll pry the big abalone when we go back tomorrow."

Chen Yongwei nodded and said, "Uncle Atang also asked us to bring less abalone ashore, because he was worried that the live tank could not hold so many fish."

At this time, the fishing rope began to shake. Li Changle hurriedly grabbed the fishing rope and pulled it upwards. Chen Yongwei also bent over to help pull it.

There was only a grouper and two lobsters in the net bag, but no gold, silver or jewelry.

Soon after, Brother Li also surfaced. The two men waited for him to come over, took the equipment handed to them, and pulled him to the shore.

"I found it. I went up and saw the porcelain fragments you mentioned. I didn't find anything else, not even a single skeleton. The people on the sunken ship should have climbed to the island and been rescued."

"It's good to be rescued." Li Changle handed the equipment to Chen Yongwei, "Be careful when you go down!"

"Yeah!" Chen Yongwei quickly got dressed, went into the water and swam towards the bottom of the sea.

Li Erge put on dry pants, and the two brothers looked at the stones for a while. Li Changle told him about making bracelets. "These stones are good things at first glance. Anyway, they were fished out of the seabed. Each of them can make two pieces of jewelry to wear." Li Erge said with a smile, "Maybe they won't want to wear them because they are worried that they will be damaged."

"It's enough as long as we have the intention." Li Changle carried the bucket towards the beach. The tide had risen now, and they had to collect the kelp and wakame.

After collecting half of the pieces, Chen Yongwei also surfaced and told the two that he had also visited the shipwreck, and like them, he did not see anything except the pile of broken porcelain pieces.

Father Li used ropes to pull down several baskets, then he loaded all the kelp and wakame into the boat.

When Brother Li and Father Li saw the stones in the bamboo basket and bucket, they looked at each other in surprise and said, "Dad, is this jade?"

"It should be!" Father Li whispered, "How can there be such a beautiful stone in the world?"

"Yes!" Brother Li put the stones into the bamboo basket, "I'll carry it to the diesel tank and put it away."

Father Li nodded in agreement, put the fish in the live hold, and then went to pick up the kelp and wakame.

I was still thinking in my heart that ever since the third brother was bitten by the five-step snake, his luck has been surprisingly good. Not only does he get good stuff every time he goes out to sea, but he has also become more and more stable.

Thinking of this, he once again felt that the leg injury was worth it!
Li Changle and the other two swam to the fishing boat. After getting on board, they looked at the pants that were dripping with water and said, "I should have stopped wearing them earlier. It's totally unnecessary."

Father Li saw this and said hurriedly: "Go change it quickly and drink a few sips of old wine to get rid of the cold!"

Li Changle saluted with a smile and said, "Yes, Master Li!"

Father Li smiled and patted him, "Why do you talk so much nonsense every day?"

Brother Li smiled and nodded, "He is the only one in the family who talks a lot."

"You all kept silent. If I don't speak, people will think that everyone on the ship is dumb!" Li Changle walked towards the cabin with a smile.

Ah Cheng came out of the cabin with sleepy eyes, "Uncle Ah Le, why did you take so long?"

"There are quite a few abalone on the reef. After prying them open, we went into the water to pick up sea urchins. That's why we've been delayed until now." Li Changle said with a smile, "Have you ever eaten abalone and sea urchins?"

Wang Xincheng smiled shyly, "I've eaten the general's hat, but I've never eaten abalone or sea urchin!"

"Ask Grandpa to steam some dinner for you to try."

Wang Xincheng shook his head repeatedly, "No, sea urchins are good stuff, keep them and sell them for money!"

"Good boy!" Li Changle and the other two changed their clothes and came out. Big Brother Li had already started the fishing boat and headed towards the waters where the longline was set. They had to collect the longline before dark.

After arriving there, the three began to collect longline fishing. Father Li and Wang Xincheng sat in front of the bamboo basket, stringing kelp and wakame with fishing line and hanging them outside the cabin to dry.

Chen Yongwei pulled the first group. The hook rate of the first group of lines was less than 50%, but the fish catch was still good, with red porgy, black porgy and grouper accounting for the majority.

The three of them were busy for more than two hours before they retrieved all ten sets of longline fishing. In total, they still had a 60% hook rate, with a total of more than one hundred red snappers and groupers.

Mackerels and sea bass accounted for the majority, and there were four or five mackerels weighing more than 20 kilograms.

After dinner, Brother Li asked them to rest for a while while he drove the fishing boat around the island and dragged a net.

At around 7:30, Brother Li asked Wang Xincheng to prepare the bamboo baskets and buckets, and then went to the cabin to notify Li Changle and others to get up and cast the net.

After the four of them got up, they saw that the preparations had been made and waited for the trawl net to be hoisted onto the deck by the crane. Li Changle looked at the net bag that was bulging like a hot air balloon and estimated that the catch of fish in this net was at least two thousand kilograms.

Father Li walked forward happily, checked and untied the knot. Countless fish poured out of the net bag, and the fresh fish piled up into a small mountain on the deck.

The fish caught in this net are mostly hairtail and swordfish, as well as a lot of whitebait.

There were many more crabs than in the previous few nets. The deck was full of swimming crabs, blue crabs, and orchid crabs with their claws raised.

Li Changle frowned as he watched, "Why are there so many crabs?"

"It's crab season now, so of course there are a lot of crabs!" Father Li handed him the twine, "Hurry up, or the big crabs will break and the price will be halved!"

Li Changle quickly stepped on a blue crab that was holding up its huge claws, tied it up and put it into a bamboo basket.

Wang Xincheng picked up a big, beautiful fish and said, "Uncle, this fish is so beautiful! What's its name?"

"This fish is called white-lined red perch. Some unscrupulous fishmongers use it to deceive those who don't know the value of the fish, and sell it to people as grouper."

"Oh! Another fake fish!"

"Hurry up and work, then go to sleep!" Father Li waved his hand cheerfully, "Get up early in the morning to drag the net and then return to the ship."

The scientific name of the white-lined red bass is: Tailed nine-spined bass. The front half of the fish body is bright red, and the back half is dark brown. The best way to identify it is that its tail fin has two white oblique bands.

(End of this chapter)