Chapter 319 I'm busy making money
Chapter 319 I'm busy making money
Brother Li rubbed his sore wrist and said, "Dad, we can't catch so many fish."
Brother Li thought for a moment and said, "How about we just bleed the fish that come in from the net and shovel all the fish, regardless of size, out of the cargo hold, and then hire someone to sort them out when we get to the dock?"
Father Li looked at the tired people and nodded, saying, "There are already enough fish drying in the cargo hold. From now on, only the large Spanish mackerels weighing more than 6-7 catties will be picked out for bleeding. The others will be shoveled directly into the cargo hold with the sardines."
This made things much easier. Several people shoveled the fish on the deck to the side, started the winch and began to pull up the net. As expected, the net burst again.
When the Xusheng raised the fifth net, there was a black mass of seabirds above the school of fish, and some bold seabirds directly robbed the fish on the boat.
A few frigatebirds swooped down, picked up a mackerel and flew away.
Chen Yongwei exclaimed, "Fuck! These robbers have robbed the boat."
"There are so many fish, what's wrong with giving them a few to eat?"
"Hey, it stole my fish, I want to eat its meat!" Chen Yongwei picked up a pile of bamboo baskets and shouted to Wang Xincheng, "Acheng, catch the robber bird and eat its meat."
"Okay!" Wang Xincheng also picked up a pile of bamboo baskets and threw them at the frigatebird like a dart.
The two threw several fishes in succession, and finally one was crushed by the bamboo basket. It flapped its wings and screamed strangely, trying to break free from the basket.
"You still want to run!" Brother Li was quick-witted and stepped on the bamboo basket. He looked at the big bird under the basket and laughed happily, "Haha, it's such a big one. I can try it after I'm done."
The frigatebird, a seabird, relies on its large size and likes to rob other seabirds of their food. Because of its predatory habits, it is also called the "robber bird."
Father Li happily caught the frigate bird and tied its wings with a hemp rope. "I'll stew kelp for you later."
When Brother Li heard about food, his stomach started growling. "Dad, I'm so hungry. Can you please fry some rice cakes for me?"
I just ate some square cakes and drank two bowls of sweet potato porridge in the morning. I have been spinning like a top and am already starving.
"Okay, I'll go right away!" Father Li put down the crowbar and went to the kitchen to fry rice cakes for them.
Li Erge and his companions lowered the trawl into the sea and blew the whistle. Li Changle steered the fishing boat and chased the school of fish.
More and more fishing boats came upon hearing the news, and all of them were large ships of more than ten or twenty meters in length. If one was not careful during operation, a collision accident would occur. From time to time, the captain's loud shouting and cursing could be heard on the ocean.
Li Changle discovered that these rough men were just as good as the gossipy old women in the village when it came to scolding people. They had a variety of ways to do so. If one could record it with a cell phone and post it, it would definitely go viral!
"Pull, pull, pull, you bastard! You're so blind that even your eye sockets have been taken away by a dog!"
"Your aunt... your boat is so big..."
The boat owner on the north shore was delighted to see that it took only a dozen breaths for the bosses of the two south shore fishing boats to go from swearing to starting a fishing fight.
Li Changle saw that the two of them were playing with each other, throwing a fish at each other and returning one, and they were quite into the game. He thought that they were probably reminiscing about the feeling of having mud fights in their childhood, except that they were a little wasteful of fish.
It’s not their fault that they are angry. It seems that the two boats have been drifting on the sea for a few days. In addition, the weather is hot and humid, so throwing a few fish to play with is a good way to vent their anger.
Chen Amao excitedly shouted to Li Changle: "Boss Ah Le, look, someone is performing the flying fish show."
"It's too far to fly to my ship." Li Changle laughed, "Boss Chen, you can't pretend to be so funny. Your gloating is almost overflowing."
"Hahaha, it's a rare sight." Chen Amao said, "There's another boat coming over there. Hurry up and drag another net and get ready to throw the net by hand."
After seeing this, Li Changle said, "Go a little further and cast your net among the fish."
Chen Amao waved his hand, "Okay, I'll wait for you in front!"
When Father Li brought the rice cakes to the cab, the boats had also arrived. When they saw the dark schools of fish, their eyes lit up and they immediately joined the fishing with great energy.
All the fishing boats were chasing the school of fish. Everyone was crowded together, and the net area was getting narrower and narrower. Many fishing boats took out their hand-cast nets and started fishing.
Li Changle took the porcelain bowl and said, "Dad, tell my brothers to get ready to cast the net after dinner!"
"Oh, I'll go out and tell them to get ready." Father Li hurriedly handed them a porcelain bowl filled with rice cakes. "Come and eat. Only after eating will you have the strength to pull the nets."
"I'm already starving!"
"If you don't send me food, I'm going to eat sashimi!"
Chen Yongwei and his friends took the bowls and started to wolf them down, with a big mouthful of rice cake still in their mouths. Then they threw the bowls into the bamboo basket and took their positions to prepare to set up the net.
Brother Li started the winch, and the net-lifting machine struggled to pull the bulging net bag onto the deck. When Chen Yongwei untied the net bag, a shark more than one meter long rushed out and almost knocked him to the ground.
"Fuck, a blackfin shark! Big brother, Acheng, hurry up, use the sticks!"
"Here it comes!" Brother Li and Wang Xincheng, who had been waiting there, raised their wooden sticks and hit the head of the big fish that was jumping around non-stop.
Father Li looked at the blackfin shark with disdain, "Only the fins are worth money. It's better to catch dozens of kilograms of sardines!"
Brother Li smiled and said, "This one is not big, and the meat is not too tough. It tastes pretty good after you peel it and chop it into fish balls."
Father Li curled his lips and said, "It tastes fishy and is not tasty. If you want to eat fish balls, go home and get a few big mackerels to chop into fish balls."
"Yes, fish balls made from mackerel are delicious." Li Erge laughed, "Dad has become generous too!" Father Li said cheerfully, "If I'm not generous with so many fish, then I'd be a miser!"
The scientific name of the blacktip shark is Carcharhinus nigromaculata, and it is named because the tips of its fins are dark brown.
The fish has a spindle-shaped body and a thick trunk. It is a ferocious small shark and a close relative of the infamous great white shark. Both belong to the true shark family.
Then a one-meter-long bluefin tuna, several small tunas weighing about thirty or forty kilograms, and countless swordfish, sardines, sea bass, and hairtail all emerged from the net bag.
The deck that had just been cleared was piled with fish again.
Chen Yongwei grabbed a sea bass and said happily: "Not bad, I finally saw another species in this net."
Wang Xincheng grabbed a large hairtail fish and said, "Hairtail fish is the best. I also have two pieces of radish. I will stew the hairtail fish with shredded radish tonight."
Chen Yongwei shook his head. "Even if you cook yellow croaker for me now, it won't interest me. I just want to eat greasy braised pork and soft and sticky pig's trotters."
Wang Xincheng nodded repeatedly, "I think so too! At night, I can just eat lard mixed with white rice, add some soy sauce and mix well. It will be so fragrant."
"Stop talking about food, you two. You're making me hungry!" Brother Li said as he swallowed his saliva.
"Next time we go out to sea, I'll ask your mother to make a pot of braised pork and buy two big pig's trotters for the boat." Father Li, who was sorting the trawl on the side, said with a smile.
"Dad, there's a piece of pork belly in the cabin. Let's braise it tonight." Brother Li climbed up from the cargo hold carrying a piece of frozen pork belly.
"I don't know how to braise pork, I can only stew it with soy sauce."
"It's okay, as long as it's meat."
"Okay!" Father Li took the meat and went to the kitchen. After a while, he came out with a hand-cast net. "An, Wei, Cheng, go prepare the fishing nets and catch fish. Leave this to me and Ping."
"Okay, Uncle Tang!" Chen Yongwei and Wang Xincheng took over the fishing net, and Father Li picked up a tuna to bleed it.
In the cab, Li Changle drove the boat to the waters occupied by Chen Amao. He shouted a few times into the loudspeaker, asking Brother Li to drive the boat, and he came out to help cast the net to catch fish.
After Big Brother Li left, Wang Xincheng took his place. Li Changle came out and saw the two of them busy dividing the catch, while Second Brother Li and Chen Yongwei were busy casting the net.
The two men pulled the fishing net onto the deck until the veins on their necks bulged and their faces turned red.
He looked at the large scoop net placed on the side of the boat, picked it up and started working. Although the scoop net could not catch as many fish as a fishing net, the speed was fast enough. He scooped up a net and dumped it on the deck, then put another net into the water.
Chen Amao pulled up a net, and seeing that Li Changle had already knocked over several nets, he simply picked up the scoop net and started working as well.
At this time, the Zhou brothers also drove their fishing boats near them.
Boss Zhou said to the two men with a big smile on his face: "Boss Chen is really lucky. The new boat he just received encountered a big school of fish."
"Hahaha!" Chen Amao laughed heartily, "You brothers are better than me! After this trip, we won't be able to finish eating all the food even if we don't go out to sea for the whole next year."
"No, our boat is small, it can't compare to yours!" Boss Zhou said and looked at Li Changle again, "Speaking of which, Boss Ale is still the luckiest. Whenever something good happens, he runs the fastest. How enviable!"
Li Changle raised the landing net, glanced at Zhou Achang who was driving a fishing boat towards them, and said with a smug look on his face: "I also think I'm lucky!"
"Hahaha!" Chen Amao was so happy, "I just like listening to Boss Ale talk, he's straightforward!"
“……” The corners of Boss Zhou’s lips twitched a few times. It was the first time he met such a shameless person. For a moment he didn’t know how to respond.
Zhou Achang, who came from behind, was so angry when he saw Li Changle's smug look, "Damn it, this is the first time I've seen such a shameless pig-headed guy!"
"Achang, the boss is telling you to slow down your fishing!"
"You drive the boat, and I'll cast the net."
"Oh!" The boatman hurried forward and took over the rudder.
Zhou Achang went to the deck, picked up the scoop net and went to the side where Li Changle cast the net. He deliberately extended the net to where Li Changle cast the net in order to snatch his catch.
"Oh! Sorry, didn't you see your scoop net was there?" Zhou Achang apologized hypocritically.
"Fuck!" Li Changle raised the scoop net and poked him a few times, "Little bastard, watch your eyes next time. I'm busy making money and don't have time to fight with a jerk like you."
"You..." Zhou Achang was so angry that he almost couldn't hold the handle.
Chen Amao glanced at the two of them and said, "Yes, it's rare to encounter such a large school of fish. Making money is important."
Chen Yongwei and Li Erge also stopped what they were doing and turned to look at Li Changle. "Ah Le, what's wrong?"
"You little bastard, you're overstepping your boundaries!"
(End of this chapter)