Chapter 350: Collective Heartbeat Accelerates

Seeing that he had already run far away before he finished speaking, Li Erge and his friends hurriedly followed him towards the cabin.

Chen Yongwei ran and shouted: "Brother, is Huzi going to catch another big fish?"

"Probably!"

Everyone stood in a corner, and Wang Xincheng pulled him aside curiously and asked, "Uncle Awei, how did you shoot the fish when Hu Zi came up?"

"They took pictures of fish last time..."

Before Chen Yongwei finished speaking, he saw a large black shadow flying towards the deck. With a "bang", a large fish fell onto the deck, and the fish, shrimps and crabs that had not yet been sorted were knocked flying...

Wang Xincheng covered his mouth and said, "Oh my goodness, there really are fish flying towards the boat!"

Li Changle and his companions' eyes widened and their mouths opened wide enough to fit an egg. Before they could see what kind of fish landed on the deck, another black shadow fell from the sky.

With a "bang", the fishing boat was shaken violently by the huge fish that flew in...

Several people stood firmly in their horse stance, steadying their bodies. Their collective heartbeats accelerated, feeling as if they were about to jump out of their chests. They all touched their heads at the same time.

At this time, the joyful calls of killer whales were heard from the sea. Li Changle rushed to the side of the boat in shock, looking at the killer whales shaking their heads and whimpering, as if they were asking for credit from him.

"Thank you, brother Huzi. Don't do this next time. If you get hit by those big fish, you will die."

What surprised Li Changle was that several killer whales seemed to really understand what he was saying. They stood up, showing their big round heads, cried a few times at him, circled the fishing boat twice, and swam in the opposite direction of the fishing boat.

“They’re leaving.”

Chen Yongwei waved to Hu Zi and said, "Brother Hu Zi, take care. We will often work here in the future. Come and play with us when you are free."

Father Li looked at Hu Zi who was swimming farther and farther away, and finally found his voice, "Come on, come on, a sea beast is a sea beast, it looks just like a dog, but it's powerful enough to kill an armored car!"

Chen Yongwei nodded repeatedly, "No wonder my brother was afraid that they would hit the fish. If we were still on the deck just now, we would have been hit until our skin collapsed..."

"Come and see what kind of fish it is."

After saying that, Li Changle turned around and looked at the big fish on the deck. He saw two hairy catfish over one meter long lying on the deck. He rubbed his eyes hurriedly, "Fuck! They are big fish, am I seeing things right?"

"Yes, it's a big fish!" Chen Yongwei nodded rapidly, thinking that it would be great if he could raise a few tigers and then drive a fishing boat to follow them.

Father Li touched the big fish with shaking hands, thinking of the one he caught last time, which was not even as big as the small one but sold for 3,100 yuan. His voice was trembling with excitement, "I'm rich, I'm rich, two big, big fish..."

Li Changle and his brothers were also circling around the fish excitedly. How could they not be excited? A Kun said that the price was 45 yuan per catty for more than 60 catties, and the price would be even higher for fish over 100 catties.

There are at least hundreds of small ones and more than a hundred of big ones. I don’t know where they found the fish from?

Brother Li touched the big fish and patted his chest, "Huzi is so amazing, he was able to catch such a big fish. Fortunately, it was not caught on the machinery, otherwise..."

Chen Yongwei pulled Li Changle with excitement, "Brother, when you were feeding them just now, you told them that fish that make gurgling sounds are delicious. Could it be that they understood what you said?"

"You must have understood. We caught hairtail in this sea area last time." Brother Li said with certainty.

Wang Xincheng looked at Li Changle with admiration, thinking that Uncle Le was so amazing that even sea beasts could understand what he said.

Father Li stood up and clapped his hands at everyone, "What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and drag the fish over to drain the blood, then send it down to freeze it!"

Li Changle shrugged him off and winked at him, "Dad, you don't feel bad about the fish anymore, do you?"

"If you don't feel bad, why should I feel bad?" Father Li couldn't help but grinning. "No wonder they say you have to be willing to give up. Only when you give up can you gain!"

"Yes, there is gain only when there is sacrifice!"

Chen Yongwei stepped forward and grabbed the fish's tail, "Brothers, let's get to work!"

After the big fish was bled and dragged into the cargo hold, Li Changle suddenly remembered the agreement with Chen Amao, "Didn't Boss Chen say he would wait for us here? Why hasn't he made any movement yet?"

"Brother, when we were near Huzi Island, Boss Chen called us and said he would go and drag a net first and then meet up with us."

"Okay, let's put down the trawl net first and drag it around this area. Boss Chen should be here soon."

"I'll go drive the boat!" Brother Li strode towards the cab, while Li Changle and others hurried to sort out the fishing nets.

Only then did they discover that several conger eels had somehow managed to hide in the trawl net, with their gills caught on the meshes and their bodies still wriggling, rolling up the net tighter and tighter, their flesh bulging out due to the squeezing.

Li Changle was worried that if it twisted a few more times, it would break into pieces, so he hurried forward and hit the eels on the head with a wooden stick a few times, thus freeing them from the fishing net.

Brother Li started the machine, and everyone straightened the trawl net, shouted "A lot of fish" as they lowered the net into the sea, and then began to sort the fish.

The fish were sorted into six baskets, the yellow croaker had two baskets, the hairtail and swordfish had the most, with fifteen or sixteen baskets each, one basket of flounder, three baskets of horse mackerel, and two baskets of pike... a total of more than two thousand kilograms of fish were caught.

The crabs underneath were pressed down by the big fish, and the crab roe was blown out. The fish and shrimp were flattened...

Li Changle picked up a yellow croaker that was almost beaten into a paste, "Luckily I reacted quickly, otherwise I would be in trouble!"

"Of course not!" Father Li poured the flattened fish, shrimps and crabs into the bamboo basket. "We used to hide when we saw sea beasts, but we didn't expect that sea beasts could understand human language and help people catch fish." Li Changle said with a smile: "Dad, the only sea beasts that like to get close to humans are killer whales, dolphins and beluga whales. If you see other sea beasts, don't get close to them, or something bad will happen."

"I see!" Father Li thought for a moment and said, "Who taught you that Huzi and Haitun like people?"

"I heard it when I was playing in town."

"It's not in vain!" Father Li said, and suddenly remembered something, "Ah Le, when we go back this time, can your sister's seafood shop be opened?"

"We will start installing the craftsmen that Uncle Kun found and the things that he bought today. After that, we will start working on the insulation panels for the warehouse. Once the freezers arrive and the containers and shelves for the dry goods are ready, we can open for business."

Each of the brothers lent Li Changxi 3,000 yuan. It was quite expensive to buy freezers, oxygenators, and modify the warehouse. Building pools, making shelves and containers were all done by Zhang Dejin and several of his brothers.

Uncle Kun helped me find a way to buy freezers and equipment that were much cheaper than those on the market, so I still had more than 9,000 yuan to spend.

"Why are there so many things? I'll see the seafood store at the pier, buy some ice cubes and bamboo baskets and start working."

"Adong's seafood store in town does the same thing."

Li Changle thought for a moment, "Even if it's not ready, we can still sell it. But they can't handle so much of it. I'll sell a batch to the seafood store and leave a batch for Sister to try out the business."

"Go back and leave some of the fish that are easy to sell for your sister."

"Don't worry, we know."

"Ah Le, if we send all the two big fish that Hu Zi sent to Uncle Kun, can they eat them?"

"Two big fish are no problem for a big restaurant like theirs."

Li Changle paused for a moment, "After we return, if Sister's shop has been set up, we will send the big one to Uncle Kun and sell the small one in Sister's shop to attract some popularity."

After hearing this, Brother Li nodded repeatedly, "This is a good idea. There will definitely be a lot of people coming to watch the fun."

After finishing their work, they were all sweating profusely. Father Li and Big Brother Li cleaned up the deck, while Li Changle went to the kitchen to heat up some buns for everyone to fill their stomachs.

There was a jar and a large porcelain jar in the cabinet, one filled with fermented bean curd and the other filled with braised pork.

Li Changle thought of the buns and braised pork he brought this morning, smiled and shook his head. There was enough food to eat without having to cook for the next two days.

Only when I lifted the steel pot did I feel its heaviness. I opened the lid and saw that it was filled with steamed round balls. It seemed that Grandma Chen had steamed them this morning and brought them on board.

Li Changle touched it and saw that the ball had cooled down completely. He took some charcoal to light it and put the steel pot on the clay stove. Soon the water started boiling.

I took a few onions, rinsed them with some water, and cut a handful of green onions and set them aside for later use.

As soon as the steamer started to emit steam, Chen Yongwei walked in and said, "Brother, there is a puff ball in the pot, did you see it?"

“It’s getting hot right away!”

Li Changle went to get the enamel bowl, picked out the blown round, pulled some seaweed into the pot, and put a handful of shrimps and chopped green onions in it, and the seaweed soup was ready.

Chen Yongwei also stepped forward to help, "Brother, my second brother was free, so he took the hand line and fished on the deck. After a while, he caught a black sea bream weighing more than two kilograms."

"Bring the Chui Yuan out for a look." Li Changle carried a few porcelain bowls and followed him to the deck, "Let's eat the Chui Yuan!"

"You guys eat first, I'm still busy here." After saying this, Brother Li suddenly raised his hand and quickly reeled in the fishing line, only to see a sea bass being pulled out of the water.

Father Li happily took the fish and said, "Not bad, it weighs about three pounds."

Wang Xincheng was so itchy that he didn't even bother to eat, "Uncle, I want to try it too!"

Brother Li handed him the silk thread and said, "Be careful, don't get pulled under by the big fish."

"I know!"

Brother Li took the porcelain bowl handed over by Chen Yongwei and said, "We prepared a lot of things this time, including steamed buns, steamed buns, and steamed dumplings."

Chen Yongwei said with a smile: "There are also dumplings. I put them in the delivery cabin."

As soon as they started eating, Wang Xincheng shouted excitedly, "Uncle, we've got fish! We've got fish!"

Everyone came over and saw a fish being pulled out of the water. Li Changle saw clearly and shouted happily, "Wow, it's a tiger grouper, and it's quite big."

Father Li looked at it and said, "It's about seven or eight kilograms."

Wang Xincheng grinned happily and pulled the fish to the side of the fishing boat. Chen Yongwei quickly caught it with a scoop net and brought the fish onto the deck.

"Brother, do you have any hand fishing line? I want to fish too."

"Yes!" Li Changle checked the time. "Let's eat first. We'll have to go online later."

(End of this chapter)

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