Chapter 351 Beautiful Fish

Chapter 351 Beautiful Fish

Chapter 351 Beautiful Fish
Chen A Nai’s steamed buns are round, soft and delicious. The fillings are made of pork belly, mushrooms, shrimps and dried tofu, which is very generous. It just tastes a bit salty.

Everyone finished all the steamed buns in the bowl with seaweed soup.

Father Li put away the dishes and chopsticks, and Wang Xincheng took over the pots and bowls, "Grandpa, send them to me to wash."

Before he even reached the kitchen, the loudspeaker rang with the voice of Brother Li calling for the internet, and everyone hurried to their seats.

After a busy period, the heavy net bag was lifted above the deck by the crane. Several people looked at each other with joy, and Li's father and Wang Xincheng stepped forward to untie the knot that bound the net bag.

Countless shrimps, crabs, sea bass, mackerel... were the first to emerge. Soon after, a dozen small blue sharks were swept out of the net bag by a silver light and spread out on the deck.

Li Changle and the others on the deck were stunned. "Why are there so many small green sharks? Did the trawling net encounter a school of sharks?"

"There are quite a lot of hairtails!" Father Li walked forward happily, "Ah Xi's shop will open soon, so it's just right to make some shark fins and sell them in the shop."

Li Changle pretended to be dissatisfied and said, "Brother, look how partial Dad is. He always thinks about his daughter no matter what!"

Brother Li smiled and said, "They are like this. They favor whoever has a harder time. They used to favor you, but now they favor Ah Xi!"

After hearing this, Father Li smiled with relief and said, "It's your sister who's having a harder time right now. Your mother and I have to think about her more. When Huan returns from his military service, we'll be worried about her again."

Li Changle smiled and put her arm around his shoulders, "Don't worry, Dad. We have Ah Huan. You and Mom can just wait and enjoy the good life in the future."

Brother Li also nodded. Chen Yongwei and Acheng looked at the two brothers with envy.

"Okay, Ah Huan, we are relieved to have you."

Father Li's dark red face was filled with smiles. Although the third child was not very reasonable, he was more considerate and filial than the older ones and Ah Huan.

Chen Yongwei brought the bamboo basket over, grabbed a small blue shark and put it into the net bag. "Only the fins are valuable. The meat is not tasty at all."

Li Changle stepped on the back of a swimming crab and said, "There are more and more hairtails."

Several people nodded after seeing it. There were more than 1,000 kilograms of hairtail in this net, which was not a lot. There would be more hairtail after winter, and the taste would be more delicious.

Everyone was busy catching the crabs running around and tying them up. A blue crab quickly hid in the pile of fish.

Li Changle chased after it and dug around, and was suddenly attracted by a large fish with an orange-red metallic luster.

He hurried forward and pulled away the fish covering it. A fish that looked similar to a pomfret, but dozens of times larger and more beautiful than a pomfret, appeared before his eyes.

"Holy crap!" Li Changle immediately danced with joy, "Come and see, there's a super big one hidden here."

"Moonfish! It's a moonfish!" Brother Li pointed at the big fish and shouted excitedly.

"This fish looks so good!" Wang Xincheng, who was holding the crab, was stunned.

No wonder it is called moonfish. There are small white spots evenly scattered on the flat body of the fish, shining like stars falling on the fish.

"Hurry up and bleed him!" Chen Yongwei went forward and hugged him, almost falling down, "Brother, there must be about 120 or 130."

"You're really awesome! I can't even hold it." Li Changle was so happy that her teeth were exposed. "Isn't it said that this kind of fish will only float up from the deep sea when the moon is full? How come we caught it in broad daylight?"

Father Li was also very happy. "They are available after the high tide. We occasionally caught one in the past few years. The big ones were bigger than this one. The fishing team caught one that was nearly two meters long. This thing is much more expensive than pomfret."

Moonfish is a general term for the silk-finned shovelhead of the family Croaker and the eyeglass fish of the family Eyeglass fish. The fish has a laterally flattened body and a forked tail fin. The upper side is blue, the lower side is light rose-red with silver spots, the fins are crimson, and the flesh is garlic-like and tastes delicious.

Li Changle had heard in his previous life that the meat from different parts of this fish had different tastes, and some parts cost dozens of dollars a piece, which was more expensive than tuna.

Brother Li and Chen Yongwei carried the fish towards the cargo hold. Looking at the moonfish, they were so happy that they caught three big fish on the boat just a short while after arriving at the operating area. It was like picking up money.

Brother Li ran out of the cab with a walkie-talkie in his hand. When he saw the big fish, he rubbed his hands with joy and said, "Great, great!"

Wow, we just started the operation and we already have such a good harvest. There are still more than three days of operation time. If we can pull up another big fish, we will get another several thousand yuan.

If I keep doing this for two years, I can do what A Le did and buy two shops in town to collect rent. Then I can collect fresh goods and process dried goods at home, and I will have more money than I can spend.

Fortunately, they listened to Afang and followed Ale, otherwise they would still be working on the boat in the South Bank, earning more than 90 yuan a month and doing things according to Agui's mood!
Father Li looked at them cheerfully and said, "Don't be silly. Hurry up and tie up the crabs and put the hairtail in the bamboo basket. Boss Chen should be here soon."

"Look, I forgot about it." Brother Li slapped his head, "I just came to tell you that Boss Chen said he would be here in ten minutes or so, so we should get ready, pull up the net, and go over there."

"Okay!" Li Changle and his companions quickened their pace, sorted the fish into baskets, piled them next to the cargo hold, and waited for them to be loaded into the hold.

After a while, the sound of a fishing boat's motor was heard. Chen Amao steered the Shunfeng to slowly approach the Xusheng. Li Changle stood up and took a look. Seeing that he was still at the helm, he buried his head and went back to work.

"Boss A Le, Uncle Li, have a cigarette first!" Chen Amao shouted at them while holding a cigarette.

"Okay!" Li Changle wiped his hands on himself and took the cigarette he handed over. "How many nets have you caught?" "Two nets!" Chen Amao looked at him with a smile on his face. "Today's catch is not bad. The two nets caught more than 3,000 kilograms of fish. Most of them are hairtail and mackerel. There are two baskets of yellow croaker, and several hundred kilograms of pomfret and cuttlefish."

"Leave the yellow croaker, pomfret, cuttlefish, shrimp and conger eel for me as well."

"Okay, I'll keep them all for you."

"Thank you!" Li Changle said to him again, "How is your relationship with the seafood company your family is cooperating with now?"

"Generally speaking, I mostly sell them at the bridge, and the price is higher than in the village."

"My sister's seafood store in Tuxia Bridge is about to open. I'll take you to have a look then." Li Changle looked at him and said, "You don't have to consider my face. If you are satisfied with the price, then talk to her about cooperation."

Chen Amao nodded readily after hearing this, "Okay, just let me know when the business opens."

"Thank you!" Li Changle thought of the last time he was chased by the fishing boats that surrounded the village. "We should return to the shore tonight, or should we dock in your sea area?"

"The sea area where I'm working is still far from the island where the villagers came out. It depends on which sea area you like to land in."

Li Changle thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we wait and see what the situation is and dock wherever there is a suitable island?"

"That's fine!" Chen Amao saw that the boatman had already arranged the trawl net and waved to Li Changle, "Let's go."

Li Changle agreed and saw Brother Li busy sorting the fish on the deck. He shouted at them to cast the nets and walked towards the cab.

Father Li and his men lowered the trawl into the sea and returned to the deck to sort the fish.

Li Changle controlled the fishing boat to keep a certain distance from Chen Amao, dragging the fishing net towards the sea due south.

More than two hours later, several islands and reefs appeared in the left front. Some of the reefs rose abruptly from the ground, while others lay on the sea like a big turtle...

A small island appeared in front of the right, and Chen Amao's voice came from the intercom, "Boss Ale, we're here."

"Okay! Let's stop the boat and have lunch before we continue!" Li Changle said as he shouted into the loudspeaker.

The net caught at noon was not as good as the two in the morning. It only caught about 2,000 kilograms of fish. Strangely, a lot of silver pomfret were caught. After sorting them out, there were 17 or 18 baskets.

At the end of the sorting, Li Changle and others cleaned the deck, while Li's father went to the kitchen to prepare food.

I scooped two bowls of rice, peeled a bowl of shrimps and cooked a pot of seafood porridge, heated up some steamed buns, picked up a large bowl of kelp, and a full pot of braised pork, and brought them out to the deck, ready to eat.

Li Changle walked towards the Shunfeng, which was parked nearby, and said, "Boss Chen, come over and have some steamed buns and braised pork!"

"Tsk tsk! The food at sea is better than that at home." Chen Amao stretched his neck to take a look at the meat and vegetables on their deck, then looked at the dry food in his hand, and suddenly felt that they were not delicious.

"Damn it! Are you guys out here to fish or have fun?"

"Haha!" Li Changle smiled smugly, "We work so hard just to feed this mouth. We work as hard as an old ox every day, and have to eat dry food every meal. Then what are we doing with our money?"

Chen Amao smiled and shook his head, "How can an old ox be as tired as us?"

Li Changle thought about it and said with a smile, "Don't be polite. We brought a lot of food this time. Grandma made steamed flatbreads, and my mother and sister-in-law got up early in the morning to make some side dishes and steamed buns. Don't worry, you can eat as much as you want."

"Boss Chen, we are all welcome here, come and eat with us." Father Li happily invited him and the boatman.

"Thank you, Uncle Li. I won't be polite. I'll go to your place to eat!" Chen Amao stuffed the dry food in his hand into his mouth and jumped onto the Xusheng.

Li Changle patted the deck and said, "Come, sit on the deck and eat."

"Okay!" Chen Amao sat down and took the seafood porridge and chopsticks handed to him by Wang Xincheng, "This is the first time I've seen a team go out to sea and bring so many delicious foods with them.

When I was working on a big ship, I would spend a month or two on the ship eating shrimp, fish, and crabs, which made me want to vomit. Now that I have my own boat, I always bring dry food or cook fish.

Brother Li laughed and said, "We used to be like that too. Ah Le didn't like to eat that way. He either fried cakes or cooked rice noodles or rice."

"There are also pork belly, pig's trotters, and spareribs in the cargo hold. We'll make some delicious food tonight and drink together."

"Okay!" Chen Amao nodded readily, "Next time I'll bring out some delicious food and treat you guys."

"We'll take turns eating then."

Father Li came out of the kitchen carrying a net bag filled with steamed buns and gave them to the boatmen on the Shunfeng.

(End of this chapter)