Chapter 352 Fairy Days

Chapter 352 Fairy Days

Chapter 352 Fairy Days
The hot and soft seafood porridge, served with steamed buns, refreshing side dishes and sizzling braised pork, made everyone full and collapsed on the deck, feeling the salty sea breeze and feeling so comfortable that they didn't want to move.

Chen Amao smiled and said to Li Changle and the others, "Thank you. This is the most comfortable meal I've had since I went to sea."

"You're welcome!" Li Changle smiled and handed him a cigarette. "They say a cigarette after a meal is better than living like a god. We've lived like gods, too."

"Hahaha!" Chen Amao laughed, took the cigarette and said to Father Li, "Uncle Li, the first time I heard Boss Ale speak, I thought he was a good person.

At that time, I thought that if I had the opportunity to go out to sea with him, life would be less boring, and now it seems to be true. "

"Ah Le and his brothers all say that Boss Chen is a straightforward person, and they all like to do homework with you."

Father Li smiled and glanced at Li Changle. "Of my four sons, he is the most naughty. When I work with him, I have to say a lot more words every day."

"On my boat, I was the only one who liked to talk. Atai and the others didn't say a word. They were so nervous."

Chen Amao lit up and took a puff. "When my mother was alive, she said that as long as we had enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear, we would live a life like a god. Now, as long as we work hard and are not lazy, we can live a life like a god."

"Yes, having enough food and warm clothes is a life of god." Father Li happily cleaned up the dishes and went to the kitchen with Wang Xincheng to wash the dishes.

After a few more small talk, Chen Amao asked, "Boss Ah Le, are you going to trawle the net nearby or go to the open sea a little further away?"

"We used to fish near the islands and reefs. I heard that there are fewer big fish near the islands, so the catch is better in the open sea. The deeper the sea, the tastier the fish. This time we'll go a little further to see."

The sea area where they are operating now can only be said to be far away from the coastline, and it cannot be considered a real deep sea or a desolate sea at all.

In addition, those fishing boats that go out to sea are large fishing vessels weighing dozens or hundreds of tons. They can go out to sea for as short as one month or as long as several months.

Their boat is not big enough. Once the large ship of more than 30 meters comes back, they will be able to operate in more distant sea areas.

Chen Amao nodded happily, "I like to work in distant waters. I see you all like to work near islands and reefs, so I thought you didn't like going to the open sea!"

Li Changle smiled and said, "As long as there are fish to catch, I'll go anywhere."

"That makes sense!" Chen Amao said with a smile, "I'll go over and rest for a while, then we'll set off!"

"Okay, we also brought a ground trap, and we'll put it there later."

"No wonder your family can afford such a big boat. Next time I will bring my trap with me and find an island or reef to cast the trap."

After Chen Amao left, Brother Li said to Li Changle, "Ah Le, after we put down the trap nets, jars, and trawl nets, you and A Dad can go and have a rest. I will take A Cheng to drive the boat."

"also!"

Brother Li went to the cab to start the engine and drove towards the ocean near Turtle Island, where the water flow was slower.

Father Li and Wang Xincheng also came out of the kitchen. Everyone put the sorted baits into the ground trap nets and threw them into the sea in groups, marking the positions of the ground traps with buoys, and then the jars.

It took several people more than an hour to put down the jars and traps, clean the deck and start lowering the nets.

He habitually shouted "A lot of fish" as he lowered the trawl into the sea. He stood on the deck for a while and watched the trawl drifting away. Then he went to the cabin to rest. He was tired after a morning's work and fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow.

Time passed quickly, as if I had just fallen asleep, and the voice of Brother Li calling for the Internet came from the loudspeaker.

Li Changle and his companions got out of bed and quickly ran to the deck to take their positions.

Brother Li also stretched his neck to look at the deck. It was the first time he had come so far to trawl the net, and he didn't know what good stuff he could catch.
Brother Li stepped forward and hung the tow rope on the winch. The winch began to rotate with a creaking sound, and the tow rope slowly went up, making a creaking sound.

Li Changle looked at the slowly rising fishing line and thought about the last time they chased the school of fish. It was the first time they went so far to fish. This time there was no school of fish and he didn't know how much he would catch.

While waiting for the winch to pull up the net, the few people looked around. Apart from a large cargo ship emitting black smoke and heading west, the only other ships were their ship and the Shunfeng which was parked not far behind.

Chen Yongwei looked at the large cargo ship in the distance, then at his own fishing boat, "Brother, that boat must be about 60 or 70 meters long, right?"

Brother Li looked back for a while and nodded, "Yes, ocean-going cargo ships are relatively large."

"Wow!" Chen Yongwei's eyes lit up. "Whenever we can attack a ship as big as 60 or 70 meters long, that would be great."

"You little brat, you're just like your brother. You haven't even got a boat over 30 meters long, but you're already thinking about a boat over 60 or 70 meters long." Father Li smiled and patted him, "If you want to buy a big boat, get to work."

"Yes, sir!" Chen Yongwei gave an awkward military salute, ran towards the slowly rising net bag, and tied the bag tightly.

Father Li glanced at Li Changle, then looked at Chen Yongwei, and thought to himself: He used to be such an honest child, but now he has become a shrewd boy after following his son A Le around for a few months.

Li Changle was confused by his look and touched his nose, "Dad, is there something on my face?"

"No, I just think you've gotten a lot darker." The third brother is just like his grandma, who never gets tanned no matter how much she gets tanned. Why aren't Ping and An like his grandma, but instead look like himself and Hua, who are tanned like blackfish?

"..." Li Changle looked at his father's dark skin and touched his face, "No way, Anan said that I have become a lot whiter since I haven't been out to sea these few days." "Why would a man be so white?" Father Li pointed at the rising trawl net and changed the subject, "We have traveled so far, and I don't know what big fish we can catch?"

"Don't worry, it will be fine!" Li Changle said with certainty.

As they were talking, the net bag was pulled onto the deck. Seeing that the net bag was even bigger than the one in the morning, everyone cheered.

"The net burst!" Chen Yongwei ran over briskly and tied the bag mouth tightly with a rope, then hung the cable on the crane arm. Brother Li started the machine again and pulled the net bag to the sorting position.

Brother Li was looking at the people cheering on the deck. Just as he was about to go down to see what big catch they had caught, he heard Chen Amao's excited voice coming from the intercom.

"Brother Li, how was the catch?"

"I heard them shouting that the internet had exploded. How are you guys doing?"

"It's better than the two nets this morning. It's still better in the open sea. Unfortunately, my boat is small and I dare not go too far."

Chen Amao held the walkie-talkie and looked at the busy figures on the big ship. He thought that he would use the money from the sales to pay off his debts and then order a bigger one.

"My family is fine. You should book a big ship when you go back this time. It will take more than a year to get a ship!"

"Yes, I also plan to order a big boat." Chen Amao paused, "How about we just haul one more net and then return?"

Brother Li checked the time, it was exactly three o'clock, "We are also going to drag another net."

"Okay, then I'm ready to go."

On the deck, Li's father and Wang Xincheng ran to the bottom of the net bag. After checking, they said to him, "Ah Cheng, I'll watch you untie the net. When you get the next one, you'll tie the knot. Can you do it?"

Once everyone on the boat is gathered, he will have to go home and look after the situation.

"can!"

Wang Xincheng stepped forward and untied the knot as he taught. Fish of all sizes poured out of the net bag, including cutlassfish, pike, yellow croaker, and swordfish... These fish looked no different from those caught near the islands and reefs.

Brother Li started the crane arm again, and the remaining fish in the net bag poured out again. A white patch of fish covered the mountain of fish, sparkling silver in the sunlight.

"Wow!" Father Li shouted in surprise, "Why are there so many Mayou fish?"

"Yeah, why are there so many?" Li Changle also laughed from ear to ear, "The three-pound Zhongmayou that I gave to Uncle Kun last time has risen to two dollars and fifty cents per pound."

I was really lucky today. I caught more than 1,000 kilograms of carp, most of which were caught in the catch, including quite a few big fish.

He picked up a 10-pound mackerel and laughed happily, "No wonder everyone likes to go deep sea. This is the first time I've caught a fish this big."

Brother Li also picked up a fish weighing more than ten kilograms, "Ah Le, we have never caught such a big one. This can be sold for ten yuan per kilogram, right?"

Li Changle smiled and said, "Ten yuan a pound still won't sell for much, but five or six yuan should be no problem."

When they were only one or two hundred yuan per pound, I couldn’t bear to eat them, so I had to get two in the afternoon to try.

"Who cares? You'll know when you get home." Father Li patted his son happily, "Hurry up and straighten the fishing net. Maybe you can catch another one."

Each caught fish costs two dollars and fifty or six dollars, and the price of big fish is even higher. There are so many caught in one net, and there is probably a school of fish underneath. If I catch another one, I will make more money this time than last time.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Li Changle made a gesture to Brother Li Er who was looking at the deck, asking him to get ready as they were about to cast the net.

Brother Li nodded at him, adjusted the rudder, and continued to move forward in the same direction. It would be better if he could catch another mackerel, but if not, it would also be good to catch some other fish.

Seeing him start the machine, Li Changle turned around and went forward to help remove the seaweed attached to the trawl net and the fish hanging on the mesh, and straightened the trawl net and sent it to the stern.

Everyone shouted that they had caught a lot of fish, pushed the trawl into the sea, and watched it drift away with the current.

At this time, a melodious whistle sounded from the Shunfeng, which was about a hundred meters away from the Xusheng. After Brother Li responded, the two ships maintained a distance and moved forward at a constant speed.

Li Changle and his companions then went back to sort the catch. This net had the least crabs. The swimming crabs, orchid crabs, and blue crabs combined didn't even fill up a bamboo basket.

Father Li carried the crab basket and walked towards the live tank. Chen Yongwei and Acheng found the eels running around everywhere. They killed the small ones with a stick and put them in the basket for preservation. They picked up the big ones with pliers, put them in a net bag and put them into the live tank. Then they began to sort the catch.

What everyone likes most is to sort these fish. They just need to separate the fish by size and put them in baskets. They are afraid of the hodgepodge caught by the third net.

The miscellaneous fish weighing only two or three cents per pound are not only troublesome to sort out, but also so fuel-consuming and laborious to haul back that you can't even earn back the money spent on the diesel.

(End of this chapter)