Chapter 355 Breaking Through the Fog Wall

Chapter 355 Breaking Through the Fog Wall

Chapter 355 Breaking Through the Fog Wall
Seeing that he was in high spirits, Li Changle shook his head and went back to the cab to continue sleeping on the chair. Just as he fell asleep, Chen Yongwei came and called him to take down the net.

“How many fish did you catch?”

"Three, one large blue spot and two black porgy."

"Not bad!"

After Father Li and the others came out, Li Changle said to them, "Including today, we still have to drift on the sea for three days. If we don't get enough rest, we won't be able to bear it.

We will drag the net for an extra hour, and take a break after lowering the net."

Brother Li said, "Ah Le, we slept for more than two hours when we came here, and we slept for another two hours this time. After we put the trawl net into the sea, you and Ah Wei should also go to sleep quickly. Ah Cheng and I will watch over here."

"also!"

Brother Li observed the tide, then went to the cab, started the fishing boat, and slowly sailed towards the northwest sea.

Shunfeng also sounded its whistle and then sailed away from the mooring.

Li Changle and his companions put down the trawl and returned to the cabin to rest. Brother Li drove the fishing boat forward at a constant speed.

On the way, they also met a fishing boat on the south bank. The boat probably saw that their two boats were working together and avoided them from a distance.

Brother Li followed Li Changle's instructions and trawled the net for three hours before he shouted into the loudspeaker that the net was caught.

As he shouted, he was still thinking that this net had been dragged for an extra hour, and if he was lucky, the catch should be better than yesterday's few nets.

When Li Changle and the others got up, the sun had already jumped out of the sea level. The rising sun was even more pleasant than the duck egg yolk just out of the pot.

"Eat something to fill your stomach first before you start fishing." Father Li handed steamed buns to several people. Each person ate a few steamed buns before starting to work.

When we saw the net bag bulging with fish being pulled onto the deck by the net lifter, we were all very happy and felt that the extra hour's work was not in vain.

Most of the fish caught in this net are sergeants, as well as a small fish called yellow crucian carp, a small number of shrimps and crabs, and some sea bream.

Sergeant fish is also called net fish. This fish has no swim bladder and can only maintain buoyancy in the water by swimming continuously.

Because it exercises more than other fish, its muscles are more developed and firm, so its meat is especially plump and tender, and tastes even better than mackerel.

The yellow crucian carp fish does not grow large, the largest is only about 20 centimeters, but its meat is tender and delicious. It can be made into porridge, soup, dishes, and fried as a snack. The sun-dried crucian carp head is also very delicious.

Li Changle saw that restaurants often bought this kind of fish to fry small fish and cook seafood porridge.

Yellow crucian carp is a fish of the genus Yellow crucian carp of the order Herpetiformes of the class Actinopterygii: sweet and warm in nature. It has the effects of diuresis, swelling, invigorating qi and strengthening the spleen, detoxification, and lactation.

It is beneficial for patients with weak spleen and stomach, poor appetite, fatigue, vomiting or diarrhea; spleen deficiency edema, difficulty urinating; weak qi and blood, and milk obstruction.

It is especially suitable for making soup. Yellow crucian carp soup is not only delicious and fresh, but also has a strong nourishing effect. It is very suitable for middle-aged and elderly people and those who are weak after illness, and it is also especially suitable for postpartum women.

When people in the fishing village kill yellow crucian carp, in addition to scraping off the scales and gills and removing the fish belly, they also pick out the teeth located in the throat behind the gills.

The yellow crucian carp with its throat teeth removed will not have a muddy smell whether it is cooked into soup or braised.

Fry until both sides are browned, add some shredded ginger, onions and winter melon slices to make soup. The fish soup is milky white and tastes very delicious.

Li Changle was filled with energy when he thought about the dry goods at home and the fact that he would have to add two more varieties.

As soon as the catch was poured out, Chen Amao asked on the intercom if we wanted to drag another net.
Brother Li readily agreed, walked over to the loudspeaker and asked everyone to prepare to cast the net.

The busy people on the deck quickened their work, and after lowering the trawl net, they immediately started to sort the fish.

The cobia were sorted by size, and the remaining yellow crucian carp were directly scooped up with a shovel and put into bamboo baskets. The fish of a single species could be sorted quickly and were sent to the cargo hold in an hour.

In this batch of sergeants, the two largest ones weighed 50 to 60 kilograms, there were three baskets of those weighing 20 to 30 kilograms, there were ten baskets of those weighing more than 10 kilograms, there were twenty baskets of those weighing less than 10 kilograms but more than 3 kilograms, and there were four baskets of those weighing less than 3 kilograms.

Li Changle thought about the few times he had caught cobia when he just came back. Those weighing more than three kilograms were all sold for 60 cents per kilogram. This net had more than two thousand kilograms. He could take the small ones back to dry, and the big ones should be able to sell for more than a thousand yuan.

Li Changle pulled his second brother Li, who was stacking bamboo baskets in the cargo hold, and Chen Yongwei onto the deck. Li's father and Wang Xincheng had already cleaned the deck, and everyone sat down against the side of the ship.

A gust of sea breeze blew, and a large dark cloud floated over from the horizon. Father Li grabbed Li Changle and said, "The rain is coming, let's go."

"Ah!" Before they could react, they were soaked like drowned rats.

"How strange!" Wang Xincheng pulled his wet hair and looked at the sun in the sky. "It's still sunny, why is it raining again?"

Li Changle looked at the sky and said, "What's so strange about this? It's raining at the bow and the sun is shining at the stern."

Brother Li took over and said, "That's nothing. When we were at the fishing grounds, we encountered a fishing boat with no one on it. It was pitch black and drifting on the sea. The timid ones were so scared that they peed themselves."

"I heard that kind of thing is called a ghost ship." Li Changle took off his wet clothes, and a smell of sweat and fish hit his nose. "Fuck, it's all rotten. Let's go to the cabin and change."

"Let's go back and change."

"Brother!" Chen Yongwei suddenly exclaimed, pointing ahead and shouting to the others, "Look, what is that?"

"Fuck! Such a thick fog!" Wang Xincheng also shouted. Li Changle and his two brothers looked towards the bow and saw that a thick "fog wall" had appeared on the sea surface at some point, stretching for tens of kilometers, as if splitting the endless sea in half.

What is most terrifying is that this huge "fog wall" is surging forward as fast as a tide.

Father Li's face suddenly changed. "Oh no! The fog wall is coming towards us. Tell Ah Ping to turn the rudder quickly."

Chen Yongwei, who was watching with great interest, was stunned. "Uncle Tang, this is not a mirage, right?"

"no!"

Li Changle reacted quickly and ran towards the cab, and Chen Yongwei also chased after him.

The "wall of fog" seemed to be chasing them, rushing towards the fishing boat...

Li Changle had seen this phenomenon at sea in his previous life. After asking Baidu, he learned that this amazing phenomenon was a natural phenomenon formed when warm and humid air passed over cold land or sea.

When two different air pressures meet on the sea surface, the lower part cools rapidly to form a large amount of water vapor, which condenses into a huge "fog bank". Once a fishing boat is surrounded by the "fog bank", it will lose its sense of direction due to blurred vision.

When Brother Li in the cab saw the wall of fog, he realized that the thick fog in front of him was different from the "sea fog" they had encountered at sea before. This one was thicker and heavier.

At this time, the Xusheng was about a hundred meters away from the fog wall. He looked around and faced the "fog wall" that stretched for dozens of kilometers. The fishing boat could not avoid it no matter what.

The only way now is to pass through the fog wall, but I don’t know how thick this “wall” is?

Brother Li was not panicked. After all, the sea fog they had encountered before was very common with a thickness of around 200 to 400 meters.

Li Changle and Chen Yongwei ran into the cab, "Brother, we can't avoid it, right?"

Brother Li nodded, "It's coming from the opposite direction, there's no way to avoid it. Don't worry, you'll be fine just by passing through."

"Okay!" Li Changle said to Chen Yongwei, "Awei, take out the battery lights and headlights."

"Oh oh!" Chen Yongwei ran towards the cabin.

Li Changle picked up the intercom and was about to notify Chen Amao when he heard his frightened voice from the other side, "Brother Li, what's going on with the 'fog wall' ahead?"

"Keep sounding the horn, turn on the navigation lights, and wait for it to pass."

After saying this, Li Changle put down the walkie-talkie and tuned the maritime radio to the fishery administration's paging signal, but he did not receive any news about other fishing boats near the "fog wall".

At this time, Brother Li, who was on the deck watching the "fog wall" coming towards the fishing boat, realized that the situation was not good, and hurriedly reached out to hold Father Li's hand, who was looking worried, and said, "Dad, don't worry, we will be fine once we get through it."

Father Li nodded and held Wang Xincheng's hand, who looked terrified. "Don't be afraid, nothing will happen!"

"Grandpa, I'm not afraid!"

Wang Xincheng felt his uneasy heart calmed down immediately when his rough and warm hand was held by him. He also held the old man's hand, and the three of them walked quickly towards the cab.

By the time they entered the cockpit, the wall of fog had already encountered the Xusheng, the wind and waves suddenly became stronger, and the fishing boat began to shake.

Brother Li then realized that the situation was different from what he had judged. He quickly stabilized himself, blew the air whistle, and calmly steered the fishing boat forward.

After being surrounded by the wall of fog, the fishing boat seemed to be sucked into another time and space by the thick fog.

At first, the view ahead just became blurred, but after a moment, the bow was covered in fog and nothing could be seen.

Several people clearly felt the temperature drop suddenly, as if they had entered a cargo hold full of ice, and the ship was shaking as if it had encountered a storm.

Li Changle and his companions, who had just been drenched like drowned rats, couldn't help but shiver, and Li's father sneezed several times in succession.

The fishing boat seemed to have hit a wave and shook violently several times.

Li Changle, who had steadied himself, quickly supported Father Li and said, "Dad, I'll help you go to the cabin and change your clothes."

Then he said to Chen Yongwei and the others, "Let's go and change our wet clothes."

Father Li patted his hands and said, "No need to help me, I have rowed a wooden boat before and have survived worse weather than this.

We are now driving a large steel ship of more than 20 meters, with such advanced equipment, it is easy to pass through the fog. "

Li Changle smiled and said, "Yes! This little bit of fog is nothing. We survived the big waves that day."

Brother Li took over and said, "We are all experienced fishermen. There is nothing to be afraid of with this little fog. We can still pass through the fog that is more than 400 meters thick."

Father Li nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, you and your brother stay here, and I'll go to the cabin with Acheng and Awei to get your clothes."

"Well, I'm so cold that I have goose bumps." Li Changle said while rubbing his arms.

"Brother, let's go first!" Chen Yongwei and Wang Xincheng, one on each side, supported Li's father as they walked towards the cabin.

In the thick fog, the fishing boat shook more and more violently. Brother Li calmly steered the fishing boat over a wave and found that the thick fog ahead was gradually thinning.

(End of this chapter)