Chapter 371: Not in vain
Chapter 371 Not in vain
Li Changle also saw it, and thought that there was a trench ahead, so he thought it was normal to catch sea knife fish here.
When the weather gets cooler, sea knife fish will not migrate long distances, but will gather deep in the near sea to hibernate.
Sea knife fish refers to the long-jawed anchovy that has not yet migrated. They usually live in the sea. In February and March every year, they enter the river from the sea, swim upstream, and return to the sea to live the following year.
Although the sea knife and the river knife are the same species of fish, the salt contained in the fish meat has not been diluted through migration, so it tastes harder and is not as delicious as the river knife.
The back of the knife fish turns blue, and the body becomes soft after 4 to 5 hours out of the water.
In later generations, because many river estuaries were blocked, many migratory fish species had fewer ways to migrate and spawn, resulting in skyrocketing fish prices, and river knifefish was one of them.
Brother Li excitedly pulled the fishing line and said, "Ah Le, should we pull the net now or wait a little longer?"
"Wait a little longer, shine the light towards the middle of the fishing net, wait for them to gather here, then pull the net up." Li Changle said as he pulled the light back a little, and the fish on the net followed the light as if they were in a state of panic.
Brother Li smiled so hard that his teeth were showing. "Fuck! There are more species than when I was luring fish at sea!"
"Haha! Second brother is just as fucked as we are! Fucking hell!"
"We have all been led astray by you two!"
"Look, he's talking so much and he's blaming us for corrupting him. Didn't you guys use foul language when you were on the ship?"
"Speak, why don't you speak? You guys just say these things when you have nothing to do."
As they were talking, the fish gathered under the light in the center of the fishing net. Li Changle said to them, "Brothers, get ready to work!"
Brother Li grabbed the fishing line and said, "Awei and I will pull the net, and you and An will catch the fish!"
"okay!"
Li Changle and Li Erge turned off the two battery lights, picked up the large scoop net, and Chen Yongwei and Li Dage quickly pulled the net out of the water. The fish in the net jumped up and down like fried beans, splashing water all over several people.
Brother Li pulled the heavy net and laughed out loud, "Haha, we can catch so many fish even when the wind is blowing!"
Chen Yongwei laughed happily, "Brother, make the net bigger next time."
"If it's any bigger, one person won't be able to pull it."
Li Changle and Li Erge picked up the large scoop net and quickly scooped up the fish in the net and poured them into the bucket. Fortunately, they brought a large rubber bucket, so the two nets were filled in the small wooden bucket.
Brother Li held the landing net excitedly and pointed at a few black fish in the net bag, "Look! There are a few black bass."
Li Changle also had some in her net bag. "There are reefs underneath this area. Black bass like to hide in the cracks of the reefs and also like to follow the lights."
The scientific name of the black rock bass is Helicoverpa nigrofasciatus, which belongs to the order Perciformes. Some people also call it Heizhai, black fish, black head, and black wife. It is most common in May and June every year.
The meat of black bass is white and tender, with few bones. It tastes good when boiled in soup or steamed.
Brother Li and Chen Yongwei tied the fishing rope to the reef and took the landing net to help catch the hairtail, which shone silver under the headlights, as well as Spanish mackerel, bluefin bream, etc.
After all the fish in the net were caught, the rubber bucket was half full of fish.
Over there, the Jin family father and son, who were laughing at Li Changle for being a spendthrift, heard the faint cheers and turned their heads to look towards the big puddle.
I saw several people under the light holding scoop nets and catching fish.
Jin Hui stared in surprise, "Dad, it seems that the light really works."
"Let me take a look!" Old man Jin took a flashlight and walked quickly to the place where Li Changle and the others had set the net. When he saw the fish caught in the scoop net, his mouth opened so wide that a duck egg could fit in it.
"Wow, you really lured the fish over here."
Brother Li smiled innocently, "I'm lucky. All my efforts were not in vain."
Old man Jin came closer to the rubber bucket and said, "Oh my goodness! You two nets have caught more than what my father and I caught in the whole morning."
"Uncle Jin, we have invested a lot of money. If we don't catch more fish, we won't be able to earn back the money for the battery lights or even the electricity bill. We will lose a lot of money!"
Old Man Jin laughed, "Battery lights are not used only once. At this rate, if you keep working until the tide goes out tonight, you can earn back the money you paid for the ten battery lights!"
"How can I earn so much!" Li Changle poured the last catch into the bucket and laughed while leaning on the scoop net.
Old Man Jin took out a cigarette and handed it to him, saying in a flattering manner, "Ah Le, where did you buy these battery lamps? Can you buy a few for me?"
Li Changle took it with a smile, "They sell it at Tuxiaqiao Hardware Company. Go and see if they still have it tomorrow."
"Thank you! Thank you! Young people are indeed good at vision and dare to invest." Old Man Jin praised sincerely.
"If you're lucky, you'll make it back, but if you're unlucky, you'll lose money!"
Seeing that Big Brother Li and Chen Yongwei had gone to set up the net, Li Changle took down a plastic bucket from the tricycle. He and Second Brother Li took out the hairtail from the bucket and put them separately to prevent the scales from falling off and affecting the appearance.
Upon seeing this, Old Man Jin hurried back to tell Jin Hui that Li Changle and his companions had caught a lot of fish.
When Jin Hui heard that Li Changle and his team had caught one or two hundred kilograms of fish with just two nets, he looked towards the big puddle with jealousy.
"Are there really so many?"
"You can go and see for yourself. They can even catch fish, black bass, and Spanish mackerel." "I'm too lazy to go and see!"
"Ah Le said that there are battery lights at the Tuxiaqiao Hardware Company. Go buy a few tomorrow. We will also use the lights to trap the prey tomorrow night."
"That guy is very cunning, he wouldn't lie to you, right?"
"Ah Le is a very generous person, he won't lie to me. Besides, you can go to the hardware store tomorrow and find out."
"Now that he can make money, everyone is praising him like a flower!" Jin Hui curled his lips, "Before, they told us not to learn from him!"
"Now they are making money. Who wouldn't envy Shatou Village's first large steel ship?"
"The big steel ship doesn't belong to him alone. After A Wei and A Chan hold their wedding, let him withdraw his shares and our two families can buy the big steel ship together."
"Keep your voice down!" Old Man Jin patted him on the shoulder, "They might hear you later."
"Dad, talk to Ah Chan and ask her to talk to Ah Wei and tell him about our plan."
Old Man Jin looked at the people busy working over there and said, "In fact, we can also form a partnership with the Ale brothers..."
Jin Hui sneered, "Dad, don't think about it. His three brothers plus A Wei will only get a few shares at that time.
Besides, Awei is a guy who always listens to Li Changle, and if he drags them on board, there won’t be any place for us on the boat!”
Old Man Jin thought about it and said, "I will talk to Jin Chan after they pass the Da Ding period."
While the Jin family father and son were discussing, Li Changle sneezed several times in a row, "Fuck! Who is saying bad things about me?"
Chen Yongwei laughed and said, "Brother, it's probably Wang Mazi, that monkey. Every time he sees me, he spits at me like an old woman."
"Next time he spits on you, take a handful of dirt and stuff it in his mouth. See if he dares to spit on you again."
"Ah Wei, don't listen to him. He threw rocks at Xiang Da's wife yesterday, and this morning Xiang Da went to the old house to complain to my father, saying that Ah Le threw rocks at his wife and pointed at her nose and scolded her."
Li Changle looked at Brother Li in surprise, "Then why didn't Dad say anything when I came back?"
"I've said you're useful long ago." Brother Li thought of what he had done before, and said with both anger and amusement:
"Have you forgotten that Agen's mother complained about you stealing her pears, and that you threw stones at people when they were using the toilet, splashing their shit and urine all over their bottoms, and even smashed their toilet?"
Li Changle vaguely remembered throwing stones and smashing the toilet, because that was the first time he was beaten, but he didn't remember stealing the pears at all. "Awei, did we really steal all the pears?"
"We didn't steal it. Wang Mazi and A Biao stole it. We gave one to you and were sharing it when A Gen's mother caught us."
Chen Yongwei suppressed his laughter and said, "Atangbo paid her family 50 cents and scolded you. The next day you took me to throw stones at Agenniang, and then you got beaten."
"So it really wasn't you who led Awei to steal it!"
"Alas! When I was a kid, my parents didn't believe anything I said, but they believed it when someone else complained to them."
"Who made you so naughty when you were a kid!" Before Brother Li could finish his words, the squid in the bucket sprayed ink all over his face.
"Look, even the little squid says you are wrong." Li Changle laughed loudly, and in the blink of an eye, Li Erge caught a squid and splashed ink all over his face.
Brother Li looked at the two people who grabbed the squid and sprayed each other, and smiled and shook his head, "You are so old, but you are still playing children's games."
"That's right, you two should hurry up, we're starting to catch fish again."
"Almost there! There are still a few big fish left!" Li Changle picked up a large hairtail fish that was four fingers wide and shouted to the others, "Look, brothers, there is still a big hairtail fish!"
"I also caught a big black perch!" Brother Li happily showed the black perch he caught to Li Changle, "It weighs at least two kilograms. It's rare to see such a big black perch."
"I heard there are some weighing more than 20 kilograms." Li Changle grabbed a few small black rock bass and threw them into the big puddle. When the tide receded, they would naturally return to the sea with the tide.
Black rock bass are not big in size, most of them weigh about 70 or 80 grams, and the two largest ones weigh about 1.12 jin. Occasionally there are big fish that grow to more than 20 kilograms.
Most sea knife fish weigh only two or three taels each, and the small ones weigh only two handfuls. This kind of fish is naturally like this, and it will not grow big even if it is put back into the sea.
"Ah Le, it looks like we'll be busy tonight. Go to the dock and buy some ice while it's still early."
"Okay!" Li Changle washed his hands in a big puddle, rode his tricycle home, and saw Zhou Ruonan still correcting homework for Li Xiaoyang and Li Xiaoqing.
Mrs. Li Da and Mrs. Li Er, who were sitting under the lamp weaving nets, turned their heads to look at him when they saw him come back. "Ah Le, did you catch any fish?"
"A lot!" Li Changle said proudly, "I'll come back and get the box to buy ice at the dock."
Mrs. Li Dasao and Mrs. Li Ersao looked at each other, put down the shuttle and ruler, took off their aprons and walked outside.
Li Xiaoyang felt an itch on the soles of his feet when he saw them leaving. Thinking of the situation when he was fishing, he felt like he had a little hook in his heart. "Aunt, now that we have answered all these questions correctly, can we go to the beach to watch Uncle San fishing?"
Zhou Ruonan thought for a moment, pointed at the word problems he had gotten wrong, and said, "If you get all of these right, Auntie will take you to watch for 20 minutes."
She felt that the children were not stupid, they just did not pay attention in class, which was why their grades were so bad.
"I guarantee they are all correct!" Li Xiaoyang picked up the pen and started working.
(End of this chapter)