Rebirth of Fishing Village: Starting from Hua Axiang in Jiehu Village

Chapter 1328 The fish is gone! The shrimp is gone!

Ma Baozhu glanced at the dock of Shijiao Village not far away, and nodded after a while. He had been working at the fish farm for some time. He could see the dock every day. Every day he saw many fishing boats returning to the dock. At the same time, he saw many fishing boats leaving the dock to go out to sea to fish or go fishing. He knew very well how many fish, shrimps and crabs there were here.

What Ding Xiaoxiang said was actually not wrong. As long as they could gain a foothold in this place and collect the fish, shrimps and crabs here, the family business would develop greatly and might even be several times larger than its current scale.

How could a businessman like Ding Chongshan not know the benefits of the Shijiao Village Wharf, but he really had no say in it before.

Zhao Dahai cooperated with Shi Guangming's sea fishing boat, and then bought a shop in this place. Another thing was that the fish caught by Shi Guangming's sea fishing boat were not sold to other people, but to Ding Chongshan. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he got involved in the Shijiao Village Pier. If it weren't for this kind of thing, Ding Chongshan might never have such an opportunity in his life.

Zhao Dahai’s help was really not a little bit, and it was not comparable to the fish, shrimps and crabs sold here at the fish farm.

"It's not easy to collect the fish, shrimp and crabs here. It really takes a long time."

“But it’s not that difficult.”

"Just take your time!"

Ding Xiaoxiang knew very well that this matter could not be rushed and would take a very long time. Three months was already a very short time. Her father Ding Chongshan was an absolute master in business and knew very well how to handle this matter. She did not need to pay much attention to it.

Ding Xiaoxiang stayed on the fish fillet until noon and left after finishing her lunch.

When Ding Xiaoxiang left, she saw that the waves on the sea had not continued to grow, and were about the same as when she came. This was when she was truly relieved.

"Do the shrimps seem to have become a little less? Or are they about the same?"

Shi Guangming squatted on the wooden board of the platform, looked down at the net cages soaked in sea water, frowned, and didn't know if it was his illusion or something else, but he always felt that the number of shrimps rushing into the net cages had decreased a little at this time.

"No way? Is it really getting less?"

Zhao Shi was a little anxious. You know, these shrimps are very large. If their number really decreases, it would have a big impact.

"what!"

"At the beginning, you said you only needed to catch them for three or four hours, but now it's already four hours without eating. Why are you so anxious so early?"

Shi Guangming looked at Zhao Shi. This was not how he felt at the beginning.

"What nonsense are you talking about? If you can catch more shrimps by fishing for a few more hours, who would want to catch less?"

"In an hour, we can catch an extra 500 kilograms of shrimp here. Who wouldn't be happy?"

"Not to mention, there is no need to expose the shrimp to the wind and sun. You can catch them here by drinking water and eating. There is no need to remove them from the water, and they are all alive."

Zhao Shi glared at Shi Guangming. This was no joke. It was so comfortable to catch shrimps in this place. If you go out to sea to set up shrimp nets, you will be exposed to the wind and sun, and it is very difficult to pull the fishing nets. You have to work hard to free the shrimps after pulling the fishing nets up, and it is very difficult and time-consuming to free the shrimps. Another more important thing is that when the fishing nets catch the shrimps, many of them are injured and can easily die. If the shrimps cannot be kept alive, no matter how big they are, they cannot be sold at any price.

Here you can catch the shrimps with a net cage, there is no need to uncoil them. They are all alive when you pull them up, and you can keep them directly in the net cage. These shrimps are very lively and there is no need to worry about them dying.

Anyway, it's really comfortable to catch shrimp in this place.

"There's not much tide left!"

"This shrimp colony may really be wiped out!"

Zhao Shi carefully looked at the shrimps in the net and then at the constantly flowing sea water. With many years of fishing experience, he knew that the shrimps or shrimp school here had been almost caught.

Zhao Shi really wanted to be able to keep catching them, but that was really impossible.

"Second Grandpa."

"Isn't the water still flowing very fast? Why do you say the flow is almost over?"

Ma Baozhu was very puzzled. In his eyes, the speed of the sea water flowing at the fish farm was still very fast, with no sign of slowing down. However, Zhao Shi said that the water flow and tide here were almost the same.

"The speed of the seawater flow is still about the same as before, there is no big change, but it is precisely because of this that the tide and water flow are almost the same."

"If the seawater flows faster and faster at this time, the tide will continue and we can still catch a lot of shrimp."

Zhao Shi kept shaking his head as he spoke.

The wind and waves are getting smaller, and the speed of the seawater flow has not been affected too much yet, but it won’t take long, maybe even one to two hours, for a very obvious change to occur, and then you can forget about catching shrimps.
Ma Baozhu thought about it and understood the logic. If the tide was still very strong, it would definitely be getting faster and faster. Once it stopped, even though it did not seem to be getting slower and slower, it was definitely out of strength.

“How many shrimps did we catch?”

Shi Guangming glanced at Ma Baozhu. It didn't take too long to catch shrimps, but it looked like he should still be able to catch quite a few.

"There are definitely some between 2,000 and 2,500 kilograms. It's hard to say whether we can catch 3,000 kilograms. We have to see how long we can catch them!"

Ma Baozhu estimated that he should be able to catch about 2,500 kilograms. Whether he could catch 3,000 kilograms would depend on how many shrimps he could catch in the next one or two hours.

“This is already very good!”

"Who would have thought that you could catch 3,000-jin prawns in this place!"

Shi Guangming was very satisfied.

As Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming talked, they would occasionally look down at the net cages in the sea water right at their feet. It was not very obvious at first, but after about half an hour they could clearly see that the number of shrimps rushing into the net cages was really getting smaller and smaller, and they were just getting a little bigger in size.

Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming have been going out to sea all their lives, and they know that this is really the case. There must not be many shrimps.

Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming were both a little depressed. Prawns of this size were really rare, and the key was that they were really not difficult to catch. However, there was really nothing they could do about this kind of thing.

"Forget it!"

"This is really the only way we can do it. Let's see if we can catch other fish next time. For example, it would be nice to catch a black porgy as big as the one we caught on the first day."

Shi Guangming patted his thigh. The net cage was not deep and the sea water was very clear. He could see clearly that there were only a few shrimps in it.

"Humph!"

"At the beginning, you were making fun of me and wanted to keep catching shrimps. Aren't you the same now?"

Zhao Shi shook his head. There was really nothing he could do. The shrimps had been almost caught. The most important thing was that the water flow had changed. It was much slower now and it was impossible for there to be more shrimps. Shi Guangming was even more depressed than himself when he saw this scene.

"Who said it wasn't? If I could do it just now, I wouldn't have any thoughts, but now that I can't catch them, it feels really bad. It's just like what you said, who wouldn't want to catch more of these big shrimps? Even if I catch them 24 hours a day or for a year, I wouldn't think it's too much."

Shi Guangming laughed out loud.

"Isn't what you said nonsense? Who wouldn't want to catch a year's worth of shrimp? Who would think that catching this much shrimp in a year is too much?"

"There are no shrimps now, and there are fewer fish!" Zhao Shi pointed to the net cage soaked in sea water.

Now, not only are there fewer shrimps rushing into the net, but there are also fewer fish rushing into the cages.

Fish, shrimps, crabs and other animals seemed to disappear all of a sudden, as if they had never been there.

Shi Guangming looked carefully for several minutes and became even more depressed. What he said was right. Not only were there no shrimps, but there were no fish either. He had no idea where the black sea bream weighing one pound or seven or eight dozen heads that he wanted to catch had gone.

Ding Ailian walked around the fish farm and checked the entire fish farm. The wind and waves that started yesterday had no effect on the entire fish farm.

Ding Ailian walked up to Shi Guangming and Zhao Shi, and took a look at their faces, both of whom looked a little unhappy, which was very strange.

"Second Grandpa."

"What happened to you two? Did you two have a fight?"

Ding Ailian was a little confused and didn't know what was going on.

"What are you arguing about? There are no more shrimps in the net cages now!"

"Not only can we not catch any shrimp, but we also have no fish!"

Shi Guangming pointed at the net cages in the sea water. In almost an hour, there were only a few shrimps and fish. At this rate, less than 100 kilograms of fish could be caught in a whole day.

Ding Ailian looked down and immediately laughed. She thought something had happened, but it turned out to be this.

"Second Grandpa Shi, you guys are not planning to keep arresting them like this, are you?"

"It's no use even if you think about it!"

"One is that you can't make the decision on this matter."

"Another question is, where do all these fish, shrimps and crabs come from in the sea?"

"Even during the fishing moratorium, there are no fishing boats setting out their nets. Even if there are fish coming to the pier, they are limited in number. It's impossible for all the fish in the ocean to come to the pier continuously, right?"

"If this is really the case, what will happen?"

"We caught so many fish and shrimps, which is a huge bargain!"

"Another thing is that we have to take a break, right? There are no fish, shrimps or crabs now, but maybe there will be some later!"

Ding Ailian also wanted to keep grabbing, but she knew it was impossible.

It’s not that Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming don’t understand this logic, but they have caught too many fish and shrimps before, and they think that if they can keep catching, they can make a lot of money.

"Second Grandpa!"

"Grandpa Shi!"

"If we can catch three to five hundred kilograms of fish a day, that will be pretty good!"

"How could anyone imagine catching 5,000 kilograms, or even 10,000 kilograms, of fish and shrimp in a day?"

Ding Ailian comforted Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming.

"Correct!"

“That’s the truth.”

"Sometimes I see so many fish and shrimps caught, and now there are so few all of a sudden, it's a bit overwhelming."

"Forget it!"

"Don't talk about this!"

Zhao Shi waved his hands. There were relatively few fish and shrimps here now. There was nothing that could be done about it. It would be useless even if he, Shi Guangming, or anyone else, including Zhao Dahai, came.

"Hey!"

"correct!"

"Why hasn't Ding Dawen's fishing boat returned for such a long time?"

Zhao Shi suddenly remembered that Ding Dawen's fishing boat had not returned for several days.

"Could it be that he caught a lot of fish in the past few days? Otherwise, he wouldn't have no time to come back."

As Shi Guangming spoke, he looked up into the distance and vaguely saw the black dot of a large fishing boat.

"Could that be Ding Dawen's fishing boat?"

Shi Guangming couldn't see clearly what kind of fishing boat it was, but he felt that there were not many large fishing boats going out to sea now, so it was most likely the large fishing boat that Ding Dawen had.

Zhao Shi didn't say anything. He waited for a while and saw the fishing boat clearly. It was Ding Dawen's fishing boat that he had just remembered. It seemed to be moving very slowly.

"Yo!"

"This really caught a lot of fish, otherwise this fishing boat wouldn't be able to sail at such a speed."

Zhao Shi laughed. Just by looking at the draft depth of Ding Dawen's fishing boat, one could tell that there were a lot of fish on board.

Ma Baozhu was in another place on the fish farm. When she saw the fishing boat, she immediately shouted loudly. The other people on the fish farm were getting ready and waiting for Ding Dawen's fishing boat to dock. Then they had to start working immediately.

Ding Dawen's large fishing boat slowly approached and stopped near the fish farm.

Gao Zhicheng, Lin Zuhua and Wu Guodong got off the big fishing boat and went straight to the fish farm.

Ma Baozhu saw that the fishing boat had stabilized, and shouted loudly to the people who were already prepared to unload the fish from the big fishing boat.

Gao Zhicheng, Lin Zuhua and Wu Guodong walked up to Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming and greeted them, and then greeted Zhong Cuihua and Huang Jintao.

"How's the fishing going these days?"

Zhao Shi immediately asked Gao Zhicheng, Lin Zuhua and Wu Guodong about their fishing.

(End of this chapter)