Going back to the old days of hunting at sea

Chapter 789: Is this big ticket worth the money?
Wei Jianjun and Wu Shuisheng both went back to the cabin to catch up on their sleep.

Wu Dahua sat in the cabin bored and in a daze.

I fantasize that one day I can be like Chen Hui.

Make a lot of money, build a big house, and then buy your own fishing boat and go out to sea whenever you want.

He was startled by the sudden banging sounds near the fishing boat.

He ran to the fishing boat and asked loudly: "Chen Hui, what do you want?"

Chen Hui cupped his hands like a megaphone and shouted, "Throw down the biggest fishing net for me, and help me get the water tank and oxygenator ready.

"Oh!"

Wu Dahua responded, ran over, got the largest fishing net and threw it down.

"Thank you!"

Chen Hui waved his hand, grabbed the fishing net and swam away again.

Wu Dahua looked at the sea and muttered in confusion, "Besides throwing the fishing net, what else did Chen Hui ask me to do just now?"

I thought about it for a long time but couldn't remember it.

I wandered around the cabin.

I thought Chen Hui would definitely gain something by going into business.

Take the bucket tied with a rope, and scoop a few buckets of sea water into the water tank for preparation.

Chen Hui grabbed the net bag and swam to the naked-breasted eel again.

This fish is nocturnal.

It is active at night, hunting among corals and reefs.

During the day, they would find an inconspicuous place to lie down, and their reaction speed and agility were far inferior to those at night.

Chen Hui first took the largest net bag and spread it out.

Swim to a slightly sideways position and use rocks to press down the bottom of the net bag.

The net bag was facing the current and it looked as if someone was helping to hold it up.

After taking a closer look, I added a few more rocks to prevent the net bag from being washed away by the current.

Then grab the salvage net and swim over.

Keep a certain distance from the naked eel.

First, slowly and carefully put the upper part of the naked-breasted eel into the net bag.

When not hunting, the naked eel has a pretty good temper.

Even after being tormented by Chen Hui like this, he just moved his body slowly.

Compared to the ferocious octopus and the grouper that will fight head-on at the slightest disagreement, it can even be considered very gentle.

"Also? So smooth?"

The start was so smooth that Chen Hui was surprised.

Slowly put down the long stick of the scoop net and carefully approach the naked-breasted eel.

I tried to help it get the lower half of its body into the net so that I could take the whole thing away.

Just touched it and pushed it in gently.

The originally calm naked-breasted eel suddenly became excited.

It twisted its body like a giant python, trying to get its head out of the net.

"What are you doing? You can't even touch me?!"

Chen Hui immediately swam back a little.

He didn't even care about the small part of the tail that was still outside.

He grabbed the handle of the scoop net and quickly turned it in the water.

Before the naked-breasted eel is pulled out of the scoop net.

The fish and the net were directly inserted into the opening of the net bag which was stretched open by the water flow.

Grab the drawstring and pull it! It will tighten the opening immediately.

The naked-breasted eel has a large, blunt mouth and no spikes or anything like that on its body.

This dense double-layer net bag.

Once you get in, you don't have to worry at all.

Chen Hui put the net bag with the scoop net and long stick aside.

Let the naked eel stay inside, making the top of the net bag concave on one side and convex on the other side.

I took a small net bag and picked up a bag of seafood from the surrounding area.

We returned to the fishing boat with a great harvest.

First tie the large net bag to the rope.

Then he took the small net bag onto the fishing boat and threw the net into the basin beside him.

After instructing Wu Dahua to prepare the seafood, he ran to the cabin in a bath towel. He walked past the water tank and saw that the generator and oxygen generator were not turned on, so he asked Wu Dahua to turn them on first.

I went into the cabin, changed into dry clothes and pants, and came out wiping my wet hair.

"Chen Hui, is the oxygen machine turned on?"

"Is your fish next to the fishing boat? Do you want to pull it up?" Wu Dahua asked.

"Let me pull it. It's quite heavy."

"Please prepare the seafood I brought back. I'll make dinner later. I'm hungry."

Chen Hui said this and glanced at his watch.

It felt like we had only been in the water for a short time, but when I came back I saw it was already past 12:30.

Walk to the fishing boat and pull up the tied net bag a little.

He leaned outward a little, grabbed the long stick of the scoop net and brought the entire net bag up in one go.

Grab it and go to the sink.

First put the entire net bag including the scoop net in, then untie the net bag and take it out from the other side.

Pour the naked-breasted eels in the scoop net into the water tank.

After checking to make sure the scoop net was not damaged, I put it back to its original position.

"What did you catch today? It looks very heavy."

As Wu Dahua said this, he put down the half-processed fish and ran over to take a look.

I was not prepared at all and was a little scared at first glance, "Hey, why does this fish look like this? What kind of special eel is this?"

"It's an eel, called the naked-breasted eel."

"Don't be fooled by its ugly appearance, this fish is delicious."

“It’s delicious no matter how you cook it, whether you cook it in soup, grilled, braised or deep-fried.”

Chen Hui pointed at the fish and said that he also felt that the fish was indeed ugly.

I went to the side and washed a small basin of seafood with Wu Dahua.

Move the rice that was cooked before going into the sea to the other side.

Put the large aluminum pot on fire and scoop out two large spoonfuls of pork and put it in to melt.

Add the onion, ginger and garlic and simply stir-fry until fragrant.

Add seafood, vegetables and water, cover with lid and cook over high heat.

"Is this all right? Will it taste good like this? So simple?"

Wu Dahua, who was standing by, saw a feeling of "I can do it too".

"It's not going to taste good if you just fool around like this."

"But I'm really hungry now. I just want to eat quickly. I don't have the energy to take my time."

As Chen Hui spoke, he waved the fan a few times faster.

I ate a bowl of noodles at home at around four in the morning and then set off. It's almost one in the afternoon now.

"I brought some mooncakes. Would you like to try one first?" Wu Dahua asked.

Chen Hui was not polite, "Hurry up! I'm almost starving to death."

Wu Dahua nodded and took out a mooncake from his cloth bag for Chen Hui.

While fanning himself, Chen Hui ate a mooncake and drank half a pot of water.

I don't feel so eager to eat anymore.

Set the cooked seafood broth aside.

I used the leftover wooden skewers from last time to grill two more sea fish.

"It smells so good! It makes me hungry."

"I just had a dream. I dreamed that Chen Hui cooked for us at his house."

"When I woke up, I saw that it was Chen Hui who was cooking."

Wei Jianjun came out of the cabin and his mouth was watering when he saw the grilled fish.

"I'm hungry too. Finally I have something to eat."

Wu Shuisheng followed closely behind.

He went over to look at the water tank first, "Old Wei, come and see what good stuff Chen Hui got?"

"Let me see, what is it this time?"

Wei Jianjun looked over curiously and said in surprise: "Boy, you said you wanted to do something big, and you really did it!"

"What's the price of this fish? Is it worth the money?" Chen Hui asked.

The current price of seafood is quite different from what I think.

Every time Chen Hui caught a big catch, what he feared most was that after bringing it back, he would find out that it was worthless in this era.

(End of this chapter)