1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 119: The First Harvest of "Undersea Escape"
In addition to selling to Zheng Liu, Liang Ziqiang also kept some shrimps, a few dogleg fish, and a not-so-cheap conger eel, and carried them back home in a bucket.

Although dog leg fish is cheap, it tastes very good when eaten by yourself. Its meat is firm, a bit like yellow croaker meat, in the shape of garlic cloves, but slightly thicker.

The taste is OK but the price is not high, mainly because the fish head is too big and the meat is relatively small. In addition, the fish is relatively troublesome to handle.

I got home early today and dinner hadn't been prepared yet, so fresh dogleg fish became the main dish today.

Chen Xiangbei had never cooked this kind of fish before. Liang's mother was afraid that she didn't know how to cook it, so she took the initiative to come over and teach her.

In the past, when Liang's mother and Kuang Haixia got along with each other, the two of them were a bit tit-for-tat and hostile to each other, but now that they have a second daughter-in-law, for some reason, Liang's mother and Chen Xiangbei get along very well and naturally, and at first glance you might think they are mother and daughter.

In fact, in her previous life, even when she was working away from home, Chen Xiangbei and her mother-in-law got along pretty well. In addition to personality reasons, it might also be a kind of fate!

At this time, Liang's mother patiently taught Chen Xiangbei that when handling the dog leg fish, she should not rush to scrape the scales. The fins of the dog leg fish are very hard and must be cut off with scissors first, otherwise it will be easy to prick your hand when scraping the scales later.

Chen Xiangbei did as she was told and quickly learned everything.

She braised the dog leg fish. When it came to the conger eel, Chen Xiangbei instinctively hid aside and refused to touch the conger eel.

Although Liang Ziqiang was tireless in teaching her, he repeatedly told her that this was not a snake, but a conger eel. He also talked about the difference between conger eels and sea snakes, the habits of conger eels, and their nutritional value.

After hearing all this, Chen Xiangbei listened carefully. After listening, she handed the kitchen knife to him:
"You come!"

In the end, Liang Ziqiang cooked the conger eel himself. Of course, he ate the most. The conger eel soup tasted delicious.

The meat of conger eel has a rich, soft and gelatinous texture. Compared with other fish, the meat is more delicate and the taste is smoother.

Of course, there is another hidden characteristic of the conger eel, which Liang Ziqiang almost overlooked. It was not until the second half of the night that he realized it while tossing and turning!

Chen Xiangbei was sleeping soundly, but she felt the body next to her hugging her tighter and tighter, and every part of her body seemed to be shaking excessively!

She had just pushed his face away, only to find herself in his clutches again; she had just opened his hand, only to find that he had transformed into an octopus, wrapping around her completely...

"No! You have to get up before dawn to go out to sea recently. It's so tiring to get up early and go to bed late! Go to bed quickly. I heard that... is also harmful to your health!" Chen Xiangbei was struggling.

"I feel like if I hold it in like this, it will only hurt my body more..." He took her hand and guided it towards him to confirm it.

She believed it immediately.

"You are such a trouble! I was sleeping so well and it's already the middle of the night, but how come you seem to be getting more energetic the more you sleep?" She complained a few words, but in fact she felt sorry for him and had begun to waver.

"I knew my wife was the most caring!" Liang Ziqiang was delighted and took the opportunity to bully her...

"Then hurry up! Also, make some noise and I'll beat you up!"

In the end, she realized that what she said was as good as nothing. Liang Ziqiang was also weird tonight, as if he had endless energy...

"Not well yet? You don't have to sleep tonight! Um, what's wrong with you? Did you eat something wrong?!"

Chen Xiangbei hovered on the edge of the truth and was almost touching it, but in the end he did not think of the conger eel.

Eel nourishes the liver and kidneys, and some nutrients seem to increase men's calories...

Of course, this varies from person to person. For example, Liang Ziqiang at this moment highly suspected that his surging enthusiasm was related to eating too many conger eels for dinner.

Chen Xiangbei fell into a deep sleep in a state of fatigue, and she never thought that it might be the conger eel soup that kept her awake all night long...

If she knew the truth, she would probably throw the conger eel away!

The scolding in the second half of the night made Liang Ziqiang sleep particularly soundly. The next day, as usual, they had to set off before dawn, so Liang's father and others got up on time. As a result, they found that Liang Ziqiang's door was tightly closed, and there was no sound of him getting up. The three of them didn't dare to knock on his door, so they squatted outside the door and waited like three quails. This wait directly caused the delay of today's voyage, and they didn't set off until dawn.

The more realistic consequence is that because we missed the best time to go out to sea, the day's catch was only sold for more than 30 yuan.

Liang Ziqiang calculated and felt that the wave of conger eels not only did not make him more money, but he seemed to have lost money...

Fortunately, the third day is almost the day to salvage the "undersea fish".

That day, Li Liang made an appointment with him to meet at the beach early in the morning, and then sail together to the waters near Guanqi Island.

After arriving nearby, since the sea area was relatively certain, Liang Ziqiang found the underwater channel he had placed the day before without much effort.

The floats he, Li Liang and Deng Zhaocai made are all different in size, shape and color, so they are easy to identify. Of course, their names are engraved on the bamboo tubes, which can only be seen by scooping them up and looking carefully.

The boat slowly stopped, and he picked up the thick rope under the buoy and began to pull it up from the seabed.

Although the two iron anchors on the seabed were not as big as ship anchors, they were able to sink deeply into the mud and sand on the seabed and could not be washed away by the ocean currents. Naturally, they still had some weight. Liang Zifeng also hurried over to help.

Judging from the feel, it seems that the harvest is quite good!

When the "Seabed Drifter" was pulled onto the boat, Liang Ziqiang's smile was obviously filled with satisfaction.

The cone-shaped "sea slug" has now become bulging, and it has really become a "large pocket". Judging from the initial visual inspection, there may be 30 to 40 kilograms of harvest!

Although it is not as good as the harvest of over 100 kilograms when you are lucky enough to cast a net, it is still better than the sporadic net fishing under normal circumstances.

As for the types, they can be said to be colorful and rich in variety.

At first glance, there are shrimps, crabs, even octopuses, and there are several kinds of fish as well.

The reason for this is that the "bottom-diving" tool sinks relatively deep, and its prey is not only the fish swimming in the upper layer of the seawater, but also the creatures in the middle layer, lower layer, and near the bottom layer. As long as they pass by and are brought in by the ocean current, they will all become their prey.

This is very different from casting a wide net.

Several kinds of fish poured out from the "seabed" include white carp and goby, but these are not very valuable.

What Liang Ziqiang was most satisfied with was a small fish that looked somewhat cute.

This fish has a slightly golden color that is not too deep, and its head is much larger than its body.

Mei Tongyu!
"Fuck, Brother Qiang, this is a good harvest. There are so many 'Bighead Plum'? They almost take up half of it! This fish is more valuable than the other ones!"

Deng Zhaocai, who was on the boat next to him, looked over and immediately said with a sigh of relief.

"It's okay. It's normal to catch a plum fish by 'Seabed Diving', isn't it?" Liang Ziqiang responded casually.

Indeed, shrimps, whitebait, and Penaeus harzianus are the main targets of "sea diving".

But no matter what, the price of the plum fish is better than that of goby, white fish, and bamboo swordfish.

Liang Ziqiang was in a pretty good mood at this moment!

Although he said it calmly, he was already looking forward to pulling up more plum fish in the next dive...

(End of this chapter)