1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 139: Surrounded by Fish from All Directions

The striped bass is not a naive person and it cannot be said to be very ferocious, but this fish has a pretty bad temper and is quite fierce.

After being caught in its mouth, the striped bass was unwilling to surrender and struggled violently. Its tail hit Duobao's head and water droplets splashed into Duobao's eyes.

When it shook, Duobao's head also shook and moved in the same frequency...

After all, Duobao hasn't fully grown yet, and his head is only half the size.

Fortunately, this spotted sea bass is not a particularly large one, otherwise, with Duobao's current body, he might not be able to catch it...

The fierce struggle of the spotted sea bass resulted in Duobao biting even harder.

When it ran to Liang Ziqiang and Chen Xiangbei and handed the fish to them, Liang Ziqiang took a look and saw that the fish had holes bitten on it and was bleeding.

"Good dog! Next time, remember not to lose your teeth if you can. It's hard to sell them if they're broken!"

Liang Ziqiang thought that this little flaw was nothing. After all, Duobao was still weak, and he was afraid that he could not subdue the fish, so he bit it with all his strength. I remember that last time I helped him pick up the Xiangfei fish that fell out of the bucket, it didn't hurt any of them.

Chen Xiangbei watched Liang Ziqiang put the fruits of Duobao's labor into the bucket and asked in amazement:

"How did it come to its mind to catch a fish, and actually catch one! Have you ever taught it to catch a fish?"

Liang Ziqiang shook his head: "No! It figured it out on its own."

"It didn't catch fish before, but it suddenly learned how to catch fish today. Could it be because it saw Dahuang catching pheasants in the mountains this morning?" Chen Xiangbei thought for a while and guessed.

"You're right! It's possible! So, Da Huang came here specially today to teach the family skills, haha!"

This Da Huang was probably worried about losing his inheritance, so he came here to teach and then ran away immediately after he succeeded?
Because he had to go out to sea for night fishing at night, he had to lie in bed and take a nap in the afternoon to keep himself alert before sailing at night, so Liang Ziqiang didn't stay at the beach for too long.

There were quite a few snails, clams, crabs and other things in the bucket, and he felt it was about time to go back.

Chen Xiangbei went home first, carrying the bent pliers and hand nets, while Liang Ziqiang took the harvest to sell himself.

The most interesting things to see today are actually blood clams and blue crabs, both of which are not cheap. Other snails and the like are not worth much no matter how many there are.

As expected, Zheng Liu also saw the blue crabs above at a glance:

"Isn't this a stone crab today? You picked up all the expensive crabs when you were fishing. Blue crabs are one dollar per pound!"

Unfortunately, the blue crabs today all have no roe. If they had red roe, they could be sold at a higher price, about 1.2 yuan.

It is said that red crabs are most likely to appear in late autumn, but the formation of red crabs also occurs at different times.

There were a total of over three pounds of blue crabs, which were sold for three yuan and twenty cents.

"I'll give you 1 cent for each of the flower clams and clams. Don't pick them separately, weigh them all together. Hey, what's that next to it, a blood clam?" Zheng Liu's eyes lit up. "This thing is hard to come by. Don't say Uncle Zheng is playing tricks on you. I'm telling you straight, this thing has been very popular recently, and the price has gone up instead of down. I'll give you 90 cents for it!"

Liang Ziqiang was a little uncomfortable with Zheng Liu's generosity and frankness today.

He originally thought that no matter how expensive the blood clams were, they would not exceed 80 cents under normal circumstances, and 60 cents would be acceptable if it was lower. Unexpectedly, Zheng Liu revealed the increase today and took the initiative to give 90 cents, which was beyond his expectations.

This time we almost poked the blood clam nest and dug out quite a lot of blood clams.

After weighing it, it was 13 jin, 90 cents per jin, and sold it directly for 11.7 yuan. When it was the turn of the sea bass, Zheng Liu was unhappy:

"How did you catch this fish? Did you pierce it with a rake? There are holes all over it and blood is coming out. I can't charge you the usual 40 cents. I'll deduct 20 cents and charge you 20 cents per pound!"

Zheng Liu said as he took it to weigh it.

Liang Ziqiang reached out and took it back from the scale: "I'm not selling this one, steam it for dinner!"

Just kidding, 2 cents, just cut it in half. It's so cheap and they still sell it for a cent. It won't be affected if you wash it yourself. Doesn't the steamed sea bass taste delicious?

Including the spicy snails and Dongfeng snails, I earned 15.30 yuan in less than two hours of fishing.

Of course, it was mainly thanks to the many blood clams discovered by Chen Xiangbei, otherwise the income would only be three or four dollars.

After returning home and washing his hands and feet thoroughly, Liang Ziqiang went back to his cabin to sleep.

It was almost dark when Chen Xiangbei came in and called him to dinner. The two of them had a rich meal, including the stewed pheasant with chestnuts and rice cones that they hadn't finished in the morning, the freshly steamed sea bass in the afternoon, and the leafy vegetables they had picked from the fields.

After dinner, a new round of night arrests began with Liang Zifeng.

After the six of us got together, we agreed to find a place near Guanqi Island. The main reason was that Guanqi Island was used as a reference, so it was easier to find the buoy during the day.

We drove all the way to Guanqi Island in the night. The boat lights attracted most of the fish on the road. The price of bamboo saury was only 1.5 yuan. After six people worked hard for a while, they felt that they needed to change their thinking. Otherwise, even if they caught more fish tonight, they would not get much money at this price.

"The most common fish on this route may be bamboo saury. Should we take a detour this time and go to a farther sea to see if we can encounter any other phototactic fish?" Liang Ziqiang suggested.

"But the sea is too far away. We don't dare to go there during the day. Who can go there at night? Your two boats are bigger, so you may be able to go a little further!" Although Li Liang is usually reckless, he is cautious in this matter.

"It's not too far, just a little further to Guanqi Island."

After hearing what Liang Ziqiang said, the brothers Zhong Kang and Zhong Ming agreed:

"It's still a long way from the deep sea, Li Liang, don't worry! Go a little further away, the night hunt is almost over, then go back to Guanqi Island and release the seabed!"

Finally, we decided to take three boats. We chose a different route from the previous nights and sailed to a sea area farther than Guanqi Island.

I deliberately stayed on the sea for a while, hoping to use the light to attract some more valuable fish.

As time passed, they gradually heard noises.

When I shone the flashlight into the distance, blood rushed directly to my forehead.

Wherever the flashlight shines, there are fish surging!
I moved the flashlight to other places again and again, and there were still large schools of fish.

At some point, their three boats were surrounded by schools of fish on all sides. They looked small and dim, as if they were surrounded by an ambush from all sides.

They just thought that they could catch more fish in the distant sea, but they didn't expect that the school of phototactic fish they attracted would be so huge and numerous!

In comparison, the saury, bluefin mullet, fat-eyed herring and the like that were vying for attention in the previous few nights were nothing.

This force, surging from all directions, was like poking a fish nest. The six of us might be so tired that we would cramp and collapse on the boat tonight...

(End of this chapter)