1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 180: Thousands of Hairtails
When he was wandering around other places yesterday, Li Liang was still not picky. As long as there were fish, his fishing nets would be opened to them all equally.

It was different now. Groups of fish were swirling around. This guy looked around and became reserved.

There are quite a lot of fish, but the space in the cabin is limited. Even if there are shrimps and barramundi, don't take up space.

The four people were picking and choosing, but they saw more and more figures waving like silk ribbons among the miscellaneous fish and shrimps.

"Oilfish?"

Hairtail is a typical fish species that migrates from north to south. In early winter, cold air occurs frequently, and hairtail gradually gathers in groups and migrates south, forming the winter hairtail season.

It seems that these cutlassfish are gathering from all directions and gradually floating up, heading for the deep sea wintering grounds.

These cutlass fish were mixed in with the gobies, which made Liang Ziqiang and his friends feel quite strange.

Because cutlassfish tend to flock together, they are attracted to each other and form groups, forming special "cutlassfish camps" that are rarely mixed with other fish camps.

Without thinking too much, they started casting their nets and caught two nets of gobies and hairtails. As a result, the hairtails kept getting more and more.

It turned out that the ones sandwiched in front of the goby were just a group of leading cutlassfish.

At this time, more cutlassfish came sporadically from all over the shallow sea and gathered more and more in Longju Ridge.

As they swim, they occasionally open their mouths to eat the shrimps that also gather here. This is not migration, it is clearly a food tour while eating.

The hair shrimps originally gathered in groups and planned to head to that deep sea area, but accidentally ended up on a delivery trip.

But it doesn't matter, their wish will be fulfilled. The hairtail fish will use its stomach and abdomen to carry them to the deep sea wintering grounds...

In addition to hair shrimps, there are also many floating mysid shrimps in this area, which is also one of the common dishes in the hairtail recipe.

So, regardless of whether they were mysid shrimp or hair shrimp, the hairtails would move around and eat them all.

For a moment, countless silver ribbons were seen waving in the sea water of Longjuling.

The ribbons formed by the hairtail fish have smooth curves, flexible shapes, and a glittering luster. Thousands of them float in the air, seemingly each doing its own thing, yet they are surprisingly orderly.

It was as if there were an invisible pair of giant hands hidden in the sea, directing them to swing left and right at the same time, forming a grand rhythm.

As a result, the originally azure waters of Longju Mountain turned into silver.

This scene was more like the blockbuster Liang Ziqiang had seen on TV in his later life. But this one was real and three-dimensional, with the entire screen spread out on the bottom of his boat. Compared to the blockbuster, this was more shocking.

Of course, half of their shock at this moment was because: money came!

The banknotes are stacked so neatly!

In fact, the price of hairtail is very different between the south and the north.

The meat of northern hairtail is tender and has less fishy smell.

The hairtail from the South China Sea is often a bit tough and tastes inferior to other types of hairtail from other places, so the price is also cheaper.

In 4, in a province at the junction of the north and the south, the purchase price of hairtail weighing more than liang was cents per catty. But in the South China Sea, the purchase price is obviously lower than this.

Zheng Liu usually buys hairtail at the price of 0.20 yuan.

However, compared to the few cents of thorny fish and shrimp in the previous one, the value of two cents is not bad. Moreover, the density of this fish is higher than that of other fish.

The higher the density, the greater the harvest will be when the net is cast.

The green fishing nets on the two boats were swung into the air, like several green lights, hitting a silver wave.

The rhythmic beauty was disturbed for a moment, and the hairtails around the fishing nets fled smoothly, as if a hole was carved out of the entire screen. After waiting for a while, the net was pulled up. This time, the yellow croaker was obviously heavier than yesterday, and each net was probably about 100 kilograms.

At this time, it is all about hand speed. No matter how dense the hairtail is, it will eventually flow from Longju Mountain to the deep sea and never return.

And the characteristics of the hairtail fish's body determine that once it escapes, it swims very fast. Often it is in front of you one second and appears somewhere else the next.

On the boat, Liang Ziqiang immediately cast a new net. Although Liang Zifeng was not as fast as him, he was also casting the net in an orderly manner.

After casting two nets, he went into the cabin and rowed the boat for a while to let the wooden boat keep up with the hairtail fish.

They chased and stopped like this until the hairtail fish ran farther and farther away. Li Liang stopped the boat and dared not chase any further.

His boat was small and could not withstand the same current speed and amplitude as Liang Ziqiang's boat.

Liang Ziqiang continued to chase for a short distance, replenished his net, and then turned back.

Li Liang was content. When Liang Ziqiang came back, he smiled at him and said:

"I didn't expect it. This black dragon seems to be a good dragon. Next time I come, should I bring a rooster to thank it?"

Liang Ziqiang's forehead darkened:
"It's useless to think so much. Just know that winter will come again tomorrow, and the winter flood here will still be sufficient, that's all!"

After a pause, he reminded:

"There are two more things. Don't blame me for being long-winded. You two really need to remember them!"

Li Liang and Deng Zhaocai asked at the same time: "Which two?"

"I've mentioned this to you before. First, you two can come here casually before or after the winter flood. It's no problem in Longjuling just like strolling on the street. But if you dare to come here in the summer, no one can guarantee what will happen. You're lucky to be able to return!"

He was afraid that the two would get a taste of the sweetness in Longju Mountain and ignore his words, and come here to try their luck on a hot day. As friends, he didn't want the two to die here because of him, just like Lei Zhandou, whose fate was accidentally changed.

This is one of the reasons why he dared not let the whole village come to Longjuling to take advantage of the situation. Once there were too many people, he would not be able to warn or control them. Then some villagers would definitely come here in the summer to try their luck, and then the boats would be destroyed and people would die, repeating the tragedy of decades or hundreds of years ago.

After all, he was just an ordinary person with limited energy. It was impossible for him to be like in later generations, when the relevant departments took special and strong measures to ensure that the villagers could go there in summer and escape the winter floods.

"I know. You said it before. Black Dragon hates being disturbed in the summer!" The two people who were originally laughing and joking became more serious. "Don't worry, we will only come with you during the winter flood. We will never come here without permission at other times!"

After hearing Li Liang's assurances, Liang Ziqiang felt relieved and said:

"The second thing is that if the villagers ask, I can't tell them that it was from Longjuling. I can make up any place, but I can't say it was from here. Think about it, if they ask, how can I conclude that the black dragon doesn't cause trouble in winter but does in summer? How many mouths do I have? How can I explain it to them one by one..."

"I know, I know. Someone tried to test me yesterday and I pushed back!" Li Liang said quickly.

As he was speaking, Liang Zifeng called out:
"Brother, have you noticed that there seem to be more crabs in the water?"

Longju Mountain is rich in life, and there were some crabs that occasionally appeared in the water yesterday. But now, Liang Ziqiang heard Liang Zifeng's call and looked into the water, only to see a dozen crabs swimming in the water beside his boat.

"It's the swimming crab season!"

Deng Zhaocai looked at a few more spots on the water and shouted.

The number of swimming crabs appearing in the surrounding area is obviously increasing. There is only one possibility, that is, the swimming crabs are also rushing here to gather and head all the way to the warm wintering ground.

Without further ado, they became nervous again and were busy collecting tolls...

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