Chapter 1344

Ye Yaodong stared at the display screen until he saw that as the fishing boat moved, the yellow and green dots on the screen suddenly turned red; his eyes lit up, and the red dots were getting redder and redder.

A large area of red was almost filling the screen, with only some scattered green and yellow dots at the edges.

He was extremely delighted and immediately steered the fishing boat, slowly moving toward the area around these red dots.

It was almost time to haul the net, and he didn't expect to encounter such a large wave of fish schools.

The denser the red dots and the deeper the color, the larger the fish school.

Along the way, it wasn't that he hadn't seen red dots on the display screen, but they were just scattered, not that red, and not filling the screen in such a large area.

After all, the fish schools under the sea are moving, and the sonar detector can only detect a rough idea; when moving over, the coverage of the fishing net is also a matter of luck.

Naturally, the larger the fish school, the greater the probability that the fishing net can catch cargo, and the more it will catch.

Anyway, wherever red dots were detected, he would move there until the red dots disappeared, and then continue to move forward along the established trajectory.

At this time, he was operating the fishing boat to move toward the red dots on the display, and noisy sounds also came from the channel.

It was the other two fishing boats discussing their harvest from this net, and saying that they were not far from the fishing point on their sea chart.

According to the current speed of 2~4 knots, they would arrive at the fishing point in just over an hour, and then everyone could move and fish in the surrounding area by themselves, as long as they didn't deviate too far.

Actually, it's about the same now; move according to the situation, anyway, the general direction is not much different, and they are almost at the location.

With the remaining distance of less than ten nautical miles, if sailing normally, it might only take half an hour to arrive; now this place can also be considered to be in the surrounding area, so it doesn't matter if they move freely.

Ye Yaodong listened to them talking, just responded casually a few times, saying that he also intended to haul the net.

He wanted to wait until the red dots on the display screen disappeared before hauling the net; anyway, it didn't matter if it was a little later.

The workers below were also waiting to haul the net at this time; they also knew in their hearts that it was time to haul the net, and the previous batch of cargo had long been sorted.

Those with high value were put into the freezer, those with low value were put into the cold storage, and those that couldn't be sold for money were all dumped back into the sea.

That swishing sound of basket after basket being dumped made Ye Yaodong's heart ache; these could be sold for a lot of money in the future, and even now, he could drag them back to dry into dried fish to sell for money, so why did they come from there? And why did they go back there?

If he could record a video, he couldn't imagine how many followers he could gain.

It's possible that what was left on the boat wasn't as much as what was dumped; this is not impossible.

He shook his head regretfully, and could only choose not to see it to avoid heartache, focusing his attention on the screen.

Just at this moment, he saw the people below seem to be exclaiming there, looking very excited, and he also curiously stretched his neck.

The area around the fishing boat seemed to be boiling, with water splashing constantly, and fish schools jumping; the workers were all running back and forth there to get hand-held dip nets.

He was surprised, and also curiously took a flashlight, walked out of the wheelhouse, stood on top of the wheelhouse, and shone it toward the water surface; at this time, he also saw clearly.

"Oh my, damn, triggerfish..."

One side of the fishing boat was densely packed with triggerfish gathering; as the fishing boat moved forward, those triggerfish also kept chasing the fishing boat.

Only one side had them, while the other side didn't.

The workers below were also constantly shouting there.

"Scoop, scoop, scoop..."

"Hurry up, be careful..."

"My mom, so many..."

"It's too big, help, one person can't pull it up..."

Ye Yaodong used a megaphone to shout at them: "Come on, scoop up a bit more, they should be attracted by the light from your flashlights and headlamps; get ready to haul the net in a while."

Everyone responded without turning their heads, all focused on fighting with the triggerfish on the side.

The triggerfish attracted by the light on the side of the boat were densely packed; the small ones were about ten jin, the average ones were thirty or forty jin, and there were quite a few big ones of fifty or sixty jin; scooping them up could also sell for a lot of money.

In order to scoop up these fish on the side of the boat, he didn't dare to haul the net now, so he could only continue to trawl, going in and out of the wheelhouse to watch.

Actually, he really wanted to go down and help, but there were enough people below, and he had to sit in command up here.

But he couldn't keep this up indefinitely; he still had to haul the net when the time came, otherwise, in case there was too much cargo, it would be a big problem if the net couldn't be hauled up then.

From releasing the net in the evening until now, four or five hours had passed, which was much longer than the time in the afternoon, and after a large wave of fish schools just passed, the cargo in the fishing net must be very impressive now.

Generally, such large fishing boats operate below for between 3~6 hours, depending on the person steering the boat to grasp it, and hauling the net according to the situation.

Ye Yaodong watched as half an hour passed, and everyone was still fighting with those triggerfish, so he had to use the megaphone to shout and let them prepare to haul the net.

"Get ready to haul the net, haul the net, half the people get ready to haul the net, half the people continue to scoop up triggerfish... did you hear me..."

"Oh~"

Everyone responded, and then discussed sending half the people out to haul the net.

Some people found the towline connected to the fishing net; usually, these towlines have obvious markings for quick identification.

One end of the towline is fixed to the fishing net, and the other end is on the boat.

Connect the towline to the winch on the deck. The winch usually has a special joint or hook for fixing the towline.

And keep an eye on it to ensure that the connection between the towline and the winch is firm and reliable, avoiding loosening or breaking during the net hauling process.

Some people went to the stern to pay attention to the process of hauling the fishing net to avoid mistakes.

After they were ready, they shouted to him.

"Ready..."

After Ye Yaodong confirmed that they were ready, he let them start the winch.

They just came out today, and some are novices, most of them have no bottom in their hearts, and they have to wait for him to speak to confirm; after they become skilled, they will look at the situation and start the winch themselves.

After the winch started, it began to slowly pull in the towline, gradually pulling the fishing net toward the side of the boat.

The speed of the winch must be moderate to avoid damage to the fishing net or breaking the towline.

While he was paying attention to the hauling of the fishing net, he was also watching them continue to scoop up triggerfish on the side; the wheelhouse still had some soundproofing effect, and coupled with the sound of the wind and the waves, the sounds of their surprise below didn't sound that clear.

But he could see that every time they dragged up a triggerfish, they had a happy smile.

Although they were all working for him, and it was him who sold the fish for money, there was also a sense of accomplishment in scooping them up themselves.

They also moved the rope with the light bulb to the side of the boat, so that the light could shine on the sea surface, making those triggerfish more excited, to ensure that they would keep following the fishing boat.

The process of hauling the net also takes more than half an hour; the winch slowly tightens, and the more fish cargo inside, the heavier it is, so the hauling might be slightly slower.

When the winch stopped moving, Ye Yaodong also knew that the fishing net had been hauled up to the stern of the boat.

Now he could also feel at ease to go down and take a look, letting the boat continue to sail along the predetermined route for the time being.

"Brother Dong... this net must have a lot, it's really heavy, the winch is creaking..."

"The previous net was also creaking..."

"This net is creaking more, it looks more strenuous..."

Ye Yaodong smiled and said, "It must have a lot, just encountered a large wave of fish schools, and this net was trawled for a much longer time than the previous one, there must be a lot of cargo."

"We'll release one load in a moment, let's see what good things are inside..."

He nodded, let them hoist first, and went to the other side himself.

A lot of triggerfish were already scattered on the deck, visually estimated to be over twenty, with the small ones being over ten jin and the big ones over fifty jin.

Some had already been bled, and the deck was stained everywhere, looking bloody.

"Brother Dong, there are so many of these fish..."

"Thank you for your hard work, scoop them up, and take turns to rest when you're tired."

"Alas... if only this were tuna, aren't the two of them related?"

"As long as it's tuna, then we'd be rich."

After Ye Yaodong finished smiling and speaking, he also looked at the sea surface; those fish were really like being in a hot pot, all scrambling to surge toward the side of the fishing boat, and the waves hitting those triggerfish added a bit of luster.

"There really are a lot."

"Yes, if only there were the rollers from before on the boat, cast a net, and then use the rollers to roll it up, which would save trouble."

"Take it slow, rest for a while when you're tired..."

It's definitely good to be able to scoop up more, but scooping them up one by one, according to human physical strength, won't make a big fortune; the bulk still depends on what's inside the fishing net.

Trawling tens of thousands of jin in one net is better than the effort of scooping them up one by one here, right?

But we can't not want them, they can all be sold for money, so we can only let everyone do their best.

If they are tired, let them rest.

After resting enough, if they still have energy, then scoop them up; anyway, it looks like as long as there is light, these triggerfish will be attracted and keep following the fishing boat; if they can be caught, then try to catch them.

The number of triggerfish in this surrounding area is really large.

"Wow... it's hoisted up..."

"They're all red, guess, bet, what kind of fish are these this time!"

"Squid, I bet that's squid..."

"I bet there are shrimp..."

"I bet it's red snapper..."

Ye Yaodong heard their cheers, turned his head and smiled at them; young people are still energetic.

"Not tired yet, you can still shout so loudly."

"Hahaha, haven't seen enough, only saw it hoisted a few times at noon, this is the first time running so far..."

"Yes, they haven't seen tens of thousands of jin in one net, haven't been excited enough; before, they could only listen to everyone bragging, now they've seen it."

Ye Yaodong teased, "Wait until tomorrow when your energy is worn out and only fatigue is left, you won't be able to shout."

"That's tomorrow, now we're still excited."

"Okay, seeing you are so excited, then I'll let you take shifts at night, let you shout for one more night; those scooping triggerfish over there, go rest directly when you're tired later, it just so happens that half of you take shifts, and go to sleep when it's dawn."

"Ah..."

Ye Yaodong didn't care about their miserable screams, watched a large load of cargo already hoisted up, so he went to pull out the pole at the net mouth, and all the fish fell down.

"Holy crap... so many big squid... I guessed it right..."

"It's all squid..."

"Holy crap, they're still moving..."

Ye Yaodong was sealing the net mouth and throwing the fish collection bag into the water, letting the remaining fish in the fishing net continue to fill the fish collection bag; hearing their words, he turned his head and took a look.

Those big squid were as long as his forearm, red, just released, still transparent, and the tentacles and the small butterflies on their backs were still constantly waving.

"Red squid, not bad, quite a lot..."

This is deep-sea big red squid, with thick meat; drying them into dried squid or making shredded squid is a good choice.

"Brother Dong, small tube squid can be eaten raw directly, this one is so big, can it be eaten raw? Haven't eaten such a big one raw before..."

"You glutton, you can eat it if you want, but can you finish it? Spread it out, it's twice as big as your face."

"Then let's dry some, cook soup tomorrow."

Ye Yaodong responded, "Okay, you guys pick some and hang them up in a while, blow the sea breeze for a night, then dry them for another day tomorrow, and you can eat them tomorrow night. By the way, let's dry some shredded squid too."

"Shredded squid, how to dry?"

A flash of inspiration hit him; there must be a lot of big red squid in this wave, so he'll just take them all back to dry into dried squid and not sell them.

Then make a part of them into shredded squid, which sells well for a few yuan a jin, and the production is simple, not strenuous, and delicious, an excellent snack.

Self-produced and self-sold.

Or after he goes back, move the workshop that originally made fish sauce to the city, and use the workshop at home to make shredded squid.

Create a Dongsheng brand shredded squid!

Fishing, production, and sales all in one.

There are plenty of deep-sea red squid, they are cheap, and easy to catch; their life cycle is only one year, and it only takes one year to grow from fish roe to a big squid of tens of jin.

Self-produced and self-sold is too good, the profit can be multiplied several times, and it can also save the worry of hundreds of tons of cargo on a boat being hard to sell, reducing the burden on Acai.

He snapped his fingers, feeling more and more that his idea was good.

This is much less troublesome than running a fish cannery; the process is simple, and the women in the village can all do it.

Anyway, most of the fish sauce is now in the city; the ones at home were just some that were made before, and they haven't all fermented yet.

After this trip, let Aqing and his mother hurry up and process them, and let his father transport some empty wooden barrels and large vats to the city to clear out the fish sauce workshop at home.

Because the filling machine was moved to the city, there is no filling machine at home now, so they can't be bagged, and they are all in small jars or large vats.

Some small grocery stores also need jars; the remaining batch at home is now kept for sale to the surrounding areas or small grocery stores near the county town; after all, they are close.

This plan is just right; there's no need to have a fish sauce workshop at home and another factory in the city, running two in separate places.

According to the current transportation situation, it is more convenient to dock in the city, so it is more suitable to put the fish sauce workshop in the city.

And hand-drying shredded squid requires boiling and drying, and requires labor; it is better to arrange employment for the women in the village.

"I'll teach you in a while; after you pick these red squid out later, just freeze them all, and I'll drag them all home when the time comes."

"Want to dry dried squid? Okay, understood; if you hadn't instructed us, we would probably have just put them in cold storage and waited to sell them in a few days; after all, this cargo is cheap."

He didn't explain much, "Yes, as long as you catch red squid from now on, just take them all to be frozen."

"What about the others? Are there any other fish that need to be left to dry at home?"

"Forget it for now, they are too cheap, and those goods are too many; putting them in the freezer takes up space, just sell them fresh; keep the valuable ones in the freezer and leave them to be sold for more at home."

"Okay."

Cheap goods are often very numerous; if you really freeze everything and leave it at home, his freezer will probably be full in a few days.

Anyway, there is his father's fresh-collecting boat at home, which goes to collect the cargo of several boats every two days, so there must be plenty of fish for drying; it doesn't matter if he keeps them or not.

But if he wants to dry shredded squid, he can only use deep-sea red squid; this squid is cheap, and the shredded squid dried from it is fragrant and chewy.

Just thinking about it, he's a bit hungry now.

"When you are free later, kill some of these squid, wash them clean, take out the belly, boil them in a pot, and then take them out and hang them up with ropes to dry."

"After they are dried, take them down and tear them into strips; that's shredded squid, authentic shredded squid dried by the sea breeze."

Ye Yaodong licked his tongue, "Fragrant, original flavor; when they are dried, I guarantee you'll want to swallow your tongue, and you'll want to eat more after eating."

"Do it! We'll do it later! Haven't eaten shredded squid before."

"Hahaha... do it after you're busy, hurry up and get ready to hoist the 2nd load."

"Okay."

After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he climbed back into the wheelhouse to drink tea.

Outside, the cold wind was whistling, blowing his hands numb; fortunately, he was wrapped tightly, with a hat, scarf, and mask, everything he needed.

Sitting in the wheelhouse, he could see clearly below, but it was just more detailed when walking out to look.

The load of cargo that was just hoisted up, he looked from afar and it was red again, all deep-sea big red squid.

Shredded squid, he really missed it, hadn't eaten it for a long time.

Thinking back to when he was running the boat, he also took whatever he wanted to dry; it was convenient on the boat, and he could eat whatever he wanted.

Eat whatever is expensive, it doesn't matter.

How much can an individual's stomach eat? Tens of thousands of jin of cargo are usually caught in one net on this kind of boat, and usually, the boat boss lets everyone eat as much as they want.

Just take advantage of being at sea, where the wind is strong and it's easy to air-dry; when docking and returning, save a few baskets, and let the workers take some home for their families to taste.

He could already imagine the children at home swarming up, grabbing and filling their pockets, running around the village eating and playing.

(I also want to eat; my cousin brought a big bag over before, and the ones dried on the fishing boat were much better than the ones bought in the supermarket, original flavor; the ones eaten in the supermarket all had a powdery taste.)

Ye Yaodong controlled the direction of the fishing boat while watching load after load of cargo being hoisted up, each load red, just a matter of quantity.

He pondered in his heart that the large area of red fish schools detected by sonar just now might be these deep-sea big red squid, the quantity was too large.

Just visually estimating, he felt it accounted for 1/3 of the total, and maybe they caught some along the way.

If it weren't for the idea of making shredded squid, in fact, this big red squid is not very valuable; although it is large, one can be ten or twenty jin, but it is also because of the weight that it can be sold for a price.

The local custom of eating winter solstice rice dumplings, the filling inside is made of big red squid; this is a must-have in the filling, very fresh.

After going home, start this business; in the future, wanting to catch big red squid continuously is a simple matter; if it really doesn't work, collecting them is also easy, not afraid of running out of stock at all, and there is a very large market.

He thought happily.

The mast in front of him was also bent and bent again; he had been counting, and seven fish collection bags had already been hoisted up.

This is more than 30,000 jin, and the workers were still tightening the mouth of the fish collection bag, continuing to throw it into the sea, and their faces were full of joy.

There's more...

In the future, one net can probably only haul 2.5~5 loads, calculating it, one net is between 10,000+ jin to 20,000+ jin.

"Tsk tsk tsk... can't finish catching, simply can't finish catching..."

He kept counting until the 12th load was not full, and he knew in his heart that there was nothing left; after hauling the fishing net up, he had to release the net again.

About 60,000 jin...

It really is a frightening number.

Calculating it, from going out to sea in the morning until now, two nets hauled less than 90,000 jin.

The first net, when it was released during the day, hadn't run very far, and the time was slightly shorter.

Half dumped back into the sea, then he still has 40,000+ jin; it is estimated that those big red squid can have nearly 10,000 jin, which is enough to produce a lot.

The first batch should be enough if dried.

After hauling the net, he also adjusted the channel back; originally he had adjusted the channel to the public channel.

No one was talking inside, it was quiet; probably they also adjusted to the public channel to listen to the weather forecast and various broadcast precautions.

In the distance, he could also see two bright red dots; they had already reached the target sea area at this time.

Ye Yaodong could also see the coordinates displayed on the display screen; he had deviated a bit, but it didn't matter; anyway, he could see the other two boats.

Since they had already reached the target sea area for fishing, the rest was up to everyone to play, each fishing, not interfering with each other, and notifying each other if there was a situation.

He estimated that the two boats were operating at this time; his net was hauled too late, and it took more time.

Ye Yaodong raised his wrist and looked, it was almost 12:00.

And those workers who were slowly scooping triggerfish were all resting at this time, and couldn't be seen.

Without their lights shining, the sea surface also temporarily returned to calm, without the scene of a pile of triggerfish boiling just now.

He didn't care; they couldn't finish catching, everyone would be tired, and it was time, so they really should rest.

And the remaining people were hauling the fishing net at this time, hauling all the fishing nets up, and then slightly organizing them, continuing to drag them to the slide at the stern of the boat, and then notifying him, preparing to release the net again.

After Ye Yaodong saw their actions, he also went out to shout, notifying them that they could release the net.

The net-winding machine was quickly started, and the fishing net was like a hungry long dragon, winding behind and slowly sliding toward the sea, gradually disappearing under the water surface.

After the fishing net was completely in the sea, the mouth was getting wider and wider under the action of the water board; it was a hungry giant dragon, opening its bloody mouth.

His attention was also refocused on the display screen, fishing according to the sonar detector.

Now the display screen was filled with green and yellow dots again.

There was no need to search everywhere to release the net.

After the workers released the net, they also returned to the fish hold cover and continued to sort various fish products.

There were many of them, chatting with each other; in fact, they were still excited; young people can stay up late and get more energetic the more they stay up.

These raw seafood, they could also send them to their mouths while sorting, to taste the freshest taste.

Ye Yaodong picked up the cold tea on the table and took a sip, shivering, which just happened to refresh him.

He would stay up late tonight, and when it was dawn, he would change shifts, and go to sleep himself.

These things on the operation console are actually simple, about the same; at most, there are a few that are a bit complicated, but you can know them after teaching them once; if you don't know, don't touch them first.

Anyway, he slept behind the wheelhouse; if there was anything, knock on the door, and he would naturally wake up, and could also control it in time, so as not to make mistakes.

He had also thought about the candidate; when it was dawn, he would directly call Chen Shi over.

This kid is still relatively reliable; although he still stutters a bit, he looks quite good now, doesn't stutter much, and doesn't stutter when speaking slowly; everyone on the boat is used to it.

After a long time, there is no discriminatory psychology.

He has also been in contact for four years; this year, listening to his stuttering, it has improved a lot; although there is still some stuttering, judging by his ability to scold people and make people angry, it is estimated that after scolding for another two years, it will be about the same.

Don't be afraid of stuttering, just be afraid that you don't dare to speak, becoming more and more inferior, then don't think about stuttering getting better.

He is still very optimistic about Chen Shi; when he changes to a big boat, he also intends to let Chen Shi take over this boat; now he can practice first.

Mainly because Chen Shi is also young; if he takes over this boat, he can work for him for a lifetime; if another old man comes to take over, he will have to change people again after a few years.

He also believes in Chen Shi's loyalty.

After the fishing net was released, he was also bored, could only watch the screen, watch the sea surface, no one to chat with; if he were on the Dongsheng, he could still chat and fart with a few friends.

The people below were sorting very enthusiastically.

Life at sea is indeed monotonous and boring.

Ye Yaodong thought to himself: "The three great sufferings in life: running a boat, blacksmithing, and grinding tofu."

The triathlon in the future is: "Didi, express delivery, and takeout."

The three treasures of auspiciousness: "Security, cleaning, and nannies."

The trilogy of entrepreneurship is: "Stall setting, shop opening, and self-media."

Nothing is easy to do, nothing is easy to do.

Now at sea, without special circumstances, one can only repeat the work of releasing and hauling the net; encountering rare fish, surprised for a while, everyone discusses a few sentences.

After being tired and numb for two days, rare fish can't make them very happy; after all, it's not them making money; at that time, they look forward to going home more in their hearts.

No situation is also the best situation; boredom is better than danger and excitement.

It's also okay, he doesn't stay at sea for a long time, everyone can have more hope, stay for half a month, a month, and naturally go back, it's not that hard to endure.

It's much more comfortable than the boatmen on Zhao Chengzhou's two fishing boats; they really stay for half a year as soon as they get on the boat before going back.

The wives they married in this era are all simple and family-oriented, and can endure it; I don't know about the wives in the future.

The treatment for working for him is really good; after all, he has also been a worker.