Chapter 297

In the afternoon, Ye Yaodong went to collect the ground cages. Now there were only four rows left, barely enough to sell for seven or eight yuan, and occasionally, if he was lucky, he could sell them for ten or so.

The weather had warmed up recently, and there were quite a lot of sea bass. He kept two large ones for fish soup, and he also kept two yellow mountain fish to steam.

There was no need to keep too many; enough for tonight and tomorrow was fine. He would come back to collect them again the day after tomorrow morning.

His wife and children loved shrimp, so he also kept two jin.

There were other miscellaneous goods, and he collected a whole basket, selling it for over 8 yuan. When they weren't going out to sea, it could also subsidize the household expenses.

When he went to the old house to deliver the fish after selling them, he happened to see Aguang and Ye Huimei there, and they had also brought a lot of things.

Ye Huimei was scolding in the main room, "Don't you know the old lady is of age? She was fine, why tell her such things? When it broke out before the New Year, she was already hit hard. It was fortunate that the lively atmosphere of the New Year helped her get over it quickly..."

"Stop talking, if the old lady hears you, she'll be distressed again." Aguang said soothingly.

Ye Yaodong saw a box of bird's nest on the table and curiously picked it up to look, "Where did this come from? You have such good things?"

"I heard bird's nest is good for pregnant women. I bought two boxes two days ago, and today I happened to bring one for the old lady."

Huh?

Ye Yaodong widened his eyes and looked at Ye Huimei, who looked a bit uncomfortable.

So soon?

Ye's mother also looked over happily, "You're pregnant? So soon, why didn't you say anything?"

"I was thinking the months were still early."

"Go tell the old lady, let her be happy too, so she can get better faster."

"Oh..."

Perhaps it was because happy events make people feel refreshed, or perhaps the old lady was afraid of adding trouble to her children and grandchildren, but after lying down for only two days, she was able to get out of bed and walk around.

Ye Yaodong and Ye's father could also go out to sea with peace of mind; otherwise, neither of them would dare to leave.

Hearing Xiao Xiao and Azheng's fishing boat had also returned the day before, and they were going to test the water tonight. He specifically waited until after the firecrackers were set off before everyone went out to sea together.

On the first trip out, Azheng's father was worried, so he also went on the boat together. However, they felt that it was better to have a familiar boat when going for the first time, so they could look out for each other.

Moreover, they had long since witnessed Adong's luck, so they discussed following them to work today.

Ye Yaodong had no objections; having company was good, and in case they encountered a large ship again, they wouldn't be bullied.

The two fishing boats couldn't wait to rush out of the harbor, sailing side by side into the boundless darkness, heading toward the same sea area. The fishermen's "fields" were right on the vast sea.

In the night sky, the stars were twinkling, and the brightest morning star was flashing to guide the way; it was the brightest star in the east before dawn.

Suddenly becoming the leader, Ye Yaodong also thought about being safer, so he took them to the sea area of the oarfish island that he had often visited in the past few months. He felt that area was his lucky place.

After arriving at the place, he waved a flag toward their boat to remind them.

This was what they had agreed upon beforehand.

Everyone had no communication equipment on hand, and it was inconvenient to call out on the sea, so flags would be used when multiple boats went out to sea together.

Ye Yaodong found a spot and put down the longline fishing gear first. After receiving the signal, Hearing Xiao Xiao and Azheng drove the boat to a further position and began to cast their nets.

Of course, they were trawling; the village was basically dominated by trawling, and some also learned from Ye Yaodong to use both hands. Anyway, it was all manual labor; they would cast it when they arrived at the place and collect it on the return trip, just a little more effort.

Everyone worked in the same sea area, just spread out a bit, and the two boats tried to keep their distance so as not to affect each other.

After he had cast all the longlines, he drove the boat toward the hidden reef again. There was a row of ground cages on the boat that he had prepared in advance, and he planned to put them near the reef to try.

Previously, considering that there were many stones around the reef, the ground cages were easily hooked. In case they were hooked, there was no way to go into the water in the cold weather, so he had never thought about putting them there.

The weather had warmed up recently, and his mind had become active again. When collecting the ground cages during the day, he specifically pulled a row and brought it home, planning to bring it over today to try.

He even brought diving equipment just in case.

Seeing him drive the boat to the reef again, Ye's father was puzzled, "Why are you here again?"

"I brought a row of ground cages and plan to put them here to try and see if I can catch some small lobsters."

"It's all hidden reefs, they will be hooked and can't be pulled up."

"Don't worry, I brought equipment, April weather should be fine."

Seeing that he had everything arranged properly, Ye's father let him be; this kid had big ideas now.

He also helped to spread out the ground cages, grabbed one end, and let it sink slowly.

"Alright, let's come back to collect them when we're ready to return. Let's go trawling. Azheng and Hearing Xiao Xiao should be pulling up their first net soon. Let's drive over and take a look first."

"You drive the boat, I'll go organize the fishing nets first."

Ye Yaodong drove the boat in a straight line, and the sea was boundless.

There were only their two boats in this area, and they were relatively far apart. He approached them after driving for five or six minutes and slowed down after getting close.

Hearing Xiao Xiao shouted at him on the boat, "You haven't cast your nets yet?"

"Not yet, I just finished casting the longlines and planned to come over and take a look. You haven't started pulling the nets yet?"

"We've only been trawling for two hours and planned to trawl for a while longer. Should we pull up a net early and take a look?"

"Pull it up, pull it up. If you trawl for too long and there's too much cargo, it won't be easy to pull."

"Alright, let's pull up a net and take a look first."

The two of them had no experience with trawling, but Azheng's father had experience, so he skillfully collected the net gear first.

By the way, their fishing boat also had an old-fashioned winch connected to the engine, which would be a little less strenuous. The fishing boats of the fishery team were still well-equipped.

Li's father asked the two to hold the tow rope of the trawl net, then wrapped it around the winch bit by bit, slowly dragging the various parts of the trawl net out of the water section by section.

The cargo in the fishing net also appeared in their field of vision bit by bit.

"Damn, so many sea bass."

"Holy crap, are you blind? There's a greasy grouper." Ye Yaodong shouted excitedly. He saw that one fish had a different pattern as soon as the fishing net was dragged onto the water surface.

The patterns of groupers are all very special, and one can distinguish it from other types of fish at a glance.

"Where?"

Azheng puzzledly fiddled with the fishing net and also saw the greasy grouper covered by a few sea bass.

"Ah, it really is a greasy grouper! We made money, we made money..."

Li's father also said happily, "This net is good, a good start."

The greasy grouper is actually called the cloud-patterned grouper, generally known as the electric-patterned grouper. Because its oil content is very rich, it is also called the greasy grouper.

This fish was visually estimated to be 13-15 cm long, with an oval body shape, light brown color, and 5 dark brown bands on the side of the body. The bands branched at the abdomen, and there were no spots on the sides of the body and fins. It often inhabits the coasts of islands and continents.

Ye's father also said with a smile, "The luck is quite good. Besides the greasy grouper, the other fish are also good. It's spring, and it's the spawning season for sea bass, so there have been quite a lot of them recently."

"There are also quite a lot of crabs. This boat you bought is too worth it, only 2000 yuan, and it comes with a winch, saving effort." Ye Yaodong envied them when he saw them easily dragging the fishing net up just now.

【To be honest, I have been using the source-changing app to read books and follow updates recently. There are many sound colors for switching sources, and. huanyuanapp works on both Android and Apple.】

When he goes back, he will urge Lin Ji to take a look.

"I also think I made money. It's also because of my uncle's relationship, otherwise, it would have been intercepted by someone else."

"Go, go, go, let's go cast our nets too." After greeting them, Ye Yaodong also seized the time to cast his nets.

After the Awakening of Insects, a spring thunder sounded, and all things revived. The seafood in the sea would also increase its activity, and there would be more and more cargo. It's just that there is a lot of rain in spring, and the weather is not very good, so the time available for going out to sea is limited.

After the father and son cooperated to cast the fishing nets, they maintained a constant speed to work around. They were used to it, but when it came to pulling the nets, Ye Yaodong couldn't help but start complaining that it was hard on the hands. There is no harm without comparison.

"We also need to get a machine quickly to save trouble."

"Pull it up first."

A whole net was mostly sea bass, and there were quite a lot of shrimp and crabs. There were many sea bass recently, and the price had dropped, only 2 mao 2 fen per jin, but fortunately, the quantity was large.

After pouring out all the cargo, the two continued to cast the nets. Except for eating, they were racing against time and didn't stop much.

Trawling for three nets in a row, the latter two nets had more mullet. The two nets dragged a mountain-like pile of mullet, as well as other miscellaneous fish, shrimp, and crabs.

Too busy to sort, Ye Yaodong poured all the fish onto the deck and planned to collect the ground cages first. He also wanted to leave more time, as he still had to collect the longlines later.

At this moment, the tide was rising, and the hidden reef could not be seen, covered by the seawater, but he was very familiar with it, and the buoy was floating with the waves.

He slowed down in advance to avoid hitting the reef, and then leaned over to collect the buoy.

He tried to collect it, and maybe because the head and tail were relatively far from the center of the hidden reef, he pulled up the first cage without any obstruction.

During the process of collecting, he stretched his head out to take a look and happened to see a small lobster hooked on the fishing net. When he was collecting and wringing, it fell down again and fell into the fish collection bag.

He grinned happily, "Didn't work in vain, I saw a small lobster."

"How many?"

"Don't know, just saw two crawling on the fishing net, and there are a few nine-section shrimp, which also fell into the fish collection bag together."

"Collect it up first..." Ye's father also put down the sorting work on hand and helped together.

After collecting the first ground cage, both father and son were grinning from ear to ear, looking at the fish collection bag with glowing eyes.

"There's also sea cucumber! It turns out there's sea cucumber under here!" Ye's father was pleasantly surprised.

Just after dragging it onto the deck, the fish collection bag was still dripping with water. Before it was untied, they saw the gray, chubby sea cucumbers inside. Each one was almost as big as his two-liang meat.

"Damn, didn't work in vain."

He said while untying the fish collection bag, pouring all the scattered cargo inside onto the deck.

After the 4 olive-colored small lobsters escaped from the shackles, they immediately crawled around on the deck. Ye Yaodong didn't care about them; they couldn't escape anyway.

He happily grabbed a thick sea cucumber and weighed it, "It's three liang, really fat."

Ye's father also grabbed one in each hand and said happily, "There are 3, and they are all quite big."

"There are still 9 ground cages, there must be quite a lot more."