Chapter 317: Squid

He woke up on time at night. Looking at the three boys on the bed sleeping crookedly, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.

Ye Chengyang was still lying there, sleeping with his butt sticking out, an unchanging posture.

Lin Guangyuan was so big, yet sleeping with his two feet on the iron railing at the end of the bed?

Head under Ye Chengyang's butt?

Ye Chenghu was even more exaggerated, both feet were on the ground, and his upper body was still lying on the bed...

Don't know how they slept, the three of them could actually sleep like this?

None of them covered with a quilt, sleeping postures one more bizarre than the other!

Didn't know until he looked, and was shocked when he looked. Don't know how they slept last night, was it also like this?

It's a pity there was no mobile phone, otherwise, he could have taken a few photos and let them see for themselves tomorrow.

He only carried Ye Chenghu up and lay him down properly. Hearing him mumble, he rolled over and rolled inward. He didn't care about the postures of the other two. The night was still long, even if he straightened them out, they would move again.

After covering them all with quilts, he walked out.

Generally, around the Grain Rain season, rain is relatively concentrated. It had indeed rained intermittently for a long time some time ago, and it had only cleared up for a few days this month.

Everyone took advantage of the good weather to go out to sea. This period just happened to be when all kinds of fish came ashore, and it was the time when the fish were fat and delicious.

Because they had experienced a winter of accumulation, at this time the fish had accumulated a large amount of nutrients in their bodies, and they had all reached the spawning period, so at this time the fish were fat and firm.

After Ye Yaodong put down the longline, he went to put down the ground cages, and then dragged two nets. The harvest was extremely good, catching a large number of Spanish mackerel and swimming crabs, as well as other fish and small shrimp.

With the help of the net hauler, they didn't find it strenuous at all when winching in the nets, and there was a lot of cargo, too.

But today he still wanted to touch sea cucumbers and abalone. After dragging three nets, he finished work and went to the dark reefs. Ye Father didn't say much.

The value of abalone and sea cucumbers was much higher than these fish goods, and seeing Dongzi dive steadily several times, he was also quite relieved, not worrying much.

After Ye Yaodong put on all the diving equipment and brought the breathing tube, he rushed straight to the seabed.

He didn't intend to collect the ground cages today. The time they had been placed was too short, and the harvest was very average. The harvest of each ground cage was sparse. Originally, he had placed very few, only one row.

He planned to collect them when he came tomorrow. If the weather was bad, it wouldn't be a big problem to collect them two or three days late. There were dark reefs nearby, and the ground cages would get stuck there as soon as they were placed, and the probability of being washed away by the waves was relatively small.

Placing them for an extra day or two, the goods could also be more, saving them from being stuck there every day, the goods were few, and it delayed things.

As soon as he went into the water, he discovered that the surrounding fish and shrimp were much more than when he had dived several times before. Maybe it was also because there were dark reefs around here, which were not easy to drag nets, and currently, it looked like fish and shrimp had a trend of gathering more and more, which made it convenient for him. The harvest of placing ground cages for a day or two should also be good.

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Today he didn't need to look for ground cages everywhere, his time was much more abundant, and as usual, he didn't care about those fish and shrimp. He went straight to the sea cucumbers on the seabed, planning to find sea cucumbers first, catch a few small lobsters by the way, and finally dig some abalone in the last ten minutes to fill the net bag.

The ideal was plump, and the reality was also very powerful.

Sea cucumbers crawling on the seabed like snails were quite easy to find as long as they weren't hiding in seaweed or seagrass.

The pitch-black ones lying there were quite eye-catching, but the quantity wasn't large, and he only found seven or eight after wandering around. Still had to rake through the seaweed and seagrass clusters.

Searching all the way along the seaweed clusters, when passing by a piece of low coral reef, he saw many transparent, long things hanging on it, like bunches of grapes.

The coral on this piece of coral reef was very similar to tree branches in shape, colorful, and looked like many lively, active elves gathered together when viewed up close. A slight flow of seawater would make them dance together, driving the series of "grapes" on top to sway along.

He curiously stopped for a while and identified carefully. These things like grapes, seem to be squid eggs?

The substances inside the transparent spheres were very clear. If you looked carefully, you could vaguely see small squids jumping little by little inside.

Coral reefs couldn't be touched randomly. Their formation requires a long time. There are living coral polyps inside. Touching them slightly would kill this piece of coral on the seabed, and some types of coral are poisonous.

Ye Yaodong had always cherished his life and never touched things he didn't recognize. Even if he identified them as squid eggs hanging on top, he didn't move them.

Since they had been produced, of course, let them hatch naturally.

At the same time, he was also pondering in his heart. It seemed to be the season for squid spawning now. These squid eggs shouldn't have been produced for long.

The squid fishing season is from the end of April to May, just in time for its spawning time!

Thinking this way, he also looked for ground cages around. He saw a few squids active in the ground cages closest to him, and he was a bit moved, but now was not the time for him to rack his brains.

These ground cages could be collected tomorrow, let them catch more.

Finding sea cucumbers and catching small lobsters earlier had delayed a lot of time. Now he had to dig abalone to fill the net bag.

He dug familiarly, and after filling it seven-tenths full, he floated up quickly. Every time his time was just right.

Ye Father also took advantage of the gap when he went into the water to cook a pot of seafood noodles with a coal stove, waiting for him to go ashore, just right to eat, not delaying.

Had been dragging nets and picking goods before, and had no time to organize food and drink.

After he went ashore, he dumped the harvest in the net bag into the basket, and then said to Ye Father while eating noodles: "Recently it seems to be the squid fishing season, I saw some squid eggs on the coral reef on the seabed."

Ye Father nodded. "It's almost the squid fishing season, when we go back, get some tree branches, bundle them up and throw them to the seabed. Take advantage of the squid fishing season, catch more squids."

"Hmm, I thought so too. When we go back, we'll go to the mountain to cut more tree branches."

Squids usually like to roam in the far sea. At the end of spring, they swim in groups to the near sea to spawn.

It likes to spawn on coral reefs or tree branches, hanging on them like bunches of grapes.

So they can bundle things like tree branches into bundles, throw them into the sea, lure squids to spawn, and when groups of squids swim over to spawn, then cast nets to catch them.

Ye Father is an old fisherman and knows better than him how to use tree branches to catch squids. This is a local method. Ye Yaodong belongs to knowing but hasn't done it.

He ate one bowl and scooped another. There were quite a few sword shrimp and mantis shrimp inside, very fresh. He even drank the soup clean before putting down the bowl and chopsticks.

"These squids will die after spawning. When the tide recedes at 3-4 o'clock, let's go to the small island next to us to see."

Ye Father had no opinion. The third son was already a qualified fisherman.

Ye Yaodong ate and rested for a while before continuing to dive into the water. He went back and forth 3 times before collecting the longline, and by the way, took a breath and rested. Diving is also a physical activity.

Fortunately, there were people who could help, taking turns to work. Collecting the longline was Ye Father busy there, and he watched from the side.

This time they hung quite a few sand worms, and as a result, caught quite a few squids and squid-spotted fish, as well as quite a few Spanish mackerel.

Spanish mackerel were all over five or six jin, very fat. Now it was also their spring fishing season.

When pulling a branch line at the back, Ye Father was quite strenuous. Ye Yaodong took the dip net and went up to help. That was a Spanish mackerel of more than 20 jin, and its body length was toward one meter. When it came ashore, it struggled especially fiercely.

Ye Father fought with it for a good while before pulling it to the side of the boat, and it was scooped up by him.

Both were very happy. "This one is big enough!"

"Can sell for a good price."

"Collect the last bit of hooks, then go to the dark reefs, catch some more goods before going back."

Ye Father hesitated. "How about I go into the water later?"

"Ah?"

"I'll replace you, so you don't get exhausted."

Still the biological father is good, he is biological.

Ye Yaodong shook his head. "That's diving, not playing around. The deeper the seabed, the greater the air pressure. Without anyone diving with you, and you aren't familiar with this, there will be danger. I'll go up, you just stay on the shore."

"Know there's danger, yet you jumped down directly at that time, and went down for so long, tossing about blindly..."

"Hmm, because I have confidence." Ye Yaodong interrupted his father's nagging.

Don't interrupt him, he can nag for quite a long time. Don't know if he has lived with his mother for a long time, the two are exactly the same sometimes.

After collecting the longline, Ye Yaodong drove the boat toward the dark reefs. But when passing near the Oarfish Island, he saw from afar that the beach was covered with many white unknown objects.

And as the waves washed and receded, many white figures were sent to the beach in the shallow beach.

He had already regarded this place as his lucky island, and this sea area was his lucky sea.

Associating with the previous discovery, he directly turned the boat head and docked at this island.

"Are those squids?" Ye Father also saw it from the side and guessed.

"Should be."

Squids grow fast, can only survive for a year or two, and die after spawning.

At this moment, the tide is receding, the water level of the beach is very shallow, he can only go around to dock, and then he and Ye Father take tools off the boat, preparing to wade through the water toward the beach.

Just after going into the water, the father and son discovered that the white things moving with the tide were indeed squids. As the tide receded, they were also stranded on the beach.

Ye Yaodong happily picked up a dip net and scooped one up to take a look. It was dark white, smelled it, and there was a faint fishy smell, then handed it to his father.

"Still fresh."

Ye Father also smelled it, touched its belly, the meat was plump and elastic, and the bone plate on the back was intact, then happily said: "Hurry up and pick, just right the tide has receded."

"Go to the beach first, it looks like there are quite a few on top."

The two waded through the water and walked up. Ye Yaodong also handed a sack from the water bucket to his father while walking.

"Feel like we can't pick them all..."