Chapter 38: Encountering mackerel predation

Ye Yaodong swam in the sea, gradually adapting to the pressure brought to him by the seawater.

Only at the very first moment he jumped into the sea, panic drowned him. Fortunately, he had greeted these bad friends in advance, which didn't let him sink.

Finding back the feeling of swimming freely in the sea, the fear in his heart gradually faded a bit. His mind also relaxed much more, and he swam toward the shore, paddling with his hands and feet.

Originally, they were thinking of having a competition to see who would swim to the opposite shore first, but they were startled by Ye Yaodong's actions. Now, no one dared to be too far away from him.

They swam slowly toward the shore. Until their feet landed, they waded through the water toward the reefs. At this moment, the tide was just receding.

A-Guang drove the boat slowly behind them. When they were almost there, he jumped into the water, tied the boat, and shouted at Ye Yaodong, "Dongzi, what were you doing just now? Almost scared to death. Don't you know how to swim?"

"I jumped too fiercely just now, and my leg cramped, so I sank. It's fine, it's fine after relaxing. Look, aren't I perfectly fine."

That jump really had quite a harvest, and it could be considered a narrow escape.

A-Guang was also speechless after hearing this, "Do you think you're still growing?"

"Hey, I exercised too much the night before, so there's always a time when my legs are soft and I'm physically exhausted. You, a bachelor, don't understand."

Hearing Xiao Xiao giggled and echoed, "Makes sense!"

A-Guang rolled his eyes, "Who are you bullying? Having a wife is amazing? Let's go, go to the boat to get tools. The reefs here are already half exposed. Let's look for them first, dig whatever there is!"

Several people just went ashore, and before they could sit down and rest for a while, they waded into the water again to go toward where the boat was tied. As a result, just as they climbed onto the boat, Ye Yaodong widened his eyes.

"There... there! It's mackerel flying to prey!"

Others turned their gaze. Only to see a group of mackerel chasing food in the shallow water on the east side of their shore. Their bodies were long and laterally compressed, spindle-shaped, with streamlined bodies, extremely high swimming speeds, and sharp teeth, like cheetahs chasing prey, with terrified small fish fleeing everywhere.

Everyone was instantly excited, "It's a mackerel school preying!"

"It's Japanese Spanish mackerel!"

Mackerel is also called *ba* fish, fierce by nature. Every year from June to October, they often swim in shallow water near the shore to chase food.

As the saying goes: In the mountains, eat partridge and muntjac; in the sea, eat mackerel and pomfret.

In this era, marine resources were abundant. Within their sight, there were probably thousands of mackerel preying.

Such a spectacular scene, they had never seen before, and they were instantly stunned!

"Fishing net, fishing net, did you bring one?" Ye Yaodong was extremely excited. That was thousands of mackerel. According to the market conditions of this era, even if it was 20 cents per jin, if he netted half, he could make a good profit.

You know, the body length of Japanese Spanish mackerel is basically over 40 to 50 centimeters, and one is over 6-7 jin. Thousands... what kind of concept is that?

"Damn, there's no fishing net!"

"Only brought tools for going to the sea."

"How could we think of bringing a fishing net?"

Everyone said a sentence, and the excited mood seemed to be splashed with a basin of cold water. Without a fishing net, what would they use to catch them? Could they go into the water and scoop them?

How happy they were just now, now everyone was just as depressed. This was watching white, shiny silver shaking in front of them, but unable to scoop it up.

"Go to the boat cabin and look for it. See if there is one? A-Guang's aunt's husband is also a trawler. There should be a fishing net on the boat, right?"

Reminded by him, everyone woke up like a dream and hurriedly went to the boat cabin to search.

"Yes, yes, yes, the fishing net is here, it's in here!" A-Guang's words were filled with excitement.

Ye Yaodong was overjoyed. With a fishing net, they could cast the net to catch them.

"Quick, quick, go put the rope down. Let's cast the net while driving the boat, and drive directly toward that group of mackerel."

Without him saying it, everyone knew what to do. Those who untied the rope untied the rope, and those who worked on the machine worked on the machine.

A-Guang controlled the boat to sail toward those mackerel. When they drove the boat over earlier, they went ashore from another direction and didn't see the mackerel school at all, almost missing it.

The four people looked at that school of fish with excitement or agitation. The closer they got, the hotter Ye Yaodong's eyes became. Originally, he thought of coming to the isolated island to go to the sea to see if he could find more seafood, but he didn't expect to hit the jackpot.

It was estimated that his bad luck had all been taken away when he died. Now it could be considered that the bad luck had passed and the good luck had arrived, with good luck shining on his head!

When they were close to the school of fish, the mackerel were startled and scattered like birds and beasts, but they still couldn't escape the fishing net cast in advance.

The boat didn't stop, continued to sail forward for a distance before pulling up the net. Looking at the group of mackerel jumping around, everyone's faces bloomed with smiles.

A-Zheng widened his eyes, "Damn, how many hundred jin are in this net?"

"Damn, damn, damn, so many?"

Everyone's eyes were straight!

"Damn, hurry up, hurry up, don't talk nonsense. Throw them into the live cabin and continue to cast the net. They are still around, haven't gone far. Continue to cast. The opportunity is rare. Let's take the opportunity to catch a few more nets!"

Birds of a feather flock together, people of a kind group together. Everyone was not very cultured, and could only use "damn" to represent their excitement.

Ye Yaodong also shouted, "Continue, continue, quick, dump them into the live cabin, continue to release the net."

This net of fish was dumped into the live cabin and it was directly full. Fish were jumping around everywhere on the boat, but everyone didn't care about this and started casting the second net directly.

This net wasn't pulled up immediately, but turned around the surrounding sea area for two laps before pulling it up. The mackerel that had fled earlier couldn't run too far, and the harvest of this net was also quite rich.

A-Guang shouted excitedly, "Damn, another few hundred jin came. You guys quick, quick, quick, help a bit. The live cabin can't hold it anymore. Throw it into the boat cabin. Whether it's alive or dead, as long as it's fresh, it sells for money."

Cast a few more nets, get a few thousand jin, what kind of work would he be doing tomorrow?

Mackerel belongs to near-shore fish, is a near-shore warm-water migratory fish. April to June is the mackerel season. They mainly feed on aquatic animals such as fish and shrimp. They happened to catch them preying on this trip.

"Continue, continue..."

The boat always rang with the excited shouting of the four of them.

One by one, bare-chested, only in shorts, naked on the boat, they didn't mind the sun, and their faces were filled with joyful smiles.

They cast five or six nets in succession. The fishing net stayed in the sea longer and longer each time, and the mackerel became fewer and fewer each net.

But everyone was very satisfied. This kind of good luck was hard to come by.

Looking at the live cabin and the boat cabin full of mackerel, their eyes enjoyed the excited light.

"Except at the Yujing pier, I haven't seen so many mackerel. Hahaha~ Sure enough, coming out with Dongzi is wise. His luck has been a bit prosperous these past few days, and we have also taken advantage of it. Fortunately, we agreed yesterday. If Fatty and A-Wei didn't come, they would have lost a lot." A-Guang said excitedly.

He had self-knowledge. His luck had always been very bad, while Dongzi seemed to have stepped on incredible luck these past two days, and his luck was bursting!

"Yes, yes, yes, Dongzi's luck seems really prosperous these past few days."

"Borrowing Dongzi's light today, got rich!"

"Did you worship Mazu when you came out?" ===== CHAPTER 39 =====