Chapter 756: The Squid Fishing Season is Coming
At night, Ye Yaodong and Ye Fu went out to sea as usual. It was quite a coincidence today; when they went out, they met his eldest and second brothers together.
Usually, he didn't know what was going on, but most of the time they would miss each other by one early and one late, only occasionally meeting a few times.
Just waking up, everyone had no desire to talk, just simply said, "Just happened to be up..."
Then they pushed the flatbed cart together to the pier.
Some people saw that there were already branches piled up on their fishing boat, thinking they had discovered something, and worried about being preempted. Originally they had arrived at the pier, but they pushed the flatbed cart back one after another, fearing they would fall behind others.
One went back, and a bunch of people went back. Everyone also had a sense of urgency.
Originally, the fishing season hadn't come until now this year, and everyone was waiting anxiously. It just so happened that someone took the lead, and it was Ye Yaodong and the others, so everyone hurriedly followed the trend.
Now everyone felt he was very capable, and following him, it would definitely not be wrong.
Ye Yaodong and the others watched the villagers at the pier greet them several times, and after inquiring, they pushed the flatbed cart back.
Just turning their heads to look a few times, after filling the diesel engine with oil and buying another barrel to put on the boat for backup, they set off.
The small mosquitoes circling overhead also disappeared as the fishing boat sailed away.
The weather had just started to get hot, and mosquitoes began to emerge, especially in their rural areas, where there were grass bushes everywhere, and there were many mosquitoes and insects.
The father and son drove the boat to the destination not long after, and also saw a boat leaning towards their vicinity. It was dark and they couldn't see which fishing boat it was. The boat only hung an orange light, but there were two flashlights on the bow, shining there.
They didn't disturb each other and were busy with their own work.
Until dawn, when the two boats were working, they accidentally got closer. When they crossed, they saw it, and Ye Yaodong discovered it was Xiao Xiao and Ah Zheng's boat.
The two were originally fishing elsewhere. At night, they also saw everyone moving the bundled branches to the boat, so they also went home to move them, and then came here.
Thinking of fishing nearby later, they could also have a response with Dongzi. In case the number of squid increased, they could put in the egg attachment device.
Both boats were dragging nets and couldn't stop, so they just waved their hands at each other when they crossed and greeted each other.
When it was time for lunch, they leaned the fishing boat to the island. The other boat didn't take long before it also leaned over. Everyone cooked noodles together and chatted for a few words.
"Dongzi, I see that there are many Jiang Yao at A Cai's place in these two days. Did you pull them down in the water?"
"We wanted to ask during the day, but there were too many people around, so it was not easy to ask."
Ye Yaodong said affirmatively: "I got them by going into the water."
"We thought it was you, only you would go into the water. There is no place in the intertidal zone around here where this thing grows. Last year, we saw it growing under the water, it was just a matter of depth."
"Hey, Dongzi, did the abalone on the reef underneath last year grow a little bit this year?" Ah Zheng asked with bright eyes. Last year they all tasted the sweetness.
"How is that possible? Don't think about it. It's only been a year, how could it grow so well? If it grew well, abalone wouldn't be so expensive."
Ye Yaodong drank all the soup in the bowl, put down the bowl and chopsticks, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and said: "However, since we met, of course there are good things to find for you."
"Same as last year?"
"Fishing for Jiang Yao together, like last year?"
Both of them said excitedly at the same time.
"Yes, the three of us take turns going down."
They also hurriedly put the bowl and chopsticks aside, patted their chests and promised happily: "No problem, we are also old hands, the three of us will get more up together."
Ye Yaodong had already gone into the water to collect for two days, but the number underneath was too large, and it was all in patches. He felt that it was a place he hadn't discovered last year.
He couldn't stay in the water for a long time, and the number he brought up every day was limited, and he didn't have time to spend all day in the water.
Everyone cooperates together to get everything on the seabed up. At that time, coordinate the time and fish for squid together.
Drag nets separately at night, take turns going down to fish for Jiang Yao in the morning, and fish for squid in the afternoon until sunset. The time is arranged just right.
After lunch, the two couldn't wait to go into the water to start working, but Ye Yaodong told them to drag another net, and go into the water at two or three o'clock, saving some time to drag another net of goods, and then take turns going down twice each, just finishing work and going home.
They all agreed.
Just didn't expect that this net worked for more than an hour, and it dragged up seven or eight jin of squid, which was much more than the four nets dragged at night and in the morning. At night and in the morning, there were not ten in total.
"Father, it is estimated that the fishing season is coming soon. There were not many in the morning and at night, but seven or eight jin were dragged in the afternoon."
Squid all come over to spawn in the afternoon until sunset.
"It should be. I scooped a ladle of water at night and didn't see any flashing points. It is estimated that I can see it tonight. You drive the boat to a distance of 30 to 50 meters from the island, find two good positions, and let's just put the branches down, saving them from occupying space on the boat."
"Hmm, that way we can see the situation tomorrow."
"It can drag so much now, it should be eight or nine out of ten. When you go into the water later, pay attention to whether there are squid eggs around the water grass, or see if there are squid swimming under the water."
"Okay, I'll drive the boat. Leave these fish goods here and don't worry about them. Sort them out slowly when you have time."
Not long after their fishing boat was placed near the island, Xiao Xiao and Ah Zheng's boat also came over.
"Ah, we just wanted to tell you, just dragged a net, netted four or five jin of squid. At night, we only saw two or three shadows. We wanted to come over and tell you, let's put the branches down before going into the water. Didn't expect you to be already doing it."
"We also dragged several jin in that net just now, so we thought about putting the branches down. It just so happens that we brought them out, and it occupies space on the boat. It doesn't matter if we put them down a day or two in advance. Anyway, we come here every day, not afraid that the float will be lost by the waves."
"Then let's turn in a direction and go to the other side of the island to put it down. After putting it down, we will go into the water."
"Okay, you come over after putting it down. The quantity I put here is more than yours."
"Got it."
Both boats were busy in the two directions of the island, one in the 8 o'clock direction and one in the 12 o'clock direction. After Ye Yaodong and Ye Fu put it down around the 8 o'clock position, they drove the boat around and looked at the position they put it.
Then after calculating, they found that they had reserved space, so they went around to the 4 o'clock direction and continued to put it down.
Everyone spread out and kept a little distance, which might attract more, leaving all the squid groups passing by.
After all were put down, both boats sailed to the reef together.
Ye Yaodong also took out his equipment to check, and then took out the broken fishing net his mother changed for him.
Don't look at it as broken and dirty, it's quite easy to use, and it can hold a lot. It's no problem to hold an adult, and it's not laborious to collect. You can let people come up first, bring the rope up, tie it to the machine, and then pull it up, saving trouble and effort.
"I'll go first!"
"I'll go first!"
"I said I'll go first!"
"Get lost, rock-paper-scissors!"
As soon as the two boats stopped and merged together, these two 'lossy friends' began to fight to go down first.
"Okay, then the old rules, the winner goes down."
"What are you fighting for? Two silly birds, I'll go down first to explore the way, see which direction it is, and confirm whether the float mark made the day before yesterday has drifted? After all, I didn't come out yesterday, and I don't know if the float has moved. You wait here first."
Ah Zheng slapped Xiao Xiao, who was holding his fist and preparing for rock-paper-scissors, and then directly threw out a cloth. "Wait in line honestly, I won, I'm second."
"Ah, 'Sai Lin Mu', I haven't started yet."
"That's because your reaction is slow!"
"Get lost! Don't play rogue, can you have some face?"
"Slow yourself, seeing Dongzi went there, who to blame?"
"Doesn't count, hurry up rock-paper-scissors..."
Ye Yaodong didn't care where the two 'doubi' were pulling, and after checking, he skillfully jumped into the water.
At this time, it was the sunniest and hottest time of the day, and today was a super big sun. After going into the water, it was particularly refreshing. He felt that all the pores on his body opened up.
The light of the sun shone through the water to the seabed, appearing hazy and misty. After he went to the bottom of the water, he really saw two or three scattered squid hiding in the water grass bushes.
Suddenly, his heart was set. He thought there would be no fishing season this year, after all, it was many days late compared to last year, and he didn't remember when the squid would not form a fishing season.
After looking at a string of squid eggs like water grapes hanging on the nearby seaweed, Ye Yaodong swam away. After wandering around the range he could move on the seabed, he discovered that the float had indeed shifted a distance yesterday when he didn't come out.
Those Jiang Yao were about 20 meters west of the position he came down. After confirming the position under the water, he planned to float up, but just moved his feet twice, and turned around again.
Can't return empty-handed like this, coming down in vain. If he went up, he would have a CD, and he had to wait for the cooling time.
This trip down didn't take much time, and the remaining time was very sufficient. He could completely wander around under the water and take a look.
Ye Yaodong swung his fins and swam towards the grass bushes on the side, wanting to see if there could be any other discoveries?
If he didn't meet grouper, picking two fat sea cucumbers would be good. With such a big net pocket, he couldn't let him bring it down in vain?
His feet just fell into the seaweed bushes, and he startled a small piece of small fish and shrimp, and saw several scallops running away bumping. He bent down to pick them up, but found that they ran faster.
End of Chapter
