Chapter 411: Retreating Tide

In the end, each family went out to sea on their own boat.

Zhou Chengxin took his two younger brothers, Zheng Qiang and Tian Caihua, out to sea on a new boat.

The Jiangxia family went out to sea on their old boat.

Zhou Yongguo and Zhou Kangping drove the boat that Zhou Chenglei later bought.

The four boats set out to the sea at the same time at a safe distance, taking advantage of the night.

From now on, the two brothers will each drive the old boat for a day. Today Zhou Chenglei is driving, and tomorrow Zhou Chengxin will be driving.

Father Zhou did not share the money from the ship with his two brothers. He would now sail the big ship out to the open sea from time to time.

Now he is not short of money. Every time he goes on a long sea voyage, his youngest son gives him several thousand yuan, and no less than five thousand yuan each time.

The most important thing is that he doesn’t spend much money, as his youngest son’s food, clothing, housing and transportation are all taken care of.

After the boat sailed away, Zhou's father asked, "Xiao Xia, are you going fishing?"

Pregnant women have the best luck. If not now, when can we go fishing? In a few months, Wangcai's belly will grow bigger and she won't go out to sea anymore.

Jiang Xia heard it and said, "Okay!"

Zhou Chenglei glanced at Jiang Xia and wanted to call his father to drive the boat.

Father Zhou: "Don't call me, my ears are not working well today, I can't hear you even if you call me!"

I want to go fishing with Wangcai!

Zhou Chenglei: "...I didn't call you, I called my wife! Xia Xia, it's not dawn yet, sleep a little longer, and then go fishing when you wake up."

Father Zhou: “…”

Brat! Jiang Xia said with a smile: "I had a good sleep last night, so I'm not sleepy. I'll sleep again at noon."

Father Zhou glared at his son: Humph, my daughter-in-law is still the best!

Father Zhou handed the fishing rod to Jiang Xia: "Xiao Xia, help me throw the fishing rod out."

Jiang Xia took it with a smile, helped Zhou's father cast the rod, and then handed it to him.

Zhou's mother smiled and said, "I'll drive the boat, Alei, you go and put the internet in the bar!"

"good."

His mother is still the best! Zhou's mother went over to drive the boat, and Zhou Chenglei went to cast the net.

After setting the net, he came to Jiang Xia and fished with her.

He was also helping Jiang Xia. He didn't fish, but just watched beside Jiang Xia.

Before, when the weather was hot, you could catch a fish in Jiangxia in ten to eight minutes. Now it’s been almost twenty minutes and no fish has been caught.

But Zhou's father is not in a hurry. Fishing in winter is more difficult. In winter, fish often hide in deep water to keep warm. Moreover, as the temperature drops, the temperature of the sea water becomes lower, and the fish are reluctant to open their mouths to look for food.

But as long as you have Wangcai, you will get rich sooner or later!

Jiang Xia: "There may be not enough fish in this sea area today." I haven't caught a single fish in such a long time.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou's father caught the fish.

It was a long and thick sand eel. It was dark, and Jiang Xia thought it was a snake at first glance. He was startled and quietly moved closer to Zhou Chenglei.

"It should be a conger eel, not a snake." Zhou Chenglei said.

Father Zhou reeled in the line, pulled the fish aboard, and said with a smile, "It's a sand eel, not bad, it should be more than two kilograms, almost three kilograms!"

Father Zhou took it down and put it in the bucket.

At this time, a fish was hooked on Jiang Xia's fishing rod.

Jiang Xia pulled it up with some difficulty, so Zhou Chenglei helped. It turned out to be a flounder, and a fairly large one at that.

Father Zhou took a look and said with a smile, "Not bad! This fish is valuable. It should be able to sell for ten or eight yuan."

He fixed the fishing rod and came over with a hand net to help.

The father and son worked together to get the flounder weighing more than ten pounds onto the boat.

Just as the flounder was brought onto the boat, Zhou's father caught another fish.

This time, a black sea bream weighing about two kilograms was caught.

Not bad!

Black sea bream is relatively cold-resistant and is a fish that is often encountered during sea fishing in winter.

It can also be sold for two or three yuan.

Twenty minutes later, Jiangxia caught another fish.

Another snake-shaped fish! Jiang Xia: “…”

She handed the fishing rod directly to Zhou Chenglei.

Zhou Chenglei took it and fished up the fish: "It's a red pipe, not a snake."

Jiang Xia also recognized it, having seen it before. The red cigarette pipe is the horsewhip fish. Because it is red all over, people in some places call it the red cigarette pipe.

This red cigarette pipe is relatively large, thick and long, weighing three pounds and twelve ounces.

Father Zhou took a look and said with a smile, "Not bad, Xiao Xia has caught such a rare fish. This fish will be delicious when made into sashimi!"

Red pipes are not common, but people who know fish like to use them for sashimi.

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After Zhou Chenglei took the fish down, he asked Jiang Xia, "Are you still fishing? Do you want to take a break?"

I have been fishing for nearly an hour, but I have only caught two.

There was still an hour before the nets were drawn, and there was nothing to do if he didn't fish, so Jiang Xia nodded and said, "Let's go fishing!"

But in the next hour, Zhou's father and Jiang Xia didn't catch a single fish.

Father Zhou put away his fishing rod and said, "Forget it. I won't fish anymore. Let's get the net."

Today's method of getting rich is wrong. Today's method of getting rich is definitely not fishing! Jiang Xia stopped fishing and put away his fishing rod.

It was already daybreak, and from afar, the boats of the first and second wives were both raising their nets.

Zhou Chenglei and his father went to set up the net.

Explode the net, explode the net! Father Zhou kept repeating this to himself as he collected the net.

A bag of fish emerged from the water. Compared with previous burst nets, this bag of fish only weighed more than two hundred to three hundred kilograms, which was not much compared to the previous four or five hundred kilograms.

Zhou Chenglei poured out the fish by himself.

As soon as Father Zhou saw the big fish on the deck, he smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if there are a lot of fish, as long as they are good!"

This net is almost entirely filled with yellow bream, and they are yellow bream weighing more than one kilogram, not six or seven taels.

The price of yellow porgy is slightly lower than that of red porgy, but it is also a valuable fish.

In addition to the yellow bream, there was also a very large flounder! It was about one and a half meters long and weighed about fifty or sixty kilograms.

A flounder this big should be able to sell for sixty or seventy yuan.

Zhou's father estimated that the remaining yellow bream and other miscellaneous fish and shrimp could be sold for around one hundred yuan.

This net alone costs one hundred and seventy yuan.

In winter, fishing offshore, it is quite good to have such a harvest! Including the fish caught, I should be able to earn 200 yuan.

Father Zhou said with a smile: "Alei, you continue to drag the net and I will divide the fish. Xiaoxia, you take a rest."

Zhou's mother then asked, "Which sea area am I driving to? Do I feel like I'm about to reach the shore?"

Zhou's mother could drive a boat, but she was unfamiliar with the sea and before she knew it she had lost track of where she was heading.

Zhou Chenglei stood up and took a look: "It should be the bay in the north. Today is probably the day of low tide."

Upon hearing this, Father Zhou glanced into the distance and said, "It's over there in the mangrove forest. I think the tide is receding. Alei, go and drive the boat. Don't drag the net yet. Go a little further away before hauling the net!"

Jiang Xia asked curiously, "The tide is receding? Can we go fishing when the tide is receding?"

Zhou's mother was a little excited: "Yes, there are a lot of good things on this beach when the tide goes out! I just don't know when the tide will go out. Come over, I'll go down to catch some seafood."

"I'm going too."

Zhou Chenglei: "It's still early now. It won't be too late to get off the boat and go fishing after the sea water recedes a little and a larger beach is exposed. We'll drag one more net, and you can take a rest first, and then go fishing after you've rested."

You need a boat to come to this beach to catch seafood. Don't worry about being late because all the good stuff will be picked up by others.