Chapter 496 Going out to sea
At noon, Zhou Chenglei came back from the mountain and told Jiang Xia: "The beehives we put on the mountain have attracted more bees than those in the backyard, and honeycombs have already grown."
When the stove was built in the backyard, the beehive was moved to the roof of the new house.
To prevent the bees from flying away, they didn't open the hives when moving them.
When Zhou Chenglei lifted it up, he felt that it was about two kilograms heavy, which should have attracted quite a few bees.
Zhou's mother later checked and found that she had also grown beehives.
Zhou Zhou said excitedly: "There are four of them, they are white with a hint of yellow, two of them are relatively large, as big as my face! Two of them are relatively small, as big as my palm."
Zhou Wenzu was also very excited: "My uncle said that there is already a little honey in it, but it is too little. We can't collect it yet. We need to wait until the bees make more honey and the honeycomb is big before collecting it. Otherwise, all the bees will run away."
Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Yes, we can't harvest them yet. Wait until they produce more honey."
Zhou Ying wanted to drink honey water so much, so she asked, "How long will it take?"
Jiang Xia said, "I don't know either. We have to wait a few months until the summer is over to see how many honeycombs they have made. If there are too few, we have to wait until next year, because we have to leave the honey for the bees to survive the winter. Otherwise, there will be no nectar to collect in the winter, and the bees will starve to death."
Several children especially hoped that the summer would pass quickly and that the bees could collect more honey.
They really want to drink honey water.
Although my uncle bought honey and the family also had bee water to drink, they wanted to drink the honey they raised themselves.
Jiang Xia was also a little looking forward to it.
Zhou Wenzu asked: "Can we feed the bees our own honey and drink their honey?"
Jiang Xia: “…”
How come this kid is so smart, he thought of all this?
"Of course we can, but this is our first time raising bees and we have no experience. We're afraid we might scare the bees away. Let's just wait for them to eat the honey they have collected!"
Zhou Wenzu thought it made sense.
My uncle said that if we take good care of the bees, we can drink honey water every day.
*The morning after Qingming Festival, Zhou's father wanted to go and see what the fish cage built at home looked like.
Father Zhou has been to many places on the high seas and has some knowledge. In some places, people have indeed used fish cages to raise fish, and they are very successful.
Zhou Chenglei: "It has only been under construction for a few days. It can be said that nothing has been built yet. There is nothing to see."
Father Zhou: "There's nothing to see, let's go fishing!"
Jiang Xia nodded: "Yes! It's a rare good day, I want to go out to sea to watch the sunrise."
Jiang Xia hasn't been out to sea for a long time, and he also wants to go out to sea with them.
Zhou Chenglei said, "Then we'll go out to sea at 5:30 tomorrow and go to bed early tonight."
As a result, Jiang Xia slept late the next day and didn't wake up until six o'clock.
Zhou Chenglei naturally didn't want to wake her up.
A while ago, she was busy making baby squids every day and must have been tired.
Although I was just helping to light the fire, it was tiring to sit there.
He simply went for a run before coming back to go out to sea.
At seven o'clock in the morning, the boat went out to sea, with Zhou Kangping driving the boat.
Zhou Yongguo and Tian Caihua's sixth brother also followed and drove another boat.
It was already quite bright, there were clouds, the sun was not visible yet, but it must have come out.
There was a little wind on the sea, so Zhou Chenglei took out a thin coat from Jiang Xia and put it on her.
"No, the wind is not strong and I'm not cold." Jiang Xia refused.
Since Boss Yu took his people away, it hasn't rained for the past two or three days and the weather has become much warmer. Jiang Xia wears a thin long-sleeved shirt at home.
At noon, you even have to change into short sleeves.
I don’t know if it’s because he’s gained weight, but Jiang Xia is very afraid of heat.
She was only wearing a short-sleeved shirt while lighting a fire in front of the stove.
Zhou Chenglei: "It's cool in the morning, so I take it off when it gets hot."
Jiang Xia reached out her hand and Zhou Chenglei helped her put on her clothes.
Father Zhou took a look and was in a very good mood, ready to take out the fishing rod to catch a big fish.
This little daily affection must be worth a big fish, right?
The boat was shaking a little, so Jiang Xia held Zhou Chenglei's arm and let him help her button up.
The sun suddenly came out, and light golden sunlight fell on the sea.
After a few days of clear weather, the sea finally turned blue again.
In the sun, the stars shine.
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Jiang Xia was admiring the sea in the early morning, and suddenly he saw purple ripples appearing on the sea surface.
It disappeared in a flash! "There are fish! There are fish over there!" Jiang Xia, who was considered a half-experienced fisherman, grabbed Zhou Chenglei's arm and pointed excitedly into the distance.
Father Zhou had just taken out his fishing rod, but he threw it away as soon as he heard it, and ran out with the fishing net: "Where? Where are the fish?"
Father Zhou looked over and saw purple ripples rippling on the sea in the distance, appearing and disappearing from time to time, as if chasing the waves.
"Kangping, drive the boat over! Go up to them, quickly!"
Another fishing boat also spotted it.
Zhou Yongguo quickly caught up in his fishing boat.
Zhou Chenglei took a look and found that the school of fish was swimming towards them. They could be seen from such a distance, so it should be a large group. He called Zhou Yongguo and the others again: "Yongguo, let's use our two boats to pull the seine together. Come over here quickly!"
Zhou Yongguo quickly drove the boat over, and when Zhou Chenglei's boat got close, he threw the rope of the seine over.
Tian Caihua's younger brother caught it and quickly secured it.
Zhou Yongguo asked him loudly: "Is it fixed?"
"Okay!" Tian Caihua's younger brother responded loudly.
Zhou Yongguo quickly took the boat and pulled the seine open.
The two fishing boats coordinated to cast their nets together, preparing to encircle the school of fish.
Father Zhou looked at the sea excitedly.
You can earn more money when you go out to sea, but without Wangcai, you have to rely on fish finders most of the time, and there are fewer surprises! It’s better to go out to sea with Wangcai, there are more surprises.
It was a pity that it was not a big ship. If it was a big ship, he would climb up to the masthead to take a look.
The school of fish was coming towards them. Zhou Kangping and Zhou Yongguo cooperated in driving the boat, making the fishing net as large as possible to encircle them.
Soon Jiang Xia saw the spear-like head fish leading the school of fish moving against the wind and waves, but he didn't know that the net had been set, waiting for them to fall into it.
"It's a barramundi, right?" Jiang Xia asked.
Father Zhou said with a smile: "Yes! The most common fish I encountered during this trip to the sea were also barramundi."
The balang fish has a streamlined body, with a blue-black back and a silvery-white belly. The balang fish naturally likes to migrate in groups in the upper and middle layers of the sea. They use lights to lure them. When there are few fish, they can catch several thousand kilograms at a time, and when there are many fish, they can catch tens of thousands of kilograms or even hundreds of thousands of kilograms at a time.
Although the croaker is very cheap, about 0.1 cent per pound, and even 0.12 or 0.13 cents per pound when it is expensive, croaker usually appears in the form of schools, so you can make a lot of money if you come across one.
Zhou Kangping has good boat driving skills. Zhou Yongguo has been out to sea many times and has seen how others use purse seines, so he knows how to cooperate with Zhou Kangping very well.
Not long after, Zhou's father thought it was almost time and shouted, "Closing the net! Closing the net! It's time to close the net, Alei, close the net! Raise the net!"
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