When the father and his two sons were raising the net, Tian Caihua clenched her fists and cheered: "Break the net! Break the net!"
It was very hard to pull the net up. After finally pulling it up, Tian Caihua cheered: "Yeah! The net burst!"
Not as much as the first net, but obviously more than the second net, probably two hundred kilograms more.
She patted Ruan Tang on the shoulder: "I'm right!"
Ruan Tang almost lost her balance.
Zhou Chengsen helped her up.
My sister-in-law’s palm is so powerful!
Father Zhou stood with his hands on his hips and watched his two sons pour out the fish.
"This net should weigh 700 kilograms!"
Tian Caihua laughed so hard that her eyes could no longer be seen: "Seven hundred kilograms is not the point! The point is that these seven hundred kilograms of fish are all expensive fish!"
The most common fish in this net are grouper and mackerel, there are also many croakers and quite a few hairtails.
The point is that except for the croaker, all other fish are valuable!
Tian Caihua asked Jiang Xia: "Xiao Xia, today's fish are all good fish, do you want to ask Boss Xu if he will take them?"
Here, the fish can only be sold for a little over one yuan per pound, but if sold to Boss Xu, it can be sold for seven or eight yuan per pound!
Jiang Xia: "Then let's go to the city pier and see if we can meet Boss Xu's boat. I'll call and ask."
Boss Xu has a fish transport boat, and now he collects fish at sea or at the dock every day.
Father Zhou: "Then let's drag another net on the way to the city dock. The six of you can put the net together!"
After hearing this, the three brothers called their wives to go fishing together.
The three Zhou Chenglei brothers usually listen to their parents, especially on such unimportant matters.
After all, if you refuse, you will be nagged by your old father.
They would rather take action than listen to Zhou's father's nagging about how a harmonious family brings prosperity and how a family will prosper only when brothers unite.
His father is even more nagging than his mother. He has been listening to his father preaching since he was a child, and his ears are callused from listening to it!
Zhou Chenglei and Zhou Chengxin had sorted out the fishing nets and were about to let them go when Jiang Xia noticed something unusual about the sea in the distance. She immediately shouted, "Wait, don't let it go! There seems to be a school of fish over there!"
Jiang Xia pointed to the sea in the distance: "One o'clock."
Everybody look over there.
Father Zhou was excited: "It's a school of fish! Change to another net, the new one I bought! I'll go over and surround the school of fish!"
Zhou Chengsen had already taken out another fishing net, and Zhou Chenglei and Zhou Chengxin also went over to help.
Father Zhou took out a telescope to see where the fish were swimming.
After determining the direction of the school of fish, he knew which direction the boat should go.
This is a test of experience.
After finding the right time, Father Zhou reminded his sons: "Start casting the nets! Start casting the nets! Hurry!"
Zhou Chenglei put down the fishing net.
Father Zhou increased the horsepower and drove the boat at a speed of nine knots.
The weather is good today and the sea water is clear. The fish can easily see the fishing nets and buoys in the water, and they will swim around the nets.
So the speed of the boat must be faster than the speed of the fish school.
Ruan Tang looked for a long time but couldn't see where the fish were. She asked, "How do you know where the fish are?"
Why does she think the deep blue sea is all the same? The only difference is that some places have bigger waves, sparkling in the sun.
Tian Caihua pointed in the direction of the school of fish and taught her: "Look, isn't that piece of sea a little different? The fish are splashing water there."
But Tian Caihua talked for a long time, but Ruan Tang didn't notice it until the school of fish came closer. Then she saw it.
"Have our fishing nets surrounded all the fish?"
"Surrounded, closing the net, closing the net!" Zhou's father said happily.
The brothers began to pull the net closer.
This also requires skill, otherwise the fish will easily escape from the bottom of the net.
Because of the backward equipment, no, there was no equipment, so they had to rely on manpower to pull the net. The net was one thousand meters long, and it took the father and his four sons nearly two hours to pull the fish to the side of the boat.
After the fishing net is pulled closer, a large net bag is used to catch the fish.
The family of seven were all fishing with nets.
When Tian Caihua saw the fish, she said in disappointment, "Why is it this kind of fish?"
This fish is cheap!
It's rare to come across a school of fish, why not a group of sturgeons or mackerels?
Ruan Tang: "Is this a smoked fish?"
Zhou Chengsen: "Yes, it is the smoke fish. Its scientific name is Oriental bonito and round-rudder bonito. Some fishermen also like to call it smoke fish, eucommia fish, bomb fish, cannon fish, and foreign fish. There are deviations in the names in different places."
The smoked fish looks like mackerel, but it is not as delicious as mackerel. The meat of the smoked fish is very tough.
This kind of fish is often served in the hospital cafeteria. Ruan Tang hates eating it the most, so she recognizes this fish.
Tian Caihua: "This fish is not tasty, the meat is very tough! Not many people like to eat it, so it is very cheap, only two or three cents a pound! It looks so much like a mackerel, it's a waste of its appearance! It would be better if it was a mackerel!"
Jiang Xia: "Although it's cheap, this net should weigh about 3,000 kilograms, and it should be more expensive if sold to Hong Kong Island. I estimate it can be sold for more than 1.2 yuan per kilogram."
Jiang Xia knew that smoked anchovies were also very cheap in Hong Kong Island.
She remembered that in her previous life, there was a TV series called "The Generals of the Yang Family" in which a fisherman character had a line: "I caught two loads of smoked fish, but I couldn't even exchange them for half a penny of ginseng!"
This proves that mullet is also a cheap fish there.
Tian Caihua: “…”
Three thousand catties, a little over one dollar and two cents a catty? My god, this net of fish is worth six thousand dollars? God of Wealth today!
Tian Caihua stopped being disgusted instantly, and became more excited about catching fish. Her tone changed as well, and she began to praise the smoked fish: "In fact, smoked fish is delicious when cooked. It's quite tasty! We who live by the sea are used to eating all kinds of fish, so we think it's not tasty. But when it's made into salted fish and eaten with rice or porridge, it has a different flavor. I really like it!"
She saw that Zhou Chengxin was a little rough in catching the fish, and the fish skin was bruised, so she said unhappily: "Be careful, don't bruise the fish skin!"
The appearance of fish is also important, and poor appearance will affect the price.
After all, if the scales and other parts of the fish have fallen off, people will think your fish is not fresh.
After catching 3,000 kilograms of fish, the sun was about to set, so they stopped dragging the net and hurriedly set sail for the city pier.
On the way, we met several other fishing boats from home that were also preparing to return, so we called them and went to the city dock together.
When several boats arrived at the city dock together, they found countless fishing boats queuing up to dock for trading.
Because the city's Fisherman's Wharf is being expanded, only a temporary docking place is left, which results in fishing boats having to line up to dock every day.
Zhou Chenglei had sharp eyes and saw that Mr. Xu’s fish transport boat was also queuing up to dock.
He said to Zhou's father, "Dad, Mr. Xu's boat is over there. I'll drive over there."
Zhou's father drove the boat along the way and they divided the fish.
Now all the fish have been loaded, and his boat driving skills are better than Zhou's father's, so Zhou Chenglei took over the job of driving the boat.
Zhou Chengxin and Zhou Chengsen signaled the other boats in the family to back out and drive them next to Mr. Xu's boat.
After another round of tossing and turning, the boats finally arrived next to Mr. Xu's fish transport boat. (End of this chapter)
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