Chapter 113: A bumper harvest of conger eels in the shrimp cage
"Sea...conger eel!"
He shouted out loudly.
This is the 22nd crab pot. There is a conger eel in it. It is very big and coiled up. At first glance, it looks like a sea snake.
If Kangzi had not been a native of the fishing village, someone who had never lived by the sea would definitely be shocked.
Zhang Jun came over and shouted in surprise: "It's a gray conger eel."
"Qingzi, this is truly a case of searching for something without any effort, but it finally came to me."
"Hahaha."
He was so happy.
By selling the conger eel to Mr. Wang from the Kempinski Hotel, not only can he get a high price, but he can also do him a favor, which is a win-win situation.
Ye Qing nodded.
He is very calm.
This is not luck, but the result of his hard work.
He took the conger eel and pinched it with his hands. It had no scales, was very slippery, and very plump. Its body was cylindrical, its head was like a cone, and its tail was flattened laterally.
It was still struggling in his hands, its mouth wide open with ferocious canine teeth, and it was trying to bite him.
Ye Qing knew that conger eels were ferocious, so he was prepared.
If you are bitten by a conger eel, not only will it hurt, but there is also the risk of infection. Dear readers, if you are injured by seafood, you must treat it in a timely manner.
The conger eel in his hand was one meter long. When he threw it into the bucket and put it on the scale, it showed 3 and a half kilograms.
This is a normal size for a moray eel.
"Another moray eel!"
Kangzi started shouting again.
Ye Qing handed the conger eel to Li Shi and went over to help. Kangzi quickly reminded him to be careful not to get hurt by the conger eel.
Ye Qing nodded repeatedly.
The next few crab cages were filled with orchid crabs, not many, four or five in a cage, occasionally with one or two conger eels.
All seventy crab cages were brought up, and a total of more than two hundred flower crabs and more than a dozen conger eels weighing three or four kilograms were harvested. One of them weighed six or seven kilograms and could be sold at a high price.
As we all know, the bigger the seafood, the more expensive it is.
Some king fish can even be sold at a sky-high price of millions.
Kangzi tied the main buoy line of the shrimp cage to the car and said with anticipation, "There must be a conger eel nest down there."
"Will there be moray eels in the lobster pots?"
soon.
The first shrimp cage surfaced, and inside it were four or five eels, constantly scurrying around, filling the cage with a bang. Kangzi's eyes lit up, and he exclaimed in surprise, "So many conger eels!"
"Still a white eel."
"My dad has rheumatism and loves to eat this."
Zhang Jun nodded slightly and said, "Yes, white eels are known as the ginseng of water, but they are cheaper than ordinary conger eels."
But it can't be that low.
Each of them weighs two or three pounds. Based on 70 to 81 pounds, this basket is worth nearly a thousand yuan.
You know.
They just threw the cage here and didn't take care of it. Compared with fishing and netting fish, it's not an exaggeration to say that it's like picking up money.
The second shrimp cage also harvested five conger eels, which were common conger eels, entangled with each other. At first glance, it made people's scalp tingle.
This thing tastes good, but it's really scary.
It looks too much like a snake.
Humans' fear of snakes is ingrained in their DNA.
The third... the tenth...
As Kangzai caught the conger eels, he excitedly shouted, "What a great harvest! What a great harvest!"
"Qingzai, tiger eel, look, it's a tiger eel!"
"Tiger eels are more expensive than regular moray eels."
Ye Qing took a look and found that it was similar to the gray conger eel, with small circles on its body that looked like ancient coins. Therefore, the tiger eel is also called the money eel.
It is truly worth the money.
He was pleasantly surprised by the bumper harvest from the shrimp cages.
It looks like.
He is indeed very lucky.
When the last shrimp cage was brought on board, it contained several larger tiger eels.
Kangzi took a few looks and shouted, "Qingzi, these are female conger eels."
Ye Qing came over, picked it up, looked at it, and said, "Let it go."
Kangzi was stunned, then nodded.
Zhang Jun didn't say anything either.
The bellies of these female conger eels are soft, wide and droopy, and they have not yet ovulated.
Fishermen will release them if they encounter them, at least that's what the fishermen on Longwei Island do.
Li Shi came over, holding a small notebook for counting. He looked at it and said, "A total of 201 conger eels."
Ye Qing nodded and said, "That's enough."
"I don't know if Brother Ye can eat so many conger eels."
"Let's return."
The fishing boat turned and sailed towards Longwei Island.
Kangzi and Li Shi were still cleaning up.
This trip we returned with a full load. Not only was the live fish warehouse full, but there were also many hairtails in the cold storage room. In addition to the flower crabs and conger eels, there was no room left at all.
In order to make room for the conger eel, the red sea bream has to squeeze in.
If the conger eel dies, its quality and meat texture will be greatly reduced and it will not be able to be sold at a high price.
Ye Qing stood on the deck, the sea breeze was howling, making the corners of his clothes rustle.
"What are you daydreaming about?" Kangzi came over after finishing his work and said with envy, "Qingzi, how come you don't get tanned at all?"
Ye Qing was stunned.
He came to his senses, pulled up his sleeves and took a look.
It’s true.
The skin color of the part covered by the sleeves was almost the same as that exposed outside. If Kangzi hadn't pointed it out, he wouldn't have noticed it.
He thought for a moment and said, "I'm not daydreaming, I'm tanning myself."
"You also know that my idol is Principal Gu."
"But until now, I still look like Principal Gu without a tan, which makes me very distressed."
Kangzi was stunned for a while, then gave a thumbs up: "I don't submit to anyone except you."
Let’s be honest.
Qingzai is indeed as handsome as Principal Gu before he got tanned, just like the grown men reading this.
Close to Longwei Island.
There were more and more ships coming and going around.
Uncle Li and Uncle Ba were also returning home. When they saw each other, they greeted each other on the walkie-talkie.
Uncle Ba asked curiously, "What rare fish species did you catch?"
Kangzi sighed, "We didn't get any valuable fish species."
"Not this time."
"It's incomparable to what it was before."
Uncle Ba was surprised: "This time we were out for one day and two nights, one night longer than before, and we didn't gain much?"
Kangzi responded, "Yes."
Compared with the last time we caught yellowfin tuna, the harvest was really not that big.
Uncle Li interrupted, "That's normal."
"Luck goes up and down."
"I was out for three days this time and cast countless nets before I finally caught some sea bass."
“It’s just weird!”
Uncle Ba also shouted: "Me too."
"Besides sea bass, there's sea wolf fish, and the trawl net is broken."
"It's very unlucky."
When Kangzi heard this, he was immediately happy. It seemed that their harvest was quite good.
Qingzai listened silently to Uncle Ba and Uncle Li's complaints. In fact, this was the norm for fishermen. Not every time they went out to sea they would get a harvest.
soon.
Longwei Island is in sight.
The pier is much busier nowadays, with people coming and going, and the fishing is almost non-stop from morning to night.
But for vendors like Lao Feng, supply still cannot meet demand!
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