Chapter 104: Ziqiang can sail further
Since the fish school was large this time, the father and his sons deliberately adopted a different strategy from last time. Instead of heading directly to the center where the fish school was most dense, they cast the net at the edge first.
In this way, the fish in the core area will not be disturbed and flee so quickly, so they can cast two more nets while advancing, and harvest more fish! When the nets under the water are almost collected, Liang Ziqiang tries to collect the first net first. He pulled it with his hands, and it was indeed very heavy.
They asked Liang Zifeng to come over, and the two of them worked together to pull the net onto the fishing boat.
A large net filled with capelins, except for some red shrimps occasionally.
Seeing so many fish, even Liang Zifeng grinned. Without a word, the two of them quickly dumped all the fish in the net into the cabin.
Liang Ziqiang took a look and saw that they were all female fish with big bellies, while the small fish were almost all filtered out of the mesh.
The two of them immediately worked together to collect another net. Just like the previous one, it was also full.
Judging by the feel of the net, each net should weigh 170 to 180 kilograms! After the two nets were completely emptied, the fishing boat began to move directly to the center of the fish school. The same method was followed, and two more nets were cast down in succession.
Logically, after the first net is full, as the fish are frightened and flee, the catch of subsequent nets will be sharply reduced.
However, due to the strategy they adopted, the center of the fish school was not greatly affected at this time. Until this moment, they became alert, but because the density in the center was too high, the fish squeezed each other and there was no escape, and the net was full again.
The third and fourth nets were pulled up, but the weight was not reduced at all. It was not until the fifth and sixth nets that the catch was significantly reduced. After all, after so many consecutive nets, the fish began to flee far away.
When we collected the nets later, each net only held a few dozen kilograms of fish.
I asked my father, and his situation was basically the same, maybe a little less.
The two boats continued to wander, and when they were about to end, they saw another boat approaching from a distance.
Li Liang and Deng Zhaocai collected some gobies along the way and finally caught up.
As a result, I was almost blinded by the brightness at first sight. The two boats that were empty just now were now as big as small hills.
Everything seemed so dreamy, like a magic trick. Not only was it hard to believe, it was also extremely unacceptable psychologically!
"Brother Qiang, do these fish have a grudge against us? They don't come when we are here, but they come in droves when we are not here!" Deng Zhaocai complained while rubbing his eyes.
"Why didn't you say that the fish should have come a long time ago? It was you two who blocked my luck?!" Liang Ziqiang simply stabbed their injured hearts again.
Even though the two men complained, they did not dare to slow down at all. They quickly drove the boat into the school of fish and began to cast the net in a panic.
Although the school of fish had dispersed, the scale of the school was still there and many capelins could still be seen around the boat.
The two of them cast three or four nets, each of which held about 20 to 30 kilograms of catch. Adding up, they caught about 100 kilograms.
The fish gradually disappeared. After a round of intense net casting, Liang Fu and Liang Ziqiang's two boats were piled with fish, and Li Liang's boat was barely covered with a fish blanket.
Deng Zhaocai was contented and said with a laugh: "No matter what, we made the right decision this time. You ate fish, and we got to drink some fish soup!"
Li Liang scolded him, "How dare you say that? If you hadn't been greedy for those worthless shrimps, would you have missed the big fish? I should have kicked you into the sea and chased you in the boat alone!"
Deng Zhaocai's thinking became more meticulous at this moment: "Kick me if you dare! If you kick me, even if you catch up with me, if you encounter a net full of fish, do you think you can pull them all up by yourself?!"
After being busy for a long time, it is almost noon now looking at the sky. It is time to make something for lunch.
Chen Xiangbei did make him steamed buns and sweet barley, but she also had to cook some fish for him.
It was easy for Liang's father and Li Liang, but Liang Ziqiang was opening a new ship, so he still had to follow the old rules. The fish could not be scaled or gutted, and had to be cooked and eaten whole.
Before eating, they still had to offer respect to the Dragon King. Liang Ziqiang was a little worried because the first catch was a good fish and had a good meaning, but the fish was too small, and it was a bit embarrassing to offer it to the Dragon King...
After searching for a long time, fortunately, there were two large sea bass pressed under the surging capelin. Liang Ziqiang didn't pay much attention to them in the chaos.
After choosing the relatively fat sea bass and steaming it, Liang Ziqiang respectfully placed it on the bow of the new boat. Then he burned incense and poured wine to thank the Dragon King and pray for his continued protection.
After doing all this, start eating the capelin which has also been steamed.
The good thing is that unlike other fish, capelin can be steamed directly without cutting open its belly. The fish roe in its belly is the essence of the taste and is not affected by the cooking method at all.
Compared to the last opening, Liang Ziqiang enjoyed the meal quite a bit this time...
During lunch, Li Liang's boat came closer. While eating, he chatted with Liang Ziqiang across the side of the boat.
At this time, Liang Zifeng walked out of the cabin. Li Liang's eyes sparkled and he said to him, "Ah Feng, you did a good job helping your second brother go out to sea today. You helped catch so many fish! Time flies. Back then, you were younger than us and in a lower grade. But you know, our head teacher, Lao Bal, loved to read your composition to our class every day! I have to say, your writing skills are really first-class. The words you choose! The literary talent! The elegance! I can't help but admire you!"
After hearing his endless praise, Liang Zifeng turned to Liang Ziqiang and asked in confusion: "Second brother, I feel like...he wants me to write a love letter for him again?"
Liang Ziqiang nodded solemnly:
"Your feeling is very accurate! That's what he thinks!"
Liang Zifeng said "oh" and turned his head away, with his back to Li Liang...
Li Liang got a cold shoulder, but he was not discouraged. He chuckled twice:
"Fishing is more important now. We can talk about writing a love letter to Yuan Xiaomei some other day. Don't worry, Brother Qiang is your brother as well as my brother now. I will never force you to write a love letter for me again..."
Liang Ziqiang looked at him trustingly and said, "I believe this! You were beaten up by me twice back then, so you don't dare to intercept Ah Feng halfway anymore!"
Li Liang paused for a moment, then turned around and went back to his cabin silently. Don't hit someone in the face. Brother Qiang, if you talk like this, we can't continue the conversation...
After lunch, the three boats set off again, continuing to move forward in search of new schools of fish.
"Here they come, there are more fish! It's true that the farther you go to the sea, the more fish there are!" This time, three boats saw the swimming school of fish at the same time, and Deng Zhaocai was the first to shout out.
"Is it golden pomfret? It's the local fish of our village!" Li Liang continued, "Golden pomfret is also OK. It's not as good as capelin, but it's also worth three cents a pound!"
People on several boats were talking as they cast their nets to catch fish.
In comparison, the school of golden pomfret this time is not that large, and is much smaller than last time.
But after a round of fishing, each boat caught about a hundred kilograms of fish.
Now, not only are there small hills on the Liang family’s two boats, but there is also something interesting on Li Liang’s boat.
After catching this wave of golden pomfret, Liang's father looked at the turbulent sea surface with a somewhat cautious expression. He shouted to Liang Ziqiang's boat, "Let's go back? We've caught quite a lot of fish today! We sailed farther than usual this time. My boat can't go any further. Although your boat can still go a little further, it can't go too far. How about we go back together now?"
Today we were heading towards the deep sea, and although it was only half a day, the actual sea area was farther than usual.
Li Liang and the other man immediately decided not to go any further and turned back.
But Liang Ziqiang knew that having come this far, if he went just a little further, his chances of catching a valuable big fish would increase a lot.
His new boat is bigger than the ordinary fishing boats in the village, and the difference in fish catches often shows up in places like this.
He decided to go a little further, a little further in...
(End of this chapter)
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