Chapter 378: Tips for Catching Razor Clams in Winter
Even if you go to the purchasing point at the county fishing port, the price of eagle pomfret is estimated to be ten times that of golden pomfret. If you go directly to the moon sea, the price will be even higher.
The eagle pomfret that was picked out filled a whole basket. Although the quantity was far less than the golden pomfret and swallowtail pomfret on the deck, considering the price, a whole basket of eagle pomfret was already very impressive.
On the morning of the fifth day, we disembarked and arrived at the atoll area as usual. This time, each crew member brought their own hand nets and prepared for both at the same time.
It does not delay fishing. While waiting for the fish to bite, you can use the hand net to scoop up the fish as soon as you see it pop up.
With these two approaches working together, it was indeed much faster than usual.
Of course, the situation in the atoll itself is very special, with dense anemones, and most clownfish hide deep in the anemones and do not show up. Occasionally one or two pop up, and they can only catch two or three at a time.
This is determined by the habitat characteristics of the clownfish. It is different from the two-colored strawberry fish on Killer Whale Island last year. There is nothing we can do about it.
Snail shells were no longer easy to find. Liang Ziqiang walked for a while but didn't find any new piles of snail shells, so he stopped looking and also caught some clownfish.
After returning to shore, the fish catch was very stable, still a little over 15 tons, but the price was different from last year. Among them, the price of several kinds of fish increased by a few cents per pound.
This increased the total income. Before the Chinese New Year, the same amount of fish was still around 13,000, but this time after tax it was close to 14,000! After deducting the wages, gas and other expenses, there was still about 13,000 left.
This didn't even include the basket of eagle pomfret. After refueling at the fishing port, I went to Yuehai Restaurant and found Du Ziteng.
Although the New Year had passed, the two still exchanged a few nice words when they met. Du Ziteng's office also changed to a new tea set, and he invited Liang Ziqiang to sit down and drink a few cups of tea.
Du Ziteng was indeed very interested in the eagle pomfret and offered a price of eight yuan per catty, which was twenty times that of the golden pomfret.
Later, Liang Ziqiang carried the basket of hawk pomfret in two baskets, which weighed more than 62 kilograms. He got about 500 yuan just for these hawk pomfret.
After collecting the eagle pomfret, Du Ziteng curiously glanced into the basket and found another bucket in the basket, covered with a hat. He half-jokingly asked:
"What else do you have in that bucket that you're reluctant to sell?"
"That's not it," Liang Ziqiang said with a smile, "I just bought some food on the street and planned to take it home to eat!"
Hearing him say this, Du Ziteng naturally stopped asking.
The bucket covering Grandma Li certainly did not contain any food, but about 13,000 yuan in cash, the income she had just earned from selling fish at the county fishing port.
After coming out of Yuehai, Liang Ziqiang did not rush back to the ship this time, but went straight to the bank.
Anyway, I brought my ID card with me when I went out this time. Since I was in the city, I might as well deposit the money there.
The Binzhou District branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China is too far from here, so of course the Qianluo branch of the Construction Bank is the closest.
The five hundred yuan he earned from selling the eagle pomfret was kept in his pocket and he took it home to spend.
When we returned from the sea trip, it was already the 22nd day of the first lunar month, which was March 13th in the Gregorian calendar. My younger brother Liang Zifeng only had a little over a month of winter vacation this time, and he had to go back to school soon.
This time, Afeng no longer needed Liang Ziqiang to send him to the capital, but Liang Ziqiang still secretly gave him some money to improve his life. Afeng refused for a long time before giving up, his eyes a little wet, and got on the train.
The next day, the weather was sunny and even bright. Swallows were flying in front of the house, sparrows were chirping behind the house, and forsythia flowers were appearing on the roadside.
Although the temperature is still low, many people are heading to the beach. Some time ago, there was nothing to see at the beach, and I couldn't get excited about going to the beach, but now I guess I can always pick up some small things.
Lizhi was clamoring to go fishing again, and insisted on taking his second brother and his wife with him. Liang Ziqiang couldn't resist, so he picked up his tools and followed.
Anyway, catching fish is not a tiring job, just take a walk on the beach. The wind is not strong today, and it is quite comfortable to walk on the beach. Chen Xiangbei followed behind with little Jingcheng in her arms.
The first thing I saw when I arrived at the beach was a lot of sea lettuce and camel hair floating in the shallow water. Several villagers were fishing for them.
They also found a shallow beach. Liang Ziqiang fished leisurely, just for fun, but Lizhi was particularly enthusiastic and soon caught half a bucket.
I didn't see any fish. After all, it's still a long way from the spring flood season when fish and shrimp return, and they are still hiding in the deep sea.
After walking for a while, they saw some snails. Liang Ziqiang and Lizhi picked some, while Chen Xiangbei watched them picking them up and comforted Cheng Cheng in her arms from time to time.
Duobao had followed at some point. Ever since the last encounter with a thresher shark in the deep sea, Liang Ziqiang rarely took Duobao and Hulu out to sea. After all, the dangers of the deep sea are not comparable to those of the shallow sea.
At this time, Duobao would sometimes walk around the litchi, and sometimes look up at Cheng Cheng in Chen Xiangbei's arms, calling him softly whether there was anything wrong or not.
As we walked along the beach, Duobao lifted his legs and peed on the sand. He never forgot to leave his mark when he went to the beach.
Suddenly, Duobao let out a strange "woof". Lizhi looked up and immediately shouted:
"Brother, look, there is a dog in the sand, and it is peeing in front of Duobao!"
"What, there's a dog in the sand?" Liang Ziqiang was confused. He turned his head away and looked, with a strange expression on his face.
It was true. Where Duobao urinated, a stream of clear water gushed out from the sand, like a small fountain, gushing up from the ground.
It first hit Duobao's belly, and Duobao screamed to avoid it, but then it hit the hair on his body.
"It's razor clams. There are razor clams under this beach!" Liang Ziqiang laughed a little after figuring out what was going on.
Apparently, it was Duobao's dog urine that spilled down, and the bamboo clams hiding under the sand couldn't bear it anymore, so they popped their heads out.
Sure enough, soon a slender column-like object like a flesh-colored chopstick emerged from the beach and stretched longer and longer.
Duobao was quite surprised and roared at the bamboo clam that emerged from the ground.
Liang Ziqiang ran closer and took a look. In addition to the piece of bamboo clam, there were indeed many similar small holes in the whole piece, which were probably all the pores of the bamboo clams.
Lizhi immediately picked up the shovel and started digging, hitting wherever he pointed, but after digging two or three holes, he didn't find anything.
"In winter, razor clams hide deep in the ground and are hard to dig. Let me do it!"
Liang Ziqiang did not use a shovel, but took out a thin wire from the bucket, one end of which was sharpened very sharply. This was his special weapon for dealing with bamboo clams in winter.
Aiming at a small hole, the wire went deep into it, and kept drilling deeper.
When he pulled it up again, a bamboo clam was pulled out by the roots. Liang Ziqiang put it into the bucket and went to look for the next air hole while holding the wire.
"Brother, let me play with the wire. It's fun to catch razor clams this way!" Lizhi looked jealous.
"It takes some strength. It's not that easy!" Liang Ziqiang gave the wire to Lizhi. Sure enough, Lizhi poked the wire several times but got nothing. He returned it to Liang Ziqiang in frustration.
Liang Ziqiang reconnected the wire and pulled out a large number of bamboo clams that had been hiding deep in the sand for the winter.
Liang's mother also came to the beach to catch clams. She looked into the bucket and said happily, "I didn't expect to get so many clams in this season. It's enough to make a pot of soup!"
As she said that, she reached out to hug Liang Jingcheng again, but unexpectedly, little Chengcheng was particularly clingy to his mother today. He lay on Chen Xiangbei's shoulder, hugged Chen Xiangbei's neck and refused to let go.
"You change your face so quickly. Let's see if I will hug you next time!" Liang's mother deliberately frowned to tease her grandson.
As he was speaking, he heard Lizhi mutter in surprise: "It's so beautiful! How can it be so beautiful!"
Liang Ziqiang and Chen Xiangbei were both confused, thinking that she had caught some beautiful fish or shellfish again.
The next sentence is Litchi continues to sigh:
"Second sister-in-law, today I found out there is someone as pretty as you!"
(End of this chapter)
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