Chapter 111: Fishing with My Wife
"So this is called Haihong!" Zhang Qing suddenly realized, "Can this Haihong be eaten?"
"Of course you can't eat it." Zhang Ze shook his head.
He originally wanted to explain that people should eat less wild clams, but he was afraid that others would ask him why he knew so much, which would be difficult to explain, so he just gave it a blanket statement.
Eating clams carries the risk of poisoning. Eating too much can cause whole body paralysis. It is said to be eighty times more poisonous than a cobra.
But he actually didn't know the specific situation because he had never met anyone around him who was poisoned by eating clams.
However, the clams we eat later on are basically farmed, so it is normal that there is no problem.
March to June is the breeding season for seaweed, and mussels will ingest toxic seaweed, so there will be toxins.
Nanping Island happens to be an archipelago with abundant seaweed. Now it is April. Wouldn't eating clams increase the risk of poisoning for yourself and your family?
When Tong Yuanhang heard Zhang Ze say that clams were not edible, he was stunned: "That's not right, I remember that clams were edible!"
This clams can also be found in the reef area of their island. Everyone on the island has eaten it, but they just don't like it.
Zhang Ze didn't expect Tong Yuanhang to respond, so he had to make up a story on the spot.
"A few days ago, I saw a person who had eaten clams suddenly foamed at the mouth and his whole body became stiff and he was sent to the hospital. Because I often come across clams, I paid attention to it and asked about it."
"I heard from others that the man had food poisoning from eating mussels, and now he is dead."
Hearing that everyone was gone, everyone present gasped, and Zhang Qing hurriedly picked up all the sea breams and threw them away.
In fact, there is a certain chance of contracting ciguatera poisoning after eating the grouper that Zhang Ze catches here, but the risk is higher when it comes to tiger grouper, which is a larger type. So far, none of them have caught any.
The probability of catching the remaining groupers is very small, and none of them are particularly large, so there is generally no problem.
Back in the yard, the whole family started to get busy.
Zhang Ze led Lu Zhou to cut bamboo into sticks and string the small yellow croakers they brought over one by one. He also brought over all the giant squids from the two boats, a total of seven.
After being processed, they were skewered on bamboo sticks, and there were also large prawns, cut beef and mutton, leeks, mushrooms, etc. Today's barbecue ingredients were rich and varied, and Zhang Ze rarely showed some enthusiasm.
It’s a pity that he didn’t find cumin, and it lacked a soul.
Zhang Ze remembered that there were people selling cumin here in the 1980s, but he didn't know when it became available in Wenshui City.
But the lack of cumin was not a big problem. The way he grilled the food and the taste of the food still shocked them.
Zhang Jiexia even said that she learned that life on the island is actually very boring.
Lu Zhou had to report to the army every day and would not come back until dinner time. When he had a mission, he would be away for a long time. During that time, she could only stay alone in the empty room.
So apart from chatting with neighbors, I usually study food.
Today, Zhang Jiexia said that her horizons were broadened and she learned a lot of new things.
Thinking of what Tong Shuyao had secretly told her, that eating more oysters can improve sexual performance, she decided to have them with every meal from now on.
Lu Zhou, who was helping to grill the lamb skewers, suddenly shuddered, looked back curiously, and found nothing wrong, so he continued to grill the skewers with great interest.
After dinner, it was already nine o'clock in the evening.
Zhang's mother and several others were arranged to spend the night on the island. Although there were many people, there were also many rooms.
Because they knew they were coming in advance, Luzhou prepared all the quilts and other things.
However, Tong Shuyao followed Zhang Ze onto the boat. She was afraid of getting tanned during the day but not at night.
"Aze, what are we going to do now?" In the cab, Tong Shuyao was in high spirits and in excellent mental state.
Normally, if she wasn't doing anything special at this time, she would have basically fallen asleep.
"Let's collect the hooks first, and then we'll go fishing." Zhang Ze held the steering rudder with one hand and hugged his wife with the other, looking quite high-spirited.
Zhang Qinghe looked at the affectionate young couple and suddenly felt very lonely.
However, after a while, when he took over the boat, he looked at the two people on the deck who were collecting the hooks, talking and laughing, and occasionally doing some intimate things. He opened his mouth and inexplicably uttered a "woof"! Zhang Qinghe immediately reacted and covered his mouth in surprise. He looked at Da Huang who was lying next to him and feeding the baby: "Was it you who yelled just now? You scared me. Be quiet, okay?"
Da Huang: ??? “Wow, Aze, another grouper.” Tong Shuyao happily picked up the lively grouper in her hand. The grouper was not big, only two kilograms, but it still made her feel satisfied.
"Yes, our luck has improved a lot since you came here in the evening." Zhang Ze took the fish from her hand and threw it into the live water tank, hung the bait on it and threw the hook back into the water.
In fact, the groupers all came out to move around at night, and with the effect of the magic bait, the harvest was naturally better than in the afternoon.
But the most important thing is that my wife is happy, and it doesn’t cost much to praise her.
"Hehe!" Tong Shuyao was very happy to be praised and showed a silly smile, but she looked very innocent.
After putting away all the hooks, Zhang Qinghe drove the boat to the fishing spot for the afternoon.
Tong Shuyao followed Zhang Ze to the stern of the boat and watched curiously as he tied the fish hook and stone, hung the bait and threw it into the water.
She found that this fishing method seemed to be no different from the previous fishing method: "Aze, do you usually fish like this?"
"Yes, the main reason is that there is no suitable fishing rod. If there is a fishing rod, fishing will be more convenient."
"I see. Can you teach me how to fish?"
"Of course." Zhang Ze immediately took off the gloves in his hand and handed them to her, "Without a fishing rod, you must wear gloves when fishing like this, otherwise it is easy to cut your hands if you catch a big fish."
"Oh!" Tong Shuyao quickly put on gloves, then took the fishing line he handed over and stared at the water.
Seeing that her whole body was tense, Zhang Ze smiled and came behind her and hugged her: "Don't be so nervous, and you don't need to keep your eyes on the water. Fishing is mainly about feeling the movement transmitted by the fishing line."
Having been married for more than half a year, Tong Shuyao no longer felt shy when she was hugged by her man in the middle of the night when there was no one around at the stern of the boat. She only felt the full sense of security that the man brought her.
Of course, she didn't get distracted, but listened carefully to the man teaching her some fishing knowledge.
At this moment, the fishing line in her hand suddenly moved. She reacted quickly and subconsciously pulled the fishing line, saying excitedly: "I caught it, I caught it, there's a fish on the hook."
"Don't worry, don't worry." Zhang Ze immediately reached out and held her hand. "This is the fish testing. Some fish bite very fiercely and you can immediately feel a strong pulling force. Some fish will test several times before swallowing the bait. Come on, pull the fishing line!"
Tong Shuyao had already learned the concept of stabbing fish from him. After hearing his words, she immediately pulled the fishing line hard. The next moment, she felt a strong pulling force and the fishing line vibrated. It was obvious that the fish was struggling.
“Haha, I caught it!”
"Not yet. Pull the fish over here and put it on the boat. That's called catching a fish." Zhang Ze let go of her with a smile and let her do it on her own.
He just watched from the side until Tong Shuyao pulled a yellowfin snapper weighing about two kilograms to the side of the boat, then he took out the scoop net and scooped up the fish.
"It's up, it's up!" Tong Shuyao was very excited. This was the first time she caught a fish and she felt a great sense of accomplishment.
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When Zhang Ze put down the scoop net, she immediately squatted down to get the fish.
"Be careful of the spines on the fish's back!"
"Don't worry, I used to kill fish often, I'm familiar with it!"
Zhang Ze smiled. He almost forgot that his wife was the daughter of a fisherman. Although she didn't know how to catch fish, she was very skilled in weaving fishing nets and killing fish.
Tong Shuyao took out the fishhook, then happily ran to the front deck holding the fish and threw the fish into the live water tank.
After putting the fish in, she came back and hung up the bait and continued fishing with great interest.
Zhang Ze couldn't help laughing at her expression. Did he accidentally train another fisherman? So others eat and play until they are old, but he fishes until he is old? The second time, Tong Shuyao's luck was better. Not long after the hook was put down, a fish took the bait directly, and took a deep bite. She thought it would be like before, but before she could react, the fishing line ran out more than ten meters.
Fortunately, the fish was not big, and she quickly pulled the fish to the side of the boat after she reacted. Zhang Ze continued to be responsible for the scoop net.
"Hey, it's grouper!" Tong Shuyao said happily. Obviously, she also knew that this could be sold for money. Her husband and her brothers made their fortune by selling this.
"Aze, how much do you usually sell grouper for?"
Zhang Ze picked up the fish and estimated its weight. "This kind of blue grouper is not expensive, only 1.4 yuan per pound. I estimate your fish is about 1.5 pounds, so you can sell it for a little more than 2 yuan."
Tong Shuyao was surprised: "That's only two dollars?"
This small grouper can be sold for a little over two dollars, so wouldn’t those twenty or so groupers that were collected just now be worth more than a hundred dollars?
Only then did she understand why her man always seemed to have endless money.
It was okay when she was in the village. She didn't feel anything obvious, she just felt that the food at home was good.
Later, when they were going to move to Wenshui City and bought a boat, he could give her another thousand yuan. Only then did she realize how rich her man was.
"You can make so much money by going fishing now. Don't accompany me. I already know how to fish and I don't need you to accompany me."
"Okay, I'll go fishing nearby. Remember to call me if you need anything."
"I know, I know."
With Tong Shuyao present in the evening, Zhang Ze did gain a little more.
But when it was twelve o'clock and he saw her yawning from time to time, he took the initiative to put away the fishing hook and ended fishing. He asked her to go back to the cabin to take a shower first, while he and Zhang Qinghe collected the fishing nets, hooks, ground cages and shrimp cages.
Other harvests are quite normal, and because of the good resources here, the harvest is even better than near the shore.
But the catch from the fishing nets in a different location at night was still not very good. Zhang Ze simply drove the boat to the place where the fishermen on the island were fishing today. He and Tong Yuanhang and the others cast fishing nets nearby, then went back to the cabin, took a shower, and went to sleep with his wife in his arms.
The next day, when Tong Shuyao was still not awake, he and Zhang Qinghe were already busy outside.
It's still dark now, probably around four in the morning.
Because the place where he put the fishing nets last night was close to the local fishermen, he was afraid of being discovered and causing trouble, so he came early to collect the fishing nets.
Tong Yuanhang was no exception. He was even more aware of the consequences of "crossing the line". Outsiders were not allowed to place fishing nets at the location where their village set the nets.
If this happens, quarreling is good, fighting is normal, and if it gets out of hand, there may even be bloodshed.
As the fishing net rose, a large net of golden light came into their sight.
Zhang Ze's face lit up with joy. He had really cast his net in the right place. He was lucky this time and caught about 200 to 300 kilograms of yellow croaker, also known as yellow croaker.
Although the price is slightly lower than that of large yellow croaker, it is still higher than that of small yellow croaker.
He had seen the prices at the fishery station. Huang San's purchase price was 32 yuan per hundred jin. If there were 300 jin, that would be... After Zhang Ze finished the calculation, his expression suddenly became proud. Even if he took the risk, the harvest might not exceed one hundred yuan. In addition, there were all kinds of miscellaneous things in the net that they needed to sort out themselves. He immediately lost interest in casting the net.
At this moment, he decided that the fishing net would not be needed after he got the longline.
Prepare a few extra longlines, as it will take a lot of time to collect them, and the fish caught will count as experience points, so it doesn’t really matter whether you use the fishing net or not.
(End of this chapter)
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