Chapter 119: Shrimp Jumping on the Water
The next morning, Zhang Ze gave Zhang Wu one cent as agreed, and the little guy went to school happily with his schoolbag on his back.
He has been performing very well recently. After finishing his homework in the evening, he would help Zhang's mother collect money to grill scallops and oysters, and his grades have also improved.
In this case, Zhang Ze felt that it was appropriate to give some rewards from time to time.
If his grades drop or he does something bad one day, he will let his stupid younger brother know how passionate his brother's love is.
As for the idea that boys should be raised in poverty and girls should be raised in wealth, Zhang Ze scoffed at it and said it was just a trick of capital.
They were going out to sea today in the afternoon, so he spent the morning with his family and helped Zhang's mother.
At about 11:30, Zhang's mother opened her business, and the person who took care of the business was Ruan Yanrong from next door.
This girl is quite greedy. She visits Zhang's mother's shop from time to time and is now very familiar with his family.
"Yan Rong, what would you like to eat today?"
"Aunt, please fry a five-spice blue crab for me. It should have more broth so it goes well with rice!"
"Okay, wait a minute."
Zhang's mother first selected a blue crab, but saw that it only weighed nine taels. After thinking for a while, she picked a smaller one, weighing seven taels.
Ruan Yanrong quickly stopped her when she saw this: "Aunt, you don't need so many. I'm eating alone, one is enough."
"You often take care of my business, so the extra money is not counted as yours."
"How can this be so embarrassing."
"It's okay, we are all neighbors."
Ruan Yanrong smiled embarrassedly, looked at Zhang Ze who was sitting in the store talking to Tong Shuyao, and felt embarrassed to go over and chat with Zhang Qian.
Just then, Zhang Qinghe came to the store with a strong young man, and they were holding a local dog in their hands.
This young man looked somewhat like him, but seemed much more mature.
"Auntie, I'm busy!"
"Hey, it's Qinghe and Qinghu!" Zhang's mother was obviously a little surprised to see Zhang Qinghu.
Zhang Qinghe saw her confusion and said with a smile, "We bought a boat, but we were short of people, so we called my brother over."
"Aunt, please fry two servings of blue crabs. I told my brother that your fried blue crabs are especially delicious. But he didn't believe me. Show him your skill."
"Don't talk nonsense. Of course I don't believe it." Zhang Qinghu felt embarrassed and quickly pulled this unreliable brother away.
Mother Zhang smiled and didn't care: "Okay, do you want oysters and scallops?"
"Of course, I want ten of each!" Zhang Qinghe nodded and looked at Zhang Ze who had come over to greet his brother. "You are quite leisurely and don't even know how to help."
"What's the matter? Have you become bolder now that you have become an apprentice? Doing so many things?" Zhang Ze raised his middle finger to him.
Zhang Qinghe was stunned by this gesture. Although he didn't understand, he instinctively felt that this gesture was not very friendly. "What do you mean by this?"
"Guess!" Zhang Ze withdrew his gesture with a smile.
"." Zhang Qinghe looked at him and immediately raised his middle finger as well. But before he could feel proud, Zhang Ze, who was quick-eyed and quick-handed, grabbed it and broke it downwards.
"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts. My finger is going to break, let go."
Zhang Qinghu smiled as he watched the two people playing around, with no intention of helping his brother at all.
He was actually a little restrained. After knowing that his brother had borrowed 2,500 yuan from Zhang Ze to buy the boat, he felt a little uncomfortable when he saw him today.
Two thousand five hundred. He only saved a hundred dollars a year before. How long will it take him to earn this much?
Finally, Zhang's mother couldn't stand it anymore and slapped her son angrily: "Okay, stop bullying Qing He."
Zhang Ze was stopped and then let go.
Zhang Qinghe didn't act as if he was in so much pain; he was just pretending.
Just as he was about to hide behind Zhang's mother and continue to confront Zhang Ze, he unexpectedly discovered that there was a beautiful strange woman sitting next to Zhang Qian. The other party was looking at him with a slight smile, and the look in her eyes was like looking at a monkey.
Zhang Qinghe's old face turned red, and knowing that he had lost face, he immediately regained his composure.
It was not until Ruan Yanrong took his share of blue crabs and left that he approached Zhang Ze and asked quietly, "Aze, who was that woman just now? She looked very familiar to your sister."
"He's the salesman from Wuweihe next door. What's wrong? Are you interested in him?" Zhang Ze looked at him suspiciously, then invited Zhang Qinghu to come in and sit down.
"Who said that? How could I possibly like her? I said I wanted to find a woman prettier than Liu Qiaoqiao." Zhang Qinghe suddenly became anxious and hurriedly explained with his neck stiff.
Just after he finished speaking, he found that everyone in the store suddenly fell silent.
He turned around and looked around, and found that apart from Zhang's mother, he was despised by everyone, including his own brother.
Zhang Ze sighed and patted Zhang Qinghe on the shoulder: "Liu Qiaoqiao has nothing but beauty. My neighbor is very good. If you want to go on a blind date with her, she may not agree."
"Next time, be careful with your words. Luckily she's gone. How embarrassing and offensive would it be if someone accidentally heard this?"
Zhang Qinghu also nodded in agreement: "Liu Qiaoqiao is such a bad woman. She ran away secretly to the city even when she was pregnant and now she is asking for a divorce. What's the point of having a beautiful woman like her?"
"If you want to marry a wife, you have to find one who will take care of the family. Why are you so angry with her?"
Zhang Qinghe looked a little embarrassed at the moment. He just blurted out what he said because he was annoyed by Zhang Ze's teasing.
He also knew the reason why he was a little angry, and he also knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he had nothing to say when he was lectured.
After lunch, Zhang Qinghe took Zhang Qinghu to the boat and prepared daily necessities for him.
After resting at home for a while, Zhang Ze rode his bicycle to the dock. During the ride, he also said hello to Ou Shuxiang who came to Wenshui City and asked him to wait at the dock around 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
The agreed time was one o'clock in the afternoon. If they set off at this time, they would arrive at Nanping Island around four-thirty in the afternoon. He could first let go of the longline and then prepare dinner.
The three brothers Tong Yuanhang and Zhang Zhenghong also arrived on time. They went to the fishery station together to move the ice onto the boat. They were planning to buy some bait, but they happened to see two small wooden boats coming back loaded with mackerel. Zhang Ze and his friends simply bought a batch of mackerel from the fishermen.
Their purchase price is slightly higher than that of the fishery station, so the fishermen are naturally happy.
Of course, this also saved some costs for Zhang Ze and others, as the fishery station gave them the market price.
As a state-owned enterprise, they are allowed to use cold storage to freeze ice blocks, or because of Lu Xuanguo's tacit approval, there are regulations on prices.
Although it can be cheaper, it is still a favor to Lu Xuanguo that is being sold. It is not necessary to do so for such a small amount of money.
Zhang Ze currently only has one longline, so he only prepared two large boxes of bait.
Almost all the fish on the two wooden boats were swept away by them. Tong Yuanhang originally did not need so much bait, but after he knew about the gains of Zhang Ze and his friends from longline fishing, he also wanted to cast longline this time.
The fishermen on the two boats were all grinning from ear to ear. Originally, they were not very excited about the mackerels on the two boats. After all, the fish were too cheap, with the fishery station purchasing them at only four cents per pound.
Now Zhang Ze and others charge 5% of the price, which makes them earn an extra 20 yuan.
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They set sail, with a fishing boat leading the way followed by three others, which stood out among the group of wooden boats.
We first went to Lumen Island to get the longline, and then headed directly to Nanping Island.
As for the traps in the mangroves, I will collect them after I come back.
At around 4:30 in the afternoon, Zhang Ze arrived at the southern part of Nanping Island again.
Tong Yuanhang and Zhang Qinghe dispersed and looked for fishing spots that they were satisfied with.
Zhang Zhenghong didn't know what to do. Seeing that he was still following him, Zhang Ze picked up the radio and said, "Ahong, find a place with many reefs near an isolated island."
"First tie a stone to the fishing line, lower it down and measure the depth of the water. You can release the longline when it is about 40 to 50 meters deep."
He did not take them to find a suitable fishing spot, but let them try it by themselves first. If it didn't work, he would take them a few more times later.
After hearing what was said, Zhang Zhenghong had a clue in his mind. He replied and then drove away in his boat to find a suitable fishing spot.
Without a fish finder, they can only find fishing spots based on experience.
With current resources, as long as you are not too unlucky, you will generally have a good harvest.
Zhang Ze also sailed to the vicinity of an isolated island. He did not get too close to the island, but measured the water depth using the method he had just taught his cousins.
It is more than seventy meters deep here, so even if the terrain nearby is undulating, he will not get stuck on the bottom, unless he is unlucky and encounters a fault.
Under normal circumstances, you can find a place with slightly shallower water to cast the longline. This will definitely yield better results and you may catch more groupers.
But he has a magic bait that can attract fish so he doesn't care about these.
After moving the large frame for longline to the stern and dragging the bait over, Zhang Ze began to put bait on the hooks.
He was quick and could hook a bait in a few seconds, but it still took him more than an hour to hook a thousand fish.
In this case, it would take about two and a half hours to put out two longlines, and he suddenly thought it would be a good idea to put out only one longline.
After hanging it up, Zhang Ze came to the cab and started the boat, letting it automatically sail towards the open waters, but at an extremely slow speed.
Then he hurried out of the cab and came to the stern, turned on the winch and slowly let the longline down.
He obviously felt that using a winch was easier than letting out the line by hand.
Zhang Ze would go to the side of the ship from time to time to check the direction of the ship to avoid it hitting anything.
Fortunately, the waves were not big today and the boat was sailing steadily on the route.
After putting down the longline, Zhang Ze returned to the cab and turned the boat toward the shallow waters near the isolated island. He wanted to lower the lobster cage.
When he arrived nearby, he put some bait in the shrimp cage and added a few stones. As soon as Zhang Ze came to the side of the boat with the shrimp cage, he noticed something happening on the water.
From time to time, small ripples appear on the rippling water surface, just like rain hitting the water surface.
Zhang Ze observed carefully and found that the noise was caused by shrimps, which were quite large.
He quickly ran to the tool room and pulled out an unused cast net with very small mesh.
He has three cast nets, all with different mesh sizes.
When you encounter shrimps, this kind of cast net with small mesh is very suitable.
Coming to the winch, he first wet the casting net in water and then lifted it up. He shook off the excess water on it, then grabbed it and threw it forward with force. The casting net immediately turned into a large net in space, like a parachute that suddenly opened.
The cast net hit the water and slowly sank.
Zhang Ze grabbed the rope with his right hand and leaned forward to observe the situation of casting the net.
When the net was almost sunk, he grabbed the rope with both hands and started to retrieve it.
After pulling in a piece of rope, Zhang Ze felt a sudden weight in his hand, but he was not surprised.
Since the shrimps have jumped to the surface of the water, it is obvious that there is a very large school of shrimps here.
He tied the rope to the winch, turned on the winch, and the cast net was slowly pulled to the surface of the water.
As the cast net gradually appeared on the water surface, the expected boiling of the sea water occurred again, just like the last time when the plum fish was caught.
(End of this chapter)
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