Chapter 140 Dreamy Blue Tears
The next day at noon, Zhang Ze and Zhao Xianghua sat opposite each other in a small private room of Weiyou Restaurant.
At this time, there were five empty bottles of Moutai next to them, and the dishes on the table were almost finished.
Zhang Ze still had to go to Qinghe Village today, so he said goodbye and left when he saw that the time was almost up.
Zhao Xianghua put his arm around his shoulders affectionately and walked him to the door.
Seeing him riding his bike steadily away, I couldn't help but laugh and scold him: "This brat can really drink!"
Then he sighed again and walked towards his office. There was a lounge in the office and he needed to take a rest.
"Brother Hua, this guy is just a fisherman, why are you so polite?"
"Can't fishermen be their own bosses? Times have changed, young man!" Zhao Xianghua patted the younger brother who had followed him for several years and returned to his office.
Originally, he did not pay much attention to Zhang Ze. He just thought that he was a young man with ideas, and perhaps he could get some inspiration and ideas for the development of the restaurant from him.
As a result, after all the drinking, there was only wine left.
However, if there are any good catches in the future, Zhang Ze will give priority to him. This is the only gain from the lunch.
"Wenshui City is too small?" Zhao Xianghua returned to the small room in the office and sat on the bed. He rubbed his head and smiled bitterly: "This kid wants to develop in other places. He is really ambitious!"
On the other side, after leaving Weiyou Restaurant, Zhang Ze went directly to the dock. After getting on the boat, he did not set off directly to Yuewan County, but went to the bedroom to take a nap to get rid of the smell of alcohol.
Drunk driving is too dangerous and not advisable, even if he has drunk Lingquan and his alcohol tolerance has increased dramatically.
After sleeping for two hours, the smell of alcohol on Zhang Ze's body had dissipated a lot.
After washing his face to clear his mind, he drove the boat to Yuewan County and took the bus back.
But when he arrived in the village and walked into the room of the two elderly people of the Zhang family, Zhang Ding slowly closed his eyes after seeing him.
Zhang Ze's second aunt stepped forward and probed her nose with her hand, then immediately knelt down in front of the bed and howled, "Dad~"
Zhang Ze: “.”
What does this mean? Just leave when you see him?
As for his grandmother Lu Yan, she had already moved to the small wooden bed next to him and passed away first. It was a coincidence that he arrived.
When Zhang's mother saw her son coming, she felt relieved.
The next thing was to discuss the funeral. The messy rural customs gave Zhang Ze a headache, so he simply left it to Zhang's mother to handle.
These were mainly matters concerning his eldest uncle and second uncle, and it was great that their family could give him a ride.
What surprised Zhang Ze was that they didn't make some outrageous demands. He thought these people would stick to him like a dog-skin plaster and take some money out of his pocket.
The funeral lasted five days. When he was sending her off at the end, he brought all his family members with him. Several female relatives saw her off for a short distance and then went back, mainly because Tong Shuyao was pregnant and it was difficult for her to walk much.
He and Zhang's mother sent her to the mountain, and only went down after the grave was sealed with bricks and cement.
After lunch, Zhang Ze took his family back to Wenshui City and completely cut off all ties with the so-called relatives here.
Qingze's shop reopened for business. He originally thought that all the business would have gone away after being closed for so many days.
As a result, the restaurant was packed on the first day. Although the sales of blue crabs did not increase much, the fish balls made from the Spanish mackerel that Zhang Ze had saved last time were very popular.
Last time I kept ten fish weighing about ten pounds. This time I took out three to make fish balls. There were almost twenty pounds left, which was not enough to sell.
Zhang's mother smiled from ear to ear: "Aze, I didn't expect the fish balls to sell so well, you have so many ideas."
Zhang Ze twitched his lips. It was easy to sell, but he was the one who was tired!
Without a blender, he had to make fish balls by hand.
Life at home returned to normal, and Zhang Ze, who had been resting for almost a week, was ready to go out to sea.
This time they set off at night, and the target location is still Nanping Island, but after the work he has to pick up Lu Xuanguo's wife.
Zhang Ze also learned from Lu Xuanguo that his cousin's husband's adopted daughter had accepted his cousin and the two got along very well.
Zhang Jiexia is a smart woman. She was once regarded as a scourge by the men in the village, but she finally married a man who treated her very well. She cherishes her current life very much, so she has no opinion on her husband's adopted daughter.
She even knew very well that only by being nice to this adopted daughter could she better integrate into the family.
After the baby in my belly is born, my parents-in-law will no longer need me and will spoil their child.
After all, her child is their true grandson by blood.
Zhang Ze felt relieved knowing that his cousin was living a good life. After all, she was introduced by his family. If the two of them couldn't get along, their family would be in trouble.
Zhang Qing, He, Tong Yuanhang and others have been out to sea recently. They just went out yesterday at noon and it will probably take two days for them to come back.
They now listen to Zhang Ze's advice and only choose to come back when the boat is almost full of fish.
This ensures the stability of their income so that they don’t lose money if the harvest is bad one day.
So this time Zhang Ze came out alone, bringing Da Huang and his family with him.
He was sitting in the cockpit holding a puppy, and the other one was curled up in Dahuang's arms and sleeping.
The puppy can walk now and has become much more playful.
Zhang Ze first went to Lumen Island to get the longline, and then headed directly to Nanping Island.
After sailing five or six nautical miles, he unexpectedly discovered that the sea surface illuminated by the lights had a dreamy blue color.
"What's going on?"
Out of curiosity, Zhang Ze stopped the boat and came to the side of the ship to observe.
But just looking at it directly, the water surface was pitch black and there was nothing unusual.
"Did I see it wrong just now?"
Zhang Ze blinked and thought that he was not seeing things.
At this moment, he seemed to think of something, so he picked up the hook next to him and stirred it into the water.
As the sea water churned, a dreamy blue appeared in his sight, proving that he was not mistaken.
"Fuck, blue tears?"
The appearance of blue tears in the sea is actually not a good phenomenon.
Because blue tears are a type of red tide, red tides occur in the four coastal areas of Zhejiang Province.
Red tide is a type of marine disaster caused by excessive algae density, and usually occurs in April and May when seaweed grows rapidly.
Blue tears are caused by the aggregation of plankton. They appear pink or even brick red during the day and emit blue light at night.
Fortunately, the red tides along the coast of Zhejiang Province are basically non-toxic, so the red tides they cause will not destroy the ecological balance or affect the survival of marine life.
Fishermen can go out to sea to fish as usual and eat the fish as usual.
There are many people who eat seafood in Wenshui City, and he has sold a lot of grouper himself, but no one has shown signs of poisoning so far.
Red tides occur every year, but the waters of Zhejiang Province are basically non-toxic.
Zhang Ze felt a little worried when he knew it was a red tide, and then continued to sail towards Nanping Island.
After driving for only a short distance, the blue on the sea surface disappeared without a trace. It was obvious that they had gone out of the range of the red tide. The range of the red tide this time was not large, which made him feel relieved.
Zhang Ze himself had never seen any extremely harmful red tides, the kind that lasted for more than a week, with countless dead marine creatures being pushed to the shore by the waves, causing a terrible stench.
No one dares to eat these poisoned marine creatures, and they will eventually be put back into the sea by coastal villagers.
When he arrived at Nanping Island, he deliberately wandered around the archipelago because of the red tide. By the way, he asked Tong Yuanhang who had already arrived here via radio.
Only after hearing that there was no red tide did he go fishing with peace of mind.
Because Nanping Island has more abundant seaweed resources, he is also afraid of the occurrence of red tides.
It is basically non-toxic but not without accidents. The red tide in Zhejiang Province is said to be basically non-toxic, but he doesn't dare to go fishing. Who knows if the fish he catches will have any problems.
Fortunately, he did not discover any new red tide, nor did he hear any news from Tong Yuanhang and others. It was obvious that this encounter was just an accident, a small-scale one.
After finding a good position, Zhang Ze took out the ordinary fish bait in the space and started to hang the bait.
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This time he found a place he had never been to before, hoping to get a good harvest.
After the first longline was let down, Zhang Ze also placed the shrimp cage in a shallower water location.
The second longline is not so easy to release, as no one knows what the situation is like in the deep sea.
Zhang Ze drove out along the reef area until he found a place with a water depth of 100 meters before he started to hang bait.
In order to maximize the harvest, he spent several hundred experience points to replenish the amount of ordinary bait, and temporarily did not use the small squids in the space.
This time, Zhang Ze also lowered the fishing net.
Now that there is more space, he can collect all the fish he catches directly. He can also sort them clearly even if he is alone. It is not like before when there were other people on the boat and he could only squat and pick up the fish with others.
After the fishing net was lowered, Zhang Ze found a new position, took out the fishing rod and continued fishing.
As usual, he exchanged for ordinary bait to fish, and placed the bait at a depth of about ten meters in the water layer. Relying on the properties of the bait, he did not need to specifically look for the water layer where the fish were active.
Sometimes, fishing is all about luck.
Zhang Ze approached the reef, and his main target was naturally grouper, but the truly rich resources on Nanping Island were the many fish that formed schools.
There just happened to be a school of fish moving around where he was. If he caught them with a trawl, he would definitely become rich overnight.
Two or three seconds after the bait was put in, there was movement from the fishing rod in Zhang Ze's hand.
The rod trembled slightly, but no fish was caught.
Because he wanted to catch grouper, he used a medium-hard tone and the fish hook was a bit big.
The fish at the bottom of the water might be too small and never took the hook.
Zhang Ze waited for a while, pulled back the fishing line and saw that the bait had been eaten.
Having roughly understood the situation, he adjusted the fishing rod to a medium-soft tone, replaced it with a small fishing reel and a small fish hook, and rehung the ordinary bait and threw it into the water.
This time it was much easier. The tip of the rod moved a few times and then bent down, and I caught a fish.
But the pull was slight, evidently the fish was not big, as he had expected.
So he simply lifted the rod and reeled in the line, and soon a small silver fish appeared under the light.
I thought it was some kind of miscellaneous fish or a small yellow croaker, but when I pulled it to the surface it turned out to be a silver pomfret.
"Not bad, it's actually silver pomfret." Zhang Ze was a little surprised, because silver pomfret is much more expensive than small yellow croaker.
The one I caught right now is probably only about 15 taels, which is not bad.
The purchase price of silver pomfret at the aquatic station is divided into three levels: 1.8 cents for less than 5 taels, 3.5 cents for more than 5 taels and less than a catty, and more than a catty is more expensive, at 7.2 cents.
Because the yield of silver pomfret over one catty is not high, five taels is considered very good.
While fishing, some sounds coming from the cockpit radio caught Zhang Ze's attention.
As he walked into the cabin, he heard Tong Yuanhang's call: "Aze, Aze, are you there?"
"Yes, what's the matter?"
"There's a group of mackerel here. Have you got the longline ready? Do you want to come?"
"Mackerel, I seem to have a group of silver pomfret here, how about you come over here to fish?" When Zhang Ze heard it was mackerel, he was not interested at all.
The price of mackerel is too low. Even if you buy a ton, it only sells for a hundred yuan. It is not as good as silver pomfret.
"Fuck, there are silver pomfret? Where is it? Where is it?" Zhang Qinghe immediately became interested. Just like what Zhang Ze was thinking, a boatload of mackerel can't be sold for much money. After deducting the cost, there won't be much left. It's not interesting at all.
"I am the most handsome guy on the sea!" After Zhang Ze told them the coordinates, he turned on all the lights on the boat. For a moment, the fishing boat was indeed the brightest on the sea.
Everyone was nearby and quickly gathered around.
But the distance between them is not too close, as it would easily affect each other's fishing.
Seeing that they had all arrived, Zhang Ze turned down the lights and only had a small lamp. It looked very dark from other boats, but it was no problem for him.
The distance was not that close, and it was dim, so even if Tong Yuanhang and the others looked in his direction, they could not see him putting the fish into the space. They would only think that he threw the fish into the box or bamboo basket next to him.
Zhang Qinghe and others began to make nests, pouring the fish offal they had caught and other things into the nest to attract fish.
Zhang Ze didn't care. He was fishing with the magic bait, and there was a certain distance between them, so others couldn't affect him.
He swung the fishing rod down, and when he felt the fish bite the hook, he lifted the fishing rod with a "whoosh" sound. The fishing reel turned quickly, and the fish came out of the water much faster than the others.
He caught the fish and put it on the inside of the boat, put the bait on it and threw it out again.
After a few seconds, another fish appeared. It was obvious that the school of fish was very large.
Opposite Zhang Ze, Zhang Qinghe couldn't help but feel a little sour when he saw this scene: "Brother, how about we get two fishing rods when we have time?"
"Look at Aze, the swoosh is much faster than us pulling up the fish one by one."
Zhang Qinghu was a little envious. It seemed that fishing with a fishing rod was indeed very easy. "I remember that some people in the village used clothes drying poles to fish. They looked very useful. I will go back someday when I have time and find a few suitable ones to make our own fishing rods."
"Will those fishing rods work?" Zhang Qinghe thought of the exquisite fishing rod in Zhang Ze's hand and compared it with the bamboo pole used to dry clothes at home. He suddenly doubted their practicality.
"Are you stupid? We can just pick the smaller ones!"
"I heard from Aze that he got his bamboo pole in exchange for fish from some old men. I think we should pay more attention to those old men who like fishing when we go back. Who knows, we might be able to get such a good fishing pole in exchange."
After listening to this, Zhang Qinghu nodded, thinking that what his brother said made sense.
Although he planned to do it himself, he had no idea how to do it specifically. Now he thought it would be most convenient to just change one.
Not only the two brothers, but also Tong Yuanhang, Zhang Zhenghong and others on the side had the same plan.
When fishing for small fish, it is indeed much more efficient to fish one by one when the fish are densely packed.
(End of this chapter)
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