Chapter 143 News from Hong Kong Island
The long beak cuts through the water, which is quite intimidating, but the wise eyes are not very impressive.
The swordfish shook its head a few times, then dropped heavily, splashing water.
Lying horizontally on the water, it was too tired to move and let the waves push its body against the boat again and again.
Zhang Ze took the opportunity to pick up the javelin at his feet and stabbed the swordfish hard.
The swordfish writhed in the water in pain, but the rope at the tail of the harpoon, tied to the side of the boat, pulled it and prevented it from making any violent movements.
Blood spread over the sea surface, but quickly dissipated after being washed away by the waves.
Zhang Ze did not wait for the swordfish to die, but quickly took the fishing rod off the base and pulled it to the stern of the boat.
It was very quiet nearby. It was now 3:30 in the morning and the fishermen who had returned in this weather had already gone to bed.
Those who did not return either hid on nearby islands or capsized and became food for the fish.
It was very dark at the stern, and he could just about see with the help of the light from the corridor on the left.
He dragged the swordfish to the small door, opened it, quickly reached out and touched the fish, and the swordfish on the water surface immediately disappeared.
At the same time, the waves rushed onto the deck along the stairs outside the small door, soaking Zhang Ze's shoes.
He quickly closed the small door, took the fishing rod back, put away the base on the side of the boat, and placed the fishing rod in the cab first.
[Successfully caught a swordfish, weighing 378.53 catties, experience +100. ]
Yes, with 100 experience points, it is more than tiger shark. But under the same weight, swordfish is indeed harder to catch than tiger shark.
Then he came to the front deck and took a look at the dying swordfish in the space. Feeling that it could still hold on for a while, he hurried into the fish hold and took out the quilt.
Then, without waiting for the space to expel the swordfish, he took the swordfish out on his own initiative and placed it on the deck.
A barrel-shaped swordfish appeared on the deck. It was a little thinner than the tiger shark, but not much.
The swordfish no longer had the strength to move, so Zhang Ze didn't hit it on the head again.
He went to get the bloodletting knife, and the swordfish was cool enough, so he made cuts inside the gills, under the pectoral fins, and around the tail to let the blood flow.
The rain was coming down hard, and several buckets on the deck were already filled with water.
Zhang Ze picked up a bucket and rushed it to the fish's gills. Immediately, a large amount of blood from the swordfish gushed out from its tail, and then was washed away by the rain and flowed into the sea through the drainage hole.
After emptying all the water from the buckets on the deck and draining most of the swordfish's blood, he covered the fish with a quilt to prevent the fish from being washed by the rain.
After doing all this, Zhang Ze took off his shoes that were wet by the sea water, took a brush and scrubbed them clean in the rain, and then returned to the cabin.
He was not tired after fishing for this swordfish, which consumed almost all of his physical energy. He was not even sweating, so he simply washed his feet and went back to bed to continue sleeping.
When he woke up the next day, Zhang Ze felt vaguely that he had caught a swordfish in his dream.
At this time, there was no shaking of the fishing boat. I subconsciously looked at my watch and found that it was already nine o'clock in the morning.
After getting dressed and walking out of the cabin, I saw a group of people on the front deck, surrounding a swordfish about three and a half meters long.
Tong Yuanhang was facing the cabin door, so he saw him standing at the door the first time: "Hey, Aze is up! What's going on? How come there is a big fish on your boat after we slept for a while?"
Zhang Zhenghong said jokingly, "Did you secretly get up to go fishing last night?"
Zhang Ze blinked and gradually came back to his senses, remembering what happened at night: "This swordfish hit my boat at night. It looked dizzy at the time, so I caught it directly."
Zhang Qinghe was immediately distressed: "My boat is also on the outermost side. Why can't I encounter such a good thing? If I had known, I would have switched places with Aze!"
"Is it possible that some fish actually hit our boat, but you were sleeping like a pig and didn't wake up at all?"
When Zhang Qinghu said this, Zhang Qinghe froze for a moment. He then looked at his brother with resentment: "Brother, I am your younger brother after all, why do you like to ruin my career so much?"
"Who made Aze and I both have such a stupid brother!" Zhang Qinghu smiled and walked forward and patted Zhang Ze's shoulder affectionately. They both have stupid brothers!
The weather is fine and we can go out to sea as usual.
Zhang Ze still had some shrimp cages that he hadn't collected yet, and he didn't know if they were still there. Tong Yuanhang and his companions also had some fishing nets or longlines that they hadn't collected yet, so after untying the ropes, they all set off on their own.
He did not go with them, but went to the dock first, then carried his bicycle up and rode to his cousin's house.
It was a coincidence that as soon as I arrived, I saw my cousin-in-law Lu Zhou, who was in a mess.
"Brother-in-law, what are you doing?"
"The storm came suddenly last night, and I received a mission to go out to sea to search and rescue the fishermen who were unable to return in time." Lu Zhou was not surprised to see him, because he knew he was here to pick up his mother.
"How's the situation?" Zhang Ze greeted his cousin and aunt who came out, then followed Lu Zhou into the house and asked casually.
Lu Zhou sighed and shook his head sadly: "Six fishermen are missing. Currently, other comrades have replaced us to continue the search and rescue at sea."
Zhang Ze also fell silent, not knowing what to say for a moment.
After being out of contact for a night, they were basically buried in the sea. There are many small islands near Nanping Island, but he estimated that the search and rescue ships must have searched all the islands.
Going out to sea to fish in this era was indeed risky for fishermen. The weather at sea was changeable, and the equipment on fishing boats was far inferior to that of later generations. If you were a little unlucky, you might end up dying.
This is also the reason why he just bought a big ship if one was available. It is indeed safer when encountering bad weather.
Unless he accidentally hit a reef, but Zhang Ze has always been very careful in this regard.
Originally, he came to his cousin's house to pick someone up, but because of the storm last night, Luzhou will have search and rescue and patrol missions in the next few days.
His cousin is currently pregnant, so Lu Zhou's mother decided to stay for a while longer, and Zhang Ze, who didn't pick her up, had to go back alone.
He first drove the boat to the place where he had put the shrimp cages. As expected, the shrimp cages had been pushed away by the waves.
At this time, Zhang Qinghe's cursing voice was heard over the radio: "Damn, my fishing net is twisted into a mess, and all the fish in it are dead."
He has learned all of Zhang Ze's catchphrases.
Tong Yuanhang's helpless voice sounded: "Isn't it the same here?"
Zhang Zhenghong: "I was able to collect the fishing net first and nothing happened. But the longline got entangled in the reef below. I tried to pull it up for a long time but couldn't. So I had to cut off the bottom where it was stuck."
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Zhang Ze immediately stopped him when he heard this: "Everyone should bring back whatever they can. Don't leave it on the bottom of the sea."
These left behind become marine debris and can even be fatal to some aquatic life.
After hearing what he said, although Tong Yuanhang and his companions did not understand why, they all listened to his advice.
Zhang Ze did not go back immediately. He tried hard to find his shrimp cage. If he couldn't find it, there was nothing he could do.
Fortunately, he finally found the shrimp cage that Tong Shuyao had woven on a reef. The shrimp cage was entangled on the reef so it was not pushed away by the waves. There were still many white shrimps in it, but unfortunately they were all dead.
Not a single shrimp cage woven from bamboo baskets was found; they were probably all sunk to the bottom of the sea.
After they finished their work, they sailed back together.
After returning to the dock, they each sold their fish. Zhang Ze also explained the situation on Nanping Island to Lu Xuanguo.
This time, because of the storm, Tong Yuanhang and others' harvests were lower than before to varying degrees. However, Zhang Ze was not so affected, as he happened to have finished collecting the longlines before the storm came.
The silver pomfret was sold for a total of more than 150 yuan, mainly because it was a little light, and the anglerfish was only sold for more than 70 yuan.
The cobia was not brought out, so it was not sold.
At the same time, there were more than twenty silver pomfret left in the space. The grouper he himself weighed was only about 270 kilograms, and together with Tong Yuanhang and others, it was just over 1,000 kilograms.
This is the result of them setting out to sea a day earlier, otherwise the number would have been even less.
After selling the grouper to Ou Shuxiang, Zhang Ze calculated the income and it was just over 800 yuan.
There was still a swordfish on the boat that had not been sold. Zhang Ze asked Zhang Qinghe to help notify Zhao Xianghua and wait for him to come over.
The fishery station also buys swordfish, but unfortunately the price is only 68 cents. More than 300 kilograms can probably only be sold for about 200 yuan.
Soon, Zhao Xianghua came over on a motorcycle. Because Zhang Qinghe was following behind, he knew that Zhang Ze did not notify other restaurants, so he was very satisfied.
He also gave a good price for the swordfish, 350 yuan, which is almost one yuan per pound.
It was less than Zhang Ze expected, but swordfish was not as popular as sturgeon and grouper, so it was normal that the price could not be raised.
After all, fishermen may occasionally catch swordfish that are more than three meters long, but the one-and-a-half-meter-long sturgeon and the grouper are king fish. King fish means they are extremely rare, and it is very likely that not one will be caught in a year, so it is normal for them to be sold at a sky-high price.
Zhang Ze simply rinsed the place on the front deck where the swordfish had been lying, tidied up the fish hold, and prepared to go back.
"Aze, let's go together. I have something to tell you. By the way, I'll go to your place to see Shuyao." Tong Yuanhang had been waiting for him, and when he saw that he was about to go home, he immediately stepped forward and said.
Not only him, but scout Qiang Tong Guoqi was also there, and it was obvious that they were going to go along.
Zhang Ze knew from their attitude that they must have something important to discuss, so he nodded: "Okay, come to my house and talk about it."
When she returned home, Tong Shuyao was very happy to see her brothers coming. Zhang's mother entertained them warmly and treated them to fish balls.
They didn't eat much in the morning and were hungry, so they ate some fish balls to fill their stomachs.
Knowing that Tong Yuanhang was in trouble, Zhang Ze brought them to his house and started asking questions after they ate the fish balls.
Tong Yuanhang looked at his sister, hesitated for a moment and said, "A letter came from Hong Kong Island. It was sent by grandma."
Tong Shuyao opened her eyes wide in surprise: "Grandma! That's great, grandma is still here, so does mom know?"
Tong Yuanhang nodded: "The home address has not changed. The letter was sent directly to the island."
"What does mom mean?" Tong Shuyao was extremely happy that her grandmother was still here, but she couldn't guess the purpose of her brother's visit for a moment.
"Mom wants to go south. She said she wants to find a way to visit Hong Kong Island. If she wants to go, Dad has to accompany her. To be honest, I'm a little worried, so I came to discuss it with Aze."
(End of this chapter)
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