Chapter 150 Lucky Fish Can Bring Good Luck
Putting aside whether it is worth money or not, Zhang Ze reached out and put the moon fish into the space.
[Successfully caught a spotted moonfish, weighing 82.53 catties, experience +30. ]
The weight was unexpectedly low. It felt like it was more than that when he caught it just now.
However, if the fish is biting, let alone a black fish weighing more than 80 kilograms, even a black fish weighing only 6 kilograms is not so easy to pull.
Moreover, Zhang Ze did not have any aversion to this fish, even though it might not be sellable now.
The moon fish has another name, the lucky fish.
Because they are so rare, many anglers who like to go fishing at sea may not be able to catch one in their lifetime, or may not even encounter one.
After catching this fish, Zhang Ze felt that his luck after his rebirth should be very good, and perhaps his luck would be even better in the future.
Because he was going back to sell the fish soon, he took out the moon fish from the space and bled it.
It is said that moonfish sashimi is more delicious than bluefin tuna, but he has never eaten it so he doesn't know whether it is true or not.
But today he has to sell this one first. If it is valuable, he will sell it. If it is not valuable, he will eat it himself.
He never thought of keeping this fish for later. Although it is not cheap, moonfish cannot be sold at sky-high prices like yellow croaker.
Moreover, he can exchange exclusive baits, so his chances of catching fish are much greater than others.
Take a thick wooden stick and release the moon fish. As soon as its big eyes full of wisdom see the sun in the sky, a shadow passes by quickly.
After two "bang" sounds, the moonfish suddenly felt its head buzzing.
After knocking the fish unconscious, Zhang Ze picked up the bloodletting knife and opened the gill cover to drain the blood.
If he wants to eat sashimi, it is very important to bleed and remove acid first. If it is cooked, he can be lazy.
The fish has only been dead for a few hours, so it won't have much impact if you cook it. The bigger the fish, the more troublesome it is to handle.
The bloodletting knife cut the fish's blood vessels, and the warm blood immediately gushed out, almost splashing onto Zhang Ze.
The moonfish is different from other fish. The blood of other fish is cold, but its blood is warm.
When the fish's blood had almost oozed out, Zhang Ze tied a rope around the fish's tail. Just as he was about to hang it up, the dizziness time was up and it began to struggle again.
If the fish started to struggle, anyone standing nearby would probably be injured by its fins, so he picked up the stick and hit it twice more.
The moonfish is relatively safe, as its body is shaped like a disc and it doesn't make much noise when it struggles. But you need to be more careful with long fish such as tuna and bonito.
The moonfish hanging on the side of the boat, the fish blood in its body once again flowed onto the deck like water. Zhang Ze didn't care about it, installed the fishing rod in the base, hung the bait and continued fishing.
It took him more than ten minutes to catch two more Spanish mackerels. He went back to collect the fishing net only when he saw the fish run away again.
The harvest of sardines this time was no less than last time. When the fishing nets were fully retrieved, every boat was full of sardines.
There seemed to be a lot fewer people on Zhang Ze's side. After all, he didn't use a casting net, while the others did.
Secondly, he also had a thousand kilograms of sardines in his space, so it was no surprise that he had less in comparison.
Zhang Ze poured a bucket of water over the moonfish to rinse the blood off its gills, took it down and covered it with ice, then went to the cab and picked up the radio to ask, "Do you want to continue or are you going back?"
Tong Yuanhang: "Go back, the boat has no room left."
Zhang Zhenghong: "It's the same here. Ah Hu, what's going on there?"
Zhang Qinghu: "Our side is almost full too, since we are going back, let's go together!"
"Okay, let's go back together after lunch!" After hearing that they had a good catch, Zhang Ze stopped chasing the school of fish.
Now it was noon. He took out five of the smallest Spanish mackerels in the space, spread them on ice, and went to the kitchen to cook.
It would probably take until three or four in the afternoon to finish selling the fish, and he didn't want to go hungry.
As for the swordfish, there are naturally more than five in the space, but all of them can be used to make fish balls.
The price of making fish balls himself is much cheaper than selling them directly at the aquatic station, so he wants to keep them in the space so that he can take out one or two fish to make fish balls every day.
After lunch, they took a rest and waited for Tong Yuanhang and the others to be ready before starting the fishing boat and leaving.
Two hours later, the fishing boat returned to the Wenshui City Pier. The mountains of sardines on the deck immediately attracted the attention of many fishermen.
"We must have encountered a school of sardines. There are so many of them on all four boats."
"How much does this cost?"
"Those of us who fish in the coastal waters may not be able to catch as much as his boat in a month."
"Damn it! I just don't believe that I won't be able to encounter a school of fish. Why can others do it but I can't?"
The fishermen at the dock were talking about it, some were envious and some were jealous.
The number of people who have become rich by making a living by fishing is actually very low. Most fishermen go out to sea to fish just to make ends meet and perhaps save a little money.
Going out to sea to fish is hot and tiring. If there were no other choice, many people would not be willing to do this job.
But recently there are many more fishing boats at the dock in Yuewan County, Wenshui City than before. This is mainly due to the news of fishermen's big catches in the past two months and the shark rewards, which have increased the number of people fishing.
Many of them are second-rate hooligans from the countryside. They just want to get rich overnight by going out to sea. But when they find out that they don’t make much money and it’s so tiring, a large number of them will definitely give up fishing and choose to sell their boats.
As for the second-rate people in the city, they are unwilling to become fishermen while living in the city.
Zhang Ze and the others naturally noticed the crowd's onlookers and discussions. There were nine young people in their group, and many fishermen knew their relationship with the Fisheries Station, so no one would dare to mess with them.
After saying hello to a few familiar fishermen, they called the staff from the fishery station and started selling fish.
The sardines from the four boats totaling more than 20,000 kilograms could not be sold so quickly, so Zhang Ze simply asked Tong Yuanhang to help sell the fish, while he put the moonfish in a large bamboo basket and put it on his bicycle to deliver it to the restaurant.
"Wow, what kind of fish is this?"
Upon learning that he was going to the restaurant to sell fish, Zhang Qinghe and others came over to watch the fun.
"This is a lucky fish!" The staff at the aquatic station was a middle-aged man in his early 40s who was in charge of purchasing at the aquatic station. When he saw the fish, he exclaimed, "Aze, you are so lucky. I have worked at the aquatic station for so many years, and I have only encountered this lucky fish three times."
Zhang Ze's heart moved, and he quickly took out a cigarette and handed it to him, lighting it for him: "Uncle Chen, how do you collect these fish at the aquatic station?"
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Chen Xiangmin thought back: "I remember the most recent one was in 1977. That lucky fish weighed 103 kilograms, but it wasn't as fresh as yours. Our aquatic station charged one yuan per kilogram."
"This lucky fish is a good thing. It's big, but it tastes great. If you sell it to a restaurant, there will definitely be a boss who will want it. This is a fish that brings good luck!"
When Zhang Ze heard the last sentence, his heart suddenly moved.
Originally, he was not very clear about the market price of moonfish, but now after listening to Chen Xiangmin's words, he has a general understanding of the market for this fish, which is a relatively popular and hard-to-find fish.
Especially Chen Xiangmin’s last sigh, which suddenly made him think of a plan to sell the fish at a higher price.
People nowadays are more superstitious and believe in metaphysics.
The reputation of bringing good luck when eaten alone is enough to ensure that there will be bosses willing to buy it at a high price.
After leaving the dock, Zhang Ze rode his bicycle to Weiyou Restaurant.
It didn't attract anyone's attention along the way, mainly because the fish was in the bamboo basket and no one could see it.
Zhang Ze did not go through the main door of the restaurant. Instead, he came to the small door at the back, which was the restaurant's large kitchen.
Maybe it's not so busy right now, the chefs inside are just leisurely preparing the ingredients needed for the evening.
"Brother Lai, is Brother Zhao here today? And where is Uncle Lai? Why don't I see him?"
"Hey, it's Aze! Are you here to deliver the fish?" Lai Qun was washing vegetables near the door. He was surprised to see Zhang Ze but not too surprised.
The chef in the kitchen knew about the agreement between him and Zhao Xianghua. They had agreed that any fish could be delivered directly to him so that the chef could take a look first.
Lai Qun happened to be the chef's nephew, and he just came here as an apprentice this year, so he also got to know Zhang Ze because of his uncle.
"Yes, a lucky fish."
"Oh, is this fish the lucky fish? It looks really weird, it's actually round." Lai Qun immediately complained when he saw the appearance of the fish, "Wait a minute, I'll go find my uncle."
"Okay!" Zhang Ze nodded and waited patiently.
After a while, not only the restaurant's chef came, but Zhao Xianghua also showed up.
"Aze, your efficiency is a bit low. How come it took so many days to deliver a fish?"
"Brother Zhao, if you could find good fish every day, you wouldn't have to spend so much money to buy my two fish!"
"That's true!"
Zhao Xianghua readily agreed. He just said this as a joke, and at the same time he was also testing whether Zhang Ze had sold the fish to someone else.
Just by looking at Zhang Ze's expression and the way he spoke, he couldn't notice anything unusual.
However, Zhao Xianghua didn't care too much about these things. Firstly, he had never heard of any restaurant getting any rare and precious seafood ingredients. Secondly, hadn't Zhang Ze already delivered the fish?
"Oh, it's moonfish, this fish is rare!" Zhang Ze and Zhao Xianghua were polite on the side. The chef came to the side of the bamboo basket and looked a little surprised when he saw the fish inside.
His expression aroused Zhao Xianghua's curiosity. He had spent a lot of money to recruit this chef, and he had seen all kinds of ingredients. It was rare for him to show a surprised expression.
Then he was also startled when he saw the fish: "Hey, I've never seen this kind of fish before. Uncle Lai, how about this fish that Aze sent?"
"The fish is good and fresh enough. Aze handled it very well and bled it right away. Now soak the fish in ice water for a day to remove the acid. The fish meat will taste very good then." The chef had the fish carried out, then looked at the fish gills and nodded with satisfaction.
Hearing the chef say this, Zhao Xianghua knew that the fish Zhang Ze sent this time was still of the same high quality as before.
Then he asked someone to weigh the fish. After seeing the weight, he pondered for a moment and was about to make an offer when he was interrupted by Zhang Ze.
"Brother Zhao, this moon fish has another name, the lucky fish. I heard that eating it can bring good luck to people."
Zhao Xianghua's eyes suddenly lit up. He understood some of the meaning in Zhang Ze's words and immediately said with a smile, "My friend just sent me some good tea yesterday. Do you want to come to my office to taste it?"
(End of this chapter)
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