Chapter 155: Lots of Spicy Strips
Take out the fishing rod and base, install them on the side of the boat, then scoop up the small fish and other miscellaneous things caught in the fishing net in the morning with a shovel and throw them into the water as bait.
He is not sure whether it has any effect, but the fishy smell can attract some carnivorous fish, so it can be regarded as a waste utilization.
Put on a common bait, throw the hook bait to the nesting location and wait patiently.
"Um, what is it?"
Zhang Ze, who was paying attention to the movement of the fishing rod, noticed from the corner of his eye that something long and thin emerged from the water.
When he turned around, he was shocked! What a long turtle head!
No, this is a sea snake, right?
A sea snake deliberately stuck its head out of the water and stared at him, as if curious about what he was doing.
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What was going on? Just as Zhang Ze was stunned, another snake suddenly emerged from behind the snake head and stood in the water looking at him in the same way. It was really creepy.
These two sea snakes are not small. They are thicker than the sea snakes in the space and may be twice as long as them.
Both seahorses and sea snakes can be used to make wine, which has the effects of dredging meridians, strengthening the body and bones, and removing wind and dampness.
Some people even say that drinking snake wine can improve sexual performance, but Zhang Ze is not sure whether this is true or not, after all, he has never drunk it.
Perhaps it is a conclusion drawn from the saying that you are what you eat? Is this what you drink?
But no matter whether it is useful or not, at least this thing can be sold for money.
So Zhang Ze hurried to the cabin to take out the fire tongs, then took the fishing rod out of the base and pulled the bait towards the sea snake.
He didn't know whether ordinary fishing bait would be effective against sea snakes, but since they were all marine creatures, he thought it should be effective!
Perhaps because suitable prey appeared nearby, the ordinary bait automatically changed from a large shrimp to a small eel.
Zhang Ze on the boat hadn't noticed it yet, but the sea snake under the water had discovered it.
There are actually a lot of eels living in this area of water, which is a favorite hunting ground for sea snakes.
The sea snake that emerged from the water was still staring at him, while several sea snakes at the bottom of the water were attracted by the bait.
Eventually, the eel-shaped bait was swallowed by the nearest sea snake.
The tip of the fishing rod immediately shook, and Zhang Ze quickly raised the rod to stab the fish.
When he lifted it, he found it was very light, so he quickly reeled the line back.
The fish hook came out of the water, bringing back a blue-ringed sea snake that was twisted into a knot.
The two sea snakes in the space, the one that popped its head out to look at him, and the one he had caught so far were all blue-ringed sea snakes, which are also the most common sea snakes in coastal areas of China.
The blue-ringed sea snake is a snake that likes to live in shallow waters around the continental shelves and islands. It is not surprising to encounter this type of sea snake because fishing boats are close to isolated island reef areas.
But judging from the sea snakes caught and the ones that stuck their heads out, there seemed to be quite a few sea snakes here! Zhang Ze picked up the fishing rod and threw the sea snake directly onto the deck. The sea snake fell on the deck and continued to twist its body, but the fishhook firmly hooked its mouth so that it could not escape.
Snakes don't look good, which makes most people instinctively feel disgusted. Sea snakes are especially poisonous and make people afraid, except for those who like to raise snakes.
Zhang Ze pressed the fishing rod back into the base, then picked up the fire tongs and slowly approached.
The man stood far away and reached out to grab the snake's head with a pair of tongs. After holding it firmly, he stepped forward and put the sea snake into the space with confidence.
[Successfully caught a blue-ringed sea snake, weighing 1.13 catties, experience +3. ]
Even though this sea snake is thicker than the others in the space, its actual weight is still just over one kilogram. Sea snakes are indeed not very heavy.
The only good news is that Zhang Ze has space and can capture him alive without any worries.
There were no snakeskin bags on his boat, so he had nothing to put in if he wanted to catch them alive.
No matter what kind of life, the living are more valuable than the dead. And many people like to use live snakes to make snake wine, so there are news reports that people who opened the lid of snake wine after soaking for one or two years were bitten by the snake.
Then Zhang Ze took out some ordinary bait and prepared to continue fishing.
But the ordinary bait he took out this time surprised him a little. It was a big shrimp just now, how come it turned into a small eel? But when he thought about the sea snakes' love of eating eels, he immediately understood the reason.
The magic bait has a hidden function. When there are people around, it will turn into Zhang Ze’s own bait.
If there is no one around, they will basically appear in the form of prawns. After all, prawns are a universal bait, and this appearance can attract most fish.
The last type is that when encountering a large number of aquatic creatures, they will turn into the appearance of the aquatic creatures' favorite food.
So just by the changes in the bait, he could guess that there were definitely a lot of sea snakes under the water.
When he returned to the side of the boat, the two sea snakes that had just popped their heads out to look at him had disappeared.
The density of sea snakes was higher than Zhang Ze had imagined. Almost every half minute or so after the bait was put in, a sea snake would bite the hook.
So far, he has not caught any aquatic creatures except the blue-ringed sea snake, as if this area of water was occupied by sea snakes.
Zhang Qinghe and his companions were not very fast in finding pheasants on the isolated island, so the number of sea snakes in Zhang Ze's space continued to increase from ten to twenty, and from twenty to thirty.
When Zhang Qinghe and others returned dejectedly, the number of sea snakes in his space had reached 108.
Zhang Ze wondered if he had disturbed a sea snake's nest. Compared with the snake nests under the water, these one hundred or so snakes were probably nothing.
When Zhang Qinghe and the others came back, he put away his fishing rod and shouted to them, "Why are you all empty-handed? Are there no pheasants on the island?"
Tong Yuanhang: "Don't mention it. We did find several pheasants, but we couldn't catch any. Eight of us formed a big circle and all the pheasants ran away. We really couldn't catch any!"
Zhang Zhenghong: "Aze, you are lucky. You caught two of them for no apparent reason."
Zhang Ze reminded them, "Then go back to the boat and get a carpenter's saw to find some suitable branches on the island. We'll go back and make slingshots. If there are pheasants on the island in the future, we can use slingshots to shoot them!"
The men who were rowing the boat back to their own fishing boat all showed excited expressions.
"Yeah, you're afraid you can't shoot pheasants with a slingshot? I used to shoot sparrows with a slingshot."
"You talk as if everyone has played with a slingshot before. Aze's idea is better."
"If we had a slingshot today, those pheasants wouldn't have gotten away."
After being reminded by Zhang Ze, Tong Yuanhang and others all returned to the fishing boat, took out the carpentry saw and went to the island again to look for suitable branches.
While they were looking for branches suitable for slingshots, he caught a dozen more sea snakes.
After they came back, they discussed over the radio and decided to go back to the port to sell the fish today and then go out to sea after the slingshot was ready.
Back at the dock, there were quite a few groupers this time, so Zhang Ze asked someone to ride a bicycle to notify Ou Shuxiang.
"Aze, it's not easy to wait for you to catch grouper!"
The first thing Ou Shuxiang did when he arrived at the dock was to find Zhang Ze and complain to him.
"You don't know, the restaurant and the factories have been calling my phone so hard lately. What's going on with you guys? Haven't you been out to sea?"
Zhang Ze did not answer his question. Instead, he was attracted by the phone he mentioned: "Did your family ring the phone?"
"Of course not! The grouper you sent is better than the ones I sent to others. It is not only fresh but can be kept for a few more days. Although this fresh grouper is expensive, it tastes better and is more delicious, so it is very popular. In order to make it easier for those bosses to contact me, I asked someone to spend some money to get me a phone."
"Sure, then help me get one for my family too!"
Zhang Ze didn't have any business that required the use of the phone, he was just preparing for the future.
After arriving in Nanfang, he could contact his family at any time to report his safety and reassure them because he had a phone at home.
"Okay, I'll arrange it for you when the time comes!" Ou Shuxiang nodded and agreed.
He knew that Zhang Ze was rich, so installing a phone would be no problem.
While the two were chatting, the employees brought by Ou Shuxiang quickly packed the groupers and took them away.
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This time, Zhang Ze himself contributed more than 400 kilograms, of which more than 100 kilograms were seven-band grouper, and he sold a total of 872.30 yuan.
The total amount of grouper from the other three fishing boats was 723 kilograms, and Zhang Ze made a profit of 362.6 yuan. The total income from grouper alone exceeded 1,000 yuan, which was a long time since he had made such a profit.
Other fish were also selling well. Zhang Ze went to the aquatic station to find out the price of big-eyed chicken and found that the price of this fish was quite high, as high as 60 cents.
Perhaps there are not many ships going to the open sea now, and the catch rate of deep-sea fish such as bigeye bream with tender meat is not high. In addition, it is popular, so the price is a bit high.
He had 428 kilograms, which came out to 256 kilograms, plus more than 100 kilograms of other fish. Zhang Ze's total income this time exceeded 1,500 kilograms, and that was after deducting the costs.
After selling the fish, they cleaned the fishing boat and went back home.
Zhang Ze put the two pheasants into the bamboo basket, and then took out two yellowfin sea breams weighing one kilogram from the space.
In the evening, I go home and make some chicken soup, some steamed yellowfin snapper, and some vegetables, which is enough for the whole family.
But before going home, he went to a bicycle repair shop and bought a bicycle wheel inner tube, and then bought a large bag of rubber bands and marbles.
In the past, when using a slingshot, we would go to the riverside to find small stones.
But Zhang Ze found it troublesome, so he bought some better marbles.
When he got home, he took out the fish, chicken and five pheasant eggs and handed them to Zhang's mother. It was only 2:30 in the afternoon, when Zhang's mother had just woken up from her nap.
"Where did you get these pheasants?" Zhang Huihong was not surprised to see the fish, but was very surprised by the two pheasants, especially the pheasant eggs.
"We were lucky. We caught it on a small isolated island near Nanping Island. The hen is already dead. You can stew it tonight."
"This thing was running so fast, and you managed to catch it."
Zhang Huihong was even more surprised to hear that it was her son who caught it. Her family was poor before, and in order to let her children have a good meal, she had secretly caught pheasants in the woods.
However, the pheasant was too agile and ran too fast, so she tried many ways to eat it but failed, and finally gave up.
Seeing that his mother seemed very interested, Zhang Ze told her what had happened. His mother kept exclaiming how lucky he was.
Then she put the living male pheasant into the bamboo basket and said, "Aze, since there are two of them and Ahang and his men haven't caught any, don't take a shower yet and send this pheasant to your father-in-law."
Zhang Ze was stunned, then nodded and took the bamboo basket.
Next, he made a slingshot, and he should have a chance to shoot a pheasant. It wouldn’t be a big deal to give one to his father-in-law.
If it doesn't work, just buy it with money. He has plenty of money now and it's not like he can't afford it.
When the Wenshui market opens, farmers from the surrounding small villages will come here to sell their local specialties, so villagers near Yanshan often bring some game to the market to sell.
There are quite a few pheasants and rabbits, as well as wild boars and the like.
But wild boar meat is not as delicious as domestic pork, so Zhang Ze was not interested in it and did not buy it.
He rode a bicycle to his father-in-law's house with a pheasant, but he didn't even take out the pheasant. Tong Yuanhang, who was standing in the living room, saw him and immediately came out to greet him.
"Aze, you're here just in time!"
"How do you know I came here to give you pheasants?"
"Send a pheasant? Bah, when did I ever miss your pheasant? It's a letter from my grandma!"
Zhang Ze was immediately surprised: "It's only been a few days since you replied to my letter. According to the time calculation, the letter may not have arrived in Hong Kong Island yet. How come there is another letter from there?"
Tong Yuanhang waved his hand: "It's not a reply, it's the second letter from there. Let's go in and talk first."
When I walked into the house, my father-in-law and mother-in-law were naturally there.
After saying hello, Zhang Ze learned the specific content of the second letter from them.
He didn't expect that the other side was actively seeking ways to return to China, and then, as he said, let one of Tong Yuanhang's cousins come to China as an investor to invest in building a factory.
In this way, when Lu Man receives letters from his family, he can find them according to the address on the letter.
Zhang Ze took a look at the letter, which contained not only the address but also a contact number.
"Mom, have you called to confirm?"
Lu Man nodded repeatedly: "I called him as soon as I received the letter. It is indeed my nephew."
"I wanted to go to Nanfang with your father, but Ah Hang disagreed. You happened to be here too, so I wanted to hear your advice."
Zhang Ze chuckled and said, "Dad, Mom, Ah Hang is right to disagree. The country is actually very chaotic right now. If you go to Nanfang and encounter a thief stealing your money, that would be the least of your worries. If you encounter a robbery, that would be troublesome."
"Secondly, even with your nephew's identity as an investor, it's not easy for you to go to Hong Kong Island to see grandma. It must require a lot of things."
"How about this, Ah Hang and I will go to Nan Guang to explore the route first. After we confirm that the person who sent the letter is your nephew, we will find a permanent residence there."
"This way, when you arrive, you'll have a place to stay and can slowly go through the formalities for going to Hong Kong Island. You can't just stay in a guesthouse all the time, right?"
Tong Guisheng frowned after hearing this: "What will happen to your family if you leave? How can the family survive without a man?"
"It's okay. I'll ask my cousin and Qing He to come to my house more often. How about Shuyao let her stay here for a while and keep you company?"
As long as Zhang's mother is at home, Zhang Ze can rest assured to leave home for a while.
As for Tong Shuyao, she can go back to her parents' home and live for a while. After all, Zhang's mother runs a small shop, and Zhang Qian and Zhang Qing are still young, so they may not be able to take good care of her. It is best to let her mother-in-law take care of her.
(End of this chapter)
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