Chapter 194: Picking up fish in sacks
Fortunately, most of the villagers who could afford it had built houses upstream, so not many villagers were affected by the disaster.
With the help of some enthusiastic villagers, the affected villagers downstream were quickly moved upstream.
However, several old houses still collapsed, which was undoubtedly a further blow to the owners.
There was nothing Zhang Ze could do about this. The government should be able to handle these matters by then, and it would have little to do with him.
After arranging the last family, Zhang Ze said goodbye to Jin Luping and prepared to go home.
However, just as he arrived at his doorstep, a large fish flapped its tail rapidly, splashing the water high on the shallow road surface.
"Oh my god, what a big fish!" Lin Hu, who was following nearby, had his eyes lit up. He dived and directly hugged the fish weighing about five or six kilograms in front of him.
This was a grass carp. After being held, it swung its tail violently and broke free from his arms.
But Lin Hu did not give up and caught the fish again.
However, there was not just one fish. Zhang Ze also saw several other fish of various kinds swimming towards this side.
I don’t know what’s going on, but the fish all ran into the village. Maybe they felt that the flooded roads in the village were relatively calm and there weren’t such strong winds and waves?
But Zhang Ze felt that they were most likely lost.
"Hurry, hurry, go into the house to get the net and the sack. It would be a shame to miss such a good opportunity!" He hurriedly called Lin Long back to the house to get the tools.
Without hesitation, he rushed back home to get the sack.
Because there are many people living here and in order to avoid too much smell at home, he doesn't keep fishing nets here. However, he has a lot of sacks for storing things. He specially bought a batch of them and kept them at home, intending to use them slowly. He didn't expect to use them today.
At this time, the water depth on the road was about at the bend of Zhang Ze's knees. Small fish were difficult to catch, but larger fish were very conspicuous.
Soon, Lin Long came over with a large scoop net.
Zhang Ze handed him some fish in the sack and started catching fish.
"Brother, I want to catch fish too!" Zhang Wu shouted to him in the crowd.
Because there were so many fish, the yard was crowded with people, and some villagers who were temporarily hiding in his house to avoid the typhoon were eager to try.
If you lose your home, you can catch a few fish to make up for the loss.
Moreover, the bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish. When a typhoon comes, the prices of various aquatic products will definitely increase.
"The wind is strong now, come back when the wind is weaker." Zhang Ze did not agree.
The wind is still strong at the moment. Although the wind in the village is not as strong as at the seaside, Zhang Wu's small body is still not safe.
Zhang Wu curled his lips, knowing that he couldn't come out, so he had to go back and play other games with the children in the room.
At this time, Zhang Ze had already successfully caught a black carp swimming over with a scoop net. It was not very big, only about three or four pounds.
But the way he put the fish into the sack and turned around to grab another fish made the people in the yard finally unable to resist and came over: "Aze, can you lend me some sacks?"
"There are some inside the house. If you want to catch fish, you can go get them. By the way, don't let children in here. It's not safe."
Zhang Ze is catching fish himself, so it is impossible for him to stop others from catching fish.
Trends are contagious. When he was catching fish, the villagers next door watched him envious and started catching fish too, which caused every household in the village to run out.
"Aze, you are really something. Why do you want to go out fishing when there is a typhoon? Look, all the villagers are led by you." Jin Sanbao came to him wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat, holding a scoop net in his left hand and a sack in his right hand and complained.
Zhang Ze glanced at him and said, "We caught a few."
"Not much, not much, just half a sack!" Jin Sanbao smiled and opened the sack and handed it to him.
Zhang Ze stretched his head and took a look. Wow, there were sea bass, black carp, carp, and he even saw a tongue sole.
"You caught all these fish?"
Tongue sole, a fish similar to flounder, is abundant in the Pearl River Estuary. The production is not high and the price is not high. It can be caught occasionally by the river in the village. It is a fish that will run to freshwater areas.
"There are a lot of good fish today. Catch them quickly. When the water recedes, take them to the aquatic station to sell." Jin Sanbao smiled and continued to catch fish.
Zhang Ze smiled and shook his head. When he turned around, a fish with a hint of gold appeared in his sight.
This is He ran over quickly, but the water level was up to his knees, so he ran very slowly.
The fish seemed to sense the danger and quickly ran away from where it had been hiding quietly beside a house.
Zhang Ze definitely couldn't catch up with the fish, but he was very surprised when he saw the appearance of the fish. He didn't expect it to be a golden pomfret.
Even this kind of fish swam upstream and ran into the village. It is obvious that the impact of this typhoon is quite large.
If you go to the beach, you might gain more.
But we have to wait until the wind stops before going. Going there now would be seeking death.
Perhaps because it was not used to freshwater areas, the golden pomfret stopped after swimming a few times and was successfully caught by Zhang Ze who rushed over.
Lifting the scoop net, he looked at the golden pomfret inside, which didn't struggle much and looked generally energetic. He knew that the fish probably wouldn't live long.
He picked up the fish and pretended to put it into the sack, but in fact he had already put it into the space to gain experience points and restore the vitality of the golden pomfret.
A two-pound golden pomfret can be sold for a few cents.
However, compared to the fish caught today, Zhang Ze is currently more worried about how to deal with the king perch in the space.
This fish is indeed the king of fish, weighing nearly three hundred kilograms.
But the price is really not high, the normal market price is just over 10 cents per pound.
The main reason is that this kind of sea bass has started to be farmed in Nanfang, and the output is very large. Even in later times, it is only about 20 yuan per catty. The specific price depends on the season and local conditions.
The sharpnose seabass is a tropical fish. It will freeze to death if the water temperature drops below ten degrees, so this kind of saltwater seabass is only found in the South China Sea.
The price of wild ones is a little higher, but at the aquatic station it’s only 0.27 yuan per pound.
In other words, the price of Zhang Ze's sharpnose seabass cannot exceed one hundred yuan, and even with the bonus of its size, it will only be one or two hundred yuan at most.
He really didn't care about one or two hundred dollars.
It’s better to keep it. When you have the chance, you can get a big house and a big fish tank and keep it together with the grouper.
Thinking of this, Zhang Ze stopped worrying about it.
It was impossible for him to use the growth function. To earn 10,000 experience points, he would have to go out to sea three times.
Continuing to look for fish, he soon found another small fish in the slightly turbid water.
I quickly scooped it up with the net and found it was a tongue sole. The fish was small, less than a pound, but if I could get two more, I could steam them in the evening.
This type of fish tastes very good, much better than freshwater fish.
Zhang Ze didn't mind the low value of the fish, as long as he could get a harvest.
Soaking in water for too long has a serious impact on the skin, so he only fished for more than an hour, caught about twenty fish, and returned home.
However, the enthusiasm of the villagers remains, and even the typhoon cannot drive them away.
Even Jin Guangcheng had gotten a small wooden boat at some point and sailed around the village, collecting fish from the villagers and then sending them to the fishery station to sell. He was also a talented person.
Zhang Ze picked out three soles for himself and sold the rest to him.
The price is two cents lower than that at the aquatic station, but it saves you from making another trip.
The typhoon finally passed after lunch. This time the typhoon was not big, but there was too much rain.
If the typhoon is bigger, it will be impossible for the village chief to organize the residents upstream to go downstream to help, because everyone values their lives.
There was no way he could come out to pick up the fish, the wind alone could blow him away.
If something like roof tiles were blown down and hit someone, he would probably be killed instantly.
Zhang Ze was standing at the door. When he saw Jin Guangcheng passing by his house with a boat full of fish, he suddenly remembered something and called him: "Guangcheng, please help me and take me to the dock. I want to get on the boat and go to the beach to have a look."
Jin Guangcheng's eyes lit up: "Aze, you want to go out to sea now? The typhoon has just passed, maybe there are a lot of good things on the beach!"
"That's what I thought, so I decided to go check it out."
"Okay, I'll take you there right away."
After saying something to Zhang's mother and Tong Shuyao, Zhang Ze set off by boat.
As for Lin Long and Lin Hu, he did not bring them with him, and asked them to stay at home to protect his wife and elderly mother.
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Now the people at home are villagers he is not familiar with. Although he kept them there out of kindness, he still needs to be on guard.
Who knows if these people would have some bad thoughts in their hearts, such as stealing things, when the male owner is not around.
Zhang Ze has seen a lot of petty thefts. Not to mention adults, many children cannot control their hands. When they see something they want, they can't control themselves and just steal it.
He doesn't care about anything, but he would still be unhappy if something like this really happened.
If there were two grown men around, they could intimidate people and make them put aside their little thoughts.
After riding Jin Guangcheng's boat all the way to the dock, Zhang Ze expressed his gratitude and then boarded the Duoyu.
The boats parked here are all larger, but his boat is still the largest at the moment. In addition, considering that he might go out for some surfing before and after the typhoon, his boat is parked at the outermost edge, which is just convenient for going out.
Untie the tied ropes and start the fishing boat.
While the engine was preheating, Zhang Ze unexpectedly saw the three brothers Tong Yuanhang and Jin Sanbao and others coming over in a small wooden boat.
Looking at the two villagers who were driving the boat, he looked dazed and realized that they had obviously come here by hitching a ride on the villagers' boat.
"Aze, you are so unfair. You are planning to eat all by yourself without even notifying us." Tong Yuanhang's trawler was right next to him, and he came up and started complaining.
"Why should I eat alone? I'll just go out and try my luck." Zhang Ze rolled his eyes and said.
Tong Yuanhang didn't care about this and asked, "Do you think there will be a good harvest after the typhoon blows in the morning?"
"It's possible!" Zhang Ze was not sure either, after all, he had never gone out to sea on a typhoon day.
"All right!"
The boat of San Jinbao and others was on the other side, squeezed inside by two boats. They had to push the two outer boats aside before they could get out, which would probably be a slow process.
So Zhang Ze and his team didn't wait. After their engine was preheated, they set off directly and went downstream to a tributary of the Pearl River.
At this time, the sea water seemed to be receding and the current was very fast. They almost didn't need to sail the boat, they just had to find the right direction.
Fortunately, the boat was big enough, so there was no problem.
It is not suitable for small boats to drive, as such turbulent water will cause certain risks.
After a short while, the two ships entered the sea at the mouth of the river one after another.
He didn’t feel anything in the village, but along the way, Zhang Ze realized how big an impact this typhoon had caused.
The Nansha District is reclaiming land from the sea, and the rice fields are very beautiful. He watched the rice gradually mature and was about to be harvested.
As a result, everything was submerged when the typhoon came, and no one knows how much the loss will be.
Not to mention the collapsed houses, he just hoped that fewer people would die, so that at least there would still be hope while living.
"Oh~" With a light sigh, Zhang Ze looked at the more than 33,000 yuan accumulated in his small space.
When I go back, I will see how I can help and consider it as doing good deeds for my family and children.
The two boats arrived at the beach together, but as soon as the boats stopped, the people who came out were shocked by the situation on the beach.
There are so many people on the beach that the number can drive people with claustrophobia crazy.
"What are these?" Tong Yuanhang murmured.
Zhang Ze picked up the telescope and took a look: "It looks like a mantis shrimp, but there must be something else inside. Hurry up and get a sack to put it in!"
If you go fishing after a typhoon, you will basically get something, it’s just a matter of how much.
But this time their luck was obviously good, a group of mantis shrimps were washed up on the beach by the waves, and there were probably a lot of other seafood in it, so it was first come, first served!
Zhang Ze and Tong Yuanhang didn't waste any more time, they quickly dropped the anchor and moored the boat, then took sacks, large bamboo baskets and various equipment and set off in a rubber boat.
When they arrived at the beach, they found that there was no place to step.
But they didn't care about that anymore. They just stepped on the mantis shrimps, not caring whether they died or not.
"I'm rich, I'm lucky. It's a good thing I came out with you, otherwise I would have lost a lot." Tong Yuanhang had a happy look on his face. He picked up a palm-sized, still alive and kicking mantis shrimp and threw it into the sack.
"What the hell can these things do? Let's see if there is any good stuff." Zhang Ze rolled his eyes speechlessly and rummaged through the shrimps with a pair of tongs.
The price of mantis shrimp is not high. Even if they are sold in packages on the beach, they would probably only cost a few hundred yuan, or even less.
After rummaging through it, he quickly found a kilogram-weight orchid crab, which was the valuable stuff.
Add it all up and put it in the sack, and it actually takes up space.
They were not released this time, so he caught two handfuls of mantis shrimps and threw them in to make it look like the fish was being released.
He was wearing gloves, so he wasn't afraid of being stung by the shrimp.
When the three people nearby saw that he had caught a large orchid crab, they immediately changed their targets and began looking for other seafood in the shrimp school.
Zhang Ze did not follow them, but slowly picked up the things in another direction.
It seemed that he was searching among the mantis shrimps with his hands, but in fact, all the big and living mantis shrimps were collected into the space by him.
There are so many of these things that it would be difficult to detect his operations even if there were people nearby.
He kept collecting big and fat mantis shrimps, especially those with shrimp paste, which were obviously his target.
At the same time, he will not let go of other seafood.
Look, after collecting some mantis shrimps, a small yellow-green parrotfish appeared in his eyes.
Unfortunately, it cannot be stored in the space because it is dead.
Zhang Ze picked up the fish and looked at its gills. They had turned dark red, and there was a distinct fishy smell coming from the fish.
It was obvious that the fish had been dead for a long time and had turned smelly.
The fish was not fresh, so he could only throw it back into the water, letting the waves carry it back to the sea to feed other creatures.
(End of this chapter)
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