The seriously injured shark was rolling around violently, and its tail slapped the water, causing sea water to splash high, directly washing Jin Fan's face as he tried hard to hold on to the fishing rod.
"Shit, the sea water splashed into my eyes. Ah Dong, come over and take over."
Upon hearing this, Chen Xudong quickly took the fishing rod from his hand and tried his best to stop the shark from making a final fuss.
This didn't last long. Only a few minutes had passed and the shark's belly turned up and it was already cold.
The sea surface that was originally dyed red has now returned to its original clarity, but there is still a trickle of blood flowing out of the shark's wound, but the amount is not much.
Zhang Ze tied a rope around the shark's tail and started the crane on the boat.
As the crane exerted force, the shark was slowly pulled up with its tail facing up and its head facing down and hung in the air.
Generally speaking, the face of the hammerhead shark is not so ferocious and terrifying, but it looks a bit silly. But its huge size is still quite intimidating.
Look, when Xiao Hei saw the shark, he immediately let out a whimper and hid in his doghouse, then slightly stretched his head to stare at the huge creature outside.
Zhang Ze laughed and cursed: "Damn, this dog is so brave, I doubt whether it can watch the boat for me when it grows up. It's such a coward, I'm afraid it will hide behind me as soon as someone approaches it."
"What? You dislike it? Just don't give it to me!" Jin Fan said with a smile after washing his face with clean water.
"Go to hell, don't even think about it. I may dislike you, but I've raised you for so long that I've developed feelings for you. Even if I promise, my family won't agree." Zhang Ze refused without hesitation.
Just kidding, for this dog, he spent an entire afternoon helping out in the disaster-stricken village.
I guess others were willing to give this dog to him because they saw his good character.
"If you guys are thirsty, go to the kitchen. I've got some water here!"
Jin Sanbao said jokingly: "It's so late, why don't you make us dinner?"
"Of course. I'll cook some three-fresh noodles tonight!" Zhang Ze nodded in agreement. After all, it helped him save a lot of time, so it was only right for him to cook dinner.
Even if Jin Sanbao didn't say it, he would have kept a few people for dinner before letting them go back.
Sizzle~ The chopped pork was put into the pot, and the kitchen was soon filled with the aroma of meat, making the hungry people swallow their saliva frantically.
Even though Jin Sanbao and his companions' lives are much better now than before, their frugal habits over the years make it impossible for them to eat meat every day.
Nowadays, there are only a few families in the fishing village who can eat meat every day.
So when they smelled the meat, they became greedy.
"Aze, what are you going to do with that shark? Sell it to Jin Guangcheng?" As if aware of his own embarrassment, Jin Sanbao immediately found a topic to forcibly distract himself.
Zhang Ze replied while flipping the pork belly with a spatula: "This shark is called a hammerhead shark. Its meat is better than that of a tiger shark or a great white shark. The fish skin and liver are all useful, so I plan to sell it directly to the cooperating restaurants."
Hearing the word "restaurant", Jin Sanbao suddenly realized why Zhang Ze did not sell high-quality fish to Jin Guangcheng. It turned out that he had some cooperation with the restaurant outside.
Then he had an idea. Today, the three of them discussed about making money to buy a new boat, so making money was their top priority.
How to make more money is their top priority. If the fish can be sold to restaurants, even if it is only high-end fish, it is better than selling it to the fishery station, right?
The more income the better, so Jin Sanbao spoke up shamelessly.
"So those high-end fish of yours are sold to restaurants! Aze, can you introduce the owner of that restaurant to us?"
"In fact, after going out to sea with you, we also discovered the usefulness of the fish finder. With the fish finder, our catch is guaranteed every time."
"So we also want to make as much money as possible. If we can sell more, that would be better."
Zhang Ze laughed heartily and said, "It's a small matter. Just come with me when the time comes."
The main reason for helping to introduce rather than directly buying their fish is that the freshness and appearance of the fish caught by the net will be slightly different from those caught by him.
Secondly, the number of high-quality fish they caught each time was not large, and Zhang Ze was too lazy to make such a small profit from the price difference.
Just let them sell the fish themselves, and they won’t have to trouble him so often in the future.
After dinner, Jin Sanbao and his companions went back to continue their work, trying to catch more fish before pulling in the nets.
Zhang Ze drove the boat and let down the last two longlines.
As he was watching, he accidentally discovered that there seemed to be some small spots of light where the sea surface was illuminated by the light?
Going to the side of the boat and taking a closer look, Zhang Ze suddenly realized that it was a group of small squids attracted by the lights on the boat.
Squids are attracted to light, and sometimes when you turn on the light to fish at night, some of them will be attracted. Zhang Ze often sees this situation.
It’s just a bit unexpected today, there seem to be a lot of small squids!
It is so densely packed that the density is exaggerated.
Zhang Ze went to get a scoop net and casually scooped it up in the water. Unexpectedly, he caught seven or eight fish in just one scoop.
His eyes lit up. How could the number be so impressive?
This small tube squid caught with a lamp is called sea hare in some places, and its economic value is actually quite good.
Although it is small and light, its unit price can reach fifty or sixty-one kilograms in later generations.
Of course, this refers to frozen squid when it is still very fresh.
Some people are afraid that the food will go bad, so they cook it directly on the boat and then freeze it, which is much cheaper.
The price of seafood is closely related to its freshness and fluctuates greatly.
Normally, Zhang Ze has no interest in this kind of small squid. If the density is a little bit too high, he will catch a batch and store them in the space as backup bait.
But the situation is different today. The number of fish on the sea is extremely dense. If we catch them in large quantities, we can make money no less quickly than fishing.
So Zhang Ze went back to the cabin to change into rain boots, then went to the warehouse to take out the long-missed small casting net, and by the way, moved out all the diabolo baskets and plastic baskets on the boat.
You won't gain experience points for seafood caught with a cast net even if you store it in the space, and small squids will die soon after leaving the water, so just put them directly into the basket, and move them to the cold storage when it's full.
Holding the small casting net, Zhang Ze turned around and threw it. The casting net opened in the air like an umbrella and then fell into the water.
He held a rope in his hand, and when he saw that the casting net had completely sunk into the water, he pulled the rope to retrieve the casting net.
As the casting net was pulled up, a distinct feeling of heaviness was transmitted to his hands. It was obvious that a large number of small squids were caught.
Zhang Ze nodded with satisfaction. If there were so many catches in one net, it would be worth it to not fish tonight but just cast the net.
Soon, the cast net was brought up. Although the density of small squids was very high, it was still far from that of sardines.
Zhang Ze shook the casting net in his hand and felt that it weighed about 50 kilograms, and more than 40 kilograms after removing the water.
Small squids have a high yield, and their current value is difficult to compare with that in later generations. The unit price at the aquatic station is eight cents, so forty kilograms is three dollars and twenty cents.
It looks like a small amount, but it only takes him a certain amount of time. The efficiency is indeed higher than fishing, unless he catches rat grouper and red grouper with every rod.
Pouring the small squids into a bamboo basket, Zhang Ze straightened the fishing net and then threw it again.
Although it was the original position, when the net was thrown and pulled up just now, the empty space was filled with other small squids, so the number of this net was about the same as the previous one, about 40 kilograms again.
"Tsk tsk, that's so cool!"
Zhang Ze happily continued to pour the small squids into the bamboo basket. With two nets, the whole bamboo basket was filled.
He turned his head to look at Jin Sanbao's movements. The distance was a bit far and he could only vaguely see some lights. Then he gave up the idea of calling them over.
The distance was too far and they didn't have a radio on the ship, so Zhang Ze would not take the boat to notify them.
Anyway, they had a good catch this time, and there wasn't much space on the boat to hold the small squid, so it would be better to go fishing.
So Zhang Ze continued to throw the net. The ten bamboo baskets and six plastic baskets that could be empty on the boat were all filled in just two hours and ten minutes, with more than 1,500 kilograms of space in the basket.
He estimated that the total harvest in the bamboo basket was about 1,300 kilograms. The plastic basket was half the size of the bamboo basket.
It should be less than in the space, but unfortunately the number of nets thrown at one time is not as much as at the beginning.
Originally, based on the number at the beginning, it would not take more than two hours to net so many people.
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However, the density of small squids in the back is much thinner, so it takes longer.
There were still a dozen bamboo baskets on the boat, but Zhang Ze needed to keep these for the fish.
He hadn't taken out the fish he caught this time with longline fishing. When he released the sharks, he sent Jin Sanbao and others to the kitchen, so they didn't see that the cold storage compartment was basically empty.
Zhang Ze looked at the time. It was already past eight fifty. He planned to wait until ten o'clock to reel in the longline, so he moved the small squids into the cold storage compartment in baskets.
All the small squids in the space were cleared out and piled up into a small hill in the cold storage compartment.
The newly hatched squids can still jump around a bit, but they quickly lose their vitality in this low temperature environment.
It would take another hour or so to reel in the longline, and he was too lazy to go fishing during this time.
But he was bored, so he just continued to cast the net. He put all the squids he caught this time into the space. He had used up a lot of the spare bait in the space when fishing for sharks in the afternoon, so these squids were just enough to replenish it.
After collecting more than 660 kilograms of small squids, it was already ten o'clock.
Bring up the float, tie the rope to the winch, and Zhang Ze turns on the winch.
As the winch turns, the longline gradually appears on the water surface.
It’s time to open the “lottery” again, and Zhang Ze always looks forward to it at this time.
The first one that came up was a very strange looking fish.
This is a red cylindrical fish, about one and a half meters long.
It’s long and thick, and women all love it when they see it.
Zhang Ze recognized it at a glance. It was a pipefish, which could be found in both tropical and temperate waters.
This fish is not expensive and is considered a rare commodity.
But for Zhang Ze, this is a good thing. Every time the first fish he catches is average, the subsequent harvests will be very good.
However, metaphysical laws are sometimes broken by reality.
Until both longlines were harvested, Zhang Ze didn't see any particularly good catches, and the overall harvest was just at a normal level.
But he was not disappointed about this. Big fish are rare to see, and the probability of him encountering a big fish is not small. It is normal if he doesn't encounter one.
While it is still early, Zhang Ze took out all the fish that needed to be frozen and put them into the cold storage compartment, and those that needed to be kept were temporarily placed in the space.
But there is one good thing tonight, that is, the space has finally reached level 29.
Judging from his efficiency at sea, he can be upgraded in about half a month.
The increase in longlines has led to a significant increase in the amount of experience points gained. Combined with fishing during rest time, I can now gain around 5,000 to 6,000 experience points per trip out to sea.
If you catch a king fish, that’s a different matter.
He went to bed early and got up early. At six o'clock the next morning, Zhang Ze had already finished breakfast and was ready to return.
Jin Sanbao and his crew had also gotten up, so the two ships sailed back at the same time, one after the other.
At about ten o'clock, the two boats returned to the fishing village pier.
Chen Xudong got off the boat to notify his family to come and help, and also called Lin Long over.
Zhang Ze was buying fish on the boat. This time there were a lot of small squids, and he also sold some fish of low value to Jin Guangcheng.
"Hey, Aze, when did you get so many small squids?" Jin Sanbao's boat was right next to them. When he saw Jin Guangcheng's men carrying out baskets of small squids, his eyes almost popped out.
Zhang Ze leaned against the side of the boat and explained when he heard what he said: "Last night, this batch of small squids were attracted by the lights on the boat. The density was quite high, so we used a cast net to catch some."
"Fuck, then why don't you call me?"
"You are so far away. I can't just sail over there to inform you! Who knows if the squids will disperse after the boat passes by."
"." Jin Sanbao was speechless, and knew that what he said was possible.
But these baskets of small squids are really tempting. Although the price is not high, the quantity is too large.
The number of small squids was counted quickly, and it was more than Zhang Ze expected, totaling 2,923 kilograms, and sold for a total of 233 yuan.
Nearly 3,000 kilograms, but only sold for 230 yuan. The difference in quantity is a bit big, but it's very small.
Zhang Ze also had a rough idea in his mind, so there was no gap.
After Jin Guangcheng left, Lin Long and Lin Hu were already ready.
The two men first transported the fish in the live water tank to the car and turned on the oxygenator.
After finishing their work, when the two men opened the door of the cold storage compartment and saw the huge shark lying inside, an exclamation came out of their mouths at the same time.
It is rare to see a shark as big as three and a half meters on the shore, especially one with such a strange head.
It’s not their fault that they are ignorant, after all, they didn’t go out to sea together.
"Aze, you are awesome. You caught another big fish." Lin Hu gave a thumbs up to Zhang Ze next to him, and then asked, "By the way, what kind of fish is this? Its head looks really weird. How much can it be sold for?"
"This is a shark called a hammerhead shark. I don't know the price, we can talk about it when we get to the restaurant!"
"Let's get this shark in the car first, and then we'll have to lay the ice." (End of this chapter)
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