Chapter 141: Give yourself a bowl of mantis shrimp and three delicacies vermicelli
After fishing for two hours, Zhang Ze put away his fishing rod and prepared to reel in the longline.
I took a look at the silver pomfret in the space and the harvest was pretty good. I caught 127 of them in more than two hours, weighing a little over 68 kilograms.
Unfortunately, there were not many weighing more than one kilogram, only thirteen. Perhaps it was because the water was shallow where they were, and the larger silver pomfret were in deep water.
He sailed to the location of the first longline, pulled up the float and used a winch to pull up the longline.
As the longline was slowly pulled up, Zhang Ze pulled up the first sub-line, which felt heavy at first, and it seemed that today was off to a good start.
But what left him speechless was that the first one turned out to be a silver pomfret, and a particularly big one at that.
He put it into the space and saw that it weighed just over two kilograms.
[Successfully caught a silver pomfret, weighing 2.06 catties, experience +6. ]
A two-pound silver pomfret, although a little far from being the king of fish, is also top quality!
Zhang Ze didn't want to sell it. It was so big that the price might not be much higher, so he kept it for now.
Then the second sub-line was pulled up, and there was another big silver pomfret. He looked back at the place where he had fished for the silver pomfret before. The distance was about one thousand meters. Could it be that the silver pomfret was attracted again?
It's not impossible!
Fortunately, the hooks used for longlining are relatively large. Except for a few empty hooks that were eaten by bait or did not bite the hooks, most of the silver pomfret caught were not small, much larger than those caught before.
In the first half of the longline, Zhang Ze caught more than 150 silver pomfret, as well as a small number of parrotfish and grouper.
The silver pomfret that were caught weighed at least 80 or 90 taels, with those weighing more than 1 jin accounting for the largest proportion, while those weighing more than 2 jin were relatively rare, only about 20 or so.
Big silver pomfret can be sold for 72 cents per pound. Today's longline harvest is good.
The second half of the longline may be closer to the reef, and the proportion of grouper, snapper and parrotfish gradually increases. The most numerous of them are black snapper, which are already quite numerous.
Fortunately, black sea bream can grow quite large, with the larger ones weighing five or six kilograms.
After collecting one longline, Zhang Ze looked at the time and decided to collect the one for deep-sea fishing.
After tying the rope and starting the winch, the longline submerged in the water slowly floats to the surface.
Zhang Ze skillfully pulled the branch line upwards, only to see an ugly fish with a mouth bigger than a toad appear in his sight.
There was actually a small fish lying on the body of this strange fish. It was quite heavy to lift it up, but he wanted to curse in his heart.
This deep-sea longline is really not destined to make money. It actually caught an anglerfish! The anglerfish is still very famous, and this is all thanks to the fish liver in its stomach.
Male anglerfish are the ceiling of the gigolo world. Once they meet a female, they will continue to parasitize her until they die together.
So it is not surprising if you catch two anglerfish and pull them up.
[Successfully caught an anglerfish, weighing 2.17 catties, experience +1. ]
[Successfully caught an anglerfish, weighing 1.33 catties, experience +1. ]
The experience points were low, and even though there was a buy-one-get-one-free offer, it was not attractive to Zhang Ze at all, because the price of anglerfish at the fishery station was only three cents per pound, and the small ones were even less, even less than mackerel.
But as the sub-lines were pulled up one by one, his heart became heavier and heavier.
We encountered a school of anglerfish, and all that came up were these things.
Zhang Ze sighed and could only lament that he had bad luck today. Fortunately, the loss rate of bait was not high. Although the experience value of anglerfish was low, at least he did not lose money.
After catching dozens of anglerfish in a row, his face became numb.
But the next moment, when he pulled up a new line, the weight in his hand was unusually heavy. Zhang Ze's eyes lit up. Is there a big fish coming?
The fishing line in his hand felt a strong pulling force and he was unable to do anything for a moment.
Zhang Ze quickly stopped the winch, then grabbed the fishing line with both hands and reeled it in little by little.
After a while, a big fish that looked black at night was pulled to the surface of the water. The big fish was very energetic and flapped its tail, making the sea water splash.
"How could it be cobia?" Zhang Ze was surprised.
Although cobia are very ferocious carnivorous fish, they generally move in groups and most of the time appear in the middle and upper layers.
If there are more cobia following this longline, the harvest is still good.
Cobia is inexpensive, but it is big!
This fish weighed more than 20 kilograms. Zhang Ze pulled the fish to the side of the boat and saw that the hook had pierced the fish's lips. He then used both hands to lift it up and put it into the space.
[Successfully caught a cobia, weighing 22.27 catties, experience +4. ]
The portion was quite sufficient, but the experience value was a little less than Zhang Ze expected. He thought there would be at least five points.
The winch was turned on again, and most of the fish were still anglerfish, but there were also a small amount of sergeant fish, deep-sea rockfish and flounder mixed in.
Flounder is a left-mouthed fish, and sole is a right-mouthed fish. Remember this and you will know which type of fish you are buying at the market.
Seeing several 20-pound cobias at the back, Zhang Ze knew that a group of cobias must have passed by just now.
Unfortunately, the deep sea here is a bit far from the reef area where we just fished, otherwise ordinary bait might be able to attract a few fish.
After all the longlines were collected, Zhang Ze took a rough look at the harvest.
There were more than 150 anglerfish, an unexpectedly large number, weighing more than 270 kilograms.
There were six cobia, but they were all quite big. The small one was just over ten pounds, and the big one was nearly thirty pounds, for a total of one hundred and eleven pounds.
The other deep-sea fish added up to about 100 kilograms, so the overall harvest was very good.
If you use real bait instead of ordinary bait, you will definitely not catch any sergeants tonight.
Finally, Zhang Ze went to collect the fishing net, which contained swimming crabs, small yellow croakers, large yellow croakers, silver pomfret, and a large number of red shrimps.
The number of fish caught in the net was not that large, but fortunately it didn't take long, and except for the dragon head fish, which was particularly easy to die and became entangled in the net and died, the rest of the fish were still alive.
Zhang Ze put these fish into the space and planned to sell them when there were more of them.
When he pulled up the fishing net, he felt a little depressed when he saw a large number of dragon head fish entangled in the mesh. This was the thing he was most afraid of encountering when casting the net.
The dragon head fish is a cartilaginous fish with weak vitality. It will definitely die if it enters the fishing net. Even if it is fine, it will die if it cannot withstand the water pressure when the fishing net is pulled up.
So he, who had originally not wanted to sort out the mess, had to bring a small stool and sort the remaining mess again.
With chopsticks in hand, he pushed his way through the pile of fish and picked out the larger red shrimps.
Red shrimps taste very delicious when peeled and fried. Red shrimps are usually used in the corn-fried shrimps on the market.
The larger dragon head fish is actually also delicious, and Zhang Ze picked it out as well.
Although he is not good at cooking dragon head fish, he knows how to cook it and can teach Zhang's mother!
During this time, some little cuties kept breathing in fresh air. Seeing a big one, Zhang Ze found that the deck next to it was a little dirty, so he grabbed it and squeezed it twice.
The little cutie immediately inhaled a lot of air, and then he grabbed the little cutie and brushed the dirty area.
The deck is wet and can be easily brushed clean. Just rinse it with water later.
"Go!"
Since it had done him a small favor, Zhang Ze kindly gave it a ride on his feet.
As he continued to pick and choose, the wind on the sea grew stronger and stronger.
The fishing boats parked on the sea were also constantly rising and falling with the waves, and the amplitude of the shaking was much greater than before.
Zhang Ze looked at the sky. It was pitch black, the moon was completely blocked, and it looked like it was going to rain.
He immediately sped up, sorted them roughly, covered the ones he was going to take back with ice, and shoveled the rest into a frame for making nests.
By the time he finished his work, it was raining big raindrops, which were falling fast and fiercely, and the wind was so strong that the cockpit glass was crackling.
Zhang Ze quickly started the fishing boat and headed for Nanping Island Pier. It was too late to drive the boat away from the rainstorm, so he could only take shelter at the island pier.
"Ah Hang, cousin, Qing He, where are you? Answer quickly when you hear me. Everyone should sail to the island's pier for shelter. The wind is a bit strong right now, and it may get stronger. It may be dangerous to continue on the sea."
Zhang Ze and his companions all have 15-meter fishing boats, which are well resistant to wind and waves, and can handle heavy rain at sea under normal circumstances.
But the weather forecast is inaccurate now, and it is difficult for them to grasp the current weather conditions at sea, so they can only go to the dock to take shelter and not risk their lives.
"Ah? It's so serious that we have to go to the dock?" Zhang Qinghe was surprised. He thought it was just raining, so there seemed to be no need to go to the dock! Tong Yuanhang's serious voice came: "There's something wrong with the weather. It's not just a heavy rain. Don't you feel the waves are getting bigger and bigger?"
Zhang Zhenghong: "Listen to Aze. Let's go to the dock now."
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Zhang Qinghu: "Okay, let's go now."
Zhang Ze heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that they were all gathering at the dock.
He had already sailed towards the pier, not caring about the shrimp cages, because he, like Tong Yuanhang, noticed that the waves were getting bigger and bigger.
Fortunately, they were not far from the dock. After only ten minutes, all four of their ships arrived at the dock and docked together.
Zhang Ze put on his raincoat immediately, then put all the silver pomfret and other fish he caught today into boxes and bamboo baskets in the fish hold, and then covered them with ice.
He was afraid that Zhang Qinghe and others would come over to see what he had gained tonight.
The groupers were also put into the live water tank, but the cobia and other small fish were not taken out.
At this time, Tong Yuanhang came to the side of the ship and shouted to him: "Aze, let's use the ropes on the ship to tie the boats together, so that the boats will not collide with each other because they are too close."
"Okay!" Zhang Ze nodded and went over to tie the boat first.
His boat was on the far left, which was not so bad, but the two boats squeezed in the middle were a bit miserable.
He handed the rope on his boat to Tong Yuanhang, caught it and pulled it tight before tying it to his boat.
Suddenly, the fishing boat, which was originally shaking, became much more stable.
After the other side was tied, the four boats were as stable as if they were on the ground.
The other ships at the dock were also moored together, and more ships were returning one after another.
The rainstorm was very heavy, and the rain was blown by the sea breeze and hit his uncovered face, which actually hurt a little.
It was raining so heavily that Zhang Ze suddenly felt it was a good opportunity to clean up.
So he immediately went into the tool room, got out the broom, and started sweeping the deck.
You don't need a mop at this time. Just sweep the deck back and forth with a broom, and the rain will make it clean.
"Aze, what are you doing?" Zhang Qinghe climbed onto Tong Yuanhang's boat at some point and was about to come over to him when he saw him sweeping with a broom.
"This rain is great. I'll take this opportunity to clean the boat so it doesn't smell like fish."
"Does this need to be cleaned? Wouldn't it be clean if the rain washed the boat?"
However, as soon as he finished speaking, the three Tong Yuanhang brothers came out, each holding a broom.
Zhang Qinghe heard the sound and turned around, and saw that his face was immediately slapped.
Then he found that Zhang Zhenghong's three brothers and his own brother had also come out to clean up, and he immediately crawled back silently.
The boat was cleaned very quickly. Zhang Ze took a mop and cleaned the side of the boat again. Then he went back to the cabin to take a shower and change into dry clothes.
There are two sets of spare clothes on the boat. Although he currently goes back after one night, he is not sure whether he will stay at sea for more than a few days, so he prepared two more sets of clothes, which are just right for changing now.
After being busy for a while and feeling a little hungry, Zhang Ze opened the locker and took out the vermicelli, pork and eggs he bought today.
Soak the vermicelli in water first, then take out a blue crab, a small yellow croaker, a five-liang silver pomfret, and two tiger prawns from the space.
The three-fresh noodles in Wenshui City are very famous locally. If you order a one-pound blue crab, this bowl of noodles can be sold for two hundred and eighty yuan in later generations.
The three delicacies usually used are small yellow croaker, white shrimp and white clams.
However, he didn't have time to dig up white clams and didn't find any white shrimps, so he used something else instead.
Thinking of the three-fresh noodles, Zhang Ze thought of two other specialties of Wenshui City, pork ribs noodles and sweet potato dumplings.
As for the various special foods in his mind, the shops next to him couldn't keep up with the pace even if they wanted to imitate them! When the supply of oysters and scallops was insufficient and the business of five-spice blue crabs became worse, Zhang Ze felt that he could launch three-fresh noodles and pork ribs rice noodles.
The seafood for the three-fresh noodles can be produced and sold by the owner. It is troublesome to dig up white clams, and people nowadays don’t like them very much, so you can use other things instead.
You can also add blue crabs, so you don’t have to worry about not being able to sell the blue crabs.
It’s easy to get tired of eating the five-spice blue crab, but this would never happen under normal circumstances, but we’re just afraid that customers won’t be willing to spend their money.
In short, before opening the clothing store, this snack bar would not be closed, and it would not be forced to close due to poor business.
First, deal with the blue crab, poke it to death through its mouth with chopsticks, then use a small brush to brush it clean.
There is no need to cut the blue crab into pieces, just cut it in half.
Seeing the full red and yellow paste inside, Zhang Ze nodded with satisfaction. It was worthy of being the female blue crab he specially selected. It was fat.
Then I processed the fish and waited for the vermicelli to soften.
After a while, the vermicelli was almost soaked, so Zhang Ze heated the oil in a pan and fried the eggs first.
After the eggs are fried, scoop them out and place them on a plate, then start frying the silver pomfret.
Unlike small yellow croaker, he cut the silver pomfret into strips for easier eating.
Fry in oil, then add the chopped pork belly and small yellow croaker, and two tiger prawns with their backs opened and the shrimp threads removed.
As soon as the food was put into the pot and flipped twice, a rich and delicious smell of oil emerged.
When it is almost cooked, add the garlic sprouts and crab roe, then light soy sauce, a little salt and boiling water. No broth is needed at all. Cover the pot and wait for the seafood to be cooked.
The key point of three fresh noodles is whether the seafood is fresh, but the cooking method is nothing special and is very simple.
After a while, Zhang Ze opened the lid of the pot and found that the soup had turned yellowish-white. The yellow tint was due to the addition of light soy sauce.
A rich and fresh fragrance wafted up, making Zhang Ze's saliva secrete faster.
He puts the soaked vermicelli in and waits for it to be cooked.
It was the first time for him to make three-fresh noodles after his rebirth, and he was looking forward to it very much.
He had never cooked a bowl of vermicelli with such good ingredients even if he was rich in his previous life.
(End of this chapter)
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