Chapter 31 Harvest from the Shrimp Cage
As soon as the sky was getting light, the roosters in the village began to crow.
Today, he was not woken up naturally but was woken up by the crowing of a rooster. However, Zhang Ze did not get angry at all. It was obvious that he did not expect his younger self to get more sleep.
He turned over and rubbed his face to wake himself up. Then he put on his clothes and shoes, and without even washing his face, he went straight to the beach with a bamboo basket and a kitchen knife.
The village was quiet. It was probably just after five o'clock. During the slack season, the villagers would not get up so early.
We walked all the way to the beach, and nothing cheated happened this time.
If there were still people running into the woods at this time, Zhang Ze would really admire them.
The sea water is very high at this time, it is the calm period of high tide, and the tide will start to ebb around 7:30.
The area around the puddle Zhang Ze chose was completely submerged by sea water, but the terrain was at a decent height and not very deep.
He rolled up his trouser legs, took off his shoes and walked over there. Soon, the sea water submerged his calves.
Fortunately, it hasn't rained recently, so the sea water is relatively clear. At this depth, Zhang Ze can clearly see the situation at the bottom of the water, so he can accurately step on the shallow reefs and walk towards the puddle.
After carefully walking around for a long time, he finally arrived at the location where the shrimp cage was placed.
The straw rope tied to the reef had been submerged by the sea water, but not deeply.
Zhang Ze reached out and grabbed the straw rope and pulled it, and found that the shrimp cage was still tied.
Without untying the straw rope on the reef, he directly pulled up the shrimp cage at the bottom of the puddle little by little, and soon a shrimp cage was pulled to the surface of the water.
Zhang Ze grabbed the shrimp cage and looked inside, and immediately saw several long swaying tentacles.
Good catch, several lobsters in it.
He untied the straw rope on the shrimp cage, then placed the shrimp cage on a tall and relatively flat reef, and then continued to pull up the second shrimp cage.
Taking a glance, Zhang Ze saw that there were also many tentacles and a look of delight appeared on his face. It seemed that he had a good harvest last night.
He untied the straw rope and placed the shrimp cage on the big reef, and then he climbed up himself.
Taking the bamboo basket off his back and placing it aside, Zhang Ze picked up the shrimp cage and poured it into the bamboo basket.
This type of shrimp cage is designed specifically for catching lobsters, and fish and crabs generally cannot enter due to their activity habits.
But the same cannot be said for conger eels, so if you put your hand in to grab it, not only will you risk getting hurt by the lobster, you may also get bit by a conger eel that accidentally wanders in, and the bite force of a conger eel is no joke.
Zhang Ze grabbed the shrimp cage and shook it continuously. Soon all the messy things inside poured out, including seven lobsters.
There were five lobsters, three big ones weighing a little over one pound, and two small ones weighing about half a pound.
There are still two flower dragons left, which are obviously larger in size, also known as Splendid lobsters.
Zhang Ze's eyes lit up and he quickly grabbed the flower dragon and put it into the space.
[Successfully captured a Splendid Lobster, weighing 2.76 catties, experience +10. ]
[Successfully captured a splendid lobster, weighing 3.14 catties, experience +10. ]
Wow, they weigh almost six pounds in total. These two alone can be sold for almost ten dollars.
The remaining lobsters can be sold for six or seven yuan in total, and a shrimp cage alone can earn nearly half a month's salary for a city worker. It turns out that the seafood business is profitable.
Then he quickly picked up another shrimp cage and poured out the lobsters inside.
Unfortunately, only four lobsters were poured out in the end, weighing about 150 to 200 grams.
Green lobsters basically grow to this size, and larger ones generally do not appear on the seaside.
However, the particularly large flower dragons can grow to more than ten kilograms, and there should be quite a few that weigh five or six kilograms in this era. Next time I have the chance, I will have to go out to sea and put shrimp cages.
However, there was no chance to go out to sea today, so Zhang Ze cleaned the shrimp cage and prepared to release more shrimps.
He took out the parrotfish he had caught in the sea from the space. Fortunately, he thought that the space had become bigger, so he brought in more fish, otherwise he would have no bait.
After killing the fish, he put it back into the shrimp cage and put some stones in to hold down the cage. Zhang Ze tied the cage up with a straw rope and threw it into the puddle.
When the tide recedes around 8pm, he can come over and collect again.
After washing the bamboo basket, Zhang Ze carried it home with one hand.
All the lobsters were put into the space, but when he was almost home, he had an idea and found a few large blue crabs in the bamboo basket.
These were caught last time at the beach, and some of them were left in the space.
My family members really like these blue crabs, so since we're back from the beach, I might as well give them some.
When they got home, Zhang Huihong had already gotten up, Zhang Qian was combing Zhang Qing's hair, and only Zhang Wu was still lying on the bed, sleeping soundly.
"Aze, where have you been so early?"
Zhang Ze put down the bamboo basket and said, "Didn't you make two shrimp cages last night? I went to the beach overnight to put them down. This morning I went to check on the harvest and found that I really caught a few big lobsters."
"real?"
Zhang Huihong's eyes lit up, and she hurried over to look inside his bamboo basket, only to see a few large blue crabs.
"Where's the lobster?"
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Zhang Ze explained: "If I bring them back now, they will die easily. I will keep them in the shrimp cage and bring them back to the county this afternoon. I caught these blue crabs this morning. Mom, you can cook them for lunch!"
Hearing that the lobsters were still kept by the sea, Zhang Huihong was a little worried: "What if someone takes them away if you leave them by the sea like this?"
"Don't worry, the shrimp cage is in the puddle where no one can see it. At most, people in our village will go there to dig some lawu, but we won't go to dig things out of the cracks in the rocks."
Hearing him say that, Zhang Huihong felt relieved. But thinking about the shrimp cages that can catch lobsters, she was moved again: "Aze, if we make a few more shrimp cages, can we catch more lobsters?"
"Of course, you and Qian can make three more. Five is enough for now. If there are too many, there won't be a suitable puddle over there."
Zhang Ze nodded. He didn't expect that his mother would bring it up before he had a chance to say anything.
After the conversation, he went back to his room, took out his toiletries, and went to the yard to wash his face and brush his teeth.
He made an appointment with Tong Yuanhang to go fishing together tomorrow morning. He didn't have much to do today, so he planned to go to the county scrap yard in the afternoon to see if he could find a lantern.
With a lantern or other lighting, he would be better able to go fishing at night at the beach.
As for buying a new one, he had never considered it. Not only were the tickets difficult to get, but they were also expensive.
He could try to repair the broken ones at the scrap yard himself.
If kerosene is unavailable, cooking oil can be used. It’s just a matter of money.
There have been high tides these days, so Zhang Ze doesn't plan to go fishing for mandarin fish. It won't be too late to come back and fish for mandarin fish after the tides go down and the harvest at the beach is good.
After lunch, Zhang Ze picked up the bamboo basket and walked out of the village again. The oil residue at home had been eaten, and he was thinking about getting a chicken in the afternoon to change the taste.
Just at this moment, a man and a woman came towards him, talking and laughing.
"Aze."
Hearing someone calling him, Zhang Ze came back to his senses instantly, looked up and saw that it was the captain's son Zhang Qinghe.
Because the captain usually takes good care of his family, he has a very good relationship with the man in front of him.
"Qing He, Liu Zhiqing." Zhang Ze frowned when he saw the man and woman walking together.
The educated youth began to return to the city in 1977 or 1980.
But during the Chinese New Year this year, the last batch of educated youth in his village also embarked on the journey home.
Some of them went to the countryside early and could not endure the hardship, so they either married rural women or rural men.
Many male educated youth abandoned their wives and children. As for the female educated youth, they were generally unwilling to marry rural men. Among those who did marry, some had some complications. Zhang Ze knew this well.
But he remembered only one female educated youth as an exception, who was willing to marry into the countryside.
This woman in front of you is Liu Qiaoqiao. She is married to Zhang Qinghe, the captain’s son.
(End of this chapter)
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