Chapter 69 Rice-Grade Large Yellow Croaker
"You know my dad's former comrade-in-arms, right? He's now the director of the Wenshui City Fisheries Station. He came to visit my home a while ago, and we talked about some things."
"I don't know the details, I just know that the policy has changed. Wenshui City is surrounded by mountains on three sides and the economy is difficult to develop, so the leaders plan to take the first step and make certain changes."
"Also, the collective system on our island may change next year, and fishing will become an individual activity."
"The fishery station will no longer collect fish from collectives, but will relax restrictions on collecting fish and turn to fishermen. He saw that my family fished, so he told my family the good news so that we could prepare in advance."
"Don't tell anyone else about these things. I just happened to hear part of them."
Zhang Ze raised his eyebrows when he heard this. It seemed that the relationship between his father-in-law and that comrade-in-arms was better than he expected.
However, these things should have been determined and are waiting to be implemented, so he mentioned this matter. After all, how could those people talk about something that is uncertain?
"In that case, what are your plans?"
"Of course, we will sell the fish to the aquatic station in Wenshui City after we catch them. They will be open first, and our Yuewan County may be later."
"That's not what I'm talking about. Have you ever considered buying a bigger boat and sailing to farther seas?"
The market economy is about to be opened up, so Zhang Ze naturally doesn't want to make small moves.
Although there are abundant resources along the coast now, it is not as exciting as going to the distant sea and catching thousands or even tens of thousands of kilograms of fish in one go.
The price of grouper is high, but the quantity and difficulty of obtaining it also limit the upper limit of his profit. A large net of cheap small yellow croaker or hairtail may not make less money.
And since Wenshui City plans to open the market, dried seafood will also be circulated and shipped to other places.
In the era when there were no cold chain transport vehicles, dried seafood was the main type of seafood in circulation.
Tong Yuanhang's heart was also moved. If he could go to a farther sea, he would certainly want to: "Are you planning to buy a big ship to go to the distant sea?"
"I have this idea, but we have to wait until next year." Before Zhang Ze finished speaking, he suddenly heard a "cuckoo" sound in his ears, similar to that of a frog.
Tong Yuanhang also heard it. They both looked in the direction of the sound and found many fish jumping in the water around a huge reef not far away.
"Big yellow croaker!" they said in unison.
But now he can’t fish to make money, so Tong Yuanhang isn’t very interested in fishing for grouper or other fish.
Zhang Ze was quite interested. Although the price of yellow croaker was not high now, if he could catch some giant yellow croakers and keep them in the space, he, the fisherman, would definitely be mentioned in the news reports more than 30 years later.
At that time, those weighing more than five kilograms were rare. If he took out those weighing more than ten kilograms, there would definitely be rich people who would ask for a high price. The yellow croaker at that time was truly worthy of the name "yellow croaker".
From an investment perspective, this is not as profitable as engaging in real estate, taking advantage of demolition or being a landlord, but it means something completely different to fishermen.
"Let's go fishing for big yellow croaker." Zhang Ze excitedly urged Tong Yuanhang to row the boat over.
"What's so good about catching yellow croaker? It tastes just so-so!" My brother-in-law often eats yellow croaker and doesn't think much of this fish. But today he was out to accompany his brother-in-law, so he changed his route.
When the boat came over, Zhang Ze found a group of shrimps on the water surface, and then he understood why the yellow croaker appeared on the water surface at this time.
But because of this, the yellow croaker's bright yellow scales turn shiny white in the sun and are less attractive.
Zhang Ze didn't care. He thought it would wither if he kept it in the space, but there was no sun in his space.
"Just fish here. Give me two yellow croakers. Steam them using the method I taught you. They're actually pretty good."
Tong Yuanhang sighed: "It tastes good, but it consumes a lot of oil."
"Your family has quite a bit of savings. You can't eat meat every day, so can't you exchange them for more oil coupons?" Zhang Ze said as he took out his fishing rod.
The fish hook was replaced with a bigger one and the fishing line was also made thicker.
He's here for the big ones today; the small ones are of no interest to him.
Moreover, the space is currently at level nine, and it only needs more than 300 experience points to reach level ten. It would be inappropriate not to upgrade it.
Tong Yuanhang didn't respond. The situation in his family was different. The housekeepers were Tong's father and mother, and the money was basically not in his hands, so his words had no say.
Unlike Zhang Ze's family, he basically has the final say now. Not only has his sister become more beautiful because of the good food, but also his two younger sisters are the same. Zhang Wu has also grown a lot taller.
The two men calmed down, stood at one end and started fishing.
Zhang Ze used a fishing rod, and Tong Yuanhang used the same old method, fishing with his hand.
There were a group of shrimps at the bottom of the water, but a small squid suddenly broke in, emitting an enticing smell, which immediately attracted the attention of some yellow croakers.
Several yellow croakers immediately came over and started pecking at the food.
Unfortunately, the squid was a little bigger, and the fish’s mouths were not big enough, so they couldn’t eat it in one bite.
However, the smell of food soon attracted the larger yellow croakers in the lower layer. A yellow croaker that was extremely outstanding among its peers appeared, and the other small fish blocking its way immediately dispersed and made way.
A few yellow croakers that were pecking at the food noticed that the newcomer was unwilling to give in, but they still gave up their position.
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The large yellow croaker circled around the small squid with satisfaction, as if praising its fellow small fish for being sensible, and then slowly swallowed the small squid in one bite.
When the yellow croaker was pecking at the bait at the bottom of the water, Zhang Ze's attention was already focused on the fishing rod, staring at the trembling tip of the rod.
At this moment, the tip of the rod suddenly bent down, and he reacted very quickly and immediately raised the rod to stab the fish.
At the same time, a huge pulling force made his eyes light up. It was another good start.
The fish under the water is very strong. If it is a yellow croaker, he will make a lot of money.
“Crackle, crackle~”
The fishing rod kept making sounds of being overwhelmed by the weight as it was pulled by the fish. Of course, being overwhelmed was actually an illusion.
Zhang Ze slowly squatted down, lowered his center of gravity, and began to exert force with both hands.
The fishing boat is too small and it is unstable to stand and exert force.
As he exerted force, the fish at the bottom of the water was obviously pulled up a bit, but it was not willing to be outdone and swam desperately to the bottom of the water, and the situation was deadlocked for a while.
"How big is the fish? You can't even pull it up?" Tong Yuanhang naturally noticed the situation on his side. Seeing that he was pulling with the fishing rod but the fish just didn't come up, he couldn't help but ask.
"It's OK, probably about 10 kilograms." A fish weighing more than 10 kilograms is indeed not easy to catch, and it is normal to take some time, but Zhang Ze looked calm and obviously able to do it with ease.
After three or four minutes of stalemate, the first wave of fish at the bottom of the water ended and they were immediately pulled to the surface.
A meter-sized fish appeared in Zhang Ze's sight. After confirming the identity of the fish, he smiled with satisfaction.
The fish struggled on the water surface, its tail flapping and making a rustling sound, but no matter how hard it struggled it could not get rid of the hook in its mouth.
After a few more minutes, the big yellow croaker finally ran out of strength and was pulled forward by Zhang Ze and put into the fish basket, but in fact he took the opportunity to put it into the space.
The yellow croaker that appeared on the water surface was indeed too fragile. It was not certain whether the fish guard could keep Zhang Ze alive, so it was safest to put it in the space.
If Tong Yuanhang came to see, he could have put it back earlier.
[Successfully caught a yellow croaker, weighing 15.33 catties, experience +8. ]
It’s more than 15 kilograms, heavier than I expected!
A large yellow croaker weighing 11 jin and 88 cm long is worth hundreds of thousands of yuan, so how much would this one be worth in the future? It's not too much to get lost from Wenshui City to the Demon City, right? (End of this chapter)
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