Chapter 101: Either Don’t Open, or Open and Prosper for Three Years (Page 1/2)
There is an old saying in the business world: Either don’t open a business, or open one and make a profit for three years.
Lin Man wanted to say, either not go out to sea, or go out to sea for ten years and bring back so much seafood, it would take the whole family ten years to eat it all, right?
So before giving birth to the child, Lin Man didn't plan to go out to sea again.
Going out to sea to fish is extremely tiring. Although the fishing is done by machines, once the fishing nets are pulled up, the fish caught have to be brought back to the fish hold by themselves.
Especially Huo Qingci. It was obvious that his hands were used to hold pens and scalpels, but last night he was forced to stand on the deck, feeling the sea breeze all night long, and was busy all the time.
The two men opened the iron cage and took it out, then used a large broom to push it into the No. 2 fish hold. The abalone, conchs, scallops and sea cucumbers in the cage were packed separately in baskets.
Huo Qingci asked: "Manman, where should we keep these shellfish?"
“These poured into the villa’s swimming pool.”
“Can I raise seafood in the villa pool?”
"The water in that pool is seawater, and there's an oxygen pump inside. Put these in there to raise them, and it'll be convenient for you to eat them when you want to."
Zhang Ying specially converted the villa's swimming pool into a pool for raising sea animals. She placed several oxygen pumps in the pool, which is perfect for her to raise abalone and conch.
After dealing with the seafood in the shrimp cages, Lin Man took Huo Qingci to take the dead fish and shrimp that had not been dealt with last night, and sent them to the cold storage warehouse one basket at a time for refrigeration.
Those live fish, shrimps and crabs are all in fish hold No. 1. If you want to open the cover of the fish hold in the future, you can just use a net bag to catch them.
The two of them were busy in the space for another two or three hours. Lin Man asked Huo Qingci, "Qingci, are you working the night shift tonight?"
"Yes, from 8pm to 8am."
"Why do you guys work so long at night?"
"Actually, there's basically nothing to do at night. After checking the wards, I rest in the duty room. The nurse will come and call for help if anything happens."
He was not assigned to work the night shift before because he had just arrived and they gave him some rest to adapt. Now he works the night shift every four days like everyone else.
Anyway, the director and deputy director don’t need to work night shifts. If you don’t want to work night shifts, you have to work hard. There will be a day when you will be promoted.
"Qingci, we've caught so many fish and shrimps, shall we have something good to eat tonight?"
"Okay, I'll take Qinghuan to buy some soda popsicles. You take out the seafood you want to eat and then say you bought it at the pier."
"Okay, let's have a seafood dinner tonight."
Lin Man sent Huo Qingci out of the space, and Lin Man picked out the seafood to eat tonight in the space.
She picked a one-pound
There are hundreds of grouper species, and Hainan Island has quite a few, including the eastern star grouper, rat grouper, giant grouper, sea red grouper, red melon seed grouper, blue grouper, tiger grouper, and golden grouper.
Last night they also caught a lot of grouper with drift nets. Lin Man picked out a grouper weighing more than one kilogram, ten abalone, two kilograms of flower crabs, and a four-kilogram lobster.
The grouper is steamed, the abalone is baked, the flower crab is stir-fried with ginger and scallions, and the large lobster is cut in half and steamed with garlic.
Seafood alone was not enough to eat with rice, so Lin Man made some spicy preserved eggs. She didn't know what was wrong, but recently she wanted to eat sour and spicy food at the same time.
Fortunately, Huo Qinghuan is an easy child to raise. He can eat anything and is not very picky about food. If you put something he doesn't like in his bowl, he will finish it.
Huo Qingci took Huo Qinghuan for a walk outside. When they came back, Lin Man had brought the food to the table.
Huo Qinghuan looked at the large lobster on the table and cried out, "Sister-in-law, what kind of shrimp is this that's so big?"
"The Splendid Lobster is also called the Flower Dragon."
(This chapter is not yet finished, please click on the next page to continue reading) Chapter 101 Either Don’t Open, or Open and Prosper for Three Years (Page 2/2)
"Wow, I've never eaten a lobster in my life."
"Then sit down and eat more."
It’s not easy to eat big lobsters. There are at least one or two thousand big lobsters in fish hold No. 2. The small ones weigh only a little over one kilogram, and the largest ones weigh five or six kilograms.
They are all greedy guys. If they were not so greedy, how could they be caught so easily?
Huo Qingci sat down and picked up a piece of abalone for Lin Man. He smiled and said, "The abalone Manman bought is bigger than the ones in our cafeteria."
Lin Man raised an eyebrow. "Really? I heard that locals don't eat abalone very often. Abalone is not as expensive as its shell."
"Its shell is a traditional Chinese medicine, and it's more expensive than the meat. Fishermen dig out the meat and string it together for just a few cents a string."
The abalone meat cost a few cents a string, and Lin Man only had those small abalones. She could eat more than ten of them at a time. In later generations, such abalone would only cost a few dollars each.
Putting aside the species, the larger the abalone, the more valuable it is. Moreover, these fishermen nowadays don’t think abalone is a delicacy. They may think that abalone is not as delicious as lean meat.
Lin Man asked again: "What kind of Chinese medicine is abalone shell?"
"Shijueming. There are many other Chinese medicinal herbs like this, such as cuttlebone, kelp, oysters, and pearls...Cuttlebone is cuttlebone bone, and kelp is the kelp we eat."
Huo Qinghuan looked at Huo Qingci in surprise, "Brother, is kelp also a traditional Chinese medicine? I really like the kelp and pork rib soup made by my sister-in-law. If all traditional Chinese medicine tastes like kelp, I think I can still eat it."
Huo Qingci explained to Huo Qinghuan, "Kumbu has the effects of eliminating phlegm, softening hard masses, dispersing lumps, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling."
Lin Man smiled and said, "Qinghuan likes eating kelp so much, I'll make you some cold kelp salad for lunch tomorrow."
"Sister-in-law, can I still eat this fish? I think this fish is very fresh and sweet, and tastes better than the big grass carp."
Huo Qingci said, "Do you know what kind of fish you are eating? This grouper is quite expensive and you can't eat it every day."
Lin Man rolled her eyes at Huo Qingci. Although there were not many groupers in the space, there were still many other species of grouper.
"It's rare that Qinghuan likes this fish so much. If you like it, eat more. If you come across this fish still on sale, I'll buy it for you."
"Thank you, sister-in-law."
After dinner, Huo Qingci took a shower and went back to the hospital for the night shift. Lin Man went back to the space, killed twenty swordfish and twenty big red fish, and pickled them with sea salt to dry the salted fish tomorrow.
As for how to take it out, we must wait until Huo Qinghuan goes out. Anyway, the square in the front yard is empty. We can get a few bamboo poles, build a few racks, and then hang the salted fish on the racks.
Lin Man was very skillful and could kill a fish weighing more than ten kilograms in three to five minutes. However, it still took her more than three hours to kill forty big fish.
At around eleven o'clock the next day, Huo Qinghuan came back from playing outside and was shocked to find a lot of big fish hanging in the yard.
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, who put the salted fish in front of our house?"
"Silly boy, this is ours. Your brother bought it from the dock early this morning."
"These fish are so big. Will they taste good as salted fish?"
"These salted fish will only need to be dried in the sun for a week. Then I'll buy you some pork belly to make a salted fish stew. You'll know if it tastes good after you try it."
Lin Man wanted to dry these salted fish quickly and send three or four back to her parents-in-law.
Since she was drying salted fish at home, she naturally couldn't go to the beach to pick up small seafood. In the morning, she knitted a sweater for her unborn baby at home, and in the afternoon, she went into the space to process the small fish and shrimps. After processing, she took them out to dry.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
