Chapter 418: Fish, Snow Crab, and Scallops
"Don't be so pessimistic." Song Chuman suddenly laughed, "Have you forgotten that most starfish are also a kind of food? And I read in a book that starfish can also be used as fertilizer."
"Many people in Qingyu Village are currently farming, and many haven't found work. If Ji Lizheng organizes them to come and catch starfish, it will not only increase their food supply but also improve the fertility of their own fields in the future. Why not do it?"
Xiao Xuanli: "Compost? I've only heard of using rotten leaves as compost, but starfish can also be used?"
Song Chuman said, "Yes, a simpler approach is to dry the starfish and bury them directly in the crops or vegetable fields. However, I have never done this before. I only read about it in books and I don't know if it's true."
"But it's definitely true that most starfish are edible. Everyone here has surely eaten them."
"As for those starfish species you haven't seen before, if you're worried about getting sick from eating them, you can just use them as fertilizer instead of eating them."
Yang Qingli said, "It seems that catching starfish manually is the easiest. As long as they are edible, I believe there will be many people willing to come."
Song Chuman said, "Not only that, if we catch too many starfish, we can take the edible ones to the city and sell them if they're still alive."
"Even if they're dead, as long as they haven't been dead for too long, there will be people in the city who will buy them if they sell them cheaply. Many families have fishing boats that are just sitting there anyway, so they should be happy to come."
Everyone here knows that seafood is delicious. If seafood dies out, as long as the price is lowered, there will still be ordinary people willing to try the taste of seafood.
When they heard that it could be sold, the five-member fishing boat team's eyes lit up.
Yes, starfish can be eaten, and they can also be sold.
Xiao Xuanli looked at Yang Qingrui and asked, "Do all the middle-aged men in your village know how to swim?"
Yang Qingrui's eyes flashed, and he nodded: "Most of them can do it, but a small number of idle men can't do it."
Song Chuman immediately thought of the old Song family. She coughed lightly and said, "Indeed, Song Hemao and Song Hewei, who are now nominally my second and third uncles, definitely can't swim. Fishermen have been going out to sea since they were young, and it's like a common thing for them. And I heard that my two useless uncles got seasick the last time they were on a fishing boat. They vomited all over the place and never went on a boat again."
Yang Qingrui thought of those two people and was filled with disgust. "That's right, they are a disgrace to us fishermen."
Xiao Xuanli said, "They can be eliminated. We don't need the two of them. We only need a few dozen people. If there are too many starfish, we can just spend a few more days and go to the sea again."
Song Chuman nodded in agreement: "That's true."
After she finished speaking, she looked at the fishing nets on both sides. Seeing that the seafood was almost in, she ordered, "You can close the nets now."
The five-person fishing crew immediately pulled in their nets.
Soon, both nets of fish were pulled onto the boat.
Song Chuman asked them to untie the net and continue casting the net.
Seeing the seafood inside, everyone's heart tightened.
In just a short while, dozens of starfish were caught in the net.
Song Chuman frowned. It seemed that Haixing also liked her mental power.
After the second net was cast, the five-person fishing team on the boat continued to sort the fish.
Seeing that they were in a panic, Ziyuan and Zitan went over to help.
Xiao Xuanli stood on the side of the ship, on guard personally.
Song Chuman looked at today's harvest, "Turbot, golden pomfret, slime fish, large yellow croaker, snow crab, and scallops."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
