Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1142 Jack Storm
"You can't tell what kind of fish it is just by looking at it like this. There are too many similar fish in the sea. We have to catch them to know." After Ye Yaodong handed the telescope in his hand to his father, he casually said this and went down to the deck.

The boatmen on the deck were whispering to each other, wondering what kind of fish that was that had formed a storm. When they saw him coming down, they all asked him about it.

"Adong, why don't you just cast the net? We don't know what kind of fish it is."

"We are so lucky. We encountered a storm of fish as soon as we came out."

"The nets are all pulled out, hurry up and get them ready, shall we just cast them?"

Ye Yaodong nodded, squinting his eyes at the sea, "Cast the net and salvage more. I don't know how long this can be gathered."

"Okay, let's cast more nets. With such a large number, even the cheapest fish can be sold at a good price."

"It's only been two hours since we drove out, so I'm pretty lucky."

"I don't know what kind of birds they are, but they are all black, and they are all in large groups. They really look like moving islands."

Some people took fishing nets and prepared to cast their nets, while others stepped aside and everyone was chatting there.

The feathers of these seabirds are all black, and no one can recognize what kind of bird they are. They can only recognize some basic seabirds.

Ye Yaodong didn't recognize them either, let alone the seabirds, he didn't even recognize the fish covered in the fishing net.

After everyone cast the net, they immediately reeled it in, and when it was pulled to the edge of the boat, he could see clearly what the fish in the center of the storm looked like.

Looking through the fishing net, he saw that it was a kind of mackerel, but he was not sure what species it was.

There are abundant marine species, and what he knows is just the tip of the iceberg. It is impossible for him to know everything. However, judging from the body shape, it is very similar to the red snapper, and it is probably a kind of mackerel.

When I collect it and take a closer look, maybe I will be able to recognize it. After all, there are so many similar fish in the ocean.

"Hey~"

The two of them worked together to pull up the fishing net, untied it, and when the entire net was poured onto the deck, he squatted over and picked up a fish and looked at it in his hand. The fish was only half a meter long, but quite wide, and in the shape of a spindle.

When he held it in his hand, it was not completely dead yet and it still shook his hand twice.

"It looks like a six-banded trevally..."

Father Ye also came down to the deck with a telescope and looked, "Do you recognize this fish? Does it look similar to the red snapper? It's just a little smaller, only a few pounds each, it can't be compared with the red snapper."

"Adong is really knowledgeable and knows all kinds of fish."

"I'm not sure..."

But as soon as he finished speaking, he picked out a small fish with bright colors from a pile of identical fish. The fish was about as long as his palm.

"Wrasse..."

"You recognize it again?" Father Ye looked at him puzzledly.

"I recognize it. This fish is quite common. It specializes in eating dead skin and parasites on other fish. It is the cleaner of other fish."

"How come you recognize everything? Why don't I recognize anything?"

Ye Yaodong said unhappily: "Didn't they just say that? I'm well-informed."

"fart."

He ignored his father's unconvinced tone and thought that this wrasse was probably cleaning up the six-banded trevally in the sea?
If it was a six-banded trevally, then the cylindrical storm just now should be the Jack Storm.

Six-banded trevally particularly like to cluster together. When they rest, they often form this storm cluster shape, which is relatively safer.

There are also places with upwelling, where plankton gathers and there will be large numbers of trevally clustered in cylindrical shapes, like storms. The storms formed by these trevally are generally referred to as Jack storms.

Jack storm is used to refer to this grouping characteristic of trevally.

He thought that this group of six-banded trevally were taking a rest and letting the wrasse give them a spa, which happened to attract a large number of seabirds to fly over to hunt, and also attracted them.

While he was talking to Ye's father, a new net was cast out, and soon there were two more large nets of cargo on the deck, scattering all over the deck.

Everyone's picking speed was slower than the speed at which they cast the nets to collect the goods. Before the goods in the two large nets were sorted out, two more nets were dumped out, which still contained some small fish, shrimps and crabs. After they were all picked out, they had to be dumped back into the sea.

The seabirds in front were all skimming the surface, but although they were large in size, the six-banded trevally below were also large, each weighing at least three to five kilograms, and were not as easy to catch as some small fish.

So for a long time, Ye Yaodong just watched them going up and down, but he didn't get any big fish and could only take some small fish to fill his stomach.

"He sacrificed himself for others. He left the big one to me and digested the small one himself. He has a good upbringing."

Father Ye looked at him strangely and muttered, "What are you talking about?"

"I was praising those black seabirds for being sensible. They didn't get a single bite of all the big fish. They ate all the small fish and left the big ones for us."

Father Ye glanced at him with disdain, said he was crazy, and ignored him. He lowered his head and continued to sort the six-banded trevally quickly. These sea fish had big prices for big ones and small prices for small ones.

Ye Yaodong knew how to be a boss. While everyone, including his father, was squatting there picking up the trash, he was standing with a telescope hanging around his neck, staring at the sea.

Keep an eye on when this wave of Jack Storm will end and whether it will attract fishing boats from other places.

As Chen Laoqi collected the nets, he said, "Ah Dong, these two nets will probably be scrapped after all these fish are caught..."

"It's okay. There are new ones in the cabin. I prepared several extra ones when I came out, just in case. The old ones are too damaged, so I put them away. I can use them to dry fish when I bring them back."

Make the best use of things and don't waste money even if you have money.

"That's good. I noticed that you are prone to encountering schools of fish. We should prepare more of these fishing nets on the boat. The hand-cast nets are thin and can only be used a limited number of times, so we need to prepare more."

Ye Yaodong just responded without saying much. He looked through the telescope for a while and found that the schools of fish were still circling as usual, not affected by them and the seabirds at all.

The seabirds can't eat them. At most, they pick them up and throw them back into the sea after a while. And they can only catch about two or three hundred kilograms with one cast of the net. For the tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of fish here, it is just a drizzle.

They were like mice moving house, devouring the school of fish bit by bit. As long as the fish didn't run away, they certainly couldn't leave.

Although everyone's arms were sore from casting the nets frequently, at least there were more people and they could take turns. One by one, they looked at the deck piled with nets as high as a hill, and they could pick them up faster than they could dump them, so they were all smiling.

Beside each person there were several baskets of sorted fish piled up on the deck. Ye Yaodong was worried that the sun was too strong and the fish would become stale, so he urged them to carry the fish to the fish warehouse first, sprinkle some ice on it to store it, and then come out to sort it out slowly.

Anyway, when the two new nets are pulled up and then put down, they will cover the fish that were originally exposed at the top.

At the same time, he had an idea in his mind.

He was eager to try and go into the water to take a look at this Jack Storm. After all, he had never seen one before. He had only seen Sardine Storm and Sea Wolf Storm, which were rare to encounter. Such things are hard to come by, and some people may rarely see one in their lifetime.

He had been into the water many times and had seen fish storms in the water, so he had some experience. Normally, fish would not hurt humans for no reason, and this kind of fish was not very big.

The most regrettable thing is that his camera cannot capture the underwater scenes, and the movements on the sea surface are vague. It is impossible to capture any pictures with current cameras, and it would be a waste of film if he took pictures.

He took down the telescope, squatted down and said to his father: "Dad, you guys pick it up here, I'll go down to the water and take a look."

"Ah? You want to go in the water?"

"Well, I'll go down to the water and take a look. It's a rare fish storm, so I'll go take a look at what's going on down there."

Father Ye frowned, "With so many fish forming a storm, will it be dangerous for you to go down now?"

"No, I was just watching from the side. The fish storm was just their own kind spinning around, it had nothing to do with me. Have you forgotten? Last time I encountered a sea wolf storm underwater, the sea wolves had sharp teeth and fierce temperaments but they didn't hurt humans."

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. I won't go down directly. I'll go down with a trachea and take a look. I can stay there longer. Besides, isn't Jack Storm just staying on the surface of the water? The water isn't that deep. I'll go down to about 3 to 5 meters and take a look. This is a shorter distance than going down to salvage sea urchins."

Seeing that he insisted, Ye's father didn't say anything. After such a long time, he still believed in Dongzi's judgment. Since he was sure, he could do whatever he wanted.

"Then you can bring someone else down with you, so that both of you can have company."

"Row."

As soon as Ye Yaodong raised his head, Chen Shi raised his hand and said, "I, I, I..."

"Okay, then you follow me."

Ye's father also stood up and stopped sorting. He was ready to watch him go down and help keep an eye on him. He kept wiping his body with his hands, and only took the telescope that Ye Yaodong gave him after wiping it clean.

"Then don't stay down there too long, stay for a while, take a look and then come up."

"understood."

"Don't go too deep. You don't know how deep it is."

"Um……"

"You two should not be too far apart. You should keep an eye on each other..."

Ye Yaodong was wearing flippers, a mask and other equipment, and his father was chattering in his ears.

After everything was put on, he checked again. Only after he confirmed that there was no problem did he do some chest expansion exercises. Then he made a gesture to Chen Shi and jumped into the water first.

Chen Shi jumped in right after him. The two swam on the surface of the sea for a few times, and then sank to the bottom of the water after they got used to it.

"Alas, the son has grown up and is no longer under the control of his father. His ideas are becoming more and more righteous. He does whatever he wants and no one can stop him..." Ye's father said with some emotion.

People around him advised him, "Adong is so capable, it's normal for him to have some ideas. How can he make money without ideas?"

"Yes, you should be content. Your son can earn money and is filial. So what if he has big ideas? I wish my son had big ideas so that I don't have to worry about him."

"Adong is indeed courageous, but without courage, how can he make money? How can he lead everyone to cross provinces to make money? Don't worry, this is not his first time to go into the water, he will just take a look and come out."

"Can the telescope you hang around your neck really see things far away? Is that true? Isn't it just like the clairvoyance in Sun Wukong?"

These words touched Ye's father's heart. He was so moved that he forgot to complain about his son. His face was full of smiles, and there were many wrinkles on it.

"How can it be the same? This is a telescope. I heard that it was used in wars before. It's hard to get. Only Dongzi has a way to get it. Otherwise, we can't buy it here."

Everyone is envious...

Suddenly, Ye's father seemed to be possessed by Ye's mother, and started talking with everyone. When no one was praising Ye Yaodong, he spared no effort to openly criticize him and secretly praise him; when everyone was helping to speak and praising Ye Yaodong harshly, he would keep pretending to be humble, but in fact he was very proud in his heart.

Birds of a feather flock together. A couple will always look alike after spending some time together. Besides, there is no one who doesn't like to show off. They all like to hear people praise them and say nice things to them.

After Ye Yaodong went into the water with Chen Shi, he did not go very deep, about four or five meters, and they could clearly see Jack Storm under the water.

In the clear blue sea, thousands of six-banded trevally gathered into a huge, flowing silver vortex.

They move in unison as if driven by the same will, and they gather into cylindrical whirlpools, generally extending from the water surface to the bottom of the water, like a flowing galaxy falling into the deep seabed.

From where he was, he couldn't see clearly how many meters deep he was under the water. Everywhere he looked, he saw six-banded trevally swimming around.

Many fish also swam around them, making him feel as if he was part of the storm. His visual senses became stronger, as if he was also participating in their storm.

This was not only an ultimate visual enjoyment, but also brought him a shock.

The sardine storms and sea wolf storms we saw the first two times were not being hunted by big fish on the water surface, but were hunting other sea fish under the water.

During the sardine storm, he was just on the sea, transformed into a predator. He only felt the momentary shock when he jumped into the water to save people, but that was only a brief moment.

It was a seed, a seed buried deep in his heart, which made him curious about the underwater world and led to the diving equipment he has now.

As for the last Sea Wolf Storm, he was only on the edge of the storm, watching the plunder of the Sea Wolf fish.

Now he was truly in the eye of the storm, feeling the friendly interaction of these schools of fish.

If it weren't for the nets or two cast from time to time on the water surface, which scared the fish and made them flee in panic, the fish below would probably have been very leisurely all the time.

Surrounded by countless living things, feeling the vastness of the ocean and the rhythm of life, Ye Yaodong felt as if he had become a part of this magnificent dance, experiencing the incomparable power and harmony of nature. He just felt it was wonderful.

The ocean is indeed magical. The various fish storms are a microcosm of nature's amazing creativity and ecological diversity. Every surge tells the story of life and is unforgettable for everyone who is fortunate enough to witness it.

Ye Yaodong turned his head and looked at Chen Shi, who was in the water for the first time. Seeing him surrounded by a school of six-banded trevally, he was so panicked that he almost forgot how to move his flippers. It was only when Ye Yaodong came close and gave him a hand that he was able to steady himself.

But Chen Shi's eyes were filled with shock. If he was on the shore, he would have screamed out in surprise long ago. One can imagine his stunned expression at this moment.

Ye Yaodong was also amazed at the scene under the water. He didn't even dare to blink and only occasionally moved his flippers to keep himself floating among the fish.

The six-banded trevally were spinning non-stop, and there were some colorful little fish around them, which were wrasses, circling around them and cleaning their skin.

They all understand the rules of the game: you are not allowed to eat me while I am serving you. But there are always unreasonable fish. When the six-banded trevally closes its mouth, that's another story.

It was also the first time he saw small fish surrounding big fish and giving them fish therapy.

He had only heard about it before, but now he saw it with his own eyes.

There are many stories about the sea. When the boatmen get together and are bored, they like to reminisce about the past and talk about the strange things they have encountered. He has also heard too many strange things.

When asked to repeat, he couldn't remember many of them at once, but he could always remember them sporadically when he encountered them.

There were a lot of these six-banded trevally, densely packed in groups. He had no way of estimating how many there were underwater. Anyway, the wrasses could not serve all of them.

Not to mention one-to-one service, even one-to-many service is not possible.

Ye Yaodong and Chen Shi both stared at it intently. After all, he had experience before, so although he was surprised, he was not as shocked as Chen Shi.

Fortunately I came down to take a look, otherwise I would have missed it and regretted it.

Although the two did not communicate, they had made up their minds that they would not go up until the last moment when they had difficulty breathing.

It's a rare opportunity to meet them, and to participate in their storm, so you have to experience it to your heart's content, and it may even bring about sublimation of your soul.

They did not stay in the same place. The fish had no ill will towards them. They just swam around them. After the two of them stayed in the water for a while, they swam forward a little further and deeper into the school of fish.

Feeling that there were dense schools of fish all around them, the two were even more delighted. They reached out to touch the fish, but as soon as they touched them, they fled away in fright.

If you don't reach out and touch them, they will boldly swim around them and approach them actively, but when they touch their bodies, they will still flee in panic.

The two seemed to have discovered some fun and simply swam around the school of fish.

Just as the two were admiring Jack Storm, two uninvited guests suddenly broke in.

At this time, the six-banded trevally that were relaxing no longer swept up the jack storm, and they all rushed towards the two big fish.

Ye Yaodong and Chen Shi also felt the fluctuation and restlessness of the fish school, and both looked towards the direction where the fish school was swimming in surprise.

It turned out to be two silver sharks.

Because there were too many six-band trevally fish, the wrasses simply couldn't take care of every fish and give them fish therapy. At this time, two silver sharks appeared and were particularly welcomed by the six-band trevally.

The movement of the school of fish directly threw the two people out of the school of fish. Originally, the two were in the school, surrounded by fish, but now there was no one around. Those six-banded trevally, blinded by the money, all swam towards the two big silver sharks.

The two of them didn't dare to go forward for a while, they just stood there and watched.

When the wrasses saw the big silver shark coming, they were scared and fled to the bottom. However, with the silver shark around, the six-banded trevally no longer needed the wrasses to clean their bodies.

The skin of the silver shark is as rough as sandpaper, and the six-banded trevally only needs to rub against it, and the dead skin and parasites on their bodies will disappear without a trace.

Those silver sharks did not eat the six-banded trevally. Seeing so many six-banded trevally surrounding them, the silver sharks remained indifferent and continued swimming. Perhaps they were full and therefore not hungry.

The six-banded trevally followed closely behind, as if they were following their big brother to collect insurance premiums.

In fact, he was treating his elder brother as a bath towel.

This method is more effective, faster and more efficient than cleaning with fish.

Thousands of six-banded trevally took turns rubbing against the two silver sharks, rubbing their skin to relieve the itch.

Ye Yaodong and his friends originally wanted to stay a little longer, but they saw that the group of six-banded trevally actually followed the silver shark and swam farther and farther away.

The length of their tracheas was limited, and the two of them could not swim too far. They could only watch the school of fish follow the silver shark.

He frowned and made a gesture to Chen Shi, and the two of them slowly floated to the surface of the water one after the other.

Father Ye was lying on the edge of the boat watching. When he saw them popping up, he quickly took out a long bamboo pole and handed it to them, asking them to catch it and pull them over.

They are afraid that they will run out of energy if they stay in the water for too long, so this will save them some energy.

"The fish have run away. Come up quickly. We can chase them. We can cast two or three more nets. Did you see the fish run away too?"

Ye Yaodong climbed up and took a breath, "Yes..."

"It's so amazing, so beautiful, so many fish, so spectacular, it turns out that it's so beautiful under the water."

Father Ye looked at him in surprise, "Your stuttering seems to be less severe now?"

"Ah? No no no no..."

Father Ye rolled his eyes and said, "I just said you didn't stutter as much anymore, but now you stutter again. Forget it, let's not talk about it anymore."

Ye Yaodong looked at him curiously, "You have been healed by nature, are you almost healed?"

"Ah I……"

"Don't be nervous. You weren't nervous just now. You spoke out loud and clear. Take a moment to calm down."

"I'll go drive the boat first. You guys are delaying us. We won't be able to catch up later." Father Ye couldn't bear to hear them muttering there, so after waiting for people to come up in a hurry, he immediately climbed into the cockpit and drove the boat to chase the school of fish.

"Brother Dongdongdong...I...I won't stutter anymore..."

"It's still a little short. If you talk more, it will probably be healed soon. I didn't expect that by going into the water and seeing a magnificent natural landscape, I could also cure my stuttering?"

Chen Shi scratched his head in embarrassment. "Indeed...indeed, under the water, I...saw the storm you mentioned, and I was...stunned. My mind...went blank."

The boatman beside him also laughed and joked, "If I had known that drinking more sea water would help you, you should have drunk more when you went to catch sea urchins."

"Hehehe..."

Ye Yaodong looked at the cargo on the deck and asked, "How many nets have you cast since I went into the water and came out?"

After asking the questions, he picked up the telescope again, but saw nothing. The position was too low, and the water surface was shining brightly under the dazzling sunlight, which kept reflecting the light and irritated his eyes, so he could not see anything.

"Six or seven nets? They're all here. We carried a few baskets in. There was no time to sort them out. Two people went into the water, two cast the nets, and only two were there to divide the fish."

Ye Yaodong nodded randomly, not caring that he was still wet, and climbed up to the wheelhouse directly, also putting on sunglasses.

With sunglasses protecting his eyes, the sea is no longer glaring when he looks at it. And with the telescope, although it is separated by lenses, it is better than before. Standing on a high place, he can see more clearly and he can also point out the direction for his father.

"I saw a dark mass in the north direction. Why didn't those black seabirds follow?"

"You can't eat much, right?"

Ye Yaodong turned his head and looked behind him. It turned out that the birds were flying around behind their fishing boats. It seemed that these birds were not stupid. They knew that they could get food by following their boats and would not starve.

“So they were all behind our fishing boat.”

"It's rare to come across a school of fish, so chase them and catch as many as you can. If you can't catch them, forget it."

"Two silver sharks just came. Otherwise, these fish would not have run away. It is only because they saw the silver sharks that they followed them."

"Are you not afraid of being eaten?"

"With so many of them, who knows if they are the ones being eaten? But those silver sharks didn't eat the fish just now, maybe they were full."

"What a pity. We only caught 1,000 to 2,000 kilograms. It should be worth a few dozen dollars, right? I've never caught this fish before, so I don't know if it's expensive in this season."

"There's still a few cents left, and I can sell it for more than a hundred yuan, which is not bad."

"Besides going into the water to look at these schools of fish, did you find anything else?"

Ye Yaodong was stunned for a moment, then blinked and looked at his father, "What do you mean? Do you think I went down to investigate the market? To discover new species?"

Father Ye smiled and said, "Don't you always get some strange harvests every time you go into the water?"

"You just told me not to go too deep and just stay three to five meters underwater. Now you're asking me why I didn't bring any surprises. Do you think I'm Mazu's son? I can find treasures every day."

"Haha, I can't be Mazu's husband..."

Ye Yaodong almost choked on his saliva, telling his father.

"That's so bold. You can't just say that."

"Hurry up and look where the fish have gone. I can't see them because of the reflection on the sea."

"We're still heading north, but this is still offshore, and the water is too shallow. The nets will get stuck on the bottom when we put them down, and we can't get them down. These schools of fish are always moving, and we don't know if we'll be able to cast the nets when we catch up to them."

"Let's try our luck. If we can catch up, we can cast one or two more nets. If not, forget it. Anyway, we'll just follow behind for a while and then let out a net to see if we can catch anything."

Ye Yaodong did not respond to his father, and continued to watch the sea with a telescope, keeping his eyes on all directions and his ears alert.

(End of this chapter)