Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1144 Great Harvest

"Then I'll drive over?"

"Drive over." Ye Yaodong said affirmatively.

"Oh...wait...give me two guns first. I'll go down to the deck and get ready. You wait a moment. Come closer when we're ready."

"it is good."

Ye's father stood up and made way for him to take the gun.

Ye Yaodong took two handfuls of five or six and a half and went down to the deck.

Everyone was surprised to see him holding two guns.

"What are you doing..."

"Don't be nervous. We are planning to catch that big fish. You all saw the big fish in front, right? The tip of its snout is very long, like a saw, similar to the long snout of swordfish and marlin. It will definitely not be that easy to catch later."

After Ye Yaodong calmed them down, he handed the gun in his hand to Chen Shi and said, "Take it and wait for my order before shooting."

Then he said to the others, "The boat is moving forward now. When we get closer, you can throw the two damaged hand-cast nets at the sawfish. However, these two hand-cast nets are definitely useless. Its saw teeth will cut through it in a few strokes. The net is not big either, so it will easily escape. It will probably run away before you can collect the nets."

"So when the two hand-cast nets are thrown out, you should immediately pull them twice, and we will immediately open fire. When the fishing boat gets closer, another person will throw down the trawl net and continue to entangle them. This fishing net is more than 300 meters long. Once you are entangled, you will not be able to escape, nor will you be able to struggle."

If the trawl net was not too big and heavy to be thrown out as easily as a hand-cast net, he would not have to go through the trouble of using all the nets.

Everyone agreed immediately and were eager to try it out.

"Then let's catch the big fish first. We can catch these dead fish floating on the sea surface after we catch the big fish. They are dead anyway and can't escape."

"Let's see how these fish died. If they were poisoned by the red tide, we can't keep them. Let's take a look first."

"Oh... I wasn't so particular before. I ate whatever I wanted... It was good enough if I could catch some fish and have something to eat."

"So there were many deaths in the past. After all, they were buried and their families couldn't hold them responsible." Ye Yaodong said casually, and then reminded them, "Get ready, it's getting closer."

"Hey! Here I come!"

There was a large group of dead fish floating on the sea nearby, some of which were almost approaching them, and the big sawfish was right in the middle of the school of fish.

I don’t know if it killed the shark, so it’s not thrashing around and looks very calm.

He was delayed for a moment by using the telescope, so he didn't know what happened to the shark. He only saw blood-red color spreading on the sea surface a moment ago, but now it has calmed down again. It is likely that it either escaped or died.

Ye Yaodong saw that the distance was almost right and the fishing boat had stopped, so he immediately told them to get ready.

"We can cast the fishing net now. Chen Shi, get ready. When the fish struggles and exposes its body, we will shoot together."

"understand!"

By the time he responded, the hand net had already been thrown out, firmly covering the sawfish, and a lot of fish were also covered in it.

These dead fish floating on the sea surface are of all kinds, big and small, with a wide variety of species. It is estimated that a large group of them may weigh tens of thousands of pounds, and the black area is quite large.

As far as he could see with his naked eyes, there were all kinds of fish such as mullet, pomfret, small yellow croaker, sea bass, Baogong, water bass, yellow croaker, etc., both valuable and not valuable.

Two hand-cast nets, one in front and one behind, covered the sawfish together. When the first net covered it, it immediately struggled, and when the second net covered it, it struggled even harder.

Its snout began to wave wildly, and its body struggled violently and slapped the sea surface.

"shot!"

As soon as the words fell, a burst of gunfire rang out, followed by a second gunshot. The sawfish on the sea struggled even harder because of the pain, and the splashing water could even spray onto their cheeks.

The body entangled in the fishing net was also torn apart by the struggle of its snout, and the fishing net was directly cut.

But at the beginning it struggled too hard and the fishing net was tangled up in a mess. Even though it used the tip of its snout to cut the fishing net, its body, fins and tail were already tightly entangled in the net and it was unable to break free. Only the tip of its snout was freed.

The freedom of its body was restricted, which made it extremely manic. It kept rolling on the sea. In addition, the pain was doubled due to the rolling, and its ferocity and madness increased dramatically.

Even the dead fish around it were pushed farther and farther away by the waves because it struggled harder, leaving the circle around it empty. Only it was left there, twisting its body frantically, swinging its tail, and hacking around in vain with the tip of its snout.

The two fishermen held the other end of the rope, and they didn't dare to use any strength at all. In front of such a crazy big fish, their strength was not enough.

"Put the rope on the roller and let it roll up. See if the roller can pull up the net."

"It's too tight. The good fish is struggling and cutting everywhere. It might cut the rope, and then we'll fail."

"Yes, then just pull the rope tightly and don't use too much force. At least the fishing net has already entangled it, and only its long mouth is exposed outside, and its body cannot break free."

After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he looked at the sawfish that was still struggling so hard and took the opportunity to fire another shot.

Chen Shi also followed suit.

"If I struggle a little longer, it should be almost the same..."

"No, it wants to run away..." The ropes in the hands of the two farmhands were pulled taut, and they were dragged by the ropes so that half of their bodies were exposed outside the hull, with their entire stomachs pressed against the edge of the boat.

"Oh, it's so strong, come and help, we can't catch it, we can't catch it, it will drag us into the sea."

Ye Yaodong and Chen Shi also quickly put down their guns and helped to hold the rope on each side to prevent them from being dragged into the sea by the fish.

"It can't run away. Its body is caught in the fishing net. It can't even swim. It should be sinking to the bottom of the water now. It should not be dead yet."

Father Ye also noticed their situation. Fearing that the rope would be cut by the saw teeth because it was too tight, he also started the boat and moved it a little in the direction where the rope was stretched straight.

Because of the movement of the fishing boat, the sawfish, which had lost its freedom and was bound, continued to sink to the bottom.

“Do you still want to release this big net?”

"Let it go, let it go. But wait a minute, go tell my dad to stop the boat. The fishing boat is moving now, and the net will float behind the boat. Tell him to stop and throw the big net down to catch the fish."

Now the fish can only sink to the bottom of the water, but with them pulling it, it can't sink any further. But don't even think about pulling it up. If you pull it, it will only struggle harder. A fish this big won't die that easily.

It would only stimulate it, and then the tip of its kiss would move around and cut the rope. Then he would probably have to sink to the bottom of the sea to fish it out. Who knows how deep it is?
The boatman did as he was told, and he and the others held the rope to prevent the fish from sinking to the bottom.

The big net was lowered into the sea along the rope in their hands. The net was too long, more than 300 meters long. They had no intention of lowering the entire net. After only a dozen meters, they felt the fish was entangled in the net from the pulling force of the net.

"I got it. Sure enough, it's not dead yet and is still there. Such a big fish is really strong and won't die so easily."

"Luckily I didn't pull it. I would have gone crazy if I had."

"What should I do now that the fishing net is entangled?"

"Just use a net lifter to hoist him up. He's got so many nets wrapped around him, and the line of this big net is so thick. He's probably close to death now. He doesn't have the strength to cut such a thick net, so he can't get away."

The line of a hand-cast net is too thin. Even if it can be retrieved with a net lift, it can be easily cut as long as the fish is still breathing, and the fish will sink to the bottom of the sea. The big net is different. Its line is very thick and cannot be compared with that of a hand-cast net. It is not easy to be cut.

"Then we can't let go of the string in our hands."

"Catch it first."

"It's still full of energy, still moving there, still trying to escape."

"I'll use the net to hook it and bring it up..."

Several people were busy working, and when the net-lifting machine started to work to collect the net, suddenly one of the hand-casting net ropes suddenly loosened.

"Ah, my rope is broken."

"It's okay. My piece is still there, which means it's still there."

Ye Yaodong also stared at the sea, watching the fishing net being pulled up little by little. He could already see the shadow of the big fish under the water.

"I got it, I got it..."

"Yes, whose is it?"

"It's yours. Isn't this your boat? If you catch a big fish, isn't it yours?"

Ye Yaodong pursed his lips in boredom and stopped talking. As expected, these people had no sense of humor at all. If A Guang, Xiao Xiao and the others were here, they would have understood what he meant and would have cursed him with laughter.

Water came out with a splash.

"Ah! It's collected."

"Caught!"

"It's so big, and the mouth... is so long, like a saw..."

"Wow, this one has to be more than three meters long from beginning to end, right? It's really huge..."

"I don't know how much this fish can be sold for. It looks really weird. I don't know if anyone wants it."

"Oh, I was just thinking about catching a big fish, and didn't think about whether anyone wanted it. It's not impossible that no one would want such a big fish, right? It just looks a little weird, but it does look a lot like a manta ray."

"Such a big fish can't be sold for money, but it's an honor to tell others about it."

A sawfish several meters long was entangled in a fishing net like a big plate, with only the tip of its snout exposed on the outside. The long snout was almost in proportion to the body and very wide, and the fangs on the edges were like saw teeth. No wonder it was called a sawfish.

Seeing the boatmen were about to borrow a rope, Ye Yaodong quickly stopped them and said, "Wait a moment."

"Isn't it dead?" Everyone stepped back nervously, looking at the big fish with vigilance.

"No, I want to take a picture first."

"Huh? I thought the fish wasn't dead, and you told us not to get close."

"It's dead, its eyes are closed, and the big saw is not moving at all."

"Are you going to take pictures again? You only used your camera on the fish. You didn't take as many pictures of people as you did of the fish."

"What do you know."

It will be very difficult to see this fish in the future. This is his brilliant achievement, so of course he has to take a photo and keep it as evidence.

From now on, any ocean photo he took will seem like a myth. Who can be as awesome as him, as experienced as him, and have the credibility to back up his words?

These are all his glorious history and capital for bragging.

Ye Yaodong responded quickly, took two photos, and then had someone let him down. However, he did not take any more photos after he was let down as he was tied up tightly and it was difficult to take any photos. He waited until the fishing nets were untied before taking another photo.

"First, untie the big net. We can only go back to the shore now. It has been cut and needs to be repaired. The transparent line of the hand-cast net can be cut directly with scissors later. Be careful with the big net and don't damage it too much. You will need it again after repairing it."

"know."

Father Ye ran down excitedly to take a look, "Such a big one, luckily we caught it."

"Why are you running down here? Go and drive the boat to chase the dead fish floating on the sea."

Father Ye turned his head to look at the sea. It had drifted far away. He only saw the darkness. "Okay, okay, I'll drive the boat and chase it right away."

After saying that, he took out a fish from the fishing net and took a look at it. It was very fresh and not poisoned. Then he went back to the cockpit.

When the fishing net was cast, it not only caught big fish, but also a lot of small fish. Actually, they are small relative to the size of sawfish, so they are not actually very small. What we see in the fishing net now are all good stuff that can be sold for money.

Ye Yaodong also squatted down and caught a few fish to check whether they were poisoned by the red tide. After all, the color concentration of the red tide was quite high at night, but he didn't know whether it was poisonous or not.

Red tides are formed by different algae, some of which are toxic and some are non-toxic.

The eyes of fish contaminated by red tide will become cloudy, lose their normal luster, and some will even bulge outwards.

Fish that are heavily polluted will also have abnormal shapes. Some have large heads and small tails, some have curved or even deformed spines, and some have yellow skin and blue tails.

This kind of food is completely inedible and will cause poisoning to the human body.

If it is simply a severe lack of oxygen in the water environment, causing fish, shrimps and crabs to suffocate and die, they can still be eaten.

He looked through a few of them and found that they all died of natural causes. They were all very fresh and edible.

Other fishermen were also untying the fishing nets and picking out small fish from them to free up space. They also saw that these fish were edible.

"Fortunately, there are new hand-cast nets in the cabin that can be used. Otherwise, the dead fish that floated up..."

"You definitely need to prepare more when you go out, but don't be afraid, don't we still have hand nets? You can cast the nets later, and use the hand nets to catch what needs to be caught. Try to catch everything in one net. It's rare for such a big wave to float up. Go get it now. This fishing net can't be untied for a while, so put it aside for now and we'll deal with it later."

"it is good."

Ye Yaodong also put down the fish he was looking at, stood up and picked up the telescope to look at the sea in the distance. The dead fish that floated up were drifting with the waves. They were originally scattered because of the sawfish's violent struggle, but now they were gathered together again because of the flushing of the water flow.

The main reason is that there are enough of them, and the water flow and wind direction are in the same direction, so they are not washed away by the waves, but instead are concentrated.

If all the food in this area can be put into the naan, the income will be very good, which is equivalent to a few days of work at sea. It will not be a loss if we return this way.

If people had seen such a large group of dead fish in the past, they would have been very excited. These were all free finds, it was a gift from Mazu.

However, after following Ye Yaodong to fish for the past two years, everyone’s horizons have been broadened and their thresholds have been raised. These fish are not exciting enough for them yet.

After all, they had caught a net of 11 kilograms of plum fish before. There were probably only a few tens of thousands of kilograms of fish on the sea. How could they compare with those 11 kilograms of plum fish?
But they were still happy, after all, it was a bumper harvest. They didn't need to haul the goods up one by one with nets. The goods were right in front of them. They only needed to put in the effort to catch them and all would belong to them. There was no need to rely on luck.

Everyone was very enthusiastic and immediately started to prepare.

Father Ye drove the fishing boat towards the black school of dead fish gathered on the sea. These were all dead and had no vitality. They could only drift with the wind. They were not running fast, so he caught up with them in no time.

The boatmen also took out new hand-cast nets, and as soon as the fishing boat stopped, they immediately cast them out to collect the fish on the sea. The other two also used hand-cast nets to salvage the goods beside the fishing boat.

It was supposed to be used to catch jellyfish, but now it is used to catch dead fish.

"There are all kinds of fish, so many..."

"Talk less and save more energy. With so many fish, we can't salvage them all in a short time. We'll have to work for several hours."

"It seems like a red tide is spreading over there. From a distance, it looks brown, unlike the blue sky and blue water as before." Ye Yaodong said, holding a telescope.

"This red tide looks pretty serious."

"The area of ​​the spread is quite wide. We just happened to encounter it. It's okay. Take your time to fish. These fish died of suffocation. It's not a big problem. We will go back after we are done."

"Okay, okay, catch all of these. The fish warehouse should be full now."

Ye Yaodong also took a scoop net and joined everyone in fishing, and after the fishing boat stopped, Ye's father also picked up a scoop net.

Everyone on the ship was busy salvaging the fish, and all the fish they caught were dumped onto the deck. No one had time to organize and sort them. They just wanted to catch all the fish in the sea as soon as possible.

The early morning sun had risen completely when they were salvaging. Under the bright sunshine, everyone's faces were tanned red and sweat was dripping onto the sea. As usual, there was only one fishing boat floating in the middle of the sea, salvaging diligently.

No one had time to run to the cabin to get a towel to wipe the sweat off their heads, so everyone took off their clothes, hung them around their necks and used the clothes to wipe the sweat.

Ye Yaodong has been exposed to the sun intermittently during this period, and his face has become several shades darker than in previous years. However, compared to the dark faces around him, his face is considered fair.

When he goes out, he doesn't apply sunscreen like he does at home. He will be more careful when he is at sea, after all, the sun is the most poisonous at sea.

"If you are tired from casting the nets, or if you have been working all night, take a break first and help cook. Everyone hasn't eaten since early in the morning, so they probably don't have enough energy. Take a break first and relax."

Father Ye wiped the sweat off his face and said to him, "You haven't slept all night either, take a rest first."

"Then let's all take a break. It won't be that fast to fish out all the fish. Man is made of iron and food is made of steel. If you don't eat, you'll be hungry. Only when you're full will you have the strength to work. Let's all take a break. Cook while you cook and rest while you rest."

Everyone quickly put down the nets in their hands. They were either sweating profusely or looking exhausted. They divided the work and those who had not slept all night leaned back to rest first, while the two who had slept went to cook first.

Zhiye's father took the fishing net that everyone had put aside and continued to cast the net.

"Why don't you take a break, Dad?"

"I'm not tired. I took a nap and woke up to sail the boat again. I didn't do any work. You guys take a rest and I'll fish a little more."

"That's up to you."

Ye Yaodong leaned tiredly against the side of the boat, not daring to close his eyes at all. He was afraid that he would fall asleep as soon as he closed his eyes and would not be able to get up later.

After resting for a while and feeling their arms were less sore, they stood up and took the telescope to look around the sea. As usual, they were the only boat there.

There are very few fishing boats that can sail so far these days, and offshore resources are abundant, so most people only have one trawler to make money fishing in the near sea.

While they were fishing, the red tide had spread, all around their fishing boats, turning them brown and covering all the fish.

Originally the school of fish looked black and white, with the black being the back and the white being the belly, but now they are all brown at first glance.

If it had been covered by red tide before, they probably wouldn't have been able to see the dead fish floating on the sea.

Seeing that the fishing boat was drifting in the water and was somewhat away from the school of fish, Ye Yaodong climbed onto the cockpit again and steered the fishing boat towards the school of dead fish to make it easier for his father to continue casting the net.

By the way, he also sat in the cockpit to rest and avoid the sun.

It was not until everyone called him to eat that he realized that he had fallen asleep without knowing when. When he was woken up, he felt exhausted all over and could hardly open his eyes.

But he still held on, relying on his willpower to wake up and go downstairs to eat.

Fishermen's life is really hard. It is common for them to have poor food and sleep on a fishing boat. If they encounter a school of fish, forget about sleeping.

Everyone simply ate some porridge, and after filling their stomachs and resting enough, they hurried to salvage again.

After the sawfish was fished out, nothing went wrong. At most, the fishing boat was distracted from the school of fish and they could just move away.

After several hours of exposure to the sun, everyone finally successfully salvaged all the dead fish on the sea. The entire deck was piled with dead fish like a small hill, taller than a person, referring to the short stature of the older generation like Ye's father.

"Finally, I've finished fishing. It's exhausting just to fish..."

"I can hardly feel my hands anymore..."

"This is like a small mountain, it must be at least 30,000 to 50,000 kilograms. I don't know if there are any other places..."

"You are too greedy."

Ye Yaodong listened to their discussion with a smile, "What are you going to do if you find another pile of them nearby?"

"Ah? Then take a break first. I can't even lift my hands."

"Haha, it's good that we've finished fishing. We'll sail back soon."

Father Ye was still holding a hand-scoop net, and was reluctantly preparing to catch all the few remaining fish on the sea. It would be such a waste if he didn't catch them all.

In the past, if we saw a fish on the sea, everyone would go and catch it immediately. But now there are so many fish that we have caught and our arms are so sore that no one touches the few that are left and they can only leave it to the boss to clean up.

Ye Yaodong also clapped his hands, "Those who stayed up late can go to bed with me, and the rest of you can drive the boat or collect the cargo. Come and help us after we wake up. We have been up all night and worked for such a long time. The three of us can't take it anymore."

"Okay, you guys go and rest first, leave this to us." After Ye's father poured out four or five small fish from the fishing net, he threw the hand net aside and said, "I'll go and drive the boat back now."

"Let's take a break first. We can't even lift our hands. Let's take a break before we start picking."

"First go to the fish warehouse and get a bucket of ice and pour it on top. Otherwise, the fish will become stale due to the sun. Pour some ice in and then you can take a rest." Ye Yaodong added.

"Ok."

Anyway, I added a lot of ice when it came out. I changed the order last night because of the red tide. No goods were delayed. The little goods I had during the day didn't need so much ice.

It’s just right to take out some of the ice and cover the fish with it to prevent them from being damaged by the sun. The rest will be enough for the fish.

Ye Yaodong was also exhausted. He looked at the time and it was already past 10 o'clock. He went back to the cabin and lay down. He fell asleep immediately.

They all slept very soundly and did not wake up until the afternoon when they reached the shore and were called.

He looked confused, "Is it so noisy outside?"

"We've docked. We've reached the pier."

"So fast?"

Father Ye said, "We didn't run very far. You were heading back last night. It's only 2 o'clock now, and we haven't sorted out all the cargo on the deck. There are all kinds of fish in that pile. It's not like in the past when we encountered a school of fish and caught all the same kind of fish. There are too many varieties here, and it takes a long time to sort them out."

Ye Yaodong shook his head and sat up more soberly. "Let's go. Let's finish picking up the goods first. Then we can have a good sleep after we get back. Anyway, we have already docked and the fishing nets are broken. We can't go out to sea tomorrow."

"Oh, by the way, we're at the shore now. Has the red tide spread to the shore?"

"No, there are a bunch of people standing outside looking at the cargo on our ship. From what I heard from them, it seems like no one has encountered a red tide. I think we are the only ones that have?"

"It's not evening yet. Most of the fishing boats haven't come back yet."

"That's possible. Anyway, there are a lot of people outside surrounding our boat, and they are all envious. Haha..."

"Is there anything to eat?"

"There is still some food left from lunch, you can eat first and then work."

Ye Yaodong nodded.

When he went out of the cabin, he saw a group of people on the shore, gathered around their fishing boat and talking. Even if he wanted to pee, he had to change direction.

Less than half of the cargo on the deck had been sorted, and there were still a lot left. After all, there were only two people, and Ye's father also had to drive the boat. Moreover, they were both overworked, and their arms were so sore from salvaging that they couldn't lift them. It was normal that their efficiency was low.

However, the efficiency has been improved with their joining.

When the sun went down, all the cargo on the deck was finally sorted out, leaving only the sawfish that was wrapped like a dumpling in the fishing net.

(End of this chapter)