Chapter 340 The efficacy of octopus
Jiang Xia glanced at the Kang's Spanish Mackerel on the boat and thought of the taste of pan-fried Spanish Mackerel fillet.
This mackerel is especially plump and will taste delicious pan-fried.
It's a pity that such a big piece cannot be eaten at home. There is no refrigerator and it cannot be stored. It will be wasted if it is not finished.
Jiang Xia took one look and looked away, looking far away, looking at the sea in the morning, quietly enjoying the sunrise on the sea.
Father Zhou caught another very long fish. Jiang Xia turned around and glanced at it, not recognizing it:
"What kind of fish is this?"
Father Zhou smiled and said: "Wolf herring."
Zhou Chenglei: "Also called swordfish, this fish is more common in spring and is also the most delicious time."
Jiang Xia nodded: "Is it delicious?"
Zhou Chenglei: "I'll cook it for you when I go back tonight."
Seeing that Jiang Xia didn't recognize him, Zhou Chenglei planned to keep the fish and take it home to cook for her.
Jiang Xia smiled: "Okay."
Zhou Chenglei also took the bait at this time, and it turned out to be a agouti.
The whole body is covered with hard thorns, and the belly is bulging, very big!
Jiang Xia knows that this fish is delicious, but highly poisonous!
"Be careful! Is this fish poisonous?" Jiang Xia reminded Zhou Chenglei.
"I know."
Jiang Xia has never eaten agouti, but she knows that this fish is delicious and nutritious, but it is highly poisonous.
It is also very toxic, equivalent to 1,250 times the highly toxic drug sodium cyanide. It only takes a small amount to cause death.
The most poisonous parts are the ovaries and liver, followed by the kidneys, blood, eyes, gills and skin. Ingesting just a little bit by mistake can be life-threatening.
But its meat is very delicious and many fishermen love to eat it.
Everyone in the Zhou family loves to eat it!
Father Zhou: "Take this agouti home and I'll have a drink tonight."
Zhou Chengxin: "Dad, I'll have a drink with you tonight! Didn't Asen say he would come back tonight? He loves this fish the most."
Father Zhou smiled and said: "Okay."
Just in time to celebrate my youngest son’s purchase of 100 acres of land.
Jiang Xia looked at the fish and wanted to taste this legendary delicacy, but thinking of the child in her belly, she gave up decisively.
Zhou Chenglei asked Zhou Chengxin to sail along the sea, he wanted to catch octopus.
Octopuses generally move along the ocean currents.
After hearing this, Zhou's mother said: "I'll fish too, catch more, dry them in the sun and keep them for Xiaoxia to eat after she gives birth."
Octopus has a good lactation effect. When the time comes to feed three children, it is better to prepare more in advance to avoid insufficient breastfeeding.
Thinking of this, Zhou's mother felt that Jiang Xia would have a hard time. Although there was milk powder, she felt that milk powder was not as good as breast milk.
Humans are humans, and cows are cows. Since ancient times, humans have grown up drinking breast milk. No matter how nutritious milk is, it is more suitable for cows!
But the child still has to eat milk powder.
So it was better to prepare more octopus. Jiang Mu decided to go to the dock to collect octopus every day from now on.
Zhou's mother then said to Zhou Chenglei: "When you have time, go and buy more earthen jars. From now on, you will put some earthen jars in the sea to catch octopus every day. I dried them and kept them for Xiaoxia to eat after she gives birth."
Zhou Chenglei didn't know what the octopus was for. When Zhou's mother said that he would eat it for Jiang Xia after she gave birth, he asked, "What is the function of the octopus?"
Jiang Xia didn't know how to look at Zhou's mother.
"Inducing lactation."
Jiangxia: "..."
Zhou Chenglei: "...Okay, I'll buy it when I get back this afternoon."
Zhou's father had caught octopus for Zhou's mother to eat before, so he naturally knew the role of octopus. When he heard this, he stopped fishing, put away his fishing rod, and changed to a hook specially designed for catching octopus.
Jiang Xia saw that both Zhou Chenglei and Zhou's father had changed their fishhook to a movable fishhook with a small silver iron rod. The fishhook also had many hooks, like an octopus.
I don’t know what material the small iron rod is made of, it looks a bit like silver.
She asked: "Is this little iron rod of yours coated with a layer of silver?"
Zhou Chenglei: "No, it's tin." Both octopus and squid like light, so they are coated with a layer of tin. When this small iron pipe is swaying in the water, it will reflect light when it is hit by the bright sun, and then use this to attract the octopus.
Jiang Xia understands the principle, just like the principle of sequin fishing with lures.
"Is it easy to use?" she asked curiously.
"It's not bad, the chances are much higher than catching casually. Each fish has its own preferences and habits. Some fish tend to light, and some fish are particularly sensitive to certain sounds, so targeted trapping occurs."
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After all three people fiddled with the complicated fishhook, they started fishing for octopus.
After hooking an octopus, you cannot stand still.
If you want to harvest well, you must lift the fishing line regularly.
The amplitude and frequency of lifting are both very particular.
Jiang Xia saw that they were almost in unison, taking in the thread at a constant speed - pulling - and then pausing.
Anyway, it’s just repeated take-up-pull-pause!
It looks tiring!
Although it looks tiring, it is still effective!
Zhou Chenglei soon felt an octopus clinging to the hook, quickly reeled in the line and picked the fish, all in one go.
Jiang Xia saw the octopus spray out a stream of ink, staining the deck black. Fortunately, no one was hit by the spray.
However, Zhou Chenglei had already been on guard. He held the octopus's round belly between his index and middle fingers and pointed his head towards no one, so the ink did not spray onto anyone.
Father Zhou took a look and said, "Your octopus is big enough!"
"Yeah." Zhou Chenglei took off the octopus and was about to put it in the bucket and squirted another stream of ink.
That's the bad thing about this thing.
After about a few minutes, Zhou's father also took the bait, but it was not an octopus but a squid.
Then it was Zhou’s mother’s turn. What Zhou’s mother caught was a sea bass.
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The sun gradually got bigger and warmer. Jiang Xia felt a little sleepy after watching for a while. He yawned and fell asleep unconsciously listening to the sound of the boat engine.
When Zhou Chenglei saw her, he took a military coat and covered her with it.
An hour later, Jiang Xia woke up from the heat.
She opened her eyes and sat up, taking off her coat. Just as she was about to say something, she saw a group of seabirds plunging into the water to hunt for food on the sea in the distance.
There are also many birds flying over the nearby islands.
"Zhou Chenglei! There are fish schools over there!"
Zhou Chengxin also saw it and quickly drove the boat over.
Zhou Chenglei, Zhou's father and Zhou's mother quickly reeled in the line and stopped fishing.
"Lei, set up the net!" Zhou's father shouted, and the father and son hurried over to start the net.
Mother Zhou also went to help.
Jiang Xia also stood up and pulled out the recliner so as not to interfere with everyone's work.
Mother Zhou saw her and quickly helped: "Don't move, I'll do it."
Jiang Xia got out of the way: "Put it away first! I won't lie down anymore."
Mother Zhou didn't take it away and moved inside: "You will feel tired soon. You can sit down for a while."
After Zhou's mother moved the deck chair, she went to sail the boat and asked Zhou Chengxin to hoist the net.
The boat was still a little far away. Jiang Xia watched the seabirds in the distance hunting wildly and wondered if the school of fish had gone.
Jiang Xia looked back and saw that the father and son were pulling the net up with all their strength.
After only dragging for about an hour and a half, there was already a big bag of fish.
Jiang Xia saw two very large Kang's Mackerel.
The fish in this net weighs six to seven hundred pounds and cannot escape.
She looked at the sea in the distance again, and then discovered that two fishing boats were approaching in the distance.