Chapter 353: School of Big Eye Snapper in the Deep Sea
"Look, what is that?" Liang Xiaoyu also saw it. There was no moonlight, so why was there still light on the sea?
Other boatmen also looked in the direction Liang Xiaoyu pointed.
Han Xiaorui's eyes have now wandered over Xiao Dai's body.
When she saw what it was, Han Xiaorui was shocked. It was actually a deep-sea fish, a big-eyed chicken.
The scientific name is bigeye seabream, a fish of the family Perciformes and the family Bigeye seabream, also known as big eye and big eye lotus.
The body is oblong and flattened laterally; the mouth is large, and the cleft is inclined or nearly vertical; the eyes are larger, with a diameter accounting for about 1/2 of the head length; the maxilla is wide, and both jaws, vomer and palatine bones are villous. Teeth; the edges of the preopercular bones are finely serrated, and there are strong spines at the corners. The body is red, with yellow spots between the dorsal, anal and pelvic fin membranes.
With such big eyes, he must have lived more than 500 meters underwater. Why did he suddenly reach the surface of the sea?
However, Han Xiaorui didn't care so much at this time, and said quickly: "Sail the boat over, that area is so bright, it may be a school of fish."
Wu Mengyue nodded, "Anything with such a color is a valuable fish. Based on my experience, it may be big-eye snapper."
Han Xiaorui was stunned. She had to use Xiao Dai to get closer to know, but she didn't expect Wu Mengyue to know based on experience.
"I went to tell Sister Shui to put away the trawl net and ask the other two boats to come over. We gathered around and then cast the net. Everyone quickly took out the fishing net and adjusted the net hoist."
After hearing Han Xiaorui's arrangements, everyone worked in an orderly manner.
Han Xiaorui told Chen Yishui about her and Wu Mengyue's judgment. Chen Yishui took a careful look with a telescope and immediately drove the boat over.
Han Xiaorui held the walkie-talkie and said, "Uncle Qi, rush over there and prepare the fishing net. The fish is on the upper layer. It is suspected to be big-eye seabream. Cast the net to catch fish."
When Qi Heng heard this, he picked up the telescope, asked someone to close the net, moved the boat forward, and found the bright spot, "Okay, I understand, as long as there are schools of fish, there are so many of them, they are worth money."< br>
Han Xiaorui nodded, "Yes, I'll call Uncle Wu."
"Okay, Xiao Han, just take care of your own ship. Old Wu and I are both old captains, don't worry about us." Qi Heng said with a smile.
"I believe Uncle Qi." Han Xiaorui smiled, hung up the intercom, contacted Wu Guangfu again, and said the same thing.
Wu Guangfu had already noticed it over there and rushed over.
Fortunately, there are three fishing nets on each boat, which is what Han Xiaorui requested. Now it comes in handy when encountering upper-water fish.
The three boats formed a triangle around the fish on the sea, and they had to pay attention to the reefs to avoid running aground on them.
When they arrived at the location, the boatmen still cast the net and pulled it up with the net hoist. Chen Yishui sailed the boat and Wu Mengyue operated the net hoisting machine.
The other three sisters, Sister Tang, Sister Yun and Sister Lan, who are the best at casting nets, cast their nets big and round and catch many fish.
This net weighs four to five hundred kilograms.
After quickly clearing the net, almost all of them were bigeye snapper. The species were relatively single but varied in size.
"Oh, what a big-eye snapper. This fish is very expensive." Liang Xiaoyu said while sorting.
Han Xiaorui also saw it, "Sister Mengyue's judgment is correct, those bright lights are emitted by the eyes of the big-eyed sea bream."
Han Xiaorui wanted to squat down to help sort, but was stopped by Liang Xiaoyu, "Xiaorui, it's dark, and there is water on the deck now. You should go back to the cabin quickly and don't stand here anymore."
"That's right, shipowner, hurry over and don't stay here. We're afraid of running into you. We can finish this little job."
Everyone else was sorting fish, just one net after another. There were too many to sort through.
Han Xiaorui immediately decided, "Don't sort the sizes, pick them up in the basket, put them in the cold storage, and then pick them up at the shore."
Everyone was really too busy, "Okay, let's do this first."
The fish in the sea wait for no one, especially if some fish like this float on the water, they will not last long. Seize the time now and catch as many nets as you can throw one more bowl.
This net basically weighed three to four hundred kilograms, and it was the familiar big-eye snapper.
Han Xiaorui was "herded" into the cabin by everyone. She used the walkie-talkie to direct Qi Heng and Wu Guangfu to sail the boat, trying to control the boat and get close to the fish.
Qi Heng and Wu Guangfu were very excited now. They had never seen so many fish floating on the sea.
According to Han Xiaorui's instructions, the boat sailed and the boatmen cast nets to catch fish.
The male boatmen are very strong here, and some of them dislike the slow speed of the net hoisting machine.
So a few people were separated, and then manpower was pulled up.
Although it was very labor-intensive, they did catch more fish than Han Xiaorui did.
Chen Yishui also noticed that the speed of the net hoisting machine was slow and worried that the fish schools had escaped. "Xiao Rui, in fact, two nets are enough for the net hoisting machine. For the other net, everyone throws the net and pulls the net manually."
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Han Xiaorui refused directly, "Although this can catch more fish, it is very energy-consuming."
"So what if it takes a lot of effort? As a boatman, how can you not use a lot of effort? Listen to me on this matter!" Chen Yishui said, "The fish is right in front of you now. Let's catch the fish first."
There is no reason to just watch the school of fish and not fish in order to save energy.
With Chen Yishui's order, Sister Tang and others cast the net, and then the four of them pulled the net upward together.
When the fishing net was about to leave the water, two more people were added. Everyone shouted chants and worked together to drag the fishing net onto the fishing boat.
The net hoisting machine is not idle either and is still pulling the net as fast as they can.
As time goes by, the area of the fish becomes smaller and smaller until it finally disappears.
Han Xiaorui looked at the time and saw that two hours had passed.
Everyone collapsed on the ground tiredly, panting.
At this time, I didn’t care about tidying up the deck and rested first.
Although they were very tired, everyone roughly estimated that they had just caught more than 20,000 kilograms of bigeye seabream, and they suddenly beamed with joy.
Liu Huamei stood up, "Are you all tired and hungry now? I'm going to get something to eat!"
After saying this, everyone touched their stomachs and found that they were indeed hungry.
If you put in a lot of effort, you will get hungry easily.
When Liu Huamei arrived in the kitchen, Han Xiaorui was standing next to the refrigerator, thinking about what to make.
"Xiao Rui, come out quickly! There are many corners in the kitchen. It would be bad if it hits your stomach."
Han Xiaorui smiled and said, "It's okay, I can control my body! You ran to help just now, but now your hands are trembling with fatigue, and now when you cook, your hand holding a knife will also tremble."
Liu Huamei's hands are indeed shaking now. "Boil a pot of water, add brown sugar, soak the osmanthus, and add some ginger. Drinking this can ward off the cold."
"I brought a lot of crab roe shells as a late-night snack today, and they are still crispy! It tastes just right when paired with brown sugar, ginger and cinnamon tea."
When Han Xiaorui heard Liu Huamei's arrangement, she couldn't get involved at all, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
By the time the supper was ready, everyone came over to thank us and was cleaning the deck.
Later, Liang Xiaoyu was eating snacks and drinking brown sugar ginger and cinnamon tea, "Sister Shui, this is the first time I see fish floating on the water? Why is this?"