Chapter 88: Making Safe Money
The sun is burning like fire.
On the open and unobstructed sea, it is as hot as in the oil pan.
“Plop, plop!”
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"Plop, plop!"
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Zhao Dahai shook the bamboo pole and waited for a while, but there was no movement. He knocked it a few more times, but there was still no movement. He looked at the sun in the sky and took the The porridge and salted fish brought by the fishermen were eaten in big gulps. Fishing with swinging poles is a physical job. The fishing boat has to keep moving. Every time the bamboo pole has to be pulled up from the sea, it finds a new place and pokes it again. The sea, coupled with shaking, looks simple, but repeating it many times is not only boring but also really exhausts your energy.
Zhao Dahai wolfed down the porridge and salted fish in less than five minutes. He took the net to catch the fish in the live cabin and smiled. He caught the black sea bream in half a day. All the fish weighed fifteen or six kilograms. They were neither big nor small, coming in threes and fours. They were very fat and the hard work was well worth it.
Zhao Dahai rested for half an hour and continued fishing in different places until almost five o'clock in the afternoon. The harvest in the afternoon was not as good as in the morning, and he only caught four or five kilograms of fish.
Zhao Dahai drove the fishing boat back to the village pier. Most of the other fishing boats that went out to sea for fishing had already returned early in the morning. Now, many people have come to the fishing boats to prepare for going out to sea for fishing at night or early in the morning. The time when fishing boats come ashore is almost completely different from the time when fishing boats go out to sea.
On the Zhong Shizhu fishing boat, the fishing nets were being arranged. They went out to sea to fish in the early morning. The fishing nets placed in the sea got caught on the rocks and were damaged a lot. I didn’t make any money. I lost a lot. We have to hurry up now. Repair it.
Hearing the sound of the diesel engine, Zhong Shizhu turned his head and looked over. He recognized Zhao Dahai’s fishing boat at a glance. After waiting for a while, he slowly stopped beside his own fishing boat and looked at the things on the deck. He held the fishing rod and knew it was fishing. He caught about twenty kilograms of black snapper and felt envious.
"The sea."
"You are safer."
Zhong Shizhu pointed to the fishing net he was mending.
"Ha."
"Uncle Shizhu."
"You can go fishing with me tomorrow, don't go out and put fishing nets."
As Zhao Dahai spoke, he threw the anchor into the sea, tied the cable, and fixed the fishing boat.
Zhong Shizhu hesitated and shook his head.
Zhao Dahai smiled and said nothing. He cleaned up the fishing boat, took a bucket, and washed it twice with water from the sea. Zhong Shizhu's fishing net was definitely not harvested if it got caught on the rocks. Not only did he not make any money, he actually lost a lot of money. But I definitely wouldn’t fish like this.
The cost of fishing is low, and the loss may be smaller. Even if it is really a loss, the loss is not much, but the fish caught are relatively small and cannot be sold at a good price. Fishing is in shallow waters. The number of fish is relatively small. Today I can catch about 20 kilograms. One is because Zhao Shi told him some places to catch black sea bream and some places where his father fished. The other is that he is more diligent. If there is no fish in one place, he will immediately change to another. Most people really can't bear to change one place to dozens of locations in one day.
Zhong Shizhu goes out to sea to set fishing nets. The cost is high and the risk of losing money is high. Sometimes there are no fish, but once the fish is caught, it will be a larger and more valuable fish. One day, he will be lucky and catch a hundred fish. With tens of kilograms and thousands of dollars in hand, one or two trips a month is enough. If you are lucky, if you have three or five good harvests, it is easy to make a few thousand dollars. This is what people like Zhong Shizhu do when they go out to sea to fish and gamble. point.
Zhao Dahai opened the board of the live cabin, fished out all the dead black eagles, which weighed almost two kilograms, and put them in a basket. He fished out the living black sea bream and put them in a bucket and carried them home with the seawater. It was quite late and I couldn’t go to the town to sell fish today. When I got home, I poured the live black sea bream into a big bucket. The oxygenator I bought some time ago was just in use. I will continue to go fishing tomorrow and save up for two days before we go to the town together. Sold on.
Zhao Dahai took a bag and kept half of the dead black snapper. He took the other half in a plastic bag and carried it to his second grandfather Zhao Shi’s house. This was his first day out at sea. Send some fish over to try it out.
Zhao Dahai sat at Zhao Shi's house for a while and chatted about today's fishing. After returning home, he went into the kitchen to cook dinner. It was very simple. He picked a handful of vegetables from the garden, fried vegetables and clams, and started cooking. Cleaned the belly of the black snapper, heated it up in a big iron pot, put in a little oil and fried it, immediately put in water, brought to a boil over high heat, put some salt, some ginger, put it in a big pot and brought it to the main room together with vegetables and clams, put it on the table On the table, two more bowls of rice were placed.
“Grandma.”
“This black snapper may not look big, but it’s really fat.”
Zhao Dahai took a small plate, put a black snapper on it and placed it in front of Zhong Cuihua.
The fish in the open sea are larger but thinner, while the fish in the shallow sea are smaller, relatively rich in food and very fat.
Zhao Dahai looked at the cooked soup. There was a layer of small yellow oil stars floating in the air. These were all fish oil. Only very fat fish can cook such a soup.
While eating, Zhong Cuihua asked about today’s fishing.
Zhao Dahai said that he will only be fishing for the next three to five months. One is that he has just started fishing and is not particularly familiar with the sea conditions. He is not even particularly skilled in driving a fishing boat. It is safer to fish nearby. The other is that we don’t have much money now. If you go out to fish, you have to buy fishing nets, refuel, etc. The cost is relatively high. It’s very troublesome to not catch fish for a few days. Fishing doesn’t make much money. If you work harder, you can always save some money. In three to five months Even after a year and a half, I had a lot of money on hand and became familiar with the sea conditions before going out to sea. Fishing is the most suitable for me now. I dug the sea centipedes myself, but it only cost me some gas money. Black snapper of three to four ounces can be sold for more than ten yuan a pound. Today I caught more than twenty kilograms of fish. I can If you sell it for two to three hundred yuan, you will earn at least one hundred and fifty yuan after taking into account the cost. It is indeed not much, but it is better than being safe.
Zhong Cuihua nodded. Zhao Dahai's method is good. You have to eat in one bite and don't always think about making a lot of money.
Zhao Dahai put a piece of fish in the soup and took a bite. The fish meat was tender and smooth. The fresh fatty fish was really delicious. After taking a sip of the soup, his sweet brows felt soothed. After eating two bowls of the sea, For dinner, I ate a few black sea bream and drank soup. I felt full and comfortable.
After Zhao Dahai finished his meal, he checked the fishing rod. He caught a lot of fish today, and the lead weights and hooks were worn out a lot. Some of them have to be tied again. It will be more convenient for fishing tomorrow. Finished work Regarding this matter, I looked at the black snapper in the big bucket and felt that there was a little bit of sea water. So I went to the beach with two barrels on the back of the motorcycle and filled the sea water back, and then poured it into the big bucket. I felt relieved. This kind of bucket is almost one meter high and nearly 80 centimeters in diameter. Every family fishing in Langtou Village has several, which are used when the fish is too late to sell and they need to be fed.
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