Chapter 170 People who came after hearing the news! Where did the fish go?
The sun rises high as a bamboo pole.
Zhao Dahai walked out of the courtyard door and looked down at the vast sea from a distance. The sea breeze blew over, neither cold nor hot, and very comfortable. He had not gone to sea in the past three days and had been staring at the fish being dried at home. Glue, this is a delicate job, you have to turn it over and change sides from time to time. Grandma Zhong Cuihua is old, so she has to do it by herself. Sun Er has been visiting once in the morning and evening in the past few days. He must be taken good care of and cannot be careless.
Zhao Dahai turned his head and looked at the isinglass hanging on the shelf not far away. Under the sun, the orange color slowly emerged, and hanging next to it was a large fish over one and a half meters tall.
Zhao Dahai heard the sound of the car engine and turned around to see that it was Wu Weimin’s car. Needless to say, he came over after hearing the news that he had caught a 100-jin giant eel fish. He wanted to see if he could catch it. I can’t buy it. In the past few days, many people have come here. They saw that the fish had been killed and the glue was taken out. They didn’t give up. Some wanted to buy dried fish, some wanted to buy isinglass, and some wanted to buy it all. The prices offered were not low. , all blocked by himself.
"Boss Wu."
"What kind of blowing prompted you to come here?!"
Zhao Dahai walked to the car, and Wu Weimin just opened the door and stepped out.
“Ha!”
“I heard that you caught a big owl weighing more than 100 kilograms, and you rushed over here in a hurry.”
Wu Weimin had dealt with Zhao Dahai several times and was an old acquaintance. He came straight to the point and told the truth. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the dried fish and isinglass drying on the shelf next to him and rushed over quickly.
“Yo!”
“This fish is so big!”
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“It’s as high as my neck! ”
"It's too exaggerated. How did you catch this fish!"
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"Hey!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk!"
< br>“This isinglass is amazing!”
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“It’s full of glue!”
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“The person who took the glue is really amazing, his skills are old and complete. Very clean, not a trace of impurities left!”
“Not many people have the ability to do this now”
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Wu Weimin’s eyes widened and he kept mumbling as he spoke.
Zhao Dahai was a little curious and asked Wu Weimin how to tell the quality of isinglass, especially how to tell the gelatin inside.
“The first important thing about whether isinglass is good or not is its thickness.”
“If there is not enough thickness, isinglass will definitely be junk.”
"The bigger the fish, the thicker and longer the isinglass is."
"The length of this meter or so is over fifteen centimeters at the widest point, and close to ten centimeters at the narrowest point."
“The thickest part of the isinglass head is almost two centimeters thick, and the thinnest part is more than one centimeter.”
“This is seven to eighty percent dry.”
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"Did you see that this isinglass has traces of lines?"
"These are the pipes, where the glue is stored."
"Good isinglass has textures like this or It is said that there are many dense pipes.”
“If you look carefully under the sun, you can clearly see the colloid inside.”
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Zhao Dahai looked at the hanging isinglass carefully. There were really thin lines like pipes running up and down. It was very clear and obvious. When the sunlight came through, he could see that there was solidified material inside these pipes. thing.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk!”
“I’ve seen many isinglasses, but this one is the best I’ve ever seen. It’s not just that it’s big. The key is that these pipes are very The other thing is that it is full of gelatin. "
"I have seen larger isinglasses than this one, but the quality is very poor, the pipes are very sparse, and there is very little gelatin. "
Wu Weimin's eyes were shining. As a chef in a top private restaurant and a chef who specializes in seafood, he has studied the top dried foods such as isinglass, abalone and sea cucumber very deeply, and he has cooked them before. I don’t know how many isinglasses there are, they are all top quality, but they are not as good as the one in Zhao Dahai’s hand. This is a collector’s item, and you can’t buy it only if you have money.
"Not for sale!" "Isinglass is not for sale, fish head stone is not for sale, and this dried fish is not for sale!"
When Zhao Dahai looked at it, Wu Weimin turned to look at him, knowing that he wanted to What to say.
“Huh?”
“Why?”
"This kind of thing cannot be cooked and eaten casually. It is really a waste."
"You can't always keep it on your hands, right? This thing is indeed a good thing, but it is very troublesome to take care of."
“It would be troublesome if you accidentally lose it or something else.”
“The key is that this thing is really valuable.”
“Two hundred and fifty thousand me How about buying it? ”
Wu Weimin was stunned for a moment. Zhao Dahai didn't even listen to his offer and immediately refused.
Zhao Dahai shook his head and said with a smile that if Wu Weimin happened to see the price offered when he just caught the fish, he would sell it immediately without saying anything.
Wu Weiming did not expect this to happen and was very helpless. Zhao Dahai said this in front of everyone. When the betrothal gift was given, this big fish could not be absent. His wife had a baby and was in confinement. When the time comes, this isinglass must be served on the table, not only because of money but also because of face. If this thing cannot be done, people in the surrounding villages will laugh at it for a lifetime. There is only one situation, Zhao Dahai has to break up his family and need money to survive, and then he will sell the fish maw.
Wu Weimin said that if he really wanted to sell isinglass one day in the future, he would have to inform himself, but did not continue to talk about it.
Wu Weimin asked in detail how he caught this big owl, and he was extremely envious. Big fish are crazy attractive to people who like fishing.
"Boss Wu."
"There are not many places where you can catch big fish now. When I find the right spot in the future, I can go fishing with you."
Zhao Dahai knows that Wu Weimin is sure If you want to catch big fish, only you know the place where you can catch big fish in big blue spots. You can't take others there. You can only wait until you find more spots where you can catch big fish.
Zhao Dahai sent Wu Weimin away, walked back to the isinglass, and looked at it carefully again. The gelatin was really clearly visible, and he was a little proud. It was really a good thing.
Zhao Dahai stretched out his hand and squeezed the big fish, doing it hard. God has been very kind to me these days. It is neither cold nor hot but windy. This kind of weather is most suitable for drying dried fish, including isinglass, which dries very quickly. It is very troublesome on rainy days or sultry sunny days. If it is not dried on cloudy and rainy days, mold will easily develop. Smelly, sweltering sun, the temperature is too high, capable but of very poor quality.
evening.
Sun Er came for a visit. He looked carefully at the isinglass and dried salted fish and said they could be put away. He taught him how to pack the bags. Every three months, when the weather is dry and not hot, take them out to ventilate them. If you take care, it can last for decades.
Zhao Dahai breathed a sigh of relief. If you don’t worry about ordinary fish, shrimps and crabs, this is a fish maw worth more than 200,000 yuan. It is really not a joke.
Zhao Dahai collected the isinglass, finished lunch, and drove a tricycle to the pier to board the fishing boat. He hadn’t gone to sea for a few days, so he came down every day to take a look. But he was going to go to sea tomorrow, so he had to pack up and organize his things. I cleaned the cabin, washed the deck with seawater, and tried the diesel engine. Everything was normal.
Zhao Dahai left the dock and rushed to the town to buy a sea centipede at the fishing tackle shop.
Five o'clock in the morning.
Zhao Dahai got up, finished breakfast, and when he went out to the pier, many fishing boats had returned from the sea, buying and selling fish, crowded together, and it was very lively.
Zhao Dahai went around and saw that the fishing boats out to sea all caught almost the same fish, shrimps and crabs. There was nothing special about them. He bought two kilograms of live shrimps as big as a little finger and took them to the fishing boat to keep them in the live cabin. It is a backup bait. The main bait is sea centipede. What I am afraid of is that I can change it when the deep sea centipede is not useful. Fish, like people, may have different appetites every day.
Zhao Dahai didn’t go to the place where he caught the big owl and green grouper. If he went there every day, there would definitely be no fish. Generally speaking, big fish occupy the territory. One or several big fish are in one place, and other big fish are not there. I won't come. I caught two big blue spots and the big squid is here. I caught a big squid a few days ago. It will take a while before new big fish come. I go there every ten days and a half. It is especially better to go after the strong tide has passed.
The sun is in the middle of the sky.
The white flowers are very dazzling.
Zhao Dahai stared at the tip of the rod, shook it a few times, picked up the fishing rod, stretched it forward, shook it a few times, then a big one, raised the rod to stab the fish, hit the fish, and put the line He straightened up, controlled, and pulled out of the water. A yellow snapper weighing about seven ounces was picked out and thrown into the live cabin. He hung a centipede on it, threw the rod out, and waited for almost fifteen minutes before he found another fish.
Zhao Dahai looked at the seven or eight fishing boats around him, both far and near. In half a day, everyone had the same harvest. Some caught seven or eight fish, while others caught fifteen or six like him. The fish are not big in size, there are black bream and yellow bream.
Zhao Dahai took the lunch box and started to eat. The harvest was not good and he was not anxious at all. Fishing is like this. Sometimes you make a fortune, but sometimes it is good to make a living. Some time ago I caught big fish one after another and made a lot of money. I made a little bit during this period and there was no pressure. In addition, the fish I caught today were old fish near the shallow sea, which was not too much.
Zhao Dahai took a break after lunch. For almost half an hour, the five poles were motionless. He put them all away, drove the fishing boat, and moved to another place. They were also a bit old. At first glance, A dozen or so fishing boats can definitely catch fish, but not many.
Zhao Dahai was not picky and did not mind that there were too many fishing boats. He found a place to stop the fishing boats and started fishing. No matter there were many fish or few fish, he fished once or twice in all the fishing places near the shallow sea to get a clear idea of the situation.
The sun sets.
The sky is filled with red clouds.
Zhao Dahai drove the fishing boat to the pier. In the past seven or eight days, he went out early and returned late every day to go fishing. He had a harvest every day but not much. He didn’t make a lot of money, but there was no shortage of fuel, food, and wages. I have fished the last twenty or thirty fishing spots two or three times, and I can basically figure out how many fish can be caught in any place.
Where have all the fish gone?
Zhao Dahai was a little strange. He could catch fish these days, but not many. It was reasonable to say that there were no fish in one or a few places, but it was abnormal that there were no fish in twenty or thirty fishing spots in the entire sea area.
Zhao Dahai ran a little further today, with several villages separated in between. As he drove, he saw large areas of wooden piles appearing on the sea surface
Oyster fields?
An idea flashed in Zhao Dahai's mind, and he thought of a possibility.
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