Chapter 240: Withstood a blow!
Dashi Village.
At Ding Xiaoxiang’s house, she just finished eating and was sitting on the sofa drinking tea and watching TV.
"Since when did our family finish eating so early and sit here?"
Ding Xiaoxiang looked at Ding Chongshan and then at Zhang Li, a little uncomfortable.
"Fishing boats will not be able to go out to sea tomorrow."
"It is not easy to sell fish or buy fish, shrimps and crabs."
Ding Chongshan picked up the teacup and took a sip. In the business of buying fish, shrimps and crabs, we usually get up early and go to dark. However, the number of fishing boats going out to sea during the fishing moratorium has been greatly reduced. The fishing boats returning to the port have very few fish, shrimps and crabs. There is not much to do, so go home early and eat early. , sat down early to drink tea.
“Huh?”
“What should I do? Does it mean that there will be no fish, shrimps and crabs to sell at our fish stall tomorrow?”
Ding Xiaoxiang suddenly became anxious.
Ding Chongshan shook his head. It’s not that there are no fish, shrimps and crabs for sale during the fishing moratorium, but most of them are chilled fish, shrimps and crabs, or fish, shrimps and crabs caught in the ocean. Don’t even think about small ship cargoes. There are a lot of them in the cold storage, so there is no way there will be no fish. Available for sale.
"Your dad has already made preparations, but the fish sold at the stall tomorrow are all fresh fish, and few of them are fresh fish of the day."
Zhang Li Turned on the TV.
“Huh?”
"Isn't there any small boat cargo that comes back on the same day?"
"Isn't it impossible to eat any fresh fish?"
Ding Xiaoxiang is a little unacceptable. She has been in the fishing village since she was a child. I am old and have long been accustomed to eating fresh fish, shrimps and crabs caught that day. Chilled fish is not unpalatable, but my mouth is very picky and I can't accept it.
"Where do you get the fresh fish you eat? Others can't eat fresh fish, but you, Ding Xiaoxiang, can't eat it? It's not like there's no fresh fish at all at this time, it's just that there is less."
Zhang Li chose a TV series and watched it with great interest.
Ding Chongshan told Ding Xiaoxiang that during the fishing moratorium, "fishing is not allowed." There are fresh fish, and the most important thing is the fish in the fishing mouth. Not all fishing boats go out to sea to set fishing nets for fishing. There are many fishing boats. This is okay. Going fishing.
"Dad."
"With fewer fishing boats, there will definitely be more fish that can be caught. In addition, the fish that are caught cannot be compared to the ones caught by fishing nets. There are so many. Don’t the prices have to go up?”
Ding Xiaoxiang rolled her eyes a few times and immediately thought of Zhao Dahai’s fishing speedboat.
“Yeah.”
“The price of these fish caught by fishing boats during the fishing moratorium has increased by at least 20%, and for some better fish, it can increase by 50%.”
“You can catch fish at this time, especially If you can catch a lot of fish, you can make a lot of money.”
Ding Chongshan has been buying fish, shrimps and crabs for many years and knows the market very well. The fishing moratorium is the most profitable time for fishing boats.
Ding Xiaoxiang is very happy. Zhao Dahai can not only make money now, but also make a lot of money.
“Hey!”
"Ding Xiaoxiang."
"Why are you so happy right away?"
Zhang Li broke off a peanut and looked at Ding Xiaoxiang sitting next to her, her little face was so happy that A smile appeared.
“Huh?”
“Are there any?”
"Aren't I just talking to dad about the fishing moratorium? How can I be happy or unhappy?!"
Ding Xiaoxiang pursed her lips and retracted her smile.
Zhang Li glared at Ding Xiaoxiang. She must have thought of that boy Zhao Dahai, but she didn't admit it because she couldn't help it.
It’s late at night.
Ding Xiaoxiang was lying on the bed.
"Hey!"
"Zhao Dahai will definitely go fishing tomorrow, right? He will definitely not let go of such an opportunity to make money!"
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"I don't know. How many fish can be caught?”
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"I have to remind him that the price needs to be increased, and he can't stupidly sell it to that profiteer Liu Gang at the usual price!"
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Ding Xiaoxiang has all kinds of thoughts in her mind. , fell asleep in a daze.
Four o'clock in the morning.
Zhao Dahai got up early. After breakfast, he took the fishing rods and other things he had prepared last night, especially the live shrimps kept in the small oxygenated water tank, and strode towards the pier. .
Zhao Dahai got on the speedboat and looked around the pier. The fishing boats like Zhong Shizhu and Liu Bin who went out to sea to put fishing nets were all parked. Since the fishing moratorium started, their fishing boats could not go out to sea to fish.
The sky is a bit gloomy.
The clouds are a little low.
Zhao Dahai frowned. It looked like it might rain. He turned on the radio and listened to the weather forecast. There would be light rain or even heavy rain but there was no wind.
Zhao Dahai breathed a sigh of relief. People who go out to sea are not afraid of rain but wind. They drive a speedboat to leave the dock. Today is the first day of the fishing moratorium. There are very few fishing boats on the sea. Normally, there are a lot of fishing boats on the sea. fishing boat.
Zhao Dahai opened the navigation and the speed became faster and faster.
The sky is getting darker and darker.
It started to rain lightly, and the sea was covered with water.
Zhao Dahai drove a speedboat to a fishing spot for black sea bream in the open sea. He slowed down and looked around. He thought he had arrived early enough, but it was only a little after five o'clock. He didn't expect that there was someone better than himself. Even earlier, there were already speedboats at several points and there was more than one.
Zhao Dahai shook his head.
With the beginning of the fishing moratorium, the number of fishing boats setting out fishing nets has decreased significantly, and the price of fish, shrimp, and crabs has immediately increased.
Fishing boats are very aware that this is a rare opportunity to make money.
No one is spared, everyone wants to go to sea early, everyone wants to occupy the best fishing spot, catch more fish, and make the most money.
Zhao Dahai has been looking for fishing spots for the past ten days. When he saw two or three of the best spots, there were three to five or even seven or eight speedboats crowded together. They did not join in the fun, and the rest I picked the best one from the few spots I came down and stopped there immediately.
Zhao Dahai took out two sets of poles of the electric winch, one in front of him and one behind him. They were stuck on the turret and the fishing rig for black sea bream was very simple. The bait cage, The lead pendant and the string hook were tied in a while, the Antarctic shrimp was stuffed, and the sea centipede was hung on the hook. I looked at the fish detector and found that the depth of the sea water was 89 meters, and the fish were concentrated between 80 and 80 meters. Eighty-five meters away, I immediately released the line and reached the water layer directly. After waiting for a while, there was no movement.
Doesn't the fish open its mouth?
This is not a good thing!
Fishing in the open sea, especially fishing for fish like black sea bream, the bite is very fierce as soon as it opens its mouth. You don’t even need to tease the fish to take the bait. If you don’t open your mouth, it will be useless no matter what you do. You just watch. There are fish under nearly a hundred meters of sea water, but I can't catch them.
Zhao Dahai raised the pole, waited for two or three seconds, and lowered it heavily. The lead pendant took the entire line group and shook it several times, and the Antarctic shrimp in the bait cage spilled out.
Zhao Dahai waited for another minute or two, but there was no movement. He pushed the electric winch to take up the line, and the bait cage and string hook were pulled out of the water. The bait cage was empty, and all the Antarctic shrimps had been scattered out. The hanging sea centipede, intact,
Zhao Dahai was not in a hurry and continued to stuff Antarctic shrimps into the bait cage, replaced the sea centipedes and put them back into the sea, directly to the water layer.
Once!
Twice!
Three times!
Zhao Dahai's brows furrowed more and more. In the blink of an eye, almost an hour passed. After more than a dozen trips up and down, he only caught five black bream. These five black eagles were all relatively small. As big as the palm of your hand, this size is quite good for inland seas. Fishing for black sea bream like this in the outer seas will be a 100% loss.
What's going on?
Why don’t the black sea bream here open their mouths?
Zhao Dahai has a headache. Even though he is small and doesn’t speak much, in the past hour he spent more money buying Antarctic shrimp for making nests than selling the black sea bream he caught.
Zhao Dahai looked at the other speedboats around him. They were all in the same situation. It took a while to catch a few fish sparsely. Some people on the speedboats closer to him couldn't stand it. They were very of irritability.
The rain is getting heavier and heavier.
Zhao Dahai was wearing a raincoat, and the rainwater flowed in from the collar. Half of his clothes were wet, and he felt very uncomfortable.
Is it because of the weather?
Or is there no tide? No running water?
Are all these black sea bream full?
Everything is possible!
Fish can clearly see the topography of the seabed a hundred meters or even deeper, including whether there are schools of fish, but seeing fish schools does not mean that fish can be caught.
You can often see schools of fish, especially large schools of fish such as black sea bream and yellow chicken.
But it is really impossible to catch them, or very few can be caught.
Zhao Dahai had a very serious look on his face. He was thinking about making a lot of money during the fishing moratorium, but reality gave him a slap in the face and a basin of ice-cold water poured on his forehead.
Zhao Dahai wiped the rain off his face, and there were already many speedboats leaving around him. Should we change to another fishing spot with black sea bream?
If the black snapper doesn't open its mouth, will the yellow chicken open its mouth? Do you want to take a look at the fishing spots for yellow chicken?
Zhao Dahai hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and decided not to change fishing spots, but continued to fish for black sea bream. He stayed here today, and no fish caught him. The weather in front of him is the same as other places, there is a big problem The probability of catching no fish is just a gamble, so just stay.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and it didn't stop. The entire sea was completely white.
Zhao Dahai pushed the switch of the electric winch to take up the line. After a while, the string hook was pulled out of the water. With five string hooks, he only caught one black sea bream that was no bigger than the palm of his hand.
Zhao Dahai stretched out his hand to hold the black snapper firmly, picked it off and threw it directly into the living cabin. The frontier Antarctic shrimp was hung with a centipede. Can't catch it.
What's going on?
If you really don’t speak at all and don’t eat, why do the fish schools get thicker and thicker?
It’s not that these fish don’t open their mouths, they just don’t open their mouths violently. They have no interest in sea centipedes. Are they all gathering here to eat Antarctic shrimps?
Don’t we have to use Antarctic shrimp as bait?
Live shrimp?
Don’t even think about it!
Not to mention live shrimps, even shrimp meat has been tried, but it is of no use and cannot catch black sea bream.
Zhao Dahai immediately picked off the sea centipede on the hook, picked some large shrimps from the thawed Antarctic shrimp brick, and hung them up.
Is it useful?
Zhao Dahai lowered the line directly to the water layer and pulled it up and down two or three times. There was no movement, so he continued to pull it up and down a few more times.
The tip of the rod bent sharply downwards, shaking slightly.
Yo!
Really useful!
Live shrimp or shrimp meat plus sea centipedes are of no use.
It seems that today’s black sea bream only likes to eat Antarctic shrimp.
Zhao Dahai was not in a hurry to reel in the line, and continued to pull up and down to tease the fish, and another fish was hooked. However, for the next six or seven minutes, no fish took the bait no matter how much he pulled the pole to tease the fish, so he pushed the switch to reel in the line. , the string hook pulled out two black seabream from the water.
Zhao Dahai picked up the fish with a string of hooks and threw it into the living cabin. Antarctic shrimp was useful, and the bite would be better, but not much better.
Zhao Dahai put away the pole of the electric winch and replaced it with a hand-operated spinning wheel. He used the same fishing rig and hung the relatively large Antarctic shrimp directly on the hook. The black snapper on the seabed was very active. Poor, there is no bite at all, and the electric winch fixed on the gun mount is inconvenient to operate. The only way is to try a hand-cranked spinning wheel to see if it has any effect.
Zhao Dahai was very patient. He held the fishing rod with his right hand and shook it with different amplitudes and frequencies.
One!
Two items!
Sanjo!
Shijo!
Zhao Dahai shook, the spinning wheel began to take up the line, and the string hook pulled out four black sea bream from the water, one short of a full string. It was the most black sea bream caught in one trip today.
Zhao Dahai put down the pole, picked up the fish with a string hook and threw it into the live cabin.
Zhao Dahai sighed without smiling at all.
I did catch fish, four fish at once. However, in order to catch these four fish, I spent a full ten minutes using various techniques to tease the fish and stimulate the bite. Needless to say, this was done by spinning a spinning wheel from a water depth of almost one hundred meters. Pull up fish.
The black sea bream is relatively large, for example, if it weighs three to four kilograms, there will be no problem. It is very worthwhile to do this. But these black snappers are less than the size of a hand.
Very uneconomical!
But what can be done?
Zhao Dahai accepted the reality and continued to turn the pole of the spinning wheel with his hand. He could not catch a palm-sized black snapper from the sea water close to a hundred meters.
Zhenzi Fish Market.
The morning market is very lively, with people coming and going.
“Why are there so few fish, shrimps and crabs today?”
"The fishing moratorium has started today and fishing boats can't go out to sea. How many fish, shrimps and crabs can be found there?"
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"No matter what kind of fish, shrimps and crabs, the price has gone up. A lot!”
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Ding Xiaoxiang and Zhang Li stood in front of the stall, very busy.
“It’s not the fish caught yesterday!”
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“Yes!”
“Ice cargo from the big ship!”
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"It's the fishing moratorium now, and it's not easy to eat the fresh produce of the day!"
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Ding Xiaoxiang and Zhang Li greeted the people who came to buy fish, shrimp and crab. Most of these fish, shrimps and crabs are fresh. There are no small boats caught on the same day. The price has increased by 5% compared to usual. Even so, the sales are still very fast, even if the sales are slow.
Ding Xiaoxiang sold the last two large skinned fish on the stall and looked up at the clock hanging on the wall. It was only eight o'clock.
"Mom"
"No fish!"
Ding Xiaoxiang said as she took off the gloves on her hands, washed her hands, picked up her water glass, and drank some water.
Today is the first day of the fishing moratorium, and business is better than usual.
"If it's gone, it's gone! That's all for today!"
Zhang Li shook her head. This is the case during the fishing moratorium. There are fish, shrimps and crabs, but most of them are chilled and the quantity is relatively small.
"Mom!"
"Can't we attract more people?"
Ding Xiaoxiang drank water and looked at the surrounding stalls. There was usually no business, but today there were a lot of people around. .
“How can it be like this?”
“There are a lot of fish in your dad’s cold storage, but it is impossible to sell them all today.”
“There must be fish for sale on the stalls during the entire fishing moratorium.”
“This needs to be well planned!”
Zhang Li looked at the surrounding stalls and the people buying fish, shrimps and crabs, not There are no fish but I really can’t take them out and sell them all right away.
“Hee hee hee!”
“I am!”
"You are really too cunning!"
Ding Xiaoxiang smiled.
In business, you cannot have something to sell today and nothing to sell tomorrow. You would rather sell less things every day, but you must have something to sell every day. Only in this way can we maintain customers. In addition, today is just the first day of the fishing moratorium. The price of fish has increased, but not much. As time goes by, the price of fish, shrimp and crab will get higher and higher, reaching 20%, and you can earn more. money.
“What happened?”
“What can be done about this?”
"There are too few fish, shrimps and crabs during the fishing moratorium!"
Zhang Li glared at Ding Xiaoxiang.
Nine o'clock in the morning.
The fish market slowly calmed down.
“Hey!”
"The sea must be fishing outside now!"
"I wonder how the fishing is going?"
Ding Xiaoxiang sat on the chair and looked outside, wondering when the fishing was going to be It started to rain lightly. Zhao Dahai must go to sea. It is impossible to stay at home in this kind of weather. I don’t know where I am fishing now or how the fishing is.
"Let's see if we can meet Zhao Dahai when we go to Liu Gang's place to deliver fish tomorrow morning."
Ding Xiaoxiang made up her mind that she would go to deliver fish tomorrow no matter what. Zhao Dahai must sell the fish when he is fishing, especially when he catches a lot of fish. He also has to remind himself that the price of fish has increased now and he cannot sell it cheaply.
"Zhao Dahai is so good at fishing. There are so few fishing boats setting out fishing nets."
"We will definitely be able to catch a lot of fish!"
Ding Xiaoxiang is very much looking forward to meeting Zhao Dahai tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)