Chapter 299 Ding Xiaoxiang called to meet
Zhenzi Fish Market.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the peak period for buying and selling fish has passed, and the number of people is gradually decreasing.
“Mom!”
“The fishing moratorium is over, business has improved a lot, and I make a lot more money every day!”
Ding Xiaoxiang looked at the fish on the stall. There were not many fish left. Even though they were not sold out, the fish sold every day were more than ten times more than during the fishing moratorium. She took over the shop next door, renovated it, and expanded it. area, business gets better. The price has indeed dropped a lot, but the more you sell, the more money you make.
“Yeah!”
“That’s for sure!”
“There aren’t many fish, shrimps and crabs during the fishing moratorium, they are sold now and all are chilled, here in our town People don’t like to eat fresh fish, shrimps and crabs from the big boat!”
Zhang Li couldn’t help but yawned. She got up halfway through her sleep last night and talked about Zhao Dahai with Ding Chongshan all night long. I didn't sleep well because I was thinking about it.
"Mom!"
"Why don't you just go back and take a rest for a while and sleep!"
"I can watch the stall alone!"
Ding Xiaoxiang takes off her clothes. I took off the gloves on my hands, washed my hands, took the thermos cup and unscrewed the lid, and drank some water. The business was very good. I kept asking people to buy fish, and my mouth was a little dry.
“Okay!”
"I'll go back and come over at twelve or one o'clock."
"Sell for a while longer. It's almost time to close the stall."
"Come back and open the stall at four or five o'clock in the afternoon. That’s fine.”
“Isn’t there a small bed inside? If you’re tired, just take a rest and take a nap.”
“Call home if you need anything. .”
Zhang Li thought for a while and nodded. She was no longer busy now. There was no need for two people to stay here. She pointed to a folding bed in the corner of the store. The store has been renovated, the area has become larger, and there is more space. If you are really tired, you can rest here as soon as the door is closed. In addition, a telephone is installed, which is a lot more convenient.
"Okay!"
"Mom!"
"Go quickly! I will take care of you here!"
"That's right! 伱Don't come here at noon. I'll buy something to eat. Come back and have a good sleep."
Ding Xiaoxiang has been doing business with Zhang Li for two or three years, and is very familiar with the things in the stall. She waits for Zhang Li to leave and attend to the business on her own.
“Today’s mud fish are quite good, only the last two or three kilograms are left, it’s cheaper if you want.”
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“These orchids The crabs are pretty big! Each one costs three to five taels! "Forty yuan a pound!"
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"Want to buy some sea melon seeds? They are very big and come from the mangroves."
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Ding Xiaoxiang spent less than an hour I sold the few remaining fish, shrimps and crabs, packed up my things, turned on the faucet, took the hose, and rinsed the floor.
“Ah!”
"I didn't sleep well last night. I'm really a little tired."
Ding Xiaoxiang yawned. She kept thinking about Zhao Dahai and stayed up last night.
Ding Xiaoxiang pulled down the rolling shutter door, took out the folding bed in the corner and opened it. She lay down and looked at the newly decorated ceiling of the shop, and her mind immediately started racing again, thinking about Zhao Dahai.
Did Lin Zuhua just go fishing or something like that?
Dad didn’t really ask Lin Zuhua to see what Zhao Dahai was like, right?
How did Zhao Dahai perform?
You’re not going to make any fools of yourself, are you?
Ding Xiaoxiang lay there for two hours, her mind kept spinning, and she couldn't sleep at all. When she looked at the time, it was almost one o'clock, and her stomach growled with hunger, so she immediately went to a nearby food stall. We had a meal, finished it, drank some water, and sat in the small cabin.
Three thirty in the afternoon.
Hey!
What to do?
You have to ask Zhao Dahai about this, but it will be Monday in a few days.
Ding Xiaoxiang's eyes widened. She had just slept for a while, but she didn't fall asleep. She sat up and frowned. Dozens of cat claws were scratching inside.
"How did I forget this?"
Ding Xiaoxiang saw the recently installed phone in the corner, stood up and rushed over. The last time we met, Zhao Dahai said that there was a phone installed in his home and gave him his phone number. Why have you been thinking about this? Call Zhao Dahai right away to find out what's going on.
"That's right!"
"Zhao Dahai should be fishing outside now, right? He can't be at home, right?"
"Didn't Zhao Dahai's grandma answer the call? "
"What's the good thing to say?"
Ding Xiaoxiang held the phone in her hand, but immediately put it down. Zhao Dahai is unlikely to be at home at this time.
"Hey!"
"Forget it!"
"Call over to see if Zhao Dahai is at home. If Zhao Dahai is not at home and Zhao Dahai doesn't answer the call, it means the call was made by mistake. ”
Ding Xiaoxiang decided to call Zhao Dahai after a while.
“Hey!”
"Zhao Dahai?"
"Ah!?"
"Why are you at home?"
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"Didn't you go to sea today? ?”
"Is the wave too big?"
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"See you at the same place tonight."
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"I have to hang up!"
"I don't know when my mother will come to the store. Let's talk about it when we meet in the evening."
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Ding Xiaoxiang put down the phone and turned around to look at the rolling shutter door with a guilty conscience. It was closed properly. , listened to the silence for a while, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
After Ding Xiaoxiang made the call, she was temporarily relieved. She would ask Zhao Dahai in detail about Lin Zuhua’s matter tonight and she would know what was going on.
Ding Xiaoxiang yawned twice in succession. She was really tired after not sleeping all night last night. She put down her worries and lay down on the small bed and fell asleep for a while.
Langtou Village.
Zhao Dahai put down the phone. The waves were a bit big today. He went out to the sea and saw someone playing with lures, so he went to the town and bought a fishing rod. He asked about a lot of things about how to play. He just got home and called When the call rang, I wondered if it was Wu Weimin or Liu Gang. When I answered it, I realized it was Ding Xiaoxiang.
"Have you changed the date we met tonight? Don't you miss me?"
Zhao Dahai was so happy when he thought about this possibility that he would look at the wall every few minutes. clock hanging on.
“What does it mean to live like a year? Now it is like a year!”
Zhao Dahai shook his head, wishing that it was nine o'clock in the evening, but this was impossible.
Zhao Dahai decided to find something to kill time. Sitting at home, time passed more slowly. He took the lure rod and wheels he had just bought and installed them all. He also brought the lead hook and soft Chong, rode a tricycle to the pier.
“Yo!”
“Why is the tide a little low!?”
Zhao Dahai saw that the sea water at the pier had become much shallower, and turned to the mangroves to the west. Looking in the direction, a lot of tidal flats were exposed. The tide was indeed ebbing a bit, but not much.
Zhao Dahai got off the pier and walked to the east beach. The sun was very hot at this time, and there was no one on the whole beach, which was very suitable for practicing on his own.
Zhao Dahai was a little confused at the beginning, but he has rich fishing experience. The lure rod is indeed different from the fishing rod he usually uses, but the principles are the same to a certain extent.
Zhao Dahai shook it off for about half an hour and slowly touched the doorway.
Zhao Dahai stood firm with both hands, holding the position of the spinning wheel with his right hand, and holding the tail of the fishing rod with his left hand. He swung it forward hard, and the lead hook flew forward.
Zhao Dahai put down the pole and walked forward to find the lead hook.
"Ha!"
"Is it possible that I am a genius?"
"I learned it just by practicing like this?"
Zhao Dahai praised himself, From the position of the pole to the position of the lead hook, it was a total of sixty-five steps, well over sixty meters.
Zhao Dahai knows that fishing with lures is not that simple, but at least the first step of casting is successful, but he is not particularly skilled. After that, he will find opportunities to cast twice every time he goes out to sea, and he will gradually become proficient. .
"I wonder if I can catch fish?"
Zhao Dahai held the lure rod in his hand. He originally wanted to practice, but looking at the sea in front of him, his hands were itchy.
Is it different from practice? Why did it have to be dumped on the beach? Wouldn't it be better to throw it directly into the sea?
Maybe I caught a fish by chance?
Zhao Dahai felt even more itchy thinking about this.
Where do you want to play?
Zhao Dahai looked at the speedboat parked at the pier and shook his head. He had to go to see Ding Xiaoxiang in the evening. It was too late to go to sea now. The tide is a bit low today. The water at the pier and beach is a bit shallow. The key is that there are usually no fish in this place.
Zhao Dahai looked at the busy reef area on the beach. The water there was relatively deeper, and the fish there might be bigger.
Zhao Dahai immediately rushed over, climbed onto the reef and walked to the outside. When he looked at the sea water in front of him, he was a little excited.
I wonder if there are any fish?
I wonder if I can catch fish?
Zhao Dahai stood firm on his feet, took a deep breath, held the fishing rod in both hands and swung it forward. It flew very smoothly and flew very far, hitting the sea water and causing a small splash. Splash.
Sixty meters!
Absolutely sixty meters!
Zhao Dahai lamented very much that with the traditional fishing method, unless it is the kind of long-range fishing, it is generally impossible to throw it so far.
What's the benefit of being far away?
Covering a wider area makes it possible to catch more fish.
It is hard to imagine that a traditional raft pole can stand on the reef and swing it so far to catch fish from such a distance.
Are you fishing for the bottom?
Generally, when fishing on the bottom, the fishing boat goes out to find out where the fish is. The distance of throwing the rod is generally not more than five meters.
The traditional way of fishing is to use fishing boats to reach the places where the fish are.
Zhao Dahai shook the spinning wheel towards the recycling line.
“Yo!”
“The lead hook is on the bottom of the sea now, right?”
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"Think, thump! Did you hit a rock?"...
"Ha!"
"This feeling is really completely different!"
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As Zhao Dahai reeled in the spinning wheel, he could clearly feel the vibration of the lead hook dragging on the seabed, including the vibration of hitting the rocks.
Zhao Dahai found it very novel. This is a completely different way of fishing.
"Huh?"
"Is this bottom-hung?"
Zhao Dahai shook the spinning wheel and took in more than ten meters of thread, motionless, and worked hard I pulled it, but it still didn't move.
Zhao Dahai shook his head. He was proud for only three seconds before he immediately encountered a problem.
Zhao Dahai had no choice but to pull it off with force.
“Huh?”
“No way?”
“It hung up again!”
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“Do it!”
“This is the fifth time!”
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“Hey!”
"It seems like this is really not that easy!"
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The sun sets in the west.
The sunlight reflected on the sea is very dazzling.
Zhao Dahai squinted his eyes, tears filling the corners of his eyes.
The thread retrieved by Zhao Dahai's spinning wheel had just caught on the bottom and been torn off again. In just half an hour, this was already the tenth time.
Zhao Dahai discovered that Luya was not as simple as he imagined, and it was not even that easy to catch fish.
The traditional way of fishing is to hang the bait and throw it out. As long as there are no rocks or garbage in the place where you throw it, you can gently drag and pull it. If there is no hook on the bottom, the next step is to wait for the fish to take the bait.
If no fish takes the bait, reel in the line and change it to bait, such as live shrimp. The distance of throwing the rod is relatively short, and sometimes it can even be fished out vertically from the side of the fishing boat.
The probability of hanging on the bottom has been greatly reduced, and it has not even been encountered a few times in a day.
Lures are different. You have to take back what you throw out, especially when you throw it out on the rocks on the shore. Only by taking it back can you catch fish. If you leave it where it is, there will be nothing.
At a distance of fifty or sixty meters, the bottom of the sea is either stones, rotten fishing nets or other things. The probability of hitting the bottom is really too high.
“What the heck!”
“If you fail the last time, then try again another day when you drive a speedboat out to sea!”
Zhao Dahai tied a new I used a lead-tipped hook with a soft bait hanging on it. I stood up and swung it out just in time. I became more and more skilled in casting, and the distance became farther. This time it was almost 70 meters.
Zhao Dahai was not in a hurry to close the thread this time, but carefully thought about how to solve this problem. He had no one to teach him, so he had to figure it out on his own.
The lead-tipped hooks are all hung on the rocks, and the rocks are on the bottom of the sea.
If the hook leaves the bottom of the sea, wouldn’t it be impossible to hook it?
Zhao Dahai almost couldn't help but wave his hand and give himself a mouthful.
I didn’t think of such a simple thing earlier.
How can we get the hook to leave the seabed?
Very easy!
Raise the pole a little, so that the line is relatively high and can be pulled up from the bottom of the sea at once. When taking up the line, turn the spinning wheel faster, and the lead hook will be taken up before it has time to sink to the bottom of the sea. Come back so that you can stay off the bottom of the sea.
Is this really the case?
Just try it and you will know!
Zhao Dahai immediately raised the pole and turned the spinning wheel to reel in the thread. This time, he reeled in the thread faster.
“Ha!”
“That’s right! That’s what it looks like!”
Zhao Dahai kept collecting the line for twenty meters without hanging the bottom, which was very smooth.
Zhao Dahai was very excited and immediately thought of another thing. The stones on the seabed will not escape. As long as you are familiar with fishing in a place, you will know what kind of places there are stones, especially those hanging on the bottom. There must be rocks or fishing nets in the place once. As long as you avoid these rocks next time, you will definitely not get stuck on the bottom. This is actually the same as when fishing in traditional fishing.
"I am really a smart person!"
Zhao Dahai was a little proud. The spinning wheel swung a little faster. He quickly took up the line and took the time to throw two more poles to try the method he had just thought of.
“Ah!”
“Fish?”
“No way?”
Zhao Dahai saw the clear water seven or eight meters away. He could clearly see the fake bait hanging on the lead hook, swinging like a small fish. At this moment, a fish rushed out from nowhere and fiercely He took a hard bite.
Zhao Dahai instinctively raised his pole to stab the fish.
In!
Hit the fish!
Three to five pounds!
Sea bass!
Zhao Dahai is very experienced. What happens next when the fish is hooked is extremely simple. He lowers the pole to the water surface to prevent the sea bass from washing its gills and unhooking. With three clicks, he pulls the sea bass to the edge of the reef. Come up, fly fish directly up.
“Hahahahaha!”
“Hahahahaha!”
“Hahahahaha!”
Zhao Dahai looked at the sea bass jumping and struggling on the reef, and laughed loudly and excitedly. Not to mention sea bass weighing three to five kilograms, even sea bass weighing ten, eight or even twenty kilograms, or horsetail weighing twenty or thirty kilograms, or even large grouper weighing over one hundred kilograms, are not so exciting. .
This was the first fish I caught using a new fishing method. It came so suddenly and I was not mentally prepared at all.
“Hey!”
“It’s so cool!”
“No wonder so many people like this method of fishing!”
Zhao Dahai carefully recalled the moment when the sea bass took the bait. The bite was so powerful that it was completely different from the feeling when the sea bass took the bait when fishing with traditional floating shrimps.
"It's like an electric shock!"
"It's really like an electric shock!"
Zhao Dahai was a little excited.
When I saw Lin Zuhua fishing for sea bass with a lure two days ago, I just thought it was a new way of fishing. Yesterday I saw other people fishing fifty or sixty meters away. When you can catch sea bass by swinging the rod. I simply think that this is a new fishing method that can catch fish under certain circumstances and make more money.
In order to make money, in order to make more money, you must learn.
Zhao Dahai now discovered that this is not just a simple method of fishing, a way of making money, but also has its fun and charm.
Zhao Dahai looked at the time and saw that it was almost six o'clock. It was already dark. He originally wanted to continue fishing, but it was too late. He had to go to see Ding Xiaoxiang soon, so he could only come back another day. .
Zhao Dahai carried the fish in one hand and the pole in the other, got off the reef and returned to the pier along the beach.
“Yo!”
"Zhao Dahai."
"Have you gone fishing?"
"This sea bass is really good in size. It must be four or five pounds, right?"< br>
Zhao Dahai just walked onto the pier and saw Ma Hongyu walking towards him carrying two baskets.
“Aren’t the waves quite big this morning? We didn’t go out to sea.”
"I'm a little bored at home. I just bought a new fishing rod and played around for a while. I didn't expect to be able to catch a sea bass."
Zhao Dahai pointed to the reef at the end of the beach. It was purely for practice. Thinking of being so lucky, I caught a fish.
"It is difficult for others to fish. For Zhao Dahai, isn't fishing as easy as drinking water? You can catch it anywhere."
Ma Hongyu is not surprised that Zhao Dahai can catch it. Catching fish.
“Auntie.”
"What are you doing here? Isn't this for snails?"
Zhao Dahai looked at the two baskets carried by Ma Hongyu, which were full of snails.
Ma Hongyu put down the basket and pointed in the direction of the mangroves. The tide had receded a little today, so she went to catch the sea wherever she had nothing to do. She saw a lot of snails, all of good size, and nothing else. , and came back with two baskets.
“Can this thing be sold for money?”
Zhao Dahai was a little strange.
The snail is thick at one end and thin at the other, with a small spiral shape and a shape like a nail. The appearance and method of eating are like the larger or larger screws in Tamsui. When eating, you have to knock off or cut off the tail. However, one is that this thing is relatively common, and the other is that this thing has a nickname of "venting tube". People who did not grow up by the sea and do not often eat fish, shrimps and crabs will easily suffer from diarrhea if they eat too much, so it is not particularly popular.
“All the food stalls and restaurants in the town accept this stuff.”
“Three or four yuan a pound.”
“It’s not worth it.”
"It's not okay to be idle at home."
"You can earn as much as you can. It's just a matter of effort."
Ma Hongyu smiled.
Zhao Dahai nodded. Snails are indeed not very valuable, but they are very valuable.
Snails grow in the mud, and they have to be dug up and cleaned, which is very labor-intensive. At the end of the day, there are only two baskets, but together they weigh one hundred, fifty or sixty kilograms, three If it costs four yuan a pound, that’s four to five hundred yuan.
The key is that Ma Hongyu is right, you can't be idle. It is better to make as much money as you have, than to sit at home and have nothing.
"Auntie."
"Let me tell you something!"
"I will trade this sea bass for some snails."
Zhao Dahai suddenly thought of tonight I have to go see Ding Xiaoxiang. It would be a good idea to cook some snails and bring them over.
“Hey!”
"How can I ask for your fish with such a worthless thing!"
"If Lei Dayou knows about this, why don't you slap me twice?"
Ma Hongyu said while taking it I bought a small mesh bag and packed twenty kilograms of snails.
Zhao Dahai wanted to give the fish to Ma Hongyu, but he didn’t want it dead or alive, so he didn’t show any politeness. He took the snail and put it on the tricycle. It was getting late, so he had to go back quickly to make it in time. He had to go tonight. Seeing Ding Xiaoxiang, we can't delay any big things.
Asking for a monthly ticket! Thanks!
(End of this chapter)