59 years after its opening, people are still in Nanluoguxiang

The fish are indeed coming.

Because it is not a deep water area, the water is very shallow, maybe only three or four meters, and this time it is a group of sea catfish.

There are many fish that can be caught in the Bohai Bay in autumn, and the most caught are "sea catfish".

Sea catfish is also known as jumping fish and sand fish. It is not big, usually a few taels to half a catty. It looks very similar to catfish and has the same color as catfish.

But the taste and taste are completely different from their relatives on the shore.

Every spring hatching to October is the most plump, and it dies after spawning.

"Uncle, let's go to the deep water area later."

Chen Feng almost jumped up in anger.

I thought there would be a wave of swimming crabs, so he could take out the crab roe and crab meat stored in the space, but who would have thought that there would be a group of sea catfish.

Sea catfish is a good food for fishermen, and its status is similar to that of small yellow croaker.

In the era of abundant grain, it is used to feed ducks.

"Haha, good, wait until we collect the fish and change places!"

Zhou Jing laughed non-stop. If there was a wooden boat, he would use a small net to catch fish now, instead of standing on the big rocks on the shore to fish.

"Dad, you are too slow."

Grandpa snorted coldly, slowly took out a cigarette, put it to the tip of his nose and smelled it.

It was still a pack of good cigarettes, Daqianmen produced by Tianjin Cigarette Factory. Ordinary Daqianmen is more than 30 cents a pack, this pack is 50 cents, and adding 20 cents, you can buy a pack of Zhonghua.

So he felt sorry for the cigarette and couldn't bear to smoke it. He had smelled it many times.

You know, nowadays, people in the countryside usually buy cigarettes for a few cents, and every household would like to spend ten cents as one dollar.

"Dad, give me one." Zhou Jing said greedily.

"Sure, five cents a stick." Grandpa said with a smile.

"Dad, you are really my dad!" Zhou Jing sighed, and touched his waist bag, then he remembered that he had lost all his money for buying cigarettes in order to buy Daqianmen.

"Xiaofeng, how much money can you get for sending fish to Beijing this time?"

Chen Feng replied: "If we sell it to someone, if it is to the cannery, we can raise the price by 20%. If it is purchased by my mother as a task to be handed in, then we can only follow the market price."

"200 kilograms of fish, according to my grandfather's meaning, don't feed them all at once."

"Otherwise, they will think that it is easy for us to get fish, and will continue to raise the price, so that we can take out more low-priced fish."

"Yes, that's the truth."

Grandpa couldn't help it, took out a match and smoked one.

"People's hearts are like this. This time you take out 100 kilograms, next time you want 200 kilograms, and the next time it will become 300 kilograms. We must let them know that it is very difficult to catch so many fish."

Zhou Jing and his wife nodded at the same time.

"Yes, we used to fish, and we only caught about ten kilograms a day. It would take 20 days to store 200 kilograms of fish without eating or drinking, unless there is a boat."

It is best to fish at the seaside 100 meters away from the coastline.

Because most marine fish live in waters of about 10 meters, and the number of fish species in shallow waters near the coast is limited.

Fortunately, Tianjin Tanggu Port also meets the conditions of a natural good port.

There are many places here with a water depth of more than 8 meters, which are suitable for yellow croaker to survive, such as the deep water slope in Zhoujiagou, which is very suitable for fishing.

Chen Feng wanted to go fishing near the coast, as the harvest would definitely be several times more than on the shore. He asked, "Grandpa, can we make a boat ourselves?"

Grandpa shook his head and said, "No, the commune will not agree."

Once this kind of thing is allowed, no one in the commune will go to work.

Zhou Jing interrupted, "Don't mention this bastard thing, let's continue talking about selling fish."

Chen Feng smiled and said, "We will sell 50 kilograms for the first time, and it must be ordinary fish for the steel mill."

"Of course, we can't make the leaders dissatisfied, so we will catch two or three extra good fish. We can secretly sell the rest to the cannery."

"Then how much should we take?" Zhou Jing asked.

Chen Feng thought for a while and said, "80 kilograms, 50 kilograms for the steel mill and 30 kilograms for the cannery. In this way, even if the leaders of the steel mill know about it, they will be proud."

"How much can the sea fish in Sijiucheng sell for?" Aunt couldn't help asking.

Chen Feng smiled and said, "Let's calculate it at 40 cents per pound."

On the market, small yellow croaker, sea catfish, etc. are very cheap, and 30 cents is already considered a lot.

If you want to sell at a price of 40 cents, you must have solid goods.

"12 yuan, so much?

"My aunt exclaimed.

Is this a lot?

Chen Feng sighed.

Now the work points earned by an adult in the countryside in a month are roughly equivalent to 6-10 yuan.

12 yuan is indeed a lot of money.

Zhou Jing smiled and said, "You have forgotten the fish sold to the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. Even if it is calculated at 0.3 yuan, it is 15 yuan."

"27 yuan, half for each family, that is 13.5 yuan, which is more than the commune's monthly fishing." My aunt quickly calculated.

Chen Feng shook his head and said, "It's okay to rest at home for seven or eight days a month, but we still have to report work points. What if someone is jealous and finds out that we are fishing and selling, and reports to the commune, saying that we are not doing our job properly, which will have a bad impact. ”

The Zhou family sold the fish they caught to state-owned units for a lot of money. Even if the commune knew about it, they couldn’t blame them.

As long as they didn’t sell it to private individuals, it wouldn’t be illegal.

But for those people, this is no less than a slap in their faces!

There’s no way to do it openly, but it’s uncomfortable to throw a small shoe at them in private.

“Well, Xiaofeng is right. It’s better to offend a villain than an official.” Grandpa said, “Let’s go on the boat the day after tomorrow.”

Chen Feng likes such relatives, who listen to advice and are not greedy!

With the fishing rod in his hand, he caught a prawn nearly 26 centimeters long.

“What a big prawn.” Zhou Fubo cheered.

He also liked the dish of fried prawns.

Grandpa said in amazement: “This is the first time I’ve seen such a big prawn caught by the sea. Usually, you can only catch it on a boat a few miles away from the sea. ”

Chinese prawns are generally 15-19 cm long. Male prawns mature and begin to mate at the end of October.

At this time, the water temperature in the nearshore area drops, and the shrimps begin to gather in the open sea. In December, they gradually leave the Bohai Sea and enter the deep waters of the Yellow Sea to avoid the cold, and do not return until March or April of the following year.

In other words, if Chen Feng still wants to eat prawns, he must reserve a batch before November.

After November, this little thing will move.

"Shrimp is good. Prawns can be sold at a high price in Sijiucheng. "Chen Feng said.

He had gone to the market before and had not seen prawns, but compared to crabs, prawns undoubtedly have more meat.

Seafood is cheap in Tianjin (in fact, the price has also increased. In 1964, crabs were 0.35 yuan and shrimps were 0.5 yuan). The price of crabs was 40 cents and shrimps were 60 cents per catty.

Crabs in the old city are sold at 50 cents per catty. It is normal for prawns to sell at 70 or 80 cents, right?

Uncle and aunt are undoubtedly very concerned about small money.

"How much is a catty?"

"About 50 cents to start!" Chen Feng answered casually.

"Oh my god, didn't I eat a few dollars the day before yesterday!"