Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 241
Father Ye is a native of the sea, and he has lived to be in his 50s. He has heard of some local legends. Although he has never seen it, he can check it out.

This horse-riding octopus is known as an earthquake fish!
It is not hairtail!

Ordinary people may mistakenly think that oarfish is a huge hairtail when they see it. In fact, although oarfish and hairtail are similar in appearance, they are actually quite different.

Officially, the oarfish belongs to the order Luna, while the hairtail belongs to the order Perciformes.

In addition to the differences in body shape, there are also differences in their appearance.

The hairtail is "wrapped in silver" and looks quite plain.

The oarfish is much more beautiful, and there is a beautiful "lace" besides "silver-wrapped"-it is its cool and beautiful red fin rays.

The long fin rays located on the head resemble a dazzling red crown, hence the name "oarfish".

"Eat the mountains by the mountains, and eat the water by the water." Fishermen living by the sea naturally make a living by fishing.

For fishermen, spotting a big fish is a source of joy as it means their labor is well rewarded.

But what they found was an oarfish...

At this moment, father Ye felt a little fear inexplicably.

Because according to folklore, the oarfish is a "devil's messenger" that can bring about earthquakes.

Ye Yaodong saw that his father's expression was always unpredictable, so he couldn't help but patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "I've always heard that there was an earthquake in the bay, and we only have occasional aftershocks here, this fish might be from the bay Wan Haixia panicked and fled here. It is also possible that the rumors are false."

Although he thinks it is very likely to be true, because he has read the news in his previous life, oarfishes are found on the beach, and earthquakes often occur soon after.

It is because I have never encountered it before. When I saw the "white ribbon" on the sea just now, I didn't associate it with the oarfish.

Father Ye's frowning brows were slightly relaxed. It is true that there are more earthquakes on the Wanwan side, and their place is only affected occasionally.

"Then bring this fish back?"

"For sure! Such a big oarfish is too rare. It doesn't mean that if we don't catch it, there won't be an earthquake. It ran on the beach and ran aground on its own initiative."

This is not a sunfish, what is taboo, it is just heard that it has a legendary early warning function.

"Then let's take it to the boat first."

The father and son hugged the head one and the tail the other, but they found that it didn't work because its body was too long, and when it was lifted like this, the middle section was still hanging on the beach.

The two had no choice but to hold the head with one hand, and the other held the middle part down a little, let the tail hang down on the beach, and then carried it to the boat.

"Grass... This one is several meters long and weighs more than a hundred catties. I won't give it to Ah Cai. I'll send it to the pier in town to see if there are any bosses who know the goods and offer a high price."

"Well, yes, by the way, let's alert everyone, there may be an earthquake coming."

After lifting this huge oarfish onto the boat, it directly occupied half of the boat.

"This one is four or five meters long..." Father Ye couldn't help smiling again when he saw the emperor's belt that was so long.

"We haven't seen this fish here, have we?"

"No, you old man, I have lived for so many years. I have only heard about this legend. I thought it was just a legend. I didn't expect that there really is an oarfish. No one in the village may have heard of the oarfish."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help being suspicious, how did the third child know about the oarfish?This fish is so rare that most people have never even heard of it.

"How do you know about oarfish?"

He didn't realize it at first, he thought it was a super big hairtail, but after hearing him point it out, he pulled out the memory of the oarfish from his mind.

Ye Yaodong was gesticulating on the head of the oarfish with a cheerful face, its eye sockets almost caught up with his fists, when he heard his father's question, he said indifferently: "From the old newspapers There is a piece of news, I know."

"Old newspapers? Who are you bluffing?" Father Ye glanced at him angrily, "In total, he only went up to the second grade, and he skipped classes every three days, and he suffered from headaches and stomachaches when the exams came, and he didn't know a few words. I can still read newspapers, I can go to heaven..."

"Don't~ Dad, you are not very old, why bother to curse yourself..."

Father Ye stared suddenly, "How did you talk?"

Ye Yaodong said with a playful smile: "I have recently been possessed by Wen Quxing, who is studious and hard-working. I am currently attending a literacy class. I plan to go to Tsinghua University and Peking University for a few days to honor my ancestors..."

Father Ye was surprised when he heard the first half of the sentence, but he didn't expect the second half, he just wanted to bah~

"You think you haven't grown up yet?"

"I heard that there are classes that special bosses can take, no, it's called advanced training..."

"Okay, I'll wait. When the time comes, I'll set off firecrackers for you and put them in your home from the entrance of the village. Then I'll hold a ceremony for you to worship your ancestors. A banquet of eighteen tables will be held."

"Hey, keep a low profile. It's good for our own people to know. There's no need to open [-] tables. It's a waste of money. It's not easy for us to earn some money..."

Father Ye gave him a disgusted look, and shook his head. He actually thought that the third child had grown up, and there was no other person in the whole village who talked about running trains.

Ye Yaodong laughed and bragged with his father for a while before he untied the rope, intending to take in the longline fishing, but when he untied the rope, he saw all kinds of shellfish densely packed on the rocks on the shore, and his hands immediately felt a little itchy .

I've seen it before, but my attention has been on the oarfish.

Speaking of which, he hasn't been to the sea for a long time. Some time ago, starfish flooded, and the small islands around the coast will be devoid of shellfish for a long time.

Today this island is very suitable, the terrain is high, there is still a small piece of beach exposed even if there is no tide, and the boat can be parked at places with high water levels on the side.

But today they still have work to do, the longlines have not been confiscated, and they have to trawl the nets to make money. There is no time to pry these shellfish, so he can only untie the rope and sail the boat unfortunately.

"Father, in a few days, Fifteen will bring mother and little sister over to explore the sea. Let's just use this island. The terrain is high. After the high tide, the beach will definitely show more."

"Well, yes, go back and tell your mother that she has always wanted to come, and she just happens to be idle at home, and she can't make much money doing the Internet." Father Ye has also seen it before.

Now the boat is given to the boss and the second. Although the third child often keeps the fish to share with them, there are less dry goods like shrimps, and they are all used as bait. If you can dry some shellfish, let them sit slowly. It is also good to eat.

After Ye Yaodong took note of the approximate location of the isolated island, he sailed the boat away from the isolated island and headed for the sea area where the longlines were set.

Now that the sky is clear and the sea is calm, it is impossible for them to return immediately.

Father Ye has been squatting beside the oarfish with great interest and watching, imitating him to show the length with his hands there, and touching its tassels from time to time, muttering something, he is too far away I couldn't hear it either, I only saw his father's expression of surprise as he opened and closed his mouth.

While driving the boat, he thought, there was no tsunami in his previous life, and there were several earthquakes that were affected by the bay, but he couldn't remember if there was any this year, the interval was too long.

There must not be one that has too much influence, otherwise he will definitely remember it.

It is now November in the Gregorian calendar, and it is not certain that there will be an earthquake on the Wanwan side or the Wanwan Strait.

When I go back, it would be nice to sleep more and be more alert at night in the past few days.

His mind kept wandering, and he didn't withdraw his thoughts until the boat reached the fishing point where the row hook was set.

Father Ye also stood up to help, and stopped staring at the oarfish.

The father and son are now very proficient in longline fishing. The bait in the whole washbasin has been cut and placed there early, and the bait can be hung directly while collecting fish.

There will be fewer fish products in autumn and winter, and some products are more seasonal.

It’s really the flood season for black mullet recently. He quickly scooped up 1000 row hooks. Half of the baskets were black mullet, half were clam fish, and half were black bream, bass and flounder. With the ray.

Hmm... Autumn and winter are also flooded with toad fish.

Niugang also caught five or six, but their size has shrunk by half, not as big as the few caught at night, and the weight is about ten catties. This small fish is not worth much.

With only the last few hooks left, Ye Yaodong took up the line in an orderly manner, while Ye's father continued to cut the bait. A 100-jin small fish and a 20-jin small shrimp are only enough to hang the bait twice, which may not be enough. This is because Ye The father also cut the fish into small pieces to be enough.

At this moment, he felt that the line in his hand was a bit heavy, and he was overjoyed. He didn't receive any particularly big fish in this wave today. more than enough.

In fact, it is also the reason for his hook. If he wants to catch a big fish, the hook and line must be equipped to keep up. He is completely lucky now, because when some fish eat bait, the hook will swallow deeper, and some fish eat bait. I can still run away.

With strength in his hands, he slowly pulled the rope up bit by bit, and the fish on the hook also floated to the surface, but struggled very hard.

It is still Niugang trevally, fish still like to gather together.

In fact, he also guessed in his heart that it was Niugang scorpion. After all, he had already caught several here, and this fish was a large fish, and the weight in his hand could match it.

If the fishing line is constantly being pulled by the fish, you can see that the hook has been swallowed relatively deep, and has passed through the fish's lower jaw, exposing the pointed part, but it is still stubbornly resisting and struggling, and it also emits "guagua". " cry.

Some fish can call. This Niugang trevally is also nicknamed melon fish by fishermen because of its special call.

This fish does not look very big, but it is not small either. Seeing it struggling on the water surface, it should be about one meter by visual estimation.

The mermaid wrestled for nearly 2 minutes before he felt the pulling force on the other end of the fishing line gradually decrease, which meant that the big fish was tired, so he slowly dragged the fish to the side of the boat. rise.

"Made, this fish is really hard to pull."

Father Ye untied it happily, "It's good that I didn't run away."

Ye Yaodong continued to draw in the line, there were only a few hooks left, after they finished collecting, they could continue to draw another net.

After pulling it, it turned out that the hook was empty and the bait was stolen. He hung up a bait casually, put it back into the sea, and then took it again.

When the last hook was finished, he found that this hook was particularly heavy, and it was the heaviest one in longline fishing today.

He thought it was Niu Hong Kong again, but there was no struggle during the pull, it was just pure sinking, he was a little puzzled.

When the fishing line got shorter and shorter, and the big cargo under the water gradually floated to the surface, he saw that something was wrong.

Why is it a group?

(End of this chapter)