Fairy Gourd Farm

Chapter 254 Fishing Traps
Zhao Lei had a good impression of the boat boss. He answered the phone and asked with a smile, "Old Xu, is your fishing boat repaired? What can I do?"

Xu Zhiming said with a smile on the other end of the phone: "Thanks to you, the Public Security Bureau asked Zhu Junwei to pay me a large sum of money first. Not only did the fishing boat be repaired, but also a new engine was replaced. Now my boat runs faster."

"That's really congratulations." Zhao Lei asked Xu Zhiming, "What do you want from me?"

"Yeah, something happened." Xu Zhiming on the other end of the phone said a little embarrassedly: "The fishing season for Yangtze saury is here, um... are you interested in trying your luck?"

It's no wonder that Xu Zhiming thought of Zhao Lei. The last time he caught eel fry left a deep impression on him.In Xu Zhiming's decades of fishing career, he has never seen anyone catch eel fry like Zhao Lei.Since that bait works for all fish, it should work for knifefish as well.

Although Zhao Lei has always been a poor boy, he has also heard of the famous Yangtze saury. The biggest impression of this fish is one word - expensive!

In last year's saury fishing season, a three or two saury was sold for more than 6000 yuan.Larger saury is even more expensive, selling for around 1 yuan.And at an auction before the Ching Ming Festival last year, a seven-two-weight saury was sold for a high price of more than 5 yuan!

That is to say, if calculated by unit weight, the price of saury is much higher than that of the eel that Zhao Lei is currently breeding.

But now the number of saury is less and less, and the annual catch is only a few tons.This in turn has further pushed up the price of saury, which is definitely more expensive this year than last year.

After receiving Xu Zhiming's invitation call, Zhao Lei couldn't help being moved, and quickly agreed: "Okay, I will go to Chongdao tomorrow, and you will still wait for me at the pier!"

"Great!" Xu Zhiming on the other end of the phone said happily, "Then see you tomorrow!"

The next morning, Zhao Lei arrived at the pier of Bao Town in Chongdao.

Although most of the fishing boats have already gone to sea, there are still several boats parked at the pier.When the fishermen on the boat saw Zhao Lei, they cast admiring glances at him.

A while ago, Zhao Lei taught Zhu Junwei a hard lesson, which not only made this guy lose face, but also sent him to prison.I heard that the police are doing their best to investigate the facts of Zhu Junwei's crime. It is very likely that this guy will never get out for the rest of his life.It is precisely because of this that everyone respects this young man who has eliminated the tyrant of the dock.

Zhao Lei quickly found Xu Zhiming's boat. The broken glass was replaced and the hull was repainted. The whole boat looked brand new.

Zhao Lei came to the side of the boat and said to Xu Zhiming on the deck: "Old Xu, I'm here!"

Xu Zhiming was preparing to go to sea, and when he saw Zhao Lei, he immediately said enthusiastically: "Boss Zhao is here, let's get on the boat."

Zhao Lei jumped onto the deck easily, and said with a smile, "This ship looks much newer than before, it's pretty good!"

"It's all thanks to you." Xu Zhiming said with a smile: "If you weren't on the boat that time, I might have been beaten to death by Zhu Junwei's gang. How can I renovate the fishing boat?"

Zhao Lei smiled and said: "Don't mention the past, anyway, we are all safe and sound now."

"Boss Zhao, you are here!" At this time, Yang Youqiang in the cabin also heard Zhao Lei's voice, and hurried out to greet him.

Zhao Lei smiled and said, "Lao Yang, how is your injury?"

"The iron sand has been taken out." Yang Youqiang said with a smile: "The doctor said there is no major problem, and it will be fine soon."

Xu Zhiming said: "I asked Youqiang to rest for a few more days, but he just didn't want to. So I let him sail and I will do his work."

Seeing Xu Zhiming taking care of Yang Youqiang so much, Zhao Lei also nodded secretly. This is indeed a kind person.

At the same time, Xu Zhiming had already untied the cable, and Yang Youqiang drove the fishing boat, slowly left the pier and headed towards the vast river.

The speed of the fishing boat with the new motor was indeed much faster, and it didn't take long to arrive at the place where Xu Zhiming often catches saury.

While arranging the fishing nets, Xu Zhiming introduced to Zhao Lei: "Saury is difficult to catch, so we generally use gillnets to catch saury."

Speaking of this, Xu Zhiming sighed, shook his head lightly and said, "However, the number of saury has become less and less in recent years. Now with a 30-meter-long net, it is impossible to catch a few saury every day."

What Zhao Lei cares about is not the production of saury, but that all the fish caught by the gillnet are dead fish, which is seriously inconsistent with his plan.

So Zhao Lei frowned and said, "Old Xu, we can't use gillnets."

"Don't use the gillnet?" Xu Zhiming frowned and said, "There are very few saury in the first place. I'm afraid I won't be able to catch them without the gillnet!"

Zhao Lei said confidently: "Don't worry, with the bait prepared by my classmate, we will definitely catch saury!"

Although fishermen have always used gillnets to catch saury, but with the experience of fishing eel fry last time, Xu Zhiming decided to trust Zhao Lei once again.

Under Zhao Lei's command, Xu Zhiming first sank an ordinary fishing net into the river, and then put the bait he had prepared in the middle of the fishing net to make a simple trap, waiting for the saury to swim in.

Zhao Lei stood quietly on the side of the boat, staring closely at the range of the trap, waiting for the saury to throw itself into the trap.

The river water containing a lot of sediment was slightly turbid, and it was impossible to see clearly below half a meter.However, the fishing net sank in the water nearly two meters deep. Most people don't know if any fish have entered the trap, and they can only rely on luck.

But for Zhao Lei, this is not a problem.After reaching the third level of the Sanqing mental method, his five senses are much sharper than ordinary people, and his eyesight is even better.As long as Zhao Lei concentrates, he can see through the turbid river water and vaguely see the fishing nets floating two or three meters below the water surface.

Although it is already spring, the wind on the river is still biting.Seeing Zhao Lei blowing the wind on the deck for more than half an hour, Xu Zhiming also felt a little funny.What can be seen by staring at Jiang Shui, Boss Zhao is indeed a good person, but after all, he is still young and too eager for success.

Thinking of this, Xu Zhiming poked his head out of the cabin to remind Zhao Lei: "Boss Zhao, it's windy outside, let's come in and warm up. If you catch a cold in this weather, you will be in trouble."

However, Zhao Lei didn't listen to Xu Zhiming's words at all, but immediately shouted at him: "There are fish, come and help collect the net!"

Xu Zhiming couldn't believe it, but Zhao Lei could see through the muddy river water and knew that a fish had entered the trap.But he was the boss after all, and paid for the boat, so he immediately came to the deck and collected the net with Zhao Lei.

But when the fishing net was lifted above the water, Xu Zhiming was shocked.

(End of this chapter)