Catch the sea: start with a sand shovel and take over the entire beach

Being on a boat is naturally not like home, but Lao Luo's cooking skills are quite good. Six people can finish the rice in one rice cooker.

After the meal, they chatted for a few more words. After Lao Luo and the others sailed away, Zhao Qin and the others also lay down on the deck and prepared to rest.

This is a small fishing boat. There is no cabin for people to rest at all, so everyone can only sleep on the deck.

As for washing, there is no such condition on the ship. I really want to take a bath. The bathhouse is big enough in the vast sea. Another advantage of docking here is that there is fresh water on the island.

Zhao Qin looked up at the starry sky. The stars were bright and competing with each other. There was no trace of dust and it was extremely clean.

You can't look at it for too long, otherwise you will have the illusion that you are blending into the starry sky. You retracted your gaze and looked around. The eldest brother was already asleep and snoring.

Ah He and Ah Chen were scratching the side of the boat, muttering something.

"What are you two looking at?" he asked softly.

"Brother, there is a seahorse, and this thing can make it shine."

Zhao Qin also stood up and went to the side to take a look. It was quite interesting. The seahorse was about one or two meters above the water layer, almost motionless, and its belly gave off a warm and faint yellow light.

"Okay, go to sleep. This thing is a protected animal and cannot be touched."

Seahorses are very expensive, and a fresh product like this can be sold for dozens of yuan. But if one is caught, it will probably take half a year to use the sewing machine, which is not cost-effective.

But before he could leave, he saw a needlefish swimming in the distance. He didn't pay much attention to it. The next moment he turned around and lay down on the deck again.

Just when he was half asleep, he suddenly felt a pain in his crotch, as if he had been hit by something. The pain made him curl up into a prawn.

After a while, he recovered and stood up, only to find that a fish had jumped onto the deck, and it just hit his lifeline.

"Damn it, I can sue you for sexual harassment." He was so angry that he stomped on the fish, and the fish stopped beating with this kick.

When he picked it up, he saw that it was a tarpon, and he was secretly glad that he hadn't bitten it directly, otherwise he would have become a sister to Lin Yang.

Ah Chen and Ah He also fell asleep. After he lay down again, he felt that the air leaking from his crotch was very unsafe, so he sat up again speechlessly.

The probe glanced at the sea surface and found that there were needlefish swimming around again. He was bored and picked up the net, intending to catch a few fish. Although they were not valuable, I heard that they tasted pretty good and they would be enough for a meal tomorrow.

Catching this thing requires quick eyes and quick hands, and the needlefish is very narrow, and the mesh of the net is large, so it is easy to get out of the mesh. Although there are more and more fish, he only caught three or four after fishing for a while.

Needlefish, the spines on its mouth can easily pierce human skin

I threw down the net and looked at the time. It was already eleven o'clock. I would have to get up at three or four tomorrow. I had to get some sleep.

Not long after lying down again, Zhao Qin had to get up again, pulled out the rainproof cloth, covered it a little for himself, and then covered it a little for his eldest brother and the two boys.

The wind is strong at sea and it is still a bit cold at night, and this can effectively prevent being attacked by fish again.

However, the next moment he heard a crackling sound at the bow of the boat, like the sound of boiling water, and he turned over again angrily.

I thought to myself, it's over, I can't sleep on the boat at all. What will I do if I go to sea in the future?

There were two searchlights on the bow of the ship. One was turned off at the moment, but there was still one left. Around the lights, groups of fish gathered together, jumping out of the water and crashing into the sea from time to time. This was what he heard before. sound.

They were so densely packed that it was impossible to see how many were outside the light range.

"Sardines again?"

He could clearly see the size of the fish, but he couldn't see the specific fish.

The next moment he suddenly realized that no matter what kind of fish it was, it would be fine if he could sell it for money. He ran to the bridge decisively, turned on the other light on the bow of the boat, and even turned on the machine.

Then he went to get the net. As the machine rang, Zhao Ping woke up in a daze. He sat up and looked at Zhao Qin who was running back and forth on the deck and asked in confusion, "Aqin, is it time?"

"Brother, there is a school of fish on the bow of the boat."

Zhao Ping was stunned for a moment, his brain turned on completely, he flipped it up and asked, "What kind of fish is it?"

"You can't see clearly, they look like sardines. Brother, turn on the winch and let's try casting a net."

"You open it, and I'll cast the net and wake up those two boys as well."

Before Zhao Qin could call out, Ahe and Aqin also woke up after hearing the noise, "Brother, the nets have started to be closed, why didn't you call me?"

Ah Chen rubbed his eyes. The time at sea passed too fast. It always felt like he just lay down and it was time to close the net?

Without thinking too much, I stood up and stood up waiting for the fishing net to come up.

"I didn't set up the net, I just saw a school of fish." Zhao Qin explained without looking back. The two of them were stunned for a moment before running to the front to take a look.

I found that wherever the light touched, it was like the sea water was boiling, and fish were jumping into the water.

"Brother, have you seen what kind of fish it is?"

"Aqin, it's not sardines, but it's much more expensive than sardines. This is anchovies, which are anchovies."

"Dozens?"

"It's about eight or nine yuan a pound, it depends on the size. The bigger ones may be a little more expensive."

Zhao Qin was speechless. It wasn't much more expensive than sardines, but if you think about it, if you could catch a few thousand kilograms, it would be worth tens of thousands, which was pretty good.

Zhao Ping kept talking with his hands, and had already started to play the first net.

Now that we have a winch, we no longer need help. Just hang the net collecting rope on the machine and use the machine to rotate it. The net can be collected in a moment.

However, in the end, four people had to work hard to unload the net from the winch and drag it to the deck, but it also took less effort than pulling it by hand before.

The boat is still too small. If we install a hoisting machine on the boat, everything will be solved.

"They are all good in size, A-Qin. I have made a fortune. This net must weigh about three hundred kilograms."

Zhao Qin was speechless, because the fish that came up was smaller than what he had seen before, and the body was very slender, a bit like the dry hairy fish he used to eat in his hometown. One fish only weighed four or five dollars at most, and it was big. Not even one tael.

This eldest brother is so big!

This is also because he doesn’t know much about anchovies. Anchovies are both marine and freshwater fish, and are migratory fish between salt and fresh water.

Every spring, they go to the mouths of rivers to spawn. The young fish grow to about the same size at the junction of salt and fresh water, and then they swim into the sea in groups. Of course, they will not enter pure fresh water areas.

Adult female fish are slightly larger and can grow to about 20 centimeters and weigh about 20 grams. Male fish are smaller, usually about 13 centimeters, and weigh only a little more than 10 grams.

Now almost all the fish coming to this net are about 20 centimeters, which is not very big.

Anchovies, anchovies, these are all things.

"Pour it out quickly. Ah He took out the whole basket and poured it directly into the basket."

The four people were busy and poured out the first net first.

The three of them were busy picking up fish. Zhao Ping stood on the bow of the boat again and started fishing. After they picked up the fish scattered on the deck, the second net came up.

Assemble the basket again, move the net to the basket and open it.

This net also caught two sea wolves and a manta ray, which is surprising. The manta ray is a bottom fish, so why did it reach the upper water layer?

But then I realized that the reason why I ran to the upper water layer must be to catch anchovies.

There was an endless stream, and it was impossible to catch all the fish. This reminded Zhao Qin of the scene of fishing for sardines before, which was almost exactly the same.

The baskets were obviously not enough, so there was no other choice but to pour the fish directly into the bin and free up the baskets.