Every spring, a species of fish arrives in the waters around the Red Ocean, and this fish is sprinkled and gathered in schools, and once it appears, it is overwhelming.

This fish is sardines.

Sardines are warm-water fish in the coastal waters, generally not found in open waters and oceans, they usually inhabit pelagic waters, and are abundant and large in groups, making them easy to catch.

In autumn and winter, when surface water temperatures are cooler, sardines dive deeper to recuperate.

In the spring, the fish gradually emerge to the surface and start breeding, and spring and summer are the breeding seasons for them.

Every Spring Festival, for fishermen, this is not the New Year, sardines arrive after the New Year, this kind of fish is huge, fishermen can have a big harvest.

But catching sardines is not a very simple task, it is true that they are warm and temperate fish, they like to survive in the pelagic seas, but as the lowest life in the marine life chain, they also have ways to save their lives, one of which is to hide at the bottom of the sea during the day and float to the surface at night to hunt.

Because of the poor vision at night, it is not easy for fishermen to go down the net to fish, but as the so-called you have a good plan, I have a ladder, and the so-called magic is one foot high and one foot high, and the fishermen have a way to deal with the sardines at night - jumping fire boy!

This method of catching sardines has a history of 100 years from the Guangdong-Guangzhou-Taiwan area to the north, and has now become a fishing tradition.

In recent years, with the rise of tourism, some fishermen's activities have also become tourist activities, such as the sanddine fishing for fireboys.

Sardines are a good thing, they grow fast, they are fertile, and the meat is tender, high in fat, and has a good taste.

This fish can be eaten in a variety of ways, such as braised fish, fried, sauce-grilled, and stewed, and can also be processed into fish lambs, fish balls, fish rolls, fish sausages and other convenience foods.

If it is sent to the factory, it can be used to refine fish oil, tanning, soap and metal smelting, and of course it can also be made into fishmeal, and it can also be made into top bait for fishing enthusiasts.

Therefore, as long as sardines can be caught in the spring flood, no matter how much they are, they can be sold, and there are seafood merchants to purchase, fishing companies to purchase, and factories to purchase and supply, and the demand is very large.

In addition, the fishermen will also select the best sardines to sell to tourists, and the price of fresh sardines caught on the day is higher than the market because the quality is the best.

Ao Muyang manages the fishing grounds, and the others begin to prepare the tools that the fire boy needs.

If you want to jump on the fire, you can't use a big boat to trawl the net, of course, the big boat still has to be used, and when you go to sea, you can use a big boat to drag a small boat, which is mighty and mighty, like a long dragon.

At the end of February, here in the Red Ocean, the taste of spring has come out, and schools of sardines have appeared.

In the afternoon, the Great Dragon's Head departed from the dock, and behind it hung a series of small boats, including sampans, diesel boats, and various iron speedboats, and the revolutionary ranks were very complicated.

Ao Daodao carefully moved out a wooden box, and after opening it, there were pieces of transparent crystals, like large pieces of rock candy, and like crystals with impurities, very beautiful.

Ao Mudong reached out to take it, and Ao Daodao reached out and slapped the back of his hand: "Don't touch it, this thing is very dangerous." ”

"What's the danger?" Ao Mudong said with a big grin, "It's just a few calcium carbide, as long as it doesn't touch the water, how can it drop?

Ao Muyang said: "Brother Dong, you better be careful, this thing is not a toy, what is there to touch it?"

This is calcium carbide, which is called electric soil in some places, a very domineering ore.

Its scientific name is calcium carbide, and its main components are some inorganic compounds, which are white crystals in the conventional state, and gray-black lumps in industrial products, which immediately react violently when exposed to water to generate acetylene and release heat.

The main tool to be used by the fire boy is this kind of spar, which is dangerous during use, and only the eldest brother who leads the torch can touch it, and for safety and insurance, no one else is allowed to touch it.

The fleet goes out to sea, there are many similar fleets on the sea, and one after another fishing boats are connected to the sea, like a giant dragon cruising, and the vertical and horizontal posture itself is a scenic spot.

Some fishing boats have tourists, especially those in the county and urban docks, which have the most tourists on them.

Ao Muyang's purpose is to catch sardines, but there are still too few tourists in Longtou Village, and there are very few tourists who are willing to spend money on a boat to go out to visit the fire boy activities.

Tourists are entertained by Ao Wenchang, anyway, there are few people, and he can entertain them himself.

The spring sea breeze warmed up, Ao Muyang stood on the bow of the boat and watched the sunset, the orange sunset sun sprinkled on his body warmly, which was a treat for people who had just experienced a cold winter.

The last rays of sunlight disappeared into the sea, but the night sky was not very dark, and the bright moonlight sprinkled down, illuminating the sea brightly.

The tide is surging, the waves are fluctuating, everyone is silvery white as far as the eye can see, and the sound of the waves hitting the water is crisp and loud when they hear it.

In this situation, some tourists on the boat were greatly moved, and muttered: "The moon is born on the sea, and the end of the world is at this time." ”

Ao Muyang said with a smile: "The tide of the spring river is even with the sea, and the bright moon on the sea is born together. ”

After listening to the poem he said, the tourist's eyes lit up, he thought for a while, and said: "The boat is gone, and the river and the sea will live for the rest of his life!"

Ao Muyang was already prepared, and said: "Sir's poem may not be too sad, I think we have to say at this time - the clouds of the nine heavens are drooping, and the waters of the four seas are standing!"

The tourist applauded and said with a smile: "Okay, well, the boat boss is still a lover of Chinese culture." ”

Ao Muyang waved his hand and said: "A layman who eats by the sea, so I remembered a few poems about the sea when I was in school, and I haven't touched the threshold of Chinese culture." ”

At this time, a fire suddenly lit up on the sea not far away, and a red flame rose into the air, as if a piece of sea water was burning!

Ao Muyang heard the sound and left, and Ao Daodao in the cabin poked his head out and shouted: "Dragon's head, it seems that there are schools of fish, take the brothers to work!"

The tiger was cruising beside the boat as usual, and seeing this, Ao Muyang shook his head: "Ignore them, keep going." ”

The fleet drove for another ten or twenty minutes, and there was a muffled sound of 'boom' on the empty sea, and as I looked around, there was a continuous fire with the sound.

The tiger suddenly accelerated and dived into the water, Ao Muyang immediately waved his hand to signal Ao Daodao to reduce the speed of the boat, and then he jumped into the water, the tiger swam back, he sat in the saddle, and followed the tiger in the sea to ride the wind and waves.

When the tiger dived into the water, Ao Muyang immediately saw a school of fish in the distance.

Dense!

Countless small fish gathered together to chase after me, and the number of these fish was innumerable, and he exhausted his eyes to see that the sea was full of small fish, as if the ocean in front of him was filled with fish.

A school of sardines has appeared!