Chapter 24: Strange Fish

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Bluefin tuna is generally about 200 cm in length and can reach a maximum of 458 cm and weigh about 150 kg and can reach a maximum of 684 kg. The bluefin tuna is a very large species, with the highest point near the base of the first dorsal fin, the second dorsal fin taller than the first, a very short pectoral fin, a swim bladder, and 34 to 43 gill rakers.

Bluefin tuna can reach speeds of up to 70 kilometers per hour, but usually swim slowly, only 2-3 kilometers per hour. It is carnivorous and feeds on fish cephalopods and crustaceans. The main competitors for predation are marine mammals and other large fish, especially other mackerel and swordfish.

Zhou Deyi was partying outside with a few friends at this time, including Zheng Yuming from Zheng's Seafood Restaurant, and two or three brothers with good relationships, everyone was persuading Zhou Deyi, because several of the original old customers were pulled away by Fang's seafood wholesale store today.

"Lao Zhou, the east is not bright and the west is bright, those few are not willing to do business with your wholesale stores, as long as you have seafood, are you afraid that you will not find a buyer?"

"That is, there are so many seafood businesses now, not to mention other cities, there are five or six seafood markets in our Dongzhou City, and there are more than 100 seafood wholesale stores.

"Don't worry about these little things, didn't your Xiaolin go to sea? If they really get the good things back, then they may not be too late to regret it? ”

"Thank you brothers, my old Zhou has seen a lot of winds and waves, and this little setback is nothing. To tell you the truth, Xiao Lin has already gotten a lot of big lobsters and the best blood coral grass when he goes to sea, as well as big yellow croaker, I don't believe that these things can't find buyers. Zhou Deyi picked up the wine glass and said to everyone, then touched it one by one, and dried it as soon as he raised his head.

"Dididi-"

Suddenly, there was a text message prompting on his phone, and Zhou Deyi didn't want to take it out to see it, but he thought that he had an agreement with his son that if he found something good, he would tell him immediately, so he opened the text message with a hint of anticipation, and was stunned after just looking at it.

"Old Zhou, drinking, what are you doing in a daze." At this time, Zheng Yuming next to him shouted, but when he saw that he was in a daze with his mobile phone, he immediately turned his head sideways to take a look.

"Bluefin tuna." Zheng Yuming suddenly shouted, startling everyone.

"Lao Zheng, are you sure this is bluefin tuna, it seems that I am not mistaken, hahahaha." Zhou Deyi suddenly laughed.

"What's wrong? What bluefin tuna? Haven't heard of anyone catching bluefin tuna this year? "These people next to me are either seafood or catering, and of course they all know about bluefin tuna.

"Hahaha, my son's classmate just caught a bluefin tuna that is 2.96 meters long and weighs 324 pounds." Zhou Deyi proudly handed the mobile phone to everyone to see, which immediately shocked everyone.

"Oh my God, such a big bluefin tuna is worth nearly 10 million."

"Yes, who is so lucky to get rich all of a sudden."

"Old Zhou, will this bluefin tuna be sold by your Zhou's seafood agent? If you can act as an agent, I'm afraid that the Fang family will not dare to argue with you from now on. ”

"Hehe, this fishing boat belongs to my son's classmate, and he has long said that all the catches are represented by our Zhou's seafood. I have promised him that I will not charge him any handling fee and will help him sell it completely free of charge. Zhou Deyi laughed.

"There will be no handling fee and no loss, as long as your reputation goes up, in the future, other seafood will be more expensive and some people will rush to ask for it, and those fishing boat owners will not rush to send seafood to you."

Everyone was still comforting Zhou Deyi before, but at this time, they envied him, and they expressed their willingness to strengthen cooperation with their Zhou's seafood, and everyone will earn money together in the future.

"Lao Zhou, let's talk about it first, the best seafood on Xiao Fan's fishing boat, you have to give priority to my restaurant, including this bluefin tuna, although I can't eat it all, but at least I have to put my restaurant on display before the auction, I have a special booth there." Zheng Yuming immediately made his own request.

"Lao Zheng, our relationship needs to be said, I can call the shots in this matter, it's absolutely no problem." Zhou Deyi patted his chest and promised, and then everyone drank even happier.

"The fourth, my dad, and Uncle Zheng are with him, and they have confirmed that this is bluefin tuna. According to last year's price estimates, the bluefin tuna should sell for more than 8 million to 9 million. After Zhou Xiaolin chatted with his father for a while, he put away his mobile phone and said to Lin Fan and everyone with a smile.

"Okay, everyone has a share, and each person will receive a bonus of 20,000 yuan when they go back."

Lin Fan waved his hand, and everyone shouted excitedly when they heard it, whether it was catching bluefin tuna or the bonus, they were all very happy. Because some of the crew members may have not seen a bluefin tuna for decades, and they have seen it, so everyone took pictures with the bluefin tuna.

This time I went to sea, it was only a short five or six days, but everyone's bonus was already thirty or forty thousand, which was the salary of going to sea several times before, how could they not be excited, and they didn't need Uncle De to tell them to start processing the fish and send it to the largest freezer for refrigeration.

After everyone was done, it was already late at night, Lin Fan said to everyone: "Everyone has worked hard today, let's sleep more tomorrow morning, we also have to combine work and rest." ”

After everyone rested, Lin Fan gave an order to the engineering soldiers, and the Golden Pearl quickly headed towards the sea area where the group of stone fish lived, but the distance was relatively far, and it took more than ten hours to arrive.

The next day, when everyone came out to the activity, it was close to noon, so they used the fish they caught last night to make lunch, and then they went down a few nets on the way, and the main thing they caught was some pomfret, plus the original ones, almost ten thousand catties of pomfret.

When we arrived at the sea where the stonefish lived, it was already three or four o'clock in the afternoon, and the Golden Pearl slowly stopped, and the engineering fighters in the control room told everyone that the sea water below was not deep, only more than 300 meters, and they could try diving.

As soon as everyone heard that they could dive, they immediately came to their senses, and they only went down a few nets today, and they were not tired of living, so they all prepared themselves and went to the sea. Lin Fan reminded everyone to be careful and pay attention to safety.

Because Lin Fan knew that the stonefish was poisonous, and it had a stinger on its back, and if someone stepped on it, it would emit venom through the stinger. It's just that the diving suits on the Golden Pearl have been modified by engineering warriors, and they are basically not afraid of the stinger of the stonefish.

After going to the sea, everyone found that the bottom of the sea is all coral reefs, like a reef mountain, strange rocks, full of corals, colorful, there are many reef fish swimming around, such as redhead fish, zebrafish, angelfish, butterflyfish, all are some colorful ornamental fish, very beautiful.

The others were busy looking for treasures everywhere, only Lin Fan knew that the real treasure was under these coral reefs, or in the stone piles, so after a careful search, he found a stone fish that looked exactly like the stone, and kicked it lightly with his foot, it immediately crawled forward, and after climbing a few steps, it stopped between the stone crevices and did not move.

Lin Fan directly opened the pocket, put it in front of the stone fish, and gently kicked it with his foot, and it climbed into the pocket by itself, it was effortless, and a stone fish weighing five or six catties was in his hands.

He didn't alert the others, but after everyone didn't find the treasure, someone finally noticed his behavior, Zhou Xiaolin swam to his side, saw him kick a stone fish into his pocket, and immediately exclaimed:

"Wow, there's a stonefish here, it's a real treasure."

Of course he knew the stonefish, but the others didn't know much, so they asked one after another, Zhou Xiaolin hurriedly introduced the basic situation of the stonefish to everyone, and told everyone that the spines on the back of the stonefish were poisonous and could not be touched with their hands, and it was best to use Lin Fan's method to kick them into their pockets.

Stonefish belongs to the family of poisonous scorpionfish, and the scientific name is "rose poisonous carp", because it has thorns like roses and is poisonous, so it is named. The stonefish has a terrifying shape and an ugly body, like a stone, lying dormant in the rocks of the seabed, and is not easy to be detected.

The stonefish is smooth and scaleless, with a mouth curved like a crescent moon, and the fish is gray and stone-colored, faintly revealing stone-like markings; The belly of the fish is swollen with reddish white, and the flat side of the tail is slightly narrower. It is only about 30 centimeters long, and its body is thick and round with many nodulous protrusions, like the skin of a toad.

Stonefish have a complex and varied body color depending on the environment, and like a chameleon, they use camouflage to blind their enemies so that they can survive. It is usually predominantly earthy yellow and orange. Its eyes are peculiar, they are very small on the back and have a deep depression under the eyes.

Although the stonefish is ugly, the meat is fresh and tender, there are no fine spines, the nutritional value is very high, it has the medicinal effect of moistening the lungs, people with bad skin eat it, and it can also play a role in beauty, and it is most suitable for stewing.

The stewed stone fish has the medicinal effects of nourishing and nourishing the lungs, strengthening the kidneys and nourishing the skin. After the fat of the stonefish is dried, it is processed into fish maw and used in soup, which is smooth in the mouth and becomes a delicacy on the table, which is comparable to the finest shark fin bird's nest. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" written by Li Shizhen, a medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty, said that stonefish can treat musculoskeletal pain and have the effect of warming and replenishing deficiency.

When everyone heard this, they went to the coral reefs and stone piles to look for them, and sure enough, they found a lot of stonefish. By the time they started catching stonefish, Lin Fan had already gone out of the sea twice and brought up more than 100 catties of stonefish.

After more than an hour, everyone turned over the coral reefs on the surrounding seabed and found more than 1,600 catties of stonefish. Of course, there were some jokes, and some people even got colored coral stones and thought them as stonefish.

"This fish is called a stone fish, and it really looks like a stone."

"It's like, it's a bit ugly."

"However, stonefish are so rare, we haven't seen them in so many times at sea."

"I'm afraid that a strange fish like this is not very tasty. Can it be sold for money? ”>