Chapter 142: Doing as the Locals Like
I don't know if it's because the memory of the seabirds is still poor, or if the fish soaked in the space tastes too delicious, so that these birds only remember the taste of the fish and forget the seabird killer of the ball. On the deck on the side of the ball, it usually takes less than half an hour for seabirds to land near the Ripple and steal the bait.
After one or two rounds, the ball did not need to be greeted by Beihai, and instead of its usual laziness, it stretched out its head and looked at the side of the boat, and if there were more than two dozen seabirds on the sea, the ball would go into the water to bite and kill one or two of these eyeless seabirds.
"A fish bites" The next morning, with Matt's excited voice, a new round of fish affairs officially began.
Matt and Qi Yiming's attention naturally shifted to the fishing line, while Bei Hai was leaning on the door frame as usual. Now the most idle thing on the boat is Bei Hai, and even the ball is assigned to the work of watching birds.
This time it was a big gain! Bei Hai looked at the concentrated ball and thought to himself, a bubble bird made Bei Hai realize that there are actually rules for getting along with these empty and simple aliens, and it is not good to be like he was before, as long as he treats the three of Da Mao together, these two goods will be much more obedient.
It's like as long as Bei Hai's face is cold now, the ball will be a little better at work.
Bei Hai looked at the ball with big round eyes and staring at the sea.
Although sometimes when Bei Hai can't see it, the ball will be a little lazy and put his head on the side of the boat for a while, but it is simply different from before.
Not only the balls, but also the fritters are a lot more honest, and the reaction to Bei Hai's order is not so indifferent. The only thing Bei Hai doesn't know now is how to punish these two goods if they make mistakes. In other words, what are these people afraid of?
Of course, all things with IQ are afraid of fighting, and although Bei Hai knows it, he doesn't want to do it. Get started, your own hands hurt, and you can't count the guys. Unless it is absolutely necessary, Beihai is not allowed to play like this.
Snuggled up to the door, Bei Hai's mind ran the train. Matt and Qi Yiming dragged the fish onto the deck, removed the internal organs, put ice cubes on the fish maw and the fish, and wrapped them in oilcloth.
Matt had been trying to say a word to his captain, but before he could say anything, he saw the shadow of a boat in the distance.
After taking two steps and picking up the binoculars, Matt said to Bei Hai, "Captain, Buck's ship is here again."
"Hmm!" Bei Hai came back to his senses and took the binoculars handed over by Matt to see that it was Buck's squid fishing boat.
"Captain, this old boy won't be where you built yƬ. I didn't catch a squid, so I'm going to trouble you," Matt quipped to Bei Hai.
The squid boat is recognizable, with a ring of light bulbs hanging around the boat, and at night these lights are turned on to attract schools of nearby squid, and then the hook is dropped and the squid is hooked.
"No way, there are schools of squid over there, and the schools of fish in that water quality are not necessarily very large, but there must be some!" Fishing for squid is a little easier than tuna. It's not surprising that fishermen know that a few of the people who have spent time at sea have never caught squid. Besides, this thing wasn't seen by Bei Hai, can it be fake if both the earth dog and the fritters see it? So Bei Hai said these words quite confidently.
Now Bei Hai Urchin is much bigger than when he first came, and he is not too worried about others discovering his little secret. In fact, Bei Hai has also understood by now that no one will take this matter too seriously for a while. I was worried that it was because I really had such a strange thing, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. Who would believe that there is such a thing in the world that Bei Hai wears around his neck.
"Hey! Hull! Buck's ship came to a stop near the Ripple.
One look at Buck's face knew that the old boy had made a gain.
"How?" Bei Hai asked.
Before Buck could say anything, he gave Bei Hai a thumbs up: "What you said is really good, there are squid over there, and they are all good fish!" āć
"Take a look. I'm not wrong," Bei Hai said to Matt.
"Are you going back to Hong Kong?" Buck watched Qi Yiming and Matt on the boat start to reel in one person, and the other person directly picked up the remaining frozen bait box and threw it into the sea. So he asked loudly.
Bei Hai nodded: "Well, if you don't return to Hong Kong if you have enough fish, you will lose your catch."
"I'll send you some squid back to taste," Buck shouted to a few of the employees on his deck, "Get what we had for our friends!" āć
When Bei Hai heard that he sent squid, he didn't want it, because he was like that for these things, and when he first came, he didn't make less iron plate squid, but after eating too much, he felt that it was like this. And the more I eat, the more I feel that it is not as sweet as it used to be at the stall for a few dollars a bunch.
But when I turned my head and thought about it, I didn't just eat it myself, I thought about it at home. Thinking of this, he no longer thought about excuse himself, but thanked the family and accepted it, but Bei Hai didn't take it in vain, and asked Matt to give the rest of the bait to Buck.
"Thanks!" Buck replied when he heard that he had given himself a box of bait.
It is quite simple to say that the two ships pass things, but in fact it is still a bit troublesome, because it is impossible for the ship to be close to the ship at sea, and can only be tied to the two ends with two ropes at a distance, and the crews of the two ships pull each other around.
A batch of squid was sent over there, and Bei Hai gave Buck the unused frozen bait, which was also a courtesy. It took almost ten minutes for the back and forth exchange to complete.
After the two ships separated, Bei Hai set the boat to sail automatically and came to the side of Matt and Qi Yiming, sticking his head out to look at the squid that Buck had passed over.
These squid are quite large, each one is a little longer than Bei Hai's arm, and some of them are white with a little sauce on them.
"Buck really gave a lot" Bei Hai took a look, and there were at least two dozen of these squid. Think about how many more than 20 squid of this length cost, dozens of pounds.
"Give me a little more," Matt said.
Bei Hai didn't think about it: "I only need two, and the two of you will divide the rest!" Behai didn't expect Buck to send him so much.
After listening to Bei Hai say that he only needs two. Matt blinked his eyes and looked at Bei Hai and asked, "Before the end of the fishing season, you don't smoke some fish regularly?" ā
"What kind of fish to smoke?" Being asked by Matt like this, Bei Hai was a little confused.
Matt looked at Bei Hai's understanding and opened his mouth to explain: "It's to smoke some fish that can be kept for later." Around this time of the year, the fishermen in Gloucester smoke some seafood at home. It's a tradition to save it for after Christmas, and no one has ever mentioned it to you for so long? It's tradition, if it weren't for Buck, why would he send you squid and so much? You're going to go back to making smoked fish, huh? āć
Bei Hai shook his head: "Who mentioned it to me?" I spend the most time with the two of you, who will mention it if you don't mention it? After speaking, he asked Qi Yiming, "You also know?" āć
Qi Yiming nodded and said, "Yes, not only do I know that I am going to smoke a little more, but I can also save a little money when it is not the fish season in the future!" āć
āā¦ā¦ļ¼ā Bei Hai didn't know what to say, even Qi Yiming was ready to make smoked fish, he didn't know that the people in the small town still liked this tune, Bei Hai always thought that smoked fish has always been a special craft of Chinese. Who knows that Lao Mei is also good at this.
"Take this back and smoke it?" Bei Hai looked at Matt and asked, "How are you going to smoke it?" āć
Matt said directly: "Of course, this is for others to smoke, but the labor cost is a little higher, and when the fishing season is over, let's go out to the sea to get some fish back and smoke it!" āć
Qi Yiming said: "When we were busy at the dock two days ago, Matt and I also mentioned this matter, and wanted to talk to you, let's go out to the sea to get some other fish to come back for smoked fish, a little more variety!" āć
"If you have the kung fu to go to sea, you might as well go tuna fishing," Bei Hai said with a smile, and the two of them could share a few thousand dollars less when a boatload of tuna came back. I don't know how much smoked fish I can buy with this money, and I still use it to catch fresh fish and then smoke it? It's all about sacrificing the basics!
Matt said, "Didn't I just tell you? Wait for the end of the fishing season and then ......".
Bei Hai immediately raised his hand when he heard this: "When the fish season is over, the ripple number does not belong to us." How can you go out on any sea? āć
Hearing this, Matt raised his hand, took off the hat on his head, and touched his head. A little annoyed, he said, "I forgot about this!" āć
Fish? Fish? Bei Hai thought about it in his heart and felt that this thing was not bad, this thing should be able to be kept for a long time, and he may not eat it himself, but he can take it home to his parents and parents to eat. And this deep-sea fish is known for its health and pollution-free.
"Or else! Waiting for the next time we go to sea, we will prepare two more refrigerators. Is it feasible to catch some smoked fish while fishing? After Bei Hai put forward his own idea, he also made an excuse for himself and said: "Since I live here, I will also follow the local customs." I'm going to smoke a little fish, keep it for myself, and give it away."
Matt thought for a moment and said, "Okay?" What kind of fish are we going to focus on? āć
"Or bluefin tuna? How much does it cost to see how many other fish you catch? Bei Hai said.
Hearing Bei Hai say this, Matt was a little frightened, and after being stunned for a while, he asked, "Isn't it a bit too extravagant to use bluefin tuna as smoked fish?" āć
"This fish is big! Besides, let's just catch this one," Bei Hai said, for Bei Hai, this kind of fish is big and has a lot of meat, and a knife is a long strip of meat and there are no thorns at all, and it is easy to eat when it is done, isn't it? As for whether it is expensive or not, it is not within the scope of Beihai's consideration.
Matt thought about it for a while and thought it was a good idea, although it was a bit of a smoked fish with bluefin tuna meat, but if you were fishing for salmon or cod, and it would take at least twenty or thirty to catch it in three portions. Although I don't know how much Bei Hai wants, Qi Yiming is going to rely on this thing to replenish the fat in the remaining months of the non-fishing season, at least he needs to get more than 100 pounds of smoked dried fish.
"Then it's decided" Bei Hai saw that everyone had no opinions, and directly slapped his hands to give this matter a decision, and asked Matt and Qi Yiming to wait for the next time they went to sea to prepare two large boxes containing ice cubes, and then directly divide the fish meat into strips on the deck, and then put it in the box, as for how much the tuna loses nutrients, it is not something that the three of them can consider. (To be continued......) R1292