Chapter 69 Sharks
On this day, Xia Xue heard from the bearded guest who came back from fishing that he had found a shark in the waters near Sansha Bay today.
Xia Xue was a little surprised, knowing that in later generations, due to overfishing in the waters of Fujian, sharks have long been extinct. However, considering that it is still the Sui and Tang dynasties, the waters of Fujian are rich in fishery resources, which may attract sharks.
Xia Xue likes to explore and is more curious, so she decided to take the captured pirate ship with the bearded guest to the waters near Sansha Bay the next day to see if you can see sharks, if you can catch one, shark shark fin is a treasure.
After eliminating Taro Kato's widows, Xia Xue, the training of the escort team, was handed over to Li Jing, so it has been relatively idle recently.
The next day, before dawn, Xia Xue and the bearded guest rowed out to sea on a fishing boat converted from a pirate ship. In order not to disturb others, Xia Xue and the bearded guest chose a small fishing boat, which could be rowed by one person.
Xia Xue sat at the bow of the boat, and the bearded guest rowed behind.
The bearded man rowed the boat out of the bay in the dark, and the experienced rowing of the bearded man, his strong and powerful hands paddled rhythmically the oars, quietly heading towards the target sea in the fresh and cold breath of the ocean in the early morning. Except for the sound of the oars entering the water and paddling, the sound of the side is barely audible.
Both of them remained silent, as if the slightest sound of their words would scare away the large shark that was hiding in the sea.
Soon after, they came to the sea area where the bearded man saw the shark yesterday in Sansha Bay.
The stars in the sky twinkled and flashed, as if bright eyes were blinking and blinking, and the sea was a little cold. The sky and the sea are still as dark as ink, and the summer snow is deeply breathing the fishy fresh air.
The bearded man paddled calmly, without the slightest sign of strain, for he controlled his speed well, and the sea was flat and wave-free.
Xia Xue began to put bait. Because it is shark fishing, there are two fishing lines, each as thick as a middle finger, one end is wrapped around a green skin rod, and the other end is a fishing hook. Xia Xue uses fresh large yellow croaker as bait, threads the hook body of the fishing hook into the body of the fish, ties it and sews it tightly, so that all the protruding parts of the hook, including the curved hook and the tip, are wrapped in the delicious fish.
With all the preparations in place, Xia Xue elegantly lowered two fishing lines full of bait into the sea, quietly waiting for the shark to take the bait. She still has a lot of experience in how to fish at sea, which her father taught her.
The first rays of dawn before sunrise had already appeared in the eastern sky, and Xia Xue saw the light and agile figure of the industrious petrel who had risen early overhead
The faint sun rose from the sea, and as the sun grew brighter and brighter, the dazzling sunlight shone on the water, and then the sun rose completely over the horizon, and the flat sea reflected the sunlight into her eyes, making her eyes sting.
The water is now a deep blue, so deep that it is purple. She looked down at the water, and saw red plankton flashing through the deep blue water, and the sunlight changed in the water with a strange brilliance.
She looked at the two fishing lines with the bait, and saw that there were so many plankton in the invisible places that they had been facing down into the water, indicating that there were a lot of fish here. Sharks should be attracted where there are a lot of fish.
Xia Xue was full of anticipation and excitement, but at the same time a little nervous, after all, she was fishing for a man-eating shark.
The sun is now rising higher, and the sunlight is changing in the water with a strange brilliance, indicating that the weather is clear.
She looked at the sky, and the sky was as blue as a wash, with only some white clouds like light veils.
When he was looking at the blue sky in a daze, suddenly, a big fish bit the bait, Xia Xue was overjoyed, thinking it was a shark.
However, she was soon disappointed to find that it was a large fish that could not be named, it was large, but it was not a shark, it had been hooked.
"Wow, what a big fish!" The bearded man exclaimed that he had never seen a fish of this size after so many days of fishing.
Such a large fish is indeed rare, and if it is dragged back, it can give the guards a feast, and Xia Xue decides to kill it and drag it back to shore. This is not a waste today.
Xia Xue saw that the tail of the big fish was the first to emerge from the water. The tail was like a huge scythe, with a very light purple color, standing high on the deep blue of the sea. At this time, the fish are still swimming below the surface of the water. Xia Xue saw its massive body and beautiful purple stripes around it. The spinal fins of the big fish droop downward, but the huge pectoral fins are wide open.
The big fish felt like it was hooked and wanted to break free, so it smashed into the sea and splashed everywhere. Again and again, the big fish jumped and fell rhythmically, stirring the sea as if it were boiling a pot. While jumping, the big fish is still swimming forward quickly, dragging the fishing boat, summer snow, and bearded guests, breaking the waves on the sea.
The bearded man exclaimed, desperately pulling the line tight, almost breaking it. But the power of the big fish was so amazing that he had to give up again and again, and let the fishing line continue to be dragged into the sea by the big fish at a rapid pace.
The big fish swam fast for a long time, and finally got tired, so it slowly swirled, round and round, until more than an hour passed, but it never showed up.
Under the sun, the bearded man who had been pulling the fishing line was sweating profusely, and his eyes were full of gold stars. Sweat fell into the eyes, and the salt in them stung the eyes, and the sweat had already soaked the clothes, and the bones were exhausted.
Xia Xue is better due to the high-tech helmet and jacket protector that can automatically adjust the temperature.
As the sea breeze blows, the waves are much bigger.
The bearded guest felt dizzy, nauseous, and his vision became blurred. So, he let go of the line and let it slip through his hand. He didn't care, he didn't want to care about anything anymore, he just wanted to rest for a while. He gasped, wheezing, he almost wanted to give up, this big fish was too hard to catch.
The big fish went around in circles again and swam back. It slowly began to float, and it swam to the side of the fishing boat, its mouth almost touching the wooden boat. Its body is long, wide, and tall, like a small mountain, and its silver fish skin has beautiful purple stripes, and its posture is very elegant and calm.
Xia Xue felt that the opportunity had come. She picked up a sharp harpoon, and this time because she was going to catch sharks, she made a harpoon that was unusually sharp and strong out of stainless steel. She concentrated all the strength of her body in her hands and raised the harpoon high.
Then, with a sudden explosion, she stabbed the harpoon into the side of the big fish's body, a little behind the big pectoral fin, which she knew was the heart of the big fish.
The big fish finally gave up its graceful and calm posture and began to writh painfully in the water. almost took Xia Xue into the sea, Xia Xue hurriedly let go of her hand, there was a rope attached to the tail of the harpoon on the boat, she was not afraid that the harpoon would be lost.
The great fish leaped high from the water and showed its astonishing length and sheer size for the last time before the whole world, its strength and graceful posture, its pain and its exuberant vitality that was about to be exhausted. At that moment, it seemed to escape the gravitational pull of the earth, suspended in mid-air, suspended above Xia Xue's head. Then, with a thud, it fell into the water, splashing a huge wave that drenched Xia Xue, the bearded man, and the entire boat.
"What a big fish!" The bearded guest opened his mouth wide and couldn't close it for half a day.
Xia Xue saw the big fish. It was dead, killed by her. It floats on its back on the surface of the sea, its belly is silver, and it glows white in the sun. The sea is no longer a beautiful blue, stained red with the blood of big fish. Xia Xue's harpoon was impartial, piercing the heart of the big fish, so its pain was very small, and after that jump, it was dead, but the blood was gushing like a spring. At first it was pitch black and condensed into a mass like a black reef, but soon the small waves washed it away, like a beautiful red cloud, and spread out in all directions. As a result, the silvery fish rise and fall rhythmically in the bright red waves, surrounded by azure waters.
"Ahh
The exhausted bearded guest couldn't help but be excited when he saw that such a big fish was killed by Xia Xue with one blow, and he really admired Xia Xue, the "little fairy".
When the boat and the big fish were side by side, Xia Xue put away the harpoon and put the head of the fish close to the bow of the boat, and couldn't help but sigh again, it was hard to believe that it could be so big, and she had caught such a huge fish.
She threaded the rope into the gills, pulled them out of her mouth, and circled the long jaw, then through another gills, and then turned around and circled the long jaw again, and finally knotted the double strand rope and tied it firmly to the bollard of the fishing boat.
"Good luck today! I just didn't catch a shark, and I didn't run away in vain if I killed such a big fish! Xia Xue looked at the big fish's huge body, and her red lips curved upwards in a beautiful arc, so she asked the bearded guest to prepare to return home.
The sea breeze continued to blow, but the direction of the wind changed slightly, Xia Xue raised her eyes and looked into the distance, above the vast sea, in addition to the blue water, the only thing she could see was flying fish, and clumps of sargassum along the way.
The big fish was killed with too much blood. This large cloud of dark red blood spread through the deep waters, and gradually spread, finally attracting sharks.
The shark smelled the blood, so it dived up from the depths of the ocean with incredible speed. Without warning, it burst out of the water, into the blue sea, into the sun. It tracks the breath of blood, tracking Xia Xue's fishing boat and the big fish tied to the boat.
It's a big great white shark and a natural swimmer, as fast as the fastest fish in the ocean. Except for the fish's mouth, it is extremely beautiful all over its body, and it is simply perfect. Its back is as blue as the back of a swordfish, its belly is silvery-white, and its skin is beautiful. Its body is also very similar to that of a swordfish, except that its wide mouth is completely different from that of a swordfish. Now its mouth is closed, and its body is close to the surface of the water and it is moving at breakneck speed. The high dorsal fin slices through the waves like a sharp knife, firm and powerful, without the slightest trembling. In the closed lips of the great white shark, there are eight rows of sharp teeth tilting inward. Its teeth are about the same length as Xia Xue's fingers, and it has razor-sharp edges on both sides, and this fish is born to prey on all kinds of fish in the sea. It swims so fast, has such a strong physique, is energetic, is tireless, and is fully armed, it is invincible. Now, it knew it was close to its prey, as it smelled fresh blood, the smell was strong, and it was unusually sweet. So, it was very excited, and its eyes shot a greedy gaze, and it began to accelerate, and its beautiful blue back slashed through the sea like a sword.
Xia Xue turned around sharply and suddenly spotted a shark running at high speed on the sea, which was swimming quickly towards his fishing boat.
"Shark! Look, sharks! When she finally saw the shark, she exclaimed excitedly, accompanied by nervousness and fear.
When the bearded guest looked back, his face turned pale, his pupils contracted, and he only felt that the blood in his body had coagulated, he was most afraid of sharks, and this was the most ferocious and bloodthirsty great white shark.
Known as the "wolf of the sea" and the "hunter of the sea", the shark is a carnivorous, crazy bloodthirsty, and so ferocious that even the "king of the sea" whale has to shy away when it sees it.
In the face of such a terrifying ocean killer, Xia Xue also felt a burst of heart palpitations, she hurriedly got up, prepared the harpoon, fastened the rope on the harpoon handle, and watched the approaching shark intently. The bearded man also picked up a harpoon and watched nervously at the approaching shark, but his hands trembled violently.
The great white shark is already very close. Xia Xue saw its broad, flat shovel-shaped head and broad pectoral fins with white tips.
The great white shark stared at Xia Xue viciously with its slit-like sallow eyes, and its semicircular mouth was wide open, terrifying and terrifying, making people shudder.
Xia Xue felt her scalp tingle, her back was cold, and her heartbeat suddenly accelerated.
The shark approached quickly, but instead of attacking Xia Xue and the bearded guest, it opened its mouth according to the plump body of the big fish. Xia Xue saw it open its mouth and saw its strange eyes. Its teeth bit a little above the fish's tail. Xia Xue heard a crunching sound, which was the sound of a shark's teeth biting into food. The shark greedily devours its prey, its head sticking out of the water and its back out of the water. Xia Xue heard the sound of the flesh of the big fish being torn.
"This is a dangerous guy who must be eliminated!" Xia Xue forcibly suppressed the swishing fear, bit her red lips, concentrated, raised her sharp harpoon with all her strength, and stabbed it into the shark's head.
All she had in her eyes was the heavy, sharp, blue head of a shark, two fierce eyes, and a crunching, all-engulfing mouth.
This fork was pierced between the shark's eyes, and Xia Xue knew that it was the part of the fish's brain. There is only one chance to strike at such a ferocious and cunning great white shark, so be sure to kill it with one hit.
With all her strength, with the fear of pleasure, she pierced the harpoon firmly with her white and delicate hands, and then hurriedly let go of her hand, she was afraid that she would be carried into the sea by this terrible great white shark.
The shark rolled over, its eyes protruding in front of Xia Xue's eyes, and it had lost its vitality inside. The shark then rolled over again, and the harpoon's rope wrapped around its body. Xia Xue knew that the shark was dying, but it refused to admit defeat. Its belly is facing up, but its tail is still beating the sea, and its mouth is crunching, like a speedboat, still breaking the waves. Its tail continued to slap into the water, and three-quarters of its body was exposed. The shark tossed for a while, and finally stopped moving, floating silently.
Xia Xue stared at it closely, holding her breath. Seeing that it was indeed dead, he then pulled it to the side of the boat with the rope on the harpoon, and also took the rope and tied it firmly to the bollard, after doing all this, Xia Xue felt a little prostration, and couldn't help but sit on the fishing boat weakly.
I didn't expect to catch a shark, and it was still a ferocious great white shark. Today's harvest is too great, and the corners of Xia Xue's mouth showed a smile of relief.
The guards of Changxi Village are blessed now. The shark meat skin is thick, its meat is a little fishy, the meat is rough, but it is very refreshing, it can be braised when cooking, it can be vinegared, and it can be made into soup, the taste is still very good! In particular, shark fins have long been famous. Shark fin is soft and smooth, soft and glutinous, and is a precious food with the same name as bird's nest and bear's paw.
"Ahh That's amazing! The bearded man didn't expect that the "little fairy" could kill such a fierce great white shark, and it was also a one-hit kill, he trembled with excitement, and his admiration for Xia Xue was deeper than the sea.