Chapter Thirty-Six: To Each His Gain
Just arrived at the place, and didn't wait for Zhang Yaohua's order.
Shui Wang's side had already hurriedly lowered the net, because they saw a school of fish, which was a hairtail.
"! It has to be Brother Hua to lead the way, and there are a lot of fish. ”
Ah Hui glared at him: "Don't talk nonsense, work quickly." ”
These hairtails are almost 80 centimeters long, and they have poor swimming ability, floating in the middle layer of the sea during the day and descending to the bottom of the sea at night. It is because of this that they can now see schools of fish with fish.
China's hairtail fish can be divided into two categories: south and north.
The northern hairtail is larger than the southern hairtail, wintering in the southern Yellow Sea, swimming to the Bohai Sea in spring, forming a spring fish flood, and returning to the wintering ground in autumn to form an autumn fish flood.
The southern hairtail fish moves north-south along the western edge of the East China Sea every year with different seasons, reproductionally migratory in spring and wintering southward in winter.
Their brother felt that if they worked hard today, they should be able to fill a boat.
Although the price of hairtail fish is not high, the recent landing price is about 15 yuan, but it is better than the quantity.
Don't look at their ship, it's not big, but it's no problem to fill the cabin, seven or eight thousand catties.
As long as one percent of the hairtail fish in front of them are caught, I am afraid they will be able to return with a full load.
The two brothers Zhang Yaohua are also busy.
"Dig a little deeper." Zhang Yaohua said to his second brother.
Zhang Yaowei reminded: "Brother, if you put it down, you may not be able to catch hairtail." ”
"I don't think it's just about the fish, listen to me."
Zhang Yaohua is not interested in hairtail fish, but puffer fish below.
Zhang Yaowei chose to believe in his eldest brother, no longer asked anything, and did what he was told.
During this period, Shui Wang and Ah Hui chased the hairtail, and the boat had gradually moved away.
More than ten or twenty minutes later, Zhang Yaowei closed the net. He was actually worried, because the school of hairtail fish had already gone far, and it was difficult to predict the harvest of his net.
It's really not good, wait a minute, drive full throttle, catch up with the fish.
To his surprise, he received a large bag, which had to weigh more than 400 catties. Through the nets, he had seen the seafood inside.
It turned out to be a puffer fish.
This is much more expensive than hairtail.
When it comes to pufferfish, everyone's first impression is cute, especially when they are frightened or angry, they puff themselves into a ball, full of angry bag image.
This is due to the fact that part of the stomach of the puffer fish forms a special pouch-shape, commonly known as an expansion sac or air sac, which can inhale water and air, and with the restraint of the absence of ribs and the strong contractility of the skin, it can cause the abdomen to distend.
The second impression is that it is poisonous, and the meat of puffer fish is delicate and delicious, and it has been said that "if you eat puffer fish, it will not be fresh" and "you will eat puffer fish desperately".
For people who lack cooking experience in puffer fish, but they can't eat it, and people who die of poisoning by eating puffer fish are not uncommon at home and abroad, and it is a small day with rich experience in eating puffer fish, and hundreds of people die every year.
"It's a pufferfish, and it's going to be sent again." Zhang Yaowei said excitedly.
It can be predicted that after the two fishing boats converge, the guy from Shui Wang will definitely regret losing the watermelon and picking up the sesame seeds.
"Keep going around here a few times."
Without his eldest brother's orders, Zhang Yaowei knows what to do.
Zhang Yaowei hurriedly poured the puffer fish in the net onto the board of the boat, and continued to lower the net.
Zhang Yaohua cleaned up the puffer fish and threw the ones that were too small back into the sea.
Shui Wang, who ran away, suddenly looked back and scratched his hair: "Huh! Brother Hua, why didn't they come along? Is the ship broken? ”
He wanted to go back and ask, but he was reluctant to look at the school of ribbon fish that were still fleeing forward.
"Then we'll catch more, and give Ah Hua some to them when the time comes." Ah Hui said.
You can't let your friend go back empty.
Shui Wang nodded: "Okay!" ”
As a result, they worked harder to catch up with the fish.
"My shipowner invited us to eat puffer fish once before, and it tasted really good. When we got back, we had a meal too. Zhang Yaowei picked up a puffer fish at his feet, and laughed so much that his mouth was about to crack to the base of his ear.
The price of puffer fish is generally above 35 yuan and below 100 yuan.
The probability of them catching a puffer fish here is small, so Zhang Yaowei is not very clear about the recent market price. A month ago, the town's Fisherman's Wharf sold for 73 yuan per catty.
"Eat it yourself! If it is not handled well, the whole family will have to go to see Hades. Zhang Yaohua didn't want to take such a big risk just to order food.
The main reason is that my family has never dealt with puffer fish, which is unprofessional and easy to get into trouble.
Although he had heard that the poison of puffer fish was basically concentrated in all kinds of internal organs, and that he only needed to clean the internal organs, he had only heard about it.
"The puffer fish in this season should be fine, and the puffer fish in spring are poisonous." Zhang Yaowei said.
Zhang Yaohua is naturally aware of this.
The most poisonous part of the puffer fish is the ovaries, and spring is the spawning season for puffer fish, so you must be careful when eating puffer fish in spring.
In spring, puffer fish can be caught at the mouth of a large river, so you don't have to run out into the sea. At that time, puffer fish were largely migratory to lay eggs.
That's why it's called a pufferfish.
In autumn and winter, puffer fish generally return to the depths of the ocean, especially in tropical and subtropical waters.
Fugu is also afraid of cold.
"Don't take that risk, this is a wild pufferfish, not an artificially bred one." Zhang Yaohua still shook his head.
If you really want to eat, it will be safer to eat at a professional restaurant outside.
Now puffer fish are also farmed in captivity, and they are not so toxic.
When Zhang Yaohua and the two brothers caught more than 4,000 catties of puffer fish, Shui Wang and they finally pulled a boat full of fish back to converge, looking at their expressions, they knew that this harvest was huge.
"Brother Hua, what's going on with your ship?" Shui Wang asked.
"What's going on? It's okay! Zhang Yaowei asked rhetorically.
Ah Hui was very meticulous in his observation, and saw that the draft of Zhang Yaohua's ship had obviously deepened.
Shui Wang was puzzled: "It's okay?" So why don't you chase the fish? My brother and I thought your boat was out of order, so we made a point to catch more and share some with you. ”
Zhang Yaowei waved his hand: "That's no, our harvest is greater." ”
There are puffer fish, who still likes the three melons and two dates of the hairtail?
Shui Wang was surprised.
"What's the catch?"
"It's nothing! It's just pufferfish. Zhang Yaowei Versailles replied.
"Pufferfish? How many puffer fish can there be? Shui Wang disagreed.
Although puffer fish are also social seafood, the population is usually not too large and not concentrated enough, and it is almost impossible to catch a large number of them.
It is normal to occasionally catch more than ten catties, or even dozens of catties, but it is not common to get more.
"It's not much, it's estimated to be about 4,000 catties!"
As soon as these words came out, the two Shui Wang brothers were stunned on the spot.
In the middle of the night, Shui Wang habitually exploded: "! A four-thousand-pound pufferfish? Are you serious? ”
Zhang Yaohua smiled and said nothing, quietly watching his second brother pretending to be forced.
Zhang Yaowei spread his hands: "Or, come and take a look yourself." ”
Shui Wang didn't believe in evil, crossed another fishing boat, and when he went to the cabin, his eyes were all popping out, and they were all pufferfish.
"Grass! Why don't you shout me? He thumped his chest in remorse.
"I want to call you too, but how can I inform you if you run too far? There was no cell phone signal either. ”