Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1170 Deep Sea Giant Eel
Everyone was busy sorting out all the scattered fish on the deck and carrying them into the cabin.

Fortunately, they had already sold all the fish they had accumulated in the previous few days the day before, and also replenished a lot of ice and oil. Now there was only the catch from last night and the entire day today in the cabin, which could still be stored.

After everyone was done, they took turns going into the cabin to wipe and change clothes. After all, the space inside was limited and could only accommodate one person walking back and forth. Some people also went to the utility room.

"Looks like I can sleep well tonight."

"You are so brave. It's so stormy outside that the ship can only find an island to dock at. How can you still get a good night's sleep?"

"I can't stop the wind and waves if I don't sleep. Besides, it looks safe here. It's leeward, and the fishing boats don't sway as much as outside. It looks safe."

"It was really exciting at night. The rain started to fall immediately, and there weren't even such strong winds and waves before the rain."

"The weather at sea is unpredictable. Sometimes you are just unlucky enough to encounter it."

"Go to bed early. It's pitch dark outside, and it's windy and rainy. The cabin is the only place that can keep us out of the wind and rain. We'll see what happens after daybreak. Anyway, at least we have a shelter at night, and it's good enough that we can get some sleep."

"Adong is right. This kind of bad weather is especially bad at sea. It's good like this now. At least there's no wind or rain. I have to sleep even if I can't. I can't sit there until dawn."

"Fortunately, we are not worried about running out of food on the boat, and we are not worried about running out of water even though it is raining outside. We are not afraid of drifting here for a few days until the typhoon passes."

Everyone agrees with this statement. The most feared thing is having no food or drink.

"I'm going to go pee."

"I'm going too. I was so nervous that I kept holding it in. If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten that I had to pee."

"Hahaha, everyone is scared to pee, why are you still peeing?"

"That wimp, that birdless bastard..."

"Fuck... wasn't I just joking?"

"I am coming too……"

Ye Yaodong ignored the bickering behind him, put on his raincoat and went out. He stood at the door of the cabin and urinated directly. Anyway, the rain would wash directly into the sea, and he could go back immediately after peeing.

The waves behind him hit the fishing boat and it was shaking. In order to save energy, he leaned his back against the cabin behind him.

The people behind him also followed his example and urinated beside him.

Just when he finished peeing and put it away, a huge black shadow was hit by the waves from the stern and rushed onto the deck. Without anyone on guard, its sharp teeth bit directly into the leg of the boatman next to him, and a scream shook the sky.

The other person who was still peeing was startled.

Ye Yaodong was about to turn around and go in, but he almost lost his balance when he heard the screams.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

It was pitch black all around, and because they were just planning to go out to pee, they stood by the cabin door, and after they were done they turned around and went back inside, so no one used a flashlight and no one saw the dark shadows being washed up by the waves.

"what happened?"

The other person was also panicking, and quickly steadied himself and took two steps toward the cabin door.

Ye Yaodong was originally standing at the cabin door, which was only wide enough for one person to enter and exit. He was pushed and took two steps back.

"Don't panic, get the flashlight first."

"Ah! Something bit me! It hurts so much, my legs are going to break..."

The people in the cabin also heard the screams outside and hurriedly got out of their beds. The light of the flashlight illuminated the small cabin and shone through.

Everyone was crowded in the narrow cabin aisle. Some people were blocked at the door and couldn't get out. The people inside didn't know what was going on. Only Ye Yaodong and another boatman were standing at the door and saw the fangs on Aqiang's feet and the pointed fish head.

"Eel?"

"Sea wolf or eel?"

"It's a deep-sea giant eel, not a sea wolf," Ye Yaodong said affirmatively, "Give me the flashlight."

"Don't block the door, let us go out for a while."

Ye Yaodong took the flashlight handed to him and walked towards the bow of the boat in the rain to find a stick.

The people behind also ran out and saw Aqiang's bloody leg.

"Fuck, such a big eel!"

"Help him, help him, he can't stand steadily."

"First use a stick to beat this fish to death. It's so big."

"Be careful, don't get too close. This fish is too big and its teeth are too powerful."

A bunch of flashlights were shining on the giant deep-sea eel. The fangs in the eel's mouth were tightly biting the person's leg, and the tail behind it was still twisting constantly, as if it was exerting force.

The blood that kept oozing out was washed away by the rain, and there were constant screams, which made the people who saw it feel terrified and couldn't help but step back.

"Where did such a big eel come from?"

"This body is too thick, thicker than my thigh, and the tail is too long, isn't it?"

"Where's the stick? Didn't Dongzi go to look for the stick?"

While asking, Ye's father shone the flashlight towards the bow of the boat, only to see Ye Yaodong dodging and waving a stick in his hand.

"Dongzi? Go and take a look at these two."

Ye Yaodong had no time to speak. The wind and rain were strong in his ears, and the waves were huge, which affected his vision. He did not even think about how these giant deep-sea eels got on the boat. He could only avoid the other giant deep-sea eels on the deck.

Because they just came out to pee, they only wore slippers and didn't wear rain boots at all.

Everyone's shoes were really smelly. After they took a shower, they didn't plan to put them back on. If their slippers got wet, they just wiped their feet casually.

Moreover, his raincoat was made of plastic, and in order to make it easier to urinate, he didn't have many buttons fastened. If he was entangled by these giant eels, his legs would be bitten with a big hole.

Just now, Aqiang came out wearing only slippers, and he was just wearing a straw raincoat, so he was easily bitten by the eel on the leg.

As he was dodging, he saw several more flashlights on the side, and hurriedly shouted to the people who were coming over: "Don't come over here, there are several giant eels here, you all go put on your rain boots first."

At least the rubber rain boots can be worn to the calves, which can at least protect a small part of the legs and make it less easy to be bitten by the giant eels.

After saying that, he also dodged in their direction. He would deal with these eels later. Saving people was urgent, so he had to deal with the one that bit people first.

The fishing boats were shaken by the waves, which also affected people's walking.

Although this island valley is a natural shelter and the wind doesn't blow, the heavy rain and waves still have an impact, causing the fishing boats to sway and making it difficult for people to walk.

He staggered back to the aisle in front of the cabin and gave away one of the two sticks in his hand.

"Please step aside and make way for the fish. Don't get too close to it. If you don't have rain boots on, go back to the cabin and put them on. Put on your raincoat. There are seven or eight fish on the deck. I almost got bitten when I walked out just now."

He was afraid that if he hit the fish too hard, it would go crazy and bite other people after letting go, so he put on his equipment in advance so that he could fight these fish.

These fish are ferocious, but if you dodge them in time, you can kill them with a stick.

After everyone had moved to the side or gone into the cabin to put on rain boots, he started hitting the eel with a stick.

"Hold on, I'll let go soon..."

He hit it hard once and the giant eel went crazy, twisting its body even more violently and its teeth became loose. He continued to hit it hard and after just a few hits, the giant eel loosened its mouth and turned around to attack him.

Eels have extremely strong vitality, and this one is a giant deep-sea eel, so it is not so easy to die.

In the small aisle, the giant eel kept running around and attacking, and the two sticks cooperated in the narrow aisle. Finally, they took the opportunity to push it against the cabin, with its head clamped between the two sticks.

Even so, it still twisted and struggled to escape, its wide-open mouth full of fangs, enough to swallow an adult's head.

Ye Yaodong and Chen Shi had to press the stick hard to prevent it from escaping.

"Take something and hit it on the head to knock it out!"

Everyone crowded at the cabin door looking for something hard. It was Ye's father who took a kitchen knife and hit the giant eel's head hard with the back of the knife.

After patting it dozens of times, I saw its body soften and stop moving.

Just in case, they didn't let go, and Ye's father kept patting it, patting it a few more times to be on the safe side, as the eel's vitality was too strong.

"Dad, cut it open and take out the isinglass first, otherwise it might wake up and move later. I'll go with them to the front deck to deal with the other giant eels. There are several more there. You can go in and take a look at Aqiang's legs while you're at it." Ye Yaodong shouted in the pouring rain.

"Okay, I'll take care of this, you guys go deal with the other giant eels. Be careful not to get bitten."

"I'm going to change my rain boots first. You guys go deal with it first. I saw about seven or eight on the deck just now."

As soon as the giant eel let go, Aqiang was helped into the cabin.

When he went in to change into his rain boots, he also took a look at his injured leg. He shone the flashlight on it and found that the blood was so deep that the bone was visible. Now that there was no rain to wash it away, the blood had already covered half of his leg. He had to stop the bleeding first.

It's a good thing it bit the leg. If it had bitten Jill, it would have been cut in two.

Thinking of this, he felt a chill in his crotch.

Fortunately, when he was peeing, the giant eel did not run over and attack him.

He shuddered, looked at Aqiang and comforted him, "Just bear with it for now. They're going to deal with the other giant eels. I'll go boil some hot water and use it to wipe the wound. There are herbs on the boat to stop the bleeding."

"It's windy, rainy, and rough outside right now. The fishing boats can't go back. We have to wait until tomorrow. If we can leave, we'll return immediately. I will definitely pay for your medical expenses, and I'll pay you your salary while you're recovering. Just bear with it for now."

A Qiang had a look of pain on his face and kept wailing. He could only nod his head in pain and was unable to speak at all.

There were no medicines on the fishing boat, only the hemostatic herbs and bandages that the rural people were used to using. Now that they were at sea, Ye Yaodong had no choice but to tell him to bear it for now.

After going out, he first went to the compartment to boil water and took out the herbs that he had placed on the boat in case of emergency.

Anything could happen at sea. Anyway, his fishing boat was big enough, and he would prepare enough food for a few days, including simple hemostatic herbs.

After doing all this, the water couldn't be boiled for a while, so he told Ye's father who was getting the fish maw.

"Dad, I've boiled some water in the pot and put the herbs on the side. When you get the fish maw and the water is boiling, apply it to the wound on Aqiang's leg. Scald the herbs, chop them up and apply them to stop the bleeding. I see a big bloody hole on his leg, and the flesh is almost bitten off. A large piece is about to fall off, which is scary. You can even see the white bones, and it's bloody."

"So serious? Okay, I'll deal with it right away. By the time I'm done, the water should be turned on. You go to the front and help first."

"it is good."

Ye Yaodong walked onto the deck with a stick in his hand, flashing flashlights everywhere. Everyone was fighting with the giant eels on the ground.

Those eels are estimated to be two meters long, with bodies as long as an adult's thigh. Their big mouths can really swallow a human head.

It is not so fast or easy for four people on the deck to kill seven or eight eels. The heavy rain is still falling, affecting everyone's vision and actions.

He looked at the situation and joined the battle.

What they didn't expect was that just after knocking out two eels, several more giant eels were washed up from the stern of the boat by the sea water as the waves rolled.

Everyone was originally struggling with a few giant eels remaining on the deck, but they were almost unable to stand due to the shaking of the boat, and they could only grab something nearby to steady themselves.

A white wave hit the ground higher than a person, attracting everyone's attention.

Several long black figures were seen among the white waves. To everyone's surprise, those black figures were carried to the rear deck by a large wave. Because of the shaking of the ship, some of them slid to the middle deck.

More of them slid to the rear deck as the waves receded and fell into the sea, leaving only a pile of white foam.

Everyone burst into cursing instantly.

Ye's father, who was standing in the aisle, screamed and dodged quickly.

"Shit, we haven't even dealt with the ones on the boat yet, and here come several more."

"Shit, a giant eel this big is not easy to kill. It moves so fast and is very active."

"Where did all these big eels come from..."

Complaints are complaints, but problems still need to be solved.

Ye Yaodong also cursed in his heart. Although this giant eel is valuable, it would be easier to catch it with a trawl net. Now all of them are running around on his deck. What's going on?

If it is caught by a trawl, because the cargo inside bears several thousand kilograms of weight, even if it has the strongest vitality, it will still be crushed half to death.

How can we kill them one by one now? There are only five of us in total, and the deck is full of moving giant eels. If we get bit by one, it will be terrible.

He wanted to go to the cockpit to get a gun, but the fish was too agile and slippery, and could move quickly even without water on the deck. Now it was raining heavily and the waves were huge, so it was difficult for people to stand steadily, and it was also difficult to aim and kill the fish.

After thinking about it, he gave up and could only shout to everyone: "Let's work together to solve them one by one. Two people in a group, you use a stick to watch the head of a fish and hold it down with the stick, and the other person helps to watch the surroundings vigilantly, so as not to be attacked by other eels when you hold down a fish. I'll get the gun, and as long as you can control the fish, I'll shoot it."

"Okay, okay."

There are too many eels on the deck now, more than a dozen two-meter-long ones. They look so densely packed that it is easy to get bitten if you are not careful. If no one helps, it is impossible for one person to handle the surroundings.

As soon as you catch one eel, it will be attacked and bitten by other eels.

After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he took the stick in his hand and cut through the thorns, picking up the giant eels that were blocking his way and attacking him one by one and throwing them to the side.

He was afraid that if he took care of the front, he would not be able to take care of the back, so he moved along the side of the ship, stuck to the cabin and walked to the side stairs. Only then did he successfully go up to the wheelhouse and into the cockpit to get his gun.

With guns, everyone felt more confident and had an order to work together.

We don't have to kill the giant eel now. As long as we can hold the fish head with a stick, even if it's only for a few seconds, we can just call Ye Yaodong over and shoot it once, and it will die in a short while.

Everyone worked in pairs. After they subdued a fish head, one person let go, looked around vigilantly, helped pick away the attacking eels, and at the same time shouted to Ye Yaodong to shoot.

After everyone successfully killed the giant eels one by one, the waves continued to bring up fresh giant eels endlessly.

Often, just when they had killed two or three fish, a wave behind them would bring up a few more. Although some of them slipped down due to the shaking of the fishing boat, the number on the deck did not decrease at all.

It was easy to slide from the aisle to the middle deck, but it was not so easy to slide from the deck to the stern, because there was a cabin at the stern to block the giant eels from sliding to the stern and falling into the sea.

Everyone couldn't help but complain because they were tired.

"What's going on? Why are there so many? I can't finish them all..."

"Save some energy..."

"I can't bear it any longer. My hands are sore. I can't finish it..."

"There are more and more of them. There is no place to stand. We don't know which ones are alive and which ones are dead."

Father Ye suddenly spoke from the corner: "I'm doing it. I'm dragging the dead ones into the warehouse one by one."

"There are still so many... Why are there so many fish today? I didn't see any in the past few days, and I didn't catch any with my trawl net."

Ye Yaodong actually knew something, but he didn't have time to talk. He was squinting through the rain curtain, avoiding the attacks of the giant eels on the ground. He walked over to everyone and shot and killed the restrained fish.

Stormy nights are the time when deep-sea giant eels forage for food, and they like to forage for food most on such nights.

It didn't appear for no reason.

When he was running around, he saw his father dragging eels beside him. He couldn't help but say, "Be careful, Dad. Some of them are still alive. Don't drag them carelessly."

"I was careful. I had a hand net in my hand and used it to scoop things up. I only dragged the things that reached my feet into the warehouse."

"Then be careful, these are all hit by the waves at the back and then slide to the front."

"I'm almost out of strength..."

"Me too. It's been about two or three hours, right?"

"Do you want to go to the cabin and rest for a while?"

Ye Yaodong also felt that it was very tiring to subdue these eels in the rain continuously and intensively. Hearing that everyone was exhausted, he also said, "Everyone is tired. Why don't you go back to the cabin and take a rest? These fish seem endless."

"Let's go back to the cabin and rest for a while. After we've rested enough, we can come out and continue killing these fish."

"That's fine. We've been fighting for at least two hours, so we should have killed quite a few."

"Then go back to the cabin and rest for a while before coming out. Be careful not to get attacked, and walk backwards as you go."

He shouted again, "We need to check the aisle at the back as well. They were all washed up by the waves from the rear deck."

"The rear deck is not as high as the bow, so any wave will bring up a bunch of seawater and fish."

Everyone walked and retreated until they were all squeezed into the cabin. The small space was suddenly full and there was no room to turn around.

The space was originally very small, only enough for one person to pass sideways. In the past, when everyone returned to the cabin, they would return to their beds to free up space in the aisle.

Now everyone is wet. Those who wear raincoats wear raincoats, and those who wear straw raincoats wear straw raincoats. It is impossible for them to climb onto the beds, so they can only squeeze here.

Ye Yaodong saw that it was too crowded. He was tall to begin with, so he had to tuck his head in whenever he wanted to get in. Now everyone was wet and crowded together, making it even more uncomfortable, so he had no choice but to leave.

"It's too crowded. I'll go to the compartment. You can take advantage of the fact that there are no waves yet. Let two of you come out first and ask the people inside to take off their clothes and pants, wipe them off and climb onto the boat first."

"That's okay too."

When he came out, he hid in the cooking compartment nearby, but he couldn't get in.

The space in the compartment was very small and was filled with miscellaneous items. There were giant eels under his feet. Father Ye was squatting on the ground taking the fish glue from an extremely large giant eel.

He could only stand at the door, trying his best not to step on the fish. Only his head was sticking in to avoid being wet by the rain, while his shoulders and body were still wet outside. He had to hold his hands on the crack of the door to avoid being knocked off balance by the waves.

Worried that the eels on the deck would slide into the aisle, he pointed his flashlight forward, ready to dodge at any time.

"How many have you killed?"

"No, I'm just taking the fish bladder first. I'm going to sell this fish, why should I kill it?"

"That's what I meant. How many fish bladders did you take?"

"Seven or eight?" Father Ye turned his head and looked at the basin filled with clean water. "It's much easier to just take out the fish bladder than to kill the whole fish. This fish is so big that the fish bladder is almost half the length of my arm."

"Don't break it."

"I know. They're all bulging when you take them out."

Although this eel glue is not as good as the top ten fish glues, this is a deep-sea giant eel, not an ordinary eel. Just looking at the head, the fish glue taken out is not small.

If you don’t have fame, you can make up for it with size.

Fish maw that is large in size and good in appearance is also very valuable.

This whole fish is not worth even a piece of isinglass.

In fact, it is okay to let these deep-sea giant eels stay on the deck as long as they don't swim into the cabin to attack them.

With the swaying of the fishing boat and the constant washing of the waves, the fish may slowly be brought back into the sea.

But when it attacked people at the beginning, everyone's first reaction was to get rid of it, and it would also be possible to earn extra income.

The most important thing is to earn extra income.

Who wouldn’t want a valuable big fish delivered to your doorstep for free?
Now it seems that we can’t kill them all, so we can only give up temporarily. We can’t ignore the lives of the boatmen.

He thought about it, then looked at his watch. It was already past 11 o'clock. He had actually been fighting for two hours, and there were still more than five hours before dawn.

It's impossible to just ignore the fish on the deck and let everyone sleep until dawn.

When working at sea, one has to be prepared to fish day and night and not be able to rest on time.

"I'll tell them to sleep for two hours and then check back later. If there's still..."

Suddenly a huge wave came up. Ye Yaodong turned his head to take a look, then quickly squeezed himself in.

Another large wave of waves washed onto the rear deck, causing the fishing boat to shake violently. As the boat shook, the sea water drove many more giant eels up and rushed to the front.

But it shook a bit, and a wave of residual tide receded towards the rear deck, carrying several giant eels back into the sea.

I just don’t know whether the giant eel that was brought back to the sea is dead or alive. If it is dead, it would be a pity, as it was killed with great difficulty.

Father Ye also glanced outside and said, "It looks like the wind and rain won't stop tonight."

"It's always like this. During a typhoon, the wind and rain at night are often stronger than during the day."

After saying that, he returned to the cabin and spoke to the others as the wave passed, asking them to take a rest and he would come back to wake them up in two hours.

By the way, he also went in to check on the injured Aqiang, who was still lying in the cabin wailing.

His pants had been taken off and his legs were wrapped in gauze, which was still oozing with blood. The blood was mixed with the dark green herbs in the middle, which looked particularly miserable.

He could only try to comfort and assure her as possible, nothing else could help, and it couldn't relieve the pain.

Everything will have to wait until dawn.

He went out again and said to his father, "You go in and have a rest. I'll take care of these few things."

"No, I'll just come."

"You are old, so go to sleep. It doesn't matter if I stay up all night. It's better not to sleep than to sleep for two hours. At least someone should stay awake to watch over you, in case anything unexpected happens at night."

Father Ye thought about it and felt that it made sense. They couldn’t let everyone on the boat go to sleep. They had to stay awake in this kind of weather. Who knows if any big fish will come up.

"That's fine."

Ye Yaodong made way for the door and let his father come out first before going in.

There were already quite a few soaked fish maws in the basin beside.

After taking out the fish bladder, it must be soaked in water immediately so that the blood stains on the fish bladder can be cleaned later. There is also a layer of membrane and fish oil on the fish maw, which must also be cleaned, otherwise the fish maw will have a strong fishy smell and will not last long.

He picked up the scissors and continued to remove the fish bladder from his father, starting from 20 centimeters below the eel's head.

The fish bladder is connected to the bones inside the fish body and is filled with gas. If you want to make a cylindrical fish bladder, you must ensure that you get a fish bladder that is not deflated.

After cutting open the fish belly, you can easily pull out one end of the fish bladder by using your fingers to push it back.

He was extremely careful, and the last time he took out the hairtail maw, it was perfect, and the hairtail maw that was dried out was also top quality.

(End of this chapter)