Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1172 Change a Fish
Just after dealing with the moray eel and shark that were involved, everyone's attention was drawn to the movement not far away.

They saw water splashing a few dozen meters away from their fishing boat, and several sharks seemed to be moving towards them.

"The smell of blood is over here...it's swimming over here..."

"What to do?"

"Just watch. The eels haven't completely dispersed yet."

Giant eels are also the natural enemies of sharks. Normally, stormy nights are the time for them to come out to look for food. But at this time, it was raining, the sky was gray, and visibility was not high.

"Then watch them fight?"

"It's windy and rough outside, and it's raining. We have nothing to do, and we can't go out. We can only take shelter here. Let's wait and see. You guys move the fish on the deck that have had their swim bladders removed to the fish warehouse first. For a while, there will definitely be a stalemate over there."

Father Ye also quickly agreed, "Yes, first take the fish that have had their swim bladders removed to the fish warehouse, and bring these on the deck to me, so I don't have to carry them back and forth."

Everyone started moving, only turning their heads from time to time to look at the splashing sea.

"This eel is really heavy. I've never seen such a big eel before."

“There are many big fish in the deep sea.”

"There are not many boats that can go to the deep sea. Wouldn't these fish grow bigger and bigger? No one can catch them all."

"That's right. In the past few years, we could only fish around the shore in a small boat."

"Let me lift it and see, it's already much taller than me!"

Someone curiously grabbed the eel's gills, lifted the fish up with great effort, and then struggled to lift the fish above his head, with part of the fish's tail still on the deck.

"Haha, you're not even as tall as a fish."

"Don't laugh at me. You guys are almost the same. If President Ye comes, he might even be as tall as a fish."

"Hahaha!"

Ye Yaodong was also happy, because it was not even as tall as a fish.

Seeing that each of them had found the fun and each of them held a fish and was struggling to hold it up, he also tried it.

"Let me try to see if these eels are taller than me."

He also grabbed the fish's gills and slowly lifted it up. "Fuck, it's really heavy. This is not a conger eel, it's a python, so thick and long."

"Adong has pretty good waist strength, he must have practiced a lot, haha~"

"Hahaha~"

Everyone was laughing with deep meaning.

Ye Yaodong lifted the fish above his head and said with a smile: "It seems that I am not as tall as a fish."

"Anyway, the test shows that everyone has pretty good waist strength, haha~"

"Haha~ This fish should be two meters long."

"What a pity, it's raining, otherwise we could take a photo with our President Ye."

"We can wait for the weather to clear up, but we don't know how many days this typhoon will last."

Speaking of this, no one is smiling anymore. We don’t know how many days we will be trapped here. Fortunately, there is no shortage of food and drink on the boat, otherwise, we would really be finished.

Ye Yaodong threw the fish in his hand to his father and asked his father to take out the fish bladder.

"It's November now. There aren't many big typhoons at this time of year in previous years. The weather is cold, so the impact will probably only last for two or three days. It's also because we are at sea. If we were on land, there might not be much impact, just a little wind."

"Yeah, it should be over in two or three days at most."

"Check the deck first. It looks like there are several bullet holes."

The front deck was covered with eels and they had no way of checking it, and now that they have been removed, the holes in the deck are still quite obvious.

"It's just the surface of the deck, so it shouldn't be a problem, right? Isn't it all iron sheet?"

"Check it first."

If the bullet only penetrates a local area of ​​the deck and does not damage any critical structures or systems such as the hull, engine, fuel tank, steering gear or water pump, then the problem is not serious and the ship can continue to sail.

Small holes in the deck can be temporarily blocked to prevent water from entering.

We checked and found all the small holes, and then tried to find a way to temporarily block them to prevent water from seeping in.

I'll have to drive it back and get it repaired when I get back this time.

"There seems to be no movement over there?"

Once reminded, everyone raised their heads and looked towards the sea.

"Finished?"

"Is this the end?"

"The fight was almost over, so we retreated."

"What a pity... It would be better if they were all killed and floated to the surface..."

Ye Yaodong also saw that there were no white splashes on the sea surface, and felt a little regretful. If a shark dies, it will only be "sharkfall", which is an extension of the concept of "whale fall".

Because it has no swim bladder, its buoyancy mainly depends on the large amount of fat in the liver and the dynamic lift generated when it keeps swimming. Therefore, sharks do not have time to rest. Even when they sleep, they are still swimming.

Once it stops swimming, its average density will be higher than that of sea water and it will only sink to the bottom. Therefore, it will only stop swimming and fall into the sea when it dies.

However, eels will float up when they die because they have a swim bladder that can regulate the amount of gas in their bodies to control their buoyancy.

Just as he was thinking this, there were indeed some eels washed into the nearby sea by the waves, but there were not many, only two. The others were probably either swallowed or ran away.

Although sharks are not as agile as eels, if their numbers increase, eels will not be able to gain an advantage.

After the water allowed the fish to float to a reachable position, he asked them to scoop it up with a hand net.

At least there are two more.

"Have you counted how many fish you harvested in one night?"

"There seem to be more than 40? I didn't count them carefully."

Father Ye was cleaning the fish bladders and said, "Wait until I clean these fish bladders and hang them up to dry, and then you'll know how many there are."

"Oh. Then you guys should repair the deck first. This is the most important thing. Go to bed after you're done. It's only dawn now, the rain hasn't stopped, and the waves are big outside. We can't go out. I've been up all night without closing my eyes. I can't bear it anymore, so I'll go to bed first. When you're done, go back and catch up on some sleep."

"Okay, go to bed first."

"Let's fix it. You go to bed first. You've been up all night. Go catch up on your sleep."

Ye Yaodong looked at the sea and then at the island in front of him. There was nothing unusual, except that the waves were a little bigger, and the waves kept hitting the rocks, bringing up large amounts of white water and foam. So he went to the cabin.

His clothes were all wet, but he just took them off, wiped them casually, changed into shorts, looked at Aqiang's leg injury, and went to sleep.

He had an exceptionally good sleep this time. The fishing boat swayed like a cradle, and the sound of the waves surged. He could hear it even in his dreams. Gradually he got used to this rhythm and slept more and more soundly.

When he woke up, the other beds were also occupied, with everyone's snoring mixed in with Aqiang's groans of pain.

The cabin was dark. He waited until he walked outside before looking at his watch. It was already past 3 p.m. He went to bed at nearly 7 p.m., so he slept for more than 8 hours.

Although it was already past 3 p.m., the sky outside was overcast and it was still drizzling. If you didn't know, you would have thought it was six or seven o'clock in the evening.

The biggest light is the white flowers created by the waves hitting the rocks.

It looks like another day is almost over and I don’t know what tomorrow will be like.

He moved to the compartment and lifted the lid of the pot, and found some cold leftover rice and seafood. He boiled a pot of water, threw the leftover rice and seafood in, heated them up and soaked them, and then made do with a bite.

Then I started cooking again. I didn't know what time these people went to bed. Now there was nothing to do, so I had to eat.

After he had eaten, he had nothing to do, so he had to stand by the door again and look at the sea.

Suddenly he thought, maybe the Harvest is still at sea?

The Harvest had just returned the day before he set out. At that time, she said that she would contact him again after he went out to sea a day or two later, but there was no contact afterwards.

However, it was a typhoon day and they would definitely be unable to get in touch at sea. He had just stood up, but he let out a sigh of relief and continued to lean against the door, smoking boredly and looking at the sea, while also paying attention to whether the rice in the pot next to him was cooked.

"Alas~ I'm really trapped now. I don't know how many days I have to wait. I'll just have to eat porridge tomorrow to save some rice."

He stood there from a little after 3 o'clock to 5 o'clock, and the sky went from gloomy to pitch black.

There was a noise in the cabin and someone got up. He turned around to take a look and let them go and eat first.

After a while, the others woke up one after another.

Everyone was discussing that they had to wait for a few days for the storm to pass before they could go back.

After sleeping for the whole day, they didn't need to sleep at night. Everyone was chatting energetically. If the cabin space was not too small and it was raining outside, they could probably get together to play cards.

Just when everyone was bored, a wave rolled up again, causing everyone to exclaim in surprise.

If there were only waves, it wouldn't be surprising. He stood by the door, and big waves came up from time to time. Everyone saw them after waking up, and some people even went to the deck to check.

What made everyone exclaim was that the waves just now rolled up another deep-sea giant eel!

"Ah, there it is again..."

"Another big eel..."

"Here we go again at night..."

"Hurry, hurry, I just saw one, solve it quickly..."

Everyone had just woken up and was bored but unable to sleep. They had endless energy and when they saw another conger eel rushing up, they all actively picked up their tools.

However, after seeing the bullet holes on the deck in the morning, Ye Yaodong didn't dare to take the gun anymore. Everyone could only use the sharp end of a stick to poke its head repeatedly, or beat it to death together.

Fortunately, they were all awake and discovered it early, so there were only two. Unlike last night, there were so many at once that we were in a panic and it was difficult to deal with them.

Everyone has had enough rest throughout the day today, so there is no need to rest halfway at night. We can just take a break after killing the enemy and wait for the next wave to come.

This can probably be considered as a balance between relaxation and tension?
Occasionally, everyone can take advantage of the gap to chat and laugh.

"If you have one, you can beat one. If you have two, you can beat a pair."

"If we had discovered it earlier yesterday, we wouldn't have been so embarrassed. Look how easy it was to fight tonight, right?"

"Who said it wasn't just one fish that was delivered every now and then when a wave came up, three or four at most."

"Haha, there are too many fish coming up at once, so I use a stick to poke them back into the sea with the water, and then let them come up next time."

"Yes, yes, take your time. Don't rush. If there are too many, you won't be able to handle them all. It will be very troublesome if you get bitten."

"Yes, there is still a whole night until dawn, so we can fight slowly."

"Hold on, there's another wave."

Ye Yaodong didn't expect that the fight would be so easy tonight?

Everyone fought and rested at the same time until the sky turned pale. Everyone was still energetic, not like yesterday when they were exhausted and looked like they were about to collapse.

"If only last night was like today, it would be great. It's getting a little light now. If we hold on a little longer, we can go eat and rest."

"President Ye said that if we hold on a little longer, we'll be able to eat soon."

"Hahaha~"

We killed so many people in one night and everyone was in high spirits. Now that it was almost over, we could still joke around.

"We slept enough during the day yesterday, and we were full when we woke up, so these were no big deal at night."

"Yeah, I don't know if there's any tonight."

"Haha, after dinner, everyone go to sleep and get up in the evening to take a look."

"I don't know if this typhoon is good or bad. Although I am trapped here, I can still fish and make money."

"I think it's a good thing. At least I can get a good night's sleep. At most I was a little scared at first, but it will be fine after the typhoon passes."

"Alas, it has been raining all night again, and I don't know when it will stop."

Ye Yaodong thought for a moment and said, "I'll change Ah Qiang's medicine later before going to sleep. I don't know when I can go back. At least there are herbs on the boat to stop bleeding."

"He is the most unlucky."

"Don't worry, I can recover when I go back, and I can get paid while lying in bed, which is pretty cool to think about."

"Then would you like to be bitten by this fish instead?"

"Forget it, let's just work and earn money, so we don't have to suffer this pain. I can still hear him screaming in pain when he's sleeping. I guess he really can't sleep."

Normally, the impact of a typhoon will take a week to half a month, depending on the path of the typhoon.

If you are just passing by, then go faster. It may not have much impact on the shore, but it will take about this amount of time for the waves on the sea to calm down.

He estimated that this was just a small typhoon passing by, and he would probably be trapped here for two or three days. There was no need to wait for the waves to subside completely. As long as it was not as strong as it was now, he would go back as soon as possible if he could leave.

This location is probably only about three hours away from the city. It was already the fourth day when we were affected, and we were already planning to drive back.

"Let's take a break. There have been several waves now where no fish have rolled up, only sea water."

Father Ye sat in the corner and shouted, "Drag a few over here first. There's a lot of fish in front of me and there's no room. Hurry and get them to the fish warehouse first, or else when the waves come up, don't let the fish I've processed get thrown back into the sea. I lost several fish last night. Fortunately, the fish bladders were taken out."

"Those who still have energy can help deal with the fish on the deck. If you have used up too much energy, take a rest."

"It's not that tiring. After talking for a while, everyone will have rested enough. Then we can continue working and have dinner after finishing."

"I'll go cook first, and we'll have dinner when I'm done."

Now everyone is eating the fish in the fish warehouse, and there are still a lot of harvests on the day of wind and waves, otherwise, they may have to be caught on the spot.

Everyone helped to move the giant eel on the deck, and Ye Yaodong also helped to remove the fish bladder.

There is strength in numbers, and everything was done in no time.

He counted the fish bladders and realized that he had caught 52 more tonight.

I typed 46 messages last night, and a total of 98 messages in total, which is quite a harvest.

Each of these deep-sea giant eels weighs thirty or forty kilograms, which adds up to more than 3000 kilograms. Each kilogram can be sold for fifty or sixty cents, which is worth about two thousand yuan.

There are also more expensive fish maws.

It's worth it to gain so much in just two nights.

He was looking forward to tonight again, hoping that more people would come tonight. After all, it was a long night and everyone was bored after sleeping enough during the day, so it would be just right for a few more people to come and provide kills and money.

Others thought so too.

So after eating and drinking, everyone went to bed, and when it was time in the evening, they all got up quickly and actively.

Unexpectedly, when everyone walked onto the deck, they were all dumbfounded.

"Spanish mackerel?"

“So many mackerels?”

“They are all giant mackerels?”

"Oops, did we miss it when we were sleeping?"

"So many mackerels were swept up by the waves?"

"What's going on? Hurry up and put these in the cabin first. It's getting dark. Don't let another wave of giant eels come."

As soon as Ye Yaodong said this, everyone immediately started to move, fearing that another giant eel would fall from the sky.

At this point everyone has nowhere to stay. If we don’t deal with it quickly, some of it will probably be carried back into the sea by the waves, and all this is money.

"Go get the basket. Bring it quickly and carry it in later."

“These mackerels are huge…”

"hurry up……"

Everyone was busy moving the mackerels that had appeared out of nowhere on the deck into the cabin first.

There were not too many swordfish on the deck, but not too few either. Each one weighed about 20 to 30 kilograms. A basket could only hold a few of them, but he estimated that there should be dozens of them.

It's a pity that I didn't pay attention when I was sleeping during the day. There's nothing I can do about it. I'm tired after a night of sleep, so it's inevitable to rest during the day.

After all the mackerels were moved into the cabin, everyone quickly grabbed their gear and waited on the deck.

But no matter how long I waited, there was no show. I was wondering if there was no hope for tonight.

“Is it gone?”

"What time is it, Dong?"

"It's been two nights in a row. I guess it's gone?"

He reached into the pocket of his raincoat and looked inside. "It's almost 8 o'clock. If there's nothing in it, forget it..."

"Let's wait a little longer. We're free anyway."

"Yeah, we've slept enough during the day, who knows? There might be more later. So many Spanish mackerels came up when we were sleeping during the day. It would be a pity if we didn't see them later and they were carried back to the sea by the waves."

At this time, the waves were rolling behind the boat, and one wave brought up a large number of black fish mixed in it.

"Here they come, there are fish..."

"I saw it..."

"It's mackerel!"

"It's mackerel again..."

(End of this chapter)