Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1554 It Might Rain Heavy

Ye Yaodong explained to Chen Shi what the chief engineer had just mentioned about cleaning the sonar probe, and then went to rest.

When you say rest, you mean closing your eyes and relaxing. It's only seven or eight o'clock now, and it's noisy again.

He planned to close his eyes and rest for a while, wait for the internet to come online, then get up and take a look, and then go back to sleep.

It was inevitable to think about more things while lying down. He went over the things he needed to do when he returned, and also wondered when the returning ships would be able to come and pick up the goods.

I inevitably made the worst-case scenario plan in my mind. At worst, I could just wait until all the ships were full and return directly...

After thinking about it for a while, he got up again when he heard the sound of the net being set up outside.

"Brother Dong, are you still awake?"

"I couldn't fall asleep for a while, so I heard some noise and got up to take a look. You do your thing, I'll go down and give some instructions."

Ye Yaodong directed them to collect the nets. After an hour or so had passed and they had finished collecting everything, he lay down beside the boat with a flashlight in his hand.

The chief engineer shouted, "Turn on the deck searchlights, turn off the sensor power, and switch the radar screen to manual mode to avoid interference with automatic tracking."

"receive."

The orange beam of light pierced through the night sea, illuminating the fluorescent positioning tape tied to the buoy rope, which was painted by Lao Chen with luminous paint.

Lao Chen said to Ye Yaodong, "Wait here with a long pole with a hook."

"know."

80 meters below, the sonar sensor covered with squid ink was shaking in the tide, and Ye Yaodong was ready to hook the sensor bracket at any time.

"Start the hydraulic winch and control the speed at 0.5 meters per second."

If it goes too fast, it will swing and hit the hull.

When the sensor rises to a water depth of 20 meters, it pauses and uses a high-pressure water gun to pre-rinse the luminous algae and various microorganisms attached to the surface with 80°C fresh water.

Lao Chen also took the opportunity to check the wear of the steel cable.

After flushing, Ye Yaodong hooked up the sensor.

At this moment, the sonar sensor was emitting a strong fishy smell, and its surface was covered with a layer of gelatinous ink, just like a mouthful of "high-tech phlegm" spit out by a squid.

There are also some tiny barnacle juveniles parasitizing around.

"Cleaning it carefully, don't scratch it."

"I know. These technological things are very expensive. We can't afford to lose money if we sell them."

"Haha, if I sell you, your whole family won't be able to afford the compensation."

"These barnacles are really annoying. They can't be removed and they grow back after a while."

"Yes, the same is true under the boat. It's hard to clean such a big boat..."

The barnacles in the sea water really make people hate and fear them. They are definitely the overlords of the ocean.

There are almost no natural enemies, and only starfish can eat barnacles.

Starfish can use their sharp teeth to directly destroy the barnacle's shell, and then wrap their stomach directly around the flesh.

After digestion, only an empty shell is left.

Once offshore structures, objects and marine life are parasitized by barnacles, it will be a troublesome thing.

Offshore structures and objects are cleaned regularly, but once marine life is attached to barnacles, it will never be able to escape the torture for the rest of its life.

After everyone has carefully cleaned it, the sensor has to be put back into the sea, but before entering the water, it is customary to pour half a cup of white wine on it.

It is not only for rust prevention, but also for offering sacrifice to the sea god.

The power was turned on as the vehicle entered the water. However, the first signal that popped up on the sonar screen was a black shadow several meters long that passed leisurely under the probe.

"What the hell, what the hell just went right past this?"

"It looks like a hairtail? But it looks like it's several meters long, at least three or four meters long..."

"It's so long, could it be a cutlassfish? Can a cutlassfish be that long?"

“Is that an oarfish?”

Ye Yaodong didn't see anything and could only guess. He shone the flashlight everywhere, but the sea was pitch black and he couldn't see anything.

The worker replied, "I don't know. The moment it was opened, I immediately received a long strip of something and it went straight over."

"It's okay. Now that we've put it down, we'll continue exploring."

It's just a fish. Even though it was detected to be very big, it doesn't matter.

"Then let's continue working..."

"Tidy up the fishing nets, check them, and let the nets go first..."

Everyone was busy with their own duties.

Ye Yaodong simply directed them to lower the fishing nets, and only after all the nets were lowered did he go back to the helm.

"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Dong. You got up in the middle of the night and gave orders even though you were lying down."

"I feel like what you said is hitting me in the face. Why should I be working so hard? It's you who stay up late who are working so hard."

Chen Shi smiled naively.

"Go ahead, I'm going to sleep. Call me if you need anything."

Even when he went to sleep, he couldn't sleep peacefully. It had only been a few days since he came out, so he had to stay alert.

The next morning, when I woke up, it was already Lao Xiao's turn to take charge.

Lao Xiao excitedly said to him, "Dongzi, did you know? We pulled up a net last night and there were so many long hairtails in it, each weighing ten kilograms."

"What?" Ye Yaodong was stunned for a moment, "How can a hairtail weigh ten kilograms?"

Any hairtail weighing more than 1 kilogram is already considered a big deal.

Apart from the oarfish, is there any other cutlassfish that can weigh more than ten kilograms?

Oarfish is not a cutlassfish.

"Really, there are more than 60 of them. Each one is more than two meters long. The meat is thick and as wide as a palm. Normally, a hairtail fish that is three fingers wide is considered thick."

That’s true, a hairtail that is three fingers wide can be sold at a good price.

"I'll go take a look. What you told me makes me curious. I've never seen a hairtail fish weighing more than ten kilograms."

Ye Yaodong went downstairs as he spoke.

Lao Xiao was still shouting, "You'll know when you see it, there are more than 60..."

He waved his hand without saying anything, indicating that he understood.

The workers on the deck were still picking out goods, and it looked like there weren't many goods left on the sorting table.

"Have you eaten yet? Are you almost done with the food?"

The workers were busy with their hands, saying, "It's almost done. We'll eat after we finish the work. Then we can change shifts."

Ye Yaodong casually greeted them, helped lift the sorted goods, followed others to move them into the freezer, and asked a few questions by the way.

"Last night they said they caught dozens of hairtail fish weighing ten kilograms each?"

"Yes, yes. They are very long and wide, with thick meat. They are top quality. This is the first time I have seen such a long hairtail in my life."

"They all said it was the king of hairtails. There were a lot of hairtails in the net at night, but after picking them out, only about 5 of them weighed 2 kilograms, and most of the rest weighed 3 to kilograms, and the smallest one weighed nearly kilograms..."

The workers explained to him as they walked, and after entering the cold storage compartment, they showed him where the items were.

"This kind of super-large hairtail fish from the East China Sea can only catch one or two in a year with radar nets, and longline fishing may not be able to catch such a large one. But this time we actually caught so many at once, which is really unexpected."

"They say a hairtail this big can be called the 'king of hairtail fish' and is as scarce as wild yellow croaker."

Ye Yaodong took a look and saw the long strips neatly arranged at the bottom layer. He reached out and touched them, but they were frozen to death. He couldn't take out even one.

"Awesome, it's so big, this is the first time I've seen such a long hairtail..."

Most of these large hairtails from the East China Sea weigh 2-3 kilograms, with the smallest weighing nearly 2 kilograms. The largest hairtail is more than 2 meters long, weighs more than 6 kilograms, and is wider than an adult's palm.

This even made Ye Yaodong, who had fished for many years in his two lifetimes, sigh in amazement.

"Hey, this can sell for a lot of money, right?"

"Of course, it is more expensive than black grouper. Those weighing 10 jin each can be sold at the same price as yellow croaker."

"That's good. Dozens of them."

Ye Yaodong touched his chin, what a pity, he fell asleep last night. The fish would be more active around the full moon, and it would be a better time to cast the net.

I guess the delivery will be better in the next two days.

"Did the detectors clean up last night and then they were lowered to catch the first net?"

"Yes, they said that the detector was just lowered and the black shadow that flashed by chased after it, and then they caught it."

"Didn't they say the detection was three or four meters?"

The worker touched his head and said naively: "I don't know..."

"Go ahead, I have to go out too. My eyebrows are all frosted over. I am freezing to death."

Ye Yaodong went out after checking it out. He hadn't even had breakfast or brushed his teeth yet. It was only after Lao Xiao persuaded him to come over and take a look.

The weather doesn't look very good today. It's already past 6 o'clock, and there's no red light in the sky, only thick clouds. I don't know if it will rain.

While eating, everyone was chatting there.

But it doesn’t matter as long as it doesn’t rain heavily. If it rains heavily, it will be troublesome. Even if you are wearing a raincoat, you still have to work in the rain.

Ye Yaodong was also worried about the rain. He had originally planned to take a shower after dinner, but now it seemed that he didn't need to.

Well...it's bound to rain in the next two days anyway, and I'll have to get wet in the rain and then wash it, so I might as well save up some money now.

Come to think of it, he hasn't washed for a week...

You can't blame him for being sloppy. Fresh water resources at sea are scarce, so there's no need to wash. Everyone has a little smell of the sea anyway.

Everyone was the same, some didn't even brush their teeth.

Come to think of it, he is relatively clean.

There was no sun the whole day and it was cloudy, so everyone felt a little relieved.

However, the weather forecast at night said that it would rain heavily tomorrow, so everyone had to make preparations in advance.

Visibility is low in heavy rain, especially at night, which makes the danger doubly high. People need to be careful, and so do cargo in the cargo hold.

Everybody got to work, using anti-skid steel chains to run horizontally through all the fish boxes. Heavy rain is often accompanied by big waves, and it is also necessary to prevent 10,000-ton surges from overturning the cargo holds.

A waterproof canvas is installed on the winch operating platform at night to leave a channel for the steel cable, and visibility often returns to zero during heavy rain.

The drainage system also needs to be checked, the deck drain valves tested, and buffer springs installed on the steel cables to cope with the instantaneous tension impact caused by huge waves.

We must also pay attention to the power system to prevent heavy rain from damaging power equipment and causing low-quality diesel to contain water, leading to shutdowns.

Standby generators must be preheated in advance, as low temperature and humid air can easily cause the starting motor to fail.

It’s no wonder that everyone is cursing. With the heavy rain, the preparations everyone needs to do in advance have become more complicated and there are more things to pay attention to.

Sent it out before dark.