Fisherman Fubao made his fortune by fishing

Li Laosan went out and went straight back to Rabbit Island, where he started packing shell oil lamps with Dalang and Erlang.

Shell oil lamps are fragile and cannot be knocked. You need to first put straw on the outer circle of the wicker basket, then put the oil lamp in and then cover it with a lid.

After packaging, they have to be loaded onto trucks. The Li family now has two carts. In order to prevent bumps, the fifty oil lamps have to be transported in two trips.

After finishing the work, the sun had already set. Li Laosan hurried to the cave to pack the two whale bones that Li Yuer wanted.

"Uncle San, what are you going to do with these bones?" Erlang walked in front, holding an oil lamp, leading the way.

"Yu Baoer told me to take it to Mu Ren Zhang in town tomorrow and tell him that the deposit has been paid."

Li Dalang said: "Yu Baoer is really smart. He treated the whale from the inside out, including the meat, skin and bones, without damaging anything."

"That's right. This is called destroying the body and covering up all traces. When spring comes, the villagers won't be able to find any traces at all." Li Erlang said proudly, "Don't you even look at whose sister it is? Just follow me."

Li Laosan rolled his eyes at him from behind and said, "I am still her third uncle. Her niece looks like her uncle, but I think she looks more like me."

"Hahahaha!" Li Dalang was amused by them and said, "In my opinion, Yu Baoer doesn't look like anyone."

Several people were stunned for a moment, and Li Erlang snorted, "Why not? I think she looks like her in every way. She has combined all the good qualities of our family members."

At Lao Bie Bay, after catching some lobsters, we planned to go back early so that we could sell them in town before it got dark.

Lobsters are a rare commodity, and if you kill them you will suffer a huge loss.

Li Yuer didn't want to leave immediately. She looked at the big puddles between the reefs. No one had gone to the sea all winter, and lobsters could be found even in the small puddles. What about the big puddles?

Now that you are here, you might as well check it out thoroughly before you leave.

She suggested, "It doesn't matter if we find lobsters here. How do you know there aren't other big ones in the big puddle?"

After hearing this, everyone thought it made sense.

Especially Erdan, the lobster was discovered by Naonao and Biaozi, so whoever saw it got a share, so naturally he didn't have any, which made him very dissatisfied.

He immediately agreed with Li Yuer's suggestion and said, "I think it would be great if we could find more big ones. Lobsters are easy to keep alive anyway and won't die for several days."

So, a few people came up with the idea of ​​​​digging the big puddle.

Biaozi suggested: "Let's scoop out the water."

Li Yuer shook his head. "This is a low-lying area. The sand below may be leaking water. It's useless as we scoop water out while it's leaking out. It's hard for us to scoop water faster than it is leaking out."

"Then what do you think we should do?" Naonao looked at Li Yuer. After spending half a day together, he found that this girl from the city was very smart. Just like his grandparents said, people from the city are cunning and full of schemes.

Li Yuer thought about it and said, "Use the Internet cafe and pull it directly from one end to the other. If you encounter a stone, have someone go down and feel for it."

Hearing this, Naonao looked at Biaozi and waved at him. Biaozi took the rolled net from his back.

He planned to go down between the reefs during low tide, and when the tide came in, the sea water would flood the reel and the fish swimming back and forth would be caught in the reel.

Naonao directed, "Erdan, you and Biaozi each take one fish, start pulling the net from this side, Yubaoer and Nannan will be in charge of receiving it on the shore, and I will be in charge of catching it."

After saying that, Naonao was about to take off his shoes and go into the water.

The sea water in December is freezing cold. People's legs will get cramps after going in. Even if they seem fine now, they may suffer from illness in the future.

When Naonao was dividing the work, he didn't let others go into the water, only himself. It can be seen that he is a responsible child leader, just like his father, the village chief, who has a sense of responsibility.

"Wait." Li Yu'er stopped him, "Don't go into the water yet, wear my boots, my boots are not afraid of water."

Li Yuer's boots are made of tanned whale skin, which is soft and water-resistant. The interface between the sole and the upper is fixed with fish glue, which is soft, wear-resistant and not afraid of water. The only disadvantage is that it is afraid of heat, but now it is the coldest time of the year, the temperature is low enough, so there is no need to worry about the glue coming off due to heat.

The children's attention was immediately attracted by Li Yuer's boots.

They knew that Li Yuer's boots were leather boots, which were very expensive in the town, but they didn't expect that they were also water-resistant.

Li Yuer's boots were made very large, with a layer of cotton inside. From the appearance, they were similar to modern snow cotton. They were simple, durable and beautiful. She taught the women of the Li family how to make them. They were warm and light.

Nao Nao wanted to refuse, but Li Yu'er blocked her: "I'll lend you my shoes, and you can share some of the seafood you picked up with me later."

After hearing what Li Yuer said, Nao Nao's little self-esteem was relieved.

"Okay." He agreed immediately. Ordinary seafood is everywhere and can be picked up at any time as long as there is a tide. It is not valuable. Big fish are valuable. If you want to catch big fish, it depends on your luck.

Li Yuer was at an age when he was growing fast. In order to prevent his boots from becoming too small too quickly, Old Lady Cai deliberately made them a little bigger to leave some extra space.

The boots fit Nao Nao's feet perfectly.

After everyone was ready, Biaozi and Erdan stood on both sides of the puddle, held up the fishing net with both hands, and pulled the net in the puddle with their left and right hands from top to bottom, one high and one low.

"crash"

After just a few steps, a big splash appeared in the puddle. A flash of silver light jumped out of the water, then quickly fell back into the water and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"There's a fish!" Biaozi shouted excitedly.

Erdan guessed: "It looks like a barracuda."

Naonao went into the water, followed the fishing net, and used the net to scoop up fish blindly along the edge of the net.

The scoop net sank and something rushed into it in panic. Naonao seized the opportunity and pulled up the scoop net suddenly.

"Wow!"

A big yellow fish was twisting its fat body in the scoop net.

"quick!"

Naonao shouted while struggling to throw the scoop net towards the shore.

Nannan was splashed with water in the face and was stunned for a moment.

Li Yuer wiped his face and quickly stepped forward to hold down the scoop net.

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

The fish was very big and when it was thrown to the shore, it struggled even more violently, as if it had foreseen its fate.

"Nannan, come and help me!"

Li Yuer was small and could not hold her down, but Nannan came over to help happily.

The two men pressed the fish, and the fish jumped. After a few minutes of hard work, they finally dressed the fish and put it into the bucket.

Nannan added some sea water to the bucket and said, "It's a big yellow croaker, great."

Yellow croaker is commonly known as yellow croaker, which is divided into large yellow croaker and small yellow croaker. The taste and nutritional value of large yellow croaker are better than those of small yellow croaker, so its price is much higher.

In later generations, humans have been able to farm yellow croaker. Farmed yellow croaker is very different from wild ones, and its taste and nutrition are not as good as wild ones, but its price is much cheaper than wild ones.

Large and small yellow croakers are very similar in appearance, but they are different in size and their habitats are also very different.

How to distinguish big and small yellow croakers? First, look at the tail and scales, which is also the main identification technique. The big yellow croaker has a slender tail and smaller scales, while the small yellow croaker has a shorter tail and larger scales.

Second, look at the shape of the mouth. The lower lip of the big yellow flower is longer than the upper lip, overbite, and the mouth is round when closed; the upper and lower lips of the small yellow flower are basically the same length, and the mouth is pointed when closed.

Yellow croaker has delicious meat and almost no fishy smell. It is loved by food lovers and is relatively expensive.

Yellow croaker likes to hide during the day and come out at night, so the chances of catching it are generally greater at night, but fishermen basically do not work at night. Therefore, although yellow croaker tastes good and the catch is small, the price is relatively expensive.

A pound of top-quality yellow croaker is about the same price as pork, usually more than ten cents. Especially now that it is winter and the harvest season is approaching, the price can be even higher.