Fisherman Fubao made his fortune by fishing

After lunch, Li Yuer packed up his equipment and went to meet Nao Nao and the others under the big willow tree at the east end of the village.

Li Erlang also wanted to go, so Li Yuer said he would take him to ask at the big willow tree, and only after Naonao and the others agreed could he join.

Li Yuer guessed that Naonao and the others would definitely allow Li Erlang to join for her sake, but she didn't know whether they were willing to do so.

Of course, Li Yu'er would not let them suffer any loss, because she had an idea.

When the size of the cake is fixed, people will think that the fewer partners there are, the better, so that everyone can get more; when the more partners there are, the bigger the cake will be, and everyone will get more, so people will try every means to actively recruit people.

Naonao and his friends arrived at the same time as Li Yuer, and just as Li Yuer had guessed, they agreed to let Li Erlang join.

"Why didn't Nannan come?" Li Yuer quite liked the cute and soft little Nannan.

Naonao: "Dad won't let her come out with me."

Of course, he would not tell his friends that his father spanked him last night, saying that if he dared to fight with his niece, he would break his legs. Although his father often said that he would break his legs, and he never did in the end, the willow branches hitting his buttocks hurt a lot.

There was a thin mist in Laobie Bay today. The hazy fog enveloped the mountains, forests and sea, giving a fairy-like feeling.

There are no planes or trains, no neon lights from buildings, only the beauty of nature with its primitive majesty and mystery.

Today's tide is about half an hour later than yesterday, and also smaller than yesterday. This is the cycle given to the sea by the sun and the moon.

"What's that smell? Biaozi, didn't you wipe your butt after you took a shit?" Erdan said with disgust, covering his nose.

Biaozi was immediately furious, "How dare you say that? Didn't you ask me to carry this thing? I told you to say it!"

As he said that, he pushed the bucket in front of Erdan. Erdan took a look and said, "It's this thing!"

Isn’t it just the chicken innards that Li Yuer asked Biaozi to collect yesterday?

Now that they were at the place, Li Yuer naturally didn't need to hide it anymore, and said, "This thing is used to make a nest."

"Making a nest? Can you use chicken intestines to make a nest? Can't you use an old hen to sit in the nest?" Li Erlang asked puzzledly.

Li Yuer really admired his brother's imagination and said, "It's about making a nest, not about harboring a nest. You will understand what I mean. Big fish like giant groupers and green shells are generally carnivorous marine animals. When the tide goes out, we put chicken viscera in the puddle. When the tide comes in, these big fish will swim into the puddle along the sea water and scramble to eat the chicken viscera.

They are greedy and protective of their food, and they will not leave even when the tide goes out, so they are trapped in the puddle. If we do the same as we did yesterday, won't we be able to catch a lot of big fish again?

But if we lay the nest today, we will have to wait until tomorrow to harvest.”

"Damn! Yu Baoer, you're so smart! You can even think of this!"

Li Erlang said disapprovingly: "It's not certain whether it works or not. How do you know that the big guys like to eat these smelly things? There are so many fish and shrimps in the sea to eat. Isn't it better to eat live ones?"

Li Yu'er thought to himself, don't we need to catch them alive? Besides, they have eaten fish and shrimp every day, aren't they tired of it? Wouldn't it be fresh to change the taste?

"Hey? What's going on? Why didn't I understand?" Biaozi said, touching the back of his head.

Naonao snatched the bucket from his hand and said, "Just follow me. Let's go straight to the big puddle."

When they arrived at the big puddle, Nao Nao and his friends first looked around the nearby small puddles. To their disappointment, they were not as lucky as yesterday and directly picked up a green shell.

Li Yuer asked Biaozi to put the chicken entrails on the rocks first, and then make a nest after fishing in the puddle today.

Several people planned to do the same as yesterday, directly pulling the net to the bottom of the puddle and catching everything in one fell swoop.

This time, Li Erlang, wearing whale leather boots, used a scoop net to scoop in the water.

Li Erlang kicked over a stone slab that was blocking the harm, and a sticky thing was wriggling on the back of the stone slab.

"There's a sea rat! How disgusting!"

Li Yuer looked over. What is a sea mouse? Li Yuer's eyes immediately turned into stars. A large sea cucumber was wriggling on the stone slab, trying to escape. All the suckers under it were wriggling vigorously on the stone slab, but unfortunately, the speed was too slow.

"Brother, hurry up and catch that guy, or he'll run away."

"Which one?" Li Erlang thought that Li Yuer saw something else, so he looked around.

"It's the one on the rock, what is that? Quick! Catch it!"

"Which one?" Li Erlang looked around. "This one?" He directly pulled off a few spicy snails from the overturned stone slab.

Spicy snails were also expensive seafood in the past. Now they are all over the reefs, in balls. No one wants to eat them because they don’t taste as good as cat’s eye snails and oyster snails. They are also small and hard to pick, so fishermen are reluctant to pick them.

The ones that Li Erlang picked up were almost as big as some small oyster snails in his previous life.

Li Yuer was anxious, thought for a moment, and said, "It's not the spicy snail! It's that one, yes, yes, it's called a sea mouse, so just catch that sea mouse!"

"What do you want this for? It will melt soon after you take it back."

Seeing that the sea cucumber was about to crawl away, Li Yuer shouted, "Just catch it when I tell you to!"

So, Li Erlang endured the nausea and clumsily scooped the sea cucumber into the net, then handed it to Li Yuer on the shore.

Li Yuer happily put the sea cucumber into the bucket. Once in the bucket, the timid sea cucumber shrank into a long pupa shape.

In the past, wild sea cucumbers of this size would cost at least several hundred yuan each, and they were basically all caught in the near sea.

Naonao and Li Yuer were responsible for responding on the shore, while Erdan and Biaozi were pulling the net at both ends of the puddle.

From time to time, a fish would splash in the water and be forced to escape in panic by the net, but the puddle was so small that there was nowhere for it to escape to.

When Li Erlang saw a splash of water, he used a scoop net to scoop it up, but unfortunately the fish were too agile underwater and he failed to catch any. However, he did scoop up a few cat's eye snails.

"Look, what is this?"

Li Erlang looked curiously at the slowly moving flower in the scoop net. Yes, it was a blooming red flower. He used the scoop net to bring it to the shore. "Why is this seaweed moving?"

Li Yuer and Nao Nao leaned over to take a look, and saw that the red flower-like seaweed was indeed moving slightly.

"It's so strange, why can the seaweed move?" Nao Nao had never seen seaweed move before, and was shocked. Could it be that it was possessed by a water ghost?

Li Yuer remembered what this thing was. "This is not seaweed, this is a sea lily, an animal, not a grass. They usually live at the bottom of deep water. This one might have been washed up by the waves and stranded in the puddle and can't go back."

Li Yuer put the sea lily into a bucket and took it back to raise and play with.

Sea lilies, also known as feather stars, are beautiful little elves under the sea, especially this fiery red feather star. When they swim underwater, they look like blooming flowers dancing, which is very dreamy and beautiful.

"Hey! I caught it!" Li Erlang scooped up a flying crab from under a rock with a scoop net. "This one is big enough, it must be delicious, and it's a female."

Nao Nao and the others looked at it and said, "It's Iron General again. What's so delicious about it? It's not worth the money."

The Li family has a very strong taste. They like to eat Iron General, which is hard, meatless and poisonous.

Li Yuer was also very happy and accepted the student.

"Look, what is this?" Li Erlang found an octopus. He still remembered how delicious it tasted, so he started to grab it. A big octopus weighing four or five kilograms was caught by his bare hands.

"Octopus! So big!" Li Erlang showed off to them.

The octopus was desperately dancing its eight legs in Li Erlang's hands, twisting and struggling. This octopus was different from yesterday's. Its head was rounder and bigger, but its legs were shorter, less than half the length of yesterday's.

"Puff!" A stream of black water gushed out like a fountain.

"Ah! Damn! What the hell is that!"

Li Erlang, who was still showing off, was sprayed with ink in the face by the octopus, making him look both funny and pitiful.

"I'm poisoned! I'm going to die!"

Li Erlang was so scared that he threw the octopus hard onto the shore, and then ran towards the shore in the water.

Nao Nao and the others were also frightened and wanted to put down their work and come over to take a look, hoping that nothing had really happened.

Li Yuer said quickly: "It's okay! It's okay! You won't die! It's just that the octopus spit out ink, it's not poisonous!"

Li Yuer took out a handkerchief and wiped Li Erlang's face, saying as she did so: "You are still wearing new clothes. Now you are in trouble. Wait and see how grandma will teach you a lesson later."

The ink was wiped clean by Li Yuer, and Li Erlang indeed did not feel any pain or discomfort, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

"You are still thinking about clothes. Are clothes more important or am I, your brother?" Li Erlang said with a somewhat aggrieved tone.

Li Yuer deliberately said, "It's not important, the big goods are important, hurry back to work! Otherwise your clothes will get dirty in vain."

Seeing that Li Erlang was fine, the others started to return to their positions and continued to pull the net.

Li Erlang seemed to be venting his anger by constantly fishing with a scoop net. No one knew if it was because the marine resources were too abundant in that dynasty or if he was just lucky, but he managed to catch several fish simply by fishing in the murky water that was caused by his steps.

There are sharphead carp, black carp, bighead carp, and a sea bass weighing four or five pounds.

The sea bass shines silver in the sun and has beautiful spots on its body. The sea bass is beautiful and tastes good.

Sea bass tastes very good when grilled. Its meat is sweet and fresh without any fishy smell. When grilled to a certain point, the charred surface still oozes with golden fish oil, which is fragrant and fresh.

If sea bass is sold during the fishing season, one cent for two kilograms is already the highest price. Before the New Year and in winter, it is estimated that it can be sold at a high price of four or five cents per kilogram.

There are too many coastal towns in the Cangyuan Dynasty, and there are many fishermen. The transportation in Xinpu Town is not well developed, and there are no adjacent inland towns. If the fish are transported to a farther inland place, they will die and rot before they reach halfway. The fishermen can only sell fish in the town’s fish market and eat fish every day. Besides, how much demand can there be in a small town? The supply exceeds the demand, and seafood cannot be stored for a long time. They must be sold while they are fresh, and the price cannot be lower.

Fishermen usually only pick out some of the more valuable fish and throw the rest back into the sea. If the fish are good, they can only earn a dozen cents a day, but if they are not good, they can only earn a few cents, or even not be sold at all.