On the sun-scorched mudflats, the seawater evaporated, making it difficult to breathe.
Zhao Dahai gasped for air. The clothes on his body had already been wet and dried countless times. There were circles of white powder, which was either the salt of sweat or the salt of the sea. His face was all muddy.
A lot of mud.
Zhao Dahai drank some water and immediately started to collect the bamboo tube. This was already the third day of catching jumping fish. His muscles were sore all over and he was very tired, but the harvest was good. On the first day, he caught about five kilograms of jumping fish. On the second day yesterday,
I caught about six kilograms. Today is the third day. I hope to have almost the same harvest. There is no secret to catching jumping fish. I just work hard.
Zhao Dahai paddled the mud horse, took out a bamboo tube, stuffed it into a mesh bag and shook it.
Huh?!
Zhao Dahai took a look at the jumping fish he had just thrown out, and found that it was not the same as other jumping fish. He reached into the net bag to grab it, but did not take it out. There was mucus and sea mud on the jumping fish, and it was very slippery.
If you accidentally run away, keep it safe in the mesh bag. If you look closely, it is indeed different. It is bigger, shorter and fatter.
Zhao Dahai bent down and washed the jumping fish. Now he could see it very clearly. It was indeed different. There were very obvious blue spots on its body.
"Hehehe!"
"Good stuff!"
Zhao Dahai recognized at a glance that the jumping fish in his hand was the commonly known pink minnow. There are many kinds of jumping fish. There are five or six species that can be seen on the beaches of Langtou Village and several nearby villages. Most of them are jumping fish.
The jumping fish is smaller and slimmer, while the pink minnow is different. It is bigger, has more meat, and is rich in oil. The meat is very smooth and tender and even has a smooth and pink texture. It tastes very delicious and has the highest price.
Zhao Dahai let go of his hand, and the jumping fish fell into the net bag and was mixed with others. He rowed the mud horse and continued to collect the bamboo tubes. Half an hour later, he stopped, frowned, collected almost twenty bamboo tubes, and poured them out.
There are about a dozen jumping fish, seven or eight of them are pink minnows. There are so many jumping fish in the mudflats including the mangroves on the seaside, even countless, but most of them are ordinary jumping fish, and all of them were caught in the first two days.
It is an ordinary jumping fish, and there are not many pink minnows. Seven or eight of the dozen jumping fish now are pink minnows, which is definitely not normal.
What the hell?!
What's going on?
Could it be that there are a lot of minnows here?
Zhao Dahai looked at the mudflat in front of him. Generally speaking, ordinary jumping fish can be sold for thirty to forty-one kilograms, and fatter and larger ones can be sold for forty or fifty. The price of pink minnows is relatively high, and one kilogram can be sold for more.
At least ten to fifteen yuan. If it is big and fat, it can easily sell for seventy or eighty yuan, which is comparable to the price of blue crabs.
While Zhao Dahai was thinking about it, he collected the remaining twenty dozen bamboo tubes, looked at them carefully, and caught a dozen more minnows.
Zhao Dahai did not hesitate and immediately placed the bamboo tubes on the spot. The mudflats in front of the mangroves and inside the mangroves were very wide. When he placed the bamboo tubes before, he only placed them once in one area. It was not that there were no jumping fish in this area but that there were more jumping fish ahead.
The large number of jumping fish are not frightened, making it easier to catch fish. It is different now. The place in front of you is probably the "territory" where pink minnows gather. If there are many pink minnows in one place, it means there are more pink minnows.
.The price of pink minnows is higher, so catching pink minnows is more cost-effective, so why not do it.
Zhao Dahai walked very carefully this time, not missing any hole with jumping fish. After placing the eighty bamboo tubes, he immediately started chasing the jumping fish out of the mangrove.
"That's right!"
"One hundred percent is a minnow."
Zhao Dahai was very excited and waved his right hand vigorously. The pink minnows are big and their jumping is different from ordinary jumping fish. If you observe carefully, it is easy to distinguish. His guess is not wrong at all. In front of him,
This quagmire including mangroves is indeed where pink minnows gather.
After Zhao Dahai finished catching the jumping fish, he immediately began to collect the bamboo tubes. Not all of the things poured out were pink minnows, but at least five or six of the ten bamboo tubes must be pink minnows. He was very excited and more motivated, and he poured it over and over again.
I put bamboo tubes all over the place and put them away to catch the minnows. Now I don’t go anywhere, I just spin around in this mudflat, fighting to the end.
The sun sets.
The seawater rose and flooded the mudflats. After about half an hour, the mangroves were gone.
Zhao Dahai picked up the mesh bag that was half mud and half water in the bucket. There were seven or eight kilograms of jumping fish in it, most of which were valuable minnows. He washed the bamboo tubes and mud horses and tied them up.
I carried it on a pole and walked home. When I passed by the small pier of the village, I met many people from the village. I said hello and left quickly. Catching jumping fish is very energy-consuming, and besides, I only had a simple meal at noon.
After eating some cold rice, I was so hungry that I quickly went back to cook to fill my stomach.
"Zhao Dahai is really too cruel, isn't he?!"
Zhong Shizhu carried a bucket of sea water, washed the deck of his fishing boat, and glanced at Zhao Dahai who was striding away. In the past three days, Zhao Dahai got up early every day and went to the mudflat next to the mangrove every day.
Roll and catch jumping fish, and go home when the tide starts to rise when the tide goes out.
"I can't do this kind of work."
Liu Bin was arranging the fishing nets on the fishing boat next door. When he heard this, he immediately shook his head. Is he just riding a mud horse to catch jumping fish on the mudflat? It doesn't sound difficult, and anyone of any kind can do it. It is indeed what it is.
Everyone can do anything, but not everyone can do a few hours a day for three consecutive days. This work is very hard. I would rather go out to sea for ten days to fish.
I am willing to go to the quagmire to catch jumping fish for a day.
"Hehehe!"
"If you can earn 1,800 yuan a day, you can definitely do it."
Zhong Shizhu made a joke.
"Hey!"
"Isn't this nonsense?!"
"With thousands of children and eight hundred people, who would feel tired?"
Liu Bin shook his head. Catching jumping fish can make money, but at the end of the day it is tiring and tiring, and he only earns two to three hundred yuan. Driving a fishing boat out to sea and casting a net for fishing, most of the time he can only earn a hundred yuan a day, but it is easy.
Too many.
"Zhao Dahai doesn't have a fishing boat now, so he can't go out to sea to fish, so he can only make money this way. You said that once you have a boat, and you work so hard, it will be terrible!"
Zhong Shizhu watched Zhao Dahai turn a corner with the bamboo horse and bamboo tube and disappear, then turned to look at Liu Bin.
Liu Bin was stunned for a moment, and his face looked a little ugly. Zhao Dahai worked so hard. Once he has a fishing boat, it will be really great. He will definitely make much more money than people like him. But what can be done about this matter? A little trick
None, I can only watch helplessly. But we are from the same village. If we can’t see each other in the morning, maybe we can see each other in the afternoon, how can we not have the desire to compare, how can we watch other people’s lives getting better and better?