Chapter 82 Make money without going to sea! Good sign!
Zhao Dahai was not in a hurry, and was as steady as an old dog. One after another, the manta fish was pulled to less than two meters from the side of the boat, and it looked even bigger this time.
"The sea!"
"The fish is too big to use the net!"
"A hook without a long handle!"
Zhong Shizhu and Lei Dayong were anxiously running around.
Zhao Dahai didn't expect that he would catch such a big fish, especially a devil fish. The largest diameter of the net he prepared was one meter, but it was not enough to see this fish. The fish on the surrounding fishing boats
The dip net is also a bit small. What’s even worse is that there is no long-handled hook. Short ones don’t work. When hooking, the manta fish’s tail flicks, which can kill people. The fish is important, but life is even more important.
What to do?
Zhao Dahai looked at the manta ray floating on the water. Don't look at the peaceful and harmless appearance now. It's just that he is tired. If it takes too long to pull the fishing boat or pull it ashore, he must have regained his strength.
It will continue to struggle and may run away.
Zhao Dahai was a little helpless. It took him a long time to pull it out of the water, but there was nothing he could do.
"Is there something wrong with your mind? Pull to the shore!"
Zhao Shi got up early in the morning and was having breakfast. Someone in the village shouted that Zhao Dahai had caught a huge manta ray at the small pier. He threw the bowl away and came over immediately. He happened to see the manta ray pull out of the water. Zhao Dahai didn't know what to do.
He immediately yelled. Such a big manta fish was pulled out of the water. It would be a pity if it really escaped. A fish of this size escaped just once, and it is impossible to catch it again.
Zhao Dahai's eyes lit up. Why didn't he think of this method? You can't copy the net, and you can't catch it without a long-handled hook. The only way and the best way is to pull it to the shore. Your fishing boat is testing the water and leaving.
The shore is only about 20 meters away. The cable on the bow of the boat is hooked to the beach. As long as you pull the cable and drag the fishing boat to the shore, you can go ashore.
Zhong Shizhu and Lei Dayou realized the same thing and pulled the rope to the beach to pull the fishing boat.
Zhao Dahai controlled the fishing line in his hand and pulled the manta ray forward in the direction of the fishing boat. The manta ray struggled for a long time without much strength. Like a good rabbit, he pulled it as much as he wanted. When the boat got to the shore, he stepped on it.
After reaching the beach on the water, I continued to pull the manta ray to the shore, and soon it was stranded on the beach where the waves were beating.
Zhao Shi took the seven to eight meter long dianthus pole from Zhao Dahai's fishing boat and held down the long tail of the manta ray.
Zhao Dahai put down his fishing rod and walked over, trampled the tail of the manta ray to death, and pulled out the finger-sized stinger on the tail. Then he felt relieved, dug his hands into the nostrils of the manta ray, and dragged it to the shore.
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"Second Grandpa!"
"You still have to be old to have experience!"
Zhao Dahai sat down on the beach. The devil fish had exhausted all his strength and had to take a rest.
"Humph!"
"With so many people here, no one has thought of this method?"
Zhao Shi glared at Zhao Dahai.
Zhao Dahai rested for a while, stood up, and found a large basket. The manta ray had left the water and had no stinger. It lay limp and could only be slaughtered by others. He put it into the big basket and put it on the back frame of the motorcycle.
Go up, shout to Zhong Shizhu and Lei Dayou to come home for lunch at noon, step on the accelerator, and drive to the town to sell fish.
Hongyun Restaurant.
Liu had just finished collecting the fish that he had delivered in the morning and had not finished smoking a cigarette. He looked at Zhao Dahai from a distance and rode over on his motorcycle.
Why are you here today?
Liu Gang is a little strange. Zhao Dahai has been selling blood eels for half a month and twenty days now, and he has not come once. He said that he would not fish for the time being while repairing the boat. If he came today, could he mean that the fishing boat was repaired and went out to sea?
Fish seller!?
Zhao Dahai stopped in front of Liu Gang on his motorcycle. Without saying a word, he opened the plastic sheet covering the basket.
"Ah?"
"Such a big stingray!"
Liu Gang was startled.
"Haha!"
"Just caught it! Boss Liu, do you want it?"
Zhao Dahai stretched out his hand and wiped it on the manta ray to see if the fish was fresh or not. Look at the mucus. His hand was full of mucus. It was absolutely fresh.
"Haha!"
"How could you not want it? Ten yuan a pound!"
Liu Gang glanced at the manta rays in the basket, thought about it for a while and then offered the price of ten yuan per catty.
"Boss Liu."
"Manta rays ranging from three to five kilograms to ten to eight kilograms were sold for not only ten yuan, but three to five yuan a kilogram. This fish must be over a hundred kilograms. The meat is nothing. The most valuable thing is the fish liver."
"How about I cut out the liver and sell the fish meat to you. Not ten yuan, but eight yuan a pound!"
Zhao Dahai will not be deceived. The small manta rays are really not very valuable, and no one even wants them. For example, one or two pounds of size costs two or three yuan per pound. The one he caught by himself is worth more than 100 yuan.
It's different immediately. The real value is not the meat of this fish but the liver. The liver of such a big fish is very big. This is the real delicious thing. For some people who like to eat, it is definitely the best.
delicious.
"Yo!"
"No more cod liver. Don't say eight dollars. I don't want even six dollars!"
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"Why doesn't the meat of a hundred catties of stingray taste bad? If you go to the vegetable market, you can't sell it for six yuan?"
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"Twelve yuan a pound!"
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"Twenty-one pounds!"
"I won't sell it for less than this amount!"
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Zhao Dahai and Liu Gang bargained and sold the manta ray for eighteen yuan per catty. When weighed, it was one hundred and twenty-three catties and seven taels, or two thousand two hundred and twenty-six yuan and sixty cents.
Liu Gang watched Zhao Dahai leave on his motorcycle, lowered his head to look at the manta ray, and a smile immediately appeared on his aching face. Eighteen yuan per pound is indeed not cheap, but it can make a lot of money. Manta rays have no hard bones, only
Cartilage, small manta rays have no meat, are very soft and not tasty at all, but the manta rays weighing tens of kilograms or even more than a hundred kilograms in front of you can be braised with garlic and ginger. It is tender, sweet and cartilage-free.
Crispy and very delicious, especially the liver of the manta ray. Zhao Dahai is right, this is the most valuable part of the whole fish.
Liu Gang shouted, and the restaurant chef came out, and the two of them studied how to kill the stingray to get the complete fish liver.
Zhao Dahai rode his motorcycle and bought braised beef, pig scalp, etc. and two bottles of wine at the delicatessen in the town. He returned to Langtou Village and called out to Zhong Shizhu and Lei Dayou who had helped him in the morning. His second grandfather was indispensable.
Zhao Shi, eating meat and drinking wine in the courtyard.
"The manta ray is really big! It probably swam from the deep sea with the tide. If you hadn't caught it by chance, it would have definitely returned to the deep sea when the tide went out."
Zhong Shizhu pinched a piece of pig scalp and put it in his mouth.
"Ha!"
"Zhao Dahai's luck is really amazing. The fishing boat got off to a good start even before it actually went out to fish."
"This is a good sign!"
Lei Dayou smiled and took a sip of his wine. For a giant manta ray weighing more than 120 kilograms, you really have to be lucky to catch it in such shallow water as the small pier in the village.
Zhao Shi took a sip of wine, ate a piece of pig scalp, and smoked a water pipe from time to time. He said nothing and was very happy in his heart. Lei Dayou was right. He caught a big fish without going out to sea. It was really good.