Rebirth of a fishing village: starting from Hua Axiang in Jiehu Village

"ah!"

“It turns out there really are fish!”

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"ah?"

"what fish is this?!"

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"No way? Can you catch fish with this?"

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Wu Weimin, Li Yong, Xu Yuanjiang and Luo Fei were shocked.

"Money eel!"

Wu Weimin's eyes widened when he saw clearly what kind of fish Zhao Dahai had caught. It was more than one meter long and as wide as the palm of his hand.

"Yes."

"correct!"

Zhao Dahai was cautious. The money eel has sharp teeth and is very vicious. With one bite, it will roll over in death and tear off a piece of flesh and blood.

Zhao Dahai held the thread and waited for a while. The money eel was wrapped around the thread and rolled into a ball.

Zhao Dahai took the iron-frame cage he had brought over, opened the opening, put it down, and cut the thread directly. When fishing for money eels, you must not catch them with your hands, let alone untie the hook.

"Is this the fish we came here to catch today?"

Wu Weimin was very excited. He had never caught a money eel before.

Zhao Dahai nodded. The sea water is low today, so fishing for other fish is not possible. There happens to be a reef like this not far from Langtou Village. When he was young, he often came here to catch gold eels. Today he brought Wu Weimin and others here. Give it a try, I guess no one has fished it for a long time, it’s really good size.

"How to catch this kind of fish? Is it difficult to catch it?"

Luo Fei looked at the money eels with great interest. It was not particularly difficult for Zhao Dahai to catch them, but he just didn't know if he could catch them.

"Money eels usually live in the crevices of rocks on such reefs."

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"The bite is fierce! It's not particularly difficult to fish."

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"There are small puddles between the rocks. Places like this are the best fishing spots for gold eels."

"Don't choose running water, but you must choose still water, which is water without movement."

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"You can fish with just hand wire. These simple fishing rigs we tied before we came here are enough!"

"Sea centipedes for bait."

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"Antarctic shrimps are packed in mesh bags."

"Soak in the puddles, use the smell to attract the money eel's attention, and then crawl out from the hole or from the cracks in the rocks."

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"If there is no movement in a puddle for two or three minutes, just like I did just now, pick up the bag containing Antarctic shrimp and step on it twice."

"This kind of smell is stronger and more likely to arouse the interest of money eels."

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"When there is no movement at three minutes or five or six minutes, you can drag and pull the thread."

“If you can’t catch one puddle in about twenty minutes, try another puddle!”

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"Once a money eel takes the bait, you must pull it out with force as soon as possible. Once the money eel gets into the cracks of the stone, it cannot be pulled out at all!"

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"Money eels have sharp teeth! Once you catch a money eel, pick it up directly. Don't catch it with your hands. Put it in the cage. Cut the thread with scissors and tie the hook again!"

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Zhao Dahai explained in detail how to catch gold eels. It was not complicated at all. Wu Weimin, Xu Yuanjiang, Luo Fei and Li Yong listened and nodded.

Zhao Dahai took out his labor protection gloves. People like Wu Weimin had never done any work before, and their palms were full of tender meat. When the money eels were hooked, they had to pull them out hard. If they didn't wear gloves, they would be easily injured.

Zhao Dahai packed Antarctic shrimps in mesh bags, one for each person.

"alright!"

"let's start!"

“The tide will rise in two to three hours, so hurry up and see how much you can catch!”

Zhao Dahai pointed to the surrounding reef puddles. There were dozens of them, large and small, and each of them might contain money eels.

Zhao Dahai knew that Wu Weimin and Xu Yuanjiang had fishing experience, so he didn't need to pay special attention to it. Luo Fei and Li Yong didn't have much experience. They were pure beginners, so it would be more reassuring to follow along.

Luo Fei and Li Yong walked forward for a while, found a large puddle, and were ready to start fishing.

Zhao Dahai stopped him immediately.

"What's wrong?"

"Are there no money eels in this puddle?"

Luo Fei was very surprised. He felt that the bigger the puddle was, the more likely it was that there would be money eels.

"This puddle is so big, there may be very big money eels, but they can't be caught, or it is more difficult to catch the money eels in this puddle."

Zhao Dahai pointed to the puddle and told Luo Fei and Li Yong that the larger puddle had more living space and more food, and there might be money eels and there might be big money eels, but the water in this puddle was clearer. It is relatively shallow, and the money eel is very vigilant. It can be easily seen by people standing nearby, and it is unlikely to drill out a hole to bite the hook.

Luo Fei and Li Yong suddenly realized that they immediately turned around and continued to look for other puddles. After a while, they found a puddle that was not particularly big but the sea water was rather turbid.

Luo Fei and Li Yong carried the net bag containing Antarctic shrimp in their hands and put it into the puddle to soak. After wearing labor protection gloves, the sea centipede hung on the hook stuck to the net bag and put it into the puddle.

"Yo!"

"The thread seems to have moved!"

"No way? So fast?!"

Just as Luo Fei put the hook into the hole, he felt something lightly pecking at him. He was very surprised. As soon as he finished speaking, he pulled the thread vigorously.

"pull!"

"quick!"

Zhao Dahai kept watching, and when he saw Luo Fei had no reaction, he yelled.

Luo Fei was startled, and instinctively pulled hard on the line in his hand. A half-meter-long thing hung on the hook and was pulled out of the water.

"ha!"

“Isn’t this really good for fishing?!”

Luo Fei laughed, very excited.

"coming!"

"Mine's hit!"

Li Yong looked at the money eel in Luo Fei's hand with envy. The thread in his hand immediately tightened. He reacted very quickly. He pulled hard and a money eel of about the same size flew away with a "swish" sound. Out of the water.

Zhao Dahai immediately reminded Li Yong and Luo Fei not to get too excited and pay attention to safety, especially not to handle the money eels with their hands.

Zhao Dahai saw Luo Fei and Li Yong calm down slightly, opened the opening of the iron cage, and put the money eels in one by one. He cut the thread with scissors, tied the hook again, hung the sea centipedes, and put them into the puddle.

"The bite of the money eel is really fierce!"

"Towed away directly! I almost didn't even react!"

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"ha!"

"Who says it's not true? If Zhao Dahai hadn't shouted, I wouldn't have known what happened. I didn't expect a money eel to bite the hook so quickly!"

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"It's so exciting!"

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"It's a small puddle that looks inconspicuous. I didn't expect to be able to catch such valuable fish!"

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"I wonder if there are any more in these two puddles?"

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Li Yong and Luo Fei were very excited, talking non-stop.

Zhao Dahai smiled. The bite of the money eel is really fierce. The puddle is very small and the water is very shallow. It is directly in front of you and directly at your feet. When you take the hook, you have to pull hard. Fishing is really exciting.

Luo Fei squatted by the puddle and did not move for a few minutes. He picked up the mesh bag soaked in the sea water and stepped on it a few times. The water exuding the fishy smell of Antarctic shrimp flowed into the puddle. After waiting for two or three minutes, he gently pulled it out. I touched the thread in my hand, and as soon as I stopped, the thread in my hand was dragged away.

"ah!"

"scared me!"

Luo Fei shouted, and pulled back hard on the thread in his hand. A money eel more than one meter long was pulled out, rolling around, and got tangled in the thread in a blink of an eye, giving himself a big five-flowered tie.

Luo Fei looked at the money eel's open mouth, biting the thread fiercely, revealing its sharp teeth. When Zhao Dahai said it just now, he didn't take it seriously. Now that he saw it with his own eyes, it really made his scalp numb. If he bites it, it's really true. There is not a piece of flesh and blood in sight.

"big!"

"This one is really big!"

Li Yong was very envious. The first fish caught by the two of them were both about the same size. The fish Luo Fei just caught looked bigger than the first fish caught by Zhao Dahai.

"ha!"

"Zhao Dahai."

"How much does this one weigh? It looks like it weighs ten or eight pounds, right?"

Luo Fei was very proud.

"This one weighs three or four pounds."

"It's already a big one!"

"You can sell it to Wu Weimin later. For one hundred yuan a pound, he will be very happy!"

Zhao Dahai smiled and shook his head. If he weighed ten or eight pounds, he would not be that big. He would have to be at least twice as big.

Money eels are not particularly rare, but they are generally smaller in size, and a larger one weighing two or three kilograms is quite expensive. The one Luo Fei caught weighed thirty kilograms and cost one hundred yuan per kilogram. It was really not expensive.

Zhao Dahai opened the iron frame cage, waited for Luo Fei to put the money eel in, cut the thread and tied the hook again.

"Hahahahaha!"

"Wu Weimin, don't even think about it! I have to take this money eel home and have a good meal!"

Luo Fei decided to take the money eel home as his trophy. Zhao Dahai just said that black bean sauce is very delicious whether braised or braised.

"Do not talk!"

Li Yong suppressed his voice and shouted to the proud Luo Fei.

ah?

No way?

Is it possible to catch three money eels in such a small puddle, less than one square meter?

Luo Fei's eyes widened and he stared at the thread pulled in Li Yong's hand. He moved slightly. It really happened. He immediately held his breath.

Li Yong became even more nervous. He tried hard to steady his hand and not move it. He was afraid that if he moved, he would scare away the money eel. Ten seconds seemed like a year. After finally waiting for a hard bite, he immediately pulled hard.

"ha!"

"Luo Fei!"

"The one you have is big, and the one I have is not small. Don't even think about squeaking in front of me now!"

Li Yong looked at the size of the money eel that he pulled out of the water, rolling and struggling, and laughed very proudly.

Luo Fei was a little depressed. The money eel he caught was very big. In the blink of an eye, Li Yong caught another one that was about the same size as him. He really couldn't be proud in front of Li Yong.

"Shit luck! You are shit luck!"

Luo Fei complained.

"ha!"

“What you catch is skill, and what I catch is shitty luck?”

"Pooh!"

"This is what I call technology!"

Li Yong immediately counterattacked.

Zhao Dahai smiled. Li Yong and Luo Fei were both in their forties or fifties, and they were bickering like children.

"Zhao Dahai."

"This pit is only so big, how come there are so many money eels?"

Luo Fei and Li Yong fought for a while before stopping. It was very strange that the pit was not big. He and Li Yong caught two small and two large money eels, a total of four money eels.

Zhao Dahai pointed to the small puddle. It looked small, but there might be a lot of stone cracks at the bottom of the pit. There might be a stone eel in each stone crack, or there might be a stone eel in these stone cracks and other puddles around it. It seems that when I smell the fishy smell of Antarctic shrimp, money eels came from other pits. If I continue fishing, there may be more.

When Luo Fei and Li Yong heard this, they immediately continued fishing.

Zhao Dahai saw that Luo Fei and Li Yong had already gotten started and knew how to catch gold eels. He turned around and walked over to Wu Weimin and Xu Yuanjiang to see how they were doing.

"Definitely!"

"Zhao Dahai!"

"How do you always find places to fish and catch fish that I can't even imagine?"

Wu Weimin watched Zhao Dahai come over and raised the puddle in front of him. He had already caught two fish, both of good size, weighing one to two pounds. He wanted to see if he could catch another one.

Zhao Dahai pointed to the Langtou Village on the shore. He has been in this village since he was a child, and he is very familiar with what kind of place he looks like and what kind of fish he can catch in this place.

"correct!"

"Why not just use Antarctic shrimp to make their nests?"

Wu Weimin was a little surprised as to why the Antarctic shrimps were put in mesh bags instead of just scattered in the pit.

"Spreading them directly into the pit can attract money eels, but the money eels will most likely only eat Antarctic shrimps and not the sea centipedes we hang on the hooks."

"Putting it in a mesh bag will give off a fishy smell, especially the water that came out after we stepped on it several times. The smell is very strong."

"It attracts money eels, but money eels cannot eat Antarctic shrimps and can only eat sea centipedes."

As Zhao Dahai spoke, he picked up the mesh bag placed in the pit and placed it on the nearby rocks. He stepped hard several times, and streams of seawater mixed with the fishy smell of Antarctic shrimp flowed into the pit.

Wu Weimin kept nodding. If he sprinkled Antarctic shrimp directly into the pit to make a nest, it would affect the probability of catching fish. These small details have a great impact. Zhao Dahai can catch fish, and he can catch so many fish. It is really not luck.

"Yo!"

"Again!"

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"Too busy!"

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"The money eel is so fierce! The thread is almost broken!"

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"I've caught more than a dozen fish! I'm so tired! I need to take a breather!"

"My hands are almost useless!"

"no."

"What did you do with the break?"

"You have to go to death!"

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Wu Weimin, Xu Yuanjiang, Li Yong and Luo Fei were so excited that they kept catching money eels one after another in the small puddle. It was very exciting until the tide rose and almost submerged the reef, leaving no place to stand. will not leave.

Zhao Dahai carried the bamboo raft back to the dock and landed.

"Wow!"

"These money eels are so big!"

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"So much? It must weigh forty or fifty pounds, right!?"

"Putting a cage in it? No! It's fishing, right?"

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"Where did you catch it?"

"Do you need to tell me? Didn't you see Zhao Dahai holding a bamboo raft? He must be fishing on the reef not far from the village."

"Today the neap tide goes out, and half of it is exposed. It's a good time to catch gold eels!"

"How did we forget this?"

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Wu Weimin, Xu Yuanjiang, Li Yong and Luo Fei each carried an iron basket filled with money eels. They walked on the pier and attracted attention. They held their heads high and held their chests high.

"ha!"

"Wu Weimin! Did you see that? How could it be fun when you brought us fish steaks last night?"

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"Where is it!"

"Zhao Dahai is the professional!"

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Wu Weimin, Xu Yuanjiang, Li Yong and Luo Fei really had a great time fishing today.

Five p.m.

The sun is just setting.

Zhao Dahai sent Wu Weimin and others away and turned back to the yard with 800 yuan in his hand. This is today's "ship fare". One person is 200 yuan, and four people are exactly 800 yuan. He earned 800 yuan on a day off. block, really good.

Zhao Dahai walked into the kitchen and started to make dinner. He would eat braised money eels tonight. After dinner, he would go to bed early tonight and continue fishing for big fish in the sea tomorrow.

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