1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 123: Helping people catch big fish at the pier

 After reading the telegram.

Li Duoyu saw Zhou Xiaoying's curious look and said to her, "I want to buy kelp."

"real."

Zhou Xiaoying’s face was full of smiles. After knowing that there was still a lot of kelp in the warehouse, she was still a little worried that she might not be able to sell it.

 Li Duoyu nodded.

“Why did I lie to you? Your husband’s kelp is so easy to sell. Others are rushing to get it, but I’m not willing to give it to you.”

 “Just blow it.”

 After Li Duoyu finished dinner.

 From the drawer, he took out a business card, then an envelope and letter paper, and then used his wife's Hero pen.

 Written a simple letter.

The general idea is: the price is OK. After receiving the letter, you can come to the island to pick up the goods. I will wait for you near the dock these days.

 After finishing writing, Li Duoyu stuffed the letter into an envelope, sealed it with rice paste, and affixed a two-cent local scenery stamp.

 Then go to the pier and put the letter into the dark green mailbox.

 In this era, if everyone wants to communicate, they can only communicate through letters. There are still quite a lot of letters coming in and out of the island every day.

Since there is a passenger ship, the postman on the island usually comes to collect the letters in the morning and then delivers them to the town.

If you only send it to Rongcheng, you should receive the letter in about two or three days.

 After sending the letter.

Li Duoyu was in a good mood, so he sat on the pier and smoked a cigarette.

 Speaking of which, he finally gave up smoking in his previous life, so he lit up again without thinking of being with these old smokers.

 The smoke of this era is very flavorful.

 Very superior.

While he was smoking, he discovered that there was someone fishing with a flashlight on the other side of the pier.

So I walked over and took a look.

 Li Duoyu remembers that fishing guys on the seaside were still relatively rare in this era.

 The key is that the quality of the fishing gear and rods is not good. Let alone carbon fiber, there is no fiberglass, and most of them are bamboo rods.

 It’s okay to catch hairtail, squid, and some small fish, but you really need to catch a sea wolf fish weighing ten to twenty pounds, or a grouper that likes to drill holes.

 It is inevitable to explode the rod and cut the line.

 The most fundamental reason that restricted the sea fishing industry at that time was fishing lines and hooks.

 Fishing lines that no one can choose in future generations are simply a luxury for fishermen, and domestically produced transparent fishing lines have very poor pulling power.

 Don't even think about catching big fish. If you exert your strength, the rod will explode and the line will break.

If you use the kind of silver fishhook with loops, it will be more negative and there will always be a link where you can go wrong.

 Fortunately, Dandan Island came into contact with the "outside world" early, and there were more "things" that could be exchanged, such as his bundle of longline fishing gear.

From the line to the hook, everything is imported from the island country. This is also the fundamental reason why he was able to catch that big bass in the first place.

 So these days, most fishermen with boats use hand ropes to fish, and those who have the conditions directly hook up.

  After all, fishermen make a living by fishing, and they don’t really enjoy the fun of fishing. Most of them are ruthless fishing machines.

 After getting closer.

The man who discovered the fisher was Xiao Jin, the eldest son of the village butcher, who was the same age as his cousin Qing Guang.

The fishing rod in his hand is quite delicate, made of osmanthus bamboo. The whole rod has turned yellow and is patinated, so it seems that it has been maintained.

　　It is about five meters long, and I also made my own fishing reel and line set.

Xiao Jin’s face was full of smiles when he saw Li Duoyu coming over.

“Brother Yu, you are also at the dock.”

 The recent sales of kelp have also led to a very good business at his family's butcher stall. When his father talked about Li Duoyu recently, he couldn't stop praising it.

“It’s cool here at night. Let’s go out for a walk. What kind of fish did you catch?”

Xiao Jin chuckled: "I didn't catch a few, just a few small milk bass, pike and two small groupers."

 “Not bad, we caught so much.”

Xiao Jin grinned and said: "How can Brother Yu be so good? Mi, your big bass slide last time is still the highest record in our village."

Li Duoyu said: "Do you want to fish? I will take you there next time?"

Xiao Jin shook his head and said: "My fishing gear is not good enough. It's not a problem to get a ten-pound one. But if I get a twenty-pound one, the fishing rod and line will be ruined."

While the two were chatting, the fishing wheel suddenly started spinning rapidly, and the line kept coming out.

 Xiao Jin was a little anxious.

 I lifted the pole directly, but after a while, the bamboo pole bent into a U shape, and the handle of the homemade fishing reel was pulled with great force.

 A "snap" sound.

 The wooden handle on the fishing wheel was broken. Xiao Jin was so anxious that he was covered with sweat. He used his palms to forcefully wrap the fishing wheel that kept reeling out the line. With a squeaking sound, the skin of his palms was scratched.

Li Duoyu frowned slightly. This fish was probably not small, weighing at least twenty or thirty pounds, judging from the speed of exiting the line and the direction of escape.

Li Duoyu felt that this fish was definitely not a grouper, otherwise it would have been as stable as an old dog drilling holes. It was more likely to be bass and sea wolf fish.

 Once this kind of marine fish is frightened, they will swim towards the deep water outside the sea.

 “Damn it, I caught another big fish.”

Most people are excited when they catch a big fish, but Xiao Jin has a sad face because he has to make a choice next.

 Cutting the line can save the remaining fishing line. If you try hard, see if you can pull the fish up.

 But he spent a lot of money to buy these fishing lines. Now that the "goods" are gone, these imported fishing lines are getting more and more expensive.

 After thinking about it for a while.

 Xiao Jin took out a pair of silver folding scissors from his pocket and prepared to cut off the fishing line.

 Seeing him want to cut the fishing line.

Li Duoyu quickly said: "Wait, let me try it instead."

 “Okay, Brother Yu, it’s your turn.”

Xiao Jin, who was holding the fishing wheel, quickly handed the bamboo pole to Li Duoyu's hand.

Li Duoyu took the fishing rod, held the broken fishing reel on the spot, and immediately felt the huge pulling force of the big fish.

 Fortunately, in the past six months, I have been working frequently, my palms are covered with calluses, and I am very strong.

 After taking over the fishing rod.

Li Duoyu erected the fishing rod on the spot. When he noticed that the fish was struggling fiercely, he slightly gave way to the line to prevent the rod from exploding.

 Tired of struggling.

He used his thick palm to turn the fishing wheel a few times to retract the line. At the same time, he controlled the direction of the fish to prevent it from getting under the fishing boat and to prevent the fishing line from hitting the tangent line of the propeller.

 Xiao Jin on the side was shocked when he saw Li Duoyu fishing like this.

Only two words popped into my mind.

 “Awesome.”

No wonder Brother Yu was able to catch that big bass in the first place. It seemed that it was not luck but ability.

 Because the fishing wheel was broken, the entire tug-of-war process lasted nearly twenty minutes.

 The last big silver fish floated near the pier helplessly.

Li Duoyu also felt that his right hand was almost useless, it was sore and numb, and the equipment was a bit crude, but the fish slipped very comfortably.

 After seeing a fish being slipped over.

Xiao Jin quickly used a dip net to fish the big fish ashore, and found that it was actually a rice fish that had come to steal food near the pier.

　About twenty-five pounds.

Had it not been for the fact that the fishing lines and hooks used by Xiaojin were all imported, I would not have been able to catch this fish today.

 After Xiaojin picked up the fish, he hesitated for a while and brought it to Li Duoyu.

“Brother Yu, you caught this fish, here it is for you.”

 See his reluctant expression.

“Why don’t you be polite to me? I have plenty of fish, not least of which is yours.”

 “Hey, thank you Brother Yu.”

Xiao Jin quickly put the whitened rice fish into the water and gave it "artificial respiration."

Seeing that it turned around and became energetic, he put it into a net bag and kept it temporarily at the dock, because only fresh fish can be sold at a high price, if it has been dead for too long.

The fishmonger will not take the fish if the color of the gills is not good.

 And this rice fish can be sold for at least five yuan, plus the bass and small grouper he caught, he will earn seven or eight yuan tomorrow.

 If it were placed before.

 He usually hangs the net bag directly at the pier and waits until daybreak before coming over to sell fish.

 In the past, there were not many fish.

He wasn’t afraid of being stolen, but he caught a big fish this time, and the naughty kids at the nearby pier might have seen it. He was afraid that if he walked away with his front foot, the fish and the net bag would be lost with his back foot.

 So, Xiao Jin made a decision to fish for it all night tonight and make a good profit.

 And I just learned some techniques for catching big fish from Brother Yu.

 The next time he catches a big fish, he will not cut the line again. He is confident that he can pull the big fish up.

After Li Duoyu saw Yue Laogao, he went home, because the naughty child at home became more and more noisy at night.

 Occasionally, I have to help take care of the children.

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 (End of this chapter)