1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 138 Catching small tube squid by light

 Just do it.

 Li Duoyu began to make fishing nets specially used to catch squid.

Although the speed of catching squid is not slow, as a ruthless fishing machine, it is natural to pay attention to efficiency.

The fishing net for catching squid is different from the ordinary fishing net, and more like the cage of a large fishing raft.

 The only difference is.

 The fishing net can be raised and lowered.

Li Duoyu first bought twenty old large foam buoys from a shop that specializes in selling second-hand fishing gear at the dock.

Immediately afterwards, the remaining moso bamboo from the factory building was carried to the beach, and the pontoon was fixed on the moso bamboo with iron wire and brown rope.

 In less than two hours, Li Duoyu built a simple cage measuring eight by eight meters.

And he made a bamboo tube that was opened at the four corners of the cage, and passed the brown rope through it. A stone weighing more than ten kilograms was fixed underneath, and this was used as a counterweight.

 Chen Dongqing, who was unable to help at all, was completely dumbfounded. As a college student majoring in oceanography, he knew after a few glances that Li Duoyu was using a light fishing device.

 But his proficiency is too high, even if he is an experienced fisherman for decades, his hands and feet may not be as nimble as him.

Seeing that his uncle was suspicious, Li Duoyu said directly:

“This is last year, when I was on Dongshan Island, an old fisherman taught me. It is specially used to catch small pipes. It is much faster than fishing.”

Chen Dongqing had a dark face.

“Can you tell me in one breath where you have been to Guhuo in the past few years?”

Li Duoyu thought carefully for a moment: "There are probably too many to count. Maybe except for foreign countries, I have visited all the domestic coasts."

 “Blow hard.”

“If you don’t believe it, then ask and try.”

Chen Dongqing said on the spot: "Do you know where Zengmu Ansha is?"

 “You know, the southernmost point of our territory.”

 “Holy shit, how did you know that?”

 “Can I read the newspaper? We just declared our sovereignty last year.”

 Chen Dongqing's mouth twitched.

Since Agui is gone, no one seems to be able to expose him, and because of this incident, everyone’s reputation for Li Duoyu is getting better and better.

I used to think that he was a street kid who didn't care about his family. His wife was pregnant and he still ran out to wander around.

 Now the reputation has completely changed.

 The uncles and aunts in the village always praise Li Duoyu:

“Duoyu is still great. Others make money by selling goods, so they know how to eat, drink and have fun. Duoyu actually traveled to so many places and learned so many skills and came back.”

I often tell my children at home: "You should learn to fish more."

　　 completely turned into "someone else's child", which made Li Duoyu arouse a lot of hatred for no reason.

Li Duoyu went to the fishing gear shop and made a fine net of more than 80 square meters, and tied it to the stones at the four corners of the cage, so that a net that could sink to the bottom was ready.

 Next,

  It is the part of “upgrading the network”.

Li Duoyu erected three moso bamboos, tied a pulley borrowed from Uncle San's tugboat to the top, and then passed it through a main rope to pull the net.

 A "fishing net" specially used to catch small tubes by light is finally ready.

By the time Li Duoyu was done, the sky had darkened and the tide had begun to rise.

　　Previously, Chen Wenchao, who was asked by Li Duoyu to borrow a lantern, came back with a sack of lanterns.

“Brother Yu, I borrowed fourteen lamps.”

"good."

Li Duoyu filled the lanterns with kerosene and tied them all to a rope. Then, they all were lit and hung under the pulley.

 The inky black beach.

 It lit up instantly, and at the same time, it attracted mosquitoes and moths nearby.

At this time, the tide slowly rose to Li Duoyu's knees, and this simple device for catching small pipes also began to shake.

 At this time, there were already many small boats fishing for small pipes on the sea surface.

 Most of the fishermen on Dandan Island also use horse lanterns to light up the sea.

 Because squid have phototaxis, they will gather when they see bright light, which also results in the efficiency of fishing small tubes at night being many times higher than during the day.

 The fishermen are taking advantage of it a little bit.

Beside the boat, there were a lot of fish hooks specially used for fishing small pipes, and a shrimp was also strung on the fish hooks.

 As long as there are small tubes holding the shrimp behind.

The fishermen immediately lifted it up, and the fishhook below would pierce the small tube, thus pulling it onto the boat.

 Among the fishermen, the Zhao brothers are the most diligent because they have invested all their wealth in abalone farming. Now the two of them couldn't raise five yuan, and the two Hong Kong Islanders even drew a pie for them alone.

He said that this is only the first phase of investment at present, and if the abalone is well raised, a second phase of investment can be added.

 When the second investment begins, the two brothers will be given priority to invest in the company.

This conversation alone made the two brothers feel like they were on fire. They fished every day and night to make money, because they planned to take advantage of this time to make more money.

 Small-tube squid is not worth much.

 One kilogram can only be sold for about 15 cents.

But if you fish for one night, you can only make one or two hundred catties, and you can earn twenty or thirty yuan in one night.

The flood season for Xiaoguan Squid lasts for more than a month. If you grasp it, it will definitely not be a problem to make five or six hundred this month.

 At that time, when it is time to increase the second phase of investment, they will also strive to become a major shareholder and invest a few hundred shares.

 The two brothers now want to buy a diesel fishing boat in addition to building a new house and marrying a wife.

 Because the hand-operated sampan is really too slow and a waste of manpower.

Just when the two were complacent, they heard the sound of diesel engine oil "chugging" and saw a bright light in the distance.

 Following.

He heard an old fisherman who was fishing for small pipes nearby say: "Today I saw that guy from Duoyu banging on the beach, and something came out again."

 “Let’s go and have a look.”

The Zhao brothers frowned and looked at each other. They decided to stay away from Li Duoyu first. Recently, they had found someone to settle the matter.

The fortune teller said that the two brothers should not be with people who are very lucky this year.

 Otherwise, your luck will get worse.

 After pulling the cage of the small tube specially used for fishing to the surface of the sea, Li Duoyu stopped the boat.

 Put the dozen or so lanterns as close to the sea as possible so that the lights shine as far into the sea as possible.

 Immediately, start lowering the net and let the fishing net sink to the bottom by leaning on the stones at the four corners.

 The photo was taken like this for about fifteen minutes.

The water surface of the cage became active. You can see many Balang fish jumping around there, and many small tube squids attracted by the light, swimming kicking and kicking below.

At this time, Li Duoyu gently pulled the rope and pulled up the fishing net. However, the balang fish and small tube squid gathered by the light did not even know how to run away.

As the fishing net slowly surfaced, Chen Wenchao and Chen Dongqing couldn't help but gasped. There were at least a hundred Balang fish and two to three hundred small tube squids.

 The two men’s heads were pounding.

 How come there are so many fish?

  Chen Dongqing, who was the first to react, suddenly realized something very important: "Duoyu, give me some work and let me make some money."

Li Duoyu was also dumbfounded. Even he himself could not have imagined that he would catch so many fish. In later generations, he also used this method to catch small tube squid, but the best net only had dozens of them.

 How can there be so many.

After seeing so many Balang fish, Li Duoyu also had a headache. This thing is worthless, only two cents per pound.

 At this rate, we can catch one or two thousand kilograms of balang fish in one night, which is not a problem at all.

It happened that Lao Hu next door was in the Balang Fish business, so Li Duoyu suggested:

“How about I go back to find Lao Hu first and ask him to collect the Balang fish? Let’s go back and bring more baskets, otherwise there may not be enough for tonight.”

 Chen Wenchao heard that he was about to sail back and said quickly:

“There’s no need to sail back, it’s so close to the dock, I can just swim back and talk to Old Hu, and swing the other sampan over so I can load the fish.”

 Chen Wenchao just finished speaking.

 He took off his clothes and dove into the water.

Li Duoyu finally saw how powerful Chen Wenchao is. He must be swimming too fast.

Your sister, if you train hard, you might have a chance to enter the national team. If you were born into a good family with this talent, you might already be a celebrity by now.

Seeing Chen Wenchao swimming so fast.

Li Duoyu suddenly thought of something and shouted to him: "Xiaochao, bring a charcoal stove, an iron pot and clean water. Let's eat on the boat at night."

 “I got it, Brother Yu.”

 Then, Li Duoyu looked at the uncle who looked excited but didn't know how to work and said:

 “If you want to make money, work quickly.”

Chen Dongqing scratched his head.

 “What should I do next?”

“Are you stupid from reading? Hurry up and pick up all these fish with a net. Classify them well, otherwise how can I catch the next net?”

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 (End of this chapter)