1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 283 So big, so big

Earlier, Li Duoyu also wanted to come to Bird's Mouth Reef to get some seafood, because it is rich in various groupers and lobsters.

 But at that time, the relationship between the two villages was still on bad terms, and Bird's Mouth Reef was close to Chenjiacun.

Xiasha Village will not let them go to Dongjia and Xijia, and Chenjia Village will naturally not let them come here.

 In order to cause unnecessary trouble, Li Duoyu never came.

 Now that the relationship between the two villages has been reconciled, there is no need to worry about being discovered and expelled by the fishermen of Chenjia Village.

Li Duoyu looked at the running water and then at the thick horse watch on his wrist.

　　It's getting late, so we have to get down the net quickly.

Before setting off the net, Li Duoyu looked around the Bird's Mouth Reef. The reefs here were different from other places. Most of them were in the shape of stone pillars.

In a previous life, a geography expert who came to visit Dandan Island said that Bird's Mouth Reef was not a natural island.

 It is most likely a volcanic reef formed by a volcanic eruption. Deep under the sea, it is most likely an active volcano.

 And the speculations of geologists are similar to those recorded in Chenjiacun's "Village Chronicles".

During the Wanli Period, a major earthquake occurred in the waters near Dandan Island and triggered a tsunami. According to the village records of Chenjiacun:

　　【On the 9th day of the 11th month, there was a massive earthquake, with waves measuring three to four feet high. Houses and trees fell down wherever it was affected, and more than a hundred people were injured.】

It is said that the disaster directly reduced the population of Chenjia Village by half, and people in Chenjia Village also saw black smoke rising into the sky in the direction of Bird's Mouth Reef.

 For a time, the people of Chenjiacun thought they had violated the Dragon King, and held large-scale sea festivals for several years in a row.

Since then, people in Chenjiacun have been very taboo about the waters around Bird's Mouth Reef. Even people in Xiasha Village regard Bird's Mouth Reef as a dangerous place.

 The reason why Li Duoyu is so familiar with Bird's Mouth Reef is thanks to Old Tang who likes to brag about the past.

Without his blowing day after day, year after year, Li Duoyu would never have known that there was a Bird's Mouth Reef near Dandan Island.

After all, he went abroad to work illegally and had a gap of twenty years. By the time he returned to China, fishermen would rarely go out to fish, and the fishing boats would all be lying in the fishing port to receive subsidies.

 In fact, it is not only Old Tang who loves to tell stories about his youth in the village, Zhang Jinsha and Shitou, the fishermen, all also become talkative when they grow old.

I like to tell stories about my youth all day long, especially where I caught a lot of big fish, where my net exploded, and how much valuable seafood I caught.

Li Duoyu, of course, has no fishing to talk about, but he also likes to tell them stories about how he battled wits and courage with the island police when he was working as an illegal worker.

 It can also be considered as exchanging stories for stories.

Li Duoyu planned to wait for the fishing boat to be obtained, and then go fishing at the locations mentioned by these people to verify how many of them were bragging.

The biggest problem with Bird's Mouth Reef is that the reef is too sharp and it is very easy for the net to get caught. Often a good net will break and the water will come out.

Li Duoyu loves and hates this place. What he loves is that there are good things here, but what he hates is that if he sets a net here, he may lose all the net.

After arriving at this magical place, Chen Wenchao took a breath, stared directly into the sea water, and opened his eyes wide to look.

 The sea water is very clear and looks very deep, but in some places, you can see directly to the bottom.

 There were also many brightly colored sea fish, and an octopus hiding in a conch shell. What excited him the most.

He saw two very long tentacles swinging in a crevice in the reef, judging from the length of the tentacles.

 Chen Wenchao was 100% sure that it was a large lobster. At the same time, he also found a large shark with black fins on top and white body walking through the reef area.

The shark seemed to have discovered Chen Wenchao and swam towards him quickly.

 Chen Wenchao suddenly pulled his head out of the water.

 The next second.

 There was a small swell on the sea surface, and then, a black shark fin appeared on the sea surface.

 “Damn, this shark is so fierce.”

When the two hundred and fifty people on the sampan saw the thing, they bared their teeth and kept barking, looking like they hated sharks.

“Let’s see if you still dare to put your head into the sea.”

After Li Duoyu finished speaking, he handed over a towel: "Wipe it quickly. You are brave when you are young. You dare to stick your head into the sea in the middle of winter. Are you not afraid of catching a cold?"

 Chen Wenchao wiped his head twice and felt something was wrong. He smelled the towel and there seemed to be a strange smell. It was a bit smelly, but also smelled of milk.

“Brother Yu, what did you use this towel for before?”

Li Duoyu smiled coquettishly: "This towel, in a few months, you will probably know it. It would be nice to have a towel for you. I am so picky. Dry your hair quickly to avoid catching a cold."

After Chen Wenchao dried off, the two of them started to put down the sticky net. A thousand meters of sticky net was placed directly around the Bird's Mouth Reef for most of the circle.

 After placing the sticky net.

 Li Duoyu glanced at his watch. It was now around two o'clock, and the low tide was about five o'clock today.

 In other words, it would take more than three hours before it was time to close the net. During this period, all they could do was wait.

There was no place for them to rest nearby. Li Duoyu tied a boat rope to the bird's mouth of Bird's Mouth Reef that was exposed above the sea to prevent the sampan from being carried away by the current.

It's a pity that there are no fishing boats around, otherwise we can form a game, score 80 points, and kill some time.

But no fishermen would come to this place at all. Li Duoyu and Chen Wenchao stared at each other, not knowing what to do. Fortunately I still have a dog.

As long as they are not on the fishing raft, Erbaiwu is very excited and keeps running around Li Duoyu.

Maybe he was really bored, so Li Duoyu put it down directly and helped it pick up the plant lice on its body.

This thing is really annoying. It's already so far away from the island. I didn't expect to be able to find 250 accurately.

While Li Duoyu was catching lice, Chen Wenchao, who was sitting on the sampan boat, kept fighting with his eyelids. From time to time he would close his eyes and sleep for a while, and then suddenly wake up.

 “Didn’t you sleep this morning?” Li Duoyu asked.

 Chen Wenchao nodded: "The sound of firecrackers was too loud, so I couldn't fall asleep."

 Chen Wenchao looked deader than him when he fell asleep, and it was impossible to be woken up by the sound of firecrackers.

I guess it was because there was a problem with the eel feed last night, which put him under too much pressure, and that's why he didn't sleep well.

“Go to bed quickly, you will be responsible for pulling the net later and drying your hair.”

"good."

 After Chen Wenchao dried his hair, he lay on the board and fell asleep.

After Li Duoyu caught the lice of Erbaiwu, he sat at the stern of the boat and looked at the vast sea. He who rarely smoked suddenly suddenly smoked a cigarette.

 The sea breeze is blowing slowly.

If you smoke slowly, the wind will help you smoke.

It has been more than a year since he came to this world, and his second Spring Festival is about to take place.

When the sun set, Chen Wenchao felt a little cold and shook twice, then woke up.

 I saw that it was already evening.

 Chen Wenchao scratched his head and said, "Brother Yu, are you going to close the net?"

 “Yeah.” Li Duoyu nodded.

Chen Wenchao quickly put on his gloves and said, "Brother Yu, I'll just do it today."

“It’s so powerful. It seems like your Xiaolan has been feeding you a lot of supplements recently.”

 “After pregnancy, there is no need to supplement.”

 Li Duoyu was stunned for a few seconds. Although it was just a simple sentence, the amount of information seemed to be quite large.

However, it was destined to be difficult to pull the net today. The bottom of the net just started to hang. It took a long time to pull up the first net.

As a result, the entire net was in a state of disrepair, and before any fish were caught, only a few groupers were eaten with only half their bodies left.

 Fortunately, things got better with the second net, and we no longer got stuck on the rocks. First we caught a lobster the size of a fist.

Li Duoyu originally thought it was a corrugated small green dragon, but after a second look, she realized it was not, but a Chinese lobster.

This kind of lobster is different from the corrugated lobster. It is slightly red in color. It is generally called Hong Kong lobster here on Dandan Island.

And this kind of lobster can grow very large. The tentacles are slightly red and are often much longer than the shrimp body.

In the past, there were quite a lot of this kind of lobster in Hong Kong. Some fishermen caught one weighing ten kilograms, and the tentacles were said to be more than half a meter long.

Unfortunately, when Li Duoyu returned to China in his previous life, the lobsters in Hong Kong were almost exhausted, and he didn't catch any.

 After untying the crayfish from the sticky net, Li Duoyu threw it back into the sea on the spot.

“Go back. Next time, ask your parents to come with you.”

Chen Wenchao, who kept pulling the sticky net, suddenly shouted excitedly: "Brother Yu, there is a big sea bream of more than ten kilograms."

 Chen Wenchao was very excited when he saw red and yellow fish during the Chinese New Year, because these two colors of fish are the most expensive during the Chinese New Year.

Even if you don’t sell this real snapper to a big hotel, you can still sell it for 40 to 50 cents per pound, or 89 yuan per fish. If you catch dozens of them, you will make a fortune today.

Although the sky had turned dark, Li Duoyu discovered that there was a dark and ugly "stone" next to the real sea bream.

Seeing that Chen Wenchao was about to catch it, Li Duoyu quickly shouted: "Don't touch it, stone fish."

 After hearing this.

 Chen Wenchao's hair stood on end. Just now he thought the black thing was some kind of garbage, and he was about to clean it up, but he didn't expect it to be a stone fish.

This kind of fish is one of the most hated seafood by fishermen. It looks like a stone and likes to hide in reef areas.

Sometimes, after the tide goes out, it will still stay in the puddles in the reef area. There was once a fisherman in the village who was fishing for small seas. She accidentally stepped on this kind of stone fish with her bare feet, and her entire foot was almost destroyed.

 “Be careful, don’t you know? There are a lot of poisons here, maybe there are also mud monsters and lion fish.”

 Chen Wenchao nodded, but after a while, his eyes widened and he started to stutter when he spoke: "Brother Yu, it's so big, it's really big."

 (End of this chapter)