1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 336: Do as the Romans do when entering the country

 As the whistle sounded.

 The fleet once again sailed to the fishing grounds in the open sea.

 The fishing money earned these days is kept by the boat boss Li Zhengfa.

While steering the boat, he counted the fish money he earned today.

Today I earned a total of 79 Unity cards.

 The fleet has been out for nine days and has launched twenty trawls in total.

 On average, at least two internet connections per day.

 The day before yesterday, the largest amount of seafood was caught. All three fishing boats were filled and sold for nearly a thousand yuan.

On the operating table of his fishing boat, there is a small account book, which clearly records every expense of the fleet every day.

  April 5:

 Two nets were set up in total, and the main catches were rat fish and hairtail fish.

 Mouse fish was sold for 240 yuan, hairtail was sold for 320 yuan, and miscellaneous fish and shrimp were sold for 58 yuan.

  The total cost of refueling for the three ships is 105 yuan, fresh water is 1.5 yuan, and cabbage is 3 yuan.

 April 7:

 Three nets were set up, and the only fish species caught were pomfret, white pomfret and silver pomfret.

 Lao Zhuang bought half a side of pork at the pier for a total of 108 yuan.

 April 9:

 Bought two bundles of nylon rope to mend the net, which cost 35 yuan.

Li Zhengfa bundled today’s 79 large sheets and put them into an iron box in the cab.

 There are already eight bundles of money in the box, almost all of them are from Great Unity, all of which were earned from this trip to sea.

 Seeing so much money.

Li Zhengfa couldn't help folding the money and shaking it twice in his hand.

 I found it to be quite heavy.

　In addition to the 790 earned today, the fleet has earned 5,420 yuan in the past few days.

 After deducting all expenses, including wages that should be paid to the crew, the net profit is still 3,000 yuan.

However, the money did not belong to him alone. They came out with three ships this time. According to the previous agreement, the money earned should be divided equally.

In other words, in the nine days they were out, each of their ship bosses earned about a thousand yuan.

Li Zhengfa is already very satisfied. In the past, when he sailed out by himself, the most he could earn in nine days was about four to five hundred.

 Last month, I caught rat fish for a whole month for the seafood processing factory, and only made 700 yuan.

However, Li Zhengfa knew very well that he was able to make so much money this time, thanks to the fishing boat with many fishes.

If he hadn't been there to help find fish and direct the fish, even if he was an old fisherman with more than 20 years of fishing experience, it would be difficult for him to catch fish in every net in the vast sea.

And if you are lucky, you might even have to pay for gas.

If he could earn so much money every day, Li Zhengfa really wanted to live directly on the sea.

The first reason why he wanted to come to this fishing ground to fish was that the fishery resources here were much richer than those on Dandan Island.

After all, they have a "middle line", and the sea area is directly reduced by half. If they are too close to the middle line, they may encounter those "hooligans" from overseas provinces, and they may even have fish and ships detained.

 The second reason is that his unsatisfactory son was imprisoned in a prison not far from Zhoushan.

The last time I saw him was two months ago. He had obviously lost a lot of weight. He also said that in their labor camp, he had been sewing clothes for the company recently.

What else can I say? After I come out, I don’t want to be a fisherman anymore. I want to open a small workshop making clothes.

It's been two months now, and it's almost time to go again. The "managers" of the province are starting to miss him again.

It is said that as long as the performance is good and the "manager" has a few nice words, Yujun can lose at least two or three years.

"well."

Li Zhengfa sighed. Duoyu probably won’t be with the fleet when he comes out this time. He should be going back in two days.

 At that time, the fish catch will not be so good. Whether there is fish in the net, except for some experiences that even he himself cannot understand, can only depend on life.

Several young crew members standing beside the ship smoking a cigarette unexpectedly found the boss of the ship counting money, and they all looked envious.

 “Oh my god, it would be great to have a boat.”

“It’s only been a few days, and we have made so much money. No wonder some people say that our village has tens of millions of wealth, and the Li family accounts for half of it.”

 “How long will it take for us to earn enough money for a fishing boat?”

The young crew member nicknamed Black Dog smiled and said: "If you earn five yuan a day, even if you are a broken ship, you will have to earn more than ten years to afford it."

“Then there’s no hope. Why are these people named Li so rich in the first place?”

Chen Liang took a puff of cigarette: "I heard from people that the old lady in their family hid a lot of small yellow croakers."

 “Damn, it turns out my ancestors were rich.”

While they were chatting, Chen Liang’s father, Chen Youquan, came over and slapped him on the forehead.

　　　“Look at what you’re looking at, if there’s anything interesting to see, don’t go to work.”

 “Dad, please don’t hit me on the head all the time.”

 “We just came out of the port, can’t we even take a break?”

Chen Youquan said with a dark face: "If you have nothing to do, go to the cabin to stay, or go to the stern of the ship to help mend the net. Don't know if you are near the captain's cabin."

Chen Liang touched his head. This was the nineteenth blow he had received from his father since he got on the boat.

 “Dad, why can’t it be near the captain’s cabin?”

Chen Youquan frowned: "Anyway, try to stay away from the captain's cabin and don't look at what the boss of the ship is doing. Otherwise, you will definitely not be able to get on the ship next time."

"Why?"

"Why are there so many? Some things are originally stipulated in this way. In short, don't wander around on the ship."

“But this boat is so small. It only takes two steps to reach the end. I can’t stay in one place forever.”

 “Then go to sleep in the cabin.”

“The cabin stinks so much. It’s like Old Man Goriot’s feet are releasing poison gas. Dad, let me switch cabins with you.”

"My cabin is smellier. I'll get used to it after two more days of fumigation. That's how it is on the ship. You might as well stop washing your feet and let the smell stink away so that you won't suffer any loss."

 Chen Liang was stunned for a moment.

Although I don’t understand it, it makes sense.

 “Dad, can I get off the boat?”

As soon as Chen Liang finished speaking, he saw his father raising his hands and immediately clasped his head on the spot: "I mean, when will our family have a boat?"

 After hearing this, Chen Youquan was stunned for a moment. He had really planned to buy a boat.

 But recently, he can clearly feel that there are more and more fishing boats, but there are fewer fishery resources in the offshore waters.

 In the past, you could catch a large boatload of fish by casually lowering your net, but now it is no longer possible. But after watching the joint fishing by the three boat bosses this time.

 Chen Youquan feels that if you really want to buy a boat, you must buy the best one, otherwise you may not be able to make money.

Instead of taking on a lot of debt, it would be more stable to work for a ship boss with a promising future.

 “Let’s see, let’s talk about it in a few years.”

“Then, do I have to work on the ship for several more years?”

Chen Youquan said disgustedly: "It's like buying a boat yourself, so you don't have to work on the boat."

"How can it be the same? When the time comes, if we buy our own boat, I will be the boss of the boat, and everyone will have to listen to me."

Chen Youquan shook his head and said, "You are overthinking it. Even if our family buys a boat, we might only be the father and son on the boat."

 “Aren’t you going to hire a few people?”

Chen Youquan rolled his eyes and said, "How big of a boat can we buy with the little money we have? Besides, the crew's salary is at least five yuan a day. Can you afford it?" Seeing Chen Youquan scolding the young crew members away, Li Zhengfa frowned. Then he relaxed.

To be honest, he was not very satisfied with these young crew members, but the young people of this generation seemed to be the same.

Those like them who are willing to get on the boat are already good. Yu Jun also got on the boat once, but after that, he never wanted to go fishing with him again.

Compared with his sons, these young people don’t seem that bad.

 But if you compare it with Duoyu, it feels like these young people are like waste.

Logically speaking, they are all about the same age, but why is there such a big gap?

Li Zhengfa glanced at the fishing boat not far away and couldn't help but sigh.

 Speak the truth.

Even now, he still can't believe that the second brother's street kid has become so good.

After the fishing boat left the port, Li Duoyu specifically observed the unnumbered fishing boat and found that they did not follow it.

 Is it possible that I am too worried?

Li Duoyu, who vaguely felt something was wrong, asked: "Shuguang, you have better information. Has there been any incident on our coast recently where a ship went out but did not come back?"

Li Shuguang naturally knew what he wanted to ask, and there were other things he could not say at sea.

 He thought for a while and said: "Big and small, they seem to happen every month."

 “Is there anyone who has even the ‘wood’ missing?”

Li Shuguang suddenly realized: "Duoyu, are you talking about that matter? The case has been closed."

Li Duoyu said: "No, I just find it strange that after the case was closed, the arrests seemed to be stricter."

After being reminded by Li Duoyu, Li Shuguang was startled, blinked his eyes and said, "What do you mean?"

Li Duoyu immediately shook his head and said: "I didn't mean that. I also made a guess."

Seeing Duoyu's strange appearance, Li Shuguang became serious. After getting along with him for a year, he had already discovered it.

When Li Duoyu is serious, most of the time he is lying. For example, when he was chatting with the fishmonger a few days ago, his face was not red and his heart was not beating, and he became half a "Zhoushan native".

 But once he is vague and starts to play charades with you, you have to pay attention. There is a high probability that he is telling the truth.

Li Shuguang glanced at his cousin. He was obviously ten years younger than him, but he looked like an old fox.

 He also observed the sea surface, and there were no fishing boats around. Even if someone was really eyeing them, they would have to know where they were going.

Otherwise, looking for a boat in the sea is actually not much different from looking for a needle. He can't find it anyway.

 The fleet drove for nearly three hours and arrived at the designated fishing area.

 This time Li Duoyu handed over the task of finding fish to Li Shuguang.

Although it is true that he has a fishing boat, to be honest, the boat cannot be used to its maximum value in his hands.

This time he brought his cousin Li Shuguang out just to make him more familiar with the fishing boat equipment.

He plans to expand his fishing business to Rongcheng. When the time comes, he will directly build ten fishing positions and charge fifty for each fishing position.

 The fee is for one fishing spot per trip.

  Five hundred yuan can be credited to the account.

Li Shuguang looked at the screen on the fish detector carefully, then picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted:

“Minrong 031, there is a sandy bottom below, the water depth is about 30 meters, the terrain is flat, it is recommended to use bottom trawl net.”

“Minrong 031, received.”

 But not long after, Minrong 031 replied: "Shuguang, are you sure you want to put the net here instead of changing it?"

Li Shuguang said seriously: "Third uncle, believe me, this school of fish is super big. There will be at least tens of thousands of them. If this net doesn't explode, I will give you a pig later."

 “Okay, then I’ll believe you for once.”

 After towing for more than an hour, the fishing boat began to slowly collect the net.

 Seeing that thin net bag, Li Shuguang's face burned. It was quite embarrassing.

 Don’t talk about breaking the Internet.

 Not even half of the net bag was filled, and the seafood in the net bag was very complicated, with the most being various half-finished fish.

 Flounder and rays and the like.

 The rest include sea shrimp, conch, small blue dragon, starfish, angler fish, sea crab and pipa shrimp.

 Except seafood.

 In the net bag, there are a lot of seaweeds and even some rotten sponges.

 When the young crew member saw the net, he complained on the spot: "Damn it, it's such a difficult hodgepodge again. Now I have to wash the net again."

Li Shuguang's mouth twitched. In the nine days he went out to sea, it seemed that his net had caught the least amount of seafood.

This slap in the face hurts so much.

Li Shuguang said in confusion: "Duoyu, my operation is obviously the same as yours, and the signal on the fish finder is so obvious, but why is this happening?"

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "I don't know either."

"impossible."

“Maybe the equipment malfunctioned just now.”

Li Shuguang’s operation just now was without any problems, and he indeed detected fish schools.

But the fish finder is just an auxiliary tool after all. If you rely too much on it, it will easily overturn.

“You know, why did Third Uncle remind you just now that you need to change places?”

Li Shuguang was startled for a moment, and then said: "Uncle San also knows that you can't get fish here?"

Li Duoyu nodded and said: "Although the veteran fishermen do not have the equipment, they are experienced. In some places, it is not easy to catch fish. As for why, I don't know."

Li Shuguang's facial expression was as if he was constipated. He glanced at Li Duoyu and said, "Uncle San, you know I can understand, but how did you know?"

 “I acted in hindsight, how could I not know?”

 “I’ll go, don’t do it, seriously, tell me, what is the reason?”

 Li Duoyu smiled and said: “The reason is very simple, it’s that your fish luck is not good.”

 Li Shuguang’s face was very dark.

“I don’t believe it, let’s try it again.”

“Okay, but if you keep emptying the net, you will be beaten by a group later, and I will not help you.”

“It’s impossible. My mother even asked Mazu about it and she said that my fishing luck was particularly good this year.”

Li Duoyu pointed in the direction they came from and said, "Don't you see whose dojo this is?"

 Li Shuguang was startled.

Li Duoyu said with emotion: "You have to do as the Romans do in the country, you know?"

Li Shuguang was stunned for a while, but he always felt that something was wrong with Li Duoyu. He knew 100% why there were no fish here, but he just refused to tell him.

Li Duoyu does indeed know, but this thing really has nothing to do with the fish finder.

 It is the experience of experienced fishermen.

 Anyway, there are some strange places in the sea. There are obviously fish, but you just can’t catch them.

 Previous life, some people say.

 The fish in this place have become fine and will run away as soon as they know the net is coming.

 Some experts also said.

This is the junction of tectonic plates. Due to frequent vibrations, marine fish in the nearby sea are very sensitive and difficult to catch.

 (End of this chapter)