Chapter 170 People Who Came After Hearing the News! Where Did the Fish Go?

The sun rises high on bamboo poles.

Zhao Dahai walked out of the courtyard door and looked down at the vast sea from a distance. The sea breeze blew over, neither cold nor hot, and very comfortable. He had not gone to sea in the past three days and had been staring at the isinglass being dried at home. This is a meticulous You have to turn over and change sides from time to time. Grandma Zhong Cuihua is old and has to do it by herself. Sun Er has been visiting once in the morning and evening in the past few days. He must be taken good care of and cannot be careless.

Zhao Dahai turned his head and looked at the isinglass hanging on the shelf not far away. Under the sun, the orange color slowly emerged. Hanging next to it was a large fish over one meter and a half meters tall.

Zhao Dahai heard the sound of the car engine and looked back. It was Wu Weimin's car. Needless to say, he came over after hearing the news that he had caught a 100-jin giant eel fish and wanted to see if he could buy it. A lot of people came in that day. They saw that the fish had been killed and the glue had been taken. They didn't give up. Some wanted to buy dried fish, some wanted to buy isinglass, and some wanted to buy them all. The prices offered were not low, so they were blocked by themselves. go back.

"Boss Wu."

"What kind of blowing prompted you to come here?!"

Zhao Dahai walked to the car, and Wu Weimin opened the door and stepped out.

"ha!"

"I heard that you caught a big owl weighing more than a hundred pounds, and you rushed over here in a hurry."

Wu Weimin had dealt with Zhao Dahai several times and was an old acquaintance. He came straight to the point and told the truth. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the dried fish and isinglass drying on the shelf next to him and rushed over quickly.

"Yo!"

“This fish is so big!”

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"It's as high as my neck!"

"It's too exaggerated. How did you catch this fish?"

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"Why!"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk!"

“This isinglass is incredible!”

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"It's full of glue!"

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"The person who took the glue is really good. His skills are old and complete. It's very clean. Not a trace of impurities is left!"

"Not many people have such ability nowadays."

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Wu Weimin's eyes widened and he kept mumbling as he spoke.

Zhao Dahai was a little curious and asked Wu Weimin how to tell the quality of isinglass, especially how to tell the gelatin inside.

“The first important thing about whether isinglass is good or not is its thickness.”

"If it doesn't have enough thickness, the isinglass will definitely be junk."

“The bigger the fish, the thicker and longer the isinglass will be.”

"The length of this meter is about 15 centimeters at its widest point, and it must be close to 10 centimeters at its narrowest point."

"The thickest part of the isinglass head is almost two centimeters thick, and the thinnest part is more than one centimeter."

"This is about 70 to 80% dry."

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"Did you see the slightest trace of lines on this isinglass?"

"These are the pipes, where the glue is stored."

"Good isinglass has many dense lines or pipes."

"If you look carefully under the sun, you can clearly see the gel inside."

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Zhao Dahai looked at the hanging isinglass carefully. There were really thin lines like pipes running up and down. It was very clear and obvious. When the sunlight came through, he could see that there was solidified material inside these pipes. thing.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk!"

"I have seen many isinglasses, but this one is the best I have ever seen. Not only is it big, but the key is that these pipes are very dense, and the other one is filled with gelatin inside."

"I have seen fish maws larger than this, but the quality is very poor, the pipes are very sparse, and there is very little colloid."

Wu Weimin's eyes sparkled. As a top-notch private restaurant chef who specializes in seafood, he has done a lot of research on top-notch dried foods such as isinglass, abalone and sea cucumber. He has used countless cooked isinglasses. , are all top-quality goods, but they are not as good as the one in Zhao Dahai's hands. This is a collection-level thing, and you can't buy it only if you have money.

"Not for sale!"

"Isinglass is not for sale, fish head stone is not for sale, and this dried fish is not for sale!"

Zhao Dahai took a look and Wu Weimin turned to look at him, knowing what he wanted to say.

"ah?"

"Why?"

"This kind of thing cannot be cooked and eaten casually. It is really a waste."

"You can't always keep it on your hands, right? This thing is indeed a good thing, but it is very troublesome to take care of it."

"It would be troublesome if it disappeared accidentally or something else."

"The key is that this thing is really valuable."

"How about I buy it for 250,000 yuan?"

Wu Weimin was stunned for a moment. Zhao Dahai didn't even listen to his offer and immediately refused.

Zhao Dahai shook his head and said with a smile that if Wu Weimin happened to see the price offered when he just caught the fish, he would sell it immediately without saying anything.

Wu Weiming did not expect this to happen and was very helpless. Zhao Dahai said this in front of everyone. When the betrothal gift was given, this big fish must not be absent. When his wife gave birth to a child and was in confinement, this fish Glue must be brought to the table. It is not only a matter of money but also a matter of face. If this thing cannot be done, people in the surrounding villages will laugh at it for a lifetime. There is only one situation, Zhao Dahai has to break up his family and need money to survive, and then he will sell the fish maw.

Wu Weimin said that if he really wanted to sell isinglass one day in the future, he would have to inform himself, but did not continue to talk about it.

Wu Weimin asked about the process of catching this big squid in detail, and he was very envious. Big fish are crazy attractive to those who like fishing.

"Boss Wu."

"Now there are not many places where you can catch big fish. I will go catch big fish with you after I find out."

Zhao Dahai knew that Wu Weimin definitely wanted to catch big fish. Only he knew the place where he transferred to the big blue spot to catch the big fish. He couldn't take anyone else there. He could only wait until he found more places where he could catch big fish. Just click.

Zhao Dahai sent Wu Weimin away, walked back to the gelatin, and looked at it carefully again. The gelatin was really clearly visible, a little proud, it was really a good thing.

Zhao Dahai stretched out his hand and squeezed the big fish, and he did a lot. God has been very kind to me these days. It is neither cold nor hot but windy. This kind of weather is most suitable for drying dried fish, including isinglass, which dries very quickly. It is very troublesome on rainy days or sultry sunny days. If it is not dried on cloudy and rainy days, mold will easily develop. Smelly, sweltering sun, the temperature is too high, capable but of very poor quality.

evening.

Sun Er came for a visit. He looked carefully at the isinglass and dried salted fish and said they could be put away. He taught me how to pack the bags. Every three months, when the weather is dry and not hot, take them out to ventilate them. If you are careful, they can be stored. decades.

Zhao Dahai breathed a sigh of relief. If you don't worry about ordinary fish, shrimps and crabs, this is a piece of isinglass worth more than 200,000 yuan. It is really not a joke.

Zhao Dahai collected the isinglass, finished lunch, and drove a tricycle to the dock to board the fishing boat. He had not gone to sea for a few days and came down every day to take a look. But he was going to go to sea tomorrow. He had to pack up his things, organize his things, and clean the living cabin. , washed the deck with sea water, and tried the diesel engine, everything was normal.

Zhao Dahai left the dock and rushed to the town to buy a sea centipede at the fishing tackle shop.

Five o'clock in the morning.

Zhao Dahai got up, finished breakfast, and when he went out and walked to the pier, many fishing boats had returned from the sea, buying and selling fish, crowded together, and it was very lively.

Zhao Dahai went around and saw that the fishing boats out to sea all caught almost the same fish, shrimps and crabs. There was nothing special about them. He bought two kilograms of live shrimps as big as a little finger and took them to the fishing boat to keep them in the live cabin. This is a backup bait and the main force. It's a sea centipede. What I'm afraid of is that you can change it if the deep sea centipede doesn't work. Fish, like people, may have different appetites every day.

Zhao Dahai didn't go to the place where he caught the big bream and green grouper. If he went there every day, there would definitely be no fish. Generally speaking, big fish occupy the territory. If one or several big fish are in one place, other big fish will not come and will be caught away. I caught two big blue spots, and the big squid is here. I caught the big squid a few days ago. It will take a while before new big fish come. I go there every ten days and a half, especially when there is a big tide change. It’s better to go there later.

The sun is high in the sky.

The white flowers are very dazzling.

Zhao Dahai stared at the tip of the rod, shook it a few times, picked up the fishing rod, stretched it forward, shook it a few times, then a big one, raised the rod to stab the fish, hit the fish, the line straightened out, and he had control. Pulling it out of the water, a yellow snapper weighing about seven ounces was picked. He picked the fish and threw it into the live cabin. He hung a centipede and threw the rod out. After waiting for almost fifteen minutes, he found another fish.

Zhao Dahai looked at the seven or eight fishing boats around him, both far and near. In half a day, everyone's harvest was about the same. Some caught seven or eight fish, while others like him caught fifteen or six fish, not counting their size. Big, there are black bream and yellow bream.

Zhao Dahai took the lunch box and started to eat. The harvest was not good and he was not in a hurry. Fishing is like this. Sometimes you make a fortune, but sometimes it is good to make a living. Some time ago, he caught big fish one after another. , I made a lot of money. I made a little bit during this period, and there was no pressure. In addition, the fish I caught today were old fish near the shallow sea, which was not too much.

Zhao Dahai finished his lunch and took a rest. For almost half an hour, the five poles were motionless. They all put them away, drove the fishing boat, and moved to another place. They were also old and outdated. Looking at more than ten fishing boats, they must have You can catch fish, but not many.

Zhao Dahai was not picky and did not mind that there were too many fishing boats. He found a place to stop the fishing boats and started fishing. No matter there were many fish or few fish, he fished once or twice in all the fishing places near the shallow sea to get a clear idea of ​​the situation.

The sun sets.

The sky is filled with red clouds.

Zhao Dahai drove the fishing boat to the pier. For the past seven or eight days, he went out early and late to go fishing every day. He harvested every day but not much. I have fished every fishing spot two or three times, and I can basically figure out how many fish can be caught in any place.

Where have all the fish gone?

Zhao Dahai is a bit strange. There are not many fish caught these days. It is reasonable to say that there are no fish in one or a few places, but it is not normal that there are no fish in twenty or thirty fishing spots in the entire sea area.

Zhao Dahai ran a little farther today, with several villages in between. As he drove, he saw large wooden piles appearing on the sea surface.

Oyster fields?

An idea flashed in Zhao Dahai's mind, and he thought of a possibility.

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