Chapter 255 The Swordfish Harvest
Chapter 255 The Swordfish Harvest
There were literally a dozen fish in the net, struggling desperately out of the water.Among them, three long and narrow fishes with silver-white bodies, which looked like swords from the side, were also twisting their bodies in the net.
As a veteran fisherman with more than 20 years of experience, Xu Zhiming recognized it at a glance. This is exactly the goal they went to sea this time - Yangtze River saury!
"There are saury!" Xu Zhiming shouted happily, pulling up the fishing net in a hurry.
Before Xu Zhiming put the fishing net on the deck, Zhao Lei, who reacted quickly, had already caught the saury and carefully put them into the bucket.
Xu Zhiming threw the other fish in the net into another bucket, and then came to observe the three saury with great interest.
The saury has a violent temper, and everyone has always used gillnets to catch it, so even Xu Zhiming has never seen a live saury.
Looking at the saury fish bumping back and forth in the bucket, Xu Zhiming said with some concern, "I'm afraid these fish won't live long if they hit like this."
Zhao Lei smiled and said, "Don't worry, as long as you can survive tonight. I will hand over the fish to the client, and the rest will have nothing to do with us."
Thinking about it, this is indeed the reason, Xu Zhiming also said with a smile: "Let's go to the Internet cafe again and try to catch as many saury as possible!"
For the rest of the day, Zhao Lei and Xu Zhiming were busy catching saury.They first set up traps, and then Zhao Lei waited patiently by the side of the boat. Once a saury was found to swim into the trap, he immediately notified Xu Zhiming to close the net and catch the saury in it.
Xu Zhiming also tried to stay on the side of the ship, observing the movement in the trap like Zhao Lei.But he quickly gave up, because he couldn't see anything except the muddy river water.
Only then did Xu Zhiming realize that Zhao Lei was not only incredibly strong, but also had such good eyesight, so he admired him so much.
With the bait added with fairy dew and Zhao Lei's superhuman eyesight, the job of catching saury went very smoothly.By the evening of that day, more than 30 saury had been caught, and Xu Zhiming was so happy that he could not close his mouth from ear to ear.
"Oh, Boss Zhao, it's a pleasure to go fishing with you!" Xu Zhiming said with a smile all over his face: "There are fewer and fewer saury now, even if you use a gillnet, you are lucky if you can catch two or three a day. One day's gain is worth half a month's worth of others!"
Yang Youqiang also added with a smile: "And all the saury we caught were alive, which is even more powerful!"
Zhao Lei is also very happy to have gained so much.However, because he had been concentrating on seeing the traps for a long time, his spirit had been exhausted, so he seemed a little sluggish, and he didn't even have the strength to speak.
Xu Zhiming also saw that something was wrong with Zhao Lei, so he quickly stepped forward to support him and asked, "Boss Zhao, what's wrong with you?"
"A little tired." Zhao Lei reluctantly smiled at Xu Zhiming: "It's okay, just rest for a while and you'll be fine."
Xu Zhiming glanced at the sky and said: "It's getting late, let's go back first, and save the remaining bait for tomorrow."
Zhao Lei also knew that he couldn't hold on any longer, so he nodded in agreement with Xu Zhiming's suggestion, and then sat in the cabin and closed his eyes to rest.
Today's encounter also reminded Zhao Lei that even if he practiced the Sanqingxin method, he is not omnipotent.In the future, when doing such mind-consuming things, it is still necessary to stop in moderation, otherwise it is easy to damage the body due to excessive energy consumption.
Fortunately, Zhao Lei stopped fishing for saury in time this time, so he just felt a little tired, other than that, there was no major problem.
When the fishing boat docked at the pier, he had already recovered a lot. Although his footsteps were still a little sloppy, he was fine.
Zhao Lei boarded the pier first, and Xu Zhiming on the deck handed him two buckets containing saury and said, "Boss Zhao, see you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow." Zhao Lei nodded and said, "This time we caught a total of 32 saury. According to what was agreed in advance, each saury will cost 2000 yuan, plus 7 for the charter fee. The total is [-]. Integer, I'll give you [-] yuan."
Xu Zhiming quickly shook his head and said, "It's all thanks to you that you can catch so many saury. I can't charge so much money. I'm so embarrassed!"
However, Zhao Lei insisted on paying the price agreed in advance, Xu Zhiming couldn't refuse, so he had to accept Zhao Lei's arrangement.
The small dispute between the two also attracted the attention of others.Several fishmongers who were buying saury gathered together, and when they saw the live saury in the bucket, they were immediately shocked.
A fishmonger immediately asked Zhao Lei, "My friend, how do you sell this saury?"
"Sorry." Zhao Lei smiled slightly at the man: "Someone has already ordered these saury, so they are not for sale."
Seeing that there were several saury in the bucket showing signs of turning white, Zhao Lei also hurried back to the hotel to deal with these fish, and after finishing speaking, he picked up the bucket and left.
However, the fishmonger was still not reconciled, he grabbed Zhao Lei and said, "Don't go, we can discuss the price, sell it to me!"
There are very few saury in the market today, and live saury is even rarer, and it will definitely fetch a good price.So the fishmonger didn't want to give up such a good opportunity, and planned to buy this batch of saury no matter what.
Zhao Lei said that he would not sell and the other party kept pestering him, which made him a little unhappy, so he said coldly, "Let go!"
"Why are you so fierce?" The fishmonger frowned and said, "I'm just looking for you to discuss business. As for using this attitude?"
Zhao Lei would not have a good face towards this kind of person, and said blankly: "Let go immediately, or I will be rude to you!"
"You're quite arrogant..." The fishmonger was not to be outdone, but before he could finish his sentence, he was dragged away by his two companions.
One of them also greeted Zhao Lei repeatedly: "I'm sorry, my friend has a bit of a temper, don't take it to heart, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
Zhao Lei didn't bother to argue with this kind of person, so he picked up the bucket and walked to the hotel.
The fishmonger behind was still not convinced, he frowned and said to his companion, "Why are you pulling me, I was just about to have a good talk with that kid."
"We are here to save you!" The fishmonger's companion said in a low voice, "Do you know who that person is? Zhu Junwei was arrested because of him. I heard that he will be sentenced to at least ten or twenty years. You also want to Like him?"
The fishmonger broke out in a cold sweat immediately, Qiqi Ai said: "He...he is the one who brought down Zhu Junwei?"
"Of course!" Another person lowered his voice, "I was also on the pier that day and saw it with my own eyes!"
Seeing the back of Zhao Lei leaving, the shocked fishmonger heaved a long sigh of relief: "Fortunately, you pulled me back, otherwise today would be really miserable!"
(End of this chapter)