Put the cat fish neatly on the shelf, turn on the dryer, and start cooking.
Yan Xiaoxi made a video call, and Chen Yuan clicked the answer button.
In the picture, Yan Xiaoxi had just taken a shower, her hair was still wet, and she was wearing a pink pajamas, revealing her white collarbone: "What are you doing?"
"Make dinner." Chen Yuan said, "Have you had dinner?"
"Not yet. I've already ordered the takeout and it will be delivered shortly."
"Why don't you cook by yourself? It's not good to eat too much takeout." Chen Yuan said.
Yan Xiaoxi puffed up her cheeks, looking very cute: "It's too troublesome to cook by yourself."
"In the future, if you can cook by yourself, you should cook it yourself." Chen Yuan said.
"Okay." Yan Xiaoxi smiled and said, "What are you going to make delicious?"
"Make a tomato fish soup and fry a red potato starch." Chen Yuan said.
"I really want to eat fish soup."
"I'll send you fish tomorrow morning and you can cook it yourself."
"Yeah." Yan Xiaoxi smiled innocently and nodded vigorously.
"It's time to eat." He Huan walked in, saw Yan Xiaoxi on the video call, and came over to say hello: "Hi."
Chen Yuan also raised his hand: "What delicious food did you order?"
"Roast beef brisket, stir-fried pork with shredded potatoes, winter melon and pork ribs soup, and water spinach." He Huan came closer and said, "I'm cooking."
"Make fish soup."
"Let's eat first and talk later." Yan Xiaoxi said.
"No, look at your boyfriend, he's so hungry..." Before He Huan finished speaking, Yan Xiaoxi hung up the phone.
Chen Yuan fried the fish with a smile, added boiling water, added tomatoes, and covered the pot.
After dinner was cooked and eaten, Zhou Sheng called and asked him to go out for a drink.
Chen Yuan took a look at the cat fish being dried, set the dryer to automatically shut down after two hours, then took some of the fish he had dried yesterday and went downstairs.
Zhou Sheng was downstairs, petting the cat.
Today the civet pattern, leopard print and bobtail are all here.
"I knew you had to feed the cat before going out." Zhou Sheng saw Chen Yuan and said with a smile.
Chen Yuan smiled and said, "Did you call He Fei and the others?"
"Shouted."
As soon as Chen Yuan appeared, the three cats surrounded him and rubbed against Chen Yuan's heels.
Chen Yuan took out the dried fish and handed it to them. Zhou Sheng handed them a cigarette and said, "After dad and the others get the crew certificate, we will take them out to sea to see. Otherwise, if we board the fishing boat rashly, we will end up like Zhou Lan."
Same, some people do it.”
Chen Yuan nodded: "He Fei and the others have good fishing skills."
"Indeed, the two of them rarely catch empty rods. They are experienced fishermen."
"When dad and the others get their crew certificates and take them out fishing together, they won't be charged for the boat fare. The money they catch will be sold and shared equally by everyone." Chen Yuan looked at Zhou Sheng.
"Okay. Can you go out tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow's tide will be after four o'clock, so we can only run to a nearby place, otherwise we won't be able to come back in time to sell fish."
"Ask He Fei and the others if they want to go out together. If we go to a closer place, we won't charge them the boat fare." Zhou Sheng said.
"OK."
After petting the cat for a while, Chen Yuan and the others went to a late-night snack shop outside instead of going to a bar.
I ordered some edamame, salted peanuts, and a few large draft beers.
He Fei and the others also came over, riding electric bicycles.
They live not far away, only eight or nine kilometers from here.
"Let's see if there's anything else to eat and order it yourself." Zhou Sheng said.
"After eating, drink some wine." He Fei said.
"I haven't eaten yet." Yang Xun ordered some skewers and a fried egg with rice.
"At the tide after four o'clock tomorrow, where is the best fish to catch?" Chen Yuan asked.
"The tide after four o'clock cannot go too far. There are more yellow sea bream and black sea bream at the offshore power station on Peng Island." He Fei said.
"The fish scene here is incomparable to that of Dafanshi. You can catch grouper at Xiaofanshi, and if you are lucky, you can even encounter a larger grouper. He Fei and I were there before
I got seventeen groupers in an hour, the smallest one weighing more than three kilograms." Yang Xun said, "But it was only once."
"Go fishing for grouper at Xiaofanshi tomorrow." Chen Yuan said, "Together?"
He Fei looked at Yang Xun.
Yang Xun said: "Small Sail Rock is not far away..."
"You just need to provide the bait, and everyone will share the money from selling the fish." Chen Yuan said: "Zhou Sheng's father and I are taking the seaman's certificate test, and we will go out to sea together after we go to sea. They will take the test in two days, and we will wait for them to take the test."
After that, let’s go out to sea together.”
"Okay." He Fei said with a smile.
"Have a drink." Zhou Sheng raised his cup.
After everyone took a sip, Zhou Sheng said: "Your fishing skills are really good. If we go out to play together later, we won't charge you the boat fee. The fish you catch will be sold for money, and we will share it together."
"OK."
"I'll go out trolling in two days and see if I can find big groupers..." Chen Yuan said.
"Trolling burns a lot of oil. By the way, what's the fuel consumption of your fishing boat?"
"Cruising is a little over fifty-five liters, less than sixty. At full power, it's eighty-eight liters." Chen Yuan said.
"This fuel consumption is okay." Yang Xun said while eating edamame.
"It's diesel, right."
"Diesel engines."
"Our boat requires 55 liters of oil for one hour at full power."
Their boat is a gasoline outboard, it should be a 4-stroke, 150 horsepower.
"150 horsepower and 55 liters of maximum fuel consumption are already very good." Zhou Sheng said: "How fast can your boat run?"
"About thirty," Yang Xun said.
"There is no thirty knots, at most twenty-six or seven knots." He Fei said: "With another engine, it can run more than thirty knots."
"Why don't I feel so fast if there is no thirty knots?"
"The boat is small, it feels like it is taking off." He Fei said and looked at Chen Yuan and the others: "After the fishing boat goes out to sea, you are responsible for looking for fish?"
Chen Yuan said ‘hmm’ and said, “This time we will go directly to the South China Sea.”
"Master Lin brought back a tuna seine. I heard it is 1,700 meters long and 270 meters deep?" Yang Xun asked curiously: "How to build such a big seine?"
"It's just like other seine nets. If you find a school of fish, just surround it," Chen Yuandao said.
"It's very simple. It's no different from other fences." Zhou Sheng said.
"1,700 meters, and 270 meters wide...what should we do when setting up the net?" He Fei and the others have been following Lin Xinhai out during the fishing seasons in the past few years and know Lin Xinhai's fishing boat.
With a seine of 1,700 meters, putting the fishing net is a big problem. And when it comes to closing the net...
"Master's fishing boat is being upgraded to install a sliding mast, which will be very convenient when releasing the net." Zhou Sheng said with a smile: "The problem with releasing the net is not big, it is just to organize the fishing net after collecting it. Some people do it
.But if you encounter a big school of fish, you can go down with such a big net, catch one and then return to Hong Kong."
The tuna seine can also catch other fish. As long as it is a large school of fish, it can be brought back with just one net.