"Okay, okay..."

"The waves are coming right away..."

"Will that big stingray suddenly appear and slap us?"

"No...it can't be right?"

"If you think too much, this one will die. The devil must be fighting with the shark."

Everyone watched the manta rays slowly drifting over as they struggled with the waves, and they all stretched out their bamboo poles to reach for the big fishhook.

This time, part of the pectoral fins were missing again, and I couldn't maintain balance, but I could still struggle to swim slowly for a few times, and my vitality had not disappeared.

When they stretched out their hooks to poke it, it was still beating the waves with its pectoral fins and struggling. Everyone was splashed with water, and they didn't bother to wipe it, so they could only continue to hook it with their hooks.

Ye Yaodong looked at the fish being pushed closer and closer by the smooth wind and current. He thought that the fish's fins were not easy to hook because it was too slippery and the whole body was yellow, so he hooked it under its belly.

He tried hard to hook it several times, but failed to hook it. He hit the hook several times and was struggled away by it again.

"You hook it under its belly and see if you can hook it to its mouth. If the pectoral fin cannot be hooked, you can also hook its nose..."

Everyone had hooks to hook their noses and hooks to hook their mouths, but they were all opened by it using its remaining vitality.

Until his arms were sore and he wanted to give up, the long groove in his hand seemed to hook its mouth, causing it to struggle violently and almost lose the bamboo pole in his hand.

"I hooked it, hooked it, but it can't struggle to get away. Please help pull it out quickly..."

"Hooked? Come on, come on, come on..."

Everyone was excited and tried their best to help. The devil who was pulling the bamboo pole together struggled violently. The pulling force of several hundred kilograms almost pulled them all into the water. Fortunately, everyone gritted their teeth and prevented the bamboo pole from letting go.

And go.

When the manta ray was pulled beside the fishing boat, Chen Shi also hooked the manta ray's nose with a hook.

As the fishing boat was sailing, the devil was being dragged along. Its remaining vitality was still supporting its struggle. For a while, they couldn't pull it up. There was nothing they could do about it. They could only hook it up and sail, holding on first.

Pick up the saw.

As time passed and the manta ray struggled less and less vigorously, everyone tried to pull and lift it to the boat.

The bold old boatmen all leaned down when the devil was close to the hull of the boat. One person picked its nostrils with two hands, and the five of them worked together to move the two hundred kilograms of devil to the boat bit by bit.

Pull up.

The manta ray still had a little vitality left, struggling weakly to flap against the hull of the boat with its pectoral fins.

"Hard...hard...will come up soon..."

"one two three……"

"one two three……"

"Almost...one, two...three..."

The veins on everyone's foreheads bulged, and their faces were distorted little by little as they pulled hard.

Finally, part of its head was pulled up to the edge of the boat. Then there was a snapping sound, and the boat's hull also shook. When everyone ran to the side to avoid it, some were shaken by the shaking hull, and some were unable to stand still.

He leaned against the side of the ship to stabilize his body.

Everyone saw that its tail was longer than a whip, still swinging there, and its pectoral fins occasionally flapped twice. As soon as it stabilized its body, it immediately hid to the side to avoid being caught by its tail.

Such a big one must be very poisonous. In the middle of the sea, it will make the sky and the earth unable to respond, and it will kill people.

"Isn't this too big?"

"This one is still small, but the one behind me that just came is bigger and more exaggerated. It stunned the shark."

"No wonder the shark just bit off part of the fin. If it were a smaller shark, we still don't know who ate whom."

"Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimps, shrimps eat seaweed, it's normal, the weak eat the strong."

"We're all still alive, we haven't finished playing yet..."

"You have to wait until it stops moving before you step forward."

Ye Yaodong also shouted: "Wait until you can't move forward before you move forward. The tail is poisonous. If you accidentally throw it at someone, you will be in trouble."

"Then let's eat first?"

"That's right, let's eat first, we haven't eaten yet."

"I almost forgot the fish soup in the pot..."

"Fortunately, I'm cooking fish soup, otherwise everything would be burnt..."

"Then go and finish cooking the vegetables first, and then come over and see if the fish is still alive after eating. If you can't wait any longer, then chop off its tail."

Father Ye was at the helm in the cockpit, controlling the operation of the fishing boat. He kept stretching his head and looking at the big manta ray on the deck. He was itching to get closer and take a closer look, but he couldn't get away.

"Dongzi, Dongzi~"

He called for a long time before Ye Yaodong reacted and looked over, then went to take over from his father to sail the boat.

"Are you deaf? You don't even know how to react, but I'm so worried that you guys have caught such a big manta ray. Come on, I'll give it here to you. I'll take a look..."

Father Ye didn't wait for him to say anything, and hurriedly ran to watch the manta ray as if his soles were greased.

"Why are you so anxious? The fish are already here and they can't escape."

Ye Yaodong didn't know the situation of the fishing boats behind him. He just looked at the calm sea ahead and kept moving forward, continuing to go deeper into the sea. He was also secretly looking forward to whether the first net could explode.

More than an hour had passed from the time he lowered the net to when they dragged up the manta ray with part of its pectoral fin missing. He checked his watch and saw that the net would be set up in about an hour.

Father Ye also came to the cockpit after seeing the manta ray.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, this manta ray is really big. It must weigh a hundred or two hundred pounds. Its spread wings are half the width of a fishing boat. It looks really scary. After so long, it can still move its wings twice.

"

"Have seen enough?"

"It's so rare. I don't know how much it can be sold for. It's a pity that part of the pectoral fin was bitten off, otherwise it would be more valuable. Now that part is missing, I don't know if it can still be sold at a higher price."

"Why don't you keep it for yourself? I've never eaten such a big manta ray."

"Are you kidding me?"

Father Ye immediately put away the smile on his face and stared at him seriously, "No matter how worthless these two hundred kilograms of fish are and the price drops, there are still people who want them, and it is better than the trash fish that no one wants, even if they are sold to fresh collectors."

How can a boat cost just a few cents per pound? It’s such a waste to use it to eat, floating on the sea, and you’re afraid there won’t be any fish to eat?”

"I don't have to worry about the fish. I've just never eaten such a big one. Anyway, a big piece of meat has been bitten, so it's not that valuable anymore. Why don't we all try it together? Well...it costs a few cents per catty..."

"Based on the discount of half the price on the fresh boat compared to the shore, plus there is a piece missing from the fish, it costs six or seven cents at most, one hundred catties is six or seven yuan, two hundred catties is twelve or thirteen yuan, so

Is there anything you can’t bear to part with?”

Father Ye did the calculations for him, and he was confused. He thought it was right. Although the fish looked big, half of it was missing, so the discount was certain. In addition, the fresh-picking boat was already discounted by half of the purchase price on the shore.

When it reaches 70%, it becomes even less valuable.

"That's also true...if it's collected by the fresh harvest ship, it's really much cheaper..."

"Right? If you sell such a big fish for ten yuan, you might as well keep it for yourself and eat a few meals to satisfy your appetite. It may not be sold for ten yuan. If you lower the price ruthlessly, it's probably only worth a penny.

For a few dollars, you will be able to taste hundreds of kilograms of manta rays, and you will be able to talk about it when you return to the village."

"I just feel like eating such a big fish directly is a bit overwhelming..."

"Then don't eat it, I'll eat it."

Father Ye said angrily: "With that mouth of yours, you can eat anything and want to eat, so there is nothing you can't eat."

"In life, eating, drinking, and diarrhea are the first priority. Anyway, you have already been bitten by a shark. Fish can be eaten, but there is no reason why humans can't eat it."

"Let's put it there for a while and wait until it stops moving. Also wait for your net to be hauled up and see if you can catch one or two in the net."

"We'll have to wait and see when the net is set up. It's hard to say whether we can catch it. If we can catch one or two manta rays of this size, it will be worth a lot of money."

The price of fish is different in every season. The receiving price of the same fish also fluctuates in different seasons, and we don’t know how much the fresh fish will cost.

Even if it's 40 to 50 cents on the shore and half the price on the delivery ship, that's still 20 to 30 cents. If it weighs 200 kilograms, a stingray will cost 40 to 50 yuan.

Comparing the prices on the shore, it was true that he had lost most of his money, but there was nothing he could do. It was impossible for the fishing boat to go directly to the dock to sell fish, and the delay would be enough for him to drag several nets.

Father Ye nodded, "I can only ask for the blessings of Bodhisattva, and the blessings of Mazu. If I drag two more on the net, that will be enough."

"Uncle Pei, how far did the boat go before setting the net?"

Father Ye thought for a while, "I went out to sea with A Guang before, and it was almost the same as today. I started to lower the net after three or four hours of driving out, and then drove further away while trawling the net. Anyway, there was no range no matter how far away it was.

Two days before I ran out of the province and docked, I would trawl the net while driving back."

"Oh... then just keep following Harvest. It won't affect each other anyway. He will drag his, and I will drag mine..."

"If you don't follow the Harvest, do you still want to drive out on your own and run around? Your wings haven't hardened yet. You should slow down and follow the in-laws first. We'll take a look at it in a year or two. It's best to follow them all.

One place..."

Ye Yaodong shrugged, it was okay.

If the two boats were working together, it would be nice to have someone to take care of them, that's what he said.
To be continued...