Rushing to the sea: I can see the prompts

Chapter 76 Boss Fish

After getting off the net, Zhang Yaohua asked his second brother to drive faster.

As long as it was his eldest brother's order, Zhang Yaowei never asked the reason and strictly followed it. He also made a gesture to Shui Wang, who was driving parallel, to speed up too.

The two grew up and had a tacit understanding.

The two fishing boats accelerated and moved forward almost at the same time.

"That's it, don't worry about it?" Ah Jiu asked.

He didn’t understand anything yet. He had never really gone out to sea on a boat, so naturally he didn’t understand some of the fishing operations.Now, all I can do is look more and ask more questions.

"Yes! The rest will be left to God's will." Zhang Yaohua nodded.

What else can be done?Go into the water to help catch fish?

Zhang Yaowei stared at the bottom of the sea for a while, and he seemed to see something.

"There are fish."

Ah Jiu: "What kind of fish?"

"Maybe it's the boss fish."

Boss fish?
Ah Jiu was stunned when he heard this name for the first time. Although he didn't know what kind of fish it was, he didn't ask further.

After almost half an hour, everyone began to close the net.The speed of closing the net is really fast. If the old fishermen were present, they would definitely say that the young people can't hold their breath.

After all, many fishing boats take two or three hours to collect the nets, and they cannot haul many nets in one day.

"What a boss fish." Zhang Yaowei laughed.

Ah Jiu finally knew what the boss fish looked like.

In fact, boss fish is a type of ray, called Kong ray.The boss fish has tender meat, delicious taste and few fish bones. It can be stewed with tofu, braised in braise or stewed in soup.Because there are few fish bones, boss fish is very suitable for the elderly and children.

This kind of fish is currently cultivated in large quantities, and the market price is not high.However, the price of wild boss fish has almost doubled recently, costing more than 20 yuan per pound.

"Is the boss fish delicious?" Ah Jiu asked.

Zhang Yaohua said to him: "Then it depends on how you do it. If you don't know how to do it, this kind of fish will be ugly and smell of ammonia."

Zhang Yaohua knew that the reason why there was an ammonia smell was because the blood of the boss fish contained urea.

It is very simple to get rid of the unpleasant ammonia smell. Just kill the boss fish, wash it, blanch it in boiling water and then cook it.If you add an appropriate amount of cooking wine during the cooking process, the ammonia smell can be removed more thoroughly.Some people also add vinegar or hawthorn.

"Smells like ammonia?"

Zhang Yaowei thought Ah Jiu didn't know what the smell of ammonia was like, so he added: "It's just the smell of the toilet."

"what?"

"Stop it. Help, be careful, don't get stung by their tails, they are poisonous."

The boss fish and manta rays look very similar, and some people even think they are the same fish.In fact, there are differences between the two, and they can be said to be related.

This kind of fish also has differences between north and south. Those in southern waters generally have pointed heads, while those in the north have round heads.

"It does have a smell, but it's okay." Ah Jiu said.

"If it's just caught, it won't have a strong taste. If it has a strong taste, it's usually not fresh." Zhang Yaowei told him.

In addition to the boss fish, there were also some small fish and shrimps, which Zhang Yaohua simply threw back into the sea.

"Brother, the shrimp you just threw was a bit expensive, almost 40 yuan." Ah Jiu reminded.

There are also some in their town. They are also small, as big as a finger, but cost 40 to [-] yuan per pound. I don’t know if they are farmed.

Zhang Yaowei: "Those are prawns. The ones just now are too small. The ones you bought in your 100s and 50s are basically farmed. When the prawns are expensive, they cost more than [-], especially the big prawns. When they are cheap, they are rarely less than [-]. Yuan per catty."

On the market, the shrimp that everyone sees most should be the shrimp.Jiwei shrimps are shallow sea saltwater shrimps that are produced in the Jiwei area. They like to swim with the tide of the sea to the gentle water flow area under the Jiwei to lay eggs, so they are called Jiwei shrimps.

However, now, shrimps are usually bred in freshwater and raised in seawater.

The shape of the shrimp is similar to that of the prawn, but its shell is not as soft as the prawn, its shape is not as big as that of the prawn, and its body is fat and the shell is thin.

As he said that, he also picked up a shrimp and continued: "This kind of shrimp is a nine-section shrimp. The price is more expensive. It usually costs about one hundred, and it may double during the Chinese New Year. However, it is still too small."

Then, Zhang Yaowei threw out the shrimp in his hand.

Many people confuse the nine-section shrimp and the black tiger shrimp.

The nine-jointed shrimp has a long body with nine joints, hence its name.

The body of the black tiger shrimp is relatively rounded, and its shape is more like a curved arc, which is very different from the nine-segmented shrimp.In addition, the body color of black tiger shrimp is black or dark gray, while the body color of nine-segment shrimp is transparent or light yellow.

Of course, black tiger shrimps are not cheap either. They usually cost around 150 yuan, but may rise to more than [-] yuan during the New Year and holidays.

Seeing that his second brother was giving Ah Jiu information about seafood and teaching him how to recognize seafood, Zhang Yaohua did not interrupt.

Soon, they loaded the first net harvest into the cabin and the fishing net was launched again.

"The net worth just now probably exceeded 1 yuan." Zhang Yaowei revealed a little to Ah Jiu.

Ah Jiu's eyes lit up, and she sighed in her heart, this is really faster than making money from farming!

His net profit from sugar cane this year was less than 2 yuan, which makes him feel heartbroken just thinking about it.To be honest, with such little profit, it is better to go out to work.

The risk of fishing at sea may be higher, but the profit is directly proportional to it.

He ignored that the cost of fishing is high. You need to have a boat first, and then you have to burn oil when going to sea.If there is no harvest, the gas fee will be enough for you to drink a pot.

“I make more in one day than I do in a year.”

Ah Jiu knew that he had made the right bet this time.

My uncle gave me a hand, it felt so good.

No matter what industry you are in, it is different when someone joins the industry.

In the second net, in addition to the boss fish, a turtle was also hauled up.No matter what kind of turtle it is, fishermen usually release it.Zhang Yaowei and Ah Jiu lifted it and threw it into the sea.

"Can't you sell it for money?" Ah Jiu couldn't help but ask.

"That's a turtle. It's a protected animal now."

Even if they are not protecting animals, fishermen rarely do anything to sea turtles.Turtles have the same pronunciation as "returnees from overseas", and people who go to sea hope to return home safely.

have to!Hearing that it was about protecting animals, Ah Jiu stopped talking.

There is also a kind of monkey in his hometown that is a protected animal and cannot be moved at all.

The third net was mostly boss fish, and there was also a monkfish.

"What an ugly fish!"

"So what if it's ugly? This fish is delicious." Zhang Yaowei rolled his eyes.

Monkfish have a huge, toothy mouth and a rare flat body.Moreover, the skin on its body is still sticky.

At first glance, it is indeed ugly.

However, the meat of this fish is of good quality, and the processed dorsal skin, abdominal skin and scalp make the finished product known as "Sea Cucumber".

Monkfish has a large production volume and is relatively affordable. It is often called the "poor man's oyster".

Interestingly, monkfish caught at sea are usually female fish, and male fish are generally not seen.This is because the male fish parasitizes the body of the female fish shortly after birth, and most of them have become one with the female fish. However, if you look closely, you can still distinguish the shape of the male fish.

(End of this chapter)