Chapter 1167 1174. First Voyage (5)
The Dragon Head has welcomed its real maiden voyage.
On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, according to custom, today is the day for the mother's family to entertain the son-in-law. After some evolution, it has become a good day for the daughter to bring her partner to visit for the first time in Hongyang.
Logically, Ao Muyang should take Lu Zhizi and her brother home.
But the brother and sister don't have this idea, and there is no need for him to make trouble. Lu Zhizi is a very determined girl, otherwise she would not have gone out to work to support herself at a young age and would not have relied on the Cao family and her mother early.
When Lu Wuyi first came to the fishing village, he was arrogant, unruly, and manipulated his sister in various ways, but now that the two have found their feelings, he has become weak, and Lu Zhizi has regained her strong temperament in front of him.
Lu Zhizi doesn't want to go home, and he doesn't want to go back either.
Now his mother and sister are in opposition, and he can only choose one of the two relatives. In the end, he chose his sister: he loves both mother and sister, and the two can tie on his family affection seesaw, but he hates the Cao family around his mother, and the people around his sister, whether his brother-in-law is Jiang Caoqi or the villagers, are kind to him and speak nicely. He must love Longtou Village very much.
The old almanac shows that today is suitable for sacrifice, blessing, seeking heirs, thanking gods, cutting clothes, setting beds, and starting work. Today is taboo to get married, move into the house, break ground, sign contracts, and trade.
The weather forecast shows that the weather off the coast of Hongyang will be clear until the Lantern Festival, with no wind warning and no high wave warning.
Therefore, Ao Muyang decided to drive the Longtou and the Big Longtou to travel together, and the two large ships formed a fleet.
Longtou has strong wind and wave resistance at sea, abundant supplies, and excellent endurance. Ao Muyang used it to carry out offshore fishing operations. According to his plan, this sea trip was divided into two stages: first, the fleet went out together to fish in the open sea; two days later, the big Longtou returned first, and the Longtou continued to sail northeast until it returned on the Lantern Festival, and then went back to celebrate the festival.
If two ships go out to sea at the same time, there will be more crew members on board, a total of nearly 70 people on board, all of them are young men and strong men in the village, and more fishermen can follow his fishing boat.
In the past, everyone in the village wanted to board his boat and go out to sea, but the number of people that the big Longtou could carry was limited, and everyone had to go in batches. Now, with the larger tonnage Longtou, almost all the idle labor in the village can get on board.
The captain of the Big Dragon Head is still Ao Daguo, the captain of the Dragon Head is Ao Muyang, and the one driving the boat is Heilong. In addition, except for Ao Qianlai and Ao Mudong who have gone to North Korea and have not returned, all the other people who stayed on the Big Dragon Head have boarded the Dragon Head. This is Lao Ao's confidant.
Although the temperature on land is still low, it is spring now. After all, it is the beginning of spring just after the Chinese New Year. It's just cold in spring, so you still have to wear a big cotton-padded jacket when sailing on the sea.
With the arrival of spring, the sea water begins to warm up, and many fish begin to move from deep sea to shallow sea. The spring flood of many economic fish is about to begin.
The fleet went out to sea this time to seize the opportunity of the spring flood to make a profit.
Sitting in the cab, Ao Muyang grabbed a radish and ate it. Hongyang has the custom of biting spring. They eat raw radishes on the day of the beginning of spring. Many people in the village grow radishes themselves, so they sent them to him on the same day.
Now it's good. Your family sent five and his family sent ten. Ao Muyang's family was eating radishes that day. That night, the whole family farted together. The general and the brothers of the wolf family were so scared that they hid in Ao Muyang's bedroom and didn't dare to go out. They thought someone set off firecrackers again.
In fact, they farted themselves, and their farts were even more smelly...
After this loss, no one wanted to eat radishes the next day. Ao Muyang selected a lot of pickled radishes, but there were still a lot left, so he took them with him this time when he went out to sea - he couldn't let them go bad, right? That would be such a waste.
He sat in the cab and ate radishes. The general and the wolf were far away from him. The two of them thought that if they ate this thing, their chrysanthemums would set off firecrackers.
The second wolf followed Ao Muyang stupidly. Old Ao, like the double-gun Li Xiangyang, had a radish in his left hand and a radish in his right hand. He ate the one in his left hand, and the one in his right hand drooped down for the second wolf to eat. The man and the wolf were eating happily.
Ao Wenchang pushed the door open and came in. As soon as he entered the cockpit, he squinted his eyes: "Oh my god, it's so spicy."
Ao Muyang said: "This radish tastes okay, sweet radish, not too spicy, Wenchang, you can't tolerate spicy food."
Ao Wenchang said: "Who said it was the taste of radish that stung my eyes? It was the smell of fart that stung my eyes. Oh my god, Longtou, what's wrong with you? How many farts did you let out? You didn't even open the door to ventilate. Black Dragon, you dare to light a cigarette. Aren't you afraid that the cockpit will explode if you light a fire?"
"Get lost." Ao Muyang smiled and threw the remaining half of the radish at him. Ao Wenchang dodged it neatly and wanted to say "I can't hit it". As a result, he looked forward and was about to speak, but the words on his lips became: "Don't pounce!"
Lang Er chased the radish and rushed towards him, pushing down the golden mountain and overturning the jade pillar. Ao Wenchang was hit and his face turned pale.
Ao Muyang smiled gloatingly and said, "Your eyes are wide open now, what's wrong, don't you think it's eye-irritating?"
Ao Wenchang said, "I'm used to it. By the way, Longtou, what are you going to do this time?"
"What do you mean?" Ao Muyang was a little puzzled.
Ao Wenchang said, "In the past, when we went out to sea, most of the time we didn't have a fishing plan, we just caught whatever fish we saw. But before, there was only one ship, the Dragon Head, and now with the Dragon Head, are we still relying on luck?"
Ao Muyang was surprised and said, "Do you think the fish we caught before were all based on luck?"
Ao Wenchang waved his hand and said, "That's not what I meant. It must be up to you and Lao Hu to find them, but finding those schools of fish is always related to luck, right? What I mean is, Longtou, we have to make some plans now. Longtou burns so much oil, and there are so many brothers on the boat. If we want to feed the big guys, we have to get more harvests."
Ao Muyang said, "How to plan this? There are many shrimps in the spring flood. Before the New Year, we searched along the coastal waters and didn't find any. How about looking for them again this time?"
Ao Wenchang nodded and said, "Well , the shrimps are fat in March and April, but you can only rely on the big Longtou to catch the shrimps. The Longtou is a bit overkill. "
Hearing this, Ao Muyang probably heard something, and glanced at him and said: "Okay, just say what you want to say, you are not tired of going around so many bends with me."
Ao Wenchang smiled and said: "Longtou, I have studied it carefully before going out to sea this time. We should take the Longtou and go directly to the northeast to grab tuna from the Japanese territory!"
After he said this, Ao Muyang figured it out.
The spring tuna season has also arrived!
The area off the coast of Fuso is the only way for a large number of North Pacific bluefin tuna to migrate. When this fish is young, it will follow the ocean current to the north. Some young fish migrate eastward to the Pacific coast of North America and reproduce in the western Pacific. Most tuna return at the age of 2 and then pass through this sea area.
Coincidentally, the time they pass through this sea area is around the Chinese New Year.