latelenovela Chapter 157 Crab Cage
Chapter 157 Crab Cage
There are some techniques for chiseling a hole in ice. You can't just smash it with a stone or a hammer. If you don't do it right, the ice will suddenly crack and you and the stone will fall in.
After the ice trench was dug, Li Yuer poured hot water into it along the trench. The hot water instantly melted the ice surface along the trench. After pouring it several times, the trench became deeper and deeper.
Li Laosan used a hammer and awl to chisel through the ice groove without much effort, and the chiseled part formed an ice cover.
Then use the fire tongs to hook the ice cover and drag it out directly, and a round hole in the ice will be made.
It wasn't long before the fish started to run into the ice hole to breathe.
"Fish! So many fish!" Li Erlang shouted and scared away many of them.
Li Meier was so angry that she slapped him on the back, "Shh! Keep your voice down, you scared the fish away."
Li Dalang excitedly lowered the scoop net, and when another fish approached, he would immediately scoop it up.
Sure enough, we caught several fish, including a pretty big sea bass.
After a few attempts, the fish became more sophisticated and were less likely to be caught.
Seeing that the time was almost right, Li Yuer urged Li Erlang to put down the crab cage.
"Brother, just hold the rope and slowly lower the crab cage into the water. Then move a stone and tie the rope to the stone and you're done."
There were a few stones of medium size in the crab cage to help it sink.
They put two crab pots in a row, then moved to another place, dug an ice hole, and put down two more crab pots.
"Won't this ice hole freeze over tomorrow?" asked Li Laosan.
"Of course, we'll chisel it open tomorrow." said Li Meir.
Li Yuer saw that he had caught a lot of fish that came out to breathe, so he said, "Let's pile some stones next to the ice hole as a mark, and then come back after an hour. Maybe there are a lot of fish underneath, and we can get something in an hour."
"Okay! Then let's quickly pile up the stones and come back later."
As he spoke, Boss Li started to pile up stones. He was in a hurry to go back and pound the fish balls.
After piling up the stones and marking the spots, the group went home carrying two buckets of fish.
Boss Li was chopping wood again when he saw a few people coming back from the beach with their gear for fishing.
Curiously asked: "What did you do?"
Li Yuer said with concern: "Uncle, you sprained your ankle, so just rest more. Why are you still chopping wood?"
Boss Li kept moving his hands, saying, "I can chop wood sitting on a stool, so I don't have to walk, it won't be a problem. I see that you guys are not doing a lot of business lately, so I'll chop more so I can save it for later use."
Li Meier carried the bucket and ran to her father to show off proudly, "Dad, look, what is this?"
"Wow! Where do the fish come from? How did you catch the fish?" Boss Li was very surprised.
"Guess?" Li Meir asked.
"I can't guess."
Boss Li was so real that Li Meier thought it was boring, so she said, "We fished it out by chiseling the ice."
"Chopping ice? Fishing?" Boss Li finally put down the axe in his hand and said sternly, "How dare you go to the sea to chop ice? Don't you want to die? If you don't chop well, the ice will collapse, and once it collapses, the whole surface will collapse. You are in the middle, and there is nowhere to run. There is sea water below! A few waves of the sea will sweep you away, and you will never be able to get up again!"
Li Erlang quickly said, "Uncle, don't get excited. We have some skills in breaking ice."
Boss Li stared in disbelief and said, "What technique? Our ancestors have lived here for so many years, how come we have never heard of any technique for breaking ice?"
"Really! Brother, listen to me."
Li Laosan explained their method of chiseling ice, "Do you believe it now? If you still don't believe it, come with us to build the crab cage later."
"Crab cage? What crab cage?" Old man Li was also startled by Boss Li's excited voice just now, and came over to see what happened.
Li Erlang told the story about the crab cage.
Old Man Li and Boss Li both became interested. There is such a good thing. If they put it directly into the water, the seafood will drill into it by themselves?
"Wouldn't that make it a god's bag of heaven and earth?"
Old man Li didn't believe it, "Okay, I'll go with you guys to take a look later."
Boss Li also wanted to go, but unfortunately he sprained his foot and couldn't go.
Li Yuer felt a little cold, so she went to the cabin and went to bed.
The wicker box next to her pillow contained the income of the past two days, which they had not had time to count.
Li Dalang continued to pound the fish meat into paste, and he became addicted to it after pounding it for a while.
An hour later, Li Meir woke up Li Yuer, and they came to the place where they had put the crab cages before.
Following the small stone pestle, they soon found the ice hole they had made before.
It was cold, and after just one hour, a thin layer of ice formed in the ice hole.
The ice was very thin, and Li Dalang broke it directly with a hammer.
Old man Li exclaimed: "This ice hole is really round. Did you really use an awl to carve it out?"
"Not only that, there's also hot water." As he said that, Li Erlang put on gloves and pulled the rope of the crab cage.
Li Yuer said, "Pull slowly, don't rush."
As soon as he got started, Li Erlang said in surprise, "It works! Shen! Could it be ice?"
Li Meier rolled her eyes at him and said, "Silly, there's no ice underwater."
When all the crab cages were pulled out of the water, there were crackling sounds inside, which were the sounds of the crab claws.
"Wow! Not only is there an iron general, but there is also a green shell!" Li Erlang shouted happily.
"Hurry! Get them out, otherwise they will kill each other!" Li Yuer urged.
Some crabs have already lost their legs and roe and are of poor quality, so we have to lower the price or keep them for ourselves.
The last time they made too few crabs, they didn’t even have enough to eat at home, so naturally they didn’t sell any.
After loosening the control rope on the crab cage, Li Laosan went straight in to catch the big lobster and put it into a bucket separately.
"We are so lucky. This thing is worth a lot of money. But what should we do with it?"
Old man Li's face was full of joy. His sons, grandchildren and granddaughters are so smart. Look, they can still catch green shells in the middle of winter, and they look quite big.
This thing is sold at the same price as pork belly even if the seafood season is not in season. Right now, the starting price is definitely twenty cents.
"I want to keep it for myself." Li Yuer's words stunned everyone.
"Yu Baoer, what did you say?" Li Erlang felt that he didn't hear clearly.
In the past, any fisherman who caught green shells would sell them in exchange for food. One more pound of food meant one less chance of starving to death in the winter.
They themselves have never eaten green shells.
"We are not short of money now, can't we eat well? Don't you want to taste the taste of green shells that cost the same as pork?"
"This..." Everyone looked at Old Man Li with some interest. Yes, why had they been catching green shells all their lives but couldn't bear to eat even one?
Old man Li usually listens to Old Lady Cai, but at this moment he didn't know who to listen to.
Seeing his children and grandchildren looking at him expectantly, he gritted his teeth and said, "Why are you looking at me? You caught it yourself, so you decide for yourself."
"Then eat it!" Li Yuer said firmly.