Chapter 502: Landing on the island, I saw meat dishes as soon as I arrived

Wu Dahua and Wu Shuisheng packed up everything on the fishing boat so that they could cast the nets at any time at the designated location.

Seeing Chen Hui standing by the boat for a long time, he walked over and asked curiously: "Can this thing of yours really catch fish?"

Chen Hui nodded.

The improved large cloth strip is much more sensitive to the sea.

From time to time, you can receive signals from places where fishing boats pass by that are worth exploring.

If the conditions allowed, Chen Hui would have gone down two or three times.

As long as I buy a fishing boat, I can go to sea anytime and anywhere. I’m looking forward to it just thinking about it.

"Let me try it!" said Wu Dahua.

Chen Hui was very generous and handed the strip of cloth to him directly.

Wu Dahua stood holding the cloth for a minute, and couldn't help pulling it several times, asking in confusion: "It doesn't look like it will be useful at all."

Chen Hui took the strip of cloth back and said with a smile, "Look, did I catch even one shrimp this afternoon?"

"Then why do you always play this?" Wu Dahua was confused.

"We have nothing to do to kill time! Come on, call Uncle Wei and the others, let's go play cards!"

As Chen Hui spoke, he collected the strip of cloth and casually threw it into the sea water to soak.

He called Wu Shuisheng and Wei Jianjun who had finished preparing to set up the net, and the four of them sat around playing cards.

After lunch, Chen Hui yawned and went to sleep.

The destination of today's trip is not far away. At around four or five o'clock in the afternoon, various noises of lowering nets could be heard from the boat.

When Chen Hui got up to take a look, the fishing net had already been put down.

Wei Jianjun wiped his sweat with a towel, and when he saw Chen Hui coming out, he smiled and said, "I was just about to call you, and you came out! We are getting ready to dock and go to the island."

"We're on the island, so soon!?"

Chen Hui walked out and looked to the other side.

A small island, not far in front of the fishing boat.

There isn't much vegetation on the island, and it looks a bit bald.

"Uncle Wei, can we collect dry firewood from this island to make a fire?"

"We didn't bring much charcoal, did we? We used some to cook lunch in the afternoon!" Chen Hui asked, looking ahead.

"Don't be fooled by the island's appearance, which looks like an old man with a lot of hair. There are actually a lot of plants on it. It's no problem to collect some wood for burning."

Wei Jianjun said it with certainty.

Chen Hui guessed, "You've been there before!"

Wei Jianjun nodded, "But the last time I went there was more than a year ago. We were lucky that time and encountered a small group of Spanish mackerel. We each got 100 yuan!"

"According to the price of Spanish mackerel, each person can get a net profit of 100 yuan. This fish school is not small!"

"There are schools of fish? That's a really good place!"

Chen Hui looked at the unremarkable little island not far away and couldn't help but feel excited.

There are no reefs near the island, so fishing boats can anchor very close.

Even if the tide goes down, there is no need to be afraid. When you collect the nets and return in the early morning, the tide will have risen steadily.

Several people got off the fishing boat and walked in the thigh-deep sea water.

As soon as he got off the boat, Chen Hui felt it immediately. He didn't need to pay special attention and just focused on the sensation coming from all directions.

Although there are no particularly large goods, the surrounding resources are indeed abundant.

"Chen Hui, what are you doing? Come here!"

Several people had already walked to the shore. Seeing Chen Hui still in a daze beside the fishing boat, Wu Shuisheng waved and shouted.

"I'm coming!"

"I just saw a fish swimming by, and I was wondering what to grill for dinner tonight!"

After Chen Hui finished speaking, he returned to the fishing boat and took down two buckets and three net bags.

"Looking like you're planning to eat up this whole piece?" Wu Guang said with a smile.

"Now that we're here, we have to eat and take things with us." Chen Hui put his things down, looked around, and began to arrange the work.

"Uncle Guang, you and Uncle Wei should go and bring back some large rocks, and build a stove to make seafood porridge."

"One isn't enough, we need two, and we also need to grill something to eat!"

"Wu Dahua, go get some wild grass for the fire!"

"Uncle, you are responsible for collecting the firewood to be burned. Collect more!"

When the chef spoke, those who were waiting to eat were speechless.

Everyone started working according to what Chen Hui said.

Chen Hui walked a few steps inside, concentrating his mind and sensing his surroundings.

This island is too small and the resources are really scarce.

The only creatures that can be sensed on the island are wild rodents.

"Are rats going to take over the world? They can even survive in a place like this?"

Chen Hui complained and shook his head.

He also took a machete and walked deeper into the island.

Wei Jianjun was right. Once you get into the island, it is not difficult to collect firewood.

Because there are no particularly large trees, the sun's rays reach the ground directly.

Some branches were broken by the sea breeze and dried on the spot, and could be pulled outside for burning.

There was a fairly tall tree that was uprooted in some typhoon and lay dry on the ground.

Chen Hui took some effort to drag the tree back to the beach by its roots.

Use a machete to cut away the roots and trim away any extra branches.

Then cut it into two halves, insert them into the sand with force, one on the left and one on the right, cut a slope on the top and tie it with a rope, and a clothes rack is ready.

"Chen Hui, you brought back so many dry branches?"

"Hey? What is this rack for? Grilling fish?"

Wu Dahua came back with an armful of hay, and when he saw the branches on the ground and the rack made by Chen Hui, he asked in confusion.

"No, I use it to hang clothes!"

"If you have gathered hay, go and help gather the wood. I am going to the water."

"They said we were going to have seafood porridge tonight, but there's no sign of the seafood yet."

As Chen Hui spoke, he took off his clothes and pants and hung them on the rope.

Take off your slippers and put them aside.

He took out gloves from the diving tool kit, put them on, took the remaining tools, found a suitable position, and dived into the sea.

Just after swimming forward a few meters, Chen Hui was overjoyed to see several mackerels coming towards him.

This kind of fish has firm meat, chewy skin, and is easy to absorb flavor.

It's best to poke it with a stick and roast it slowly over a low fire.

No complicated seasoning is needed. Just brush a little more lard to make the fish skin crispy, and finally sprinkle a little fine salt, and you can eat it with two large bowls of rice.

Several fish swam past Chen Hui, and they didn't find it strange at all to have such a big creature in the sea.

Chen Hui quickly took a medium-sized net bag and spread it out. He grabbed both ends of the net bag with both hands, turned around and chased the fish.

By the time they react, they can only break out of the net bag.

"I seem to be swimming faster than before lately!"

Chen Hui grabbed the already closed fishing nets and felt that it was not difficult to catch them.

He swam back to the surface holding the fishing net, threw the net bag onto the shore, and shouted loudly:

"Wu Dahua! Take this over there and kill it. Then you can roast it and eat it later."

"Go kill them over there! Don't come this way. I don't want to see a bunch of entrails floating around while I'm swimming!"

(End of this chapter)