Fisherwoman: After my divorce, I became rich by fishing at sea

Chapter 445 Coconut Crab Trap

Watching the turtle slowly crawling towards the sea and gradually disappearing from their sight, Fu Wan and the others also marveled at the magic of life.

"Awan, Aming! What are you doing? It's getting dark, and it's almost time for us to go trawling!"

A beam of light suddenly appeared not far away. It was Boss Fu who came out with a flashlight to look for them.

"Okay, here we come!"

Fu Wan responded and immediately turned around and walked towards Boss Fu.

Fu Ming, however, did not forget to pick up the coconuts on the ground while he was anxious.

"Awan, these coconuts look great, but it's too late now and we can't get more."

The island is pitch black now. If it weren't for the flashlight, you wouldn't be able to see your hand in front of you, and walking would be a problem.

Not to mention climbing trees to pick coconuts.

"Coconut? Brother, you got some coconut?"

Fu Wan suddenly came to her senses when she heard this. She had been thinking about trying the coconut crab again before. Now the chance has come, right?

There are coconuts, it's late at night, and we're on an island. It would be unreasonable not to set up a few coconut traps.

Fu Ming hadn't thought about this at all. He was just thirsty.

Just when he looked up, he saw a few coconuts hanging on the tree. If he could let them go, that would not be his style at all.

"Hey, where did the coconut come from!"

Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan had just returned with a full harvest, and were a little surprised to see Fu Ming and Ye Lin holding two coconuts.

"Brother, please open this coconut quickly. We will leave the coconut meat on this island."

Ye Lin was confused and asked curiously, "What are you doing on the island?"

"You're stupid, of course you're staying on the island to fish for coconut crabs!"

As expected of a mother like Fu Wan, Fu Ming understood what Fu Wan meant instantly.

So he hurriedly picked out a coconut-opening knife from the tools next to him, and then opened the coconut as quickly as possible.

There was quite a bit of juice in the two coconuts, and everyone shared a drink. It was indeed a wonderful experience to be on this deserted island, feeling the sea breeze and drinking coconut milk.

After finishing the coconut juice, Fu Liang and Fu Ming chopped the coconut into several halves. Then Fu Wan found a hemp rope from the side, tied the coconut meat with one end, and tied the other end to a stone or tree root near the entrance of the coconut crab hole.

If they don't tie it up, the coconut meat might be dragged into the hole by the coconut crabs once they leave. Coconut crabs eating coconuts "Awan, how can we really catch coconut crabs with this?"

Ye Lin learned new knowledge today. As a mountain man, he had never seen a coconut crab.

Seeing Fu Wan and her siblings so busy and happy, he was also full of curiosity about the coconut crab, which he had never seen before.

"Brother A-Lin, it's true. Wait until we come back after dragging two nets, and you'll know."

After Fu Wan finished speaking, Fu Ming added, "Brother Dalin, coconut crabs are delicious, and they're so big, you can make a whole pot of them just one."

Thinking about the last time he ate coconut crab, the chewy texture and the tender and juicy crab meat, Fu Ming couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

Seeing Fu Ming's expression, Ye Lin became even more curious and wished that the coconut crab could be caught right now.

However, this is obviously impossible, because animals living in the wild are generally very alert, especially when they are in large numbers and make a lot of noise, so the coconut crab will definitely not risk its life to come out of the hole at this time.

"Come on, let's go drag the net first!"

Seeing that the coconut crab trap had been set, Fu Wan urged the brothers to get on the boat quickly.

Ye Xiaocui, Jiang Chunlan and Fu Lao Da, the three elders, had already boarded the boat and were waiting. As for the coconut crab trap, Fu Wan and her siblings could just go and do it; he was too lazy to get involved.

What's more, Ye Xiaocui and the others had just picked up a lot of conchs and shrimps, which now had to be washed clean with sea water and placed in the fish boxes on the boat.

Otherwise, once the shrimp dies, its meat will dissolve and become loose at the fastest speed. Not only will you not be able to sell it, you won’t be able to eat it either.

It can only be fed to chickens.

After everyone got on the boat, Ye Xiaocui and the others also arranged their recent harvest.

Seeing that there were still a lot of sea grapes in Fu Wan's bucket, Ye Xiaocui was very happy. She took out a bunch, washed it and tasted it.

It was so sweet that her eyes narrowed.

In that era of material scarcity, it was good enough to have enough food to eat, so there was no fruit to eat.

Therefore, the fruits that grow natively on the seaside are what they eat the most, and sea grapes are of course one of them.

"A Ming, A Liang, A Lin, you three will remember to set up the trawl net. I'll go drive the boat!"

After giving the order, Boss Fu turned around, started the diesel engine, and then drove the boat north.

At this time, the sea was pitch black with no visible boundaries, and occasionally a few lights could be seen in the distance.

Those are other fishing boats at work.

Seeing that the boat was getting farther and farther away from Bird's Nest Island, Fu Ming called on the other two brothers to pick up the trawl net and throw it into the sea.

The trawl net is very large, so several people need to be placed at the stern of the boat to throw it down. The line is released from the drum of the net-lifter, and then the entire trawl net will slowly unfold in the sea as the boat moves, thus starting the fishing operation.

Seeing that they had no problem setting up the trawl net, Fu Wan took out the bucket containing the bait.

"Mom, Auntie, let's put the longline down first, and then make dinner."

You know what, as soon as it gets dark, my stomach starts growling with hunger.

It takes a while to harvest the longline, so put down the longline first. After you finish eating and cleaning up, you can almost retrieve the fish hook.

Ye Xiaocui and the others naturally had no objection to this arrangement, but they didn't have to work for long, because after the trawl net was lowered, Ye Lin and others came to help.

"Then you guys do it, I'll go steam the rice."

Seeing that there were too many people busy fishing on the deck, Ye Xiaocui simply got up and heated up the food.

One person strings the bait and one person casts the line. Even if they split into two sides to extend the fishing, a maximum of four people are enough.

The timing was just right. Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan had just finished preparing dinner, and the longline fishing was almost finished.

"It's time to eat, it's time to eat!"

Jiang Chunlan called out, and Fu Wan and the others quickly washed their hands and went over.

The dinner on the boat is becoming more and more sumptuous. Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan are now willing to spend money. The staple foods include hot rice and previously prepared pancakes, and there are also quite a few dishes.

In addition to the braised pork ribs made at home, there are also shrimps and snails that have just been picked up.

The highlight was the canned fish that Fu Ming brought on board. He peeled the steamed shrimps and dipped them in the sauce in the canned fish. The taste was simply amazing.

This way of eating was discovered by Fu Wan. After seeing her eat like this, Fu Ming and others followed her example. Soon everyone was full.

Of course, they did not forget Boss Fu who was driving the boat. Before Fu Ming started eating, he packed up his food and brought it to the cockpit.

"Dad, let's eat!"

Boss Fu turned around and looked at the fragrant rice in Fu Ming's hand, and suddenly felt his stomach start to rumble.

"Okay, put it on the stool. I'll eat it later when I'm not at the helm."