Chapter 45 Unique Skill
The Tianma River is vast for hundreds of miles, and there are hundreds of fishermen who make fishing.
It is not easy to make a living on the water. Wind, waves, reefs, water beasts, thieves, and even strange things lurking in the river threaten their safety at all times.
Old fisherman like Sun Bo, who has been fishing for forty years and can still operate a paddle and cast a net, is undoubtedly a rare breed!
His experience is extremely rich.
You must know that fishing is a technical activity, and experience is required for rocking a boat, exploring the water for traces, and casting a net for fishing.
Under normal circumstances, an old fisherman will never teach outsiders the valuable experience he has accumulated over his lifetime.
The principle of teaching a disciple to starve his master to death is applicable to all walks of life!
But I don’t know what kind of methods Chen Zhize used to make Sun Bo willing to teach Zhang Yuan.
Nothing to hide.
At first, Uncle Sun taught him the skill of rocking an oar.
Because the new fishing boat that Chen Zhize half sold and half gave to Zhang Yuan is a black-topped oar boat.
The oar is not limited by wind or water depth, and is the most efficient human sailing tool.
This oar is placed at the stern of the ship. The oar is inlaid with square squares of wear-resistant hardwood - oar pads. A semicircular hole is dug out in the middle, which is placed on the support button fixed to the stern of the ship.
The flat end of the oar extends into the water, and the end of the handle is tied to the side of the boat with a hemp rope.
The person who needs to rock the oar holds the oar in his hand and pushes it forward and pulls it back.
The oars extend and swing in the water, pushing the boat forward!
This sounds simple and does not look complicated, but in fact, operating it by hand is completely different.
It took Zhang Yuan three days to barely master the technique of rocking the oar.
As a result, Uncle Sun was shocked!
Because it took him nearly two months to master this technology proficiently.
But Zhang Yuan actually has a very limited amount of time to practice every day.
In the following days, Zhang Yuan came to the dock early every morning to meet the old fisherman, board the boat and paddle down the river to learn how to fish.
He usually disembarks at the river bend in front of Wubao, and then goes to the Wubao wooden house to practice the Wave Palm hard.
In the afternoon, Zhang Yuan returned to the river bend to practice water skills.
At the same time, he is looking for the extraordinary life form he encountered last time.
When he gets home in the evening, he still needs to continue practicing Rock Pole Kung Fu and soaking in medicinal baths to soften his skin.
Improve your blood and strength bit by bit.
My life was very fulfilling.
Autumn has arrived in a blink of an eye.
This morning, at dawn, Zhang Yuan sailed the fishing boat into a calm river bend.
He handed over the oars to Sun Bo Lai to take control of. He came to the bow and grabbed the fishing nets placed on the deck.
The next moment, Zhang Yuan suddenly turned around and raised his arms, throwing out the fishing net he was holding.
The fishing net instantly unfolded in the air and the cover fell on the water.
It sank quickly!
The whole process can be said to be done in one go and to an extremely high standard.
After a while, he felt that the fishing net had sunk to the bottom, and Zhang Yuan slowly put away the big net.
After a while, the water splashed, and the silver scales under the net could be faintly seen, and the splashing force was not small.
The big fish has been caught in the net!
Sure enough, when Zhang Yuan pulled up the entire net, he brought with him a big carp, two mandarin fish and a dozen miscellaneous fish.
It’s quite a harvest!
Especially the big carp are the most valuable.
The carp in Tianma River is famous far and wide. The meat is delicious and has no muddy smell, and it also has nourishing effects.
This carp weighing six or seven kilograms can be sold for at least one tael of silver in a restaurant in the city.
Zhang Yuan happily loaded the big fish into the living water tank.
"Brother Zhang..."
At this time, Uncle Sun suddenly said: "You are completely ready to start teaching. I have taught you everything the old man can teach you. Your current fishing ability is almost three or four years ahead of others." ”
The old fisherman felt very uncomfortable. He has a son who has long wanted to inherit his father's legacy and pass on all his fishing skills to his son.
As a result, Uncle Sun's son was born on the water, but he did not learn any of the skills of a fisherman.
Rocking the boat against the shore, casting the net and throwing away the rope, you are so stupid!
Looking back at Zhang Yuan, it took him less than a month to learn most of his skills.
Comparing people with each other can really make people angry!
If Zhang Yuan was his son, then Uncle Sun would laugh out of his dreams.
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "It all depends on your teaching!"
A capable person is a teacher, and Zhang Yuan still respected this old fisherman.
Of the fish he catches during practice every day, he only keeps one or two at most to take home and eat.
The rest were all given to Uncle Sun as compensation.
Uncle Sun waved his hand, sighed and sat down at the stern of the boat.
Looking frustrated.
Zhang Yuan's heart moved, he put down his fishing net and asked: "Uncle Sun, has something happened to you?"
Uncle Sun hesitated for a moment, but replied: "It's not a big deal..."
It turns out that the reason why he agreed to Chen Zhize was to teach Zhang Yuan all his fishing skills.
Except for Chen Zhize’s identity.
The most important thing is to make a living for his son!
Uncle Sun's son is already in his twenties. He has not learned from his father's skills and makes a living by selling fish.
Of course what we sell is our own fish.
But Uncle Sun had been fishing for nearly forty years, and he suffered from rheumatism, and his old body was already overwhelmed.
Currently I am just holding on, and I estimate that if I persist for another year and a half, I won’t be able to do it at all.
And he has a large family to support.
If this source of income is cut off, you will have to eat chaffy vegetables!
Chen Zhize promised Uncle Sun that after he taught Zhang Yuan, he would arrange a job for his son at the dock.
In this way, we can at least make ends meet by relying on the Raging Whale Gang.
Now that Zhang Yuan has been able to leave the army, Uncle Sun can't help but worry that Chen Zhize and Chen Xiang are busy...
After Zhang Yuan heard this, he felt somewhat dumbfounded.
But he can completely understand the other party's concerns.
Because Chen Zhize really wants to regret it, then Uncle Sun has no choice.
This is the sadness and helplessness of the little people at the bottom!
Zhang Yuan patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, I will tell Brother Chen, and I guarantee there will be no problem!"
In fact, with Chen Zhize's character, he would not do such a bad thing The matter of quality comes.
But in order to reassure the old fisherman, he added a guarantee.
Sun Bo suddenly smiled and said: "Thank you, thank you, Brother Zhang. Now the old man is relieved."
He was relieved, and his frowning brows relaxed.
The old fisherman gritted his teeth and suddenly said: "Brother Zhang, actually this old man is also good at fishing for turtles with a flying hook. He originally thought of taking it to the coffin, but now he can teach it to you! ”
Fishing for turtles with a flying hook?
Zhang Yuan's eyes lit up - it sounded great!
The so-called fly hook fishing for soft-shell turtles refers to using thin ropes and fish hooks to catch soft-shell turtles in the Tianma River by fly fishing.
River turtle is one of the treasures, and its value is much higher than that of carp.
However, the wild turtles in Tianma River are very alert and difficult to catch using ordinary fishing methods.
Uncle Sun’s flying hook for turtle fishing was his own invention.
No other fisherman has it but himself!
If Uncle Sun had not had a good impression of Zhang Yuan and was unwilling to lose this skill, he would not have taught it to him.
Zhang Yuan’s promise gave him a unique skill!
(End of this chapter)