Chapter 2 Catch the sea on a moonlit night and worry about making money
“Huh?”
“What’s going on?”
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“Look at it Cleaning the house all day long ”
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"Who knows?"
"A child without a father and a mother. How pitiful!"
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"Humph!"
"The prodigal son comes back? He'll have to sneak around again in a few days!"
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People appear in twos and threes around, busy cleaning up the house all day long. They are all from the same village, so it is impossible not to attract attention. , especially when the fire is burning, there is a lot of movement. It is dinner time, and everyone comes out and points.
Zhao Dahai ignored it, turned around, walked back to the yard, and closed the door. He was far away and could not hear clearly, but there must be nothing good to say. In the past two years, he has heard too much.
Who calls himself a bastard?
Bastards have no human rights!
It’s normal to point and say a few unpleasant words.
Zhao Dahai walked into the kitchen, ordered hay and stuffed it into the stove, put chopped firewood on it, added water to the pot, and started cooking.
“The sea.”
“Come.”
"Take this money!"
"Go to the town tomorrow to buy some fun and delicious food!"
Zhao Dahai saw Zhong Cuihua walking in with a smile on her face, holding five yuan in her hand , handed it over, someone outside the yard just shouted to collect the fishing nets, this must be the wages for the completed fishing nets.
“Hey!”
“Grandma!”
"What are you doing?"
"I'm already eighteen years old."
"I want to spend it on myself."
"You take the money! "
Zhao Dahai shook his head, placed the short stool next to him, and pulled Zhong Cuihua to sit down.
"Okay, okay!"
"Then grandma keeps it for you. If you need it when you want to give it away, tell grandma that if you don't need it, I will keep it for you. You can use it to marry a wife, or buy candies for my great-grandson."
Zhong Cuihua smiled, slowly sat down with her hands on her knees, and casually added a handful of firewood to the stove.
Zhao Dahai was a little bit dumbfounded. Saving money to marry a wife is justifiable, but the great-grandson has a long way to go to buy sweets.
“Okay!”
"Grandma."
"Then you keep it. In two years, I will marry a wife and have three or five children for you to play with."
Zhao Dahai said with a smile, this is Zhong Cuihua’s biggest hope.
Zhong Cuihua smiled so hard that she couldn't even see her eyes.
Zhao Dahai cooked the rice, but there was no food at home. He mixed some salt and filled his stomach. After thinking about it, he told Zhong Cuihua that he would go out later and get some food when the tide goes out at nine o'clock tonight.
Zhong Cuihua nodded. It is common to eat from the mountains and the sea. The food that people in the fishing village do not eat on the table are all cooked from the sea. She is too old to do this. Zhao Dahai went around to get some food. Of course. Zhao Dahai finished washing the dishes, tidied up the kitchen, and returned to the main room. Zhong Cuihua had prepared a mesh bag, a bucket and a flashlight, and a pair of Jiefang shoes were placed on the floor.
“Grandma!”
“The tide is almost over!”
“I’m going out!”
Zhao Dahai changed his shoes while talking. Zhong Cuihua is weaving a new fishing net. People in the fishing village have no plans to retire. They have to keep working as long as they can. When there is no leisure, there is no stopping, and stopping is useless. Just watch it yourself and don't be too tired.
“Hey!”
“Okay!”
“Be careful.”
Zhong Cuihua nodded and took the net shuttle to smooth her hair. After a moment, he continued to weave a fishing net.
Zhao Dahai picked up the bucket, put the mesh bag inside, and took the flashlight bucket. He walked out of the yard and strode towards the small pier in front of the village. When he arrived, the sea water had receded, revealing large swathes of seabed tidal flats.
The moon hanging in the sky is so bright that there is no need for a flashlight.
Zhao Dahai looked around as he walked, and saw a small pit with some water and a few small stones. He walked quickly over. The water was gone when the tide went out, and the small fish and shrimps had no time to escape. Crabs choose to hide in places like this to wait for the next high tide.
Zhao Dahai used the moonlight to see some scattered claw marks around the stone. He moved the stone away gently. The water mixed for a while and soon became clear. A stone crab lay motionless. A kind of crab that is common in places with rocks on the seashore. It is not big in size. It is usually as big as two or three fingers. The one in front of me looks like it is holding a fist. It is already quite big. It is an old crab.
Zhao Dahai held the back of the crab with his index and middle fingers together, quickly pressed it into the sand, touched the hard bottom, moved his thumb down, pinched the belly of the crab, picked it up, and washed it with the sea water in the puddle. Remove the mud, tear open the mesh bag, and throw it in. This is the first catch of the night. No one buys anything like this at the wet market in the fishing village, but if you grab some and eat it yourself, there's nothing wrong with it and it tastes good.
Zhao Dahai continued to walk forward, specifically looking for the same small pit with stones. In about two hours, he caught more than 20 stone crabs, large and small, and picked up half a catty of snails. With good luck, a larger water snail I trapped five or six small mullet fish as big as two fingers. After a lot of effort, I caught them all. Seeing that the tide was almost rising, I turned around and walked to the shore.
Zhao Dahai walked to the shore, found a place at the bottom of the sand, and dug a small hole. After a while, it was filled with sea water. He washed his legs and Jiefang shoes, which were all muddy, and looked at them. Looking at the reef area in the distance, I shook my head. When I was just reborn last night, I climbed up and almost jumped off.
Zhao Dahai went ashore, sat on the beach, took a rest, watched the sea water slowly rise, and slowly frowned.
It is not difficult to eat at the beach. I just took advantage of the low tide and went around for a while. The miscellaneous seafood was enough for me and my grandma to eat twice. However, I can’t live by eating these every day, let alone, You have to have money to buy rice, flour, oil, salt, sauce, and vinegar—these things you catch cannot be sold for money.
How can I make some money?
Weaving a fishing net?
Can make some money. But I can't afford to have a home.
The low tide receded not far away, and the water rose very quickly. After a while, the waves hit the beach.
Zhao Dahai looked at the small pier of the village. In the darkness, lights were lit, and voices could be heard faintly. These were fishing boats preparing to go out to sea for fishing.
Living in a seaside fishing village, if you are diligent, it is not difficult to get some food to fill your stomach if you are not picky, but it is not easy to make money. There is not much land, so we can only grow a few vegetables, and we have to buy all the rice. I can only do odd jobs or go fishing.
Odd job?
I have been lazy and sneaky in the past two years, which has ruined my reputation. It is unlikely that anyone will be willing to invite me.
Fishing?
I started going out to sea with my father when I was ten years old. I have no shortage of fishing skills, but I need a fishing boat to go out to sea.
Fishing boat?
Buy one?
This is not a small amount.
This is only possible because generations of people have worked hard to save money and tighten their belts.
I am now a pauper.
Don’t even think about it.
However, I have my own fishing boat.
I, Zhao Dati, is a well-known fishing expert in more than a dozen villages in the surrounding area. After more than ten years of hard work, he was the first in the village to build a tile-roofed house and the first to buy a fishing boat. Don’t look at it as just a seventy-eighth. A wooden fishing boat measuring 1.3 meters is the most important asset for fishermen in a fishing village. It is a tool for making money, and it is no worse than buying a Santana at this time. When fishing villages go out to sea, they usually use couple boats. Ever since my wife got married, she and I have gone out fishing together, and the husband and wife have followed each other through the wind and rain. I got on a fishing boat when I was five or six years old. I have always thought that when I grow up, the father and son can fish together, and I can rest at home. Who knows that God will not follow my wishes. On my sixteenth birthday, my father and mother will never go to sea again. return. Half a year later, the people in the village took advantage of the low tide and dragged the boss back with great effort.
After the fishing boat accident, it sank in the sea for half a year, and it was exposed to the wind and sun for two years on the beach. Many places must have been broken. It is definitely not able to go to sea now, but it can be repaired. It costs a lot of money to buy a boat. , it will save a lot of money to repair the ship. With a fishing boat, you can go out to sea to fish and make money.
Zhao Dahai suddenly became excited.
(End of this chapter)