Chapter 20 Windy day! Busy picking up fish! What a joy!
Five o'clock in the morning.
Zhao Dahai got up and walked out of the yard. A gust of wind blew by. He looked at the trees in the yard and saw that they were shaking very hard.
The wind is getting stronger.
Zhao Dahai walked to the corner and looked at the blue crabs in the vat. He picked up a few and looked at them carefully. There was no problem. He poured some sea water on them and sold them in the town tomorrow.
Zhao Dahai walked into the kitchen and lit a fire to cook breakfast.
What's going on today?
Zhao Dahai looked at the fire in the stove and wondered what kind of work he would do today.
You can’t go out to sea to fish without fishing boats, and you can’t go out to sea in such weather even if you have fishing boats.
In the field? !
The fence was finished yesterday.
Weeding or something? !
The ground has just been planted for a few days, and there is no more work.
After much thought, Zhao Dahai realized there was nothing to do today.
Is it true that you can only sleep?
Zhao Dahai shook his head. He had been busy with various things these past few days and was not used to being idle.
Zhong Cuihua opened the kitchen door and walked in. The wind blew the door hard and slammed it shut.
Zhao Dahai was startled. The wind is too strong. If the door fell on Zhong Cuihua, it would definitely hurt, and she might even fall. She immediately walked over and helped her sit down on the chair, telling her to be careful next time.
“Hehehe!”
“The sea.”
"How could you possibly be careful about everything?!"
"The days are hopeless."
Zhong Cuihua sat down slowly, holding her knees with both hands.
Zhao Dahai nodded, he couldn't really live his life with caution.
Eat sparingly when you are free and dry when you are busy. I didn't have much to do today, I just cooked some porridge to fill my stomach. Zhong Cuihua continued to weave fishing nets after breakfast.
As Zhao Dahai kept talking, the wind became stronger and stronger, and the door to the courtyard was not closed tightly. It opened and closed, making a loud banging sound, which was a bit unbearable.
Zhao Dahai walked out of the yard and wanted to close the door. He looked down at the sea and watched the white-headed waves getting higher and denser from a distance.
Huh? !
How can there be nothing to do?
Zhao Dahai stood at the door of the yard and looked at the reef at the east end of the village. The strong wind of level 7 or 8 blew the waves hard and splashed with whitecaps. Thinking of something, she immediately turned back to the yard, took two mesh bags, put on her liberation shoes, put on her gloves, and told Zhong Cuihua to go out on her own. Take a trip, go out and stride towards the pier in front of the village.
Zhao Dahai walked to the seaside in front of the village. The wind and waves were too strong and the water rose very high. A wave hits and the small pier disappears, only to reappear when the wave recedes. A dozen or twenty small fishing boats were swaying and rising with the waves.
It’s impossible to go to sea in this kind of weather.
There is no one at the pier.
Zhao Dahai looked at the beach. The waves came up and submerged the beach, then receded and the beach was exposed. I rolled up my trousers and walked along the highest part of the beach towards the reef. As I walked, I carefully watched the waves of the sea that came up and receded. Windy weather. The waves are very big. Under the constant turbulence, the fish, shrimps and crabs in the sea were greatly affected, and they could not distinguish between east, west, north and south. Some would swim directly to the shore. When they reached the shallow sea, they could not help themselves. Some fish fainted, died or lost the ability to move, and they were photographed directly on the shore. side.
Got it!
Zhao Dahai walked for a while, and a wave hit him. He took a few steps to avoid it. A fish rolled in the sea. He ran a few steps and bent down to fish it out. He caught it in his hand and found it was a vegetarian fish. , not big, about one tael, I grabbed it in my hand and struggled a few times.
Zhao Dahai opened the opening of the mesh bag, threw it in, and continued walking forward. After a few steps, he picked up another fish. It was not a vegetarian fish, but a mud fish.
Zhao Dahai searched for it while walking. When he reached the edge of the reef, the wind became stronger and the waves were higher and faster. The clothes on my body were all wet and dripping with water, but it was very worth it. I was holding seven or eight kilograms of fish in a mesh bag in my hand, and the harvest was quite good.
Zhao Dahai took a rest, slowly climbed up a rock, straightened up, and carefully observed the entire reef area. Strong winds and big waves hit the rocks, making "booming" and "swishing" sounds. The sea water exploded, and water mist flew four to five meters high. When the wind blew, it was everywhere, like a light rain. More than half of the entire reef area is submerged in the sea water, and the remaining half disappears when big waves hit, and will only reappear when the waves recede. There is only a small piece left that cannot be hit by the waves when it comes up. Only the sea water keeps coming up, forming puddles one after another. The reefs have been soaked in sea water for many years, and are either covered with seaweed or oysters. The former is very slippery and the latter is very sharp. If the weather is fine, be careful and there will be no problem. However, the wind and waves are strong at this time, and the waves and waves are constantly coming. The blowing wind has a great influence, and it is very easy to fall down. When you fall down, you will bleed, and the wound will be like a knife scratching. You may even be swept into the sea and die.
Zhao Dahai walked forward carefully, stepping on each step carefully before stepping on it, and stepping forward with his back foot only after his front foot was firmly planted. Don't bully the mountains, don't bully the water. The reef area with strong winds and waves is extremely dangerous. After walking forward for a while, I stood firm on a rock, widened my eyes, and carefully looked at the stone gaps or puddles formed between the surrounding rocks. There are fish on the beach in strong winds and waves, but there are more fish here. The waves roll up the fish, shrimps and crabs and slap them on the rocks. Needless to say, the small ones and the big ones have to be knocked unconscious. They rush up directly and are not stuck in the cracks of the rocks. Just soaking in puddles.
Zhao Dahai soon had a harvest. He saw a piece of bright white in a stone crevice a few meters away. He immediately walked over and saw that it was indeed a fish. It was quite big. When he picked it up, he saw that it was a black snapper. This is a common fish on the seaside. It is plentiful and can often be caught. It is relatively small in shallow water, usually only three to five taels, and seven or eight taels are considered large. In the deep sea with a water depth of 100 or dozens of meters, it can grow to more than three or four kilograms. . The fish in my hand weighed one pound or two, and was quite good in size. It was motionless and dead. The scratches on the fish's head showed that it was hit by the wind and waves and hit the rocks.
Stale fish have stiff bodies and dark red gills, which can barely be eaten or used to pickle salted fish. Once the gills turn gray and black, they can no longer be eaten.
Zhao Dahai took the fish and shook it twice. It was soft and elastic. He opened the gills and looked at it. It was as red as blood. It had just died and was very fresh. He threw it into a mesh bag and moved on. After a while, I picked up one, then another, and then another. The fish picked up by the waves on the beach will be rolled back into the sea. They cannot be saved. The reefs are different. There is a high probability that they will get stuck in the crevices of the rocks or remain in the water. In the pit, in just ten minutes, I picked up seven or eight fish, all of which were quite large, with seven or eight small ones weighing more than a pound.
Zhao Dahai weighed the net bag in his hand. The fish weighed fifteen or six kilograms, which was a bit heavy. It was not safe to carry it while walking on the rocks in strong winds and waves. He found a bulging rock to put it on that was not soaked by the sea water. Okay, I took out another mesh bag from my pocket and continued walking forward.
(End of this chapter)