Chapter 33: All you earn by wallowing in the mud is your hard-earned money
Zhao Dahai walked to the front of the mangrove and waited for a while. The tide began to recede slowly, and the mudflat gradually emerged. In a place like this, creatures There are many fish, shrimps, crabs, etc., but they are not big. However, the jumping fish is different, there are many and big fish.
Zhao Dahai was not in a hurry and waited until the sea water receded for about an hour before walking on the mudflat. The biggest feature of the mudflat is that the mud is very deep. If you step on it, it will reach at least your knees. In some places, you will have to sink your thighs. The sea mud is very sticky, a bit like a swamp. It is very difficult to pull out and requires a lot of effort. The thing I made out of a piece of wood yesterday looks a bit like a horse and was "ridden" on the mudflat. It is commonly known as a "mud horse", and now it comes in handy.
Zhao Dahai carried the mud horse in one hand and a bamboo tube and a mesh bag in the other and went up to the mudflat. He walked forward for about ten meters and saw one group of jumping fish after another. They were frightened and went crazy. It jumped forward, and in just a few seconds it had already rushed ten or twenty meters away. It was impossible to catch up or catch it with two legs and two hands. The mud horse was placed on the mud beach, holding it with both hands. Holding the handle, he sat on the mud horse board with his right thigh and half of his buttocks. He kicked his left leg hard on the ground and slid seven or eight meters away.
“Ha!”
"Not bad!"
"This saves effort."
Zhao Dahai was very happy. It is very laborious to walk on the muddy beach at the seaside. If you are not careful, you will sink in. You will be out of breath after not being able to walk a few steps. Having a mud horse saves a lot of effort.
Zhao Dahai skated the mud horse for a few minutes and became proficient in the operation. He did not come here just for fun and started working immediately.
The mudflat next to the mangrove is very large, twenty to thirty meters wide, but very long, extending into the mangrove. A place like this is a paradise for jumping fish.
Zhao Dahai hung the mesh bag and bamboo tube on the handle of the mud horse and slowly slid forward, staring at the mud beach carefully while sliding. Although the jumping fish always jumps up and down on the mud flats or water surface, in fact it is a cave dweller and likes to dig holes in the mud flats.
It didn’t take long for Zhao Dahai to find a hole dug by a jumping fish. He put a bamboo tube on the entrance of the hole and pressed it down hard. The entire bamboo tube was pressed into the mud, leaving only a hole for him to grab. After applying a handful of mud and smearing it, at first glance it looked no different from the original hole of the jumping fish. Generally speaking, jumping fish have two holes, one in front and one in back. After searching, I found that the entrance to the other hole was directly covered by a pile of mud. After placing a bamboo tube, immediately find another entrance to the jumping fish hole and place another bamboo tube, one after another, and put all the bamboo tubes down.
The sun slowly rises.
The mudflats are getting hotter and hotter.
Zhao Dahai gasped for air. Sweat beads the size of soybeans kept dripping down, as if they cost nothing.
There are a lot of jumping fish on the mudflat in front of the mangrove, and you can find a hole for jumping fish at any time. But after putting all 80 bamboo tubes in, I was very tired.
The price of jumping fish is good.
There are a lot of jumping fish in the mudflats next to the mangroves and even in the mangroves.
But why do so few people or even no one capture it?
Don’t you mean that everyone doesn’t know the value of jumping fish and that you can make money by selling them?
That's not the case at all.
Catching jumping fish is very difficult.
Walking on the mud flat is very strenuous. Even with a mud horse, it only saves effort, not that it is effortless.
Zhao Dahai took a rest and rode the mud horse several times around the mudflat where he had just placed 80 bamboo tubes, especially out of the mangrove.
“Hey!”
"Okay! Run, jump!"
Zhao Dahai was very happy to see groups of jumping fish jumping up and running away like ghosts. I hurriedly hurried over it and immediately started to collect the bamboo tubes. At this time, you need to hurry up.
Zhao Dahai rode a bamboo horse and slid to the edge of a bamboo tube. He grabbed the bamboo tube and pulled it up. He looked at the sunlight above his head and saw something moving underneath. He stuffed it into the mesh bag and shook it a few times. , a jumping fish was thrown out, the size of a finger.
“Ha!” “Not bad.”
"There is something gained!"
Zhao Dahai was very happy.
After the tide goes out, the jumping fish crawl out of the hole to look for food. Once frightened, they will run away quickly. One is to hide on the treetops of the mangrove, or on wooden piles, or on the edge of the rocks. The other is that if given the chance, they will crawl into the hole they dug. The bamboo tube occupied the position of the jumping fish's hole and was smeared with mud. The panicked jumping fish didn't bother to distinguish. He only remembered the location of his hole and went straight in. The bamboo joints on the bottom of the bamboo tube were sealed. Don't drop it, catch it accurately.
Zhao Dahai rowed the bamboo horse and continued to collect until he had collected eighty bamboo tubes. The harvest was good, eighty bamboo tubes, and about sixty jumping fish were caught.
Zhao Dahai picked up the water he brought and drank heavily. After resting for about ten minutes, I continued to place and retract the bamboo tubes, and continued to roll in the mudflat. I did not stop until the seawater rose and submerged the entire mudflat.
Zhao Dahai sat on the sand on the shore and rested for almost half an hour before standing up. He picked up the mesh bag in the bucket and looked at it, with a smile on his face.
The jumping fish is pretty big. The small one looks as big as the middle finger and the big one is about the size of a thumb. The mudflats next to the mangroves are rich in food and relatively fat. After weighing it, I found it weighed five kilograms. Sell it to a fishmonger for twenty or thirty yuan, and sell it directly to Liu Gang for a higher price. The smaller one, forty or older, may even cost fifty yuan a catty, and you can earn about two hundred yuan.
Hard work?
What are you afraid of if you can make money and work hard?
It’s easier to make money if you have a fishing boat, but who says you don’t have a fishing boat? We can only work harder and earn enough money to repair the fishing boat.
Zhao Dahai looked at the time. It was four or five o'clock. He was exhausted and washed the mud and bamboo tubes on the pier in the sea water. That's it for today, and he will continue to work tomorrow.
Zhao Dahai returned home and found a large tank. He poured the half-barrel of seawater and mud he brought back into it, and the jumping fish in the mesh bag. The jumping fish is in muddy water, so it's no problem to feed them for a few days. I plan to catch them for a few more days and sell them in the town.
"Yo!"
"I'm back!"
Zhong Cuihua came out of the yard and saw Zhao Dahai who was like a mud monkey, and was very heartbroken.
"Hehehe!"
"Grandma."
"Aren't you collecting money to repair fishing boats now? Work harder."
Zhao Dahai smiled. Now I work hard to make money repairing fishing boats. I can earn two to three hundred yuan a day, which is pretty good. No matter how hard it is, I have to grit my teeth.
Zhong Cuihua opened his mouth, but didn't say anything. If you don't have money, you have to work hard. This has been the case for thousands of years.
Zhao Dahai took a shower and changed clothes, drank some water, rested for a while, and started cooking dinner. He was busy for most of the day and was very tired. The dinner was very simple, no cooking, just washed salted pork belly and cut into half palms. Small and large, put it directly into the rice and cook it together. When the rice is ready, the dishes will be ready at the same time. It doesn't taste very good, but I'm so hungry that my chest is pressed against my back, so I can't care so much. The most important thing is that when the rice is big, there will be oil and water in it.
After Zhao Dahai finished his meal, he went to bed early and caught jumping fish. He was really sleepy and fell asleep.
Zhong Cuihua sat in the main room weaving fishing nets with the lights on until three o'clock in the morning.
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