Chapter 62 Big Taboos in Fishing Villages
Eleven noon.
Zhao Dahai packed up his things and walked out of the courtyard. His eyes immediately narrowed. The sun in the sky was very bright and dazzling. It took a few seconds to get used to it.
“This weather is really hot!”
Zhao Dahai shook his head, the weather is really hot, but complaints are complaints, work still has to be done, carrying a hoe Carrying the basket, he strode forward and soon reached the pier in front of the village.
"The sea."
"Are you going to dig for blood eels again?!"
Lei Dayou just got off the fishing boat and met Zhao Dahai.
“Yo!”
“We caught a lot of fish last night!”
Zhao Dahai took a look at the fishing net carried on Lei Dayou's shoulder. It was messed up in many places, and some thumb-sized fish scales shone in the sun and could be seen clearly.
"I had good luck on this trip out to sea. I caught a few big fish. There were also some small fish, which together weighed almost two hundred kilograms."
Lei Dayou was very happy and gestured. Check the size of the fish you caught.
Zhao Dahai looked at Lei Dayou carrying the fishing net and walking quickly towards his home. He was very envious. It is good to have a fishing boat. You may not be able to catch fish when you go to sea. Sometimes you can even get one or two pounds of small things in a busy day. There are no fish, but there are opportunities as long as you go out to sea. Lei Da caught two hundred kilograms of fish one day. It cost twenty or thirty yuan to buy any currency, so he could get five to six thousand yuan in one go. If he had better luck and caught some good fish, seven Eight thousand or even ten thousand is not impossible.
Zhao Dahai glanced at the dozen or twenty fishing boats parked at the pier, turned around and strode towards the beach where he was digging for blood eels. He already had almost 18,000 yuan in money, so he tried to dig more. Bloodline, if you earn another two thousand yuan, you will have enough money to repair the fishing boat. It won't take long for you to be able to drive the fishing boat out to sea for fishing.
Zhao Dahai saw that the tide had receded. He walked around the mangroves and walked to the place where he dug blood eels yesterday. Looking forward, he was a little surprised. There was no one in the entire tidal flat.
No way?
Isn’t there anyone in the village who is excited?
Zhao Dahai is very strange. Yesterday when I returned to the dock, I met people in the village who knew that I had dug a lot of blood eels. I was thinking how many people would come, but I didn't expect this scene.
Zhao Dahai didn’t think much about it. It was going to rain. My mother was getting married, and she couldn’t care whether the people in the village came or not. So, hurry up and get started immediately.
Zhao Dahai dug for half an hour. He was soaked all over. He took off the straw hat on his head and fanned the wind several times. It was no use. The air was scalding hot and the wind was scalding hot.
Is it a fish that comes with every tide?
Zhao Dahai frowned. He only dug up two blood eels in half an hour. Not only were they small in number, but they were also smaller in size. They were both as big as a little finger. If it had been yesterday, he would have either not dug them or would have thrown them away. Disdainful.
Zhao Dahai was very depressed. He thought that if he worked hard today and dug a little more, he would earn another two thousand yuan to repair the fishing boat. Unexpectedly, overnight, earth-shaking changes occurred. What he had dug casually yesterday The big blood eel disappeared today.
Zhao Dahai drank some water, took a rest, collected his mood, and continued digging. If there are no big ones, he can only dig small ones. If the quantity is not large, dig slowly. If you put in more effort, you will make money if you dig one. After digging for a piece of money, I found that the big blood eel didn't disappear. It may be due to the influence of high and low tides, or the sea water is relatively mixed, and the holes and eyes are not obvious, making it difficult to find. Zhao Dahai walked forward slowly with wide eyes, carefully staring at the clues on the tidal flats, and soon discovered something.
Zhao Dahai used a hoe to gently push forward a layer of sea mud on the surface of the tidal flat. A very obvious blood eel hole appeared. He immediately started working and dug out a blood eel as big as a thumb in two or three minutes. Get it up and put it into the plastic bag of the bamboo house, roll it up, press it down, reach out and dig twice in the dug out sea mud, grab two razor clams, throw them back in the bamboo basket and have another good meal. Food to eat.
“Not bad!”
“Ichijo’s size is really good!”
……
"Ha!"
"There are still big blood eels!"
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Zhao Dahai's mood is getting better and better. The entrance or eyes of today's big blood eels are relatively blurry, so it is difficult for inexperienced people to find them. Most people think that the tidal flats at low tide are just mud with a little water. It is the same no matter where it is. This is not the case. , if you look carefully, you can find that the mounds in some places are raised and some places will leave blood eel mucus. However, it is not easy to see and find it. Growing up in a fishing village, there is a wealth of access to the sea. Not many people with fishing experience can have this kind of ability. I can find the experience passed down from my father.
Zhao Dahai walked six or seven meters forward and found another hole with a large blood eel. He didn’t dig it immediately. He turned around and looked at a person two or three meters away. When he dug two blood eels, he had already dug it. I noticed that I didn’t pay much attention at that time. Although this tidal flat is not far from my village, this is not a village place. Anyone can come and dig their own blood eels. Others don’t care about digging clams and razor clams, or they just dig blood eels in the same way. I couldn't care less, but this person was getting closer and closer. At first, he was trailing about ten meters behind, then seven or eight meters, and now three or four meters. He stared at the place he was looking for and looked at it carefully. Dig the whole process yourself.
Steal a teacher!
Zhao Dahai immediately understood what was going on.
Don’t look at blood eels in the tidal flats. When the sea water recedes, you can dig them out with a hoe, but the difference in how much effort and time it takes to dig is huge. In the same place, some people can dig a few kilograms during low and high tides, while others can only dig three or five. If there is no one to teach you, you just can’t figure it out! With this ability, a hoe is enough to support a family.
“Why are you so close!?”
“I’m in charge of your business?”
Zhao Dahai was not polite and glared at him. This guy is not his son or grandson, and I am not his father or grandfather, so why should I treat him well?
Lin Jingcheng came here today because he wanted to dig some razor clams or clams to sell them for some money. As soon as he came, he saw Zhao Dahai digging for blood eels. He didn’t pay attention at first. There were blood eels in this place and there were quite a lot of them, from time to time. Someone was digging, but I didn't care about it because I didn't have the ability. But when I saw the big guys digging one after another, I became jealous and couldn't help but want to see how Zhao Dahai digs. If I learn a few tricks, I can make money digging blood eels. Money? This is much more profitable than digging clams and razor clams.
Broken!
This is a discovery!
Lin Jingcheng’s face was on fire. He paused and did not dare to continue walking. Blood eels cannot be dug casually with a hoe. It requires some skills. In this fishing village, any fishing skills and skills are required. The location of the fish, including watching the tide, are all passed down by word of mouth. It is a matter of money or food. It is a skill to learn from a distance. To follow closely like this is to violate the biggest taboo in the fishing village.
Zhao Dahai dug up a blood eel, another big one, and put it into a plastic bag in a bamboo basket. He continued to move forward and continued digging. He had made his attitude clear. Forget it if this person didn't follow him. Keep following him. Don't blame yourself for not following him. polite.
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