Chapter 107 Old man’s words!
Zhao Dahai returned to the dock and inquired, not only his other fishing boats that went out to sea, but few of them had a decent harvest. He packed up the fishing boats, picked up a bucket of turbid seawater, vented his frustration, and poured it forward with all his strength. , washing the fishing boat deck.
"The sea!"
"Are you going fishing tomorrow?"
Liu Bin stood on his fishing boat and shouted at Zhao Dahai.
Zhao Dahai sighed. The sea water was very turbid and there were no fish for two days in a row. He really didn't know if he would continue to go to sea tomorrow.
Liu Bin watched Zhao Dahai go up to the pier and walk home. Not to mention fishing in the past two days, he and Zhong Shizhu who put out fishing nets also had no fish.
Zhao Dahai returned home and called "Grandma". Zhong Cuihua responded in the kitchen. She walked in and saw the busy work in front of the stove. The rice had been cooked and she was cooking. She refused to take over and took the bowl. I put the rice in my chopsticks and waited for the dishes to be served. I saw that the fish ball soup was filled with dried seaweed. I took a bite and it tasted much better than the previous few days.
“Still no fish?”
Zhong Cuihua took a sip of soup and took a bite of rice.
"Yeah."
"Wasn't there a strong wind and white-headed waves a few days ago? The water is as muddy as yellow mud soup, and there are no fish."
Zhao Dahai is a little helpless, either because he doesn't work hard or because God doesn't reward him. , I can't make the water in the sea clear overnight.
“If there are no fish in the sea, then stop fishing!”
Zhong Cuihua took a fishing pellet and put it in Zhao Dahai’s bowl.
"Ah?"
"Grandma."
"What do you mean?"
Zhao Dahai was stunned for a moment. This was not to stop him from going to sea. He was sure. It's something else. Don't fish? So what are you going to do at sea?
“Haha!”
"There are so many things you can catch in the sea!"
"The water is murky."
"Can't we just change it to something else?"
Zhong Cuihua spoke slowly.
“Hey!”
"Grandma!"
"Don't be so secretive. Just say it!"
Zhao Dahai knew that grandma Zhong Cuihua must have had an idea.
Zhong Cuihua told Zhao Dahai that when the water is wet, don’t even think about fishing or setting out fishing nets. I remember that the older generation in the village would put out octopus tubes or other things when this happens.
Zhao Dahai slapped the back of his head hard. He had not thought of this at first. Now is the season for octopuses. The key is not to be afraid of muddy water, or even better.
Zhao Dahai finished his meal quickly and started to prepare immediately. He dragged out two large sacks from the corner of the woodshed. He also kept a lot of octopus tubes. Everything was ready-made. The bamboo tube used for jumping fish is almost exactly the same. In fact, it is just a bamboo tube. Take it out and check it. The bamboo tube is fine and can be used. However, the rope has become brittle after being left for a few years. If you pull it with a little force, it will break. It must be replaced. Take out the big bamboo tube. The bundles were made of nylon ropes as thick as chopsticks, and holes had been punched in all the bamboo tubes. The bamboo tubes were spaced ten meters apart. There were twenty bamboo tubes in a string, and two foam buoys were tied to each end of each string. It took several hours. Fifty strings, a total of one thousand bamboo tubes, all replaced with ropes.
Zhao Dahai stood up and flexed his hands and feet, looked at the time, and unknowingly it was already three o'clock in the morning. He did not go to bed, cooked something, filled his stomach, packed the bamboo tubes and placed them on two large Inside the basket, motorcycles were carried to the pier, and almost all the fishing boats had left. The less fish there were, the earlier they had to go to sea, and the less money they could make, the harder they had to work.
Zhao Dahai carried the octopus tubes onto the fishing boat, dumped them on the deck, held a basket, picked up a basketful of bricks and put them on the fishing boat. Each string of octopus tubes was tied with a brick in front and behind, and was arranged and put away. At a convenient place, I started the diesel engine, left the dock without running far, and drove towards the mangrove forest.
Zhao Dahai's fishing boat sailed to the sea area two to three hundred meters away from the mangroves. This seabed is different from the seabed in other places. One hundred to two hundred meters away from the edge of the mangroves is a tidal flat. Mainly fine sea mud. I dug blood eels in this place some time ago. I continued to mix the sand and mud outside. Seven parts mud and three parts sand, the octopus is here.
Zhao Dahai looked down at the sea water and shook his head. It was almost exactly the same as the whole day, as turbid as the water of the Yellow River. Fortunately, he listened to his grandma and came out to put the octopus tube. If he fished, he would have spent another day in vain. However, octopuses are not native to this area, and seasons and tides are indispensable. Whether we can harvest or catch octopus today depends on whether God will reward us or not.
You have to choose the right place to put the octopus tube. You need to put a string of straight and taut lines into the sea. If the line is not taut, if you put it into the sea, it will either get tangled together or cover a small area. No matter what the case is, don’t If you want to catch octopus especially it is impossible to catch a lot of octopus.
Zhao Dahai observed carefully, picked a place with flowing water and started placing the octopus tube. Throw the buoy of the octopus tube into the sea, then the tied bricks, add some oil, and the fishing boat moves forward, dragging the remaining octopus tube and sliding into the sea so that the line can be stretched straight.
“Thud, tug, tug!”
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"Thud, tug, tug!"
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"Thud, tug, tug!"
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Zhao Dayu controls the fishing boat with one hand, releases the octopus slips with the other, and chooses the position It's quite time-consuming, and it's very fast to put in. After putting out fifty strings, it was already bright. A string of octopus tubes with twenty bamboo tubes is a total of 200 meters long. Fifty strings of octopus tubes is more or less, and the place where the octopus comes out is basically full.
Zhao Dahai wiped the sweat beads on his forehead. There are many husband and wife boats or brothers' boats for offshore fishing, mainly because it is convenient to work. You have to control the fishing boat by yourself, which is much more troublesome.
Zhao Dahai took a rest and drove the fishing boat away. The octopus tubes must be kept overnight at least, and they can't be collected until tomorrow morning. It's just dawn now, and the day can't be wasted. You have to do it regardless of whether you have money or not.
Zhao Dahai fished for a whole day. In the morning, he switched to fishing for sand pointed fish, and in the afternoon, he fished for fish. The harvest was very dismal. When he returned to the dock at night, he had sold all the fish he had caught for gas. not enough.
Zhao Dahai went home to eat, took a shower, went to bed early, got up at three in the morning, cooked breakfast and went out to the dock, where he drove the fishing boat to the place where the octopus tube was placed.
The sea breeze in the early morning was a bit cold, and the flying sea water hit my face, which made me feel a bit chilly. Looking out, I saw dots of lights on the sea, all of which were fishing boats.
Zhao Dahai sighed, thinking that with a fishing boat he could go to sea and make money, but now he realized that it was not that simple. There are so many fishing boats and countless fishing nets. You release them and I release them. There are not many fish in the sea. How many can each person catch? However, there is no other way to make a living, and it is impossible not to let go. As a result, everyone will not have enough to eat.
Zhao Dahai has a headache. How can I make money to support my family? Survival of the fittest, only by changing can we survive and live better, but it is not easy.
Zhao Dahai drove the fishing boat. It didn’t take long to reach the sea where the octopus tube was placed. Don’t think about the things you couldn’t figure out for now. Work is important and we’ll talk about other things later. A bamboo pole was erected on the deck and a bamboo pole was hung on it. A light bulb with high wattage can be seen within seven or eight meters around the fishing boat. After a while, I found a string of octopus barrel buoys, hooked them with a hook and pulled them on board. The water was not deep, so I pulled the first bamboo tube for a while. Out of the water.
Zhao Dahai is a little nervous. The water is too muddy these days and it is difficult to catch fish. If there is a harvest in the octopus tube, he can continue to release it in the next two days to make some money. If there is no harvest, he can only wait for the water. clear.
I am really grateful for everyone’s support that this book can be published in Sanjiang.
(End of this chapter)