Chapter 113 Encountering a large trench! How to clean sandworms? (Second update please order)
“Is that person from your Dalang Village?”
Jiang Shiyan pointed at Zhao Dahai who was digging for sandworms dozens of meters away.
"What's the matter? Have you fallen in love with Zhao Dahai? How about I help you pull the string?"
"You really dare to pull this string, I really dare to ask for it."
Ma Hongyu was unforgiving, and Jiang Shiyan was unyielding. We went back and forth, and they fought for a long time.
"Jiang Shiyan."
"Want to be a matchmaker?"
Ma Hongyu looked at Zhao Dahai. In about ten minutes, he could see what he had dug out. There are ten of them. Sandworms are in the sand. Everyone knows their eyes and can dig them out. But not everyone can make money. Some people can only dig out a pound or two in a day. A hoe like Zhao Dahai's A shovel can feed a family. It's not surprising that Jiang Shiyan has such thoughts.
"What's going on with Zhao Dahai?"
This is what Jiang Shiyan had in mind. Zhao Dahai kept working hard for several hours in the morning. He was a ruthless man at work. When he saw that Ma Hongyu was acquainted, Zhao Dahai immediately came over to inquire as soon as Zhao Dahai left.
"Jiang Shiyan."
"It's a good thing to want to be a matchmaker. Zhao Dahai's grandma has long wanted to hold a great-grandson."
"But you have to treat people well. Pick, don’t think that the money will go to other people’s fields. You just want to introduce your own girl. That’s not okay.” , you are definitely not the only one who has this idea. There are many young ladies who are waiting to get married and are thinking about this.”
Ma Hongyu talked about Zhao Dahai's situation in detail, and then pointed around. There were thousands and hundreds of people digging for sandworms. They were all from nearby villages, and they were all people who went to sea. Zhao Dahai could do a good job. inside.
Jiang Shiyan opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he swallowed it back, chatted a few words, and turned around to leave.
“Haha!”
“Jiang Shiyan may really want to introduce someone from her family.”
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"Hmph!"
"What good thing are you thinking about?"
"Zhao Dahai is in charge of his own affairs. He looks down on him and it's useless for anyone to say anything. Zhong Cuihua won't talk too much about this matter. "
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Lei Dayou and Ma Hongyu took a break and continued to dig for sandworms. If they could dig out more sandworms, it would be money. Not everyone has Zhao Dahai's body and strength. ability.
The tide begins to rise.
The sea water comes out of nowhere, more and more.
Most people who dig up sandworms go to the shore early.
Zhao Dahai stepped on the waterline and walked back while digging. At this time, the sandworm instinctively felt that the tide was starting to rise, and it came out of the ground. It is easier to dig deeper and bigger, but not everyone can dig it. At this time, one of the sandworms is tired at the end of the day, and the other is because the tide rises quickly and they move faster to grab the tide water. They cannot dig out the sandworms in one or two strokes. The rising seawater fills the hole all at once, and the sandworms cannot dig out the sandworms. Wasted effort.
Zhao Dahai's hands were swollen and painful, and the shovel in his hand pressed against his hand like a big stone. He gritted his teeth and moved faster. He walked a few steps, poked the shovel into the sand, picked it up, and bent down. I caught a sandworm and threw it into a bamboo basket. The sea water reached my heels. I immediately ran forward a few steps. When I saw the sandworm's eyes, I poked it again with the shovel in my hand.
"Eh?"
"Why is there a ditch here?"
Zhao Dahai was shocked when he saw a sandworm eye with a groove about three or four meters deep next to it. , such a place has accumulated water, and the sand is fine and soft. There may even be a layer of sand on the surface and silt underneath. It is very easy for a person to sink when he steps on it. The more he struggles, the deeper he sinks. Especially now that the tide is high, the mud can't get out. When I opened my body, the water was up to my head and my life was gone. This place didn't look dangerous but was actually very dangerous.
Zhao Dahai looked up and saw that the trench was not one or two meters wide but about a hundred meters long. There was a small island toward the southeast of the open sea.
There are many dangers in the sea, and pits and ditches are far scarier than people imagine. You can see clearly during the day and it’s fine, but you can’t tell when the tide goes out at night, and your visibility is not good. You have to remember places like this to avoid them. .
Zhao Dahai walked quickly around the trench and trotted forward. He just gave up on the sandworm eyes just now and stayed on the edge. Don't drop the hoe and the sand would collapse and he would fall down. Making money is important but life is more important. You can't take chances and be careful. The ship can sail for ten thousand years.
Zhao Dahai rushed ashore, gasping for air. The tide rose faster and faster. He sprinted almost 100 meters from the shore. The last of the sandworm diggers came ashore. He rested for a few minutes and stepped on the beach. Wash your hands and feet in sea water.
“The big sea!”
“You dug so much!”
Zhong Shizhu glanced at the bamboo basket in Zhao Dahai’s hand. It was almost full. It must be big. Twenty kilograms is close to thirty kilograms, and I dug out seven or eight kilograms. Compared with others, this is more than me, but compared with Zhao Dahai, it is too far behind.
"I walked straight into the sea without much rest at noon."
"Work hard."
Zhao Dahai soaked the sandworms in a bamboo basket in water. "That's right!"
"Uncle Shizhu!"
"There is a trench about a hundred meters long. Have you seen it?"
Zhao Dahai thought of the trench he encountered when he came back and reminded Zhong Shizhu.
“About half a month ago, a large fishing boat failed to watch the tide and ran aground there when it docked. The propeller hit the bottom and was ejected.”
“It hit a rock. The propeller was broken. I heard that the ditch was quite deep, almost ten meters at first."
Zhong Shizhu knew where he was talking about.
Zhao Dahai was startled.
A deep ditch of more than ten meters?
When I saw it just now, there were only three or four meters left! This happened half a month ago. The sand backfilled in the ditch must have been very soft and could trap people.
Fortunately, I was not greedy and did not dig out the sandworm's eyes.
You have to be careful in places like this. If you encounter them, you have to go far away.
Zhao Dahai washed the sandworms, walked quickly into the house, walked into the yard, took a large iron basin with a diameter of one meter, and poured all the dug sandworms into it. They were full of sandworms, squirming and watching. A little scalp numbness.
Zhao Dahai didn't care about resting or having dinner. He took a small iron basin and some chopsticks and got ready to start working.
Sandworms not only grow in the sand, but also have sand in their stomachs.
Fresh sandworms are valuable, but dried sandworms are more valuable.
Zhao Dahai has no intention of selling the fresh sandworms he dug. He cleans the sand and dries them into dried sandworms. This takes a lot of work, but can make more money.
The method of cleaning the sand from the sandworm's belly is simple but a bit cruel.
Zhao Dahai grabbed a sandworm with his left hand and held it in his palm. He held the chopsticks in his right hand and stabbed it directly upward from the bottom. Wash it clean, roll it off, and throw it into an iron basin. This is called "turning the sandworm" in the fishing village. It means that the sandworm turns the whole inside out to clean the sand.
This is a delicate job. If you don't do it quickly, it will be easy to break the sandworms with chopsticks. The other thing is that the sand cannot be washed clean and it will be very uncomfortable when you eat it.
No matter what the situation is, don’t expect to sell it at a good price.
Zhong Cuihua walked out, pulled up a stool and took a chopstick to help.
"The sea."
"Are you exhausted from digging so many sandworms?"
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"These sandworms weigh about thirty pounds!"
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"The sandworms are so big this year!"
"If dried, they can be sold for 1,200 yuan per catty!"
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Zhao Dahai and Zhong Cuihua chatted while working. When they finished their work, they saw that the time was already ten o'clock. They quickly cooked and ate whatever they wanted to fill their stomachs when they had work to do.
After Zhao Dahai and Zhong Cuihua finished eating, they continued to work. After cleaning the sandworms, they had to clean them a few more times to make sure there was no sand. They took dustpans and laid them out neatly one by one to dry.
One o'clock in the morning.
The high-wattage lights illuminate the entire yard as if it were daytime.
Zhao Dahai was busy all alone, and his grandma Zhong Cuihua had to help, but she was old and she should stay up as late as possible. At twelve o'clock, it took a lot of effort from the boss to persuade her to go back to the house to sleep. , I am young and in good health, so if I stay up for a while and get a good sleep in a few days, nothing will happen.
Zhao Dahai placed the last sandworm in the basin and stretched his waist a few times. His hands and feet were numb from moving. The sea breeze was dry, so he put the dustpan directly in the yard to dry. It will be half dry early tomorrow morning.
Zhao Dahai immediately took a bath and went to bed. Within five seconds of lying down, he fell asleep immediately.
Four o'clock in the morning.
Zhao Dahai got up, finished breakfast and brought rice. He picked up a bamboo basket with a spade and strode towards the pier under the hook-like moon. The tide has been suitable these days, so he has to dig for sandworms every day. The fishing village Work according to the season, do whatever makes money, and put aside sleep and rest.
(End of this chapter)