I was the queen of the sea in the 80s

Chapter 11 The Women's Fleet
Zhou Haihua felt that there was something wrong with Jiang Zhenzhen's attitude and tone towards Chen Xiangjun these two days. She was a little worried and asked, "Zhenzhen, did Chen Xiangjun say something to you?"

"No, no." Jiang Zhenzhen didn't want Zhou Haihua to worry, she pretended to be relaxed and smiled, and said, "Chen Xiangjun is at school, what can he say to me? I just said it casually."

This topic can no longer be discussed, Jiang Zhenzhen changed the subject in a timely manner and said: "Mom, I don't want to farm anymore, I want to go fishing."

Zhou Haihua's hands trembled, and she almost spilled the rice seedlings in her hands. She even wondered if she heard it wrong, and asked, "You, what are you talking about?"

"I said, I want to go fishing."

Zhou Haihua refused almost reflexively: "No! Absolutely not!"

Both her husband and her son had accidents at sea, if something happened to this girl, wouldn't it be her life?

Not far away, the comrades who were planting rice seedlings heard the movement here, and looked up one after another.

"Mom, don't worry, listen to me first." Jiang Zhenzhen had expected that Zhou Haihua would refuse, and she tried to persuade Zhou Haihua, "My brother and my father, it was all accidents, I am better than them—"

Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Zhou Haihua. Zhou Haihua's attitude was very tough: "If I say no, I won't! Even if I starve to death, I won't allow you to board the boat!"

"mom--"

"Shut up, stop talking, I don't want to hear it." Zhou Haihua bent down and continued to work, she refused to continue communicating with Jiang Zhenzhen.

At this time, one of the quickest workers had finished planting a row of rice seedlings, turned back, and heard Zhou Haihua and Jiang Zhenzhen's conversation when they passed by.She couldn't help persuading: "Zhenzhen, you're a girl, what kind of boat are you on, the boat is full of elders, it's inconvenient for you, a little girl."

Then he said to Zhou Haihua: "Sister-in-law Haihua, don't worry, Zhenzhen is just impulsive. Moreover, even if Zhenzhen wants to get on the boat, the boss of the boat will not accept her."

Jiang Zhenzhen was not convinced: "Why didn't you accept me? I am strong and can work."

"But you are a woman." Chen Jiarong shook his head and smiled helplessly, "The rule passed down from our ancestors on our island is that women are not allowed to board the boat."

In fact, not only Moon Island, but other coastal areas basically have this tradition. In ancient times, people said that women are unlucky, that getting on a boat will affect the fish catch, and it is easy to anger the sea god and cause accidents, so women are not allowed to go on the boat.

"But I remember that before our brigade set up a women's fleet..." Jiang Zhenzhen didn't know this until she heard people mention it occasionally.

"Yes, we did form a women's fleet." Chen Jiarong thought for a while, "That must have happened more than 20 years ago? At that time, we had just founded the People's Republic of China, and it was said that women could hold up half the sky, and we lesbians could do what men can do. , so many lesbians asked to board the boat."

"But the boss of the boat is stubborn and doesn't accept us female comrades on board. Later, our female director negotiated with the secretary of the brigade, and the secretary of the brigade decided to give up two boats from the team and use them exclusively for fishing for us women. So our And so the Women's Fleet was formed."

"But the work on the boat is very hard. Shaking the scull, pulling the net, and packing up the sea goods are all labor-intensive work, and sometimes you have to go out of the boat at night to catch fish. Occasionally, when there is a big storm, you will be frightened for a long time." Chen Jiarong's side Shaking his head while talking, he concluded, "This job is not suitable for us lesbians at all!"

"In the beginning, for the sake of the face of us lesbians, they were still able to persevere, but this matter has accumulated over time, and there will always be times when they cannot hold on. When we can't fill even one boat, our women's fleet is disbanded."

At this time, another quick-working person came back after planting a row of rice seedlings. Hearing the conversation here when passing by, he couldn't help but say: "My mother was in that fleet back then, every time she got off the boat and went home They were all so exhausted that they couldn't rest in bed for half a day."

He also said: "Zhenzhen, I know you are strong, but can you still be stronger than a man?! Even my dad is too tired to work on the boat every day. You, don't even think about it!"

After finishing speaking, she bent down and continued planting rice seedlings. She worked so fast that she planted a meter away in the blink of an eye.

Chen Jiarong saw that he was overtaken, and he didn't care about chatting with Jiang Zhenzhen, so he hurried to chase the person in front.

Zhou Haihua poked Jiang Zhenzhen's waist with her elbow and said, "Okay, look at your Aunt Rong, she works fast and well, and can get the highest work points every time, no less than some boatmen. As long as you Work hard, and you can get so much!"

Jiang Zhenzhen smiled, what else could she say, she could only agree well.While bending down to work, she was thinking in her heart how to get Zhou Haihua to agree to her boarding the boat. After all, relying on the mountains and the sea, it would be a pity not to use such precious marine resources.

And there is still a space on her body. She just saw that the bowl of hot porridge she put in this morning is still hot. That is to say, the space has the function of heat preservation.People who have been fishing all year round know that mackerel, tuna, redwood, etc., will die as soon as they get on the boat, and they cannot be kept in water tanks. They must be stored in quick freezing.

In the 80s, there were not many fishing boats with quick-freezing warehouses. Even if there were, the quick-freezing warehouses were not large. When they were full, they had to return to the voyage to unload the cargo, which consumed fuel and wasted time.If she can make good use of the space, she can catch mackerel and tuna in large quantities. These two kinds of fish are very valuable. In this way, wouldn't she be able to make a lot of money? !

This time when Jiang Zhenzhen was reborn, she had no other wish but to earn more money so that the two children left behind by her mother and elder brother could have a good life in the future.

While Jiang Zhenzhen was working hard in the field, Qian Baoping, who was sent to the clinic, slowly opened her eyes.

"Mom! Mom, are you awake?" Li Xiangyu has been paying attention to Qian Baoping's movements on the hospital bed. When she saw Qian Baoping opened her eyes, she excitedly held Qian Baoping's hand and said, "That's great, Mom! Finally woke up." She turned her head and shouted to the nurse next door who was infusing other patients, "Nurse, nurse, my mother is awake!"

The pungent smell of disinfectant made Qian Baoping frowned, and she asked, "Where is this?"

"This is the hospital." After Qian Baoping fainted in the morning, she rushed him to the hospital and stayed here without even drinking.

"Hospital?" Qian Baoping was just about to say why I came to the hospital, when the words came to her lips, she suddenly remembered what happened this morning, and the next second she jumped up from the hospital bed and grabbed Li Xiangyu's hand Ask, "What about Jiang Ergou? Where did Jiang Ergou go?"

(End of this chapter)