Rebirth of Fishing Village: Starting from Hua Axiang in Jiehu Village

Chapter 11 Mud snails and sea melon seeds in the mangrove forest

The sun rises.

The yard heats up.

Zhong Cuihua supported her knees with both hands, deep wrinkles layer upon layer.

Zhao Shi frowned tightly, lit the hookah, and smoked one after another.

Zhao Dahai sat without saying a word. He wanted to repair the boat and go fishing, but this was not something he could decide on his own.

"Zhao Shi."

"Someday the sea repairs the ship, do me a favor, you are a good hand."

Zhong Cuihua patted her knee.

"what?"

"Old sister-in-law!"

"How about going out to sea and fishing?"

Zhao Shi's eyes widened at once, and he didn't even bother to smoke the hookah.

"The sea is right."

"I have to make money to fill my stomach, I have to marry a wife, have a few children to raise, etc. If I don't need money, I have to spend it here."

"The people in our fishing village are destined for this."

"No way!"

Zhong Cuihua waved her hand.

Zhao Shi moved his mouth a few times, wanting to say something, but closed it tightly again, isn't that the reason?Every village on the seaside goes out to sea to catch dead people. Dead people dare not go out to sea. The village dispersed early. After sitting for a while, he sighed and stood up with his hands on his knees. , turned around and slowly walked out of the yard.

"grandmother."

"Let's hang out on the sea in front of the village. Don't go far."

Zhao Dahai took Zhong Cuihua's hand.

"Ah."

"Don't run far."

"Catch some fish. Make some money."

"It's enough to marry a daughter-in-law and raise a baby."

Zhong Cuihua patted Zhao Dahai's hand, stood up and walked into the main room, pulled up a low stool and sat down to continue weaving fishing nets.

Zhao Dahai shook his head.An accident happened to my father and mother. For an old man, the sky is falling. Don’t look at him letting go to repair the boat and go fishing, but this is a last resort. I must be very worried. As for the matter of my old lady, as long as they go out to sea, those who stay at home will worry day and night, and it is even more comforting not to say anything. People in the fishing village have to face the reality, and they can only bear it silently.

Zhao Dahai cooked a pot of plain porridge. This was breakfast. There was no food. He poured some soy sauce and stirred it a few times. He brought a bowl to Zhong Cuihua who was weaving a fishing net. Besides making money, it’s not a problem to get some small fish and shrimps, but the pot on the table must be a bit meaty.

Zhong Cuihua thought for a while and nodded.

Zhao Dahai went down three times, five out of two, finished two bowls of porridge, packed a few mesh bags, took a pole, and carried a small iron hoe. Today, the tide goes out at [-] o'clock in the afternoon to enter the mangrove forest, and the tide doesn't rise until [-] o'clock in the evening. Bring a flashlight , filled with cold boiled water, put on Jiefang shoes, said that I would come home later tonight, and strode out.

Zhong Cuihua walked slowly to the gate of the courtyard, watched Zhao Dahai go to the corner and disappeared before turning back to the main room, holding the net shuttle for more than ten minutes, wiped the corners of her eyes, and then began to weave fishing nets one after another.

Zhao Dahai strode to the pier in front of the village, turned to the west against the sun, and went east across the beach to catch crabs and goby reefs. The mangrove forest was at the west end of the village.

Zhao Dahai walked for almost an hour, when a stretch of mangrove forest appeared.This is a kind of shrubs and small trees that can grow in seawater. Generally speaking, it appears in tidal flats and shoals at the junction of land and sea by the sea, which can prevent wind and fix sand.Decades ago, when the typhoon season came, all the fishing boats in the village came here to take shelter from the wind. In recent years, there is a special sheltered fishing port, and gradually no fishing boats come here again.

Zhao Dahai looked at it. The tide had just started to recede. He rested for half an hour until sand and beach mud appeared on the edge of the mangrove forest. .

Zhao Dahai took a look and found that it was a jumping fish.In some places, it is called mudskipper and flower jumping fish. It has a big head, double eyes and protruding wide mouth. It is taupe and has suction cups on its abdomen. It can be attached to reefs or mangrove trees. It turns out that once alarmed, groups of people jump forward.

Zhao Dahai shook his head. The jumping fish may not grow too big, but the meat is tender and delicious. I didn’t come here today for this stuff. I continued to walk in. Some mangrove forests can grow four or five meters high, but there are relatively few. Generally, it is only more than one meter high, and the root system is very developed, and it grows in a criss-cross pattern, which is very difficult to walk.There are few people coming into the mangrove forest. One is that it takes a lot of effort to walk, and all you catch in half a day are some worthless fish and shrimps, which is not worthwhile.

Zhao Dahai bent over, with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and the sun hanging in the sky was like a steamer. After walking for five or six minutes, his forehead was covered with beads of sweat the size of soybeans. He stared wide-eyed and looked left and right. Going out to sea, I can’t be picky. Mangroves are a good place for me. I have been in mangroves since I was a child to catch fish and touch snails. I am very familiar with this place. After walking for half an hour, I arrived at a small open space. I straightened up and put on my clothes. All soaked.I used to come here when I was a child. There are sea melon seeds and big mud snails growing here.

Zhao Dahai took a look, the sea water receded, the mud snails were half exposed, he picked it up with his hand, and the fist was big. I don’t know how many years no one came here, and it was densely packed. He took out the net bag he brought and packed it in half an hour. It was full, and it was no less than [-] catties, and then took out another net bag. Sea melon seeds were as big as a fingernail, and each time I dug a piece, it also contained almost [-] catties. A hole was dug with a hoe, and half of it leaked out after a while. The seawater in the pit, the mud snails and sea melon seeds in the two mesh bags are washed clean. When you go back, you don’t need to wash them too hard. They don’t mix with mud. Pick them back later and relax.

Zhao Dahai rested for a while and drank some water. He didn't bring any mud snails and sea claw poles. Few people came in in the mangrove forest. People can take it, took a net bag and carried a small hoe into the mangrove forest, and continued to move forward. After another hour passed, when drilling the mangrove forest again, a small ditch appeared in front of my eyes.

Zhao Dahai wiped the sweat off his brow, he hadn't been here for several years, it was not easy to tell the direction in the mangrove forest, and many places had changed, so he almost couldn't find it.

There are open spaces and small ditches in the mangrove forests. There are not many open spaces, but there are many small ditches. The sea tide rises and ebbs, and there are small ditches in places with loose soil. Most of them are not deep, about one or two meters. The ditches are lower than the surrounding places, and the ebb tide When there is water, the sea water flows like a small river.

Zhao Dahai went down the small ditch and walked forward through the sea water. There were many small fish and shrimps. This was not the goal of today. He stared at the earth dam with grass and vines on both sides of the small ditch with wide eyes.Some people think that grass and vines do not grow in places soaked in sea water, but in fact they not only grow but also grow very well.

Zhao Dahai watched while walking, and half an hour later, he finally saw a fist-shaped hole in the earth dam [-] centimeters away from the water surface of the small ditch. He walked over quickly, observed it carefully, and smiled on his face.

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