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

Chapter 112 The thickness of the body determines the speed of making money (first order)
Zhao Dahai and Zhong Cuihua went into the yard and closed the door. It was late and they went into the kitchen to cook.

"The sea."

"This is to remind you of this."

Zhong Cuihua lit hay, stuffed it into the stove, set up a small piece of firewood to burn, and then set up a larger piece of firewood, and the fire started to flourish after a while.

Zhao Dahai washed the rice, put water in the pot to cook the rice, and then cooked.Lei Dayou and Ma Hongyu really came here to remind me about the sand worms. This is a good opportunity to make money. I don’t care whether I will forget it or not. It’s a personal favor. Grandma Zhong Cuihua is telling me to remember this. The opportunity to make money must be returned.It's not a big deal, but people in the village are particular about it.

Zhao Dahai finished his meal, took a rest, and began to prepare the tools for digging sandworms. The first important thing is the tools for digging sandworms. Some of them can use hoes, but hoes are not the best, and shovels are needed. Unlike ordinary shovels, the shovel head of the sandworm digger is long and narrow, with a length of [-] cm and a width of [-] cm. The mouth of the shovel is not sharp but thicker and heavier. place to pedal.Sandworms run very fast in the sand, and cannot be dug out in two or three strokes. Sandworms will go deep in one go, and it will take a lot of effort to even be unable to dig. This is a bit like blood eels, with a heavy shovel and The pedals can be used to dig deeper, which is convenient and quick to dig out.

Zhao Dahai found out the shovel he used for digging sandworms and checked it. It hadn’t been used for a few years, and it was a little rusty, but it was fine. It was shiny after digging in the sand a few times. The handle of the shovel was made of solid wood, and it was easy to hold.The second one is a bamboo basket that can be carried on the back, a few plastic bags and mesh bags. I have to get up early tomorrow and go on the road. It is still dark, so I have to bring a flashlight.

Zhao Dahai packed up his things, checked them again, found nothing wrong, and went to bed early.

Zhao Dahai got up at three o'clock in the morning and walked into the kitchen. Breakfast was already cooked on the stove, and the stir-fried vegetables were heated in the cauldron.

After Zhao Dahai finished his breakfast, he took a lunch box to pack his lunch. The dish was fatty pork belly. Digging sandworms was a physical effort, and he couldn't carry his lunch without oil and water.

Zhao Dahai packed up his things, picked up the baskets with a shovel, put on a lunch box and a big kettle, and went out. When he arrived at the home of Lei Dayou and Ma Hongyu, he was waiting for him. He came out after 2 minutes after calling out, and walked to the beach together. .

It was shortly after four in the morning.

The sky was pitch black.

Only a few stars twinkle.

Zhao Dahai walked to the pier and looked around. There were already more than a hundred people gathered together in groups of three or four, each carrying a basket with a shovel, waiting for the tide to recede to dig sandworms.

"Hey!"

"Why are there so many of them?"

"It seems that it is not easy to dig more sandworms today!"

Ma Hongyu saw that there were more and more people around, and there were dozens of people in the blink of an eye. There were many flashlights in the distance, and they all came towards the pier.

"We all want to dig a little bit more to make more money, and they all come at once!"

Zhao Dahai looked in the direction of the beach and the mangroves, and there were many lights in the distance. Not only were there many people in Langtou Village, but there were also many people on the beaches and bays of other villages near the sea, all of them were waiting. The tide went out.

Zhao Dahai thought for a while, and said that after the tide receded, they would go their separate ways after going into the sea. There were too many people to go together.

Lei Dayou and Ma Hongyu have rich experience. With so many people digging sandworms, they must be grabbed. Whoever has the hands and feet can quickly dig more, it is definitely inconvenient for three people to dig together.

The tide began to ebb.

People who had been waiting on the beach on the pier rushed down.

Dahai Lei Dayou and Ma Hongyu walked forward with the crowd. They stayed together at the beginning and soon separated.

Zhao Dahai quickened his pace and rushed directly to the front of the crowd, stepping on the ebb tide. There were too many people, so he had to walk in the front as much as possible.

At the beginning of the ebb tide, the speed of the sea was relatively slow, but it became faster and faster. In half an hour, large areas of tidal flats were exposed, and the sea water disappeared immediately.

As Zhao Dahai walked forward, he looked left and right, and many people stopped and began to dig sandworms.

Zhao Dahai was not in a hurry, and continued to speed up his pace. The farther and deeper the beach, the bigger the sandworm, the more valuable it was.

Zhao Dahai walked very fast, and kept walking at the front of the crowd. He walked for almost an hour at a stretch. The tide of the sand-digging worms was a small tide, which was different from the ebb tide. There was a thin layer of sea water, and the speed of retreating became slower and slower, so he stopped.

Zhao Dahai looked around, he was alone, and looked back, the nearest one was [-] meters away, and looked down at the seabed under his feet, eight parts sand and two parts mud, this kind of place has the most sandworms and the largest size, Start working right away, there are so many people that we have to race against time.

When digging sandworms, you have to look for sandworm holes. After the tide ebbs, sandworms burrow into the sand, leaving a small round hole on the surface of the sand.

Zhao Dahai saw a sandworm eye at a glance, walked over lightly, held the shovel with both hands, and slammed it into the sand. With the shovel weighing a few kilograms and the force in his hand, it took less than a second, and the shovel was [-] centimeters long. The shovel pierced the sand directly, and lifted it up vigorously. A whole piece of sand was lifted up and thrown aside, and a sandworm was caught in the middle.

Zhao Dahai bent down to pick it up, shook the sand, and it was nearly [-] centimeters long, round and fat.

big!

All big!

The sandworms are long, and they are all big when they dig to a place that is at least the size of a football field.

There will be more and more people, so you have to seize the time to dig more before others.

Zhao Dahai took a deep breath, threw the sandworm in his hand into the bamboo basket, walked two steps forward, saw another sandworm eye, poked and picked it with the shovel, and there was another one.

one!
two!

Three!

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Zhao Dahai didn't stay where he was, but kept digging forward following the tide, and the sandworms got bigger and bigger as they dug.

Sun rise.

The sand, especially the sea water on the surface of the sand, reflects light, which is very dazzling and very hot.

Zhao Dahai was sweating profusely, the clothes on his body were dry and wet, wet and dry, and a white layer of salt frost formed.

"Yo!"

"Which village boy is this?"

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"He is tall and big!"

"This body is really powerful!"

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"The hands and feet of the sand-digging worm are so fast!"

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"Tsk tsk tsk!"

"This waist is incredible!"

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There are more and more people digging sandworms.The big girls, especially the young daughter-in-law and the mother-in-law who gave birth to a baby, stared at Zhao Dahai a few times while digging, and spoke boldly and naively.

Zhao Dahai put his head down and worked hard, ignoring the surrounding discussions. The young daughter-in-law and the mother-in-law who gave birth to a baby are all powerful figures. Three or five people dare to say anything together, and they can't stand it. It's better to dig a few more sandworms.

One o'clock noon.

Cloudless.

The seabed exposed by the receding sea was scorching hot.

Zhao Dahai dug a hole, the seawater seeped out, and his feet felt cool when he stepped in. The bamboo basket containing the sandworms was placed in the water. The weather was too hot, so he had to soak in cold seawater and mix it with sand from time to time, or just cover it. Gotta be hot to death.

Zhao Dahai opened the lunch box and kept digging sandworms all morning. He was as tired as an old cow, and he was so hungry that his chest stuck to his back. Chewing hard, the corners of the mouth are full of oil.

"Yo!"

"The sea!"

"Dig so much?!"

Lei Dayou walked up to Zhao Dahai with his lunch box in his hand, looked down at the bamboo basket soaked in the pit, there was no need to weigh it, it would have to be fifteen or six catties, and fresh sandworms cost five to sixty yuan a catty, that's a thousand dollars. Children eight hundred.

"In the morning, if you have enough strength to dig faster, and if you dig a little more, it will be hard enough in the afternoon."

Zhao Dahai looked around, there must be thousands of people on the whole beach, some were still digging sandworms, most of them were eating.

"Can this body not be dug more?"

Ma Hongyu put down the bamboo basket she was carrying, squatted down to rest and eat.

The work in the sea is the same as the work in the ground, and you can do more with good health.

Zhao Dahai is about 1.8 meters tall, tall and strong, like a bull, with a shovel that weighs seven or eight pounds like a matchstick in his hand. He pokes down and picks up a sandworm. He and Lei Dayou, including others around him, are not like this. The body doesn't have this kind of ability, and it takes three or five strokes to dig one. Sometimes it's not fast enough, and the sandworms run away, which is incomparable.Three or five people dug more sandworms than Zhao Dahai alone.

Lei Dayou looked at the lunch box in Zhao Dahai's hand, one was as big as three of his own, and he could only work if he could eat.

Zhao Dahai finished his meal in twos and twos, drank a few sips of water and rested for 10 minutes, then carried the bamboo basket and shovel to continue digging sandworms.

Lei Dayou had to be convinced. Few people who go to sea are lazy, but they can’t do the work if they are diligent. After digging all morning, they are very tired. It’s not that they are lazy, but they can’t dig even if they want to. They have to rest for an hour. , to be able to continue, fortunately not only myself, but other sand diggers around me are similar to myself, or I will find a reef and smash it to death.

"Ma Hongyu."

"Why are you here?!"

Ma Hongyu looked back, Jiang Shiyan called her.

"Yo!"

"Why can't I be here? Could it be that only you can come here to dig sandworms, and I can't?"

"This beach is not owned by your family!"

Ma Hongyu blurted out a few words.Jiang Shiyan is from Dashi Village. He often meets people who dig clams or collect snails on islands and reefs, and they have known each other for a long time.

(End of this chapter)