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

Chapter 13 Sneak home in the dark!

Zhao Dahai got into the mangrove forest, bent down and walked five or six meters, there was a small puddle, to be precise, it was just a little water but it just came out of the mud, it was a little muddy, the sun had completely set, the mangrove It was pitch black, and it wasn't for my sharp eyes that I wouldn't have been able to spot a blue crab hiding here. The whole body was buried in the mud. When the flashlight swept over, it happened to just reveal two eyes emitting a faint blue light.

Zhao Dahai grabbed the blue crab and took a look. It wasn't particularly big, only about half a catty, and it cost another 34 yuan.

what? !

high tide? !

Zhao Dahai drilled out of the mangrove forest and immediately noticed that the water level in the trench had risen. After stepping on it hard a few times, the mud under his feet began to squeak and leak water.The tide is really starting to rise.There are indeed blue crabs in the mangroves and there are more and more of them, but making money is more important than life. It is not suitable to stay here for a long time, and you cannot be greedy.Once the water rises, all the mangroves will be submerged, especially at night, which is very dangerous.

Zhao Dahai quickened his pace and walked along the small ditch. After half an hour, he arrived at a small open space, picked up the mud snails and sea melon seeds that had been packed in the net bag earlier, hung the net bag with blue crabs on the shoulder pole, and found a place with a hoe. There are so many blue crabs, you must come tomorrow, and you have to bring them back again. There is no need, go out quickly, the mangroves have already seen water, hurry up, how fast can they be at this time? how fast.

Zhao Dahai got out of the mangrove forest, gasping for breath, sweat all over his body, the sea breeze blew over and shivered uncontrollably, the flashlight shone on his feet, and the seawater had already reached his ankles.

Zhao Dahai shook his head, he was a little careless, he was only paying attention to the time he ignored when catching blue crabs, don't look at the current water is not high, but it will reach his knees in another 10 minutes.If it takes half an hour and 10 minutes, the mangroves behind will be submerged. Next time, we must pay attention to the time and never be like this again. Only by being careful can we sail for ten thousand years.

Zhao Dahai stepped on the rising sea water and walked to the shore, put down his burden, rested, waited for the sea water to rise, and washed the mud snails and sea melon seeds carefully. He just wanted to walk into the village, bowed his head Looking at the net bag containing blue crabs in his hand, he remembered the crab and goby fishing he had done a few days ago. He turned a corner and walked in the dark along a road that few people usually walk. The village wharf, this There must be a lot of people at the time, so you have to go around. Someone must have seen the mud crab you dug when passing by. It took about an hour more on the path, but I didn’t meet anyone along the way.

Zhao Dahai saw his grandma Zhong Cuihua standing at the door tens of meters away, quickened her pace, and walked directly into the yard without saying hello.

"Are you new?!"

Zhong Cuihua closed the door casually.

He put down sea melon seeds and mud snails in the sea, and picked them from the net bag hanging on the shoulder pole, and handed them to Zhong Cuihua.

"Yo!"

"That's a lot!"

Zhong Cuihua picked it up, looked down, and saw that the bag was full of blue crabs.

Zhao Dahai walked into the kitchen, picked up the kettle, took the bowl, poured water, drank two bowls in succession, and wiped the corners of his mouth.

"Hey!"

"Isn't this true?!"

"Seven or eight of them are all one or two catties, and there are five or six that are smaller, but all weigh more than half a catty."

"It is estimated that no one has entered the mangrove forest for a long time."

"The size of the blue crab is really good, and there are a lot of them."

Zhao Dahai was very happy. After a hard day, he had a good harvest. Nothing could be better than this.

Zhao Dahai told Zhong Cuihua that he had left the mangrove forest early and waited for the high tide to come up to wash the mud and sea flower melon seeds. The main reason was to avoid people and take a long detour before coming back at this time.Zhong Cuihua has lived in a fishing village all her life, and knows the timing of the tide very well. The tide has risen, and she has not returned yet. She is worried about what will happen and is very nervous, so she stands at the gate of the yard.

Zhong Cuihua nodded. She was really anxious to wait just now, so she must have taken a detour to avoid people. On the first day when she entered the mangrove forest, Zhao Dahai must not have run all the places that could be run. No one knows. He will be able to enter in the next few days Find some blue crabs.Otherwise, as soon as the news is released, the tide will recede tomorrow, and I don't know how many people will go into the mangrove forest.

Zhong Cuihua put down the blue crab carefully, walked into the kitchen, and put the cooked food on the table in the yard. The steamed pork belly gave off a tangy aroma.

Zhao Dahai took the drained bamboo basket, filled it with the sea melon seeds he had picked out, washed it clean, heated up the big iron pan, put oil in it, took two garlic sea melon seeds and poured them in. After five or six minutes, they all opened their mouths and poured them in. I ordered some soy sauce and salt, put them on the table together, and then started eating with Zhong Cuihua.After drilling the mangrove forest for a whole day, my stomach was already growling with hunger, and I ate fast with big mouthfuls.After eating two large bowls of rice and a few pieces of salted pork belly, I slowed down, reached out and grabbed a handful of sea melon seeds, and put them into my mouth one by one. Don't look at this small meat, it tastes so delicious that my tongue almost touches it. Swallow it in the stomach.

Zhong Cuihua sipped her meal and looked up at Zhao Dahai from time to time.

Zhao Dahai finished his meal, rested for half an hour, and started to work. He took a large iron basin, took out all the blue crabs in the mesh bag, removed the vines, tied them again with rope, and checked them again. Make sure that there is no problem with the binding. The blue crab is very fierce and has a strong sense of territory. If a few blue crabs are placed together, they will definitely fight. .A dozen blue crabs can be sold for hundreds of dollars. If you want to save money to repair the fishing boat, you can't be careless.

Zhao Dahai walked into the kitchen, put water in a large iron pot with a diameter of one meter, brought it to a boil, and went out of the yard. Two net bags containing mud snails and sea melon seeds were carried under the faucet and flushed with water, washed in the mangrove forest. , washed it twice by the seaside, and rinsed it again carefully. Although it may not be very clean, it is definitely not particularly dirty. First, the mud snails and then the sea melon seeds are directly put into a large iron pot with boiling water. Inside, firewood was added to make the fire even bigger, and all of them were opened and picked up and put into a large iron basin and brought to the main room. Grandma had been waiting for her to grow emerald flowers, and the two of them began to pick out the mud and sea melon seeds. Work till two o'clock in the morning.

"grandmother."

"It's getting late."

"go to sleep."

"I can do the rest of the work."

Zhao Dahai had already called grandma and Cuihua to go to bed two hours ago, but he disagreed and had to help himself.

Zhong Cuihua nodded.

Zhao Dahai helped Zhong Cuihua go to sleep in the back room, waited until he lay down and turned off the light before coming out, and continued to work.

Pack the shells of mud snails and sea melon seeds, go outside the house, find a few dustpans and clean them, spread out the meat of the mud snails and sea melon seeds that have just been picked out, and put them in the yard to dry.

Zhao Dahai didn't take a shower until he was done with all this. It was already four o'clock in the morning. As soon as he lay down and fell asleep, the roosters in the village had already started to come and go to see who was louder.

(End of this chapter)