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

Chapter 73

The sun was high and it was terribly hot.

Zhao Dahai was shirtless, he chiseled with his left hand and twisted the hammer with his right, one after another without any haste, the jute mixed with putty lime was driven into the seam of the boat little by little, and it kept sliding down like sweat and dew. He didn't have time and ignored it. Knotted jute into the small seam in the stern, straightened up, just put down the chisel and twist hammer, just in time to see the second grandfather Zhao Shi walking towards him through the forest.

"Second grandpa."

"How do you see it? Is there any problem?"

Zhao Dahai picked up the clothes on the side of the boat and wiped his sweat. He was a little nervous. In three days, the seams of the whole boat were numb. Whether it will be successful or not, and whether it will be approved by Zhao Shi, will be announced immediately.

"Row!"

"That's how the seams are."

"Let it dry in a couple of days. Then put putty on the outside."

Zhao Shi smoked a few puffs, put the hookah directly on the ground, walked to the side of the boat, and carefully looked at the seams of the ship plank where Zhao Dahai had beaten hemp. It was tight, and I took a twist chisel and stabbed it vigorously a few times, and it didn't move at all, which is really good.

Zhao Dahai breathed a sigh of relief, it was really not easy to get the approval of a veteran like Zhao Shi.When the seams of the boards of fishing boats are hemped, they are not flush with the boards, but a small groove is left. Zhao Shi said oil lime is to smooth the small groove with oil lime, which is better waterproof and leakproof. , this matter is simple, just let it dry for two days and find some time to wipe it off.

"There's nothing wrong with the seams."

"Then the nails, the pegs and the eyelets all have to be hemped."

Zhao Shi pointed to the places where nails, bolts or holes were drilled on the fishing boat, all of which must be waterproof and leakproof.

Zhao Dahai listened and watched while learning. He has experience in hemping the seams of ship boards. It is not difficult to hemp the nails, bolts and eyelets. He quickly understood and started to do it.

The sun is rising.

The golden light passed through the forest and hit the fishing boat, as if it was gilded.

Zhao Dahai's hands and feet, including his face, were stained with putty lime and jute thread. He ignored it and stared at the fishing boat in front of him with a satisfied face. In six days, he completed the entire fishing boat under the guidance of his second grandfather Zhao Shi. The joints, nails, bolts and holes of the board are hemped and putty. It is not easy and very hard but full of sense of accomplishment. I just finished working all night and my body is exhausted, and my spirit is refreshed without any sleepiness.

The sun rises high on bamboo poles.

Zhao Dahai took a big bowl and ate porridge. He wanted to go home for breakfast, but Zhao Shi brought the breakfast cooked by his grandma Zhong Cuihua. White porridge and salted fish were a typical fishing village breakfast.

"Second grandpa."

"What do you do next?"

Zhao Dahai wiped his mouth after eating.

"Use tung oil."

"But this matter is not in a hurry."

"Leave it in a few days."

"Speed ​​up and apply oil, and dry these areas of lime before drying."

Zhao Shi told Zhao Dahai that he should take a good rest in the next two or three days and find a time to buy tung oil. It can't save money, he must buy the best.

Zhao Dahai agreed.Brushing tung oil is for anti-corrosion, so that the fishing boat can last for a long time. Pack up your tools and go home with Zhao Shi.

Silent night.

Zhao Dahai lay on the bed with his eyes wide open. He came home at noon during the day, took a shower and went to sleep. He has been smearing oil and lime for the past few days. In order to finish his work earlier, he continued to work during the day and night. He slept no more than six hours a day. , On the last day of the night, I was so tired that I fell asleep immediately when I lay down, and I woke up at three in the morning and couldn't fall asleep again.

Zhao Dahai lay down for a while, really couldn't sleep, felt the darkness, just walked to the main room, grandma Zhong Cuihua heard a voice and responded, saying that she couldn't sleep and went out for a walk.

Zhao Dahai pushed open the door and walked out of the yard. A gust of sea breeze blew in with water vapor, and he shrank his neck. The early morning sea breeze was really a bit cool.

Zhao Dahai walked to the small pier of the village with a flashlight. Just as he was about to go to the forest to see the fishing boats, there was a sound of footsteps behind him, followed by a group of people walking over with flashlights.

"I don't know what the tide is like today? If it was like yesterday, there is no money to be made."

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"Yesterday I only picked up four catties and one or two catties."

"I knew it was lying down and sleeping at home!"

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"15 yuan for a catty of four catties is more than 60 yuan. Sleeping at home is not worth a penny."

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Zhao Dahai gave way, and seven or eight people walked in front of him, all carrying buckets in their hands, with two or three net bags and a long-handled iron hook inside.

Zhao Dahai's heart skipped a beat.

Next, we have to wait for the hemp and putty lime to dry before we can apply tung oil. The weather is good recently, but no matter what, it will take three to five days. It is not worthwhile to sit at home and wait. Find something to do. Earn as much as you want.

Without fishing boats, you can’t go out to sea. In places like the surrounding reefs, beaches, and mangroves, what can be dug has already been dug, and what can be caught has already been caught. It’s no problem to get a few bites to eat. It’s not easy to make money.Gou Luo is a good choice.

There are many large and small islands in the sea near Langtou Village and the surrounding villages. There are no trees, and they are all bare reefs. The snails usually hide in the sea, but they are invisible under the right tide. These snails climb on the reefs, especially when they drill Going into the crevice of the stone, this place is narrow, long and flat, and covered with barnacles or oyster shells, it is very sharp, you can't reach it in or you can reach it, but if you accidentally cut it, the iron hook half an arm long is very useful. In the crevices of the stone, one hook is accurate, this is the hook snail.If the tide is right, the harvest will be very good, but once the tide is not right, there may not be any, and it is usually the early morning tide, which is very hard. The place where the snails are hooked is on the island and reef, which is steep and slippery, very dangerous. However, fishing villages There are not many ways to make money in this place, especially for older girls and younger daughters-in-law, hooking snails is one of the main ways to make money.

Zhao Dahai thought about it for a while, and decided to hook snails to make some money. Today is too late to go to sea tomorrow morning. The key is to have a special fishing boat to send to the island. The closer ones are five yuan to ten yuan farther away. Fishing boats can do this job to make money, which is suitable for themselves.

Zhao Dahai walked through the forest, looked at the fishing boat carefully with a flashlight, and then left. When he returned to the yard, the sky had already started to turn blue and white, and it would be dawn in a while.

Zhao Dahai didn't go to sleep. After cooking breakfast, he began to prepare the things he will use to hook snails in the sea tomorrow. A plastic bucket, four mesh bags, each of which can hold a hundred catties of snails, a flashlight or something, half a meter After thinking for a while, I took the fire tongs on the side of the stove, and found a small hand-sized steel bar about four meters long, and bent a hook at one end. The steel bar is not particularly hard, and it is slightly It can be folded into four folds and folded one meter long with force. It is easier to carry it, but just straighten it when you want to use it.

Zhao Dahai had just prepared the things to use, and grandma Zhong Cuihua woke up and came out, explaining that she would go to the island to hook up the snails tomorrow.

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