In addition to kuay teow soup, white porridge, fruit juice, rice rolls, white flour steamed buns and soy milk fritters, they are also delicious to wake up the morning, Sikong Yao only feels that his stomach is too small, and he will have to support it if he eats it again, and he can't help but leave regrets.

Everyone set off for Chenghai, and on the way, Sikong Yao asked: "Congshuang, what is the origin of your friend?" ”

Su Congshuang said with a smile: "This friend of mine is a big man who washes thin shells in Chenghai, and his surname is Hong. ”

Sikong Yao immediately said, "Then do you say that we can take thin-shelled rice this time?" What do I think of this roadside, there seems to be no one selling it......"

Along the way, Sikong Yao searched out of the car window, and indeed never saw a thin shell of rice, so he couldn't help but be worried.

Su Congshuang naturally had some doubts in her heart, but she still encouraged: "Hmm...... It should be possible, in previous years their family would do it in mid-November, and now it should be there. ”

The car turned around, the mountain road was not too flat, and it was uncomfortable to make people bumpy, Shui Ying was a little dizzy by the shock, and said, "Congshuang, you friend...... The place where I live is really remote. ”

Su Congshuang smiled awkwardly, and her words were trembling, and she reluctantly explained: "Thin shell...... Thin crusts usually grow on the bottom of offshore shoals...... And then...... Belch...... The seaside people call it a thin shell in the place where it grows, which is actually a vast sea. Not like Yancheng, there are windmills, salt pans, salt piles, windbreaks and other scenes. Remote...... It's also understandable. ”

According to the Property Law, the sea area where the thin shell is located belongs to the state. But historically, the thin shell was collective. Therefore. If the collective is to be contracted to an individual, it is necessary to demarcate the boundary, to invite tenders, and to determine the extent of the place where each group can temporarily cultivate the thin shell each year. This is a kind of concession of state ownership to civil customary law, and scholars have rarely studied it, but it has not changed from generation to generation, and what has not changed is the thin shell of the shell year after year, and everyone is vying to seize a good position, of course, the highest price wins. And the rent belongs to the brigade, and now it is owned by the neighborhood committee.

Shui Ying was shocked to death, but Bai Xia smiled and said, "Haha." What's wrong? I don't feel it at all. ”

Loss of sensation in both legs. No matter how bumpy the mountain road was, Bai Xia didn't notice it at all, and only felt that Shui Ying and the others were really funny when they spoke, and they couldn't bear to laugh.

Shui Ying gritted her teeth. Reprimanded: "Bastard...... You bastard...... See if I don't ......."

Sikong Yao's ears moved suddenly. There seemed to be a faint sound of the tide rushing into my ears. So I wondered, "Is it almost there, I can hear the sound of the waves?" ”

Su Congshuang also put her ear on the car window, and sure enough, she heard some noises. As a fisherman's child, she knows more about fishing than Sikong Yao. Su Congshuang said happily: "Well, it's almost here, and in addition to the sound of the waves, there is also the sound of the fisherman's work, neat and powerful, it must be washing the thin shell!" ”

Every morning, you can always hear the sound of the dry people who wash the thin shell, dry is a kind of thing similar to the thin shell, the value is not as good as the thin shell, but the thin shell belongs to the dry family. In the past, the people rebelled in the history of the people, which was actually the exploitation of the reactionary government by the people who washed the shell. Talking about the matter of marking the thin shell, who marked the door and where the small door is located is clear. China and Japan can have maritime disputes, but the thin shells marked by the cadres are very clear. After the Anti-Japanese War, China and Japan wanted to negotiate the demarcation of the border, and even invited some cadres and civilians as backstage staff officers.

This piece of land of the Hong family was left at that time, and it was the largest piece of thin shell in the Chaoshan area.

Everyone finally got out of the car, Shui Ying greedily breathed in the fresh air, as if afraid: "Turn around and go out, I'd rather walk...... I don't take a car either. ”

Sikong Yao looked at the sea, and saw a few cadres from a distance, working, on a big boat, several figures were surging, as if they were pulling something hard.

"From the frost? Is that the Hong family's ship? Sikong Yao asked.

Su Congshuang looked away and recognized some clues, he had been here once a few years ago, and the Hong family's boat was exactly like this, so he responded: "Well, it's the Hong family's boat." They're probably washing the shells. ”

Washing thin shells is a way of doing that requires a big boat and a bamboo barrier. The boat is flat and wide, ordinary is good, you don't need to pay too much attention, as long as you don't capsize. However, the bamboo base is more particular, and it is necessary to use very good bamboo, preferably with good tenacity. In the history of Chenghai, there are several famous masters of washing thin shells, and the last head of the Hong family is one.

The base is about three meters wide and half a meter deep, and it is shaped like a bowl in the hands of a monk. The base needs to be very permeable to water, so that the washed shell can be pulled up from the sea, and the thin shell must be so dense that it does not leak out. This is a test of the skills of the baseman. It takes a few days for a base to be assembled.

The Hong family has been passed down from generation to generation, and I don't know how many bases have been made. The generation of the Hong family, with the skill of washing thin shells, has also cultivated a doctorate, a master's degree and a bachelor's degree, and was congratulated on the first base and three jinshi. In the summer, the dry people buy thin-shell seedlings everywhere and sprinkle them into the thin-shell seedlings that they have marked. In winter, the sea is cold, and it is not the season for the growth of thin shells, and the base is too big to be placed at home, so many people who wash thin shells put the base on the embankment.

It is often possible that the sea and soil on the embankment gradually dry up, which means the arrival of autumn and winter of the year. The next year, the bamboo on the base will be much looser, and some bamboo needs to be filled.

And Su Congshuang looked from afar, looked around, and indeed saw no shadow of the base, and said happily: "It seems that they haven't finished their homework yet, this is really good!" ”

Everyone looked and walked a few steps, and the figure of the person who washed the thin shell gradually became clear, and a few sturdy dry people could be seen vaguely, rotating the thin shell base on the street and carrying it to the boat, which was a hard work, and ordinary people could not do it.

It used to be three or four o'clock, but now it's one or two o'clock, and you can return home at seven or eight o'clock. The ship drove about a few nautical miles, and then it could reach the thin shell and drop anchor. Let go of the two wooden frames, tie the base in the middle, and the base will float in the middle of the water. Each cadre took off his uniform and picked up a small net with a shovel at the front of the net. Plunging into the sea, use an iron shovel to collect the thin shell of the soil into the net. This requires a good lung capacity so that you can work for long periods of time in the water, with fewer back-and-forths and more efficiency. Sometimes the water depth of more than 10 meters of thin shell Cheng, more than a test of people's willpower and endurance.

Most of the people who wash the thin shell have a very high lung capacity, and they are always handy when it comes to holding their breath.

When the operation of washing the thin shell was completed, and the cadres also went ashore, Su Congshuang stepped forward and asked, "Hello big brother, I want to ask, is Hong Guni here?" ”

The Ganmin, who was questioned by Su Congshuang, was slightly stunned, and then laughed and said: "Haha, if you want to say that you are here, you are not here, you can find it yourself." ”

Then the sturdy cadre looked into the sea, guiding Su Congshuang's gaze to follow it.

"Uh...... What's going on? Su Congshuang was puzzled, and the cadres laughed and dragged the fortress back, washing the thin shell and walking through the fishing alley, as if they were going to print a few deep footprints on the stone street. The thin shell shoveled up is placed in the base, and some younger helpers wash and wash off the soil on the thin shell with their feet, which is called the skirt base, which is actually the foot stirring in the base. This is where the word washing comes from.

On the embankment, there was only a figure left, but it was not Hong Guni that Su Congshuang was looking for.

Su Congshuang didn't recognize who this person was, but he felt that he was a little kind, and after thinking about it, he didn't look like the Hong Guni he was looking for, although he had only met three years ago, but the change in people's faces would probably not be so exaggerated.

Su Congshuang thought in his heart that it would not be possible to consume it like this, so he took a step forward and said timidly: "This big brother ......"

The man glanced at Su Congshuang hurriedly, then turned his head quickly, staring at the sea for fear of missing something.

"Don't be noisy." The man's voice was a little impatient, and he seemed to be in a bad mood.

Su Congshuang was deflated, her expression was a little aggrieved, Shui Ying's temper suddenly became angry, and there was a sign that she was about to make a move if she didn't agree, and shouted: "Hey! What are you murdering, my sister is just ......"

Before Shui Ying's words were finished, the anger on his face immediately turned into surprise, the person was so frightened by Shui Ying that he jumped into the sea with a thud, and his body was as fast as lightning, so frightened that Shui Ying couldn't speak.

Yifan shouted: "Shui Ying! You've scared people out into the sea! ”

Shui Ying was stunned and retorted: "How do I know! I'm not done yet! ”

"I'm going to save people!"

Yifan took off the armor on his body and was about to go into the water to save people, when he suddenly felt a hearty laughter come into his ears. Then a few bubbles erupted on the water, and then two figures jumped up like fish.

One of them had been frightened into the sea by Shui Ying before, and the other had come up before him, and his face was very similar to him, but slightly more immature, and the two turned out to be a pair of brothers.

The young brother laughed and said, "Haha, brother! You lose, give money to money! ”

The elder brother was angry, but when he saw that his younger brother was fine, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and shook the seawater on his sideburns.

Su Congshuang was stunned for a moment, and said to the young brother: "Gu Ni, what are you doing?" ”

Hong Guni stroked his hair, looked at it for a while, and said happily: "Ah, it's from the frost!" What wind is blowing you here? My brother and I made a bet that I would be able to hold my breath in the sea until he jumped down and did it. Haha, it's been fifteen minutes, and he still thinks I'm sinking down to save me, haha! ”

Holding his breath in the sea for more than ten minutes, but still not changing his face, this is the spirit of washing thin shells. As a dry citizen, Hong Guini and his brother Hong Guer both have ancient skin, strong muscles, wide feet, and slightly curled dark green hair. (To be continued......)