438. The fisherman's income (3/10, ask for a monthly pass again)
Qin Shiou smiled and took a sip of coffee, at this time, a small island composed of reefs appeared in front of the side of the Harvest, and there was a snow-white lighthouse on the island, rushing straight into the sky, like a mighty shape.
"Nice lighthouse." Qin Shiou suddenly said, "I think we need a lighthouse to say goodbye to the island, don't we?" It can be built in my fishing grounds. ”
There was a lighthouse on Farewell Island, which was also an important port for Newfoundland's fishing grounds, but unfortunately with the decline of the fishing grounds, the lighthouse was not maintained and has now been abandoned.
Qin Shiou didn't feel much about the lighthouse before, he felt that this thing was not very useful now, fishing boats and yachts have electronic communication equipment and navigators, and there are satellites overhead, so it is obviously more accurate to use electronic instruments for positioning.
But after Storm Kraken 18, he had a new understanding of the lighthouse, and it is estimated that for a long time, he will not forget the feeling of suddenly seeing the light of the lighthouse in the port of the Basque Country that night.
Recently, he thought about how comfortable it would be if he sailed out to sea and saw the light of his own lighthouse from afar on his return trip at night. The light of the lighthouse shines on the way home.
It was with this idea that Qin Shiou became interested in building a lighthouse.
Shaq and Smoke Gun and others are traditional fishermen, and they also have different feelings for the lighthouse, and after Qin Shiou proposed this construction, he immediately responded.
The Harvest deliberately drove close to the lighthouse reef island, but this close to Qin Shiou made a new discovery, and a large group of fat seals stayed around the reef island.
The big ones are more than a meter and a half long, and the small ones are only a few dozen centimeters, with yellow-brown complexions, round heads and round brains. The back is covered with short hair, and the skin is covered with large and small spots. It is a very common spotted seal in North America.
Because no one catches them, predators such as tiger sharks and orcas do not approach the reef. So they live a worry-free life, all of them have fat heads and big ears.
As the Harvest approached, the seals were not afraid, most of them were lazily scattered lying on their stomachs in the sun, and a few were playing in the water, ignoring the approaching fishing boats.
At this time, an old couple came out of the lighthouse with a cart, and the old man had a whistle in his mouth, and when he blew it, it 'whined'. When the whistle sounded, the lazy seals immediately became energetic. With his head held high, he quickly climbed in the direction of the old man.
The old man smiled and stroked the seals' heads, and the fellows became extremely tame, rubbing their heads against the two old men as cute as dogs.
Later, the old man began to take out mackerel from the car and feed them to the seals. Seeing the mackerel, these foodies scrambled to be the first, and you pushed me and snatched it.
"What a beautiful life." Qin Shiou looked at the old man's smiling expression and sighed.
The bull said unconvinced: "This is called a good life? No, no, Captain, this life is too boring! I bet these old people just have nothing to do to keep seals. ”
"I think so too. I've watched the lighthouse, God, that's really not a man's job, except for watching TV and listening to the radio. You don't have any other pastime, it's maddening! "A fisherman responds to the bull.
Cigarette Gun smiled and said, "Shouldn't I get you a beautiful girl?" You're not bored with. ”
A group of people laughed and played vulgar jokes on each other. One after another, the meat jokes began to spray out.
The fishermen are rough people, and life at sea is boring. Meat-telling is the main pastime.
Qin Shiou felt that he didn't know enough about these guys, and he always thought that smoking guns were honest people. As a result, when I went to sea, I found out that this guy was an old fisherman.
Of course, the meaning of this kind of 'ruffian' is not 'gangster', 'scoundrel', 'flowing in the air' and the like, but the words similar to 'ball ruffian' and 'soldier ruffian', an old bird, who understands everything and can handle anything.
For example, when it comes to talking about meat jokes, no one can say anything about smoking guns, this guy spits out a smoke ring and a new joke comes out, Qin Shiou took out his mobile phone and wrote down a few, but unfortunately there is no network and it can't be transmitted.
The bull was quiet there, holding a magazine and reading it intently, Qin Shiou asked him what he was reading, the bull held up the magazine and let him look at it, it was a car magazine, introducing the Land Rover special.
"Are you going to buy a car?" Qin Shiou asked, having nothing to say.
The bull smiled happily: "Yes, I have always wanted a Land Rover Aurora, but I always have no money in my hand, I expect to get fifty or sixty thousand yuan when I go to sea this time, so that I can buy one with a little more loan." ”
The regular model of Land Rover Aurora is very cheap in Canada, as long as about 70,000 yuan can buy a naked car, plus handling fees, taxes and insurance, etc., 80,000 yuan can drive home safely.
The cigarette gun came up and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "You don't have to go to the bank to find those damn vampire capitalists for loans, they almost come to me to borrow, I think I can go back and clean up the house, and still have some balance." ”
Qin Shiou shook his head helplessly and said, "It seems that you are really not good at saving money, don't tell me that you haven't saved money in the past few years?" ”
The bull was even more helpless, and said aggrievedly: "No, captain, you shouldn't blame us for this, if we follow a powerful wave like you, then of course we can save money." Look, I got fifteen thousand for one trip to the sea this time. But for God's sake, I don't lie, I worked for the damned Roxing for a fishing season, and I only earned 16,000 yuan! ”
Smoking Gun sighed and said, "Almost, I went on a long trip to the Indian Ocean, but other than that, the money I earned from working at other times was only about 20,000 yuan." ”
Qin Shiou said in surprise: "The fisherman's salary is so low? ”
"Money is given according to the catch, and now the catch is generally not good, and the captain does not make much money." A fisherman said, "That's why we envy Shaq so much, I heard that he has a salary of seven or eight thousand a month?" ”
Shaq smiled and said, "Boss is a bold boss, and I like to follow him. ”
He didn't say much, but he gave an answer, that is, everyone can make a lot of money by working with Qin Shiou.
The fishermen were discussing, and Qin Shiou saw that a fishing rod on the stern of the boat was bent, and said, "Hey, a fish has been hooked." ”
Shaq looked back at the sonar fish finder, his eyes widened, and he said, "It's not small, hurry, guys, it should be a big halibut!" ”
Halibut is a common name for Newfoundland fishermen, and it should be called Atlantic halibut, whose scientific name is flounder, a large flounder.
This fish is a demersal fish found in the North Atlantic Ocean from Labrador and Greenland to Iceland and is a large fish that can grow up to two and a half meters long.
Qin Shiou was not puzzled at all when he caught this fish, because he used bait brought from the fishing grounds, which contained the energy of the sea god and had a fatal attraction to the big fish in the sea. He was specifically trying to catch big fish, and brought some from the fishing grounds and put them in the ice cabin.
When he arrived on the deck and grabbed the fishing rod, Qin Shiou habitually threw the Poseidon consciousness into the water, and was stunned for a moment, hey, it's not a halibut. (To be continued.)