Chapter 21: Pearl Diver
Hong Tao did not sail back, he called all the children to the stern of the boat, starting with the beads, and began to teach them how to control the sails one by one, how to judge the direction of the wind according to the gauze strip on the top of the mast and the gauze strip on the sail surface, and judge the strength of the sail. The small wooden boat left the net ground, and kept circling around this small island, Bozhu learned for a while, and then changed to Mojiao, a bit like going to a driving school to learn to drive in the later life, and this boat is a coach car.
Bo Zhu's learning ability is very strong, and she will soon be able to operate the sail proficiently, but the wind strength of the sail is not very accurate, but it basically does not affect the operation. Because Bo Jiao has been out to sea with his grandfather, he is no stranger to sailing, and he learns quickly, but he is only 11 years old, and his strength is not enough, and he has to stand up and pull the sail rope with both hands when he lifts the sail. Bo Fish and Po Shrimp are still young, the mastery of the sail is a little slow, and they can't pull the two ropes.
"Do you like pearls?" When it was close to noon, the children were tired, Hong Tao simply lowered the anchor of the boat, and began to think about other things to play with, anyway, he could not be idle.
"Pearls! Grandpa doesn't let pearl diving, it's easy to be entangled in seaweed! Bo Zhu obviously understood what Hong Tao was going to do, and quickly moved Bo Fu out again, trying to stop Hong Tao from taking risks.
"Don't worry, I'll go down and see, I can't die, do you see this big rat head on my back? It's our side of God, and it can keep me safe! Hong Tao will not listen to the persuasion of others, three times five divided by two, he took off his shirt and pants, leaving only a pair of underwear, which is embroidered with a LOGO, this thing is a modern product.
"That'...... That ......" Bo Zhu made Hong Tao's shameless behavior a little overwhelmed, he didn't dare to stare at it, he didn't want to see it if he didn't look at it, and his face wrapped in a turban was like a blooming flower, black and red.
"Poof!" Before the third word of Bozhu was spoken, Hong Tao picked up a big stone in the cabin, jumped directly into the water, and sank like a weighing stone, and several people on the boat were all lying on the side of the ship, looking at the sea.
Does Hong Tao do pearl diving? He's going to be a fart! However, he can freedive, that is, he does not wear any diving equipment. He learned it when he was on Pyramid Island and the diving enthusiasts in the Great Blue Cave. Of course, according to his usual style, that is, to learn a fur, he probably knows how to play, and after trying it a few times, he will be able to do it. Compared with those diving enthusiasts, he is a mallet, he can't even go down 20 meters, and he has to come up after holding it underwater for about 3 minutes at most. Among those people, there are Niu X, who can dive to a depth of 7 or 80 meters along the fixed rope without any equipment, and can hold it for about 10 minutes in one breath, which is more powerful than ordinary divers with oxygen tanks.
What was the bottom of the South China Sea like in the Song Dynasty? Hong Tao can say very responsibly that the South China Sea in this era is richer than the Caribbean Sea in later generations! The gentle sand is covered with large and small reefs, the water quality is very clear, you can see 2, 30 meters away, a group of small fish swimming between the reefs, after discovering the intruder Hong Tao, they suddenly drilled into the cracks of the reef and disappeared, and after a few seconds, they drilled out and regrouped into a group.
On the sand of the seabed, there are starfish, sea urchins, conch shells and some unknown sea creatures, and clumps of seaweed are desperately doing light and action under the sun, and from time to time they will release a string of bubbles. A few black-brown sea otters drilled around among these aquatic plants, and after seeing Hong Tao, they immediately stopped swimming, staring at Hong Tao vigilantly, probably thinking:! There's another big mouse! It's bigger than us, so it's not here to grab our territory, is it?
Hong Tao did not come to look for them, but after careful observation, he made sure that there were no large ferocious fish, jellyfish, sea snakes and other highly venomous creatures, so he began to tread water, and floated up again with the big stone in his arms.
"Ah Zhu, throw the rope down, recite the ninety-nine song, if I don't come up yet, you can pull it!" Play is play, safety issues should still be paid attention to. The bottom of the sea looks very beautiful, but there is a hidden killing intention, and it is useless to be careful yourself, who knows what will happen, so you have to have some safety measures. The simplest thing is to tie a rope around your waist, you can't get up, and someone pulls you up.
After tying the rope, Hong Tao picked up the big stone from the boat, poured a few breaths, and sank again. This time, Hong Tao went directly to the bottom of the sea, stepped on the sand and began to look for his target, the kind of large scallops with ravines on the surface. I don't know what kind of shell will grow pearl Hongtao, anyway, the movies and TV are all about pearl diving from this kind of scallop, so let's treat it as it, anyway, it's just playing, it doesn't matter if you can pick it or not.
Tossed back and forth several times, a lot of scallops were fished, and some sea urchins, conchs, and seahorses were brought up, and when Hong Tao was exhausted, a small hill had been piled up on the bow of the boat, which were all trophies that Hong Tao got back.
"Pull me ......" Hong Tao was so happy that he didn't even have the strength to hold himself on to the boat, and he had to rely on Ah Zhu and Ah Jiao to drag him up.
"Yikes!" As soon as Hong Tao climbed onto the boat, Ah Zhu screamed, covered his face and turned his head.
"Hey...... The quality is a bit inferior. Hong Tao looked down, yes, the underwear ran to his knees, thick skin is good, he doesn't say that he is shameless, not that the quality of the underwear is not good.
"Ah Jiao, go and light the charcoal basin, we won't go back to eat at noon, Uncle will make you seafood barbecue!" Putting on his pants, Hong Tao lay on the board of the boat shirtless, and put his head on Azhu's lap, and began to direct the children to work. He had long forgotten what pearls were not pearls, after this toss, his stomach was already rumbling, and it was better to solve it on the spot than to waste time and effort to run back for lunch.
The Tanka family always carries a small charcoal basin on their fishing boat, just for lunch at sea after going out to sea, to boil some porridge or something. Hong Tao doesn't plan to use it to make porridge, but to make barbecue, it doesn't matter if there is no iron grate, find the largest scallop to pry open, cut off half of the shell and put it on the charcoal basin as a cake pan, and then clean up the sea urchin, conch, and scallops, and don't need to put any ingredients, just sprinkle a little salt on it.
The original ecology is good, the scallops here are casually five inches in size, a few are more than seven inches in diameter, the conch is the same as a child's head, and the sea urchin is even more delicious. Everyone gathered around the bow of the boat, followed the example of the waves, put these things on the shells and heated them, and when they were almost cooked, they began to eat, and in a short time they ate a bunch of seafood.