Chapter 9 Fear of suffocation
Under the command of Hong Tao, the five women quickly used twine to support and fix the 8 bamboo braids in the large mesh, and the prototype of a ground cage was done. Using only shuttles and twine, the women quickly weaved a funnel-shaped entrance directly at the position designated by Hong Tao, and there were no traces of cutting in the fishing nets at all.
There is no seafood hot pot today, a lot of taro and salted dried fish, Hong Tao stared at it, and he doubted that he could pull out after eating too much of this thing. When it comes to personal hygiene, Hong Tao is also very helpless, when the women of the Tan family urinate, they will take out a bamboo tube that is split in half, and squat at the stern of the boat to solve it. Then put this half of the bamboo tube into the sea water to wash it, and then scoop the sea water to wash the body.
What about poop? It's simpler, just squat on the side of the boat, pull it into the sea, and scoop it up and wash it when you're done. In fact, Hong Tao thinks this is quite hygienic, at least it is much more hygienic than scraping his butt with branches and bamboo chips. The problem is that they don't avoid people, and when they think about it, they just squat down, which makes Hong Tao very unaccustomed. What is even less accustomed to is that this is not only true of those women who have been married, but also of Bozhu. The least accustomed thing is that you have to be like this! The only difference is that they can squat on the bow part of the boat, they can only squat at the stern.
This morning, while working, Hong Tao and Bo Zhu exchanged the living habits and customs of the Tan family, learning and learning, so as not to offend people unconsciously in the future. There are quite a lot of rules in the Tan family, for example, this boat, which is full of rules. First of all, there are women, and no woman can sit in the bow of the boat, because they think it is unlucky to go to sea like that, and the stern is where women should be, and it is also the kitchen of the house, and they can cook while rocking, absolutely without delay.
When eating fish, you can't say that you turn the fish over, but if you want to say that you come over, it's also for good luck. When he fell into the water, Bo Xiaoer did not save himself from the boat, but threw a rope to let him pull, which is also the custom of the Tan family. They think that the person in the water may be a drowned ghost impersonating, so they will not pull you, at most they will give you a rope to pull.
On the first and fifteenth day of each month, the Tan family will put delicious food and drink on the bow of their boat to worship the Dragon King and Mazu. The Tan family claims to be the descendants of the sea snake god and likes to tattoo a sea snake on their bodies, both men and women. At this point, Hong Tao was more proud, he took off his coat and showed Bo Zhu the colorful big mouse head on his back, and saw that Bo Zhu's eyes were straight. First, she didn't quite understand why she wanted to tattoo a big mouse head on her back, and second, she didn't understand how to make the tattoo so beautiful, she also had a sea snake on her upper arm, but there was only one black color, compared to Hong Tao's big mouse head, it was simply an earthworm, ugly and small.
"This is the craft of my hometown, if I have a big ship in the future, I will take you to my hometown to see, and then I will also get you a bigger and more beautiful sea snake god!" Hong Tao's questions about Bo Zhu can only fool her, anyway, there is no time for this promise to be realized.
"%&&¥&......&" Bo Zhu seemed to really believe it, even if her skin was very dark, she could see that her face was red. But she didn't hide, but sat in the stern of the boat and sang loudly, Hong Tao still didn't understand what she was singing, but when she saw the expressions of several other women, she probably guessed what Hong Tao meant. It's over, this is a stabbing of Lou Zi, as for where he stabbed it, he himself doesn't know.
Bo Zhu is not beautiful, no matter how you look at it, he is an ordinary person, and his skin is very dark, the only thing worth boasting about is that he has a pair of bright big eyes, and a mouthful of white teeth, which is very neat, which is rare in ancient times without orthodontics and dental care. As for her figure, it may be due to her long-term work on the ship, her hands and feet are very rough, and her height is not too high, at most she looks like a meter and a half, her arms and legs are bulging, there is no slender waist, and there is no forward and backward bending. She's only 17 years old, so she's still a fictitious age, so she shouldn't have developed well. Hong Tao couldn't see what her hair was, she wore a headscarf all day long, and only her face was exposed.
Hong Tao did not object to Bo Zhu's expression, although he didn't like her very much, but he didn't hate it either, according to his current situation, if Bo Fujia made this request, it would be really difficult for him to refuse. And Hong Tao didn't regard this matter as a difficult matter, even he married a Simba woman in Africa, what else did he dare not marry? If you marry, you will marry, and in ancient times it was not monogamy, and if you meet someone you like in the future, you can marry again, as long as you are sorry for Bozhu, there is nothing to worry about. At present, the first task is to get yourself out of the fate of eating taro all day long, so as not to be constipated all day long, don't finally cross it once, and then suffocate yourself to death.
"Azhu, come on...... How about we go out to sea and try the ground cage first? "If you want to go to sea, then you have to have a boat, Hong Tao has already seen it, except for the small boat just now, there is no other boat, you can't drive a row of boats to the sea, this thing can't be played by yourself, and you have to berth the beads."
"Grandpa won't let me catch the sea alone......" Bo Zhu was willing to go, only a little embarrassed.
"The two of us are not going alone, we don't run far, do you know if there are any places with more fish nearby?" Hong Tao is like a wolf grandmother, luring Bo Zhu to take the bait step by step.
"My sister-in-law won't agree......" Bo Zhu still has concerns.
"Sister-in-law, Azhu and I are going to wash the nets...... Let's go! Hong Tao simply didn't wait for Bo Zhu to agree, shouted into the canopy, pulled Ah Zhu's sleeve and walked to the side of the boat.
"Don't run far...... Take the fish and shrimp with you! "There was a voice from the canopy, agree, agreed, but two small tails were arranged.
"Come on, little fish and shrimp, get on the boat!" When the two children at the bow heard that they could follow their sister out to sea, they stood up with a swish, but they still recognized Hong Tao a little and didn't dare to come. Hong Tao doesn't mind taking two 7 or 8-year-old children, they are not waste, the children of poor families are in charge of the house, and when they finished eating yesterday, these two children have been helping their sister and mother wash rice and fish, very well-behaved.
"Raise the sails! Which side are we going? After getting on the boat, Ah Zhu consciously stood at the stern of the boat and picked up the wooden oar, while Hong Tao followed the example of Bo Fu, stood next to the small mast, and after a little pondering, he understood how this broken sail was used. It is very simple, that is, the upper and lower bamboo pieces are sandwiched with a rag full of patches, the rope at the top passes through an iron ring on the mast, the rope sail is lifted when the rope is pulled, and the sail is lowered when the rope is released, and the direction of the sail is controlled by manually dialing the bamboo piece. This thing is also useful for a little wind, the wind is a little stronger, the bamboo chips are deformed, and you can't eat much wind at all, so it's better than nothing.