Chapter 4 Rubbing a seafood pot
"Little brother does know how to fish?" Chen Mingen seems to be really interested.
"You can try it tomorrow!" In fact, Hong Tao doesn't dare to guarantee that the South China Sea in this era is still the same as the South China Sea in the previous life, but the matter has come to this point, let's talk about it for a night. As for tomorrow's affairs, let's talk about it tomorrow, anyway, it's okay to make up nonsense at any time, and it's not difficult to make excuses, and it's not too late to think of other ways after three or five days of mixing up and figuring out where you are in that dynasty and that place. Maybe there will be something more suitable for you to do, and you will not be waiting for yourself to fish.
"Hehehe, then ...... Try it, Ah Zhu, go and tell your grandfather, come to our boat for dinner in the evening, and have wine to drink! Little brother, come with me, first find you a dry clothes to change into. Chen Mingen was very happy to see Hong Tao so sure, and he also learned Hong Tao's tone and said to give it a try, it felt good, and beckoned Hong Tao to go to his boat.
The life of the Tan family is really simple, a wooden boat of about ten meters is the living room of their family. The bow of the ship is the living room, living room, and shrine, and the stern is the kitchen and bathroom, and in the middle of the ship there is a small shed made of straw mats, curtains, sticks, and planks, and the dining room and bedroom are all here, and all men and women, young and old, sleep in it. In addition, the ship also serves as a warehouse for the family, and the front half of the cabin is generally a place where fish are raised, and the fish and shrimp caught cannot be sold. In the second half, there are some daily necessities such as bedding and clothes, which is all the belongings of the Tan family.
Chen Mingen lost his wife in middle age, and only had one son, named Chen Qihong, who came back in a small boat when he was cooking dinner, a young man, looking 25 or 6 years old. But as soon as they introduced each other, he was only 19 years old, and his perennial exposure and hard work made him look extraordinarily old. There was also a middle-aged man and a teenager who came back with him, who looked very similar to the middle-aged man who shook the oar, Gu Chen Mingen introduced, they were the younger brother and son of the middle-aged man, called Ban Xiaosan and Ban Jiao.
As the men returned from the sea, the three boats immediately became lively. Two middle-aged women and two little boys of about 6 or 7 years old came out of the canopy with the curtains.
Everyone was surprised or curious about the fact that there was such an outsider as Hong Tao on the boat, especially the two children, who always squatted beside Hong Tao, blinking their eyes and staring at Hong Tao, but no matter what they asked, they all smirked and didn't speak. Although Hong Tao has changed into a black shirt and pants of the Tan family, he is too tall, the pants are just above the knees, the navel is exposed, the sleeves are up to the elbows, and the skin is whiter than everyone else, and he still has an inch head, so he doesn't have to look carefully, he is also like a duck in a flock of chickens, he can't hide it, and it's obviously not a group.
Not only is there a big difference in clothing and appearance, but even the speech is out of place. Hong Tao couldn't understand what they were saying at all, unless they deliberately slowed down their speech to barely understand a few words. But they can understand Hong Tao's speech, but they often laugh, and it is estimated that they think Hong Tao's accent is also very special and funny. Especially the girl named Half Pig, who laughed unscrupulously, and her voice could be heard far away on the surface of the sea.
Fortunately, there is also a Chen Mingen, otherwise Hong Tao will suffocate to death, after his brief introduction, Hong Tao finally figured out that the three boats are not one family, but two families. The old man who saved himself was called Bo Fu, and this word Bo is not pronounced (bo) but pronounced (ban), which is semi-homophonic. The middle-aged man with the stern rocking oar was his second son, named Bo Xiaoer; The one with a crisp laugh is not the moderator or the half-pig, she is the youngest daughter of Bo Fu, named Bo Zhu. The man in the prime of life who came back at night was Bo Fu's third son named Bo Xiaosan, and on the boat with him was Bo Xiaoer's eldest son, named Bo Jiao. The two women who came out of the cabin were the wives of Bo Xiaoer and Bo Xiaosan, one Bu Shi and one Weng Shi. One of the two children is named Bo Yu, who is the second son of Bo Xiaoer, and the other is called Bo Shrimp, who is the son of Bo Xiaosan.
They lived on two boats on the east side, while Chen Mingen and Chen Qihong, father and son, lived on the west boat. To say that the Bo family and the Chen family are not too close to each other, but they are not unrelated. Chen Qihong's fiancée is the youngest daughter of Bo Fu's wife and brother, but at this time, the boat of Bo Fu's wife and brother's family has not yet come. The Tan family does not have a fixed village, usually with this kind of kinship with each other boat to live together, and the Tan family basically does not marry with the natives, the living environment is relatively closed, the family often can't cope with all the things, and it is better to get together a few more families.
Hong Tao only now understood the word native, that Bo Zhu called himself a native, not to say that he was a barbarian, but a kind of name for everyone living on the shore by the Tan family. Generally speaking, this title is not a good word, the people on the shore look down on the Tan family, and the Tan family does not like them, so they make up the word Turen to collectively refer to them.
The Tan family is not only poor, but also unable to receive education, whether it is a private school or a public school, will not accept the Tan family to go to school, so the Tan family has no writing, only a kind of oral Tan family dialect. Chen Mingen is an exception, his grandfather's generation only fled to become a member of the Tan family, and he has read books, so his ancestors can read and write, not only him, but people who have been in contact with him for a long time have also learned some Chinese, saying that they may not be able to speak well, but it is no problem to listen.
This dinner is very good for Hong Tao's taste, rice + seafood hot pot, although there is no seasoning only coarse salt, but a pot of sea fish, shellfish, shrimp and crab, sea vegetables taste still very good, the main thing is that the ingredients are fresh, even if boiled in white water, it is also great. Hong Tao was dragged by the boat in the sea for more than ten kilometers, hungry for an afternoon, he was already hungry, at first he was not too open, for fear that he would eat too much and rob other people's food, but after seeing that Bo Zhu brought the wooden basin filled with packed seafood, he was immediately unwelcome. There are more than half a pot of marine fish, shellfish and crabs in it, you can add it as you go, it's enough, shake off your cheeks and eat it!
Drink? Don't drink! Where is this called wine, it's similar to sour rice soup, so let's concentrate on dealing with the big blue crab in your hand. This thing can't be bought with money in the future, it's all 3 or 5 years old deep-sea crabs, all of them are full of meat, what kind of crab roe to eat, that's all fools, the real big sea crabs want to eat meat, sweet silk, salty crab meat, no need to dip in seasoning, eat Hongtao every day is not greasy.