Chapter 46: The Great Ebb Tide! The whole village is busy preparing!
"Early this morning, Zhao Dahai went to fish for Shi Jiugong, I met here at the dock, and at that time I was thinking about it, how can I make money fishing this thing?!"
"Who wants to get a four-pound red spot? Thousands of dollars in a hurry. ”
"Hey!"
"I kind of get it."
"Those gobies or red spots are destined to belong to Zhao Dahai, and we people don't have this fate."
Zhong Shizhu said as he got on his fishing boat, took out a few large net bags from the small cabin, washed them in the sea water and rolled them up carefully, and tied the small ropes.
"You're right!"
"Zhao Dahai, this kid has such luck."
"I heard I bought a motorcycle?!"
Liu Bin sighed in his heart, four catties of red spots are a rare thing, he has been fishing for more than 20 years, the largest one is only one catty and eight taels, you really have to be lucky to meet it, maybe Zhong Shizhu is right, this fish is destined to be Zhao Dahai's, others just can't catch it.
"Yes!"
"Bought a motorcycle!"
"Second-hand!"
Zhong Shizhu nodded, Zhao Dahai did buy a motorcycle to carry Zhong Cuihua around the village, and he met him when he came down to the dock just now.
"It's time to live!"
"Zhao Dahai's kid is incredible!"
Liu Bin sighed a little. Zhao Dahai's father and mother had an accident when they went to sea to fish two years ago. The people in the village, including themselves, felt that this old man and the young would not be able to live sooner or later - one was so old that the loess was buried to the neck and the other became a bastard, but Zhong Cuihua, the old lady, was seventy years old, relying on weaving fishing nets, supporting her family to death, and waiting until Zhao Dahai turned back.
Zhong Shizhu packed up the net bag, took out a cigarette in his pocket, lit one, and took a few puffs. Used motorcycles? Even if it is a brand new self and Liu Bin, even many people in the village can afford it. This thing is not to buy a second-hand or brand-new motorcycle, as Liu Bin said, Zhao Dahai has been living upside down these days, and he is seeing that it is getting better and better, no, there is no money to buy vegetables and rice, where to buy a motorcycle?
Liu Bin saw that Zhong Shizhu was leaving, and glanced at the net bag in Zhong Shizhu's hand, which was neatly tied at least a dozen or so, which was not right.
"Great ebb tide."
"You can't forget, do you?!"
Zhong Shizhu said a word and turned around and left, the sun disappeared when he saw it, the sky was dark, and he had to make some preparations when he went back, and he couldn't delay it.
Liu Bin patted his thigh hard. The sea is constantly rising and falling. But the high tide and low tide are not the same every time. It is common to divide the tide into large and small tides, but the sea area near Langtou Village and the surrounding villages is a bit special. Once or twice a year, the tide recedes very far, and the seabed that is not usually exposed is exposed, and these places where the sea water has been submerged for half a year or even longer, there are not many fish, shrimp and crabs, but there are really a lot of mussels and oysters. Every year, the big low tide is a good thing to drop the pie, not to mention the seaside villages, there are many people in the town and even the county town who come to catch the sea.
"How can you forget such a thing?!"
Liu Bin hurriedly looked for his fishing boat, and found all the net bags, washed them, and went home immediately to prepare, the big low tide is a good opportunity to make money, the family is diligent, and they can get two hundred catties of mussels at will, how can they let go of such an opportunity, three or five yuan a pound to sell to the buyer, five or six hundred yuan or even a thousand yuan to get it.
Night falls.
Zhao Dahai took Zhong Cuihua out for a walk after dinner, walked a hundred steps after dinner, and lived to ninety-nine, Zhong Cuihua weaved fishing nets all day long, sat for too long, and was not good for her legs and feet, so she had to walk around.
What's going on?
What are these people doing?
Zhao Dahai accompanied Zhong Cuihua and walked slowly. At first, I didn't pay much attention to it, and quickly found that every house was lit up, which was not right, the fishing village was the same as other villages, the sun rose and the sun set and rested, generally went to bed early and got up early, one was tired from work to go to bed early, and the other was to save money, and the electricity bill was not cheap. Forget if a few households are lit up, almost every house in the whole village is lit up, not only the lights in the rooms, but also the high-wattage lights in the yard.
"Hehehe!"
"Tomorrow is the great ebb tide."
"These people are preparing."
Zhong Cuihua glanced at the open courtyard door, several people were sorting out the net bags, and immediately thought of what was the matter.
"Hey!"
"I forgot about it!"
"Grandma!"
"It's a good opportunity, and I can't afford to let it go."
"I'll go out early tomorrow morning. Take a few laps around the sea and get something. ”
Zhao Dahai suddenly realized.
"Okay!"
"There you go."
"Just get some and eat it. It doesn't take much effort. ”
Zhong Cuihua immediately reminded Zhao Dahai that the big low tide, there are mussels, oysters or other shellfish on the bottom of the sea, these things have a characteristic is heavy, Zhao Dahai has the strength to be true, but the big low tide has to run far away, and one person can't bring much things, don't be tired and injured.
"Okay!"
"Grandma!"
"Don't worry!"
"I'll pay attention!"
Zhao Dahai nodded in agreement. You really have to be cautious when going to sea, don't think that there is no danger if the sea recedes at a big low tide, this is not the case at all.
Zhao Dahai accompanied Zhang Cuihua for almost an hour before returning home.
Zhao Dahai began to prepare for what he would use tomorrow. Ten large and small mesh bags are prepared, all of which are mesh only the size of chopsticks, and the mesh is too big to be of much use, and the small shells must be dropped. The main thing to catch at the high ebb is mussels, oysters or other shells, these things are dug out with mud and water, buckets and other impermeable bags are not used, net bags are the best to use, do not store water, wash in a full puddle, mussels or other mud are washed off. A small hoe and a small iron rake must be brought.
"Huh?"
"The sea!"
"You're going to have so many things ready? Got it? ”
"Let's get some and get some to eat! Don't think about selling for money! ”
Zhong Cuihua sat in the hall and weaving fishing nets, looked up at Zhao Dahai from time to time, and saw that there were a lot of things prepared, so she immediately shouted.
"Grandma."
"Can't bring it at first glance?"
"Didn't you just buy a motorcycle?"
Zhao Dahai smiled and pointed to the motorcycle parked in the corner of the yard, found a big wooden stick with a thick bowl mouth in the firewood pile in the kitchen, sawed more than one meter long, put it on the back seat, and found a rope, firmly tied tightly, one on each side of the big basket made of bamboo, and a net bag was loaded inside, there was no problem at all. This motorcycle is really better to buy early than to buy and skillfully, and use it immediately.
After Zhao Dahai finished cleaning up his things, he immediately went into the kitchen to make a fire and cook, he had to be busy all day tomorrow, cook it first, it was convenient for grandma to eat, and more importantly, it was more important to save time, he had to do heavy physical work, he was ruthless, the whole salted pork belly was cut into large pieces and cooked, and the salted fish was fried, everything was ready, and it was going to twelve o'clock when he saw it, and he went to sleep immediately.