The sun was high and hot.

Zhao Dahai was shirtless, twisting the chisel with his left hand and twisting the hammer with his right hand, one after another without hurrying, the jute mixed with oil lime hit the crack of the boat little by little, and the sweat and dew kept sliding down, no time, ignoring it, the last section of jute hit the small crack in the stern, straightened his waist, just put down the chisel and hammer, and just saw the second grandfather Zhao Shi walking through the forest towards him.

"Second grandfather."

"How about you take a look? There is no problem. ”

Zhao Dahai picked up the clothes on the side of the boat and wiped his sweat, a little nervous, in three days, the seams of the entire ship were numb, whether it could be successful, whether it could be recognized by Zhao Shi or not, it would be revealed immediately.

"Okay!"

"That's it."

"Let it dry for two days. The outside is then plastered with oil lime. ”

Zhao Shi took a few puffs, put the hookah directly on the ground, walked to the side of the boat, carefully looked at the seams of the boat boards that Zhao Dahai had beaten hemp, the earliest ones had almost dried thoroughly, pressed it with his hand, tightened, took a twist chisel and stabbed it a few times, and the lines did not move, which was really good.

Zhao Dahai breathed a sigh of relief, it was really not easy to be recognized by a veteran like Zhao Shi. When the seam of the fishing boat is numb, it is not flush with the board of the boat but leaves a small ditch under the concave, Zhao Shi said that the oiled lime is to use the oil lime to smooth this small ditch, better waterproof and leak-proof, this thing is simple, just find a time to wipe it for two days.

"There's nothing wrong with the seams."

"Then there are the nails, the bolts and the holes, which have to be numbed."

Zhao Shi pointed to the places on the fishing boat that have been nailed, used with bolts or opened holes, all of which must be waterproof and leak-proof.

Zhao Dahai listened and watched while learning, some of the experience of seaming and hemp on the ship's plank, and it was not difficult to play hemp in places like nails, bolts and eyelets, and he quickly understood that he would start working immediately.

The sun is rising.

The golden light passed through the woods, hitting the fishing boats, gilded as if it were golden.

Zhao Dahai's hands and feet, including a lot of oil lime and jute thread on his face, ignored it, stared at the fishing boat in front of him with wide eyes, and looked satisfied, six days, under the guidance of the second grandfather Zhao Shi, he completed the whole fishing boat's seams, nails, bolts and eyelets all the places of hemp and oil-lime, it was not easy to work very hard but full of a sense of achievement, just finished an all-night body tired, energetic and not sleepy at all.

The sun rises and the bamboo pole is high.

Zhao Dahai took a big bowl and ate porridge in a big gulp, originally thinking of going home for breakfast, Zhao Shi came with the breakfast cooked by his grandmother Zhong Cuihua, white porridge with salted fish, a typical fishing village breakfast match.

"Second grandfather."

"What's next?"

Zhao Dahai wiped his mouth after eating.

"Tung oil."

"But there's no rush on this matter."

"Let it dry for a few days."

"I have beaten the hemp and smeared the oil, and these places of lime are dry and dry."

Zhao Shi told Zhao Dahai that in the next two or three days, he had a good rest and found a time to buy tung oil.

Zhao Dahai agreed. Brushing tung oil is for antiseptic, so that the fishing boat can be durable, pack up the tools and go home with Zhao Shi.

Dead.

Zhao Dahai lay on the bed, wide-eyed, returned home at noon during the day, took a bath and went to sleep, these days have been smeared with oil and lime, in order to be able to finish it early, continue to dry it day and night, sleep no more than six hours a day, the last day all night, too tired to work, lie down and fall asleep immediately, wake up at three o'clock in the morning and then can't sleep.

Zhao Dahai lay down for a while, he really couldn't sleep, he got up in the dark, and just walked to the hall, grandma Zhong Cuihua heard the voice and shouted, and said that she couldn't sleep and went out for a walk.

Zhao Dahai pushed open the door and walked out of the yard, a gust of sea breeze blew with water vapor, and he shrunk his neck, the sea breeze in the early morning was really a little cool.

Zhao Dahai walked to the small dock of the village with a flashlight, and just wanted to go to the back of the forest to see the fishing boats, when there was a sound of footsteps behind him, and then a group of people came over with flashlights.

"I wonder what the tide is like today? If it was like that yesterday, it wouldn't be much to be gained. ”

……

"I only hooked four pounds and one or two pounds yesterday."

"I knew I was sleeping at home!"

……

"Fifteen yuan a catty and four catties are more than sixty yuan. You don't have to pay a penny to sleep at home. ”

……

Zhao Dahai gave way, and seven or eight people walked in front of him, all carrying buckets in their hands, and there were two or three net bags and a long-handled iron hook in them.

Zhao Dahai's heart moved.

Next, you have to wait for the fishing boat to play the hemp and smeared oil lime to dry before you can get tung oil, the weather is good recently, but no matter what, it takes three or five days, sitting at home and waiting for it is not cost-effective, and you can earn as much as you can earn by finding something to do.

There are no fishing boats that can't go out to sea, and the surrounding reefs, beaches, mangroves, and other places like those that can be dug have been dug and caught, and it's no problem to get a few bites to eat, and it's not easy to make money. Hook snails are a good choice.

There are a lot of large and small islands in the sea near Langtou Village and the surrounding villages, no trees, bare and full of reefs, snails usually hide in the sea water but suitable for the tide, these snails climb on the reef, especially into the stone crevices, this place is narrow and flat plus overgrown barnacles or oyster shells, very sharp, the hand can not reach in or can reach in but accidentally cut, half an arm's length iron hook is very useful, into the stone cracks, a hook is accurate, this is the hook snail. The tide is suitable, the harvest will be very good, but once the tide is not suitable, there may not be one, and it is generally the tide in the early morning, very hard, the place of the hook snail is in the island reef, steep and slippery, very dangerous, however, the fishing village this place, there are not many ways to make money, especially the big girl and the little daughter-in-law, the hook snail is a main way to make money.

Zhao Dahai pondered for a while, and decided to hook the snail to make some money, today is too late to go to sea in the early morning of tomorrow, the key is to have a special fishing boat to send to the island, a little closer, five yuan to ten yuan, no need to have their own fishing boat, can do this work to make money, suitable for themselves.

Zhao Dahai walked through the forest, flashlight, carefully looked at the fishing boat, and then left, when he returned to the courtyard, the sky had begun to slowly turn blue and white, and it would not take a while for the sky to dawn.

Zhao Dahai didn't sleep, finished cooking breakfast, and began to prepare the things used to go to sea tomorrow, a plastic bucket, four mesh bags, each of which can hold a hundred catties of snails, a flashlight or something, an iron hook about half a meter long, thought for a while, took the fire tongs resting on the side of the stove, and found a steel bar about four meters long and the size of a small hand, bent a hook at one end, the steel bar is not particularly hard, a little force can be folded into four folds and one meter long, it is easier to bring, and it is straight when you want to use it.

Zhao Dahai was just about to prepare something to use, and grandma Zhong Cuihua woke up and walked out, saying that the island was hooked in the sky.