Three o'clock in the morning.

Zhao Dahai woke up, walked into the kitchen, and saw that grandma Zhong Cuihua was frying salted fish, which was preparing lunch for herself, and she would not come back until three or four o'clock in the afternoon, so she had to bring her own food.

"Grandma!"

"You don't have to wake up early! I'll just prepare it myself. ”

Zhao Dahai took the shovel and fried the salted fish.

"Wouldn't you just get married early? I don't need to get up early, your own wife will do these things for you. ”

Zhong Cuihua smiled.

Zhao Dahai thought to himself that Ding Xiaoxiang, who he had a crush on, was only fifteen or sixteen years old now, and he was just a child, and he didn't have a word about it.

After eating breakfast, Zhao Dahai took a lunch box filled with rice and pork belly plus two pieces of salted fish, a flat pole to pick up a plastic bucket containing net bags and lunch boxes and other things, and then brought a flashlight, wore a straw hat and walked out of the courtyard gate to the small dock in front of the village, and waited for less than five minutes, just when a boat sent people out to the island.

"How's the ship doing?"

"When are you going to go fishing?"

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"Yo!"

"The sea. Do you go to the island to hook snails? ”

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"This is the work of old ladies like us, and you're here?"

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Some of the boats are from Langtou Village, and some are from other villages around, Zhao Dahai is young and the only man, and he has become the center of fire.

Zhao Dahai didn't say a word, the eldest girls in the village who were not married, especially the married little daughters-in-law, were very powerful, they couldn't take it seriously, and they were even more energetic when they were in a hurry. Is it a woman's job? Nothing. It's just that most of the women do it. A job that makes money is a good job. There is no shame in making money.

The diesel engine made a "sudden" sound, the fishing boat drove forward, rowed through the water and turned up white waves, the wind blew in the face, and the nose was full of the salty seawater.

The dark sky slowly brightened.

The sky is exposed to the white of the fish belly, and several large islands appear.

The fishing boat slowed down and leaned over.

"Slow down! Don't worry! ”

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"Get the good stuff!"

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"Four o'clock in the afternoon."

"Remember the time. Waits for no one. If you don't pick it up, you will spend the night on the island and wait for tomorrow! ”

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The boat boss shouted loudly.

Zhao Dahai held a flat shoulder in one hand and a bucket with a net bag and lunch box in the other, stood at the bow of the boat, saw the position, stepped forward to the island, and immediately walked forward without stopping.

There are many snails in some places on the island, and there are few snails in some places, so you have to pick up more, you have to occupy a favorable position, and the moment you step on the island, you have to work hard, and you have to pick a good direction to grab a good place.

Zhao Dahai walked forward, when he was a child, he followed his father and mother to come a few times, but he was playing, today is the first time he has been on the island to hook snails, I am not familiar with the situation here, and I don't know where there are many snails.

Chen Fang looked back at Zhao Dahai, who was walking a few meters behind him, and thought about whether to take Zhao Dahai with him, it is very important to go to the island to choose a place, and there are not many people who are inexperienced and unfamiliar with it.

"The sea!"

"Why don't you follow me?"

Chen Fang hesitated for a while, and decided to take Zhao Dahai with him, this is not the bastard before, it didn't take long to scrape together enough money for repair, the fishing village is not an easy place to make money, this is a capable person, it doesn't matter how many catties of snails are a few catties or a few catties of snails, it is very cost-effective to end up in a personal situation.

"Auntie."

"You're busy!"

"I'll go a little bit further in a moment. The first time I went to the island, I stepped on the point to familiarize myself with the situation, and it didn't matter if I had gained something. ”

Zhao Dahai shook his head. Chen Fang is married to Liu Qishan in Langtou Village. Going out to the island at three or four o'clock in the morning is not a picnic or something, in order to make money, one more person will have less income, don't look at the snail that is just a hundred or dozens of yuan, but it is not easy to make money in this place in the fishing village, one hundred or dozens of yuan is not a small money, it is often the income of a whole day of hard work, as long as others earn money to support their families, no matter how much it is a big thing. Chen Fang is willing to bring it, but he can't have no eyesight at all. Not to mention that everyone who often goes to the island has their own nest, has their own route, and they have followed a trip by themselves, and it is very troublesome to know that the melon fields and plums are under the melon field. Chen Fang is not his own father and mother, but he is just a village, and he still has to pay attention to the places that should be paid attention to, and he can't be sloppy.

Chen Fang knew that Zhao Dahai was reluctant to follow, so he didn't say much, reminded him to pay attention to safety, and turned around and walked towards a place he was familiar with.

Zhao Dahai waited for the people on the island on the same boat to scatter, and picked a direction and position where there was no one, so he accelerated his speed, and did not climb to a high place, the higher the island, the drier it was, and the snail would only go up a little above the waterline, so that the place was more humid, and the snail would climb up, especially the suitable tide, one litter after another.

Zhao Dahai uses both hands and feet, before every step to see the position clearly before stepping out of the legs, the island, especially near the waterline, the sea water has been soaked in the waves for many years, very wet and particularly slippery, accidentally slipping, it is not a joke to fall, the head is broken and the blood flow is heavy, the hands and feet are broken, once the sea is almost lifeless.

Some people will think that it is okay to fall into the sea, as long as they can swim, they can climb up, not to mention whether the reefs of the island can climb up, not to mention the oyster shells on these reefs or something, just that one after another slapping the reef and looking at the harmless and beautiful waves of people and animals can kill people invisibly, and if you fall on the open sea, you may be able to support someone to ask for it, and there is a chance to live.

Once there are waves on the edge of the island, the probability of death is very high, these waves will roll people and hit the reef when they hit, and when they retreat, they will suck people into the sea and pull them into the sea, a few back and forth, the strength is exhausted, and they can only watch themselves sink into the water and die.

Zhao Dahai was sweating profusely, not only was the reef of the island difficult to climb, but more importantly, he had to be highly concentrated all the time, and his physical exertion was very fast.

Zhao Dahai didn't rush to continue to climb forward, stopped to take a few sips of water from a water cup, and looked left and right while resting, there were no other hookers around, only a few black spots could be seen from a distance in the direction he came from, and he decided to look for it in this place now to see if there were any.

Zhao Dahai carefully looked for it, focusing on the position of the reef half a meter above the waterline where the waves of the sea were beating, and in a few minutes, he saw five or six snails in a place that was half exposed to the back of the seawater reef, which was quite good, the size of a child's fist, and he recognized it as a sea oyster snail at a glance.

Oyster snail is a kind of conch, more common, generally grows on the reef by the sea, the size can grow relatively large, the meat is more solid, the price is not high but the taste is very good, restaurants including food stalls are very popular.

Zhao Dahai took the fire tongs and put it into the net bag, which was the first harvest of the day.

Zhao Dahai didn't leave immediately, no matter what kind of conch they were, they usually appeared in groups, and if they found five or six on a stone, there must be stones nearby.

Zhao Dahai soon found more than a dozen oyster snails of about the same size in a few other stones less than two or three meters away, and all of them were in his pocket.

"Thirty bucks in hand!"

Zhao Dahai was in a very good mood. Isn't it good to dry the fishing boat for a few days after the hemp is to be able to get tung oil, to be idle at home, to go out to the sea to hook snails, and to make money by working hard? Where does the money come from? That's how I saved it bit by bit.

Zhao Dahai continued to walk forward, looking for a snail with wide eyes.