Evening.

Zhao Dahai sat on the threshold of the yard, holding a firewood knife, is cutting a wooden stick about one meter long the size of a child's arm, next to the ground has been placed five sharpened, some longer and some shorter, a few days ago the mountain cut back to do the net handle, peel off the skin to dry, has been almost dry, today is ready to install the net ring, before the installation has to be flattened on the knots of the wooden stick and then sandpaper, this is the fishing boat every day with things, not easy to feel uncomfortable.

Zhao Dahai has been very busy these days, the fishing boat has been painted, the iron anchors and cables have been installed, and he will soon be able to go into the water and go out to sea to fish.

Zhao Dahai buried himself in work, time passed quickly, the sky was getting dark, he couldn't see clearly, he stood up and turned on the light in the yard, and when he wanted to continue working, he saw Zhao Shi coming over.

Zhao Shi looked at the polished wooden handle of the net, picked it up and stroked it a few times, the size was at hand, and Zhao Dahai didn't care what kind of work he did.

Zhong Cuihua saw Zhao Shi coming, put down the entire woven fishing net, and walked out of the hall.

"The sea."

"The boat is ready to be launched. What are you going to do? ”

"Looking for someone in the village or looking for a crane?"

Zhao Shi lit a hookah.

"Looking for someone in the village, right? Save some money. ”

Zhong Cuihua looked at Zhao Shi and then at Zhao Dahai.

"Second grandfather."

"I've thought about it."

"Find a crane."

Zhao Dahai has been pondering this matter for the past two days. The fishing boat was repaired after resting in the forest, and now it has to be made to the sea, about 200 to 300 meters away, at the beginning, the idea was the same as that of grandma Zhong Cuihua, looking for someone in the village to help, saving money, but in the end, it was decided to find a crane.

"Second grandfather."

"It's a lot to find someone, and it's always a matter of moving such a long distance and accidentally bumping into something. It's true that you don't have to give money but you have to owe favors, plus please eat and drink or something, it's not much worse. It's better to spend money on a crane. ”

Zhao Dahai shook his head, the traditional method is simply to lay on the ground and roll the wood, and rely on manpower to pull it out and launch the water, but although his boat is not big, a little more than ten meters long and less than three meters wide, but all wood, not light at all, it has to take a lot of people. Looking for someone to work, you have to entertain or something, come and go, I really can't say how much money you can save, but there are a lot of things. A few decades ago, there was no crane or anything, it could only be manpower. Now with the crane, it saves effort and safety.

"Okay!"

"It's settled!"

"Tomorrow you go to the town to find Zhou Fucheng, he has a crane and skilled manpower. It takes half a day to do this. ”

Zhao Shi took a few puffs of hookah, and Zhao Dahai's words made sense. The village is looking for someone to help to prepare to eat, drink and greet, and it may not be a bad money. Zhou Fucheng found a crane, and he was neat and steady.

Zhao Shi sat for a while and left.

Eight o'clock in the evening.

Zhao Dahai and Zhong Cuihuatang ate in the house.

"The sea."

"The crane is convenient. But it has to cost a lot of money, right? ”

Zhong Cuihua took a bite of food, the crane must be convenient, but it costs money, and it costs more than finding someone.

Zhao Dahai sandwiched a piece of soft pork belly and put it in Zhong Cuihua's bowl, prepared 20,000 yuan to repair the ship, bought the dismantling material, and left a lot, the money for weaving fishing nets plus the snails he picked up for two days a few days ago and earned more than 2,000, the money is enough to have leftover, don't worry.

Zhong Cuihua thought that this was really the case, and after eating with peace of mind, she went out with a flashlight and walked to the back of the house.

Zhao Dahai smiled and continued to eat, Zhong Cuihua went to water the vegetable field, especially the fruit trees planted a few days ago, thinking that this was planted for her eldest great-grandson, very precious.

Zhao Dahai finished eating, put away the dishes and chopsticks and continued to load the net, the fishing boat was launched immediately, there was not much time left, and the things to be used were prepared in a hurry, and he was so excited when he thought of this thing, and the movements in his hands couldn't help but be a few points faster.

Zhao Dahai rode a motorcycle out early the next morning, rushed to the town's Hongqi shipbuilding stone to find Zhou Fucheng, ready-made cranes and manpower, idle is idle and acquaintances, 1600 yuan negotiated, made an appointment to Langtou Village at three o'clock in the afternoon, talked about things and rushed back to the village immediately, non-stop, immediately put on the tires and foam floats and tools bought early to the fishing boat in the forest to continue to work.

Zhao Dahai climbed onto the fishing boat, two of the four tires were hung on the side of the boat, one on the left and one on the right, the largest tire was carefully cut out of the appropriate opening, wrapped around the bow, the big iron nail was directly nailed to death, and a large tire was hung under the bottom of the bow, and the foam float was strung one by one with a finger-thick nylon rope, and wrapped from the bow to one-third of the side of the ship. These are all to prevent collisions, fishing boats on the dock on the reef or some other situation, it is inevitable that it will bump into other fishing boats, reefs or cement pillars on the pier, etc., without tires and foam floats.

Zhao Dahai hung up the tires and floats on the bow of the boat, straightened his waist, didn't have time to rest for a while, saw a truck driving to the dock, a crane drove over, there were four people walking on the side, and the two in the middle were Zhao Shi and Zhou Fucheng from a distance.

Zhao Dahai jumped off the boat, strode over, said hello, and immediately started working, the fishing boat was just hoisted into the sea to test the water, not the first time to go to sea, no ceremony, Zhou Fucheng's people have experience, one drove a crane, and the other two tied the bow and stern with thick hemp to control the direction, less than an hour, the fishing boat was hoisted out of the forest and put into the sea.

"Yo!"

"The sea has tested the water!"

……

"That's fast!"

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The movement of the fishing boat is large, and there are many people at the small wharf, which attracts attention at once. Zhong Shizhu and Lei Dayou, who were more familiar with each other, were busy on the fishing boat, preparing to go out to sea to fish in the early morning, and they all came over.

Zhao Dahai waited for the crane to drive aside, the anchor rope on the bow of the boat pulled on the beach, the iron anchor stepped into the sand hard, pulled the fishing boat, and the fishing boat put in the sea slowly floated out with the wind, pulling back with both hands, waiting for Zhao Shi, Zhong Shizhu and Lei Dayou to get on the boat before going up by themselves.

Zhong Shizhu and Lei Dayou walked a few laps on the fishing boat, very envious, Zhao Dahai's boat is really good, the kung fu is too good, the boat board is solid, the paint on the boat outside the boat can not be seen, every board in the boat has been polished and has been on the tung oil several times, there are a little waves on the sea surface but the boat walks around without a little shaking, such a boat is very stable when going to sea, and it will be very comfortable when fishing.

Zhao Shi sat on the side of the boat, smoked a hookah for half an hour, and began to carefully inspect the fishing boat, especially the place where the fishing boat had been beaten, Zhao Dahai did a good job, and it was unlikely that there would be problems, but he was careful to sail the boat for ten thousand years, and he couldn't be too careful about going to sea.

"The sea."

"The ship can't go to sea right away, just hold it for a few days."

Zhao Shi checked it several times and there was no problem.

Zhao Dahai nodded and agreed, this is to let the fishing boat soak in the water for a few more days to see if there is any problem.