The third day after the National Day.

Li Duoyu carried an army-green cloth bag with two sets of change of clothes and some bits and pieces.

Toothbrushes, cups, toothpaste, and towels...... There were also packs of cigarettes and good wine, and he carried a futon and pillow tied with hemp rope in his hands.

Just head to the pier.

In addition to these, he also stepped on a pair of double-coin brand high-barrel rain boots that Zhou Xiaoying bought for him at a large price, and Li Duoyu remembered that these shoes were sold for five yuan a pair in the cooperative.

Zhou Xiaoying had a class today, but he didn't come, only his father and his mother sent him.

Before leaving, Chen Huiying looked worried, and kept nagging Lao Li beside her:

"There are many fish, he has never gone to sea to fish since he was a child, can he do such a dangerous job as fishing?"

Lao Li, who was smoking a cigarette, snorted:

"Who is born with it, don't you learn everything, it's not that you spoil him too much, I don't know how many fish I have caught for the fishing team at his age."

"Can you still speak well?"

Lao Li said impatiently: "You are purely foolish, when this kid goes to the goods, he can get the boat to the horse group without turning on the lights in the middle of the night, and some old fishermen may not be able to get him to do it." ”

"That's different, I came back on the same day, this one is going to the open sea, it's going to be many days."

"That's what you don't understand, it's the same when you go to sea."

Seeing that the time was about the same, Li Duoyu said goodbye simply: "Then Daddy and Auntie, I'm on the boat, remember to help me take care of those kelp breeding rafts." ”

Lao Li urged: "Hurry up, your third uncle is waiting for you." ”

Chen Huiying looked at Lao Li with disgust, yesterday she knew that many fish were going to sea, and she was so worried that she couldn't sleep, but she pretended to be again.

"The kelp thing, don't worry, your father is like this, the knife mouth is tofu heart, he helps you guard those kelp ropes every day, and he is reluctant to come back for dinner."

"Nonsense, where do I keep watch every day."

Lao Li, who was poked, coughed twice.

Li Duoyu grinned, in fact, these days, he has seen it in his eyes.

Lao Li is more attentive than him, and every time he finishes knocking on the oysters, he will sit on the shore for a while to look at the kelp ropes.

Although his family never has enmity with others, the neighborhood relationship is also very harmonious, and there are enough brothers in the family, but the heart of guarding against others is indispensable.

After all, so much money and hard work poured into it.

After Li Duoyu turned around, he stepped on a small wooden board and got on the wooden sailboat of the third uncle's house, the fishing boat was not very large, about 20 meters long and more than 5 meters wide.

After getting on the boat, there were already several fishermen sitting and waiting with cigarettes, and most of these people were relatives and elders of Li Duoyu.

The one who wears the hat is the third uncle, the younger one is the cousin, the second uncle is the one who smokes dry tobacco, and there are many Li Duoyu who don't even know what to call each other, so they can only smile and laugh with each other.

And after this group of people saw Li Duoyu, they greeted each other.

"It's not that it just appeared in the newspaper and said that it wanted to raise kelp, so why did you come to sea with us?"

Li Duoyu grinned:

"Before the time to plant seedlings, if you are idle, you will be idle, so you will come out and run the sea."

"Lao Li said that you have become well-behaved that day, I still don't believe it, I didn't think I would really go to sea with us, unlike those bastards in my family, who eat and sleep all day long, sleep and eat."

The second uncle, who smoked dry cigarettes, knocked on his pipe: "I think there are many fish this time, and our trip to the sea will definitely be smooth, on the day he was born, our fishing team caught the most fish in history." ”

"Yes, if you don't say it, I almost forgot, the fish were almost full of fish that day, and Li Zhengtian's kid was also lazy, so he named the baby Duoyu."

After a group of people chatted for a while.

The third uncle, Li Zhengfa, carried a basket of food on the boat, and the basket Li had a pig's head wrapped in red paper, and the rest were rice, noodles, sweet potatoes, corn and the like.

Seeing the food on the boat, everyone got serious, and they all stood behind the boat boss Li Zhengfa.

Because it's about to begin.

Li Zhengfa spread out a red cloth, neatly arranged the contents of the basket in the bow of the boat, and then lit a handful of incense with a match, and distributed three sticks of incense to each fisherman on the boat.

A long time ago, there was a saying that "there are three gods and four ghosts", the third is used to worship gods, and the fourth is used to worship ghosts.

Fishermen believe that "three" is the most auspicious number, even after 40 years, many people must bring "three" for wedding bride price, and the red envelope is best "three", and even the license plate number likes to choose "three".

After Li Zhengfa finished distributing the incense, he aimed at the Mazu Niangniang Temple on the island, and recited some strange words that Li Duoyu couldn't understand, and after reading it, he shouted loudly:

"Mazu Niangniang, bless us with peace and smoothness."

After the boat boss finished shouting, the fishermen behind him also shouted.

"Mazu Niangniang, bless us with good weather when we go to sea."

"Mazu Niangniang, bless us to catch big fish and make a lot of money."

......

After shouting, everyone sincerely bowed three times.

Li Zhengfa put away everyone's incense and inserted it into a gap in a rope at the bow of the boat.

Li Duoyu helped to light the firecrackers hanging at the stern of the boat, and with the sound of firecrackers, a relatively simple ceremony to go to sea ended.

The fishermen of Dandan Island, everyone believes in Mazu Niangniang very much, every time they go to the open sea to fish, they must first bow to each other, and only after blessing will they go to sea.

As the "clang" diesel engine sounded, billowing black smoke rose from the engine room, and the sailboat slowly sailed away from the haven.

After the fishing boat went out to sea, Li Duoyu also began to look for a place to sleep, which was actually two very small cabins.

Before anyone approached, there were all kinds of smells wafting out, each room was only five or six square meters, but there were more than ten people to squeeze.

The bed has two layers, 70 centimeters wide, nailed up with ordinary wooden boards, half of which is sealed, leaving only a half-meter-long mouth, and if you want to go in and sleep, you have to get your feet into it first.

If you have to describe it, it's not much different from a kennel, and once you lie down, it's a little difficult to turn over.

But there's also an upside, and that's that you won't be shaken out of bed when the waves are big.

Since everyone is a relative, and everyone takes better care of him, the newcomer, the second uncle pointed to the following bed:

"This position, your father used to like to sleep in this position the most, and now it's your turn."

Li Duoyu knew that it was given to him by his elders, after all, everyone knew that the higher the fishing boat, the more it swayed.

After putting away the cloth bag and bedding.

Li Duoyu came to the deck, as the fishing boat drove out to the sea, Dandan Island would gradually blur in sight, and the color of the sea water changed from light green to dark green, the wind and waves became stronger and stronger, and the fishing boat began to jolt violently.

In this era, sailing ships like theirs did not have satellite communication systems or radar fish finders.

Fishing depends on the experience and luck of the boat boss, and the stupidest way is to run after someone else's fishing boat.

However, the group on the boat used to be from the island's fishing team, and most of them had participated in the big yellow croaker fishing in the sixties and seventies, and all of them were experienced veterans.

The boat was at sea for four hours.

Li Duoyu on the deck finally saw other ships in the vast sea, and from a distance, they should be trawlers like them.

At this time, the third uncle slowed down the fishing boat.

The fishermen who were resting in the cabin immediately knew that they were coming to work, and they all ran out one by one and stood at their respective posts.

Ready to start netting.