The night before Chinese New Year's Eve.

The square of Dandan Island is brightly lit, and there are many mobile vendors from outside, who have come to the island to sell New Year's goods.

There are lo-mei, salted duck, and a variety of fruits, and apples are particularly popular, all of which are sold by the bag.

There are also all kinds of snacks, such as tofu brain, sugar gourd, and even roasted vole, which is a curious food, and it sells well.

Some vendors sell all kinds of pots and pans, nylon cloth, and the prices are much cheaper than those of the supply and marketing cooperatives.

The square was full of people, and half of the villagers had passed, but the most queued up was the "tractor head" that would spit out the fragrance of rice.

In their place, everyone calls this one, Bong Mi Xiang.

When the washed rice is poured in with the sugar, the crispy aroma of the rice will be squeezed out of a hole in the tractor.

Then the boss folded them into about 40 centimeters long and packed them in a transparent plastic bag to prevent it from getting wet.

There are many children around the head of the tractor, all carrying washed rice in their hands, and their faces are full of anticipation, which can provide them with the happiness of the Spring Festival.

On this night, the fishermen of Dantan Island hardly slept, and all of them went out in their fishing boats in the middle of the night.

Trawl nets, bottom sticky nets, everyone is racing against time, because on Chinese New Year's Eve, there is simply not enough seafood to sell.

In this era when refrigerators are very scarce, if you want to eat seafood for Chinese New Year's Eve, you will only buy it on the same day.

So on this day, fishermen can basically sell as much seafood as they can catch, and the price is very good.

Except for fishing boats.

The tidal flats were also full of women and children begging Xiaohai, just in time for the tide at the end of the month, they took flashlights and began to dig in the middle of the night.

It mainly catches a shellfish called the blood cockle.

Li Duoyu couldn't understand why they always had to eat blood cockles during the Chinese New Year, when this kind of thing was opened, it was full of red blood.

Eating it is also very simple, that is, after being scalded in the pot, it is eaten directly with soy sauce and crushed garlic, and there are also some old gluttony, which are not dipped in it, and eaten raw directly.

Li Duoyu also asked Lao Li when he was a child, why there was always a blood cockle during the New Year, but Lao Li couldn't tell it, because he had also asked his ancestors.

The ancestor didn't understand it, saying that when he was a child, there was this tradition left, and it can even be traced back to many dynasties.

Early morning on Chinese New Year's Eve.

Li Duoyu also came to the dock with Chen Wenchao, and they planned to catch all the marine fish temporarily kept in the fishing raft and sell them.

Before leaving the boat, Li Duoyu asked for a salty tofu brain, while Chen Wenchao asked for a sweet one.

After eating several pieces of oil cakes and triangle cakes, the two of them took their flashlights and went in the direction of the kelp field.

In the early morning, the sea water is as black as ink, and you can't see your fingers, but the sea is full of lights.

As soon as Li Duoyu and their front feet left, a small fishing boat returned to the port, and the fishmongers, who had been waiting for a long time, jumped directly on the boat before they could get close.

As a result, a fishmonger nicknamed Lao Mi shouted: "Zhang San's has been booked by me!" ”

"Lao Mi, you're doing something, when did you book it?"

"Two days ago, I already sent wine to Lao Zhang, okay?"

Then the fishmonger named Lao Mi jumped on the fishing boat, and after passing the scales, the fishmonger said happily: "Sixty-one and a half catties, twenty-four yuan six, even if you have twenty-five yuan." ”

The owner of the fishing boat who got the money was also happy, and when he saw his child, before dawn, he was waiting for him at the dock with a bag of rice.

took out a piece of red paper on the spot, folded it in half and tore it into strips, then wrapped it in a dollar, and pasted it with saliva.

"The red envelope for you, you can buy whatever you want."

After the child took the red envelope, he smiled from ear to ear, and immediately ran to the head of the tractor with the bonus rice fragrance.

The owner of the fishing boat beckoned his family to continue fishing, and if he was lucky, he could sell another boatload of fish.

This side of the kombu field.

When Li Duoyu and Chen Wenchao arrived, there was already a dog greeting them, and the dog barking could be heard from a distance.

Wait for them to get in the row.

Two hundred and five kept circling around Li Duoyu, still rubbing at his feet, and kept wagging his tail and making a whining sound.

Li Duoyu touched its dog's head.

Pouring yesterday's leftovers into its dog bowl, Two Hundred and Five instantly devoured it.

Followed by.

Li Duoyu pasted a blessing character on the kennel of 205, and then pasted a couplet on the bamboo house of the fishing row.

The couplet was written by Zhou Xiaoying.

"Ten thousand acres of smoke and waves meet the sky and the sea"

"A thousand cabins laugh and welcome spring"

Although she is not the best reader on the island, she is the best at calligraphy, and many villagers come to her to write couplets every year during the festival.

After pasting the couplet.

On the east side of the sea, there was already a white light coming out, and Chen Wenchao was holding a fishing net and was fishing for the sea fish temporarily raised in the cage.

But right now.

Li Duoyu heard the sound of the white dolphin, as if it was in the kelp field, and thought it was entangled in the kelp rope.

But I didn't think about it, it seemed like I was chasing a school of fish, but it seems that there are fish hiding in the kelp field.

The current kelp is simply the best shelter for the fish, but if you don't know what kind of fish, or big yellow croaker, then you will be rich today.

After seeing the situation, Li Duoyu was also excited, and hurriedly shouted to the earth dog who was fishing: "Don't catch it yet, follow me to catch a wave of fish first." ”

Chen Wenchao was stunned and said, "Where to catch it?" ”

Li Duoyu said with a smile: "Go to Mazu Niangniang to guide us in the direction." ”

Chen Wenchao was confused.

It wasn't until he also saw the white dolphin that he came to his senses: "Damn, Brother Yu, why are you so lucky, I rarely encounter these Mazu Po fish when I go to sea." ”

Li Duoyu used the key to open the bamboo house of the fishing raft, took out the sticky net placed inside, and then the two boats surrounded the kelp field and put it away.

After putting the sticky net.

Li Duoyu took a long bamboo pole and came to the center of the kelp field, hit the water directly, and fried the sea fish hiding in the kelp field.

And the white dolphins are also very cooperative, constantly drilling around the kelp fields, driving away the fish in the sea, and as the sky gets brighter and brighter.

Chen Wenchao saw a sea fish that was flying by a white dolphin, and shouted excitedly: "Wow~Wow~ It seems to be a mackerel." ”

Li Duoyu also saw it.

It seems that at this time, it is the season of mackerel, and this fish is very popular with everyone because of its large meat and fat and a big spine in the middle.

The north loves to make dumplings with it.

In the south, they like to use it to make fish balls.

In addition to blood cockles, fish balls are also a very important dish for the New Year, meaning reunion.

The fish balls made with this mackerel have a very silky taste, and the mackerel is also very popular during the Chinese New Year.

After beating a circle of kombu fields with a bamboo pole.

The two of them split up and began to close the net.

Looking at the fresh mackerel on the battle network, even Li Duoyu, who has caught a lot of seafood, can't help but be excited.

And Chen Wenchao continued to chant his mantra.

"Damn, it's been a blast."