Water was splashed on the cabin, and people were doused with chickens.

Haizhu is not bad here, the fishing boat of the bolt brothers is not big, and it was almost overturned by the waves.

Another wave came, and his cousin did not stand firm and slid from the bow to the stern, and fell down with a bang, but fortunately he was tied to a rope, and he held his breath in the sea and relaxed his body to move by the boat, and when the wave was stable, he dragged the rope and climbed onto the boat.

Haizhu looked at the cold air, she knew that the sea was dangerous, but she still saw it with her own eyes to understand how thrilling it was. She was glad that she had a golden finger, otherwise she would have spent all her energy to go out to sea to fish, otherwise she would have the heart to toss anything else.

Qi Laosan was even more cold sweat down, and when the waves passed and the sea was stable, he grabbed Haizhu and said, "Big niece, why don't I kowtow to you?" ”

"If you don't let me die, I still want to live a few more years." Haizhu wipes the water on her face.

On the way, he passed a reef on which a flock of seabirds fell, and as the boat passed by, they quacked and screamed, and then spread their wings and flew after the boat, and the bold ones landed on the side of the ship.

Haizhu didn't understand at first, when she cast a net to catch fish, she found that their eyes were bright, she suddenly felt bad, sure enough, when fishing the net, they were like dogs robbing food, one after another rushed into the water to snatch the fish that leaked out of the net.

Seabirds landed in the nets and were dragged onto the boat, and they calmly grabbed the birds and threw them into the air, snatching the fish from their claws.

The fish on the claws of a black-haired seabird did not grasp it steadily, and smashed straight into the boat, and the sea fish that was still struggling stopped moving instantly, and the old turtle bit the belly of the fish before the bird flew down.

The blackbird did not cling to the fish, it landed on the side of the boat, and when the next net was raised, it flapped its wings and flew over.

The fish on the boat are human, even if they are thrown on the board, the birds will not steal when they see them, which is the consensus of people and birds to live in peace. The fish in the nets shook off, and the people on the fishing boats were busy arranging the nets and continuing to cast them.

Holding the net in his hand, the man stood at the stern of the boat and made his legs, and the fishing net was thrown out and spread out, and it was hooped on the sea in the shape of fish scales, and the sunlight jumped on the fishing line, and in an instant it fell into the rippling water.

When it comes to casting nets, Qi Laosan is even more proficient, he casts nets at the stern, Haizhu controls the sails at the bow, there are schools of fish under the surface of the sea, she controls the boat to rotate in this sea area, dragging the fishing net to hang the passing fish.

The full-bellied seabirds departed, followed by another flock, and they landed on the side of the boat with their feathers shaking, their black bean-sized eyes staring at the sea.

"The net is up—" shouted in the distance.

The old woman followed the sound and looked over, and there were black boats floating on the endless sea, and all kinds of sails were raised on the blue sea. When the net is pulled, the birds and birds carnival, the fishing net comes out of the water, the man who pulls the net shouts the trumpet, the fish out of the water shakes their tails desperately, and the raised water droplets become crystal clear in the sun.

"Oh, this net has caught a big fish." Haizhu looked into the distance and exclaimed.

The fisherman who caught the big fish smiled and showed his teeth, and his dark face was white and dazzling.

The old woman thought that her son must have laughed the same way, and she looked around, wondering that one of the points of light on the sea might be her son, who was standing on the water to be happy for the fishermen, or standing behind the people to help when pulling the nets, or driving the fish under the water.

The fishing boat continued to move forward, and at noon, the fishing boat with it collected its sails, took out dry food, sat on the board to fill its stomach, and then lay down on the board to rest when it was full.

The old grandmother took the dough cake handed by Haizhu, turned her head and said, "Thank you, good girl." ”

Haizhu smiled, she sat down cross-legged, and asked, "Is the obsession gone?" Want to open it, right? ”

"I want to open it, the sea is not as scary as I thought." She stretched out her hand to grab the wind and light with her bare hands, and sighed: "If there is a soul after death, it is better for my son to float on the sea than to be buried in an earthen bag." ”

"Go back and live a good life." Haizhu chewed the dough cake and joked: "Don't think too much, you still have to live." ”

"I won't seek death, if I do, it will seem that my son's death is a joke." The old grandmother did not deny that she had this idea until today, and only to find out how difficult it was for fishermen to live, and if she committed suicide, she would be sorry for her son's death.

After eating the dough, Haizhu went to the bottom warehouse to bring a bucket up, she handed the bucket to the old grandmother, and said, "Do you want to take back half a bucket of water with your own hands?" ”

The old grandmother did not hesitate, she carried the bucket and lay on the stern of the boat to scoop up the water, and then she kept holding the bucket, and guarded it tightly on the way back, no matter how the boat shook, not a drop of water in the bucket was spilled.

Haizhu first sent her to the dock, and then sent the old turtle to the island, and when she saw four or five little girls digging clams and conch on the beach, she threw two big fish over and said, "Give you more food." ”

The eldest boy stepped into the water to pick up the fish, and said with a smile: "Thank you, sister, we will help you take care of the turtle." ”

Chapter 192: Another killer whale who asked for help

Back at the dock, Haizhu and Qi Laosan were busy moving the fish, and most of the fish caught in the net pierced the swim bladder and kept in the tank, and when the two fished for fish, they broke the head of the fish by the way, and the gills under the shell were bright red to prove that the fish was still fresh, If it is white and black, the internal organs in the belly of the fish may have deteriorated.

"Throw it in a bucket and take it back to feed the turtle and the cat." Qi Laosan said.

A fat tabby fish was thrown into the bucket, and Haizhu said, "It's a pity, what a good fish." ”

And he picked up three flying fish, and the flying fish flew onto the boat when they were passing by, and they were already dead, and the belly of the fish was already swollen, and the tail of the fish was discolored, and the sea pearls were taken out and thrown into the sea.

"In the future, when I go out to sea to fish, I will take the two turtles with me, and feed them when they catch the fish that will not live long while they are still fresh." She came in and said.

"You're picky, these dead fish will be salted into salted fish in the hands of other fishermen, and they can be sold for a good price when they are dried." Qi Laosan bowed down and pulled the fishing net hoop on his back, he asked Haizhu to let him, and walked to the boat with a net of fish on his back.

Haizhu lifted the scale pole and scale thrown in the corner and followed closely, went ashore to go to the water official to weigh it, and then set up a stall at the wharf to sell fish, which was selected by the shopkeeper of each restaurant, and if there was any leftover, it was dragged to the fishing market to set up a stall to reduce the price and continue to sell.

"Huh? Are you going out to sea to cast your nets today? The shopkeeper Li of Jiubei Restaurant came over, and he squatted down to pick through a pile of fish, and said, "That's all?" Nothing else good? ”

"No, I didn't go to the sea."

"I want all the fish alive, I'll go over and give them to the guys, and the fishing boat is back, I'll go and take a look."

Weighing one person can do it, Haizhu said to Qi Laosan, and she also went over to see the harvest of other fishing boats.

"Guess what I encountered at sea today?" The owner of the ship who smashed the anchor looked excited, and said in a loud voice: "It's so dangerous, I almost got into the mouth of the fish today and couldn't come back." ”

"Got a shark?" The people on the shore cheered and asked, "Are you so happy that you almost got into the mouth of the fish?" ”

"Well, it's not almost like that, I'm back intact." The owner of the boat laughed twice, and he jumped on the bow of the boat and gestured to the people: "It's not a shark, it's a black whale, the big one, who suddenly came out of the side of the boat, and almost overturned my boat." Round, very big, good-looking, followed by my ship for a long time, at least there is a cup of tea, scary. ”

"Didn't call back?" Shopkeeper Li joked.

"Don't you dare, you haven't seen it, the flesh is thick, the body is long, I dare to cut it, it can lift me into the sea when it moves, and the mouth full of sharp teeth bites me like cutting a turnip, and it will break into two knots with a click."

"In which direction did you encounter it?" Haizhu asked.

The owner of the boat pointed her out, but he couldn't tell the exact direction, so he dragged the catch onto the board and said, "Shopkeepers, buy my fish, and the black whale will eat it." ”

Someone laughed at him for talking nonsense, and he laughed and retorted: "I fed it a net of fish and it didn't follow me, it's really dangerous, that thing is running around the boat, opening its mouth wide at us, and I don't know what it means." ”

Five more boats came back later, and before they docked, they were excited to meet the black-skinned whales.

"You've met it too? It can't be the same head, right? Haizhu asked, and she smiled and said, "Did the black-skinned whale open its big mouth to beg for fish to eat?" ”

"How do you know? Have you encountered it too? ”

The people on the shore laughed, and the shopkeeper Li said, "You have met a beggar begging for food in the sea." ”

Haizhu searched through their catch, bought two moray eels and five abalones, and prepared to go back to make soup. Back at the stall, she sat and waited for a while, and when she saw that no one came to buy the dead fish again, she said, "Third uncle, carry the remaining fish to the fishing market and sell it, and I'll go back to cook first." ”

"Okay, you go back first." Qi Laosan picked up the fishing net and carried it again, saying, "You can bring back the dead fish on the fishing boat to feed the turtle first, and the more you release it, the less fresh it will be." ”

Haizhu went back with the fish bucket, and as soon as she entered the alley, she saw Hong Shanniang holding the child dangling in the alley, she raised her voice and asked, "Sister-in-law, when did you give birth to another one?" ”

"Let's see if I gave birth to it." Hong Shanniang uncovered the swaddling clothes that covered her face, leaned over and smiled: "If you can call the shots, give it to me." ”

The baby girl in the swaddling clothes opened her eyes without crying or making trouble, and she gave a vague "ah" to Haizhu's face, and Haizhu was surprised: "I can't be the master, but why are you hugging Xingzhu?" ”

"I'm idle, take your child out to play." Hong Shanniang followed Haizhu back and said, "How is the harvest today?" ”

"It can be sold for three taels of silver." Haizhu said.

The cat smelled the fishy smell and meowed and greeted her, Haizhu bypassed them and walked into the yard, put down the bucket, she picked up a dead fish and chopped it into three pieces and threw it to feed the cat, and carried two more fish to the next door to feed the turtle.

Xingzhu also returned to Second Uncle Qi's hand, he knew that she was hungry when he saw her smacking her mouth, and said, "Haizhu, go and call your third aunt to come back, your little sister is hungry." ”

Haizhu walked out and asked, "What about Dongzhu and Fengping?" ”

"I went diving in the river with Changmei."

Bei Niang was selling braised vegetables in the alley next door, she couldn't speak, she knocked on the bangzi, and when she heard the voice of Haizhu, she walked back with a bamboo basket.

"My third uncle sells fish in the fishing market, and I'll come back to cook first." Haizhu explained, she took the bamboo basket and said, "You go back to feed Xingzhu first, and I'll sell it for you." ”

Bei Niang waved her hand, she pulled Haizhu's wrist and walked back, out of the boat to fish tiring, out of the day, when she came back, she should rest. The dishes she marinated are not worth much, even if they can't be sold, they can eat them for their own families, and they won't be ruined.

When she got home, Bei Niang went to the kitchen to pick up a plate of braised thick kelp and dried bean curd, and scooped a spoonful of peanuts and fried soybeans and put them on the table for Haizhu to eat.

"Third aunt, you are so good." Haizhuzui said sweetly, "Do you still keep the chicken feet for me?" ”

Bei Niang nodded, and when she heard Xingzhu crying, she washed her hands and carried her into Grandma Qi's house to breastfeed.

Haizhu chewed crispy soybeans with her legs crossed, and then ate them with thick kelp and dried tofu with chopsticks.

"Second uncle, do you want to eat? Do you eat milk? She asked.

"If you don't eat it, you eat it yourself." Second Uncle Qi waved his hand.

Grandma Qi also said that she would not eat it, she was busy killing eels.

"Didn't go to Yandao today?" Second Uncle Qi asked.

Haizhu let out a "hmm", recounted what happened today while eating, and then talked about the fisherman's encounter with killer whales at sea.

"When they meet killer whales, they send fish out, and when we meet killer whales, they send us fish and turtles." She laughed.

"Don't be silly, I've cleaned the abalone and moray eel, do you do it or do I do it?" Grandma Qi asked.

"I'll come." Haizhu jumped up, she picked up the empty plate and went into the kitchen, drank a bowl of warm water and began to light a fire on the stove, the stove shelf was filled with water, and she brought out the stewed chicken from the cupboard. Remove the bones of the chicken and chop it into small pieces and continue to stew it in a crockpot, and throw the abalone into half with a knife, and at the same time boil water in the stove to prepare for cooking.

"Milk, you go to the fishing market or the beach, buy a few crabs and come back." She shouted outside.

"How many to buy?"

"Two per person."

The water boiled, and Dongzhu and Feng Ping came back with their wet hair, and Haizhu scooped hot water with cold water, and let them squat in the yard and rinse their hair with hot water.

After another moment, Qi Laosan came back empty-handed, and Second Uncle Qi saw him and said, "My brother and sister have gone to sell braised vegetables, Xingzhu is full, you go and wash it, I smell it and feel that she pulled." ”

Qi Laosan nodded, he didn't dare to make a sound, went into the kitchen lightly to scoop water, and said to Haizhu in a suppressed voice: "I paid the fishing tax, and the net was lost on the boat." "Throw away a bag of copper plates and put them on the stove.

Haizhu burned the fire and counted the copper plates, and the two of them divided it in half, took her share, and threw the rest in the money bag on the table.

It was slowly getting dark, Grandma Qi and Bei Niang came back one after another, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law first fetched water and brushed the crabs, washed the crabs and sent them into the kitchen to sit and rest in the yard.

Haizhu chopped the crab and threw it into the crockpot, the eel was thinly sliced and spread on the boiled rice noodles, and when the crab was cooked, she opened the lid and stirred it in the crockpot with a spoon, and the heat that came out was fresh and sweet. First make the soup into the bowl, the hot soup is poured on the eel fillet, the tender and snow-white fish fillet is rolled, and the soup has another umami. Immediately after, Haizhu scooped up the chicken pieces, abalone pieces, and crab pieces in the crockpot and stacked them on the rice noodles one by one, and she shouted outside: "Serve the bowl and eat." ”

The rest of the crockpot was poured into the soup bowl and brought out together.

After eating the crab first, the abalone moray eel is mixed with smooth rice noodles and fed into the mouth, and at the end of the drink, half a bowl of umami-filled soup is drunk, and the lips and tongue are full of umami.

After the meal, Dongzhu and Fengping cleaned up the table to wash the dishes, Chaoping cleaned up the crab shells, and the others sat in the courtyard to enjoy the moon leisurely. Haizhu hugged Xingzhu and put it on her lap, she held the child's fat leg and poked it again and again, making Xingzhu grin and giggle.

"Don't let outsiders go out with Xingzhu when no one is watching, if you want to tease the child, just let her hug her under the noses of our own family." Haizhu said to the others, "Xingzhu can't say anything, she was pinched and touched, and we don't know." ”

"Okay, I'll follow if someone hugs me in the future." Grandma Qi listened to her.

Haizhu rubbed Xingzhu's fat face again, returned her to her father, and said, "You continue to sit, I'll go take a bath." Third uncle, tomorrow we will go to Yandao. ”

Qi Laosan responded, he turned the baby in his arms, handed it to Bei Niang, and then went to the kitchen to fetch water for his second brother to wash.

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