Zhao Dahai opened his eyes and turned to look at the window. It was already bright. He immediately got up and got dressed. As soon as he walked out of the yard, he saw his grandma Zhong Cuihua walking in with a bucket.
"Hey!"
"Grandma!"
"Wait until I get up to do this!"
"It's no different than an hour or two"
Zhao Dahai knew at first glance that Zhong Cuihua had gone to water the vegetable field.
"Hehehe!"
"How can I wait for you to do everything?! It's not like I can't do it if I pour some water on it."
Zhong Cuihua shook her head. Zhao Dahai has been very busy these days. The seeds just planted need to be watered every day. This is not a heavy job. If you can do it yourself, just help out.
Zhao Dahai took the bucket, walked to the corner and put it down. He opened the lid of a large bucket on the ground and looked at the blue crabs dug up yesterday. There was nothing wrong with them. He originally wanted to sell them today, but the distance between the village and the town was
Not far away, I sell a dozen large blue crabs at a time. People in my village or other villages must know what is going on. Blue crabs have strong vitality. If you soak them in some sea water, they will not die in half a month or even a month. This
In a few days, I will go into the mangroves a few more times, dig out any blue crabs I can find, scan them and sell them together.
Zhao Dahai picked up the dustpan with the meat of mud snails and sea melon seeds to dry, walked out of the yard, put it on the pile of stones at the door, and picked up the meat of the mud snails and sea melon seeds. The wind on the seaside was strong, so he only dried it last night and put it in the yard to blow.
One night, the meat of mud snails is large and thick, and is 30 to 40% dry. The flesh of sea melon seeds is small, and it is 50 to 60% dry. Now during the day, with the wind not blowing and the sun, at the end of the day, the meat is 77 to 88% dry.
If you put it up and dry it in the sun from time to time, it can be stored for a long time.
"The sea."
"Where did you get these mud snails and sea melon seeds?"
"This piece of meat is quite big!"
Zhao Dahai turned around and saw Ma Hongyu.
"Aunt Ma."
"Where are you going?"
"Where to work at the dock?"
"This thing is worthless and no one wants it. How can it grow bigger? I'll get some and dry it in the sun. I'll eat it when I don't have vegetables."
"Where did you get it?"
"On the edge of the mangrove! There are fewer people there, so this thing is a little bigger."
Zhao Dahai said hello with a smile. Mud snails and sea melon seeds, especially sea melon seeds, sell for five or six yuan a pound in the city. But in the villages by the sea, not many people are interested in these things. If you want to eat them, you can dig a dozen or two anywhere in the sea.
Ten kilograms or even hundreds of kilograms can be eaten until you vomit.
"Yo!"
"Are there such big mud snails and sea melon seeds on the edge of Hongcun Forest?"
"Your method is great. Dry it and store it. When you don't want to buy vegetables someday, grab a handful, cut a radish or stir-fry a few garlic sprouts or something and stir-fry together to make a dish? You really need to get some someday.
Come back."
Ma Hongyu has been in the village for thirty years, and she really doesn’t know where such big mud snails and sea melon seeds can be found nearby.
"Who says it's not?"
“Where do you get the money to buy meat every day!?”
Zhao Dahai nodded.
Ma Hongyu chatted for a while before turning and leaving.
Zhao Dahai smiled. Each of the aunts and uncles in the village had their own plans. Ma Hongyu had just been looking at the mud snails and sea melon seeds in her dustpan. They were indeed not rare things, but when she saw the size, they were relatively small.
Big, he asked immediately, maybe one day he would find a place to eat or dig. In these places near the village, people like Ma Hongyu were more familiar with them than him, and he couldn't figure them out. If he didn't mention the mangroves, he would arouse suspicion, but if he mentioned it, it would be fine.
However, these days I have to seize the time to enter the mangroves, dig more and catch more blue crabs before others find them, so as to avoid long nights and dreams.
Zhao Dahai continued to carefully pull out the mud snails and sea melon seeds in the dustpan, making sure to turn them all over so that they could be dried thoroughly. After finishing this task, he finished breakfast and carried a bag of mud snails and sea melon seeds that he had specially left last night with his grandma.
After saying that, he went out and walked towards Zhao Shi's house. When he stood at the door of the yard, he shouted "Second Grandpa". Only when he heard someone opened the door and walked in.
"Second Grandpa."
"Second Grandma."
Zhao Dahai saw Zhao Shi and Huang Huangtao having breakfast.
"Ouch!"
"How did you, a kid like me, get here?!"
"Come! Sit down."
"Second Grandma will give you a bowl of porridge."
Golden Tao stood up as she spoke.
Zhao Dahai stopped Huang Jintao and had already had breakfast.
"Second Grandpa."
"Yesterday I went into the mangrove."
"Touched some mud snails and sea melon seeds."
"Bring you some."
As Zhao Dahai spoke, he put down the mud snails and sea melon seeds he was carrying. He didn't bring the blue crabs, not because he couldn't bear to part with them. Zhao Shi would definitely not want them if they were brought over. These are things that can be sold for money. Taking them is equivalent to taking his own money.
He must be allowed to take it back. Mud snails and sea melon seeds are not rare things. Bring it to Zhao Shi for a taste, so he won't shirk it.
"Oh?!"
"What are you doing digging this thing in the mangroves?! You can't sell it for money."
Zhao Shi frowned. Mud snails and sea melon seeds cannot be sold for money, so the effort is not worth it.
"I don't plan to sell it."
"Cook the meat and dry it in the sun."
“A variety of food in the bowl.”
Zhao Dahai really has no intention of selling these sea melon seeds and mud snails.
Zhao Shi's face looks better.
Zhao Dahai sat for a while, stood up and left to do some work in the fields. In addition, he had planned to enter the mangroves for the past two days and needed to prepare.
"This kid, Dahai, seems to have changed his gender and started to live a better life."
"Put the house in order."
"The vegetable plot has been dug and planted, and I almost had a fight with Sun Minghua."
Huang Huangtao escorted Zhao Dahai out of the yard, turned back, pulled up a chair and sat next to Zhao Shi.
"Hmph!"
"Sun Minghua has occupied the land of Zhao Dahai's family. Even if he is beaten to death, he will have nothing to say."
Zhao Shi curled his lips. Zhao Dahai did a good job on this matter. Life in the village is not that simple. You must fight for what should be fought. If you cannot keep your own things, the whole village will look down on you.
"I caught crabs and fish for sale a few days ago."
"I made some money. I didn't spend it randomly. I just bought rice oil and other things. My old sister-in-law said I would buy her red date cake. You are so sensible!"
"Hey!"
"My old sister-in-law can relax now and die in peace."
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Huang Jintao wiped the corners of his eyes. Zhao Shi and Zhao Dahai's grandfather were brothers and separated from each other, but their blood is thicker than water. Two years ago, something happened to Zhao Dahai's father and mother when they went fishing at sea, and Zhao Shi was the only one left in the family.
Dahai and Zhong Cuihua lived a very difficult life. What was even more difficult was that Zhao Dahai was ignorant and lazy. Now it seems that everything is over. Zhao Dahai has cleaned up the house in the past few days, planted land, caught crabs and tiger fish and sold them for money.
Now I know how to go into the mangroves, dig for mud snails and sea melon seeds, and eat them as vegetables. This is a practical life.
Zhao Shi picked up the hookah placed on the wall, took out shredded tobacco from the bag, kneaded a small ball into the cigarette holder, lit it, and took several puffs, his face tensed up.
Golden Tao knew something was wrong at first sight.
"The sea wants to repair the ship."
Zhao Shi blew out thick smoke.
"Ah?"
"What's going on here?"
"I have to talk to my sister-in-law!"
Golden Tao screamed and stood up immediately.
"What are you doing?"
"I've said this before. My sister-in-law nodded in agreement."
Zhao Shi shook his head.
"Going to sea is a dangerous thing."
……
"What does this kid from Dahai have to do to fish? Can't you find something else to do?"
……
"Didn't Dadong and Xiaodong do a good job at Electronic Stone? They earn 4,000 yuan a month! It's hard work, but it's safe to stay in the factory!"
"How about we let this boy Dahai go work with Dadong and Xiaodong?"
……
Huang Jintao sat down slowly, her lips trembling, and she kept nagging.
Zhao Shi's face became even uglier. He had this idea, but Zhao Dahai was not happy with it. Zhong Cuihua nodded again. The key is that Zhao Dahai was right. Zhong Cuihua was old. She couldn't live without someone by her side. She had to go out to sea to catch fish.