Zhao Dahai walked to the front of the mangrove forest. After waiting for a while, the tide began to recede slowly, and the mudflats gradually emerged. In such a place, the biological chain is rich. There are many small fish, shrimps, crabs, etc., but they are not big.
, However, the jumping fish is different, there are many and the head is large.
Zhao Dahai was not in a hurry. He waited until the sea water receded for an hour or so before walking on the mudflat. The biggest feature of the mudflat is that the mud is very deep. If you step on it, it will reach at least your knees. In some places, you will have to dig into your thighs. The sea mud is very sticky and a bit
Similar to a swamp, it is very difficult to pull out the legs and requires a lot of effort. The thing I made out of a piece of wood yesterday looks a bit like a horse and is "riding" on the mudflat. It is commonly known as a "mud horse" and it comes in handy now. p>
Zhao Dahai carried the mud horse in one hand and a bamboo tube and a net bag in the other and went up to the mud beach. He walked forward for about ten meters. One after another, one group after another, the jumping fish were frightened and jumped forward crazily.
In just a few seconds, it had already rushed ten to twenty meters. It was impossible to catch up with it with two legs and two hands, and it was impossible to catch it. The mud horse was placed on the mud beach, holding the handle with both hands, and its right thigh and
Sitting on the mud horse board with half of my buttocks, I kicked my left leg hard on the ground and slid seven or eight meters away.
"Ha!"
"Not bad!"
"This saves effort."
Zhao Dahai was very happy. It was very difficult to walk on the muddy beach at the seaside. If you were not careful, you would sink in. You would be out of breath after walking a few steps. Having a mud horse saves a lot of effort.
Zhao Dahai skated the mud horse for a few minutes and became proficient in the operation. He didn't come here just for fun and started working immediately.
The mudflat next to the mangrove is very large, twenty to thirty meters wide, but very long, extending into the mangrove. This place is a paradise for jumping fish.
Zhao Dahai hung the mesh bag and bamboo tube on the handle of the mud horse and slowly slid forward. While sliding, he stared at the mud flat carefully. Although the jumping fish always jumped back and forth on the mud flat or the water surface, in fact, it was
They are burrowers and like to dig holes in the mudflats.
It didn't take long for Zhao Dahai to find a hole dug by a jumping fish. He put a bamboo tube on the entrance of the hole and pressed down hard. The entire bamboo tube was pressed into the mud, leaving only a hole. He grabbed a handful of mud and wiped it.
At first glance, there is no difference between the original hole of the jumping fish. Generally speaking, the jumping fish has two holes, one in front and one in the back. After searching, I found another hole, which was directly covered by a pile of mud. It was placed.
If you use a bamboo tube, immediately find another entrance to the jumping fish hole and place another bamboo tube, one after another, and put all the bamboo tubes down.
The sun is slowly rising.
The temperature on the mudflats is getting higher and higher.
Zhao Dahai gasped for air. Sweat beads the size of soybeans kept dripping down, as if they were free.
There are a lot of jumping fish on the mudflat in front of the mangrove, and you can find a hole for jumping fish at any time, but after putting all 80 bamboo tubes in, I was very tired.
The price of jumping fish is good.
There are a lot of jumping fish in the mudflats next to the mangroves and even in the mangroves.
But why do so few people or even no one capture it?
Could it be that everyone doesn’t know how valuable jumping fish are and how much money can be made from selling them?
That's not the case at all.
Catching jumping fish is very difficult.
Walking on the mud flat is very strenuous. Even if you have a mud horse, it just saves a little effort, not without effort.
Zhao Dahai took a rest and rode the mud horse several times around the mudflat where he had just placed 80 bamboo tubes, especially out of the mangrove.
"Hey!"
"Okay! Run, jump!"
Zhao Dahai was very happy to see groups of jumping fish jumping up and down and running away like ghosts. He chased them hard and immediately started to collect the bamboo tubes. At this time, he had to hurry up.
Zhao Dahai rode a bamboo horse and slid to the edge of a bamboo tube. He grabbed the bamboo tube and pulled it up. He looked at the sunlight above his head and saw something moving underneath. He stuffed it into the mesh bag and shook it a few times. A jumping fish flicked out.
Come out, finger size.
"Ha!"
"Not bad."
"It's rewarding!"
Zhao Dahai is very happy.
After the tide goes out, the jumping fish crawl out of the hole to look for food. Once frightened, they will run away quickly. One is to hide on the treetops of the mangrove, or on the wooden piles, or on the edge of the rocks. The other is if there is a chance,
It will get into the hole it dug. The bamboo tube occupied the position of the jumping fish's hole and was smeared with mud. The panicked jumping fish did not bother to distinguish. It only remembered the location of its own hole and went straight in. On the bottom of the bamboo tube
The bamboo joints are sealed and cannot be jumped, so you can catch them accurately.
Zhao Dahai rowed the bamboo horse and continued to collect until he had collected eighty bamboo tubes. The harvest was good, eighty bamboo tubes, and about sixty jumping fish were caught.
Zhao Dahai picked up the water he brought and drank heavily. After resting for about ten minutes, he continued to put and retract the bamboo tubes, and continued to roll in the mudflat. He did not stop until the seawater rose and flooded the entire mudflat.
Zhao Dahai sat on the sand on the shore and rested for almost half an hour before standing up. He picked up the mesh bag in the bucket and looked at it, with a smile on his face.
The jumping fish are pretty big. The small ones are as big as the middle finger and the big ones are as big as thumbs. The mudflats next to the mangroves have abundant food and are relatively fat. After weighing them, they weigh a full five kilograms. They are sold to fish.
The dealer sells them directly to Liu Gang for twenty or thirty yuan, and the price is a little higher. The smaller ones, forty or older, may even cost fifty yuan a pound, and you can earn about two hundred yuan.
Hard work?
What are you afraid of if you can make money and work hard?
It’s easier to make money if you have a fishing boat, but who says you don’t have a fishing boat? You can only work harder and earn enough money to repair the fishing boat.
Zhao Dahai looked at the time. It looked like four or five o'clock. He was exhausted and washed the mud and bamboo tubes on the pier in the sea water. That's it for today. We will continue to do it tomorrow.
Zhao Dahai returned home and found a large tank. He poured half a bucket of seawater and mud into it, and poured the jumping fish in the net bag into it. The jumping fish had muddy water, so it would be fine to feed them for a few days. He planned to catch them for a few more days.
Let's get together and sell them in the town.
"Yo!"
"It's back!"
Zhong Cuihua came out of the yard and saw Zhao Dahai who was like a mud monkey, and was very heartbroken.
"Hee hee hee!"
"Grandma."
"Aren't you collecting money to repair fishing boats now? Work harder."
Zhao Dahai smiled. Now he is working hard to make money to repair fishing boats. He can earn two to three hundred yuan a day, which is pretty good. No matter how hard he works, he has to grit his teeth.
Zhong Cuihua opened her mouth, but didn't say anything. If you don't have money, you have to work hard. It's been like this for thousands of years.
Zhao Dahai took a shower and changed clothes, drank some water, rested for a while, and started cooking dinner. He worked for a long time and was very tired. The dinner was very simple, no cooking, just washed salted pork belly and cut into half palms.
Big or small, put it directly into the rice and cook it together. When the rice is ready, the food will be ready at the same time. The taste is not very good, but I am so hungry that my chest is pressed against my back. How can I care about so much. Big mouthfuls of rice, when they are big
There is oil and water, that is the most important thing.
Zhao Dahai finished his meal and went to bed early to catch jumping fish. He was really sleepy and fell asleep.
Zhong Cuihua was sitting in the main room weaving fishing nets with the lights on until three o'clock in the morning.