Zhao Dahai got up early the next day, carrying tools such as hammers and axes, and walked out of the yard directly towards the dock. He happened to meet the fishing boats in the village returning from fishing. Each fishing boat had a good harvest.
It can range from a few dozen kilograms to more than a hundred or two hundred kilograms. I want to repair the fishing boat immediately. I looked at it for a while, turned around and walked quickly towards the woods behind the beach.
Zhao Dahai stood in front of the fishing boat with mixed feelings. This was the fishing boat left by his father and mother, but it was this fishing boat that cost his father and mother their lives. He was now going to repair the fishing boat and continue fishing at sea.
Zhao Dahai calmed down and checked the wooden frame on which the fishing boat was mounted. It had been exposed to wind and sun for two years, and a third of the thick wood was rotten, but there was no big problem. He climbed up and stood and jumped a few times.
It was very stable, and then he started working with a hammer and axe, knocking off and planing away the rotten ship planks. When eating last night, Zhao Shi said that he would do this first today.
When Zhao Shi heard the dull voice, he quickened his pace and walked through the forest. He saw Zhao Dahai and shouted.
Zhao Dahai raised his head and said hello. When he saw Zhao Shi coming over and picking up a hammer to work, he immediately stopped him. Zhao Shi was not young and he had to do the physical work himself. It just took a little more time.
"Second Grandpa."
"It's just such a small amount of work. I can finish it in one day. I don't need your help."
"When you really start to practice, you can give me some guidance and I will do the rest."
Zhao Dahai wiped the sweat from his forehead and drank a few sips of water. The fishing boat left by his father and mother was not big. It required skills and experience to repair, but it was not too complicated. When his second grandfather Zhao Shi was young, he
I have worked in the shipyard for ten years and I am a veteran. With a little guidance, I can do it well by myself. When two people need to work together, I can lend a hand. Zhao Shi is not needed for anything else.
Zhao Shi nodded. He was really not young. He couldn't do much work, couldn't help much, and would cause more trouble. It would be faster and more convenient for Zhao Dahai to be alone.
Zhao Dahai took a big hammer and knocked off all the large pieces of rotten ship planks. Those that were faster or that couldn't be knocked off were carefully cleaned with an axe.
Zhao Shi stood watching, smoking a hookah, glancing at Zhao Dahai from time to time, and then at the ax or hammer in Zhao Dahai's hand, nodding in his mind, not smashing, knocking, and checking.
When I started knocking, I didn't rush or take it slow. I did a really good job.
The sun is rising higher and higher, and there is an open space where the fishing boats are set up. There is no shelter and it is very hot.
Zhao Dahai was sweating like raindrops and looked at the fishing boat under his feet. Two-thirds of the boat planks were knocked off.
"Second Grandpa."
"Knocked them all off."
"Look at how many ship planks we have to buy?!"
Zhao Dahai looked at Zhao Shi, who had been watching from the side. He tried several times to persuade Zhao Shi to sit in the forest and wait until he finished his work before coming over to take a look, but he didn't listen at all.
Zhao Shi ignored it, took a smaller hammer, and began to knock on the remaining ship planks, one centimeter by centimeter, and he knocked three times before stopping.
"Come!"
"Knock it!"
Zhao Shi pointed to several places where he had carved marks with a knife.
Zhao Dahai took the hammer and started knocking. After knocking for a while, he couldn't hear anything.
"Second Grandpa!"
"Is this okay?"
Zhao Dahai knew that Zhao Shi thought there was something wrong with the ship decking in these places and the sound was different, but he knocked carefully and listened carefully and felt that there was no problem.
Zhao Shi didn't say a word and just kept smoking the hookah.
Zhao Dahai picked up the hammer and struck again, over and over again where Zhao Shi had marked the mark. At first he couldn't hear anything. The more he struck, the more he heard, and gradually he could tell that it was indeed true.
Not quite the same.
Zhao Shi told Zhao Dahai that he would knock a few more times from beginning to end to see if there were any other spots, then turn around and leave.
Zhao Dahai imitated what Zhao Shi had just done, knocking with the small hammer over and over again from beginning to end, one centimeter by centimeter. He listened carefully with his ears to see if there was anything wrong with the sound. Sweat dripped down drop by drop.
, fell on the sand and disappeared in an instant, and new beads of sweat popped up. Don’t be careless about this matter. The place where the sound is wrong is that it is rotten, especially if insects have eaten inside. You must find it out and deal with it properly.
Otherwise, the fishing boat will rot within a year or two after being put into the water. If you are out fishing one day and get in the water, no joke, you may lose your life.
The sun sets.
In the open space in the middle of the forest, the light slowly dimmed, making it almost impossible to see.
Zhao Dahai put down the hammer in his hand, straightened up, and pressed his ears. He kept banging on the ship's board all afternoon. He heard it too much. Now that he stopped, it still kept buzzing. He rested for a while.
Slowly return to normal.
Zhao Dahai packed up the tools such as hammers and axes, put them in a big bag and carried them home through the woods. When he walked to the village pier, he saw Zhao Shi holding a hookah in his hand, smoking and talking to Zhong Shizhu and Lei Da.
Talking.
Zhao Shiwen found several places.
Zhao Dahai honestly said that he found six places.
Zhao Shi didn't say anything, smoked a few water pipes and nodded.
Zhao Dahai carried the tools and walked home. It didn't take much effort to knock off the rotten planks of the fishing boat. He knocked on the planks to see where there was any problem. He was very tired. He went home early to eat and sleep. He had to continue working tomorrow.<
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"I found several places, what do you mean?"
Zhong Shizhu is a little strange. Zhao Shi just said that Zhao Dahai is repairing a fishing boat in the forest. Find a place? Where do you need to find a place to repair a fishing boat?
"Hehehe!"
"Look for the places on the fishing boats that have been infested with insects. This guy is a bit talented in this area, and he really found them all."
Zhao Shi smiled.
"Yo!"
"This is incredible!"
Zhong Shizhu did not expect this to happen. No one who goes fishing can live without a fishing boat. Fishing boats made of wood are most afraid of insects or small rots. These places are very small, many of which are inside the wood and on the surface.
You can’t see it from the top, but if you don’t care about it, it will become bigger and bigger under the immersion in sea water. If it is not discovered in time, big problems may occur. Is this simple? Can anyone do it? Use a hammer to hit it
Isn’t it just a matter of listening to the sound? We all know the truth, but not everyone can do it. In a place like a fishing village, it’s not easy to make money. You never hire anyone to do things you can do yourself. You have to pay three hundred yuan for knocking a boat several times.
But no one who owns a boat can save this money. Zhao Shi worked as a boat owner in the early years and is a master in this field. Many people come to his door every year and can make a lot of money. Zhao Dahai has no experience and no reputation.
Please, but if you follow Zhao Shiqian for two years, you will find your way out immediately.
"Haha!"
"Ten or twenty years ago, it was a craft that could make money to support the family. It is no longer possible now. Fishing boats are all made of steel or some alloy, and speedboats are made of high-strength plastic. Why use wood? This craft has no way to survive."<
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Zhao Shi shook his head.
Zhong Shizhu thought for a while and realized that was really the case. Nowadays, wooden fishing boats are all left over from the past and are used as makeshift ones. Those who buy new fishing boats will not choose wooden ones. There are many wooden boats in Langtou Village and nearby villages.
It’s an old boat that was built more than ten years ago and was passed down from the previous generation. The new ones purchased are all made of high-strength plastic one-piece hulls.
Zhao Shi saw that it was almost time, stood up and walked home.