Zhao Dahai was sweating profusely and his clothes were soaked. After he finished chiseling the last place, he stopped and took a few breaths. The work looked simple but it was really strenuous. One was because the wood of the ship board was hard, and the other had to be chiseled out or rotten.
The hole must be dug as small as possible so that it can be repaired easily and have little impact on the fishing boats.
Zhao Shi carefully checked one by one, and found no problems. He was very satisfied. The work was done quickly and carefully. This was not easy. There was nothing frizzy about a twenty-year-old boy.
Zhao Shi sighed. The last person like this was Zhao Dahai's father. He could learn any job and did it well, but it was a pity that he left early.
Zhao Shi took out a ruler and began to measure the area where the ship's planks were knocked off. While measuring, he used a pencil to write and draw on a piece of paper.
Zhao Dahai looked carefully at the side. This matter is not simple. The fishing boats are curved, plus some corners. How many boards are needed and what kind of boards are needed? Which board is bigger and which is smaller, especially now
Repairing a fishing boat is not just about building a new fishing boat. It must be precise. This saves trouble and money during installation. You will definitely have to deal with fishing boats in the future. Maybe one day you will have to repair the fishing boat yourself. If you have the opportunity, you will definitely strive for more.
Learn a little, fishermen who can’t repair fishing boats are not good fishermen.
Zhao Dahai waited for Zhao Shi to finish taking the measurements, and asked about what he didn't understand. After buying the board and repairing it, he almost understood everything.
It was almost noon after Zhao Dahai and Zhao Shi had finished measuring and calculating the size of the boat planks they needed. Zhong Cuihua cooked rice, stuffed her neck and then rode her motorcycle to the town to buy the boat planks.
Hongqi Shipyard.
As Zhao Dahai walked in, he looked at the large and small fishing boats parked on both sides of the road. Some were made of iron, and more were made of wood. They were extremely dilapidated. Some only had their keels left, and some only had some boards left, all crowded together.
Together, it exudes the smell of sea and rust. These fishing boats once ran in the sea, catching countless fish and making a lot of money, but now they can only wait here to rot.
Zhao Dahai and Zhao Shi walked all the way to the innermost part and saw a large work shed with the keel frame of a wooden fishing boat on a shelf. It looked like it was built to be 16 or 7 meters long.
"Old Zhou!"
"Old Zhou!"
When Zhao Shi saw that there was no one there, he shouted at the top of his lungs.
"What are you doing?"
"How could you, an old man like you, come to my place?"
Zhao Dahai looked back and saw an old man who was about the same age as Zhao Shi. He was pushing a tricycle with many wooden boards in his hand. He walked over quickly, took over and pushed it into the work shed in twos and twos.
"Where did this boy come from?"
Zhou Fucheng wiped his sweat with a towel and wiped his hands. He glanced at Zhao Dahai and nodded. He took the initiative to help with the work without saying a word. This is good.
"Zhao Dahai."
"It's from my eldest brother's house."
As Zhao Shi spoke, he walked around the fishing boat being built in the work shed and looked at it.
Zhou Fucheng was silent for a while and sighed. The town and village are not big, and some things are known to everyone. He and Zhao Shi have been friends for many years, so he knew the situation immediately when he heard it.
Zhao Shi stretched out his hand and patted the keel of the fishing boat under construction. It was made of solid materials and was a good boat. He looked away and said that he would buy the boat planks today.
Zhou Fucheng was stunned for a moment. Zhao Shi was the same age as himself. He couldn't do anything, and he definitely couldn't go to sea. Also, he was here to buy boat planks, so he must be repairing fishing boats. He immediately thought of what was going on, and couldn't help but turn around and look at Zhao Dahai.
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"Buy some boat planks, repair the boat left by my father and mother, and go fishing."
Zhao Dahai nodded, Zhou Fucheng knew his own affairs.
"You built that boat. You are very familiar with it. Hurry up and get me some good materials."
Zhao Shi held the paper with the dimensions in his hand and placed it on the table.
"These boards are not cheap. They cost 23,000 yuan in total. The better ones cost an estimated 25,000 yuan."
Zhou Fucheng picked up the paper and looked at it carefully and calculated with the abacus for a while, then he looked up at Zhao Dahai and Zhao Shi.
"Ah?"
"Is it so expensive now?"
Zhao Shi was stunned for a moment, this was three to five thousand yuan higher than he estimated.
"The main reason is that wood is expensive. The price has increased by almost 30% compared with previous years."
"I remember that it was a ship that was 10.08 meters long and 2.48 meters wide. The several main boards on the bottom of the ship are durable only if they are connected through the whole board. The boards are not wide but they cannot stand long. More than half of the money was spent on this. In addition to other
The price of the board has reached 20,000."
"Other leftover materials and the like are worth two to three thousand yuan, whichever is less."
Zhou Fucheng took out a cigarette from his pocket, flicked one and gave it to Zhao Shi. In recent years, there have been few people making wooden fishing boats. Instead of being cheaper, they are more expensive. Wood is expensive and labor is expensive. It’s really crazy.
"How can there be any reason for such an increase?"
"Cheaper!"
……
"Hey!"
"When did I make more money from you?"
"This price is just hard-earned money!"
"No matter how cheap it is, it's only two or three hundred yuan, so you can't wipe out two or three thousand yuan, right?"
……
Zhao Dahai felt a little headache when he heard Zhao Shi and Zhou Fucheng bargaining. He had earned 20,000 yuan and rushed over happily to buy wood for ship repair. He didn't expect that the price would rise, and not even a little bit.
What to do?
Continue to make some money?
While Zhao Dahai was thinking about it, he looked outside the work shed. What he saw were dilapidated fishing boats, and an idea suddenly flashed across his face.
"Boss Zhou."
"The price you are talking about is for newly purchased wood, right?"
Zhao Dahai asked Zhou Fucheng.
Zhou Fucheng immediately said that this must be the price of new wood.
Zhao Dahai pointed to the old ships piled outside and asked if there was any material for ship dismantling. If so, he would not buy new wood but only needed ship dismantling materials.
"You want to buy ship-breaking materials? How could it not be available? But, are you sure you want to buy such materials?"
Zhou Fucheng did not expect Zhao Dahai to have this idea.
"Just buy shipbreaking materials."
Zhao Dahai made up his mind. Ship scrapping materials refer to materials removed from old fishing boats. New wood is expensive, used ship scrapping materials are cheap, and second-hand car parts have the same meaning. He wants to repair the fishing boat as soon as possible.
It's just right to go to sea.
Zhou Fucheng did not speak immediately and turned to look at Zhao Shi.
"The sea."
"Did you just think about it? Why don't you think of ways to make some money?"
Zhao Shi frowned, not wanting Zhao Dahai to buy ship scrapping materials.
"Second Grandpa."
"We are repairing a fishing boat, and what we want is to save money and time. When we go fishing, we always have our heads tied to our belts. We don't have so many worries."
Zhao Dahai spoke directly. Ship scrapping materials are dismantled materials, and most fishing boats are abandoned after accidents. Zhao Shi felt that it was unlucky. He really didn't care about this matter, but he had to say that the ship being repaired was also an accident ship. Yes.
If you don’t have enough money, you can just buy a new one or a bigger one. Isn’t it because you don’t have money that you just want to repair it? Where do you come from so many thoughts and considerations?
Zhao Shi was silent for a while and nodded. What Zhao Dahai said makes sense, and there really isn't much to emphasize.