When Zhao Dahai returned home, his grandma Zhong Cuihua had just finished breakfast and was weaving a fishing net. She told her that she had bought big pig trotters and bones. Second grandfather Zhao Shi and second grandma Huang Jintao would come to the house for lunch and dinner and prepare meals in advance.
After Zhao Dahai said this, he turned around and went out in a hurry. He had to go to repair the ship. He didn't have time to get on the ship today, so he had to leave the cooking to his grandma Zhong Cuihua.
Zhao Dahai walked quickly to the beach. The ship planks unloaded yesterday were piled here. They had to be carried piece by piece behind the woods. He came early to do this. Later, his second grandfather Zhao Shi came and he could start working formally on the beach.
It is very soft and cannot be pushed. It can only be carried by hand and shoulder. The planks of fishing boats, especially the planks on the bottom of the boat, are very thick and heavy. The short ones can be carried, and the longest ones are more than 100 meters long.
Eight meters, it was too heavy to carry, and both of them were too tired. They found a few logs to put under it, tied one end with a thick hemp rope, and dragged it slowly but hard into the forest to the side of the fishing boat.
"Why are you in such a hurry? Wouldn't it be easier to help me when I come? Do you think I have old arms and legs?"
When Zhao Shi arrived, his eyes widened when he saw that all the planks had been moved. He knew very well how heavy these planks were. The two big men were very tired when unloading them yesterday. It was not easy for Zhao Dahai to get them in alone.
"Second Grandpa."
"Aren't I idle? If I came here earlier to do this job, I can start working on the board earlier."
Zhao Dahai really didn't want Zhao Shi to move the ship's planks. It was really heavy. Zhao Shi was old, so it was no joke if he ducked his waist or twisted his hand.
Zhao Dahai drank some water, took a rest, and started to get on the boat planks under Zhao Shi's guidance. The fishing boat itself was built by Zhou Fucheng's shipyard, and he was very familiar with the dimensions. Zhao Shi measured the planks very clearly when he measured them.
, Cut what needs to be cut, plan what needs to be planed, the holes have been made, and the positions have been arranged. Some places are nailed with big iron nails and some are fixed with bolts. The work is not complicated. I have an hour to eat and rest at noon to continue.
Work until the sun goes down before going home to rest.
Zhao Dahai got up at four o'clock in the morning the next day, cooked breakfast and went to work immediately. He had gained experience from working all day yesterday, and the large ship planks, especially the most difficult ones at the bottom of the ship, had been laid yesterday, and the remaining
What came down are just some small boards, so you don’t need Zhao Shi’s guidance, you can do it by yourself.
The sun is at the top of the sky.
The sun is hot.
Zhao Dahai put down the hammer in his hand and jumped off the fishing boat. In a day and a half, all the planks of the boat were installed.
Zhao Shi walked around the fishing boat and looked carefully several times. He held a hammer in his hand and knocked here and there. It took almost an hour before he nodded with satisfaction.
Zhao Shi took out a list and handed it to Zhao Dahai.
"Second Grandpa."
"Are they the things you need for 'making hemp'?"
Zhao Dahai looked at the list, which contained tung oil, lime powder, twine and other things. The wooden fishing boats were made of wood and planks, not seamlessly formed in one piece. There were large and small seams between the wood and planks, and iron nails were hammered in.
Or wherever bolts are used, water may leak. "Making" is the most important process to ensure that the fishing boat does not leak. I have heard about it since I was a child, but I have never done it.
Zhao Shi nodded, the things on the list were for "mapping".
Zhao Dahai looked at the time and it was just noon. He covered the fishing boat with waterproof plastic sheet and sent Zhao Shi home. He got on his motorcycle and hurried to the town. He found a store and bought all the things written on Zhao Shi's list, mainly tung oil and lime powder.
and jute thread, you can’t save money on these and buy the best ones.
After Zhao Dahai bought the things, he rushed back to the village and went directly to Zhao Shi's house.
When Zhao Shi saw Zhao Dahai coming back from shopping, he didn't rush to the fishing boat and got tung oil, lime and jute thread.
"One part tung oil and three parts lime."
"Add a little more jute twine."
"Mix well. Beat."
"All the way down to the level of sludge."
Zhao Shi said while taking action.
Zhao Dahai pricked up his ears and widened his eyes. This was made of "putty lime". Some places call it "tung putty". It is a good thing used to repair seams and leaks on traditional wooden fishing boats. It is not only useful for repairing the boat this time, but also for maintaining fishing boats in the future.
To use it, you have to learn it well.
Zhao Shi stopped a half-sized portion of putty lime and waved Zhao Dahai away to go home and learn on his own.
Zhao Dahai waited for home with the putty lime and the purchased tung oil. He walked into the yard, pulled up a stool and sat down, and immediately started trying to make it. He soon discovered that it looked simple, but it was not easy at all to mix it just right. It was not that there was too much tung oil.
There was too much lime or too much jute thread, so I kept failing and tried more than a dozen times before I could make one similar to Zhao Shi's. I wanted to go to the fishing boat to "make jute" right away, but it was already dark, so I could only wait until tomorrow. After Zhao Dahai finished dinner and was busy packing things in the kitchen, he heard someone shouting outside the yard.
"Boss Luo."
"Have you eaten yet?"
Zhao Dahai opened the door and saw Luo Zhong riding a tricycle parked at the door. This man had opened a small factory in the town and was in the business of finding people to weave and sell fishing nets. The surrounding villages all received work from Luo Zhong's factory. "Ha!"
"Born to be busy."
"We will go back after collecting the people from your village. I estimate it will be nine or ten before we can have food."
Luo Zhong wiped the sweat from his forehead as he spoke.
Zhao Dahai walked into the main room and was shocked when he moved. Grandma Zhong Cuihua had woven a lot of fishing nets.
Luo Zhong looked it over carefully and found that there was no problem. He calculated the total and found it was a total of 1,852 yuan.
"Grandma."
"This is money from selling fishing nets."
Zhao Dahai saw Luo Zhong off and returned to the main room with the money and handed it to Zhong Cuihua.
"You take this money. It will cost a lot of money to repair fishing boats and so on."
Zhong Cuihua didn’t answer.
"Grandma!"
"Didn't I tell you before? I bought materials for scrapping ships. I saved a lot of money. I don't need to spend your money."
"Keep the flowers for yourself."
Zhao Dahai is not polite, he already has enough money.
"I'm an old woman who won't go anywhere. How can I need money? Just take it."
Zhong Cuihua waved her hand.
Zhao Dahai had no choice but to think about it. His grandma had nothing to be polite about, so she accepted it.
"Grandma!"
"There is so much money to repair fishing boats that we no longer need to weave fishing nets!"
Zhao Dahai knew that grandma Zhong Cuihua had been working hard to weave fishing nets recently, and all she wanted was to make more money to repair her own fishing boat.
"What can you do if you don't weave fishing nets?"
"Now I don't have a great-grandchild for me."
Zhong Cuihua smiled.
"Hey!"
"Grandma!"
"There's no need to worry about this. With our family's conditions, we can't marry into a good family."
"After the fishing boat is repaired, we can make more money by fishing at sea. It is not too late to build a new house or something and then think about it."
Zhao Dahai was a little bit dumbfounded. Grandma Zhong Cuihua is now thinking about her great-grandson. This is impossible. One is that her family is poor and it is difficult to find a wife; the other is that she has made her own decision. Ding Xiaoxiang is only fifteen or sixteen years old, and the most important thing now is to make money.<