Zhao Shi and Zhu Jianfei sat on the beach, smoking hookahs, looking at the small pier and the fishing boats on the nearby seaside, and chatting away.
"There are a lot of fish in the sea recently."
"So what? If there are more fish, the price will be lower, and you won't make much money."
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"It's really difficult to support our family just by fishing now."
"Why else would so many people in the village go out to work?"
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"Do you want to pay attention to Ma Guangcai's matter?"
"Zhao Dahai handled this matter perfectly. If I were younger, I would have broken Ma Guangcai's legs."
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Zhu Jianfei took several strong puffs. The water in the hookah made a gurgling sound, and the tobacco in the cigarette holder suddenly turned red. He took the pipe away and a puff of white smoke came out.
"Yo!"
"Cao Cao will arrive as soon as he says Cao Cao. Isn't this Zhao Dahai's fishing boat back?"
Zhu Jianfei pointed in the direction of the village pier.
Zhao Shi turned around and looked over. Zhao Dahai's fishing boat was heading towards the pier.
"Didn't he catch the big grouper a few days ago? I'm really worried that he will go fishing for big grouper again these days."
Zhao Shi picked up the hookah and blew lightly on the mouthpiece. A small jet of water rushed out of the cigarette holder to wash away the almost burned tobacco. He took out an iron box from his pocket, opened it, kneaded some tobacco into a ball and stuffed it into the cigarette holder.
I lit the match and took a few puffs.
"My sister's little granddaughter has heard of it, right?"
Zhu Jianfei looked at Zhao Dahai and stopped at the fishing boat dock. He thought about something. Two days ago, he went to the house of the elder sister who was married to the next village.
Up, now I saw Zhao Dahai, thought about it for a while, and then spoke.
"Oh?"
"The tall one in his teens?"
"The girl has changed since her 18th birthday, isn't she looking great now?"
Zhao Shi thought for a while. He had been to the village a few years ago and had seen him. He was good-looking. He shouted when he saw people. He was not afraid of strangers at all and had a good personality.
"Zhao Dahai is about the same age. Can we find a time to meet the two children?"
Zhu Jianfei looked at Zhao Dahai who was busy cleaning up on the parked fishing boat. In the past two years, he was lazy and lazy, and no one liked him. But now it is different. It didn't take long to make enough money to repair the fishing boat and go out to sea every day.
I caught a lot of fish in one day, and among other things, I could earn several thousand yuan from a gentian grouper. In this fishing village, you can afford a family if you work hard, and there are not many good girls and very few good boys. Zhao Dahai doesn’t have many now.
I personally know that, but if you keep working like this, it won’t take a year and a half for matchmakers from all over the country to come to you for introductions.
"I remember this kid from your sister's family went out to work after finishing high school, right?"
Zhao Shi remembers this.
Zhu Jianfei nodded. My sister's family wanted to marry their grandson in a nearby village so that they could meet him when he wanted. If he married outside, it would be in vain.
Zhao Shi thought about it for a while and agreed to talk to Zhao Dahai, but he didn't have any say in this matter. The family had been separated long ago. He was the elder but couldn't make up his mind on such a matter. Zhao Dahai was now the head of the family.
Man, sister-in-law Zhong Cuihua is unlikely to say too much about this matter. It all depends on Zhao Dahai's decision. In addition, the age is different now, and it is unlikely that Zhu Jianfei's granddaughter will be willing to do this.
Zhu Jianfei knew what was going on. He watched Zhao Dahai finish his work on the fishing boat and get on the dock. He stood up and left first.
Zhao Dahai filled a bucket with seawater, fished out the fish from the live cabin and put them in. He carried them to the pier and walked a few steps when he saw Zhao Shi waving to him on the beach.
"Second Grandpa."
"What are you doing here?"
Zhao Dahai walked to Zhao Shi.
Zhao Shi glanced at Zhao Dahai carrying the fish in the bucket but did not answer.
"I haven't been able to catch any fish by swinging the pile in the past two days. I've been thinking about finding another way."
Zhao Dahai really hasn't caught any fish these days, so he has to think of something to do.
Zhao Shi ignored what Zhao Dahai said about not being able to catch fish. Anyone who goes out to sea to fish has already been used to this problem, and directly told him what Zhu Jianfei told him.
Zhao Dahai was stunned for a moment, he really didn't expect Zhao Shi to say this.
"Second Grandpa."
"It's not that we have a high vision, but we don't have many conditions now, right? It would be great if someone can take a fancy to it."
"However, the girl you mentioned went out to work and is used to the big world outside."
“You definitely can’t live in this fishing village.”
"Take our village as an example. In recent years, how many of the girls who have gone out to work have married nearby people? Especially those who have married young men who go fishing at sea?"
Zhao Dahai shook his head. Regardless of whether he was thinking about Ding Xiaoxiang or not, this matter was unreliable. It was just wishful thinking of the older generation.
Zhao Shi thought about it, sighed, said nothing, took two steps and turned towards his home.
Zhao Dahai didn't think much about it. He carried the bucket home and walked into the yard. He fished out the fish in the small bucket and put it in the big bucket. The oxygen machine was on and bubbling.
Zhao Dahai looked at the less than twenty black snapper in the big bucket, each of which was no more than 2 taels and no more than 3 taels at most. He shook his head, it is not possible to continue like this. These are fish caught in two days, and the harvest can no longer be said.
It’s not good, it’s terrible. Let alone two or three days, even ten or eight days, you won’t be able to get enough fish to sell.
Zhong Cuihua was cooking when she heard the noise. When she walked out of the kitchen, she saw Zhao Dahai standing beside the vat with not much smile on his face. She knew that today's harvest was not good.
"That's how you put out fishing nets or go fishing. How can you make money every day?"
Zhong Cuihua shouted.
"Ha!"
"Grandma."
"I understand this."
Zhao Dahai put down the net in his hand, turned on the faucet and washed his hands and feet. Zhong Cuihua was worried that she would be shocked.
"We made a lot of money the past few days."
"How can I eat meat every day? Otherwise, I would have made a fortune long ago."
Zhao Dahai knew that this was what it was like to go to sea. He made a lot of money when it was good, and drank the northwest wind when it was bad. It was very normal. The black snapper he caught these days, plus the big grouper, made him 10,000 yuan, which was nothing.
I'm not satisfied, but I can't catch fish by swinging the pile now. I can't keep going like this. I have to think of other ways. Hanging from a tree will really kill you. You can't be single-minded when going to sea. If you catch fish,
If you have the opportunity, you will do it to death, but if you hit the south wall and there is no fish, you will definitely have to change places and find new methods.
Cloudless.
The sun is really shining.
Zhao Dahai took off his straw hat and fanned it a few times before putting it back on his head.
We went out to sea at a little after five o'clock today, and it's almost ten o'clock now. We have a black sea bream that weighs more than a pound, and a few small Shijiugong which are worthless and can only be kept for ourselves.
As expected, it was another bleak day.
Zhao Dahai looked around. There were five or six fishing boats similar to his own. The one far away was a bit invisible and the one closer was only 180 meters away. He didn't know if it was an illusion. There were so many boats around him in the past two days.
Get up.
There are more and more fish in the sea without fish. There is no way to survive if this continues!
Zhao Dahai picked up the bamboo pole and sailed the fishing boat to change places.