Rebirth of Fishing Village: Starting from Hua Axiang in Jiehu Village

Chapter 1145 Zhao Dahai Returns to the Pier
"Ailian!"

"You don't need to worry about this."

"It's really no problem. Even if we can't catch any fish, we can just ask Brother Dahai to go out to sea."

"This matter may be difficult for others, but it is not difficult for Brother Dahai."

Shi Zhong knew that Ding Ailian didn't know much about fishing, so he wouldn't have been worried if he hadn't bought a big sea fishing boat. But now that he had bought a big sea fishing boat, he felt pressured thinking about the large sum of money he had borrowed.

"I understand the logic, and I fully support you borrowing money to buy a large sea fishing boat, but I still worry when I think about having to pay back such a large sum of money."

Ding Ailian told the truth.

Ding Xiaoxiang and Ma Baozhu have both talked to me about this matter, and I understand the reason behind it, but it is impossible for me to ignore it when this matter is weighing on me.

"Ailian!"

"The custom here in the fishing village is to wait until my father is really unable to work, and then he will hand over these things at home to me."

"We want to have money in our hands and do what we want to do. This is the only way."

Shi Zhongwei knew that Ding Ailian was worried about this matter and even he himself was under pressure recently and had trouble sleeping at night, but he knew that this was the only way.

"Sister-in-law Xiaoxiang and Brother Dahai are both powerful people."

“Their vision is very sharp.”

"I was thinking that if they buy a store, we have to find a way to buy one. Even if we can't buy a very big one or a store in a very good location, we have to buy one after them."

"If you want to do something like this, you need to have money."

"You can't ask my dad or grandpa for this!"

Shi Zhongwei whispered to Ding Ailian some of his thoughts.

"I am a person who only knows how to drive a sea fishing boat and take others out to sea for fishing. I don't know anything else."

"I want to think of other ways to make money, but I don't have the time for this."

"We have seen everything Brother Hai and Sister Xiaoxiang have done. There is no need to think too much. Just follow their lead!"

Shi Zhongwei pointed to the pier in the distance.

"Didn't Brother Dahai and Sister Xiaoxiang buy a store in that place?"

"We don't have the money to buy a shop like this, but I'm thinking of buying another shop farther away from the pier."

"If you want to do something like this, don't you need to have money?"

"I want to make two more trips to the sea. I'll have some money in hand. I'll pay back some of Xiaoxiang's money, and use the rest to buy a shop."

"I've already picked it out. Once I have some money, I'll take you to have a look. If there's no problem, we'll take it down."

Shi Zhongwei once heard Ding Xiaoxiang and Zhao Dahai say that as for the shops at the pier that were far away, he could buy one as long as he had money and he would definitely not lose money, so he kept it in mind.

"what?"

"Have you already picked out the shops?"

Ding Ailian was shocked. She didn't expect that Shi Zhongwei was not only thinking about doing this, but also had already chosen a shop.

"Correct!"

"Don't we need to find someone to plan this?"

"The shops around the pier are indeed very valuable. It is very difficult for us to buy them now, but the prices are lower in places a little further away."

"I've done the math. Who knows, we might be able to take one of them before the New Year."

Shi Zhongwei was really not joking, this was what he thought.

"Row!"

"Let's go check out that store before the Chinese New Year. If it's really possible and we have the money, we'll buy it!"

Ding Ailian knew that this would put even more pressure on her, but she gritted her teeth and persevered through it.

Shi Zhongwei did not stay on the fish rack for too long. He met Ding Ailian and told her about his future plans. Then he left in his speedboat and returned to the sea fishing boat to organize his trip out to sea.

One o'clock.

The sea is open.

A huge speedboat was parked on the sea, with lights on the deck, looking all white.

“Are the fish in the sea crazy?”

As Zhong Shizhu spoke, he swung the rod in his hand vigorously, and the fish flew out and took several seconds to hit the water surface.

Zhong Shizhu pulled back with force and a fish took the hook immediately. The pulling force was very strong. There was a little water on the deck of the speedboat and his body swayed a bit, but he stood firm immediately and turned the spinning wheel hard to retrieve the line.

"what!"

"The bell stone pillar."

"Then why don't you just stop and take a rest, smoke a couple of cigarettes and drink some water? Or maybe just eat a bowl of rice to have the strength!"

Liu Bin spoke as he gritted his teeth and reeled in the fish.

It's not that Zhong Shizhu is out of strength, it's just that he has fished too much and pulled too many fish, so his hands are sore.

I wasn't feeling much better, and I also felt that I had little strength in my hands. If I continued like this, I would have to stop and rest after catching only a few fish.

"Be careful!"

"They are all 20 to 30 kilograms in size, and this is a Spanish mackerel with very strong pulling power!"

"Catch as many fish as you can. If you really can't catch any, don't fish!"

While fishing, Zhao Dahai loudly reminded Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou to pay attention to safety.

Zhao Dahai looked at the sea in the distance and saw a big mackerel weighing about 30 kilograms flying out of the water. Then he saw another one flying out of the water. He couldn't help shaking his head.

This morning, before the sun rose and before daybreak, I and a few others like Zhong Shizhu drove a speedboat to the artificial island reef to catch grouper.

The fishing conditions were very good, so I didn’t want to go back. I fished until almost eleven o’clock in the evening, then I drove back with my reel.

What Zhao Dahai didn't expect was that he encountered a school of swordfish when he was only halfway through the run.

How could I bear it? I started fishing for mackerel right away.

A school of swordfish are hunting, and there are too many of them and too few fish, so they are very ferocious. As soon as the rod is thrown to the place where the fish are, there will be fish biting the hook immediately.

They are all swordfish weighing 20 to 30 kilograms, and their relay race is very strong.

If you had just gone out fishing today, you would have plenty of energy and would not take these mackerels seriously.

But they had been fishing for a whole day and were very tired. Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou each caught seven or eight mackerels and were beginning to feel a little exhausted.

Fishing is important, making money is important, but safety is more important. Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou gritted their teeth and caught five or six more mackerels, then stopped panting. It's not that they don't want to fish, but they really can't. There are fish biting the hook but they don't have the strength to pull it back. If they continue fishing, the rod might fall into the sea.

"What the hell!"

"If you don't have a good body, you really can't go out to sea."

“Isn’t this just watching the money being made?”

Zhong Shizhu looked at the mackerels weighing 20 to 30 kilograms that were caught on the deck, one after another. All of them could be sold for a lot of money. It's not that there are no fish in the sea now, but he, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou were too tired and had no strength in their hands to fish.

"Who said it wasn't?"

"There's really nothing we can do. We can only watch the money swim around in the sea."

Liu Bin shook his sore hands. This was the situation now. There were fish that could be caught, but he simply couldn't catch them.

"never mind!"

"What can we do about it? None of us who go out to sea to fish, including the fishermen, have Zhao Dahai's good physique and can still fish at this time."

Lei Dayou looked at Zhao Dahai who was catching fish one after another and admired him very much. He actually knew that it was not that they and the others were in poor health, but that Zhao Dahai was in really good health. He had been fishing for a whole day and had to drive a speedboat and so on, so he consumed more energy than them, but now he was still full of energy.

"what!"

"Uncle Shizhu."

"Take a break. This school of fish isn't that big. If we continue fishing for a while, there might not be any fish left or they might have gone somewhere else. We should go back right away."

Zhao Dahai reeled in the line with all his strength to pull the fish back. After a short while, a 30-pound mackerel was pulled to the side of the speedboat.

Lei Dayou picked up the scoop net and started to whip it, then picked up a hammer and hit the mackerel hard on the forehead, and used pliers to remove the hook.

Now that they can’t go fishing anymore, they might as well help Zhao Dahai catch the fish.

Zhao Dahai fished for two hours straight, and the deck of the speedboat was filled with mackerels.

"What the hell!"

“There are really no fish now!”

Zhao Dahai was a little helpless. He drove the speedboat to chase the school of fish, but now he didn't know where the fish had gone, so he could only stop.

"go!"

"Let's go back and have a good meal and a good sleep. We'll talk about when to go fishing after we wake up!"

Zhao Dahai put away his fishing rod and drove the speedboat straight to where Ding Dawen parked his fishing boat. It took him almost an hour to get back after running at full speed.

As soon as Ding Dawen saw Zhao Dahai's speedboat, he had already lowered the ladder, and then shouted loudly for people to come over to work.

Five o'clock in the morning.

The color of the sky above the sea has already begun to fade slowly, and it won’t be long before the sun rises.

Zhao Dahai took a shower, changed his clothes and went on deck. Ding Dawen had already called on the people in the kitchen to prepare delicious food and drinks and bring them up to the deck of the fishing boat.

Zhao Dahai walked over and sat directly on the deck, picked up the bowl and ate and drank. He had been busy all night and had fished for mackerel for several hours on the way back. Although his body was made of iron, he still felt very tired.

Zhao Dahai ate very fast. In less than ten minutes, he had finished five big bowls of seafood porridge.

Zhao Dahai picked up a piece of mackerel that he had just caught not long ago, cut it into slices and fried it. He took a bite and it was sizzling and delicious.

"Are these mackerels so fat?"

Zhao Dahai was a little surprised.

No matter what kind of fish it is, the fatter it is, the tastier it is.

The batch of swordfish caught an hour ago were all quite large, weighing 20 to 30 kilograms each and looking very fat now. Such fish are very delicious if you just fry them and sprinkle a little salt on them.

But fat mackerel has oil and is more fragrant when fried, while lean mackerel only has fish meat, which is very dry and not very tasty.

"Correct!"

"These mackerels are really fat. It seems that they have grown so much fat because the season is almost here."

"When you kill these mackerels, their stomachs are full of fish oil, and when you fry them, all the fish oil is used up."

Ding Dawen picked up a piece of mackerel. He had been working on a fishing boat recently and had eaten too much fish, shrimp and crab, which made him feel a little sick of it. But today's mackerel was really delicious.

"I have to tell Xiaoxiang when I get back."

Zhao Dahai reminded Ding Dawen to tell Ding Xiaoxiang when he got back that this batch of swordfish was very fat, so the price would definitely have to go up.

Liu Gang and Liu Lei's seafood restaurant and Wu Weimin's private restaurant don't have to worry about the prices. These swordfish have to be sold out as soon as possible. It's impossible to sell them only to Liu Lei and his people. If they sell them to others, the price will have to go up.

Ding Xiaoxiang didn't know that if these swordfish were not only bigger in size but also fatter, the selling price would definitely be lower.

Ding Dawen nodded and agreed that he would tell Ding Xiaoxiang about this when he returned.

"Brother Dawen."

"Uncle Shizhu and I have been fishing these past few days, so we have been quite busy."

"I just fished all night again."

"Wait until we go out fishing tonight before your fishing boat returns."

After filling his stomach, Zhao Dahai thought for a while. He, Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, Lei Da and others needed to have a good sleep, otherwise they would not be able to hold on. Dawen's fishing boat had originally planned to go back to Shijiao Village Wharf in the afternoon to unload some of the fish, but now they could only slow down and wait.

"Row!"

"You can go back anytime. It's okay."

Ding Dawen nodded. It made no difference to him whether he returned to Shijiao Village Pier in the afternoon or at night. He would just do whatever the sea arranged for him.

"Uncle Shizhu."

"After dinner, let's have a good sleep. We can go fishing when we wake up."

Zhao Dahai stopped talking here and calculated the time carefully. It was a new method.

"Brother Dawen."

"We'll go back soon."

"If Uncle Shizhu and I go back to the cabin to sleep, our time will be wasted. Why don't we just go back? We can take a nap on the way, and when we get to the dock, we can go and take a look at the fish in the fish farm."

"After unloading the fish, we will continue to go out to sea. We can have a good sleep on the way, and when we get here, we can start fishing immediately."

Zhao Dahai thought about it carefully and thought this was a good idea. He could sleep on the way back. He had not been back for ten days or so. The fish had been left in the fish farm for some time and he was not sure what the situation was now. He might as well take this opportunity to go back and take a look.

Ding Dawen immediately stood up and began to make preparations. Half an hour later, the fishing boat raised the anchor and started heading back to the Shijiao Village Pier.

Zhao Dahai yawned and returned to the cabin. He had been fishing desperately every day for the past ten days and was so tired that he fell asleep as soon as he lay down.

(End of this chapter)