1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 111 Fishing in the Wind and Waves
Sure enough, starting from that night, a whistling sound of wind gradually began to emerge.

The next day, it rained in bursts. The big trees on the roadside in front of the door had fallen leaves all over the place, and the small trees, along with their branches, were blown away and danced wildly in the wind like they were convulsing.

Liang Ziqiang had no choice but to make some space in the main room and start making the "underwater trick".

Lizhi ran over when he saw this, and volunteered with great interest:
"Brother, this net looks more interesting than the usual fishing nets. Let me help you make it!"

Liang Ziqiang quickly protected the business in his hand. If Lizhi really interfered with this thing, wouldn't it be useless?
Lizhi was very dissatisfied with his reaction and pouted:

"Brother, you don't trust people! I learned how to weave nets a long time ago, and I sold the fishing nets I wove together for a lot of money!"

Liang's mother happened to walk by and continued:

"Yes, it was all my work, otherwise even a blind man wouldn't buy the web you wove!"

Lizhi was devastated, and with a wounded heart, he dug out a piece of candy from under his pillow to heal himself.

At this time, Liang Xiaohai came over with the turtle, squatted in front of Liang Ziqiang, and watched him carefully for a while how he made the underwater jump, and then praised him with a little smile:
"Second uncle is so skillful!"

Liang Ziqiang took one look at him and knew that he definitely had something else to say. In this respect, he was like Kuang Haixia.

Sure enough, after praising Liang Ziqiang, Xiao Hai came closer and said:

"Second Uncle, can you help me persuade Duobao?"

"Duobao? What did it do to you?" Liang Ziqiang raised his head slightly.

"It has changed its mind now! In the past, Duobao, the big turtle and I had such a good time playing together. Now I let it stand on the big turtle's back to play with the cars, but it ignores me. As soon as I stand on it, it jumps off. I pick it up and then jumps off again. It's so annoying!"

Liang Ziqiang glanced at Duobao, who was lying there. When he heard Xiaohai saying his name, he seemed to feel that it was not a good thing and snorted.

It seems that since Duobao got a formal job helping to catch seafood, he no longer wants to associate with idle people like Xiaohai.

Liang Ziqiang glared:
"Xiao Hai, I have to tell you something. This turtle's injury is almost healed. If we keep it at home every day, we'll have to waste shrimps to feed it. We should put it back into the sea!"

Liang Xiaohai's face froze for a moment. How could he lose more than he gained? However, he quickly reacted and suddenly shouted at Liang Ziqiang:
"Uncle, I promise! From now on, I will never somersault into your and Aunt's room again at night!"

Liang Ziqiang exclaimed, "Are three-year-olds so smart nowadays? How did he connect these two things so perfectly?"

Liang Ziqiang's expression suddenly became much kinder, and he even touched Liang Xiaohai's head:

"It's okay. The turtle can stay for two more days. A few shrimps are not a big deal. The most important thing is that children must keep their words. Don't forget your promise today while doing somersaults. Got it?!"

Liang Xiaohai was as if he had been granted amnesty and quickly ran away with the turtle.

At this moment, Chen Xiangbei had just finished washing the breakfast dishes and walked over. She happened to hear the entire magical conversation between the uncle and nephew.

She blushed when she heard this! She squatted down and whispered in his ear with contempt:
"I never thought you were such a person to trade turtles like this!"

"I'm doing this for our happiness," Liang Ziqiang defended.

"Do it for your own happiness!" Chen Xiangbei glared at him.

Seeing that he was too busy making the underwater cannon by himself, she moved a small stool over to help him:
"You don't think I'm doing you a disservice, do you?"

"You? You're okay! Haven't you heard that men and women working together make the work less tiring?"

To be honest, Chen Xiangbei is very good at learning some manual work. For example, fishing nets are far better than lychee.

Of course, underwater diving is much more complicated and difficult than fishing nets, but after learning it for a while, she was soon able to cooperate with him and help him.

But this thing is much slower to make than a fishing net. It took two people a whole morning to make a seabed dart more than halfway.

It was almost noon and Chen Xiangbei had to get up to make lunch, so Liang Ziqiang continued to weave for a while.

Because it has been raining heavily outside today, the two adobe stoves under the outdoor shed are almost unusable. The three families have to share one kitchen and cook at staggered times.

Liang's mother had already finished cooking the meal and asked who would cook first, the eldest or the second child's family. Kuang Haixia said she had something else to do, so Chen Xiangbei went to cook first.

It seems that living in a rented house is too inconvenient. Not only is happiness a problem at night, but even cooking during the day is sometimes a problem... Liang Ziqiang once again felt the importance of building a house.

At noon, Chen Xiangbei cooked a saury and a spotted pig. She cut the saury into small pieces and pan-fried it, making it crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. She steamed the spotted pig. Then she added some lettuce. The dishes for dinner were also cooked together.

After lunch, the three families had a rare chance to rest, so they all went back to their rooms to take a nap. Liang Tiancheng and Liang Zifeng in particular had been out to sea to pull nets for several days in a row, and they got up very early, so they wanted to take the opportunity to replenish their energy.

Liang Ziqiang was about to go back to his inner room when his father suddenly came over and called him:

"Aqiang, come here for a moment. There is some wire in the utility room. You may need it!"

More wire is not a bad thing. Even if there is enough, you can add it to make the seabed more solid.

After entering the small storage room, Liang's father took out a handful of wire and gave it to him, then told him not to leave, and then took out a stack of big unity notes from his pocket.

"Dad, what are you doing?"

"Go on! Have you forgotten that I said that if any of you buys a boat on your own, I will take a share of the gondola and make it a hundred, which will be used to support you in buying a boat!"

"It's not urgent, is it? Just use the money you have on hand..." Liang Ziqiang thought. After buying the eight-meter boat, he saved some money in his wooden box. Apart from the money he spent on buying wire, anchor, network cable, and diesel in the town, he still had nearly 900 yuan. On the contrary, his father's catch was not as good as his, so after a few days, he could only barely collect 300 yuan, and he also had to pay for expenses.

"It's okay recently. I don't have any big expenses for the time being, so I can just come up with the money! Besides, this money is not just yours. If they buy a boat of their own in the future, I will still have to give them this hundred!"

After hearing what his father said, Liang Ziqiang said nothing more and took the money.

It was not until after dinner that Liang Ziqiang spent the whole day making a half-underwater scamper.

The next day, the father and his sons got some rest, but the rain did not stop and they still could not go out to sea.

After two days of no income, Liang Tiancheng began to blame the weather. But for fishermen who rely on the weather for their livelihood, this is the norm, and there is nothing they can do about it. Occasionally, they encounter a valuable school of fish and their nets explode. Most of the time, they can only make a living, and a small part of the time, they have no income.

However, on the fourth day, although the rain stopped and the wind eased a little, the waves were still big. Even Liang Ziqiang's eight-meter boat could not go out to sea. He began to get anxious.

This is not just a problem of zero income. The fresh fish at home is almost gone. From now on, we can only eat dried fish and salted fish!
Several sea scorpions have been made. I can't just sit at home and accompany my wife, right?

He changed his mind and decided, yes, white foam fishing!
On days with big waves, you may not be able to go out to sea to cast a net, but as long as it’s not raining, you can still go to the beach, find a embankment or a pile of rocks, and go fishing!
Moreover, "white foam fishing" is best done on days with wind and waves.

The so-called "white foam fishing" is when big waves hit the embankment or rocks, forming a large area of ​​white foamy water on the shore. Fishing in this "white foam belt" is called "white foam fishing".

The larger the "white foam belt", the more fish it hides. The probability of fish hiding under the water surface is much higher than that under normal water surfaces, and the density is also relatively high.

As a fisherman, you may gain more than usual from shore fishing.

I will go out fishing for half a day, and maybe I can bring back a lot of sea fish. Not only will I have fresh fish to eat, but I can also exchange some money to make up for the loss of not being able to go out to sea!

Of course, when fishing in this kind of white foam, the fishing rod and fishing line should be thicker than usual. After all, they have to face the impact of the waves.

Fortunately, I used to love tinkering, and I had several fishing rods at home, both thin and thick.

He took a thick fishing rod and prepared to go out.

"Didn't they say that the waves are big today and it's not suitable to go out to sea?" Before he could say hello, Chen Xiangbei followed him and asked worriedly.

“I didn’t go out to sea or sail, I just went to the embankment and sat on it and fished for hours!”

"Fishing in this weather?"

"Some places are good for fishing in weather like this, and you might even catch some good fish!"

"Is that so? The wind hasn't completely stopped yet, find a stable place to sit! By the way, I'll get you a long-sleeved shirt!" She forced him to change into the long-sleeved shirt.

Liang Ziqiang took a fishing rod, a bucket, and a small stool and went to the beach.

He had to go a little further, to the place where his village bordered the neighboring Dawu Village. There was a relatively high seawall that directly penetrated into the shallow sea.

That place should be able to bring him a good catch...

(End of this chapter)