1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 319: Five Crew Members
For two or three days in a row, fishermen came to discuss buying a boat, but each of them had the same idea as Zhang Baohan, hoping for a big discount.

Later, Liang Ziqiang simply told them that he had changed his mind and would not sell the boat.

That day, Liang Ziqiang returned home after attending fishery training again and found his home quite lively.

My father and elder brother took a rest today and stayed at home without going out.

At this time, my eldest brother came to Juzipo, and even my eldest sister-in-law came and chatted with Chen Xiangbei. I overheard that it was all about women's confinement.

Xiao Hai came too, of course, but he was circling around Liang Jingcheng.

Liang's mother sat on a low stool, holding Liang Jingcheng in her arms, while Liang Xiaohai held a rattle in his hand, shaking it in front of little Chengcheng to tease him.

Little Jingcheng's eyes turned to the direction the rattle was shaken, causing his head to turn around like a rattle.

Liang Xiaohai was very happy to see this, and he played the snare drum even more happily.

Seeing Liang Ziqiang coming back, Liang Xiaohai immediately turned his head to look at him and discussed with him:
"Uncle, I don't have a big turtle anymore! This little man from your family looks really fun, can you lend it to me for two days? Just two days, and I will definitely return it to you!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked. The most shocked person was Chen Xiangbei, who was chatting a few meters away. When she heard this, she suddenly stopped talking and looked at Liang Xiaohai again and again in shock.

Liang Ziqiang was also a little nervous. My wife and I worked so hard to give birth to a baby, and I gave it to you to play with for a few days. How could this be called a big deal!

Mother Liang also glared at her eldest grandson:
"You were held in your grandmother's arms like this when you were a child, and then you grew up! How can this be the same as a turtle? You have to treat him well in the future, understand!"

Liang Xiaohai nodded solemnly:

"I know, he's my friend!"

Liang Ziqiang quickly recalled the endings of Liang Xiaohai's previous "friends", and suddenly became even more horrified, and quickly grabbed Liang Xiaohai:

"Xiao Hai, listen to your uncle. This is your younger brother, just like... your uncle is your father's younger brother. Do you understand?"

Liang Xiaohai seemed to have a deeper understanding: "Oh, he's a brother, not a friend!"

"..."

The words sounded strange, but Liang Ziqiang felt a little relieved. It's good that they are not friends, it's much safer...

Liang Xiaohai stretched out his hand persistently:

"I want to hug my brother!"

He wanted to take Liang Jingcheng from his grandmother's arms, but Liang Ziqiang's face, which had just returned to normal, turned pale again. How could a four-year-old hold a baby? He would definitely fall.

On the contrary, Xiao Jingcheng remained calm and composed, as if he was willing to let her hold him. He was the calmest and most nonchalant person in the room.

He had no idea how badly he would fall if he was really carried over.

Ignorance is fearless, Liang Ziqiang has learned this today.

Liang's mother did not let go, but just turned her hand to the side, allowing Liang Xiaohai to come forward and hug her, which was considered a hug.

Seeing that he was not allowed to hug her, Liang Xiaohai started shaking the rattle again and continued to tease her.

"Where did this rattle come from?" Liang Ziqiang remembered that his family had never bought this thing.

"Afeng bought them. He bought two and said they were for Xiaohai and Chengcheng to play with. Chengcheng is so young, how can he play with them now? He put them away for now." Liang's mother said.

"Is Afeng back from estimating the scores? Where is he? Why can't I see him?"

Liang Ziqiang knew that Liang Zifeng had gone to see the two familiar teachers to estimate his scores today, but he didn't expect that he also bought some small toys for Xiaohai and Chengcheng to play with.

"I just went to Lu Guangcai's house again. He said he would be back soon."

As they were talking, Liang Zifeng appeared at the intersection in front of the door, getting closer and closer.

Judging from his expression, Liang Zifeng seemed to be in a good mood.

"Afeng, I asked the teacher to estimate the scores again. How is the situation?" Liang Ziqiang asked.

Liang Zifeng happily told:
"I still underestimated a little bit, mainly because of the open-ended questions. After re-estimating, they said my math score is not just 59, but over !" "Is it really that high?" Liang Ziqiang didn't expect this to be the case.

Normally, a score of more than 120 out of is pitifully low. But this is a special year, and compared to the average score of only more than , more than is already considered a very high score!
"What about other subjects? Didn't you say that Chinese, chemistry, and physics were also quite difficult this time?" Liang Ziqiang asked again.

"I did best in biology, and I might get a full score of 70. The other subjects were quite difficult. I have done the college entrance examination papers in previous years, and this one is definitely harder than any previous years. But after analyzing the results, the two teachers said that I underestimated my scores in chemistry and physics. According to their estimation method, except for mathematics, I will not actually lose more than ten points in each subject. I don't know if this is true..." Although Liang Zifeng was happy, he did not dare to fully believe the teacher's judgment.

Because this year's open-ended questions account for a larger proportion, they are not so easy to estimate.

"You'd better listen to those teachers in this regard. They must be more experienced than you in estimating scores. Since they all said so, you can be bolder and fill in a better application!" Liang Ziqiang felt that the teachers' estimates were definitely more reliable than Afeng's own.

At this time, Liang's father also came over and asked Liang Zifeng: "Have you decided which school to apply to?"

Liang Zifeng nodded and said:

"Now I have some confidence in getting into the medical school in Yanjing! I'll choose this one as my first choice!"

Seeing Liang Zifeng full of confidence, Liang Ziqiang thought to himself, this kid is quite ambitious.

The prestigious Peking University of Medicine has been part of Peking University several times during its separations and mergers.

The old man who played an important role in responding to major epidemics twice in later generations graduated from this school.

Therefore, even ordinary people like Liang Ziqiang, who have never been to university, have heard of this school.

Unexpectedly, Liang Zifeng had just finished speaking when his mother heard it and came over to interrupt:

"Do you have to go so far? Can't you choose a place closer? Isn't there any school here for you to study?"

"Is this a matter of distance?" Liang's father refuted his wife on the spot, "The shallow sea is close, but how can it be compared with the big fish in the deep sea?!"

Liang Ziqiang and Liang Zifeng were stunned and looked at each other.

Don’t mention it, although the words were a bit rough, what my father said this time was right, there is nothing wrong with it.

"You can definitely do it, just go to that school, no problem!" Liang Ziqiang felt that one should still have some ambition, so he encouraged her.

"Second brother, to be honest it's all thanks to you this time! If you hadn't reminded me, I would have given up filling out the application form! I didn't expect that after all the estimates, I would be in a much better situation than most people!" Liang Zifeng once again expressed his sincere gratitude to his second brother.

"Go away, go away! When did you become so fussy?"

"That's nothing. If my second sister-in-law wasn't jealous, I would have wanted to hug you!" Liang Zifeng lost his composure when he was happy.

"Come on, stand away!"

"If you don't want to hold me, then don't hold me. I'll hold your son instead!"

Liang Zifeng actually took Liang Jingcheng from Liang's mother and held him up. His movements were awkward and ridiculous, but little Chengcheng, who was ignorant, didn't mind.

Maybe because the whole family was in a happy mood at the moment, little Cheng Cheng also followed the crowd? Anyway, most of the time this little thing was very bad-tempered in the hands of his parents, but now he was happy and proud of it.

After chatting and laughing for a while, Liang Ziqiang took advantage of the fact that his father was also at home and went up to discuss things with his father.

"Dad, in a few days, after I finish the training, the big steel ship will be put into service and go out to sea. But for a ship as big as this, it won't be enough for just Zhu Tianpeng and I. We need to add more manpower!" Liang Ziqiang revealed.

"How many do you plan to increase it to?" Liang's father looked at him and asked.

"At the very least, there should be five or six people. Zhu Tianpeng and I know more now. One of us drives the boat, and the other looks out, coordinates, and is responsible for the winch. When it comes to setting and collecting the trawl net, in addition to the two of us, there must be someone else to cooperate. We stay in the deep sea for several days, and the amount of fish caught is different from that in shallow waters. We can't leave them on the deck for a few days, and we have to sort them out in time. The workload is also very heavy, and it all depends on manpower."

"Six is ​​indeed needed. That means we need to find four more people besides you and Zhu Tianpeng. You want me to see who in the village has free time, doesn't have a boat of their own, and is honest, trustworthy and reliable. Is that what you mean?" When Liang's father saw him coming to discuss with him, he already knew roughly what he was thinking.

"That's right. We are going to the deep sea now, which is even more remote and deserted than before. The few people on the boat must be honest people. In that kind of environment, we can't stand intrigue!" Liang Ziqiang admitted frankly.

He had seen and heard of things like falling out with each other and stabbing in the back two or three times.

He was going to the deep sea to break up the situation and find a way to make money, not to a place where there would be open and secret struggles.

His father knew the villagers better than he did. He asked his father to help him find a few more men so that he could start fighting without any worries and head straight for the deep sea.

(End of this chapter)