1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 43 A huge ship (please collect and recommend)
When the sun rose again, dyeing the sea on the east side of the island into a golden color, Liang Ziqiang still got up early.

Looking at Lin Baixian, who was curled up in the cabin like a dead dog, he pushed him:
"Let's go out and find something to eat and drink!"

Lin Baixian continued to be in a dead dog state, and his voice was even hoarser than yesterday:
"No! I can't find water anyway. It's better to die in the boat than outside!"

Liang Ziqiang didn't call him again.

To a certain extent, what Lin Baixian said is right. When people walk outside in the sun, they sweat and lose body fluids, which may cause them to die faster.

But there was no other way. Lying on the boat would mean waiting to die. At least there was a glimmer of hope when I got out.

He took his tools and went out of the cabin alone.

As soon as he jumped off the boat, he saw Lin Baixian rolling out of the cabin and following him without saying a word.

Liang Ziqiang was too lazy to slap him in the face, so he said nothing and continued walking along the beach.

Although there were eight large scallops on board that were kept in seawater, he decided to use them as a reserve. As for filling his stomach every day, it was better to catch them on the beach.

Liang Ziqiang originally wanted to use a spiked rake to poke a green spot like he did yesterday.

As a result, a bright color suddenly flashed among the reefs.

"No way, Eastern Star Spot?!"

Liang Ziqiang hesitated for a moment, and in this fleeting moment, the beautiful grouper emerged from the crevice of the reef and swam to a relatively open area.

Without thinking too much, Liang Ziqiang stabbed down with his rake.

Lin Baixian couldn't help shouting with a hoarse voice:
"Damn, do you know how much money you spent on this?"

Liang Ziqiang also stood there with the rake in his hand. The fish had already been stabbed to death before he reacted.

If the blue grouper we ate yesterday is considered the most common type of grouper, then the red grouper is undoubtedly the leader in the grouper family.

The red snapper is known as the "rose in water". It not only has a gorgeous and beautiful appearance, but also has snow-white flesh. It tastes chewy, fresh and tender, and has always been an ingredient for high-end banquets.

In terms of price, the price of the grouper is about ten times that of the bluestone grouper yesterday. This grouper is not big, weighing more than two kilograms, but it is estimated to be worth fifty yuan!

This is only in this era. In later times, wild grouper can be sold for nearly 1,000 yuan per catty. Even those that are cultivated artificially are more than 100 yuan.

So what Lin Baixian said was right. With this rake, I had directly destroyed the fifty yuan...

Twenty minutes later, this wild Dongxing fish worth about fifty yuan was already emitting an enticing aroma.

Ten minutes later, only a small skeleton of this precious grouper remained...

In addition to a luxurious grouper, the two also grilled and ate a few equally luxurious abalone.

The so-called three-headed abalone is the kind with three big heads, which can make up a full kilogram.

The ordinary abalone that people usually buy are eight- or nine-head abalone, which means that nine abalones make up one kilogram, so it is not too expensive.

But four-headed abalone or even three-headed abalone, especially wild ones, are much more valuable.

Wild abalones that are hard to find elsewhere, but here you can knock down several with just one chisel...

Burping, Liang Ziqiang didn't know how to describe his current situation.

Blue sky and white clouds, blue sea and white beach, and eating seafood delicacies that are only available at high-end banquets.

Is this a disaster or a vacation?
It seems that I am only one bottle of mineral water away from living a rich life...

It is quite lucky to come across an unknown island which is a treasure trove while drifting.

Survival has become a problem, but it is so unfortunate...

Who the hell understands this feeling?
My stomach was full as it could be, but my thirst was not relieved at all.

For the next two days, the two of them did not give up and continued to search for wild fruits in the woods deep in the island.

As a result, in addition to the golden berries, some ground berries were also found.

The radix serrata is slightly better than the rosa canina. Although it also does not have much moisture, at least you do not need to grind off the densely packed thorns on the surface.

But there is one characteristic of ground radish: your mouth will be stained black after eating it.

When the two men opened their mouths, they revealed a row of pitch-black teeth that made them look like they had green faces and sharp teeth.

It was with this small wild fruit with extremely limited water content that the two of them managed to survive until the fourth day. By now, Liang Ziqiang had completely understood one thing:

There is no fresh water source on this broken island, and there are no fruits that are particularly rich in water.

Lin Baixian really didn't want to run anymore, and asked with his dying breath:

"I just don't understand. You're carrying those two cantaloupes on your back, but you're almost dead and you're not eating them. Are you going to save them for the King of Hell?"

By today, Liang Ziqiang had already finished the last sip of water in the large kettle he brought with him.

Among the things I brought from home, the only ones that can quench my thirst are these two cantaloupes.

In fact, Liang Ziqiang himself didn't have the answer to the question asked by Lin Baixian.

I wanted to eat the cantaloupe several times to quench my thirst, but I resisted. Maybe I wanted to save it until the last moment when I had no other choice.

Or maybe, it's because it reminds him of something?
Suddenly, I thought of my parents and brothers at home. I said I would go to Fox Bay Island and return on the same day, but now I have been missing for four days. My family must be very worried, right?

I don’t know if the news of the disappearance has reached Huagu Village. How would Chen Xiangbei feel if she heard about it?
Seeing that Liang Ziqiang didn't respond, Lin Baixian stopped asking.

With no hope of eating the cantaloupe, he turned to other strange ideas, muttering:

"I heard someone say that if you are really thirsty, you can drink urine. I don't know if it's true or not."

Liang Ziqiang couldn't keep silent any longer, and stopped Lin Baixian who was about to pull down his pants:

"If you don't want to die faster, pull up your pants quickly!"

In his previous life, Liang Ziqiang lived for sixty years and experienced the new century of information explosion. What he knew was far more than most of the villagers in the small fishing village.

According to what he knew, drinking urine to quench thirst was basically a joke for ordinary people. Especially for urine with high concentration, drinking it would only make people die faster.

Equally unreliable is drinking turtle blood to quench thirst. Drinking raw turtle blood is very likely to cause unknown diseases, and the speed of death is not much slower than dying of thirst.

Collecting dew on the grass leaves makes sense, but it is impossible to do. He tried it the day before yesterday, but he could not collect more than two drops of dew on the grass tips from morning to night. His efficiency was not as good as eating black radish.

As for distilling seawater, you need at least a pot, and then collect the water that evaporates onto the lid.

But I don’t know what happened on the boat, there was salt but the pot was not on the boat!

As for putting up a distress signal on the beach, there was no need to think about it. There were not many airplanes in those days, and Liang Ziqiang had never seen a single airplane fly over the island.

Now, apart from looking for fruits or water, what he most hopes for is a sudden rainstorm.

In this way, he can also use plastic buckets and large plastic basins to collect some rainwater.

But for four consecutive days, not a drop of rain fell from the sky. The weather was sunny and bright.

He knew that there would be a sudden storm on August 8, but whether he could survive until that day was a question.

Liang Ziqiang felt a tearing pain in his throat just after he replied to Lin Baixian.

He took out two small pieces of ground radish from his pocket and threw them into his mouth, barely moistening his throat. Then he heard a strange noise from behind.

Looking back, Lin Baixian followed him and collapsed to the ground.

Liang Ziqiang was startled and quickly took two steps back, supported Lin Baixian, and subconsciously reached out to check his breath.

Lin Baixian rolled his eyes:

"I'm not dead yet!"

He was not dead, but Liang Ziqiang found that his skin was a little hot.

It seems that after enduring so many days in a row, Lin Baixian's body has finally reached its limit.

What was to come would eventually come. After Lin Baixian fell, it would probably be my turn soon, right?
As the thought flashed through his mind, Lin Baixian, who was sitting on the ground, suddenly brightened up his eyes, and as if he had regained strength, he raised his arm and pointed at the sea in the distance.

An overjoyed voice came out hoarsely:
"The ship! What a tall and big ship!"

The second chapter of March 3th was released early in the morning! The next chapter will be updated at midnight on March 12th.

The author is a slow worker, too slow to be honest. In addition to the price of seafood at that time, the author had to search and sort out a lot of documents to try to make it consistent with the actual situation at that time. He sat in front of the computer for more than ten hours every day to polish these words. It is more about quality than quantity, but it has always been stable and completed perfectly.

To respond to the topic of price that some book friends are concerned about. In fact, according to accurate documents, the purchase price of seafood in 1983 (referring only to the purchase price, the retail price sold to citizens is doubled or even more) is as follows: large yellow croaker weighing more than 7 taels is 4 yuan per catty, small yellow croaker weighing more than 2 taels is 5 yuan per catty, Spanish mackerel weighing more than 1985 catties is yuan per catty, herring weighing more than catty is yuan per catty, and pomfret weighing more than taels is yuan per catty. In those days, large yellow croaker was really worthless, and was yuan cheaper than ordinary fish such as Spanish mackerel and pomfret. Later in , the price was opened up, and the prices of all the above species rose sharply.

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