60s: I have a store

Chapter 280 Going to sea
The canteen director was very happy to see that he could get closer to Zhou Yimin, and immediately said, "Then it's settled. Let's meet at the dock tomorrow."

"Okay, thank you, Director." Zhou Yimin thanked him.

The two didn't chat for long, after all, the canteen director was still there to watch the goods coming into the warehouse and check whether the numbers were correct.

After finishing the work at hand, the canteen director went straight to Director Chen's office. He was Director Chen's side, so he had to talk to Director Chen about this matter.

Knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Director Chen felt a little strange when he saw that it was the canteen director. Normally, no one would come to see him unless there was something special.

"Director Zhang, what's the matter with you?"

"Director, I just agreed with Expert Zhou that we can go fishing together tomorrow when we have a day off," said the canteen director.

"Okay, Lao Zhang, you did the right thing. When we go out to sea, tell Expert Zhou more about the benefits of our factory and try to keep him in our factory. As long as the conditions are not too outrageous, we can agree to them." Director Chen suggested.

Why didn't he think of this? However, he still reminded her: "Be sure to pay attention to safety."

If something happened to Zhou Yimin in Tianjin, he would not be able to take the responsibility. Not to mention getting promoted, he might not even be able to keep his position as factory director.

The canteen director assured: "Director, don't worry, even if something happens to me, it won't cause any problems for Expert Zhou."

After seeing the canteen director's assurance, Director Chen felt relieved.

"Lao Zhang, if you can get this done, it's time to move up to your position as canteen director."

As for things like painting pie in the sky, this may be a way of motivating employees that everyone learns after becoming a leader.

The canteen director said excitedly: "Director, don't worry, I will do my best."

He knew that Zhou Yimin was important to the factory, but he didn't expect him to be so important. Just by persuading him to stay, his position could be promoted. It seems that Zhou Yimin is really his benefactor.

Early the next morning, the canteen director came to the guesthouse to wait for Zhou Yimin.

Zhou Yimin was very much looking forward to this fishing trip, so he fell asleep very late last night. However, in order not to waste time, he got up early.

Yawning, I walked out of the guesthouse door and saw Shang Jianguo and the canteen director who were already waiting.

"Brother Jianguo and Director, have you had breakfast?" Zhou Yimin asked?

A very typical Chinese greeting, "Have you eaten?" is often asked, and it is not abrupt.

"We've eaten." They said in unison.

The salaries they receive are not enough to make them short of food, so they still eat what they need.

Shang Jianguo drove the car with Zhou Yimin and the canteen director.

For Director Zhang of the cafeteria, the opportunity to ride in a car is very rare.

Although he is a leader, his rank is not high enough and he certainly will not be given a car, so the number of times he has taken a car can be counted on one hand.

In order not to embarrass myself in front of Zhou Yimin, I pretended to ride this bus often, and didn't look around like those who were riding it for the first time, or touch here and there with my hands. The guesthouse was not far from the pier, and it took about half an hour to reach the destination.

The canteen director got off the bus reluctantly. It seemed like such a long distance at ordinary times, but why did it arrive in front of the bus so quickly? He had to get off before he had even had enough time to sit.

After arriving at the dock, the canteen director took Zhou Yimin and Shang Jianguo to find his cousin's boat.

Since fishing at sea now uses wooden sailboats, and his cousin's boat is not very big, it can only accommodate about ten people.

The characteristics of wooden sailing fishing boats include a solid hull structure, built with materials such as fir and camphor wood, a solid hull design, a wide stern and a horseshoe-shaped stern structure, an outward arch on the side, a flat deck, a low hatch and continuous side planks that are mostly made of split logs, which are relatively strong.

The main materials used for shipbuilding are fir and camphor. The bow tanks of some ships are live water tanks, with a pair of ship eyes on both sides. The rudders are narrow and long and slanted forward. Most of them are hoisted with sparse poles and hard sails. The sails are slightly triangular in shape and reinforced with oil-soaked cloth.

Some small wooden sailboats do not even have shelter from the rain, food and accommodation facilities, no radios to broadcast the weather, and only have bamboo tubes, fire baskets, steering wheels, rocking wheels and other navigation aids. Fishing boats can only fish in the near sea, so fishermen only dare to fish in the near sea.

In the old society, storms, pirates and fishing tyrants were three swords hanging over the heads of fishermen.

Going out to sea to fish and encountering a storm was a fatal mistake for the fishermen at that time, so the fishermen would go out to sea during storm seasons and adjust their course according to the wind and weather.

A tanned middle-aged man came forward and said, "Cousin, we are all ready and waiting for you."

You have to know that all the fish he caught could be handled reasonably and legally at the first time, all thanks to his cousin, who used his authority to buy all the fish at the highest price.

Therefore, as long as he could catch fish, he never worried about not being able to process them. He didn’t know how many people envied him and wanted him to help him say a few good words for him by trying to establish a relationship with him.

This was the first time that his cousin asked him for help. In order not to delay the canteen director's work, he took a day off to take Zhou Yimin to experience the process of fishing at sea. However, the fishing boat was relatively small and could only go fishing in nearby waters.

If it is farther away, this small wooden sailboat will not be able to withstand the wind and waves, so for safety reasons, we only fish near the coast.

Zhou Yimin was a little impatient and went straight onto the fishing boat.

The canteen director explained: "This is Expert Zhou."

"This is Master Shang Jianguo, a car driver."

"This is my cousin, Chen Changhui."

When Chen Changhui heard that the two people in front of him had such important backgrounds, the expert knew that they were not simple. Moreover, there was also a car driver. Although not as rare as a truck driver, it was a great profession in the eyes of ordinary people.

Chen Changhui said a little stiffly: "Hello, comrades."

"Hello." Zhou Yimin greeted.

"Are we ready to go?"

He couldn't wait to go fishing. In the future, he was just an ordinary social animal. It was a luxury for him to experience fishing. Not to mention going out to sea, he had rarely gone to the seaside to watch the sea before, and eating seafood was also a high consumption. He didn't have time, and the economy didn't support it.

Chen Changhui said quickly: "Of course, we will set off now, and will definitely not delay Expert Zhou's fishing trip."

After saying that, he quickly began to give orders, asking people to untie the cables and pull down the sails. After all, the sailboats nowadays were all wooden and had no engines, so they basically relied on manpower.

With the orderly cooperation of the two crew members, the wooden boat quickly left the port and headed for the sea.

(End of this chapter)