Reborn in 1981: My Life as a Fisherman

After taking his medicine inside, Shi Hailong lay down.

These days, you have to be careful when you catch a cold or fever, and take it seriously.

The three brothers lived in this house, and the house had a strong fishy smell.

The blankets smelled strongly of salted fish, just like the other blankets.

That's how fishermen are these days; it's hard to keep them clean.

The most crucial issue is poverty; the blankets and sheets are just too old.

The bedding on the bed was also made of straw, which was bought from another village.

Their Lantau Village has no paddy fields; it's all mountains.

To the northwest of his house is a mountain, and the ancient banyan tree is at the foot of the mountain.

Decades later, these mountains were transformed into natural forest parks.

Shi Hailong lay on the bed, covered with a blanket, obediently wiping away sweat.

Of course, he wasn't asleep, nor could he possibly be asleep.

He was considering what to do next.

Having been reborn, he knew that hard work alone was not enough to make him rich.

Wasn't he hardworking enough in his previous life?

If you fail to seize resources, falling behind even once will lead to falling behind at every step.

However, it is impossible for the Shi family to seize this wave of resource allocation in Dayu Village.

He will never join any contracting group again in his lifetime.

Because those who can't get ahead, the ones who ultimately benefit are all contractors from a few large surnames.

Those companies also grew bigger and bigger, from initially contracting out to eventually buying out at a discounted price.

Then it was a constant cycle of buying new ships and big ships.

In fact, the accounts were in disarray from the very beginning of the contracting process, deviating from the initially agreed-upon distribution plan.

No one cared, and the dissent was quickly suppressed.

In this lifetime, he wants to be a boat captain and own his own boat!

He no longer wanted to be a boatman exploited by others.

But how should he take the first step?

He certainly wouldn't be able to contract a boat, not even a small sampan.

He couldn't possibly go and fight against the three major families in the village.

You can't even question it, lest you offend people for no reason and gain absolutely nothing.

You can't do things that offend people, otherwise you might run into trouble when you go out to sea alone in the future.

Who knows when it might be thrown into the sea and fed to the fish.

It's not unusual for a person to disappear at sea.

Does anyone know what happened?

During the production team era, there were few accidents at sea, and deaths were only occasional occurrences.

But in the years that followed, Shi Hailong knew that quite a few people had died in the incidents.

There were even cases where entire families were murdered, and it took more than a decade for the killer to be found through fingerprints.

Once you leave the production team and start working independently, anything can happen.

Even maritime robbery is a frequent occurrence.

In addition, there are various smuggling and criminal activities.

The next few years were the most rampant and insane period.

A thought also flashed through Shi Hailong's mind: should he also give it a try?

He'd make a killing, earn his first pot of gold, and then stop...

However, even if he wanted to try it, he didn't have the resources because he didn't have the initial capital.

With this initial capital, he wouldn't need to start anything.

It would be much better to just buy a boat and nets to fish directly. There's no need to take risks; you might end up losing your life instead of making money.

Startup capital?

First pot of gold?

As Shi Hailong pondered these thoughts, he actually drifted off to sleep.

Of course, I seemed to be asleep, but I was still thinking about things, so it felt like I wasn't asleep at all.

Unbeknownst to him, Shi Hailong was half-asleep and half-awake when he thought of a woman.

Zheng Cuizhu is the only girl of the Zheng family's "Shan" generation in Dayu Village, and can be said to be the precious darling of the Zheng family.

If I marry her...

Shi Hailong suddenly woke up, covered in sweat.

I glanced out the window, and then realized I'd been half-asleep for who knows how long.

However, I remember vividly that he actually wanted to marry Zheng Cuizhu; it was truly a dream.

They dare to think of anything!

She lifted the covers, but didn't get up and go out.

I just worked up a sweat, so I'd better not go out and get the sea breeze, or I might get a fever again.

Let's talk about it after it dries.

At this moment, Shi Hailong could hear noises coming from the kitchen.

As soon as I heard that familiar voice, I knew my mother was making dinner.

You can still faintly hear voices.

It's over by the ancient banyan tree; it should be the father and eldest brother talking.

Their family members all liked to sit under that ancient banyan tree.

There are several large rocks under the tree, all worn smooth and shiny from sitting on them.

A moment later, Shi Hailong heard his eldest sister's voice again, followed by the laughter of his two younger sisters.

At that moment, a smile unconsciously appeared on Shi Hailong's face.

My younger brother goes to school in town and lives at the boarding school, so he doesn't come home.

But her two younger sisters were at the team's school.

Shi Hailong also graduated from junior high school, but he didn't continue his studies. The key reason is that he didn't have the talent for learning.

In the end, only his younger brother, Shi Haisheng, passed the entrance exam for a vocational school.

However, when he was assigned a job, he ended up in a state-owned fishing team, which disbanded after a few years.

Shi Haisheng also spent his whole life running ships for others.

Thinking about all this, Shi Hailong let out a sigh for no apparent reason.

Without connections, resources, or connections, it's incredibly difficult to get ahead!

Even if he were reborn now, he wouldn't have the confidence to live a good life.

I have even less confidence that everything I do will go smoothly.

Just because you know the direction things are going doesn't guarantee success.

Later, there were online novels featuring time travel and rebirth, as well as various short videos.

He read a lot of it, and it even became his spiritual sustenance at one point.

The more agonizing reality became, the more he sought solace in online novels and short videos.

He has been reborn, but he doesn't believe he can be like the protagonists in novels.

Reality is reality.

He graduated from junior high school and had read many literary works from that period.

Logically, shouldn't I copy one or two articles to raise some initial capital?

Or should I just become a literary giant?

Unfortunately, the reality is that it's impossible for him to remember, and he doesn't even know what has happened over the years.

It's impossible to remember everything in detail; you can only say you had a general impression when you encountered it.

Not to mention memorizing a novel.

Come to think of it, those texts that we memorized by rote in class are things we can't even remember a few years later.

How could I possibly remember several literary works?

It's likely that the original author, after finishing writing it, might not be able to write it again for several years.

Also, all reborn people have cheat codes, I wonder if he does too.

It's been so long since I woke up, and it still hasn't appeared?

Just as Shi Hailong was lost in thought, the door was pushed open, revealing his elder sister Shi Haihua and younger sister Shi Haiyu.

The two people poked their heads in and saw the second brother sitting on the bed before they came in.

Shi Haiyu was the youngest, only ten years old. When she approached, she acted like a little adult.

He reached out to touch his second brother's forehead.

"Second brother, Mother said you have a fever and are sick. Let me see if you're better..."

Upon hearing this, Shi Hailong laughed heartily, touched his forehead, and then said:

"Okay, it's not hot anymore, feel it..."

As she spoke, she lowered her head so that Shi Haiyu's little hand could reach it.

"Hmm, it's not hot anymore, it should be fine now, Second Sister, feel it..."

Shi Haiyu was very serious, like a little adult, and even asked Shi Haihua to confirm it as well.

Shi Haihua immediately reached out and placed her hand on her second brother's forehead, then smiled and said:

"Mother said that Second Brother was a hero who saved the beauty, and the Wu family should come to thank him."

"Second brother, Wu Guizhen is very beautiful. I think she could be my sister-in-law..."

"No..." Shi Hailong denied it almost without hesitation.

There was even a hint of fear in his eyes.

He will never marry Wu Guizhen again in this lifetime, no matter what.

If he had been reborn earlier, he probably wouldn't have saved Wu Guizhen at all, and would have let that offshore tide come.

Take that woman away; it would be best if she disappeared forever.

He would even pray to the sea god to take away the woman who had ruined his life.