Reborn in 1981: My Life as a Fisherman

Shi Hailong tiptoed back into the house.

He carefully hid the ten silver dollars before going out again, wanting to go to the seaside.

Who is this in the middle of the night?

What are they up to now?

After going outside, I grabbed a machete, which was very sharp.

It only takes two or three cuts to cut bamboo.

To get to the beach from Shijia, the proper route involves passing through the village to reach the pier.

Going directly down from Shijia to the beach, the slope is too steep, with a drop of more than ten meters.

Moreover, once you go down there, it's all rocky reefs and beaches.

Therefore, we must go through the village.

In fact, Shi Hailong really likes his spot, even though it's sometimes too windy.

But the view is good, and there are no other houses in front of or behind the house.

However, as soon as we entered the village, we heard dogs barking.

Just as they were about to leave the village, by sheer coincidence, a courtyard gate opened and a figure stepped out.

Shi Hailong happened to be face to face with him.

The moon was still very bright, so they could vaguely make out who it was.

The scene fell silent for a moment...

Looking at Secretary Chen, who had just come from his nephew's house, Shi Hailong immediately thought of him.

The messy incidents that followed.

Unexpectedly, it's true; Party Secretary Chen is having an affair with his nephew's wife.

It's quite a coincidence that this happened in the middle of the night.

I haven't been back in the village for so many days since I was reborn. I want to go to the beach tonight.

I never expected to run into something like this.

Of course, Shi Hailong is not really eighteen years old. If he were eighteen, he would be in this situation.

It might be awkward, and it might not be handled well.

So he walked away without saying a word, pretending he hadn't seen anything.

There was no panic. If I had met Secretary Chen in my past life, I definitely would have panicked.

No matter what, people in this era are afraid of officials.

But Shi Hailong walked over calmly, unhurriedly.

Chen Yaohua breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the second son of the Shi family walk away.

I'm afraid this young lad might suddenly greet me.

I'm also afraid that this kid will yell and shout.

But I didn't expect this kid to be so cunning; he just left like that.

I really didn't expect the second son of the Shi family to be so capable!

I wonder where this kid is going in the middle of the night.

Could it be some kind of petty theft?

But he doesn't care now, he just wants to get home quickly...

As Shi Hailong left the village, he saw a row of blue brick and tile houses belonging to the supply and marketing cooperative.

And there's that huge open space in front of the supply and marketing cooperative.

That was the village's drying ground, a place where women mended and wove nets, and chatted and gossiped.

He didn't take the incident of bumping into Secretary Chen to heart.

This kind of thing is definitely not a good thing.

But it's a good thing, at least it'll be easier to get things done with Secretary Chen in the future.

Soon we arrived at the beach, and looking around, the flashlight beam was still shining on the shore.

Based on the flickering of the lights, Shi Hailong determined what he was trying to retrieve.

Suddenly, Shi Hailong seemed to remember something, and his face lit up with joy.

Fishing season?

It seems that around this time in a past life, there were indeed large schools of fish gathering on the beach.

I can't remember the exact time, but I've remembered it now.

It seems that the first person to discover it was Zhao Hu from the village, who found it at night.

It seems to be correct.

Like the Shi family, the Zhao family was also a single surname and they were also Tanka people who came ashore.

However, the Zhao family's situation is even worse...

Instead of heading towards the lights, Shi Hailong ran to the beach.

Sure enough, with the waves, the water shimmered with countless silver lights under the moonlight.

It was indeed the fishing season; Shi Hailong had fished there in his past life.

There are three main types of fish that live near the shore.

He knew that the Zhao family had caught the ribbonfish, pomfret, and yellow croaker in his past life.

But in the end, the Zheng family caught the most fish, and they reportedly sold them for over three hundred yuan.

In my past life, I only thought that the Zheng family had made a fortune by selling so much money.

Now I feel like it's only a little over three hundred?

Indeed, the purchase price offered by the supply and marketing cooperatives was very low at that time.

This was a very strange fish school approaching the shore. During the usual fishing season, these types of fish usually only come close to the sea.

Such direct edging is rare.

However, this is indeed the season for ribbonfish, as well as pomfret and small yellow croaker.

However, Shi Hailong quickly turned around and ran home as fast as he could.

They arrived home quickly and immediately woke up their mother and eldest sister.

They quickly grabbed the net, bamboo basket, and fertilizer bag.

After he had taken it, his mother, eldest sister, and younger sisters came out.

The stone mother immediately asked, "Is it a beach?"

Actually, when I asked, I already guessed what was going on, and the whole family had already started making preparations.

Shi Hailong told his mother, "Hurry up and get to the beach, there are lots of fish. I'm going first..."

As he spoke, Shi Hailong disappeared in a flash.

Shi Hailong ran back to the beach, his back and forth clearly waking up many people.

Others also came out to check...

When Shi Hailong arrived at the beach, he put down his bamboo basket, picked up a stone, and weighed down the bags.

Then he rushed into the waves and started fishing with a landing net.

He filled the first net too full and couldn't lift it at all, so he could only pour out half of it.

Soon, the bamboo basket was full.

At this time, his family also arrived.

In fishermen's homes, hand-catch nets are the most common item.

It could be said that everyone had one, except that the two younger sisters were not allowed to go into the water.

On the shore, they helped put the fish from the bamboo baskets into bags.

Shi's mother brought a flashlight and a gas lamp from home.

At this point, the gas lamp was placed next to the bamboo basket.

At that very moment, countless flashlight beams swayed as they rushed from the village.

Upon seeing this, Shi Hailong worked even harder, striving to do as much work as possible.

This time I should make more money than in my previous life.

By the time their family found out in the previous life, it was already morning, and the entire beach was packed with people.

The shore was already piled high with fish. Although they had gotten up early, they were ultimately a step too late.

In the end, it seems to have sold for less than thirty yuan.

Shi Mu and Shi Hailan were also desperately trying to dump the fish onto the shore.

They didn't put it in the bamboo basket anymore, but dumped it directly on the beach.

Shi Hailong kept walking forward, scooping up fish and dumping them onto the beach as he went.

It's hard to see clearly; it's just copying from one net after another.

In a short time, a strip of lights stretched far along the long beach.

No one is competing for it because there's no need. All you need to do is occupy a section of the coastline to be able to fish continuously.

As time slowly passed, Shi Hailong felt that he could no longer straighten his back.

My whole body ached, and my arms were trembling uncontrollably.

The muscles in both thighs were also trembling.

Unbeknownst to them, the distant sea surface was already shimmering with white light.

It was almost dawn.

We can now see the water surface clearly, but the waves are much bigger now.

The number of fish has dwindled.

Using a dip net, there wasn't much left after one haul.

A fishing season extravaganza is about to come to an end.

The two younger sisters were extremely excited; their family had so many fish.

The bamboo baskets were full, the bags were full, and there was a long pile on the beach.

They're all fish...

Mother Stone was tired, as was the eldest sister, but both of them wore smiles.

The harvest in these few hours was equivalent to what the Shi family earned in half a year in the production team.

It ended when the sun rose.

The fish scattered, and the waves grew larger and larger.

Everyone started taking out their carrying poles and carrying their catch of fish towards the supply and marketing cooperative.

Shi Hailong was busy all morning.

The family didn't go home until they had sorted and weighed all the fish.

Shi Hailong was exhausted.

However, he was also very satisfied; this feeling was really great.

It's not about how much money it can sell for, but about returning to this era and that long-lost feeling.

Of course, this time it will also be able to make a lot of money.

Their family had a total catch of over 1,000 jin of fish, including 538 jin of ribbonfish.

Three hundred and seventy-three catties of pomfret.

The small yellow croaker weighed 469 jin.

There were also other small miscellaneous fish; we picked them into two bamboo baskets, which we can use to dry them.

The purchase price of ribbonfish by the supply and marketing cooperative is 11 cents per fish.

The so-called "unified scale" means that there are no grades. For example, four ounces or more is 25 cents.

A standard scale does not distinguish between large and small.

Basically, everyone sells like this.

We don't have the energy to distinguish between big and small.

Therefore, more than 500 catties of ribbonfish can be sold for 59.18 yuan.