Reborn in 1981: My Life as a Fisherman

Shi Hailong wanted to talk to Zheng's mother more.

But after saying a few words, they didn't linger and searched away.

Shi Hailong stopped looking for oil, as there wasn't much lamp oil left.

Let's save some time and come back when it's light.

At this time, those who had their first period, having reaped a bountiful harvest, began to return home.

Shi Hailong returned to the dock after failing to encounter his father and elder brother.

Unable to find his mother and elder sister, he went directly to the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative.

Sell ​​that big blue crab for 92 cents, not bad.

There's nothing we can do about it; that's the price these days—eighty cents a pound.

These days in Shanghai, the hairy crabs that Shanghainese love the most only cost 65 cents a pound.

Therefore, large blue crabs are considered expensive.

After selling everything, Shi Hailong went straight home to sleep.

When he got home, none of them had returned. He put his things down and then took out the newly bought pliers.

I cut three pieces of wire and made them into hooks.

Then hook the meat onto the three coconut snails.

Then I went to sleep.

But after lying in bed for a while, he got up and went outside.

I carried the three coconut snails to the woods near the ancient banyan tree and hung them up in a secluded spot.

He didn't want his mother to see any conch shells.

Then it's none of his business.

It's not that he's stingy, it's just that he needs money right now, and he also needs an excuse.

That way, the next time I go to the county town, I can bring more silver dollars.

There's no way around it; the money he earns before marriage has to be given to his parents, so he has to keep it a secret.

After getting everything ready, I went back to my room and quickly fell asleep.

He didn't know when his parents came back; he was sleeping soundly.

Early in the morning, while it was still barely light, Shi Hailong was woken up by his older brother.

"A whale has been stranded on the beach in the direction of Xiaoyu Village. Hailong."

"Get up quickly, let's go take a look..."

After hearing this, Shi Hailong, who was in a daze, immediately sobered up.

He remembered; it was indeed true.

It seems something else has happened.

Several people were hit on the tail by the whale; one was knocked unconscious, and two suffered serious injuries and fractures.

They were all sent to the town's health center.

Shi Hailong remembered that one of them was the production team leader.

Dayu Village has a brigade headquarters, which oversees six production teams.

Each production team has a team leader.

Shi Hailong, along with the Zheng family, the Wu family, the Zhao family, and dozens of other households, formed the fifth team.

Captain Chen, who was knocked unconscious by the whale, was from the second team.

"Big brother, you guys go ahead. What's so interesting about whales? Oh, and if the whale isn't dead, don't get too close."

Seeing that Shi Hailong wasn't interested, Shi Haifeng quickly left.

After getting up, Shi Hailong had breakfast with his younger sisters.

My parents and older siblings are no longer home.

After finishing breakfast, Shi Hailong went to check on the coconut snails.

They wouldn't care about any stranded whales.

They wouldn't care who got hurt.

A fisherman who's been a fisherman his whole life doesn't know to stay away from whales; he deserves to get hurt.

Of course, Shi Hailong also knew that the main purpose was to prepare to divide and seize the whale meat.

Whale meat can also be sold for money; the oil extracted from whale meat can be used to make candles and soap.

It's quite rare for something like this to be stranded.

Since it's a rare opportunity, everyone wants to go and see if they can get a share of the profits.

Protect?

At this point, even if there are initiatives proposed, many fishermen will not take action.

When Shi Hailong arrived at the woods at the foot of the mountain, he was startled by what he saw.

On one of the hooks, the snail meat is gone?

Upon closer inspection, it had fallen to the ground, but it was torn to pieces by something.

wildcat?

With doubts in his heart, Shi Hailong took off three hooks and began to check if there were any Meloju pills.

The pearls of the coconut snail are inside the meat; you have to squeeze them carefully.

Shi Hailong was somewhat disappointed to find that he couldn't find the pearl among the two intact snail shells.

Then he picked up the food that had been stolen from the ground, having already given up hope.

Unexpectedly, when I picked up the snail meat, a yellow bead fell out of it.

Shi Hailong was immediately overjoyed and quickly squatted down to pick it up.

Goodness, this bead is quite large.

By any measure, its diameter is over one centimeter.

Shi Hailong wiped it clean; the shine was perfect, and the shape was perfectly round.

The orange color is rich and vibrant, and it even has flame patterns...

His breathing became much heavier, because even a fool would know that such beads were priceless.

This quality, in terms of size, will amount to hundreds of millions in later generations.

Quickly put it away; Shi Hailong doesn't plan to sell it. Good things should be kept.

He put the beads into his pocket, and then carefully kneaded the three pieces of snail meat again.

Only after confirming that there were no more snails did he take the snail meat and shells and return home.

He put the snail meat and shells in the kitchen, then went back inside and found a piece of cloth to wrap the beads.

Then he walked around the house, looking for a hiding place.

Finally, he found a gap in the wall and stuffed it in.

The wall is made of stone slabs and has many gaps.

Just as I hid, my two younger sisters pushed open the door and came in.

"Second brother, we're going to school. Remember to lock the door later..."

Shi Haiyu instructed Shi Hailong, still acting like a little adult.

Shi Hailong smiled slightly and raised his hand to rub his little sister's hair again.

Shi Haiyu didn't mind; she was the youngest in her family and was used to having her head rubbed.

"Going to school so early? Is the school open yet?" Shi Hailong asked.

Shi Haihua replied, "Let's go play around in front of the supply and marketing cooperative for a while..."

After saying that, he grabbed Shi Haiyu and ran away.

Shi Hailong looked at his two younger sisters and smiled, then began to prepare to go out to go beachcombing.

However, when he arrived next to the supply and marketing cooperative, he saw a large crowd surging at the dock from afar.

You can see someone carrying something, rushing over.

Instantly, Shi Hailong knew that the whale in this life had once again taken a picture of him.

He went over to greet them, looked them over, and breathed a sigh of relief; it was still the same three.

Captain Chen of the second team fainted and had to be carried away.

There were also two grimacing, groaning, one with a broken arm and the other with a broken leg.

Actually, the fractures weren't caused by the whale flapping its wings, but rather by the whale flying out and falling.

Compared to a struggling whale, humans are as insignificant as ants.

It easily sent over 100 pounds flying.

Shi Hailong only glanced at it before continuing off the dock and walking towards the rocky beach.

At this time, the beach exposed by the receding tide is crowded with people.

Baskets of clams, shellfish, snails, small fish, shrimp, and crabs were carried and dragged to the dock.

There were people on the rocky beach, but only a few.

Unlike sandy areas, rocky beaches are not fully exposed.

Most of the rocky beaches actually have shallow water and are full of puddles.

His luck may have run out; Shi Hailong didn't gain much that morning.

I picked up some stone crabs, orchid crabs, and some shrimp.

When he returned to the dock area, he saw huge chunks of whale meat everywhere in front of the supply and marketing cooperative.

The stranded whale has already been decomposed.

Nobody reported it at all.

Shi Hailong also saw his elder brother and his father; it seemed that the two of them had also obtained quite a bit of whale meat.

The people from the supply and marketing cooperative are weighing the items one by one in an orderly manner.

Just as Shi Hailong walked over, his mother appeared and came over to check on Shi Hailong's harvest.

So I took it and sold it.

Shi Hailong was speechless at this, having originally intended to keep a few to steam and eat.

After everything was finished, it was already past one o'clock when the family had lunch.

Today, the stone mother was the happiest, in a very good mood. Last night, she sold the grouper for 3.6 yuan per catty.

Thirty-two jin (about 18 kg) sold for 115.2 yuan.

Shi Hailong knew that the grouper would cost twenty or thirty yuan per catty when delivered to a big hotel in the provincial capital.

However, Shi Mu picked up a slice of snail meat with her chopsticks and looked at Shi Hailong, asking:

"Do those three coconut snails have any beads?"

Shi Hailong shook his head, deliberately sounding disappointed, and said, "No..."

Upon hearing this, Stone Mother felt a pang of regret. "If I had known, I could have sold it for more than a dollar."