Rebirth of a fishing village: starting from Hua Axiang in Jiehu Village

"Blue crab!"

“So many blue crabs?!”

"It's really a ghost!"

Lei Dayou was stunned. He just looked at the mesh bag carried on Zhao Dahai's shoulder, which contained dozens of kilograms of blue crabs.

"Where did you catch it!?"

"How can there be so many blue crabs near the village?"

"From the mangroves?"

Lei Dayou remembered that his mother-in-law had said that Zhao Dahai had picked up a lot of very large mud snails and sea melon seeds. There are sea melon seeds and mud snails on the beach near the village. They may look cheap, but they are dug up from time to time, and they don’t grow big. Only those who go into the mangrove forest and catch fewer people can grow bigger.

"What are you doing?"

"No more work!?"

"Are you ready to drink from the northwest wind?"

Ma Hongyu was carrying another fishing net, sweating profusely, when she saw Lei Dayou standing motionless by the side of the road, anger rushed to her forehead, she had already left the house half an hour ago, she should have been to the fishing boat at the small pier long ago.

When Lei Dayou saw it was Ma Hongyu, he immediately told Zhao Dahai about dozens of kilograms of blue crabs.

Ma Hongyu was dumbfounded.

Dozens of catties of blue crabs?

Isn’t this a thousand or a hundred dollars?

"mangrove forest."

"It must have been caught in the mangrove!"

Ma Hongyu immediately remembered that she saw Zhao Dahai drying the mud snails and sea melon seeds a few days ago. He must have gone into the mangrove to catch blue crabs.

"What are you doing so loudly?!"

"What if others hear it?!"

Lei Dayong glared at Ma Hongyu.

"Why!"

"That day I asked where there were such big mud snails and sea melon seeds, and Zhao Dahai said mangroves. Why didn't you tell me there were blue crabs?!"

Ma Hongyu stamped her foot vigorously, feeling angry and anxious. If she had known about it a few days earlier, she would have entered the mangrove forest.

"snort!"

"Zhao Dahai is not a fool. How could he possibly tell you that there are many blue crabs in the mangroves?"

"Don't you know that it's better to make a fortune silently?!"

Lei Dayou shook his head. So what if they are all from the same village? Could it be that the money he earned from fishing at sea was given to Zhao Dahai? How could Zhao Dahai tell him where there were blue crabs? Unless I got up relatively early today and happened to meet him, I wouldn't have known that Zhao Dahai had caught so many blue crabs.

"What to do?"

Ma Hongyu was a little anxious.

It is not easy to make money in a fishing village. Lei Dayou earns two to three hundred a day when he is exposed to the wind and sun, which is already a good income. I was at home, weaving and mending fishing nets from morning to night, and my life was as high as fifty-eight. A few dozen kilograms of blue crabs can be sold for hundreds or even a thousand yuan, which is not a small amount of money.

What to do?

Does this even need to be said?

Lei Dayou raised his head and looked at the sky. It was a bit gloomy. The wind today was lighter than the previous two days, but he couldn't go out to sea. There were no fish when he went out to sea. On a windy day, there were very few fish in the sea. After calculation, The tide will recede in an hour or so. I originally planned to tidy up the fishing nets and clean the fishing boats to see if the weather will be suitable for fishing tomorrow. Now I just go to the mangroves to catch blue crabs.

How could Ma Hongyu object? Carrying the fishing net, he followed Lei Dayou, strode towards the pier in front of the village, and got on the fishing boat. As soon as the net was put down, he immediately found two net bags, washed them in the sea water, straightened up, and found Lei Dayou looking at Looking forward.

"What happened?"

Ma Hongyu asked as she followed her line of sight and saw Zhong Shizhu and Liu Bin.

"It just doesn't feel right."

"What are these two doing here?"

Lei Dayou frowned.

"What could be wrong? There has been strong wind these days, but now the wind has calmed down a lot. Pack your things and go fishing at any time."

"Isn't that what we are like?"

Ma Hongyu suppressed her voice.

Lei Dayou didn't know what to say. He always felt that something was not right. He shouted hello and sat on the boat while arranging the fishing nets and waiting for the tide to go out.

Zhong Shizhu wiped his face and it was wet. The wind has indeed subsided, but it has not stopped. From time to time, it blows a mist of water. After half an hour here, a lot of sea water is stained on my face, and the clothes on my body are a little wet.

"Why did Lei Dayou come here at this time? What are you doing here?!"

Zhong Shizhu lowered his head and looked at the mesh bag and small hoe at his feet. A few days ago, I and Liu Bin saw Zhao Dahai catch dozens of kilograms of blue crabs. We originally planned to enter the mangroves the next day, but we didn't expect there would be strong winds. Today, the winds have dropped. Counting on the tide coming down, we encountered them as soon as we came here. Liu Bin knew that they had exactly the same idea, but there was nothing he could do about it. When Zhao Dahai carried blue crabs back to the dock, both he and Liu Bin saw it. What they didn't expect was that the tide would recede in less than an hour. Lei Dayong and Ma Hongyu are here.

"What does this mean?"

"Didn't you see the two of them carrying fishing nets? They must have wanted to arrange the fishing nets as soon as possible and wait for the wind to calm down to go fishing."

Liu Bin disagreed.

"I saw two of us entering the mangrove forest. What should I do?!"

Zhong Shizhu frowned. I was the only one here at the pier. I would go into the mangroves with hoes and net bags. Any fool would know that I was digging for blue crabs. If I followed, there would be more people to share the pie.

"This can't happen, right?!"

Liu Bin was a little dumbfounded.

"Who knows if I will get it?!"

"If I had known, we wouldn't have waited here at the pier. We could have gone directly to the edge of the mangrove and waited for the low tide."

Zhong Shizhu regretted it a little.

"Why!"

"It's only around five o'clock in the morning. No one goes fishing in this kind of weather. Who would have thought that Lei Dayou and Ma Hongyu would come here so early?!"

Liu Bin took out his cigarette, lit one and took a few puffs. It was too late to say anything now.

It was getting brighter.

The sea water receded slowly.

The stones at the bottom of the small dock are starting to show.

Zhong Shizhu and Liu Bin looked at each other. Lei Dayou and Ma Hongyu did not leave. They could not wait any longer. They had no choice but to leave the fishing boat and get to the dock with their net bags and hoes.

"What are you two doing??"

"You dig blue crabs, right?!"

Lei Dayou's heart skipped a beat as Zhong Shizhu and Liu Bin carried mesh bags and hoes in their hands.

Zhong Shizhu and Liu Bin looked a little ugly. They were both from the same village. They couldn't deny it in front of their faces, so they could only nod.

"Let's go!"

"Let's go together."

Lei Dayong and Ma Hongyu went to the pier carrying mesh bags and hoes.

"Why are you thinking about going to the mangroves to dig for blue crabs?"

…

"Hehehe!"

"I was picking up fishing nets just now when I met Zhao Dahai selling blue crabs."

"Good guy."

"There are dozens of kilograms in the two mesh bags."

…

"Why!"

"This happened a few days ago. If it hadn't been windy, the two of us would have gone to the mangroves long ago."

…

"When did there be so many blue crabs in the mangroves?! Didn't Zhao Dahai catch a lot of crab gobies a few days ago? Now he has caught so many blue crabs. What kind of luck is this?"

…

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin, Lei Dayou, and Ma Hongyu walked towards the mangrove forest while chatting, their pace getting faster and faster, wishing they could fly over and catch blue crabs one after another.