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

Zhao Dahai got up early the next day, took a hammer, an ax and other tools, walked out of the yard and walked directly towards the pier. He happened to meet the fishing boats in the village returning from fishing. Each fishing boat had a good harvest. A few dozen kilograms can range from a hundred to two hundred kilograms. I even wanted to repair the fishing boat immediately. After looking at it for a while, I turned around and walked quickly towards the woods behind the beach.

Zhao Dahai stood in front of the fishing boat with mixed feelings. This was the fishing boat left by his father and mother, but it was this fishing boat that cost his father and mother their lives. He was now going to repair the fishing boat and continue fishing at sea.

Zhao Dahai calmed down and checked the wooden frame on which the fishing boat was mounted. It had been exposed to wind and sun for two years, and one-third of the thick wood was rotten, but there was no big problem. He climbed up and stood and danced a few times. It was very stable, and then he started working with a hammer and axe, knocking off and planing away the rotten ship planks. When eating last night, Zhao Shi said that he would do this first today.

When Zhao Shi heard the dull voice, he quickened his pace and walked through the forest. He saw Zhao Dahai and shouted.

Zhao Dahai raised his head and said hello. When he saw Zhao Shi coming over and picking up a hammer to work, he immediately stopped him. Zhao Shi was not young and he had to do the physical work himself. It just took a little more time.

"Second Grandpa."

"It's just such a small amount of work. I can finish it in one day. I don't need your help."

"You can give me some guidance when you really start to practice, and I'll do the rest."

Zhao Dahai wiped the sweat from his forehead and took a sip of water. The fishing boat left by his parents was not big. It required skills and experience to repair, but it was not too complicated. When his second grandfather Zhao Shi was young, he He has worked in the shipyard for ten years and is a veteran. With a little guidance, he can do it well by himself. When two people need to work together, he can lend a hand. Zhao Shi is not needed for anything else.

Zhao Shi nodded. He was really not young. He couldn't do much work, couldn't help much, and would cause more trouble. It would be faster and more convenient for Zhao Dahai to be alone.

Zhao Dahai took a big hammer and knocked off all the large pieces of rotten ship planks. Those that were faster or those that couldn't be knocked off were carefully cleaned with an axe.

Zhao Shi stood watching, smoking a hookah, glancing at Zhao Dahai from time to time, and then at the ax or hammer in Zhao Dahai's hand. He kept nodding in his mind, and did not smash or knock randomly until he checked it. When you start, you don't rush when you knock, and the work is really good.

The sun was rising higher and higher, and there was an open space where the fishing boats were set up. There was no shelter and it was very hot.

Zhao Dahai sweated like raindrops, looked at the fishing boat under his feet, two-thirds of the boards were knocked off.

"Second Grandpa."

"It's all knocked off."

"Look at how many ship boards we have to buy?!"

Zhao Dahai looked at Zhao Shi who had been watching from the side. Several times he persuaded Zhao Shi to sit in the forest and come over after he finished his work, but he didn't listen at all.

Zhao Shi ignored it, took a smaller hammer, and began to knock on the remaining ship planks, one centimeter by centimeter. He hit it three times before stopping.

"Come!"

"Knock it!"

Zhao Shi pointed to several places where he had carved marks with a knife.

Zhao Dahai took the hammer and started to knock, but he couldn't hear anything after knocking for a long time.

"Second Grandpa!"

"Is this okay?"

Zhao Dahai knew that Zhao Shi felt that there was something wrong with the ship planks in these places, and the sound was different, but he knocked and listened carefully, and felt that there was no problem.

Zhao Shi didn't say a word, just kept smoking the hookah.

Zhao Dahai picked up the hammer and struck again, over and over again where Zhao Shi had marked the mark. At first he couldn't hear anything. The more he struck, the more he heard, and gradually he could tell that indeed, Not the same.

Zhao Shi told Zhao Dahai that he would beat it several times from the beginning to the end to see if there was any other place, then turned and left by himself.

Zhao Dahai imitated Zhao Shi's behavior just now. He knocked with the small hammer over and over again from beginning to end, one centimeter by centimeter. He listened carefully with his ears to see if there was anything wrong with the sound. Sweat dripped down drop by drop. , It fell on the sand and disappeared in a blink of an eye, and new beads of sweat emerged. Don't dare to be careless about this matter. The thing that sounds wrong is that it is rotten, especially if insects have eaten inside. It must be found and dealt with properly, otherwise the fishing boat will rot in less than a year or two after it is put into the water. If you are out fishing one day, enter If you drink water, you are not kidding, you may lose your life.

The sun sets.

In the open space in the middle of the forest, the light gradually dimmed, and it was almost invisible.

Zhao Dahai put down the hammer in his hand, straightened up, and pressed his ears. He kept banging on the ship's board throughout the afternoon. He heard it too much. Now that he stopped, it still kept buzzing. He rested for a while. Slowly back to normal.

Zhao Dahai packed up the tools such as hammers and axes, put them in a big bag and carried them home through the woods. When he walked to the village pier, he saw Zhao Shi holding a hookah in his hand, smoking and talking to Zhong Shizhu and Lei Da. There is talk.

Zhao Shiwen found several places.

Zhao Dahai honestly said that he found six places.

Zhao Shi didn't say anything, took a few mouthfuls of hookah and nodded.

Zhao Dahai carried the tools and walked home. It didn't take much effort to knock off the rotten planks of the fishing boat. He knocked on the planks to see where there was any problem. He was very tired. He went home early to eat and sleep. He had to continue working tomorrow.

"I found a few places, what do you mean by that?"

Zhong Shizhu was a little strange. Zhao Shi had just said that Zhao Dahai was repairing fishing boats in the forest. find a place? Where do I need to find a place to repair my fishing boat?

"Hehehe!"

"Look for the places on the fishing boats that are infested with insects. This guy is a bit talented in this area, and he really found them all."

Zhao Shi smiled.

"Yo!"

"This is incredible!"

Zhong Shizhu didn't expect this. No one who goes fishing can live without a fishing boat. Fishing boats made of wood are most afraid of insects or small rots. These areas are very small, many of which are inside the wood and cannot be seen on the surface. If ignored, they will become larger and larger under the immersion of sea water. , if not discovered in time, big problems may occur. Is this simple? Can anyone do it? Can you just hit it with a hammer and listen for the sound? We all understand the principles, but really not everyone can do it. In a place like a fishing village, it’s not easy to make money. You never hire anyone to do things you can do yourself. A boat would cost three hundred yuan to knock several times, but no one with a boat would save this money. Zhao Shi had worked in Chuanshi in the early years and was a master in this field. Many people came to his door every year and he could make a lot of money. Zhao Dahai had no experience and no reputation, but no one hired him, but after working with Zhao Shi for two years, he found his way out immediately.

"hehe!"

"Ten or twenty years ago, it was a craft that could make money to support the family. But it is no longer possible. Fishing boats are all made of steel or some alloy, and speedboats are made of high-strength plastics. Why use wood? This craft has no way to survive."

Zhao Shi shook his head.

Zhong Shizhu thought for a moment and realized that was really the case. Nowadays, the wooden fishing boats are all left over from the past and are used make-shift. No one who buys a new fishing boat will choose a wooden one. There are many wooden boats in Langtou Village and nearby villages. They are all old boats from more than ten years ago and passed down from the previous generation. The newly purchased boats are all made of one-piece high-strength plastic hulls.

Zhao Shi saw that it was almost time, stood up and walked home.

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