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

The moonlight was dim.

Two o'clock in the morning.

Zhao Dahai parked his motorcycle at the small pier in front of the village. During the day, the fishing boat was hoisted into the sea to test the water to see if there would be leaks in the seams of the hemp boards and other places. This would take several days. However, I really couldn't hold myself back. I couldn't stay at home. Why did I lie on the bed and toss and turn? I couldn't sleep, and I couldn't stand it anymore at about 1 a.m., so I got up and carried the dip nets and other things used on fishing boats that had been prepared to the pier.

Zhao Dahai lit a gas lamp and placed it on the pier next to the fishing boat. It was not too bright but enough to see clearly. He unloaded the full load of things and moved them one by one to the fishing boat. After sorting them, he put them in the right place. I went back again and took down some of the remaining things, especially two dianthus poles seven or eight meters long, and put them on the fishing boat.

After Zhao Dahai finished his work, he sat on the side of the boat to rest. The waves were beating, the fishing boat was rocking gently, and the sea breeze was blowing. The heat of the day was almost gone, with a hint of coolness.

"It won't be long before I can go to sea!"

Zhao Dahai stared at the sea in the distance with his eyes wide open. There were little lights far and near, like fireflies. These were all fishing boats fishing. He thought that he would have to check the diesel engine tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. The fishing boats couldn't run without this thing. stand up.

Zhao Dahai withdrew his gaze, held his hands on the side of the boat and wanted to stand up and go home, when suddenly a huge shadow appeared in the sea in front of him.

ah?

What is this?

Zhao Dahai was startled, and his heart almost jumped out of his throat. He calmed down and stared at the sea five or six meters away from his fishing boat. The light of the gas lamp just illuminated it but was very blurry.

Zhao Dahai didn't dare to take a breath. He waited for about ten minutes and was very calm.

Could it be that I'm dazzled?

As soon as the thought flashed through Zhao Dahai's mind, a huge shadow rose up from the bottom of the sea. It fanned the water a few times like a fan, dragged a long tail, slowly emerged from the water, and dived back down again in a few seconds.

Manta ray!

Manta rays have a flat and wide body, are as thick as wings, and have a long and slender tail. They look very strange, especially when seen in the water. They look like devils. In some places, they are called rays.

Why is there such a big manta ray here at the village pier?

It took Zhao Dahai a while to slowly come back to his senses. He couldn't see clearly, but it was estimated that it would not be less than a hundred kilograms.

Manta rays are not uncommon, and can often be caught in nearby waters, but they are generally relatively small. Three to five kilograms cannot hold up more than ten kilograms to death. Not to mention one hundred kilograms, not to mention the shallow waters near the village, ocean fishing boats cannot catch them. Often caught.

Fish in the sea generally tend to be more expensive the bigger they are, and the same is true for manta rays. A manta ray weighing three to five kilograms or ten kilograms is worthless, and a hundred kilograms is worth a lot of money. A kilogram only costs ten yuan, but it can’t hold the weight. One hundred catties of fish can be sold for one thousand yuan.

Zhao Dahai didn't expect that he would encounter a giant manta ray just because he couldn't sleep and carried things to the fishing boat. How could this be let go?

Zhao Dahai hurried home on his motorcycle. He pulled out the fishing box left by his father under the bed, picked out the thickest and largest pole, and took the thickest No. 30 fishing line, wheel and Hooks, lead, etc., rushed out the door, and rode the motorcycle back to the dock.

Zhao Dahai got on the fishing boat, with the spinning wheel mounted on the fishing rod, the lead weight tied, and the hook tied.

Dry!

Where's the bait?

Zhao Dahai was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. If he had a fishing rod, a hook, but no bait, he would be blind.

Huh?

Isn’t there fish?

While Zhao Dahai was wandering around, he found a group of fish in the sea next to his fishing boat. They were not big and only looked like fingers. He looked carefully and saw that they were blue-scaled fish. These are small fish that are often seen in groups on the beach. They are suitable. Seasonal lights all swarm on the sea surface at once, which is very easy to capture, but not worth it.

Zhao Dahai was very lucky to have taken down all the copy nets and everything else. He held the copy nets with both hands beside the boat. After waiting for a few minutes, a small group of blue-scaled fish surfaced from the water. He thrust his hands down suddenly, and then moved forward. Three blue-scaled fish, about the size of the big toe, fell into the net.

Zhao Dahai caught one, and the hook was hung directly on the head of the blue-scaled fish.

Manta rays do not necessarily need to eat live bait, they will also eat dead ones, and the fishy smell of dead ones, especially those with blood, is stronger and is more attractive to manta rays.

Zhao Dahai raised the fishing rod and looked at the place where he saw the manta ray. He swung it out very accurately and landed at the exact position. He waited for the lead to fall to the bottom of the sea, raised the tip of the rod and pulled it, tightening the line. .

Time passed by minute by minute.

The sky becomes lighter and lighter.

Zhao Dahai waited for more than an hour, but there was no movement at all. Not only did he not take the bait, he could not even see it surface again.

Could it be that the devil fish has escaped? If not, why was there no movement for so long? Or are there too many small fish here at the pier?

Zhao Dahai looked left and right. There were many small fish swimming happily on the sea.

The manta ray is most likely attracted by the groups of small fish here at the pier. There are too many small fish here, some of which are hungry or even full. It is very difficult to catch it. This manta ray may be lying on the bottom of the sea. Stay still, or simply swim somewhere else.

Winning or losing does not matter.

If this is really the case, we can only accept our fate.

It was getting brighter.

The fishing boats that went out to sea came back one after another, and the small pier slowly became lively.

Zhao Dahai immediately attracted others' attention.

"fishing?"

“What kind of fish is there to catch here?”

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"Wow!"

"With such a thick pole and such a thick fishing line, do you want to catch a fish weighing more than 100 pounds?"

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"ha!"

"How can there be big fish in this place?"

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Zhao Dahai ignored it and concentrated on catching his own fish.

Zhong Shizhu drove the fishing boat and slowly approached the small dock. He dropped the anchor and tied the cable. He went out to sea in the early morning for five or six hours until now. He was covered in stinky sweat and only had five or six kilograms of fish. Now he was sore all over and just wanted to go back to sleep. Sleep.

"The sea!"

"What are you doing?"

Zhong Shizhu went to the pier and when he drove the fishing boat back, he saw Zhao Dahai from a distance and knew that he was fishing, but there was no fish at the pier.

Zhao Dahai turned around and pulled the pole smoothly. He was about to say that he was fishing for manta rays when a fierce force made the pole in his hand almost fly out. This manta ray must have been guarding the fish on the hook. It waited for a long time without moving. When it moved, it couldn't help opening its mouth and biting the hook.

Zhao Dahai didn't care to speak, he raised the pole in his hand vigorously, and the fishing rod, which was as thick as a fire stick, suddenly bent down and almost plunged directly into the water.

Zhao Dahai couldn't stand firmly and threw himself forward. He reacted very quickly. He pushed his right foot forward and pushed it onto the side of the ship. He pushed hard and raised his hands upwards at the same time to stabilize his body.

"What the hell!"

"big!"

"It's really big!"

Zhao Dahai looked at the spinning wheel that was spinning wildly. In just ten seconds, the thread was pulled out more than twenty meters.

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