tall and rhubarb

Gao Chang went to find Uncle Cui and asked him if he could help build a small wooden boat.After learning from the experience of catching shrimp last time, Gao Chang knew that fishing for food in the sea would not work without tools.But Uncle Cui said he couldn’t. They didn’t have a beach in the first place, and they didn’t even have a big river. Carpenters didn’t learn how to make boats. Big wooden barrel.

But just having a wooden barrel is not enough, and it is not suitable to keep the fish and shrimp caught in the same place with people, so Uncle Cui made another shelf and put it in the wooden barrel.The shape and size of the shelf just fit the barrel, and several partitions are used to divide the barrel into upper and lower layers. There are seats on the partition. , The bottom of the wooden barrel can hold water for fish, and there is a small opening with a diameter of more than 40 cm in the middle, and there is a cover on the small opening, which can be moved.

"How about it, is it okay?" Uncle Cui placed the big wooden barrel in the yard for Gao Chang to inspect and accept.

"It's pretty good. If you add two oars, it's almost like a small boat." Anyway, there is no wind or waves in their bay, and they are not afraid of turning over. Uncle Cui is very considerate. Like the driver's seat, it feels comfortable to look at.

"I've already made this for you. There is also a fishing rod, which is most suitable for fishing small fish and shrimps. The length can be adjusted. It can also be used as a pole in shallow water." I have never made it in my life. Uncle Cui, the ship’s owner, received such an order for the first time, and he also found it quite fresh. His desire to invent and create was unprecedentedly high, and he helped Gao Chang think of all the details. Now this old man can’t wait to push the wooden barrel into the sea to fish. It's a pity that he doesn't know how to swim, if he falls into the sea with a handful of old bones, he will probably live to the end of his life.

"What about the salary?" Gao Chang asked with a smile.

"What's the salary, my kid didn't eat less of you, so what's the salary?" Uncle Cui waved his hand.

"Success, I'll catch some fish and shrimp next time and send some to your home." Gao Chang didn't like pushing and pushing, so he readily agreed.

"Hey, that's a good relationship." Uncle Cui was happy, he hadn't touched meat for many years.

After getting the wooden barrel, Gao Chang and Dahuang would go to the sea for a walk almost every night, and they would gain more or less. When the big wooden barrel was not in use, it was tied to the big boat in Baohua Temple. Because the monastery sent monks to take care of the boat every day, it was also convenient for Gao Chang and the others.

Some big fish gradually appeared in their bay. Gao Chang and Da Huang caught some and asked the villagers to inject seawater into the ditch outside their village to raise sea fish. In this way, the village became much cleaner. , Ants and insects can't get in easily.Several other villages also asked Gao Chang and the others to help catch fish. Gao Chang and Da Huang worked hard for a while and earned some cloth.

Knowing that there are a lot of fish and shrimps in the sea, many people approached Uncle Cui and asked him to help hoop the wooden barrels, and the style was similar to that of Gao Chang’s family. In the following period of time, many people went to the sea to catch fish, More or less, there will be some gains. Although we know that there may be dangers in the sea, but people are always like this. When nothing happens, it is inevitable that there will be some luck.

During the heyday of fishing activities, more than half of the households in almost every village had wooden barrels. When they didn’t need to go to work, the men would all go to the sea. Naturally, it was good to catch some small fish and shrimps to improve their food. Luck On a good day, you can catch one or two big fish.Gao Chang's village is next to the road. As long as it is not raining at night, you can see the villagers on the mountain coming and going on that road, talking and laughing, most of them have something to do with fish and shrimp.

The disaster started with a sea snake. The victims were two mutants from the primary school. According to the description of those present, a sea snake with one section green and one section black climbed up the wooden barrel along the oars, and one of them was bitten. With one bite, two people caught the snake in the wooden barrel, and the movement was too big, so the wooden barrel was overturned, and the two of them fell into the water, but they couldn't come up alive again.

Later, the villagers organized to catch the corpses. When the two were caught, their faces were black, their bodies were swollen from the seawater, and there were several places on their bodies that had been bitten off by something.Everyone was terrified when they saw this scene. Although they didn't say it publicly, there were still some gossip circulating secretly, saying that the people living in the elementary school were all mutants.Now mutants were bitten by snakes in the sea and died, not to mention ordinary people like them, looking at their corpses, there are clearly some carnivores in the sea.

After that, no one dared to go into the sea casually, and most of the wooden barrels on the beach were transported back to the village, some were stored in the yard, and some were used in the ditch outside the village. There are ditches outside each village, and fish are raised in the ditches. Those fish can be eaten when they grow up, and it is just right to catch them in wooden barrels.In Gao Chang's village, several large wooden barrels were used to pickle pickled vegetables. The village has a large population, and it is quick to eat pickled vegetables. This kind of wooden barrel is big enough, and three barrels are enough for pickling.

Later, Gao Chang and his family went to the sea less frequently. The sea is the territory of aquatic animals after all. If they encounter a large group of sea snakes, or a few squids that are abnormally large, Gao Chang cannot be 100% sure of himself. Can escape.

Not long after, the seawall was completed. Most of the coastline of their bay was covered with bamboo piles. The densely packed bamboo piles faced the sea and the mountains, and on the side of the mountains, some earth and rocks were piled up to form a slope. To a certain extent, the firmness of the bamboo piles is guaranteed, and it is also convenient for people to observe the situation under the seawall.

This seawall is not made of pure stones. Bamboo soaked in water will rot sooner or later, so after a period of time, the bamboo piles will have to be replaced. Restoration is also a big project.But everyone thinks that such a long time is enough, because marine life lives in the sea after all, and it is not easy to climb up from the distant coast, and then go over the mountains to reach their mountainous area. There are still many on the mountain. As for wild boars and venomous snakes, if they really have this ability, they can't be blocked by just a few bamboo stakes.

The reason why they did not use pure stones at that time was because the sea level was likely to continue to rise, and the amount of work to build the seawall with stones was too large. Undersea engineering, that is really unjust.

That night, Gao Chang and the others just woke up when they saw Yingzi flying back from the outside screaming. They probably found something good in the sea and couldn't handle it by themselves, so they came back and urged Gao Chang and the others to help catch it.Gao Chang thinks that he is fine anyway, so he will go and have a look in a while, maybe there is really something good in the sea these days.

As a result, they had just left the village after eating, and before they had time to send Suobo to class, they were stopped by Bai Bao, who said they had something important to do and had to drag him to the side of the road to talk.Gao Chang had no choice but to ask Da Huang to send Suobo to Baohua Temple first, and the two met at the seaside after a while.

"Have you listened to the radio recently?" Bai Bao asked Gao Chang.

"Listen to the radio, it burns too much oil." As soon as Gao Chang was mentioned, he became angry. Bai Bao was a fake and generous kid. He gave him a car a while ago, but Gao Chang asked him for diesel. What did this guy say? He didn't give it, why did he ask for diesel, his brothers still used carts to feed silk and collect cloth, what kind of diesel he wanted as an idler, he just had to look at the car and enjoy his eyes.

"This time something really happened. The broadcast said that the mutants have established a political power in the southwest. This is to fight against the forces on the plateau. I'm afraid there will be troubles in the elementary school." The only mutant settlement in their area.

"Have you sent someone to investigate?" Gao Chang also knew that this matter was not a joke, and his face became serious.

"Well, among them, there are many who advocate leaving, and few who intend to stay." Bai Bao replied.

"Damn it, those bird people, I didn't think they were good guys at the time. They are living a good life these days. Why go to the Southwest to join in the fun? It's probably a good thing for heroes to come out of troubled times. Why, are you worried? Are they robbing the ship?" Gao Chang has never had a good impression of the group of mutants, he is so high up that he has become a weaver, and he has made himself like a nobleman in distress, he speaks with a tone, and looks down on everyone.

"Stealing ships is another aspect. What I am most worried about is that these people will talk nonsense after they arrive in the southwest and turn us into class enemies. You say, if the mutants really take down the world by then, can we still make it clear? ?” Anyone with a brain knows that mutation is a historical trend, and it is inevitable for mutants to take power, it’s just a matter of time.

"It makes sense. There are a few of those people who seem to like to engage in such activities. What are you going to do?" There has been a saying in China since ancient times, saying that it is better to offend a gentleman than to offend a villain. The consequences are very serious, Gao Chang naturally doesn't want to compromise with the villains, the best way is to trample them all to death.

"If they dare to steal the boat, they must fight," Bai Bao said.

"Yes, if they really dare to do this, they might as well be wiped out, leaving no remnants." Gao Chang narrowed his eyes slightly.

"If this is the case, it will be quiet, and I will save the conflict between the two. The problem is that those who advocate going to the southwest may not all be ambitious. They are mutants after all, and the southwest is the big group. Stay here. It’s understandable not to have a sense of belonging, but I’m really not reconciled to letting people go like this, and I don’t feel relieved.” I’ve seen a lot of shady things in politics. Because of his momentary soft-heartedness, he left a dead end for himself.

"Don't think about it too much. If they are honest, it's not easy for us to kill them. After all, the southwest is far away from us. To put it bluntly, if these people are unlucky, it's hard to say whether they can survive there. What's more, those mutations People have just established a political power, and it is too late to attract allies, so it is impossible to make enemies casually, even if someone wants to make waves, we are far away, and it is not so easy to trouble us."

Gao Chang comforted Bai Bao in his mouth, but he also knew in his heart that the gang of grandchildren at the elementary school could just watch the boat in the bay not grab it?Bai Bao probably knew in his heart that it was unlikely that those people would leave quietly. He came to talk to Gao Chang today because he probably didn't want to leave an impression of violence and bloodthirsty in the mind of this ally. He waited until the day when the war broke out , Gao Chang can stand by his side without hesitation.

Saying goodbye to Bai Bao, Gao Chang walked towards the beach, thinking that Rhubarb might be in a hurry, but after walking a few steps, he saw Rhubarb holding a big crab in his hand. Catch up with the size of the wooden basin of Gao Chang’s family. Rhubarb tied the crab’s shell with a rope and dragged it away. Wandering around, making some provocative movements while walking, Yingzi stood dog-legged on Rhubarb's shoulders.

"Crabs! Where did you catch them?" In other words, their family has been liking seafood more and more recently, and even rhubarb, which was not too cold for these things in the past, is gradually eating.

"Beach." Rhubarb grinned and gave a long, brilliant smile.

"Let's go, go home and get the straw rope." Gao Chang hooked Rhubarb's neck, and the whole family went back to the village happily. The tide will be low in a little while, and there will probably be a lot of crabs on the beach.

That night, all the men from Gao Chang's village came to the beach with straw ropes, and people from other villages also came here after hearing the news.After the tide receded, a piece of land was exposed under the embankment, densely covered with crabs.Speaking of which, these crabs came at the right time, neither too early nor too late. If they came early, they hadn't repaired the seawall. If they came too late, the people in the village would not be able to eat crab meat for a long time.

Walk along the seawall, spread out to hang crabs, turn a few snakes out of the grass, peel off their skins and tie them to one end of the grass rope, then stretch the grass rope under the seawall, and tease the crabs a few times, these guys It will use large pliers to firmly clamp the snake meat.As long as you can bring it up in time, that crab is yours. Because the size of these crabs is so scary, most people in the village bring their axes. When the crab hits the ground, give it a head-on axe. .

There are also unlucky guys who got their feet pinched by crabs. The crab pincers are quite strong. When they are pinched, they are immediately dripping with blood. At least they killed the crabs in time, and their feet were saved.Wrapping up casually, the man continued to follow everyone to catch crabs as if nothing happened, and walked back and forth to the village.