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

The first half of the month.

Zhao Dahai carried a mesh bag in his left hand and a mesh bag in his right hand. He bent over and walked out. The sea began to rise, and the soft soil in the mangroves was leaking water. Every time he stepped on it, it sank directly into his calves. It was very strenuous and sweaty. Money just keeps flowing. I don’t know how long it took, but I emerged from the mangrove forest and saw a wide open space in front of me. The familiar coast suddenly appeared in front of me. The sea breeze blew over and I couldn’t help but take a few strong breaths.

Zhao Dahai washed his hands and feet with sea water, especially the mangrove sap that was stuck on his face. In order to seize the time, he got out before the sea water rose. He walked very fast, and the branches and leaves of the mangroves were thrown directly on his body and face. He stretched out his hand and tilted his hand. I grabbed two fiddler crabs from under my clothes. I fell into them while walking through the mangroves and didn't bother to catch them. Now I threw them to the ground without any courtesy and stepped on them with my big foot to get revenge.

Zhao Dahai took a rest and walked to the edge of a mangrove forest. Before entering, for convenience, he found a stone in the net bag containing mantis shrimp and hairy clams and pressed it on the top of a hidden tree. You can't find it unless you look carefully. Generally speaking, even if you actually see it, you will know that it belongs to the owner. It is not a valuable thing and no one will take it randomly.

Zhao Dahai shined the flashlight a few times and looked for the place. Just as he was about to walk over, he found something lying on the mesh bag. He was startled and looked at it carefully. His heart immediately started beating wildly. A huge blue crab was lying on the net bag, waving its two pincers, and was chewing on the small octopus in the net bag.

Zhao Dahai didn't dare to walk quickly or use force now, for fear of causing splashes, so he carefully and slowly touched the back of the blue crab, stretched out his hand and pinched it.

"Hahaha!"

"Hahaha!"

"No way?"

"Is there such a thing in the world?"

"Today, luck really came and I couldn't stop it."

Zhao Dahai was very happy. I went into the mangroves during the day and only dug one blue crab in the afternoon. But starting from dark, all the blue crabs in the mangroves came out like crazy. My hands cramped when I picked them up. The tide has already come in, so I am ready to go back and pick up what I left in the morning. Net bag, who expected to encounter a big blue crab. It's almost a pound and a half, and this one can only be sold for 150 yuan.

Zhao Dahai washed the green crab in sea water, lifted it up, and took the rope to tie it up.

"No?"

"Butter crab?"

Zhao Dahai's eyes widened. Most blue crabs are dark blue, but the one in his hand was dark yellow. He picked up the flashlight and shone it carefully, especially the tips on both sides of the blue crab and the last tip of the claws. The more I read, the more excited I became. I read it three times in succession, and I was 100% sure that I had read it correctly.

Butter crab is a type of blue crab. Blue crabs are covered with paste. Under certain conditions, they will turn into a special type of blue crab. The quality is far superior to ordinary blue crabs. The whole crab looks like it has been soaked in paste, and its body is yellow. No one knows why this happens. Such a change may be due to the fact that the blue crab is covered with jelly and encounters the high temperature of the sun. It "melts" and penetrates into all parts of the whole crab, or it may be due to other reasons. Butter crab meat is as tender as jade, and the oil is rich and sweet. It is the best among blue crabs.

Zhao Dahai took the rope and tied it carefully. A pound and a half of blue crabs can be sold for about 150 yuan, and the same size can be sold for 400 to 500 yuan. In this way, a butter crab is almost worth the price. I caught more than 20 kilograms of crab and tiger fish a few days ago.

The small pier in front of the village.

A few lights were on and it was very dim.

The dozens or twenty fishing boats docked kept rocking with the waves.

Liu Bin and Zhong Shizhu squatted, holding cigarettes in their mouths, puffing away, puffs of smoke puffed out, their brows furrowed tightly, and their faces looked a little unsightly.

"Why!"

"What the hell!"

"How can we go to sea in this weather?!"

Liu Bin looked at the sea. It was calm an hour ago, but now there are small waves one after another. Although it is not big now, there will be one or two meters in a few hours. After dinner, I came to the fishing boat to pack up and prepare to go out to sea early tomorrow morning. Now I can only do stare.

"What else can be done?!"

"The weather forecast says there will be winds of level 7 or 8."

Zhong Shizhu shook his head. It is definitely not possible to go to sea in this kind of weather. In the next three to five days, you may even have to stay at home for a week, unable to do anything. People who go out to sea to fish will lose their income if they can't go out to sea, and they will be left with nothing.

Liu Bin and Zhong Shizhu saw someone walking over with a flashlight. After waiting for a while, they saw that it was Zhao Shi.

"Uncle Zhao."

"Why are you here?!"

Liu Bin said hello, and suddenly thought of Zhao Dahai he had met in the afternoon, and the trees he had planted. He would have to go to the mountain tomorrow to dig out those trees.

"The wind changes the sky."

"I can't sit still at home."

"Come out and take a look."

Zhao Shi shined his flashlight on the sea and sighed when he saw waves one after another. They were white-headed waves. In this kind of weather, the whole village of fishing people had to stay at home. The fishing boats were too small to carry them. There is no difference between going to sea and dying.

"ah?"

"Is there a person there?"

Zhong Shizhu shouted and pointed forward.

Zhao Shi and Liu Bin turned around and saw that there was light on the beach towards the mangroves to the west of the village. They looked like fireflies swaying from a distance. They were walking with a flashlight.

who?

Zhao Shi, Liu Bin and Zhong Shizhu were a little curious. They saw that they were coming back from the mangrove forest and didn't know who they were.

Zhao Dahai held a flashlight in one hand to illuminate the road and held a pole in the other hand to pick up blue crabs. He felt so happy that he felt as sweet as drinking honey.

"Second Grandpa."

"Are you here first?"

Zhao Dahai walked to the small pier in front of the village and saw Zhao Shi. Next to him were Zhong Shizhu and Liu Bin. The three of them were looking at him with wide eyes.

"Why!"

"The sea."

"What are you doing?"

"What's in the mesh bag? It looks like blue crabs?"

Liu Bin stood up suddenly and stared at the mesh bag Zhao Dahai carried on the pole. The light was dim, so he couldn't see it clearly, but he should have seen it correctly.

"ah?"

“So many blue crabs!”

Zhong Shizhu was startled. Liu Bin didn't pay attention at first, but he took a closer look at this and saw that it was really a blue crab. The blue crab was carried on two mesh poles, which weighed several dozen kilograms. I can't see the size clearly, no matter how much it costs at first glance, Zhao Dahai will make a lot of money now.

Zhao Dahai smiled and nodded.

"The sea."

"I passed by just now. Grandma Zhong Cuihua is waiting at the door."

"Go back quickly!"

Zhao Shi shouted, turned around and left.

Zhao Dahai smiled at Zhong Shizhu and Liu Bin, picked up green crabs and followed Zhao Shi back to the village.

"What the hell!"

"How can there be so many blue crabs in the mangroves?"

Liu Bin watched Zhao Dahai turn a corner, unable to see the light of the flashlight.

"Who knows what's going on?"

Zhong Shizhu shook his head. Zhao Dahai was carrying green crabs on a pole just now, which was too scary. Everyone in the village knew that there were green crabs in the Red Village Forest, but no one thought there were so many.

"Don't let others know about this."

Liu Bin looked at the mangroves in the distance.

"Who says it isn't?"

"As long as the two of us know."

Zhong Shizhu nodded. There are blue crabs in the mangroves, and there are a lot of blue crabs. Otherwise, Zhao Dahai would not be able to have such a harvest. The question is whether they are still available now. Under the dim light, he turned around and looked at the reef at the east end, thinking of the past few days. The crab-goby thing.