Chapter 101 The manpower problem for going out to sea is solved! (To be updated)
"Unfortunately, these are all small sweetfish. If you can get some big ones, you will be able to count the money until you laugh!" Du Ziteng said on the side.
"Aren't all sweetfish this small?" Liang Ziqiang was a little puzzled. Sweetfish have a very short lifespan, with one generation per year. Basically , they can't grow too big, right? "That's not always the case! There are also very rare cases where sweetfish grow big and are very valuable. In the 1970s, someone caught a sweetfish weighing more than 40 kilograms abroad, and it was bought by a restaurant. That price, how can it be said, if it were in our country, it could buy a small trawler!"
Damn it. Liang Ziqiang thought he was lucky enough, but there are people who are much luckier than him.
A sweetfish, and he actually got the small trawler he had always dreamed of!
But the special case that Manager Du mentioned happened in the 1970s and happened overseas. Liang Ziqiang had never heard of it. Anyway, no one here had ever encountered such a big sweetfish. In his later life, he liked to watch the ocean channel after working hard, but he had never seen it.
The Xiangfei fish itself is rare, and super-large ones are even unheard of.
After saying goodbye to Du Ziteng, Liang Ziqiang packed the money and left.
This time I didn't go to the toilet specifically to put the money inside my pants.
He also couldn't understand why Chen Xiangbei was so concerned about this matter, and insisted on using scissors and needle and thread to sew a waist bag for him.
Before he went out this morning, I even caught up with him and tied his waist bag on him.
Liang Ziqiang had already said that there wouldn't be much money today, and that the money wouldn't bulge out no matter where it was stuffed, but she wouldn't give in and was very stubborn on this matter.
More than one hundred and forty were put into the waist bag, and then the waist bag was placed in the front, within the range of vision.
Of course, it is not as safe as tucking it inside your pants, but it is much safer than putting it in a normal pocket and will not be easily stolen by thieves.
When I got home and told Chen Xiangbei that I sold more than 140 yuan, Chen Xiangbei was happy for a moment, then she counted with her fingers. Judging from her expression, she probably calculated out of habit again. These 20 kilograms of small fish were roughly equivalent to several tons of watermelon, and how much fruit...
A girl who came from a melon orchard, her mind's monetary reference system is all melons...
"I've put the money in this box for you. You can take it anytime when you need it." After she said that, she turned her waist and went back to busying herself with housework.
"Wait a minute," Liang Ziqiang called him and closed the door to the inner room again, "I have something to tell you, wife. The newly bought eight-meter boat will be back soon."
"Yeah, I'm also looking forward to seeing what the new captain looks like. What's the matter?"
"The next step is to go out to sea and cast the net to catch fish! But I'm alone. I have to drive the boat and cast the net. The most important thing is that when there are a lot of fish, it's impossible to pull up a large net of fish with just my hands. It's definitely impossible without help!"
"Ah?" Chen Xiangbei didn't understand much about this, and her delicate eyebrows frowned after listening.
After thinking for a while, she asked:
"Then you take me with you? Can women get on the boat here? I think I saw some women fishing on the boat."
As far as Liang Ziqiang knows, the rules vary from place to place. In many places, women are indeed not allowed to go on boats to fish. It's not so bad here. Although there are not many women who go out to sea to fish, there are some.
But the key point is that he doesn't want Chen Xiangbei to follow him to the sea. If that really happens, it will probably take less than a year or two. Now she looks white and tender like a piece of water tofu, but she will soon become a piece of tofu with soy sauce...
I worked hard with him for most of my life in my last life, and my youth withered away so quickly and hastily. In this life, I should not work so hard, and just stay as beautiful as a flower. That's good enough.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, she leaned her head closer: "Why do you look down on me? Let me tell you, even though I'm thin, I'm quite strong. I can still carry things in the orchard! If you're worried that I can't fish, it's actually nothing. I learn things really quickly!"
Liang Ziqiang couldn't tell the truth, of course, as he was worried that she would suffer and get tanned. He looked over and said:
"You've even started making baby shoes and baby clothes. The day before yesterday, you were still counting the days until we could have a baby. If you get pregnant soon, do you really plan to go out on the boat with a big belly to cast and pull nets? Even if the baby is born, you'll have to take care of the poop and pee, wash the diapers, cook, and do all kinds of chores at home. You'll be so busy that you'll feel dizzy. How can you spare time to go out to sea?"
This statement was indeed very convincing, but Chen Xiangbei thought about it and found it unrealistic.
"I think that the helpers on the ship must be paid for. And when you are alone at sea, you must hire people you really trust and can rely on! I think, instead of hiring other people outside, it is better to consider your family!"
Being alone at sea, this concern is not a small detail. If you really meet someone who knows the face but not the heart, you will suddenly be stabbed in the back and you will not understand what is going on.
"But don't my father and eldest brother have a gondola at home? They also want to go out to sea, so how can they help you?"
"When they go out to sea, it can actually be just dad and big brother. Dad brings Zifeng with him just because he wants to teach him. Zifeng is a bit of a novice when it comes to fishing, but he can be my helper and put in some effort to pull the net!" Liang Ziqiang revealed his thoughts.
"That's fine too. You don't even have to tell me about this. Just go find Dad and Afeng and they'll agree!"
"Not really. I have a consideration that I have to tell you about. In our village, the helpers are like this. Normally, the helpers are paid a little over one to two yuan a day. The helpers at sea are more strenuous, and the pay is two to three yuan.
But Afeng is different. He wants to take the exam, but his parents don't support him. He doesn't have a penny on him, so buying books and pens, taking a bus, registering, or traveling far away are all problems. I want to give him six yuan a day!"
Chen Xiangbei was stunned for a moment. Six dollars, this was double the normal salary. It was impossible for her to accept it without hesitation.
But in just a moment, she looked at him and said, "You must have your reasons for doing this. It won't be a bad thing if you can pass the exam. You make the decision on this matter. I've said that I will listen to you on important matters at home. I won't have any thoughts behind your back!"
Liang Ziqiang nodded vigorously: "Also, except for the two of us, everyone else including my parents can only be paid three yuan a day as labor wages. He is now living with my parents, so he has to give the three yuan of wages to my mother, and secretly save the other three yuan for himself to use for the college entrance examination."
"I know that!" Chen Xiangbei agreed.
"My wife is the most reasonable!" Seeing Chen Xiangbei's cooperation, Liang Ziqiang kissed her on the face gratefully.
"What are you doing! You have oil on your mouth and you smeared it all over my face. If I had known you would do this, I wouldn't have agreed!"
Chen Xiangbei wiped her face with her hands and blamed him.
That night, Liang Ziqiang first went to find his father and told him that he wanted Zifeng to come over to help, and said that he would pay him three yuan a day as a helper.
"He's just like a novice, is he worth three dollars?"
Liang Ziqiang never expected that his father would say this and then not express any more objection.
After my father reached an agreement, he finally went to talk to Liang Zifeng himself. This was the only way to avoid Afeng's agreement being reached but then falling through due to opposition from others.
It was obvious that Liang Zifeng was not very happy to stay on the sea with his father. When he heard what Liang Ziqiang said, his eyes were filled with joy. Especially when he heard that he would be paid three more yuan in private, he was so happy. After hearing seven or eight words of praise, Liang Ziqiang felt that if he didn't leave, he would be blown away by him.
The problem of manpower for going out to sea has also been solved. Now everything is ready and we just have to wait for the "Ziqiang" to be brought back from the shipyard.
In the next two or three days, he continued to go to the beach to push the slackline, and taught Li Liang and Deng how to make money, which did not delay the harvest.
These days, I didn't have as much luck as the first day, and I didn't encounter any sweetfish. I caught some shrimps, crabs and cheap fish, and gave some to Chen Xiangbei to dry and make salted fish, and took some to Zheng Liu to exchange for some loose change.
In a blink of an eye, the day to pick up the boat arrived.
He went to the "Fengshou Shipyard" again, paid the balance of two hundred yuan, and went to pick up the boat.
The hull had already been painted, and looking at it now, it was even more eye-catching than the first time I saw it.
The boat had only lotus patterns on the side, which was simpler and purer than the gondola. The boat was more than two meters longer, which was different. It was beautiful, new, and had a sense of grandeur.
The shipyard knew that the ship would be delivered today, so they tied a long red cloth on the ship in advance.
There are two big words on the boat, "Self-reliance", which look quite inspiring.
It seemed as if every stroke was forcefully passing through his heart, causing an echo in his heart at this moment.
The new boat was pushed into shallow water, and this time it was naturally Liang Ziqiang who drove it himself.
The sea was originally very calm, but now because the ship was sailing on the water, countless small waves were stirred up on both sides of the new ship.
The "Zi Qiang" rode the waves and floated on the water. Although it was already autumn, it seemed as if a new spring was about to begin...
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