Chapter 38 Dried Seafood
"What? You went to the sea today! Are you crazy? Yesterday you went to the county town without permission and got into trouble. We haven't settled the score with you yet, and now you want to take the children to the sea again. You are really too brave."
Mrs. Min jumped up immediately. Her daughter was too brave. The sea was so dangerous. She had heard the head lady of the Feng family say how dangerous the sea was these past two days. Countless people died in the sea every year.
Now she is planning to take the kids in the village to the sea. If something happens, how will she explain it to the other people in the village?
Lin Hongyuan remained silent. The people in the village wanted to develop, but they were all exiled, and the government would not sit idly by and watch them get better and better, so they could only come secretly.
As far as he knew, Da Gan had little influence at sea, especially in the Lingnan region, where natural disasters such as tsunamis and typhoons were common, so the court did not pay much attention to it.
It would be fine if the Lin family made their fortune from seafood, as long as they could conceal their identities.
"Mom, our village is by the sea and in the mountains. We don't have much land for farming. We have to buy all our food. We can eat seafood for two days now, but if we eat too much, we will easily get gout. But we are all out of money, so we have to find a way to make money.
I certainly won't take on too much responsibility for this matter. This is a major village event, so the elders must make the decision. Furthermore, going out to sea is voluntary, and I will inform the elders of the seriousness of the matter. The initial month of training is generally risk-free, and with everyone watching, nothing will go wrong."
Lin Yue hugged Min's arm and acted coquettishly, promising that she would not get into trouble. However, her coquettish voice gave her goose bumps instead.
"Hey, stay away from me. Don't try to imitate your niece's coquettish behavior. This style doesn't suit you. I get goosebumps all over the floor.
Then you shouldn't have brought this up, or else if something goes wrong, unreasonable people will definitely come after you and pester you, making your life a living hell."
Although Min spoke in a disdainful tone, her face was full of smiles, she did not let go of her hand, and she did not object to her going into the sea again.
"Indeed, Sister Yue, I'll discuss this matter with a few old guys first and come up with a set of rules so that everyone can feel at ease.
If we had made a unanimous decision and followed the rules, we wouldn't have encountered such trouble."
Lin Hongyuan also suggested that they discuss it before making a decision, and Lin Yue had no choice but to agree.
From then on, everyone started to get busy. Every minute and every second of the twelve hours of the day was fully scheduled, and each family's tree house was built with everyone's efforts.
After hearing about Lin Yue's plan to go to sea, the adults also got involved. On the one hand, they were worried about their children, and on the other hand, they had nothing to do after the tree house was built. It was said that the Lin family was going to make dried seafood and sell it inland, and they also wanted to follow Dongfeng to have a bowl of soup.
In the morning, I would go to the mountains to select and cut wood suitable for making boats. At noon, I would learn to swim with the children and catch some small fish and shrimps for dinner. In the afternoon, I would get used to boats and rowing. In the evening, I would think about how to make a boat.
"Ugh, ugh, ugh."
Jian Xiaocheng jumped off the boat in a panic, knelt on the beach and vomited violently. His father and mother, who were originally concerned about him, stepped back with disgust on their faces.
"I say, Jian Xiaocheng, just give up. It's been so many days, and you've been vomiting every time you get on the boat. Seeing you like this every day makes me suffer for you.
A lot of fish have been poisoned to death in the sea where you vomited these days. If you continue like this, everyone will definitely ban you from coming here so they can catch fish, hahahaha."
Cheng Hui looked at his brother with a gloating look, mocking him without hesitation, telling him to stay close to Lin Yue all day long. Don't think that others don't know what you are thinking. Now you have made a fool of yourself!
"No, I will never give up. I will definitely be able to adapt. If you can do it, I can do it too."
Jian Xiaocheng clenched his fists, realizing how embarrassing he had been for the past half month. Even the five-year-old Lin Qiang could run freely on the raft, but he felt dizzy as soon as he sat on it, let alone walking on it.
But then he thought about what the elders at home had said about him not having the talent to go on the seafood and dried goods trade route, which would mean he wouldn't be able to see Lin Yue for a long time. The chance was originally one in ten thousand, so if he went on the trade route, he was afraid that even that little chance would be gone.
"Jian Xiaocheng, you have to accept your fate. If God didn't give you this talent, no matter how much you practice, it's useless. We're going to start catching a lot of seafood and prepare to dry some of it as an experiment. You still have to find sales channels. Don't wait until the warehouse is full of goods before you still have no results!"
It’s strange to say, but many people were seasick at the beginning, but after vomiting for a while, everyone got used to it, and now both on the boat and on land feel as comfortable as walking on flat ground.
The villagers even made a raft like Lin Yue's, tied it with ropes, and paddled back and forth to ensure that they could get back after going out on the waves.
Now we have reached the stage where we no longer need to tie anything to the raft, and the boat is basically done, but it can only accommodate one or two people and can only bear a load of 500 kilograms before it can be used in water.
Therefore, they will only look for seafood within a thousand miles. However, everything tastes best when it is fresh. If it is dried, the taste will be reduced to unknown levels. However, fish and crabs that are out of sea water will not survive for more than five days even if they are kept in sea water.
What can you do in five days? Five days are not enough to leave the territory of Lingnan, but the whole Lingnan is close to the sea, and there is no shortage of seafood for sale on weekdays. The price of seafood in the county town is very cheap.
These days they have tried making salted fish, dried shrimp, dried abalone, dried sea cucumber, dried seaweed, and even the shed shrimp shells. They roasted them dry, ground them into powder, and added a little to the soup, which immediately became delicious.
Salted fish can be kept for a longer time and the taste is okay, but the smell is very overpowering. This can only be sold at a low price and high volume.
Dried shrimp retains the sweetness and toughness of shrimp. Dried abalone and dried sea cucumber can be soaked and stewed directly. They are also very delicious and should be able to be sold at a high price. As for dried sea vegetables, they have been available on the market for a long time. They decided not to compete with them in the market so that both parties will not get into trouble due to conflicts of interest.
Jian Xiaocheng slammed the beach hard, thinking about how the elders in the village had taken turns to persuade him in the past few days, telling him not to waste time on this and to follow Guo Minglang to find a trade route to the inland. After all, a day's delay meant a day's loss of money.
After all, the government could recruit them at any time to build dams, mine, etc., and life would always be better with money.
"Okay, I lose this time."
Jian Xiaocheng spoke in a low voice, as if he was muttering to himself, or as if he had completely given up hope.
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