Chapter 239: Cold air is coming, continue to go out to sea
After asking around, Zhang Ze went to the market to buy some pork, pig intestines and some vegetables. When he got home and entered the yard, he heard the cries of chickens, ducks and geese.
Xiao Hei was having fun in the yard, scaring the chickens, ducks and geese so much that they started screaming.
But it knew that it could only scare the animals for fun and could not bite the food to death.
"Xiao Hei, come here!" Zhang Ze frowned when he saw this scene and shouted.
Although Zhang's mother bought several adult chickens, ducks and geese, most of them were chicks and ducklings. Xiao Hei could bite them hard, and although his bite was not heavy, he could kill them if he got too excited.
After all, Zhang's mother is a country person, and there are some things that are ingrained in her bones. If she bites one to death, she would probably feel heartbroken for a long time and be unhappy all day.
Xiao Hei heard his voice and also noticed the displeasure in Zhang Ze's tone.
Afraid of being beaten, he immediately ran into the house and dared not come to his side.
Zhang Ze shook his head helplessly when he saw this. Seeing that the chickens, ducks and geese were all fine, he walked into the house.
Her grandson was about to be born, so Zhang's mother specially bought so many chickens, ducks and geese so that her daughter-in-law could catch whatever she wanted to eat in the yard.
Tong Shuyao could only smile bitterly at the time. Before she got married, she was a foodie, especially craving meat.
After all, our family conditions were poor before, and we could only eat meat a few times a year.
But after only one year of marriage, I still eat meat, but I no longer like it as much as I did at the beginning.
Nowadays, Tong Shuyao prefers various kinds of Cantonese dim sum and the rarer Western dim sum.
I bought pork intestines today. Even though the pork seller said they had been washed, I had to wash them again before I could eat them safely.
Zhang Ze remembered that in his previous life, he went out of town with his friends. One time, they ordered some pig intestines. His friend was lucky enough to get the intestines directly, and he was so disgusted that he vomited on the spot.
Because the pig intestines in Wenshui City are definitely cleaned thoroughly, he simply washes them again after buying them, but he has to pay attention to other places.
According to my impression, Nanfang College of Engineering should also pay attention to this aspect.
Sure enough, when Zhang Ze used a stick to turn over the intestines, he found that the inside was very clean and there were no unknown objects.
Zhang's mother and Tong Shuyao had just gone out, and they came back just in time when he had finished processing the pig intestines. That's why Xiao Hei was having fun without anyone caring about him.
Although Tong Shuyao has a big belly, walking around every day is good for her health.
Moreover, people of this era are basically not pretentious, and there are many women in rural areas who work with big bellies.
Of course, if the parents-in-law are nice, then they don’t have to work.
"Let's eat pig intestines today!"
"Yes, pickled cabbage fried with pork intestines, delicious." Zhang Ze nodded, looked at the bags in their hands, and asked, "What did you buy?"
Mother Zhang said, "The weather in Nanguang is not cold. I took Shuyao to buy some seeds and plan to plant some winter vegetables."
"We already have chickens, ducks and geese, so it wouldn't be a big deal to grow some vegetables. Our yard is big, and the rockery is empty and we can sit there. Other places also need to be cleaned, so we might as well make use of them."
Zhang Ze naturally had no objection to this. Other people grew vegetables in their villas, so it was not uncommon for him to raise ducks and grow vegetables in his small house and yard.
"Sure, it's convenient to grow your own vegetables and eat them when you want. Sometimes you don't have to go to the vegetable market if you don't want to."
"Well, Aze, when are you going to go out to sea? If it's not urgent, help mom make some fences. We need to separate the vegetable garden from the area where the chickens, ducks and geese are."
"We're all at home today, let me do this!"
You don't have to make the fence yourself, just buy it.
There are many craftsmen in rural areas who usually weave bamboo baskets, fences and other things and earn some hard-earned money at the market.
After rinsing the pig intestines that had been rubbed with coarse salt with water, Zhang Ze wiped his hands and did not go to buy a fence immediately. Instead, he took a shovel to loosen the ground first.
He did the heavy work, so it would be easier for Zhang's mother to grow vegetables later.
The arm strength that the system gave him was just right for growing vegetables.
The vegetable patch was not big, only about 20 square meters, and Zhang Ze only took a short time to finish it.
Then he rode his motorcycle to the market to buy a fence. After buying it, he hammered and pounded it and enclosed the vegetable field.
The fence was not high enough for adult hens to fly over, so he added a layer of netting on top.
He also built a fence gate to make it easier for Zhang's mother to come in and out.
It is much easier to apply fertilizer when raising chickens, ducks and geese and growing vegetables at the same time.
The whole afternoon passed just like this, and when people came back from work or school in the evening, the whole family had a lively dinner together.
Just like Zhang's mother said, Zhang Ze is now the backbone of the Zhang family. Even meals don't taste as good when he is not at home.
Zhang Ze laughed when he heard that. Didn't this backbone of his be the perfect seasoning for rice?
After dinner, the family chatted in the living room for two hours and then went back to their rooms to rest.
There is indeed little entertainment in this era. Couples can still have children, but singles can only go to bed early.
It’s not like the later generations, where there are so many entertainments and everyone feels that time is too short. They wish they had a device to delay time so that they can finish everything they want to do in a day before going to bed.
Lying in bed, Tong Shuyao, who had been holding it in for a whole day, finally asked about Zhang Qian.
"Aze, have you gone to ask around today? How is the person?"
"I heard from your cousin that Jiang Jiting is a good person. This morning I went to ask people near his home and they basically said that his parents are upright and have good morals. But his mother was originally a lady from a scholarly family. I wonder if she would have any prejudice against him."
"So today I specifically told those people that Qian and Jiang Jiting were dating. I guess this news would reach their ears."
"Jiang Jiting's parents will definitely ask him, and then we will be able to see the other party's attitude."
"No, Jiang Jiting will naturally not provoke Qian again. Qian hasn't fallen into it yet, so she won't feel particularly sad."
Zhang Ze is really worried about his sister. If he falls in love first, and the relationship deepens but the other party's parents don't allow it, and it ends up hurting his sister's feelings, he can't guarantee what he will do then.
Therefore, after the other party's parents know about Zhang Qian's situation, if they do not agree, they will definitely stop their son from continuing to contact Zhang Qing, and this can be seen from Jiang Jiting's behavior at that time.
"By the way, don't tell A Qian about this for now. Just ask A Qian every day if Jiang Ji Ting's attitude has changed."
Tong Shuyao blinked after hearing this, then puffed up her lips, a little jealous: "As brothers, my three brothers are not as careful as you, and they don't protect their sisters like you do."
Zhang Ze laughed when he heard that, pinched her nose and said lovingly: "It's enough for you to have me. A Qian and A Qing will get married eventually, but I will be with you forever."
Love and affection are very reserved these days. Even though Tong Shuyao has been married to him for more than a year, she still can't stand his occasional sweet talk. She immediately blushes with shame and buries herself in his arms awkwardly.
It rained heavily the next day. The autumn rain brought a chill even in Nanfang.
The temperature dropped significantly, and almost everyone started wearing long sleeves with a thin coat on the outside.
Zhang Ze's family is different from before. Now he has two younger sisters working in the garment factory, so he doesn't need to buy things outside at all.
When Zhang Qian and Zhang Qing see nice clothes, they will pick some according to their family's sizes and take them home.
Lu Wenbin’s clothing factory does not only produce women’s clothing. He has clothes for men, women, young and old, even for babies.
The styles are basically imitating those popular in Hong Kong Island. Hong Kong Island has a great influence on Nanfang and surrounding cities, so the styles of clothes there are very popular here.
Zhang Ze also wore new clothes today, a white T-shirt inside and a denim jacket outside. He looked quite casual, except for the bulky tape recorder on his shoulders.
What's more, when he went out, he would occasionally see three or five young people gathered together, carrying tape recorders and twisting their waists and legs.
The way he looks at these young people is no different from the way he looks at energetic young men. I wonder if he will feel embarrassed when he thinks back to his youth many years later.
It’s just like the Funeral Family that appeared later, which represents the lost youth of a group of people born in the 1990s.
It was raining heavily outside, but Zhang Ze had already packed his things, put on his raincoat, and got on his motorcycle to go to the fishing village.
Fishermen generally choose to rest on rainy days. When he arrived at the fishing village, there were few people on the dock.
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Zhang Ze would not have chosen to go out to sea in such weather before, but he still owes money, so he can only try harder.
He specially listened to the weather forecast last night. A cold front is coming in the next few days and it will rain for several days in a row.
However, heavy rain is not suitable for near-shore fishermen to go out to sea to fish, but it has little impact on their fishing in the distant sea.
After returning to the village, I went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy supplies needed for going out to sea. Originally, I only planned to prepare enough for three days.
But after thinking about it, I realized that the Duoyu boat is big enough, and although we catch a lot of fish each time, it is rarely full.
Besides, it’s cold now, so there’s no need to worry about some of the catch going bad or smelling even if we put them on the deck with some ice. So I simply bought some more and planned to stay at sea for a few more days.
There is no need to get more longlines, because once you find the fish school, fishing with a winch is very fast and more convenient.
That’s right, the main reason for staying a few more days this time was that he didn’t plan to continue to stick to his fishing sentiments. If the winch is useful, he would use the winch to fish.
After buying the things, I notified a family to help deliver my longline to the boat and help hang the bait.
After Jin Sanbao's family became better off, he specially introduced a family to Zhang Ze and asked them to take over the work of repairing the longline.
He doesn't care as long as it doesn't delay his work.
After giving the notification, Zhang Ze went to the dock first.
There were not many people around and he couldn't buy any bait, so he took out a bamboo basket and put the ordinary bait in the space into it.
Then I went to the aquatic product station to buy some frozen mantis shrimps. I bought two large baskets and gave a little extra money to have them delivered to me.
Originally, the aquatic product station did not provide door-to-door delivery, but there is nothing that money cannot solve. If they don’t agree, then find two villagers to help with the delivery, and they are happy to do it.
They would deliver them to the dock, and Zhang Ze would move them to the trolling boat himself, and then deliver the baits to the Duoyu.
After finishing the work, all the long ropes were delivered over.
Zhang Ze asked them to hang bait on the boat, while he went to Jin Sanbao and Tong Yuanhang's home.
They were all at home, and had originally planned to go out to sea after a day's rest, but it rained today, so they gave up the idea of going out to sea.
But since Zhang Ze came to them and asked to go out to sea together, what else was there to say? Both sides immediately began to prepare.
After completing the preparations, he returned home.
"Aaron, how's the crossbow going?" Seeing that the two brothers were still busy with the crossbow, he asked.
Lin Long turned around in astonishment and was surprised to see Zhang Ze: "Why are you here today?"
"I owe some money, and I plan to pay it off before the New Year, so I have to go out to sea more frequently." Zhang Ze shrugged and came to them.
Lin Long frowned and said, "It's not difficult to make a crossbow, but there are some small accessories that the blacksmith shop hasn't made yet, so it will take some time."
"Since you are going out to sea, why don't you take my crossbow and use it first! Anyway, there is a cold front coming soon and it will probably rain for a few days, so we won't go into the mountains."
"Okay, then I'll use it first!" Zhang Ze was not polite. Since there was a murderer trying to hijack the ship, it would not be too much to be careful after going out to sea.
Xiao Hei is only a warning and does not have much combat power right now. The safety factor will be higher with long-range weapons.
"By the way, I will be out at sea for a longer time this time, probably four or five days. You just need to wait at home on the fourth day."
Lin Long and Lin Hu nodded together to show that they understood.
They don't sit at home making crossbows every day. Usually the two brothers will take turns to go to the shipyard to check on the progress of the construction of the seafood boat.
The ships are ready-made, and they will be expanded after they are purchased, so someone is needed to keep an eye on them to prevent people from being lazy.
Both brothers are at home today because the work was suspended due to the rain.
After a while, Lin Long brought over a crossbow, a bundle of leather tubes, and twenty arrows.
These arrows can be used over and over again until they are completely broken or lost, but they are much easier to make than bows and crossbows.
Now that Zhang Ze has this bow and crossbow, he can go to those big islands to try his luck. Who knows, he might find pheasants or something.
Seabirds can actually be hunted, but seabird meat is generally not tasty, so there is no need to do so.
The leather tube was what Zhang Ze thought of during his last dive and he asked Lin Long to prepare it.
Although you can swim anywhere with an oxygen tank, there is a time limit. With a leather tube, you have a lot more freedom in terms of time.
With a length of one hundred meters, the exploration range is definitely not small. After the exploration, you can just drive the boat to another location, which is very convenient.
Holding a crossbow and a leather pipe, Zhang Ze returned to the boat, while Xiao Hei lay at the door of the cabin and watched other families hanging baits.
When I saw him coming, I didn't care whether it was raining outside or not, and I still came over as usual.
"Go back, go back. Why are you here to join in the fun? If you get wet, I'll have to wipe you dry." Zhang Ze hurriedly drove it back, and then went over to help hang the bait to save some time.
The family was even larger, ten in total, and it didn't take long for him to bait all the longlines.
Jin Sanbao, Tong Yuanhang and the others were already prepared and were just waiting for him.
After finishing the work and paying the money, Zhang Ze started the fishing boat and set off.
This time the destination is still the same island as last time. We have only explored a small part of the reef, so we have to continue.
(End of this chapter)
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