Chapter 87: Taking the Family Out to Sea
After leaving the dock, the group first went to the aquatic station which was not far away, then rode their bicycles to Zhang Ze’s home.
As soon as he got home, he saw his family gathered at the door.
When I got closer, I found that it was Zhang Qinghe who came and was tinkering with the barbecue grill he had customized from the village blacksmith.
"Aze, you all are here? Have you bought the boat?" Tong Shuyao was the first to notice them, and she seemed very happy to see her brothers coming together.
Zhang Ze parked his bike at the door of his house, greeted Zhang Qinghe first, and then replied: "I bought everything. Qinghe happened to bring the barbecue grill here today, so why don't we go out to the sea together to get some ingredients?"
"Okay, okay, brother, I want to take the big boat." Zhang Wu was the first to respond.
He has been arranged by Zhang Ze to study, but today happens to be Saturday and he is at home resting.
"I want to go too." Zhang Qing said immediately.
Zhang Ze smiled and waved his hand: "Everyone, go, bring the grill, the fishing rod, and the knives I customized, let's go."
Not only the younger ones in the family, but even the oldest one, Zhang's mother, were looking forward to going out to sea on a big ship.
In less than a year, her family, which was originally one of the poorer ones in the village, moved to the city, and her son even bought a big boat.
Sometimes when she woke up in the morning, she looked at her room and felt like she was dreaming.
Zhang Ze planned to go buy the necessary tools, pots, bowls, seasonings and side dishes now.
Afterwards, he specially called a tricycle with the grill. Tong Shuyao sat in the back seat, while Zhang's mother sat on the tricycle and watched the driver to prevent anyone from taking the grill away.
The other people sat on the bicycles of the three Tong brothers. Zhang Wu sat on the handlebar in front of Tong Yuanhang. The people who had just returned from riding rode back to the dock.
After a while they arrived at the pier. Because they had waited on the road for a while, Zhang Ze was not far behind them. Tong Shuyao was holding the things she had just bought in her arms.
When they saw the 15-meter fishing boat that Tong Yuanhang pointed out to them, they were both excited and thrilled.
Although there were a lot of people, it seemed very empty after getting on the boat. One boat is enough for this voyage.
The others boarded the boat first with tools, grills and bicycles. Tong Yuanhang went to buy coal and matches, while Zhang Ze went to buy diesel.
Fifty liters of diesel is not equal to one hundred liters, but is actually equal to about eighty-four liters.
It may seem like a lot but not much when added to the boat, but it is no problem to go to nearby places.
He went to the gas station and found out that the current price of diesel was 57 cents per liter, and 50 liters was 47.88 yuan.
Although the harvest from going out to sea will increase after buying a large ship, the corresponding costs will also increase a lot.
Tong Shuyao knew that he was going to buy a boat, and had been weaving nets at home recently. She weaved a Korean net for him, and also did her best to help the family.
The 84-liter diesel gas station delivers directly to the dock. The distance is not far, and the large fishing boats at the dock basically buy their fuel from this gas station.
After adding the diesel, Zhang Ze moved the bicycles onto the boat, stacked them together with Tong Yuanhang and the others, and tied them tightly with ropes to prevent the bicycles from falling over when the fishing boat was shaken by the waves.
"Beep~" A high-pitched whistle sounded, and the engine of Zhang Ze's fishing boat started.
Zhang Wu stood by and watched him curiously, but after waiting for a long time and seeing that he didn't make any move, he asked curiously, "Brother, don't you drive the boat?"
"The engine needs to be preheated first, which means running it for a while." Zhang Ze explained.
"Oh." Zhang Wu nodded, looking as if he understood.
Seeing this, Zhang Qing slapped him on the head without hesitation: "Why are you pretending? Do you understand me?"
"Who said I don't understand!" Zhang Wu turned around angrily and glared at his sister who usually didn't give in to him at all.
"Then tell me, what did I mean?" Zhang Qing crossed her arms.
"That's right. That's right, so you don't understand either!" Zhang Wu hesitated and scratched his head. He really didn't understand. He didn't even know what an engine was.
Zhang Qing spread her hands and said, "Didn't I tell you to drive it for a while first? The engine needs to be warmed up!"
Zhang Wu was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect her to answer like that. He felt something was wrong but didn't know how to refute. His confused look made the crowd of onlookers around him laugh out loud.
Zhang Ze also started the fishing boat with a smile. The vibration of the engine became more obvious, and the fishing boat slowly began to reverse and slowly left the dock.
"Sister, sister-in-law, let's go outside to see the sea." Seeing that the boat finally moved, Zhang Qing took Tong Shuyao and Zhang Qian's hands and ran out of the cab.
Zhang Qinghe was also interested in the scenery outside and followed him out.
Zhang's mother was not in the cockpit, but went into the cabin to look around at her son's accommodation conditions after going out to sea.
There is a small space behind the cab where the captain can lie down and sleep.
The cabin is also fully furnished, with a kitchen and dining room, a sleeping room, and a bathroom and small toilet.
These are things that small wooden boats do not have, and are also the advantages of iron boats.
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Moreover, the iron boat can be further raised, but Zhang Ze took into consideration that he would mainly go fishing in the future and there would not be many people he would take out to sea with him, so he did not consider raising the height.
There are probably only four people on the Tong family's boat, three brothers and father-in-law, which is basically enough manpower.
After the fishing boat left the dock, Zhang Ze turned around and slowly accelerated to economic speed.
After more than twenty minutes, he found a small island in the distance and drove the boat towards it.
I brought the barbecue grill and bought some garlic and chili peppers, so how could I not make some oysters and scallops?
Today is a low tide, the weather is good, the sea is relatively calm, and the boat is not shaking much.
Perhaps the people on the deck were still too excited, and no one suffered from seasickness. This surprised Zhang Ze, although he didn't feel seasick when it was his first time on a boat.
After a while, Zhang's mother came out of the cabin and saw her daughters on the deck, so she went over with great interest.
The small island in the distance looked quite close, but it actually took another twenty minutes of driving to get there.
When you get closer, this uninhabited island is not small, about one-third the size of Lumen Island.
There is already a bit of green on the island, and it is estimated that the vegetation will be very lush in summer.
After walking around the island for a while, I was lucky enough to find a very small beach, which was estimated to be only seven or eight meters wide.
But this is not the point. The point is that there are many reefs nearby. Where there are reefs, there will be various shellfish and oysters. You can also find many crabs and conchs. It is a good place to go fishing.
"Ahang, I'll bring the boat closer to the reef where we can land. You take them over and I'll fish on the boat." The boat couldn't dock, so Zhang Ze had to stay on the boat.
Fortunately, there is a small platform at the bow, which makes it very convenient to climb onto the reef.
"Okay." Tong Yuanhang nodded to show that he understood. When he was about to go out, Zhang Ze thought of something and said quickly, "By the way, remember to pick up some shells and conchs for me. I will use them as bait."
Tong Yuanhang was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that he came in a hurry and had not prepared any bait, so he agreed and left the cockpit to wait for Zhang Ze's bow to rest on a reef where he could go ashore, then he climbed up, stood still, and stepped over.
After he stood firm, he took the rest of the people over one by one.
After everyone went on board, Zhang Ze drove the fishing boat slightly back and waited for Tong Yuanhang to bring the bait.
(End of this chapter)
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