"If Comrade Qian is willing to treat us islanders, he can take part in the barefoot doctor examination to be held by Bailong Commune in half a month.
Once it is approved, our team can build a clinic on the island."
Qian Xiaolan was attracted by this proposal.
Although she may not be able to stay here forever, it is indeed a very good choice for now.
Qian Xiaolan thanked the team leader and left, planning to go to the commune tomorrow to inquire about the specific scope of the exam.
The team leader suppressed his excitement and sent Qian Xiaolan away. He jumped excitedly in the room for a long time before going to deal with the conflicts among the educated youth.
These educated youth have been working in the countryside for more than ten years, and they are really fed up with it.
They quarreled every day over trivial matters.
What I love you, you love him, he loves her...
I'm sorry for you, you're sorry for him, he's sorry for her...
This time, because some people returned to the city and some could not, everyone was in a state of chaos.
Enough is enough. He really hopes that a notice will come from above to send all these ancestors back.
Otherwise, he would be so angry that he would retire early like his father.
Qian Xiaolan had no idea of the crazy complaints in the captain's mind.
At this moment, she was carrying the tools for fishing, and Wang Yufeng
Let’s go to the beach together.
This time she was lucky and met Aunt Wang on the road. Aunt Wang asked her to take her small boat to the opposite island to catch seafood.
She happily agreed and boarded Aunt Wang's boat amid everyone's envious eyes.
Only Aunt Wang's small boat was still there on their island; the others had all gone out to sea on the big ship.
Aunt Wang rowed the boat, and it swayed away from the shore and headed towards the island opposite.
“Comrade Qian, let me tell you, there isn’t much else on that small island across the way, but there are a lot of abalone.
If you are lucky, you can pick up a lot of sea cucumbers, which were eaten by wealthy people in the past.
Hey, I don’t know what happened in recent years, but it feels like life is getting worse and worse.
We dare not sell the fish we catch ourselves, because that would be like cutting off the tail of capitalism.”
Qian Xiaolan also sighed.
Wasn't it the Gang of Four who were causing the trouble?
But now it was March 1977, and those days were coming to an end.
She smiled and said, "Don't be pessimistic, Auntie, our lives will get better and better.
Maybe the national policy will change someday and we can trade freely? "
Aunt Wang thought so too and happily started chatting with Qian Xiaolan about other topics.
Half an hour later, they came to a small island. It was really small and you could see the end at a glance.
After Qian Xiaolan got ashore, she carried the bucket and followed Aunt Wang toward the center of the island.
The terrain here is low-lying and the island is submerged by sea water, leaving only the uneven reefs and the densely packed oysters on the reefs.
"Xiao Qian, let's just look for fish among these rocks. Don't take oysters for now, because they are everywhere on our island."
After Aunt Wang and Qian Xiaolan finished talking, they walked in different directions.
Qian Xiaolan thanked him gratefully, bent down and started looking.
The water was not deep enough to reach her calves, so it was just right for her rain boots.
But her vision was affected, so she squinted her eyes and searched in the water for a long time before finally finding a large conch.
It is said that everything is difficult at the beginning, and the same is true for going to the beach.
When you can't find it, you just can't find it no matter how hard you try. But if you find one at the beginning, you don't have to look for the rest. You can find it right away just by looking at it.
After finding the conch, within a minute she saw seventeen or eighteen abalones at the bottom of a reef submerged by sea water.
The abalone was tightly attached to the stone, and she couldn't tear it off with her hands, so she had to use a small shovel to get it off.
I could hear the sound of waves hitting the rocks, one shovelful after another, and the rhythm miraculously matched that of the waves.
After shoveling away this pile of abalone, she saw another pile next to it.
Full of harvest, full of happiness.
Who understands this feeling, family members?
After shoveling the abalone, she saw a blue crab raising its two big claws and baring its claws at her.
Hey, the little guy is pretty fierce.
I hate being threatened the most in my life, and you've walked into trouble.
So, sorry, you have to become my delicacy.
Qian Xiaolan muttered to herself and stepped on the blue crab's back, holding it tightly so that it could not move.
Then take out the thatch that you prepared in advance, twist it a few times, let its big claws clamp it, then wrap it around the entire blue crab shell twice, tie a knot, and you're done!
Grab it and throw it in the bucket.
Turning around, I saw two more conches on the reef. I tore them off and threw them into the bucket.
I stood up to rest my eyes, and my gaze met with Aunt Wang's. Aunt Wang shouted at the top of her voice:
"Xiao Qian, did you find anything?"
"Auntie, I found a lot of abalone."
"It's good that you found it. Keep looking. Be careful not to fall!"
After Aunt Wang finished speaking, she waved at her and bent down again.
Qian Xiaolan smiled, walked forward a few steps, and then bent down to search in the puddle.
Suddenly her attention was attracted by a dark figure. When she looked closely, she found it was a brown sea cucumber.
Qian Xiaolan picked it up and felt it was heavy, probably two taels.
Hearing that sea cucumbers like to live in groups, she started looking for them around.
Sure enough, not far away, she saw several more sea cucumbers.
Pick up, pick up!
Collect, collect, collect!
Qian Xiaolan picked up all the big ones, and left the small ones where they were to be raised.
After picking up this pile of sea cucumbers, she picked up five nests of abalone, two nests of sea cucumbers, three blue crabs, four octopuses, and six conchs into the bucket, and then Aunt Wang called her back.
When the two were about to meet, Aunt Wang pounded her waist and sighed:
"I had bad luck today. I only picked up more than 20 abalones and some conches, but not a single sea cucumber. How was your harvest, Xiao Qian?"
Qian Xiaolan silently moved half of the sea cucumbers and abalone in the bucket into the space.
The blue crab and octopus also moved halfway into the space.
Even so, when Aunt Wang saw the harvest in Qian Xiaolan's bucket, she exclaimed in amazement.
"Xiao Qian, you are lucky. You have found so many things even though you come here for the first time.
Hey, next time we have to bring a fishing net. I just saw a big fish slip away from my feet. What a pity. "
"Well, I have to bring an extra bucket. I also saw several fish slip away from my feet. I couldn't catch them without tools. It's a pity."
Of course, this is impossible. Anything she sees, even if she can't catch it with her hands, can be collected into the space.
At this moment, there were two big eels and several stone fish lying in her space.
Qian Xiaolan returned home with a great harvest. It was almost five o'clock.
She quickly washed her hands and cooked.
Put the rice in the pot first, then after the fire is lit, put some hard firewood into the stove to simmer the rice.
She fetched a basin of water and sat by the stove to prepare sea cucumbers and abalone.
Sea cucumbers will turn into water within 5-8 hours if they are out of water due to the action of autolytic enzymes in their bodies. They must be processed quickly, otherwise all their food will be wasted.
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