Chapter 36 Fishing Boats Go Out to Sea

The third day after National Day.

Li Duoyu carried a military green cloth bag with two sets of clothes and some odds and ends.

Toothbrush, cup, toothpaste and towel... and a few packs of cigarettes and good wine, and a quilt and pillow tied with hemp rope in his hand.

Then he headed to the dock.

In addition to these, he also wore a pair of Shuangqian brand high-barreled rain boots that Zhou Xiaoying bought for him at a high price. Li Duoyu remembered that this pair of shoes sold for five yuan in the cooperative.

Zhou Xiaoying had classes today and did not come. Only his father and mother sent him off.

Before leaving, Chen Huiying looked worried and kept nagging at Lao Li beside her:

"Duoyu, he has never gone fishing since he was a child. Can he do such a dangerous job as fishing?"

Smoking a cigarette, Lao Li snorted:

"Who is born with the ability? He learned it all. It's because you spoil him too much. When I was his age, I didn't know how many fish I helped the fishery team catch."

"Can you still speak properly?"

Lao Li said impatiently: "You are just worrying about nothing. When this kid was moving the goods, he could mess up the boat in the middle of the night without turning on the lights. Go to the Ma group, some old fishermen may not be able to beat him. "

"That one is different, he came back on the same day, this one has to go to the open sea, it will take many days."

"That's what you don't understand, it's the same when you go out to sea."

Seeing that the time was almost up, Li Duoyu simply said goodbye: "Then Dad and Mom, I'm on the boat, remember to help me take care of those kelp breeding rafts."

Old Li urged: "Hurry up, your third uncle is waiting for you."

Chen Huiying looked at Old Li with disdain. Yesterday, when she knew that Duoyu was going to sea, she was obviously worried and couldn't sleep, but she pretended again.

"Don't worry about the kelp, your father is like this, a sharp tongue but a soft heart, he helps you guard the kelp ropes every day, and he doesn't even want to come back for dinner."

"Nonsense, I don't guard them every day."

The exposed Old Li coughed twice.

Li Duoyu grinned, in fact, he saw it all these days.

Old Li was even more concerned than him. Every time he finished catching oysters, he would sit on the shore for a while to look at the kelp ropes.

Although his family never had grudges with others, the relationship between neighbors was harmonious, and there were enough brothers in the family, but one must be on guard against others.

After all, so much money and effort was invested.

After Li Duoyu turned around, he stepped on the small wooden board and boarded the wooden motorboat of his third uncle's family. The fishing boat was not very big, about 20 meters long and more than 5 meters wide.

After getting on the boat, there were already several fishermen smoking and waiting there, and most of these people were Li Duoyu's relatives and elders.

The one wearing a hat was the third uncle, the younger one was the cousin, the one smoking dry tobacco was the second uncle, and there were many others that Li Duoyu didn't even know how to address, so he could only smile at them.

When these people saw Li Duoyu, they greeted each other.

"Didn't you just appear in the newspaper saying that you want to raise kelp? Why did you come to the sea with us?"

Li Duoyu grinned:

"It's not time to plant kelp yet. I'm free anyway, so I came out to play in the sea."

"Old Li said that you became obedient the other day, but I didn't believe it. I didn't expect you to go to the sea with us. You're not like those bastards in my family who eat and sleep all day long."

The second uncle who smoked a dry pipe knocked on his pipe: "I think with Duoyu here, our trip to the sea will definitely go smoothly. On the day he was born, our fishing team caught the most fish in history."

"Oh, right, if you didn't say it, I almost forgot that the fish almost filled the dock that day. Li Zhengtian is also lazy. He just named the baby Duoyu."

After a group of people chatted for a while.

The third uncle Li Zhengfa carried a basket of food on the boat. There was a pig head wrapped in red paper in the basket, and the rest were rice, noodles, sweet potatoes, corn and the like.

Seeing the food on board, everyone got serious and stood behind the captain Li Zhengfa.

Because the worship was about to begin.

Li Zhengfa spread out a red cloth, placed the things in the basket neatly on the bow, then lit a bunch of incense with a match, and gave three incense sticks to each fisherman on the boat.

A long time ago, there was a saying in Dandan Island that "three is for gods and four is for ghosts". Three is used to worship gods, and four is used to worship ghosts.

Fishermen believe that "three" is the most auspicious number. Even 40 years later, many people must bring "three" as wedding gifts, and the best red envelopes are also "three". Even the license plate number likes to choose "three".

After Li Zhengfa distributed the incense, he aimed at the Mazu Temple on the island, chanting some strange words that Li Duoyu couldn't understand. After chanting, he shouted loudly:

"Mazu, bless us with peace and success."

After the captain shouted, the fishermen behind him also shouted.

"Goddess Mazu, bless us with good weather when we go out to sea."

"Goddess Mazu, bless us to catch big fish and make big money."

After shouting, everyone prayed three times sincerely.

Li Zhengfa collected everyone's incense and inserted it into the gap of a rope at the bow.

Li Duoyu helped to light the firecrackers hanging at the stern. With the sound of firecrackers, a relatively simple ceremony of going out to sea ended.

The fishermen on Dandan Island all believe in Goddess Mazu very much. Every time they go fishing in the open sea, they must pray first and then go out to sea after blessing.

As the diesel engine sounded, billowing black smoke came out of the engine room, and the motor sail slowly sailed away from the safe harbor.

After the fishing boat went out to sea, Li Duoyu also began to look for a place to sleep, which was actually two very small cabins.

Before anyone even got close, various smells wafted out. Each room was only five or six square feet, but there were about ten people packed into it.

The bed has two levels, seventy centimeters wide, and is made of ordinary wooden boards. Half of it is sealed, leaving only a half-meter-long opening. If you want to sleep in, you have to get in with your feet first.

If I had to describe it, it is actually not much different from a doghouse. Once a person lies down in it, it is a little difficult to turn over.

But there is also an advantage, that is, when the waves are big, you will not be shaken out of bed.

Since everyone is related, everyone takes good care of him as a newcomer. The second uncle pointed to the bed below:

"This position was your father's favorite sleeping position in the past. Now it's your turn."

Li Duoyu knew that this was what his elders had asked him to do. After all, everyone knew that the higher the fishing boat went, the more it wobbled.

After putting away the cloth bags and bedding.

Li Duoyu came to the deck. As the fishing boat sailed out to sea, Dandan Island gradually became blurred in sight, and the color of the water changed from light green to dark green. The wind and waves became stronger and stronger, and the fishing boat began to bump violently.

In this era, motorboats like theirs did not have satellite communication systems or radar fish detectors.

Fishing all depends on the experience and luck of the boat boss, and the stupidest way is to follow other people's fishing boats.

However, the group of people on the boat were all former members of the island's fishing team. Most of them had participated in the large yellow croaker fishing in the 1960s and 1970s, and they were all experienced veterans.

The ship was at sea for four hours.

Li Duoyu on the deck finally saw other ships in the vast sea. Looking from a distance, they should be trawlers just like them.

At this time, the third uncle slowed down the fishing boat.

The fishermen who were resting in the cabin immediately knew that work was coming, and they all ran out and stood at their respective posts.

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