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The first thousand two hundred and fifty first chapters are difficult

Haihai people are a group of fishermen who work underwater all year round.∷

Wearing diving suits, holding respirators in their mouths, and holding nets and hooks in their hands, they fish for sea cucumbers, sea urchins, conches, groupers and other seafood in dangerous underwater environments. Through hard work that is unimaginable to ordinary people, they harvest and live.

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When we feast on delicious wild seafood, little do we know that seafood such as sea cucumbers and sea urchins cannot be easily caught in a single net. Instead, fishermen with professional skills must dive into the seabed to catch them bit by bit.

In some places in the country that produce precious seafood, there are fishermen who call themselves "people who go to the sea." They have been burdened with unimaginable dangers and hardships all year round and make a living by fishing for seafood from the seabed.

They roam the seabed, collecting sea cucumbers and conches. As long as they are valuable, they can catch them all. These people are professionals, and they are not like Han Kongque and others who only pick up what they know and think is valuable.

"It seems that the people who go to the sea are professionals. Have you ever been a person who goes to the sea? If you can know all the valuable seafood under the water, I will take you down there again, and you can also learn from the people who go to the sea to search for land."

Han Peacock said with a smile.

It is autumn at this time, it can be said that the air is crisp and the breeze is blowing. On this boat, this is one of the rare and well-preserved natural ecological sea areas in China. It is naturally rich in resources, so Han Peacock said this.

"Although I haven't investigated carefully, judging from the catches I've put down through several nets, the nearby waters are rich in needleless squid, swimming crabs, sea urchins, groupers, lobsters, abalone, etc. It can be said that there are treasures everywhere. If we

With your ability, all these treasures are within your reach." The captain said with a smile.

In front of you, the turquoise water is sparkling, and small fish can be seen swimming back and forth under the water. Instead of wearing a lead belt weighing more than 10 kilograms around your waist, you also have to put on diving goggles and a respirator in your mouth to follow the Korean peacock into the water.

But it’s much easier.

Hearing that Han Peacock once again agreed to take him into the water, the captain was naturally happy. He held an iron hook and a net bag containing seafood in his hands. He jumped up and followed Han Peacock into the water, and soon disappeared.

As he dived into the sea, Han Peacock just watched, while Han Peacock held a net bag in his left hand and an iron hook in his right hand, roaming underwater.

Through the sea water with a visibility of only a few meters, I saw the conch on the reef. I first used an iron hook to loosen it, and then put it into a net bag.

When encountering sea cucumbers in the mud and sand, the captain simply changed the iron hook to his left hand, grabbed it directly with his right hand and put it into the net bag.

Repeat this process over and over again, roaming the seabed in search of delicacies for your seafood dinner.

"Hoo! Today started well." About half an hour later, the two people emerged from the sea. The captain held up the net bag and shook it vigorously. A dozen black sea cucumbers and scattered conches lay lazily in the cabin.

"How deep did you dive?" Boshanka asked.

"About three or four meters." The captain stepped on the lifting ring and jumped on board.

"The sea area here is not very deep, so we did not go to deeper sea areas. The first time we dived ten to twenty meters, where there are more sea cucumbers and abalone." The captain said with a little regret.

When he dived just now, he realized that the sea water was not deep, but there were a lot of seafood here, so he filled the net bag in his hand with fish and had no choice but to come up.

"Autumn is the off-season for underwater fishing. Even in my hometown, I can catch 10 to 20 kilograms of seafood a day. If the efficiency is high, it will be about 50 kilograms. But today, after only a short while, I caught hundreds of kilograms. This is still

It’s really incomparable!” the captain sighed.

Taking off his diving goggles and hat, the captain wiped the sweat from his face with his hands. Over a hundred kilograms of seafood, plus the weight of sea water, he could only bring these up with his current physical strength.

"This is really a good craft, captain, you know it so well. Have you ever done it when you were young?" Xiao Lin asked.

"What? You want to learn? I'm afraid you won't be able to endure this kind of hardship!" said the captain.

Sitting on the chair on the deck, the captain's dark skin and strong body seemed to be glowing. Although he was very tired, his words were sonorous and powerful.

"Our ancestors have been fishermen for generations, and many of us are good at diving." As a native of Nanhai Island Miao people, when he was 10 years old, he was able to catch sea cucumbers by just holding his breath and diving without any equipment.

He joined the army at the age of 18. After he was discharged from the army, he wandered around the country all year round, working and doing business.

Now I am 50 years old, and I have come to Peacock Island again. With my excellent diving skills, I make a living by fishing for seafood.

"Although I was able to dive when I was young, there were a lot of seafood at that time and not many people ate it, so there was no need to go into the water to catch these things. It was only in the past ten years that seafood became more and more expensive, so I only did it for a few more years.

, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to afford this boat under our feet.”

Knowing that Xiaolin wanted to learn diving, and seeing that Han Kongque and Boshanka seemed very interested, the captain started talking.

Diving is naturally very dangerous, and they are most afraid of "oxygen deprivation" or getting stuck in rocks.

Most of the fishermen in the waters near Peacock Island fish on the surface, so they need "sea people" more. People who go to the sea specialize in diving in the sea and make a living by picking up seafood on the seabed and rocks.

"Generally speaking, 45 years old is the age limit for people who go to sea, but I am 50 years old this year." The captain sighed.

Here, he knows many people on the fishing boats who know how to dive, but only three people have ever been "divers in the sea". The youngest is his brother, who is also 47 years old this year.

"Who would choose to do this if it wasn't out of desperation?"

Diving and fishing lasts a whole day, spending seven or eight hours on the seabed fishing non-stop. It requires a lot of physical fitness, and many young people simply cannot bear the hardship.

Diving operations can be life-threatening if you are not careful, so many older people do not want young people to do this job, because young people are easily distracted when doing anything, which is very dangerous underwater.

"The most feared thing in this business is 'oxygen loss' or getting stuck in the rocks." The captain pointed to the "oxygen machine" beside him, which was connected to a 100-meter-long trachea.

This tube is the "lifeline" for divers. Once it is bent or broken, it means that the underwater fishermen will "cut off oxygen."

He also encountered an accident where his trachea was bent. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and yanked the trachea. His partner on the boat found him and pulled him out of the water in time.

In addition, the cold is also a big challenge for fishermen.

The period from December to March of the following year is the most plentiful season for sea cucumbers, conches, etc. It is also the coldest time underwater, and the sea water is bone-chillingly cold.

"Sometimes my fingers and toes are so cold that I almost lose all feeling, so I surface for a while and rest," the captain said.

As they chatted, it was noon before they knew it, and all of them had not eaten yet.

"Lao Yang, come here and help." The captain called Lao Yang, the first mate and his fellow countryman.

The first mate, Lao Yang, also worked as a "seaman" a few years ago, but he stopped because he thought the money was too little and the work was hard.

Now on Peacock Island, following him, he makes a living by receiving tourists to the island and occasionally going out to fish. In less than two months, he has earned enough pension money for his whole life.

Don't forget the well diggers when you are drinking water. The captain is able to come here because of the help of his fellow villagers. Since he is rich, he naturally wants to help his fellow villagers, so the first mate, Lao Yang and Xiao Lin, are here, which is his reward for his fellow villagers.

This kind of reward is what Han Kongque and Boshanka want to see most. Boshanka is happy because these are her people, and she is willing to see them helping each other.

As for Han Kongque, he naturally hoped that they would all be concerned. As long as they were concerned, he would honestly accept the rule of the island and would not casually destroy the current good situation of stability and unity.

"Isn't it profitable to catch seafood?" Han Peacock asked. After fishing for sea cucumbers for several years, he actually bought such a small boat. You must know that the fishing boats on their island are very cheap.

"I'm not afraid of your laughter. After excluding costs, the average monthly income throughout the year is only about 100,000 yuan. This is still no unexpected result. And several sons in the family are getting married, so hundreds of thousands of yuan is really nothing now."

The captain made some calculations for Han Peacock: last year he was able to fish in the sea for only 102 days. Conch usually only sold for 20 yuan per kilogram, and one day's harvest had to be divided between two people.

So far this year, according to the first mate Lao Yang, the fishermen in their hometown have only been fishing for less than 70 days, and their income has been even less.

This is a common phenomenon along the domestic coast. Now, many fishermen on the domestic coast have come ashore, so when Peacock Island recruits fishermen, many people come, and the first ones to come are some who are very confident.

Old fisherman.

"We depend on the weather. If the weather is good, we can go fishing in the sea. If the weather is bad, we can only stay at home." said the first mate, Lao Yang.

The captain said with a smile: "When fishing in the sea, you also need to look at the 'water flower life' (the common name for 'luck' by people who go to the sea). If you are lucky, you will encounter a lot of seafood, and if you are good at fishing, you can also catch grouper and other high-priced fish."

When it comes to seafood, if you're not lucky, you won't get much of anything.

As for sea areas like here, which are home to a large number of sea cucumbers, abalone, lobsters, oysters, geoducks and other precious seafood, they are rare in China. Even if they existed in the past, they have been severely damaged. Therefore, domestic fishermen

It’s not a good time.”

"Yes! Things are hard in the world!" Boshanka said.

"That's why the goodness of this place can be seen." the captain said.

"No matter how good this place is, we still need to be able to defend it." Han Kongque also sighed.

"As long as you are bold and cruel, there is nothing you can't defend. We don't bully others, but we can't let others bully us." Xiao Lin is relatively young and energetic, so he speaks more aggressively.

The first mate, Old Yang, seemed to have thought of something bad. At this time, his face looked a little strange and he said: "Of course it is better for people to be bolder. Even if you are a 'seaman', you must have 'water courage'. If you don't have courage, then

It’s all in vain.” (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!

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