There is an old saying that you eat mountains when you rely on the mountains, and you eat water when you rely on the water. Since Bincheng is close to the sea, it is logical that people living in and around the city will regard the sea as the greatest treasure trove of life resources.
Not to mention the employees of aquatic products companies and processing plants and the fishermen in many surrounding fishing villages. For thousands of years, there has been an extremely unique trade here that can be regarded as one of the best in the country and even the world - "sea bumper"
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The profession of "touching the sea" is actually very hard. It is almost the lowest level of work. To put it bluntly, it is a kind of high-intensity labor that "makes a living" from the sea by diving into the sea alone to fish for seafood without relying on any equipment.
When going into the sea, the "sea bumper" needs to go straight to the bottom of the sea naked and in one breath, and clearly identify the habitats of sea cucumbers and abalone in the dark and difficult-to-find reefs.
The waves will squeeze all around, and the rapids will deliberately drag people to the abyss of death. The cold water temperature is like steel needles piercing the bones, and the sharp rocks and shells are the ambush of swords, guns and arrows. In addition, there are more
Face the risk of attacks by various ferocious underwater creatures.
So, someone made a straightforward explanation. To say "hit the sea" is essentially to "hit the sea" and throw your life into the sea to try your luck.
This sentence makes absolutely sense, because these people are both the poorest and the richest people in the world. They are so poor that every penny they earn has to be earned by throwing their entire lives into the waves. They are so rich.
For three meals a day, you can eat as much as you like and eat all kinds of underwater treasures that are difficult for ordinary people to see.
Historically, the "Haipongzi" industry has experienced several significant ups and downs.
In the old society, it fed thousands of poor people and provided many extremely poor people with a way to survive and even the hope of getting rich. Therefore, poor people from all over the world gathered spontaneously and formed a large network around Binhai.
A gathering area of shacks of various sizes.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, due to changes in the national system, everyone had a livelihood, so this industry slowly declined, and the slum areas evolved into serious fishing villages.
After that, it was not until the late 1950s that the "Hai Bangzi" business flourished again. The main reason was that during the three years of material scarcity, people who were so hungry that their faces turned green were forced to fight.
Look to the sea for nourishment.
Next, the "revolutionary tide" that made people's eyes red came overwhelmingly, and the whole society was paralyzed for a time. As a result, many people who had problems at home, or were empty and bored, but did not want to get involved, gathered more and more together.
The sea has almost hollowed out the nearby seabed, and the group "Hai Bangzi" has reached unprecedented prosperity.
This situation did not end until the movement to the mountains and countryside was completely implemented and most of the young men in Bincheng were forcibly dispersed.
Similarly, in two years' time, a large number of educated youth will return to the city. By that time, before the "Aquatic Resources Protection Regulations" are promulgated, due to the joining of many unemployed young people, the "Hai Peng Zi" industry will also usher in its final days.
a prosperous scene.
In addition, there is another particularly interesting thing. If you look at it from a certain perspective, Bincheng's "Hai Bangzi" and Jingcheng's "Player" seem to be surprisingly similar in many places.
First of all, if you look at the word "Peng", it is easy to know that "Hai Bangzi" is just like the "Player" who relies on a knife to challenge the injustice of fate. He is also a real hero who is unwilling to surrender and dares to confront the hand of fate head-on.
In fact, this is true. Most of the people who are capable in this industry are fishing masters on the seaside. They have unique skills and rough and tough personalities. They can dive into the waves in one breath and can fish and catch crabs with their eyes open underwater. After entering the sea, Every moment he is fighting, fighting, seizing and seeking. It can be said that he is both passionate and courageous, fully embodying the perseverance, tenacity and magnanimity that a man should have.
Secondly, on the other hand, due to the danger and lowliness of the industry, people who engage in this industry at any time are mostly forced to make choices when they have no other choice. So naturally, they and the "players" in the capital created due to special historical reasons "Similarly, my heart is filled with an unspeakable helplessness and inferiority complex under the eyes of the world.
Finally, there is another point, that is, just like the "player", the "Hai Bongzi" also have seniority, fame, and rules among themselves. They also have their own "old gunners", and at the same time, each of them must also You have to have a nickname, no matter how ugly the nickname is.
Therefore, it is logical that the sorrow of generations, such as "new cannons destroy old cannons" and "the waves behind them crash on the beach", is naturally no different from the circle of "players".
Not to mention others, such as the "old saury" who was exposed to the sea before the "Revolution" and is now nearly seventy years old. In terms of "touching the sea" qualifications, he should be regarded as the ancestor of the generation, and he is trapped in the "twilight of the hero". In crisis.
"Saury" is the local dialect of Bincheng, which actually refers to hairtail fish.
"Old Swordfish" lives up to his name. His head is tapered and his body is both flat and long. When he swims in the water, he really looks like a flying hairtail fish.
When he was young, the level of "Zha Mengzi" was almost the best in the world. He dared to drill into any narrow reef crevice. Even in the curved and undulating reef crevices under the water, he could twist his body into four or five The road is so crooked that you can't even touch it. That's why he got such a nickname.
But this kind of ease and ease is a thing of the past after all. Today, he has been soaked in the cold sea water and the hot fire smoke for fifty or sixty years. Although on the surface, he still has A body like rock, muscles like tendon, and skin like vinyl. But he knew in his heart that the saying that age is not forgiving is not false.
His body was actually scarred, his muscles were no longer tight, his skin was no longer strong, and most importantly, his strength was no longer what it used to be.
It is no longer possible to swim four or five times in one tide as calmly as in the past. It is no longer possible to fish for sea cucumbers in low-temperature seawater far away from the shore in late autumn and severe winter, even with bare feet. The limit of "Zha Meng" has also been reduced from fifteen or six meters to about nine meters.
Under normal circumstances, strength and harvest are exchanged at equal value. Then he knows that he can no longer compete with those young "sea bumpers".
I don't know when his "myth" began to fade away. Those seafarers who were much younger than him gradually discovered that his diving was getting shallower and deeper, and he didn't catch as much sea food as they did. , even one tide could not complete even three waters. So these "younger generations" no longer respected or complimented him, and many even questioned the authenticity of other great achievements of the year.
In order not to make people laugh in vain and see the arrogance and ugliness of those "younger generations", he stopped visiting those beaches with rich products that everyone loved to go to. From then on, he could only use the valuable experience accumulated in his life to
On the coast where most "sea bumpers" basically don't care, there are only a few coasts where there are sea currents to eat prey.
The so-called Hailiuzi is actually a river in the sea with a rapid flow rate. Generally, rocks weighing a hundred pounds can be rumbling and rolling. But because the flowing water is always fresh, cool, and clean, sea cucumbers, abalone, and scallops can
But I most like living in Hailiuzi.
So this makes many people feel very embarrassed. The general "Hai Bongzi" don't know what's going on. They will only rely on brute force to force themselves in such places. The result will be "a sudden blow" and a "big blow" in succession.
"Zhakong", they can't get the goods at all. They may even be washed away without direction, and they are so confused that they can't find the shore to go ashore. Therefore, as time goes by and after several hardships, these people no longer want to go ashore.
Will set foot in such places.
Fortunately, he is an expert. No matter how big or fast the current is, he can fish it out. This is because he knows that no matter how fast the current is, it still has time to rest. When the tide recedes to the end, it must take a rest.
It took two packs of cigarettes for time to turn back. And he was one of the few people who could firmly grasp the steady flow of time and rules.
For this, he sincerely thanks God!
It was the miraculous workmanship of nature that left him a few areas like "Xinghuo Bay" where almost no one would set foot. It could both support and hide sea creatures, and still allow him to support his family.
The last piece of private land to solve the livelihood problem.