Golden Fishing Village

In the evening, the sun sets over the western mountains.

The setting sun shone faintly on the sea, and fishing boats returned to the dock one after another.

The turbid seawater exudes a faint fishy smell, and the sunlight shines on it, making it look weird like an undulating cocktail.

In the western sky, a few pieces of red clouds were floating in the sky. Someone shouted on the pier: "If the morning glow does not go out, the sunset will travel a thousand miles. Tomorrow will be a good day again!"

"What's the use of fine weather?" A dull voice sounded from a returning fishing boat, "Mader, fine weather doesn't bring good harvests!"

The women waiting for their men on the dock looked at the ship, and Zhang Nan asked: "How are you today, Daguo?"

The man on the boat said angrily: "Don't you know how to see it yourself?"

No one cared about his bad tone, and sighed: "Is the boat empty today? That's really fucked up!"

Waves hit the coast, and the fishing boat drifted on the sea. Judging from the high waterline of the boat, there was nothing on the boat.

The fishing boat docked, and before the planks could catch up, Ao Daguo jumped out of the boat with a dark face and a gloomy and terrifying expression.

Zhang Nan handed him an apple and said, "Daguo, if that doesn't work, you can go work with my man. Qianwen can only earn 200 yuan a day by running a boat."

Ao Daguo lifted a towel off his shoulder. Regardless of how dirty the towel was, he wiped two handfuls of it on his face, then took the apple and gnawed it.

Chewing an apple, he squatted on the dock. Only the sound of him chewing the apple was heard, and there was no other sound.

Zhang Nan sighed: "Not only did you not make any money when you went to sea, but you also kept making money. How can you withstand it?"

The old man Ao Zhibing next to him was smoking a dry cigarette and said: "Hey, Nanwa, please stop talking. A big country has its own ships. What does it mean if he goes to compete with other people's ships?"

After hearing his elders speaking for him, Ao Daguo finally spoke. He raised his head and said, "I'm not afraid of embarrassment, uncle. I just think it's boring to go with the boat."

"Two hundred yuan a day is a lot, but you don't have work every day. What should you do when you don't have work? Even if you have work every day, it's two hundred yuan a day, but when I bought the boat, I took out a loan of 400,000 yuan, and this money is enough to repay it. Loan?"

"Alas!" A long sigh.

Ao Zhibing also sighed: "You borrowed too much money to buy the boat. What can you do now? You can't sell the house, right?"

Ao Daguo said frustratedly: "If the house was valuable, I would have sold it long ago, but this house is not valuable. How much can it be sold for? Fifty thousand yuan? Eighty thousand yuan?"

Zhang Nan slapped him and said: "Don't say such depressing words, what kind of house are you selling? Where will you live after you sell your house? Live in a livestock shed?"

Ao Daguo said listlessly: "As long as my boat can be saved, I can live in a cattle shed. It's not like I have never lived in a cattle shed. My life was tense when I was a child..."

"You want Ahua and Xiaowei to live in the bullpen?" Ao Qianyao next to him interrupted.

Ao Daguo didn't say anything. He threw the apple core into the ocean as if to vent his anger, then turned around and shouted: "Xiaowei, Xiaowei!"

Fishermen have the habit of waiting for their families at the pier. Generally, when men go to sea, women will take their children and wait for their men to return at the pier.

In the past, Ao Daguo's son Ao Wuwei liked to wait for him at the dock. Every time he came back, he would happily jump around him like a little animal.

But I don’t know since when, Ao Daguo discovered that his son didn’t like to wait for him at the dock.

He screamed a few more times, his voice getting weaker and weaker, and he felt less and less confident.

Men from the fishermen family want to be proud. They are the backbone of the family. If they cannot support the family, they would rather not go home.

The two people who went to sea with Ao Daguo got off the boat. Ao Daguo cheered up and said: "Xiaobing, Pan, go to my house, let's drink two cups tonight."

Ao Qianpan, who had a big face, hesitated and said: "Brother Da Guo, why don't you go back and rest first? Let's come back with an empty boat and go over to drink. This is not good."

Ao Daguo waved his hand and said: "Hey, don't say so much, let's go. If you don't make this money by going to sea with me, I will give you a drink, let's go!"

Old man Ao Zhibing said: "Let's go sit in the big country. You guys go there first. I will go there later. I'll go home first. Yangzi bought me two bottles of Yanghe Daqu the day before yesterday and gave me a roast chicken." I can’t eat the pig head meat by myself, so let’s bring it over together.”

The person next to him asked: "Uncle Da Bing, how are you raising Yangzi's fish? It looks like you are living a good life."

Ao Zhibing laughed and said, "It's not like you don't know that Yangzi is a fastidious kid, and I'm pretty good here anyway."

Ao Daguo and others left, and another ship arrived. People's attention was attracted by the newly returned ship: "How was the harvest?"

"Grass!"

One word revealed the answer.

The fishermen and crew left in disgrace, leaving behind rusty fishing boats of various sizes drifting with the waves, empty cockpits, tattered fishing nets, everything was full of decadence.

The twilight is getting thicker and darker, and the dock is becoming more and more lifeless.

There were only a few golden short hairs crawling across and biting each other on the beach. They barked a few times occasionally, and some children after school were playing around the boat, which made the area around the pier seem a bit popular.

Ao Daguo walked on the road with a sullen face. Ao Mubing and Ao Qianpan were also in a bad mood. None of the three of them spoke and walked quietly to the door of Ao Daguo's house.

Before I even opened the door, I heard someone shouting: "Stop it, Mom, I don't want to go to sea. I'm going to work in the city. Anyway, I don't go to sea!"

A woman then said: "What's wrong with going to sea? How can we fishermen have food if we don't go to sea? How can we marry a wife and raise children?"

The young man's voice sounded again: "Ha, can you marry a wife and raise children by going to sea? Isn't this a joke? There are many ships going to sea in the village, how many of them can make money?"

"I'm not competing with you, Mom, think about it, now that the ocean is so polluted, how can there be any fish and shrimp for us to catch? I heard that the paralyzed village will grant land to build a factory? Then there will be nothing in the sea!"

"If you want to fish, you have to go to the open sea. Not to mention the dangers of the open sea, even if we catch fish, Mud, after deducting the fuel expenses, labor fees, boat depreciation expenses, insurance and other miscellaneous things, Mud still has a shit! "

The woman who spoke was Ao Daguo's wife, and the young man was his son. Ao Qianpan and the two looked at Ao Daguo, and Ao Daguo's face turned darker.

The woman said earnestly: "Xiaowei, don't think so. We have a boat. Maybe if you go out to sea and catch a golden dragon or something, you can go to the city and buy a house with that net. Look at your brother Yang, when he comes back The last few times I went out to sea, I caught fish, and my life is so good now!”

Ao Wuwei's tone was very strong: "Mom, I won't go to sea. I will never go to sea. If you ask me, let's sell it while the family boat is still worth a few dollars. Sell it and buy a house in Hongyang. I think it's red." Housing prices in foreign countries are going to rise..."

"Draft it, how dare you!" Ao Daguo couldn't bear it anymore after hearing this, kicked the door open and started shouting.

Ao Qianpan and Ao Mubing quickly stopped him: "Brother Da Guo, don't get angry. Don't be in a hurry when communicating with your children..."

The tall and tall Ao Wuwei looked at his father with his neck stiffened: "The boat is yours, I certainly don't dare to sell it, but if you force me to be the boss of the boat and force me to go to sea, then I will sell it, hum!"

After saying that, he pushed open the door of his house and walked out.

Ao Daguo yelled: "You bastard, where are you going?"

Ao Wuwei disappeared silently into the night without turning his head or making a sound.

Ao Daguo murmured to himself angrily: "If you do the opposite, this bastard will cause chaos!"

Ao Qianpan sighed: "Don't be angry, Brother Da Guo, Xiao Wei must have gone to play with a buddy, he will be fine."

Ao Daguo didn't listen to his advice. He stood at the door and watched his son's back gradually blur. Finally, he took a deep breath and said, "Are you kidding him? When will this shitty life end?!"