Return To 1977 Chapter 148: Laohai Bangzi

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There is an old saying that relies on the mountains to eat mountains, and relies on water to eat 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, processing plants and the fishermen from many surrounding fishing villages. For thousands of years, there has been a very unique business here, which can be called the best in the country and even the world - "sea bumper".

The profession of "touching the sea" is actually very hard, and 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 alone into the sea 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 the surroundings desperately, and the rapids will deliberately drag people into 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 is also the risk of being attacked 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 for every penny they get, they have to throw their entire lives into the waves. They are so rich that they have three meals a day and can eat as much as they like 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 suddenly. Therefore, poor people from all over the world gathered spontaneously and formed large and small shack gathering areas around Binhai.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, due to changes in the national system, everyone had a livelihood, and 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" industry flourished again. The main reason is that during the three years of material scarcity, people who were so hungry that their faces turned green again had to rush to the sea to seek nutrition.

Next, the red-eyed "revolutionary tide" came overwhelmingly, and the whole society was paralyzed for a time. As a result, more and more people had problems at home, or were empty and bored, but did not want to get involved. The gathering of people has almost hollowed out the nearby seabed, and the "Hai Bangzi" group 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 another two years, we will see the return of educated youth to the city. By then, before the "Aquatic Resources Protection Regulations" are promulgated, the "Haipongzi" industry will also usher in its last boom due to the participation of many unemployed young people.

In addition, there is another 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 master" who relies on a knife to challenge the injustice of fate. He is also unwilling to surrender and dares to confront the hand of fate head-on. A true man.

In fact, this is indeed the case. 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. Every moment after entering the sea is fighting, fighting, seizing and seeking. It can be said that he is both passionate and courageous, fully reflecting the perseverance, tenacity and boldness that a man should have.

Secondly, on the other hand, due to the danger and lowliness of the industry, most people who engage in this industry at any time are forced to make a choice when they have no other choice. So naturally, like the "players" in the capital city created due to special historical reasons, their hearts are filled with an unspeakable helplessness and inferiority complex under the unconventional gaze of the world.

Finally, there is another point, that is, just like the "player masters", the "haibangzi" also have seniority, reputation, and rules among themselves. They also have their own "Old Paoer", and at the same time, each of them must have a nickname, no matter how ugly the nickname is.

Therefore, it is logical that the generation-to-generation sorrow of "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 touched the sea before the "recovery" and is now nearly seventy years old. In terms of "touching the sea" qualifications, he should be regarded as the ancestor of the ancestors. He is currently trapped in the "heroic" situation. In the crisis of "twilight".

"Saury" is the local dialect of Bincheng, which actually refers to hairtail.

"Old Swordfish" lives up to his name. His head is tapered and his body is both flat and long. When he swims into the water, he really looks like a flying hairtail.

When he was young, "Zha Mengzi" was almost the best in the world. He dared to crawl into any narrow crack in the reef. Even in the crevices of the undulating reefs underwater, he could twist his body into four or five bends and pass through without even touching his skin. 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 roasting in the cold sea water and scorching fire smoke for fifty or sixty years. Although on the surface, he still has a body like a rock, muscles like beef tendon, and skin like vinyl. But he knew in his heart that the saying that age is not forgiving is not false.

His body is actually scarred, his muscles are no longer tight, his skin is no longer strong, and most importantly, his strength is 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 like in the past. Even the limit of "piercing" with bare feet has been reduced from 256 meters at its peak to about nine meters.

Under normal circumstances, strength and harvest are equivalent exchanges. Then he knew that he could no longer compete with those young "sea bumpers".

I don’t know since when, his “myth” faded away. Those seafarers who were much younger than him gradually discovered that his diving was getting shallower and deeper, and the sea creatures he caught were not as good. There are so many of them that even one tide cannot complete even three waters. As a result, these "younger generations" no longer respected or complimented him, and many even questioned the authenticity of other great achievements of that year.

In order not to make people laugh for nothing 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 hunt prey on the coast where most "sea bumpers" basically ignored them and where there were only a few sea currents.

The so-called Hailiuzi is actually a river in the sea, with a rapid flow rate. A stone weighing 100 kilograms can also rumble and roll. But because the flowing water is always fresh, cool and clean, sea cucumbers, abalone and scallops like to live in sea currents.

This makes many people feel embarrassed. The average "sea bumper" doesn't know what's going on, and they will only rely on brute force to force their way into a place like this. As a result, there will be "snaps" and "snaps" in succession, and no goods can be obtained at all. They may even be washed away without direction, and they will be so confused that they cannot find the shore to go ashore. Therefore, over time and after suffering several hardships, these people will never set foot in such places again.

Fortunately, he is an expert himself. No matter how big or anxious the current flow is, he can fish it out. This is because he knows that no matter how anxious the current flow is, he can still catch his breath. When the tide recedes to the end, it always takes two packs of cigarettes to rest before turning back. And he is precisely one of the few people who can firmly grasp the steady flow of time and rules.

For this, he sincerely thanks God!

It is the miraculous workmanship of nature that left him a few pieces of land like "Xinghuo Bay" where almost no one sets foot in. It can both support and hide sea creatures, and it can still allow him to support his family. Life is the last private territory to solve the problem of survival.