Chapter 11 Women's Fleet

Author: Zhu Wei

Chapter 11 Women's Fleet

Zhou Haihua felt that Jiang Zhenzhen's attitude towards Chen Xiangjun in the past two days was a little wrong. She was a little worried and asked: "Zhenzhen, did Chen Xiangjun say something to you?"

"No, no." Jiang Zhenzhen didn't want Zhou Haihua to worry. She smiled lightly and said, "Chen Xiangjun is in school. What can he say to me? I just said it casually."

This topic can no longer be discussed. Jiang Zhenzhen changed the topic at the right time and said, "Mom, I don't want to farm anymore, I want to go out to sea to fish."

Zhou Haihua's hands shivered and almost sprinkled the rice seedlings in her hand. She even wondered if she had heard it wrong and asked, "You, what did you say?"

"I said, I want to go out to sea to fish."

Zhou Haihua almost reflexively refused: "No! Absolutely not!"

Her husband and her son were all at sea. If this daughter had any more trouble, wouldn’t she have to take her life?

The comrades who were planting rice seedlings not far away heard the movement here and looked up one after another.

"Mom, don't worry, listen to me first." Jiang Zhenzhen had expected Zhou Haihua to refuse, and she tried to convince Zhou Haihua, "My brother and my dad, that's both accidents. I'm better than them-"

Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Zhou Haihua. Zhou Haihua's attitude was very tough: "I said no, but I just couldn't! Even if I starved to death, I would not agree to you getting on the boat!"

"mom--"

"Shut up, stop talking, I don't want to listen." Zhou Haihua bent down and continued to work, but she refused to continue communicating with Jiang Zhenzhen.

At this time, a person who was the most skillful person had already planted a row of rice seedlings and returned. When he passed by Zhou Haihua and Jiang Zhenzhen, he heard their conversation. She couldn't help but persuade: "Zhenzhen, what kind of boat do you have to board? There are all big men on the boat, and it's inconvenient for you as a little girl."

He said to Zhou Haihua again: "Sister-in-law Haihua, don't worry, Zhenzhen is just impulsive. Moreover, even if Zhenzhen wants to get on the boat, the boss of the boat will not accept her."

Jiang Zhenzhen was dissatisfied: "Why don't you accept me? I'm very strong and able to work."

"But you are a woman." Chen Jiarong shook his head and smiled helplessly, "The rule passed down by our ancestors on the island is that women cannot get on the boat."

In fact, it is not just Moon Island, but other coastal areas basically have this tradition. In ancient times, people said that women are unlucky. When boarding a boat, they will affect fish catches and are easily angered by the sea god and have accidents, so women are not allowed to board the boat.

"But I remember that our brigade had formed a women's fleet before..." Jiang Zhenzhen still only knew about this after hearing people occasionally.

"Yes, we did form a women's fleet." Chen Jiarong thought for a while, "That must have happened more than 20 years ago, right? At that time, we had just founded the country. It was said that women could stand half the sky, and that gay men could do it, so many lesbians asked to get on the boat."

"But the bosses of the ship are always stubborn and do not accept our lesbians boarding the ship. Later, our women's director and the brigade secretary negotiated. The brigade secretary decided to give up two boats from the team and specifically for our women's fishing, so our women's fleet was established."

"But the work on the boat is very hard, rowing, pulling nets, and packing sea goods... all are hard work, and sometimes for fish catch, I have to go out at night, and occasionally there is a big storm and wave, and I have to be scared for a long time." Chen Jiarong said and shook his head. In summary, "This work is not suitable for us lesbians at all!"

"At the beginning, they could still persist for the sake of our lesbians' face, but as this matter accumulates over time, there are always times when it can't hold on. After the first quit, they basically retreated one after another. In the end, even a boat could not be collected, and our women's fleet was disbanded."

At this time, another person who was working very quickly came back after planting a row of rice seedlings. When he passed by, he couldn't help but say, "My mother had entered that fleet at the beginning. Every time she got off the boat and went home, she was so tired that she lay on the bed and rested for a long time."

He also said, "Zhenzhen, I know you are strong, but can you be stronger than men?! Even my dad is so tired that he can't stand it every day when he gets on the boat to work. Don't think about it!"

After saying that, she bent down and continued to plant rice. She worked very fast and in the blink of an eye she had planted a meter away.

When Chen Jiarong saw that he had been surpassed, he didn't bother to chat with Jiang Zhenzhen and hurried to chase the person in front of him.

Zhou Haihua poked Jiang Zhenzhen's waist with her elbow and said, "Okay, look at your Aunt Rong, who works quickly and well, and you can get the highest work points every time, no less than some boatmen. As long as you work hard, you can get so much!"

Jiang Zhenzhen smiled, what else could she say, and she could only agree well. When she bent down to work, she was thinking in her heart how to make Zhou Haihua agree to her board the boat. After all, it would be a pity to keep such precious marine resources without using them.

And she still has a space on her body. She just saw it. The bowl of hot porridge she put in this morning is still hot now, which means that the space has a thermal insulation function. People who have been fishing all year round know that mackerel, tuna, sequoia, etc. will die as soon as they get on the boat. They can't be kept in a water tank and must be stored quickly.

In the 1980s, there were not many fishing boats with quick-freezing warehouses. Even if there were, the quick-freezing warehouses were not large. When they were full, they had to go back to the air to unload the cargo, which consumed fuel and wasted time. If she could use the space, she could catch mackerels and tuna in large quantities. Both of these fish were of very high value. In this way, wouldn’t she be able to make a lot of money?!

This time Jiang Zhenzhen was reborn, she had no other wish, just hoped to make more money so that her mother and elder brother could have a good life in the future.

Just as Jiang Zhenzhen was working hard in the ground, Qian Baoping, who was sent to the clinic, slowly opened her eyes.

"Mom! Mom, are you awake?" Li Xiangyu kept paying attention to Qian Baoping's movement on the hospital bed. Seeing Qian Baoping open her eyes, she excitedly held Qian Baoping's hand and said, "Great, Mom, you finally woke up." She turned to the nurse who was giving other patients infusions next door, "Nurse, nurse, my mother is awake!"

The pungent smell of disinfectant made Qian Baoping frown, and she asked, "Where is this?"

"This is the hospital." After Qian Baoping fainted in the morning, she quickly sent the person to the hospital and stayed here, not even drinking saliva.

"Hospital?" Qian Baoping was about to say why I came to the hospital. When the words came to her mouth, she suddenly remembered what happened this morning. The next second she bounced off the hospital bed and grabbed Li Xiangyu's hand and asked, "Where is Jiang Ergou? Where has Jiang Ergou been?"
Chapter completed!