After the rain, the temples in Chaohu Lake became refreshing in the sun and looked far away at a glance. Many ships in the fishing port stopped quietly.
Ni Shouguang, who is in his seventies, sat in the cabin and watched his grandson write on the slipway, smiling happily from time to time. He doesn't know a word with his son and daughter-in-law, so let his grandchildren study hard.
There are still a few days left from the lake. After repairing fishing nets and fishing, Ni Shouzhao's family can only sit idle on the boat most of the time. Sons and daughters-in-law usually spend their time watching TV, playing mahjong or showing cross stitch, while they spend most of their time watching their grandchildren playing on the boat. I have lived like this for decades, but I am used to it.
Every fishing season, more than 100 fishing boats are moored at Zhongmiao Fishing Port in Chaohu Lake. Most of these boats belong to fishermen born and raised in Chaohu Temple, and some are fishermen from other places. The largest group of foreign fishermen is Nijia in Wabu Lake, Shouxian County.
Ni Shouguang and Ni Shouzhao are brothers. There are 23 people in two families and three generations. Among these 100 ships, Nijia has 8 ships. Ni Shouguang's three sons and himself have a total of five boats, and Ni Shouzhao has three. During the fishing season, all the boats left the lake except one that stayed in the harbor to take care of the children, and did not return until the fishing season ended.
Jenny has been fishing in Chaohu Lake for more than 30 years. Ni Shouzhao said that the Ni family has been engaged in fishing for generations and lived on boats, first in the Wabu Lake and Huaihe River in Huainan. Until 30 years ago, he and his brother Ni Shouguang took the Huaihe River from Wabu Lake and then arrived at Chaohu Lake via Hongze Lake, Grand Canal, Yangtze River and Yuxi.