The exclamations of the boatmen could be heard in my ears.

Ye Yaodong was holding the rice bowl in his hand. He was so surprised that he clenched the edges of the rice bowl. He didn't even bother to bite the rice in his mouth and swallowed it directly. His neck was so choked that it stretched out. One hand was stuck on his neck. It was difficult.

Just swallowed it.

"Damn! I don't know if two boats will be killed if they collide. I almost choked to death!"

"Hongtian, I don't know what it would be like if we bumped into each other?"

"Why did it stop suddenly? The other one is also true. Didn't you watch it from the cockpit? The light at night is not good, and it is too scary."

"It just got dark not long ago..."

Father Ye also noticed the movement not far away and walked out of the cockpit, shouting loudly.

"What happened? How did the two ships collide?"

Ye Yaodong took a sip of water before saying, "I don't know. We were eating and chatting, and we said it was rare to see two boats tonight, but who knew they would collide directly?"

The boatman added, "No, one boat suddenly stopped first, and the other boat didn't change direction in time and then directly hit it."

Another person said: "What should we do? Let's set up the internet and drive over to take a look."

Father Ye said: "I'll check with Lao Pei first. If you want to go there, we can go together."

Ye Yaodong said: "Okay, then you connect the line first and put the network up first. Anyway, I have to go over and take a look."

"I don't know if it will be damaged..."

"Something must have gone wrong. It crashed into it at such a fast speed. The people are fine, and something must have happened to the ship. It's stuck there now. I guess they have already connected to the line to ask for help, right?"

"It's very possible..."

Everyone was holding rice bowls and pointing at the sea in front of them with chopsticks, not caring about eating.

"Let two people go and close the Internet cafe first. Don't just look around. Those who need to eat should eat quickly. After all, you eat with your mouth, not your eyes."

"Let's eat first. It's time to eat, and it's time to close the net. I'll go over and take a look later."

"Hey, let's do whatever we have to do first..."

Everyone listened to Ye Yaodong's words and responded positively, but their attention was always focused on the fishing boat in the distance.

But it happened to be dark, and I could only see the faint orange light on the boat, which was far away on the sea. Looking at it, I couldn't see the current status of the fishing boat at all. Only two light spots swayed and drifted from time to time.

Down.

The Dongsheng drove slowly towards the two colliding ships, raising the net as it drove, and the Harvest followed behind.

After Ye Yaodong finished his meal, he watched others close the nets. If he didn't have anything to do, he went up to the cockpit and asked his father.

"Uncle Pei is also following, behind."

"Well, I just told him when we were connected that we could go over together to see what's going on while collecting the net. The ship over there just sent out a distress signal."

"Let's be careful and don't get too close. As long as the ship doesn't sink, there shouldn't be any casualties. It hasn't been long now, and the lights above are still shaking. I'm sure it hit the rocks."

maybe."

"That's what I thought too, otherwise why would it stop suddenly, causing another boat to hit it without warning?"

"Today is exactly 15. This time is exactly the time of high ebb tide. The tide has reached its lowest level. Maybe the water level has dropped and some of the reefs on the seabed have also risen. Maybe it is easier to hit the rocks?"

Father Ye looked ahead attentively and shook his head, "It's hard to say. Let's go over and take a look first."

Ye Yaodong said nothing, walked out of the cockpit, stood on the helm and stared straight ahead.

The fishing nets on the deck were slowly being pulled up, and when he got closer, he found that the fishing boat in front of him was a little tilted, and one of them was tilting toward the southeast.

The entire bow of the other fishing boat that collided with it had been tilted up, and it was stacked on top of the tilting fishing boat, showing a "stacked" state, and it was also tilting to the west.

The two boats seemed to be at right angles, and the situation was not good, both were tilted.

"Hey, both of them are tilted. Doesn't this speed up the shipwreck? If a big wave hits, both of them may have to capsize together. No wonder they are stuck in place, motionless. There is no way for any of them to move."

Probably as time goes by, the angle of inclination will become smaller and smaller, until the water fills the deck and the fishing boat will sink directly, and it will be over.

He could barely see clearly with the faint light from the wheelhouse. As the fishing boats approached, the boatmen below also saw the shapes of the two boats clearly and started talking.

During this period of sailing, the Harvest probably also collected the fishing nets. The two boats were now running neck and neck, and everyone on board probably saw it.

He took a look at the surrounding situation, then entered the cockpit and told his father.

Father Ye was surprised, "They're all stacked on top of each other? They're all tilting together. So if the rescuers don't arrive in time, they won't sink together?"

"Have you contacted the Maritime Safety Administration? Where are we now?"

"It's around the city, right? They've all sent out a distress signal, so I didn't contact them."

"Let's help and ask for help. Who knows what caused the collision? Since we saw it, let's help contact him and see."

"Okay, okay, I'll send a distress signal right away."

The two boats were getting closer and closer. When they got close to the accident, they slowed down and kept a distance of about twenty or thirty meters. Ye Yaodong also asked people to wave flags to remind their fishing boats that they were approaching.

The two accident boats had long noticed that their two boats were still working on the sea, and they were relieved when they saw them approaching.

"Ah! It's the fresh-harvest boat from yesterday!"

"Huh? Is it really the same fresh-picking boat from yesterday... and we actually ran into it again?"

"Maybe I'm going back to Hong Kong..."

"Then you can't drive so fast, right?"

"Of course we have to do it sooner. The wholesale market is open at night and only does business in the early morning. It's not okay to do it late..."

Ye Yaodong also saw it. The one with the Luohan stacked on top was a fishing boat. The bow of the fishing boat was resting on another boat, and the stern of the boat was floating on the sea. The hull was tilted, which was extremely thrilling.

The fishing boats that were pressed down below were tilting even more sharply. That one seemed to be a transport ship, and there was a lot of cargo on the boat. Because of the tilt, boxes of cargo were scattered everywhere, and some of them may have fallen into the sea.

As soon as their boat approached, the people on the harvest boat immediately shouted and waved, "Here~here~"

Ye's father also sailed the boat to the stern, intending to pick up the people on the boat first, while the Harvest sailed to another boat, preparing to pick up the people on the other boat, and rescue them separately.

But when they were about to take the people to the boat first, the other party refused again.

"This ship and the cargo on it cost most of all of us. We can't leave yet. We have to watch from the ship and observe the changes in the hull at any time. Could you please wait by the side and help if necessary?

I'm busy. If something unexpected happens, can you pick us up on the boat? I'll thank you very much then."

Ye Yaodong could also understand their mood. The fresh-harvest boat was full of goods, and they were probably planning to rush back, dock at night, and then send the goods to the wholesale market for sale.

Dozens of tons of goods cost tens of thousands of yuan. They all paid in cash to receive the goods. There was no need to default on goods received at sea. It was indeed worth more than half of their net worth. If this ship had more than ten thousand yuan,

One, there really is no place to cry.

After Ye's father brought the boat over, he also went down to the deck. When he heard this, he quickly and politely said in broken Mandarin mixed with the local dialect: "It should be, it should be. On the sea, it is called Tiantianying.

The earth and the earth are not working well, and when it is time to help, you will definitely have to lend a hand."

Ye Yaodong nodded and said, "Okay, then we'll wait by the side for the rescue ship to come over and see if there's anything we can do to help."

The faces of the other people were filled with gratitude.

"Thank you. I was really unlucky at night. Fortunately, there are still two of your boats nearby. It's a blessing among the misfortunes. At least there is an emergency. If I lose my money, I still have my life."

The other party laughed at himself.

It is true that the vast sea is boundless. Even if you can swim, how long can you swim? Who knows when the rescue ship will arrive?

If the fishing boat really sinks little by little, and there are no rescuers yet, they can only wait in the water. If they swim elsewhere and deviate from the rescue coordinates sent at the beginning, where can they find people?

"Wait and see. If the rescue is timely, we may be able to save it."

"I hope so."

Ye Yaodong said doubtfully: "We were having dinner at that time, and we happened to see your two boats appearing on the edge of the horizon. We were still surprised there. We can still see other fishing boats tonight, but I didn't expect how you suddenly collided with each other.

Up?"

"We set a sailing route and happened to be having dinner. We didn't know it would conflict with that ship's route. By the time we realized it, it was already too late."

The person next to me added, "We just had a scolding, and I understand that there is a reef underneath, and it happened to hit the tide, so it hit the rocks. If it weren't for this boat, we would probably be the ones who hit the rocks."

"I don't know whether it's luck or misfortune. Our boat is stacked on top of it. Although it is tilted, at least there is a backing underneath. If the rescue is timely, the boat may be saved by going backwards."

"Maybe the other party sank directly, and our tilt angle was not that big. If the waves didn't keep hitting, they might have landed directly on the water, so we could have saved it."

Even if you are a dead Taoist friend and not a poor Taoist, your idea is correct.

At least there was a backing underneath. If it sank, their boat was tilting at 45 degrees, but when it sank, they would naturally land on the water.

Probably everyone on the boat was hoping that the boat would sink quickly so that their boat could land smoothly on the water.

"There is really nothing we can do about this reef. The vast sea is not our own back garden. How can we be familiar with everything? There is no way to predict an accident."

"That being said, we were also distracted, thinking that we would reach the shore soon. If we had stayed on guard, we could have changed the direction in time and wouldn't have directly collided with it like this."

Ye Yaodong nodded. God has unpredictable circumstances, people have misfortunes and fortunes, and things in the world are unpredictable. Nothing can always be predicted.

"Okay, then you can watch from the boat first, and think of countermeasures by the way. If you can't wait for the rescue ship, you can figure out how to save yourself. Our boat will retreat first and wait on the side first.

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To be continued...