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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"Okay, okay, sorry..."
"Thank you..."
With the other party's polite thanks, he returned to the cockpit first, exited the boat, and kept a distance.
The Harvest was also stuck together with another boat, and they were also talking there. That boat was probably in a similar situation, but it was unlucky to hit the rocks first and act as a backstop.
However, Ye Yaodong saw that they were quite prepared and had already put on life jackets. He didn't even have life jackets on the boat. He didn't expect that the other party had life jackets, which was quite considerate.
The Harvest was just like them, trying to pick up people on board but returning empty-handed.
At this time, it was slowly approaching him. The two boats were close to each other and anchored on the sea.
Father Pei also came to the deck and talked to them.
"The boat said that the captain took a nap and hit the rocks directly, and then wanted to pick them up, but they all shook their heads and said that they were going to check the situation on the boat first. Anyway, our boats were parked nearby, in case anything happened.
They are not afraid of accidents. At least they can adapt to the situation by staying on the ship."
"Yeah, with us here, personal safety is no longer a problem. Now it's a property problem for them. This ship probably carries most of their wealth. The one that hit the rocks is a cargo ship, right? It's all cargo?
"Ye Yaodong asked curiously.
"Yes, it looks like a cargo ship. The goods on the deck are piled high. The boxes on the bottom are well coded, but the ones on top are all in a mess because they hit the rocks. The stacked goods are scattered everywhere. The ship is now in a mess.
Yes, there seems to be almost no place to put your feet."
"They didn't dare to move for fear of making the ship tilt even more. They could only stay at the stern of the ship and wait for rescue. They hoped that the waves would be smaller and the ship would tilt slower."
"It seems that the falling box hit someone. I saw two or three people with bloody heads. They just took a piece of cloth and sat there covering their foreheads."
Father Ye also asked aloud: "Can anyone hear it?"
"The accent doesn't sound local, and I don't know where they are from. Anyway, communication is very difficult. No matter where they are from, let's just watch them here first. If there is anyone who needs help, please help. If there is no one who needs help, just wait for them.
Get out of danger and receive a red envelope."
"I don't know how many hours the rescue will take... We can only wait here..." Ye Yaodong lit a cigarette and started smoking while waiting out of boredom.
"Just wait, others can go and rest first. Anyway, the goods just picked up are only about a thousand catties, and it didn't take long. Just leave two people to sort them."
Father Pei also said: "We should pick up what we put down as soon as we put it down. I also want to go to sleep for a while. While the boat is parked there, there is no sound of the machine and it is rare to be quiet. I should have a good sleep."
"
"When the rescuers arrive later, I'll just ask others to call me. I really can't sail the boat when I'm tired. It would be quite unlucky to see someone run aground while taking a nap."
After saying that, he arranged for the boatmen to go back to the cabin to rest, leaving only one person to watch over them. Anyway, they didn't have much cargo to sort.
Father Ye also asked Ye Yaodong, "Do you want to go to bed first? It is true that it is rare to be quiet right now, without the sound of machines."
"No, I just woke up at noon. You should go and eat first. You haven't had time to eat until now."
"Okay..."
Father Ye also took advantage of the situation and went to eat first. Anyway, the boat was parked here, so there was nothing wrong with waiting.
Ye Yaodong took two puffs of cigarette, and sparks flickered on his fingertips.
After smoking the cigarette to the end, he flicked it into the sea, only to find several boxes floating on the sea a few meters away. Under a few weak lights, he couldn't see clearly, but they were indeed floating with the current.
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"It's the box again!"
Horse Rider, he seems to have a close connection with boxes. From time to time, you can see boxes on the sea, or you can find boxes on the bottom of the sea.
Except for boxes, just boxes.
It's just that the things that are opened are large and small, just like opening a blind box.
Seeing that they had nothing to do now, other than waiting, they could only wait, so they all took the opportunity to fall asleep, squatting on the ground and picking and picking. His father was also there, picking up vegetables and eating fiercely, and it seemed that he was the only one who saw it.
He looked at the boat that hit the rocks not far away. It was probably because when the boat hit the rocks, the hull shook and tilted, so some of it accidentally fell into the water.
Being idle is also idle, and if you don't make money, you won't make money.
"Hey, don't worry about sorting for now. Take the bamboo poles and hook the boxes floating over there along the water to see if they can be hooked over?"
"Which where?"
"Ouch, it fell off the boat in front of me? Why don't you fish it over first and see what's inside? That boat is a cargo ship, so it's a good thing if you can't save it all."
Father Ye also leaned against the side of the ship with his rice bowl in hand, "Is that the cargo on the ship? Let's fish it out first and take a look."
"If you want it, you have to pay it back..."
"What else? They have all fallen into the sea anyway. As long as they can escape, Amitabha will be fine. Why do they care about this little cargo? You will have to thank our two ships later." The old boatman said.
Ye Yaodong also agreed very much, "Anyway, they don't know. If you don't pick it up, you won't pick it up. Chen Shi, don't be too honest. They have a ship full of goods. How can there be a few boxes missing? If you can escape the danger and save the remaining goods, you should cry bitterly."
Crying out."
"That's right, who knew we had caught their goods? They fell into the sea by themselves, and we came here to help them. We saw boxes on the sea, what's wrong with catching a few?" The old boatman eagerly took a long bamboo pole and started
Go hook it.
"Make the noise less, hook it to the stern of the ship, let the cabin block it, and then we can lift the box up so they don't see it."
Everyone was looking around on the sea surface, waiting for rescue. When they saw it, it wouldn't be good if they didn't return it when the time came.
"Okay, I'll hook to the stern..."
The three- to four-meter-long bamboo pole is also particularly easy to maneuver. The hooks tied to it slowly pull the box toward the fishing boat bit by bit.
"Shine it with a flashlight again to see if there are any more on the sea. It may not be a good product if it is not guaranteed."
"I've taken pictures of them all. Everything I just saw has floated away. This is the only one I can hook."
Without waiting for his father to tell him, he had already shined his flashlight everywhere. Who wouldn't want the lost wages for free?
I don't know if it's worth the money.
When the boatman hooked the box to the side of the ship, he followed suit and carried it.
"Hey, shit, this is quite heavy. It's half-sinked when it's floating on the sea. What the hell is that?"
"Don't talk about it yet, lift it up and take a look."
"Isn't this the time of lifting? Talking won't delay my lifting."
The two of them worked together to lift a small, boxy box directly to the side of the cabin. The aisle could only accommodate one person, so the box was lifted and placed right on the aisle.
"Let's unpack it here. It's blocked by the cabin so no one can see it. Let's take a look at what's inside first."
"I need pliers to take this piece of wood away..."
"I'll get it..."
With nothing to do, the four of them stretched their necks, eager to see what was inside, and stood in the small aisle waiting to open the box.
"Do you think this one is a smuggling ship? Is this box containing smuggled goods?"
"It's possible."
"Then when the rescue ship comes, won't they be arrested directly?"
"So, if you don't want to give away the things in this box, why should you return them? You know Chen Shi, your name is Chen Shi, you don't have to be honest."
Chen Shi smiled sheepishly.
"It's just a guess on our part. Who knows if they are just transporting goods normally? Anyway, let's take a look at what it is..."
As soon as Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he opened the box.
"Huh? Straw?" As soon as he opened the box and saw the straw, he quickly opened it, "Ah? Canned food? Canned fish?"
"Ah? Is it canned fish? Is there any canned fish?"
“Can fish also be canned?”
"Aren't they all canned oranges and canned peaches? There are also canned fish. Fish from our sea can also be canned. What does it taste like? Show me a can!"
Father Ye reached out to him in surprise, took a jar, and looked at it under the light, marveling at it.
"You just asked me a few days ago if I knew about canned fish. So there really are canned fish? Tsk, tsk, tsk, I've eaten this fish all my life. I've never heard of it being made into canned fish."
Ye Yaodong also used his flashlight to shine back and forth on the canned fish on hand. This stuff is not cheap nowadays.
"I just asked casually. I had heard about it, but I didn't expect it to actually exist. Is it made of black bean sauce? It's quite rare..."
"I've never even heard of it. I only know that there are canned oranges and canned peaches. This is the first time I've seen this canned fish. Is it expensive? What kind of fish is the fish printed on it? I'm older. It’s hard to see clearly at night…”
The boatman was also curious and took a can and looked at it and played with it.
Ye Yaodong said: "It's canned dace."
"Dace? What kind of fish is dace?"
"It's a freshwater fish."
"Let me tell you, why have I never seen or heard of freshwater fish? It's not delicious. Who eats it? It's specially canned..." Father Ye shook his head and said in disgust, "I caught it for nothing. I thought it was there." What a good thing."
"You can't be biased, there are delicious freshwater fish too."
"There's nothing left to eat in the sea. Who wants to eat the earthy smell in the river? Just put it back and throw it back into the sea. It's useless. And it's specially made into cans... It's really a waste of money to burn such a small fish. , it’s just as big as a palm, and it’s disgusting to give it away. We throw thousands of kilograms back into the sea every day, but there are still people using it to make canned fish?”
Ye's father thought it was unbelievable. He put the canned fish back in disgust, "I might as well get a box of canned oranges."
"You know it's not delicious even if you haven't tried it? Such a small fish is cheap, and the cost of canning it is too low, so you can make big profits, do you understand?"
"If you want it, keep it."
"Aren't you eating? I'll open a can for you to taste. It'll be just in time for you to eat."
"I don't want to eat this. There are a lot of fish and shrimps on the boat. Why should I eat this freshwater fish? Who knows if this fish is fresh or not? I don't eat the fresh ones, so I eat this?"
Father Ye shook his head in disgust as before, and walked back to the deck after saying that. He didn't care about these goods. To him, these were not attractive at all. They were worse than crabs full of shells.
The boatman also shook his head, "Of course it's fresh and delicious. We all eat sea fish at the beach, who eats fresh water? I thought it was something good, but it turns out that such a big boat is packed with canned fresh water fish."
Ye Yaodong looked at the two old men who were disgusted and speechless. The old man's thoughts were deeply ingrained, and the canned fish was obviously not cheap.
"Forget it, don't push me away. I'll keep it by myself just in time for dinner. We can't even buy this canned fish, and it's all being exported now."
"Those people have never eaten fresh food, so they can only eat this kind of food."
"If you say that, it's true. You can't eat sea fish in inland areas. They eat freshwater fish. In some places, you may not even have freshwater fish. This kind of canned freshwater fish is also popular for them. , and the flavor of this black bean sauce is quite unique, if you don’t believe me, I’ll open one for you to try?”
"Didn't you say that these are all exported? Why are they inland?" Father Ye listened to his errant words with confusion on his face.
Ye Yaodong is also a little speechless. Although this is now exported, it is also popular in inland areas. His time points are also a bit confusing, saying something here and there.
"Okay, I'm going to talk blindly, you just listen blindly, why are you being so serious?"
"It turns out you were just bragging. Who wants to eat this?"
Alas, Ye Yaodong simply took one and chopped it open with a knife on the deck, preparing to give him a taste first.
Everything must be tried before speaking.
"You will know if you try it. Different fish have different flavors. Isn't it also valuable for Balang fish? But our family likes it...ah..."
Ye Yaodong's eyes widened, and he almost bulged out when he looked at the round black beads that were out of place in the can.
What is going on?
Others were also extremely surprised. Didn't they say it was canned fish?
Everyone was about to turn around, but now they all turned around and looked curiously.
"What is this? Why is it so black and looks like mouse droppings?"
"Isn't it a canned fish? Why is there no fish when you open it? What is this? It's really like mouse droppings..."
"Where's the fish?"
Ye Yaodong also raised his palms uncertainly and looked at the picture on the edge of the can. Yes, there was a can of dace fish on it, and there was also a picture of dace fish on it.
"Isn't this a lie? There is a sign of fish on the outside, but when you open it inside, there is no fish."
Chapter completed!