With the motivation to raise wages, Chen Laoqi became even happier and kept an eye on the sea.
Ye Yaodong also walked outside to the helm from time to time.
It was a little sun-drenched, but the scenery was pretty good, with a gentle wind and a beautiful sun, blue sky and clear water, and the sea on all sides, with only fishing boats floating alone on the sea.
It is only at this time that we can feel the vastness and boundlessness of the sea, and how insignificant human beings are in the natural environment.
They are all ants in nature, running to the sea in order to survive and struggling to survive in the sea.
The reason why the sea is beautiful now is because it has not experienced any kind of industrial pollution or white pollution, unlike the sea around the coast, which is full of garbage dumped by various residents.
Their village's garbage is also habitually thrown on the beach, and then when the tide rises, the sea water washes away, bringing the garbage into the sea, or the sediment from the sea washes up for a long time, covering the garbage.
At a glance, there are very few floating objects on the sea. Except for some wood, most of the things that can sink have sunk into the water. Unlike in the future, you can often see various plastic bags.
Floating on the sea.
But plastic bags have also brought great convenience to life. You don’t have to carry a basket when you go out like you do now. When buying things, you have to tie your hand with a straw rope or wrap it in a newspaper.
The normal sea is actually not blue, it is also yellow, but the weather is good today, the sky is reflected in the water, and the water surface is dyed with the color of the sky. The water in the middle of the sea is clear without pollution.
The sea is the color of the sky, the sea and the sky are one color.
He also deliberately pushed the sunglasses on his face to the top of his head to look at the scenery on the sea.
The boatmen on the deck all went to cook after setting up the nets. It was almost noon, and some of them went back to the cabin to rest. Being in the middle of the sea, it felt like they were very close to the sun, which was blazing directly above their heads.
Except for Ye Yaodong, no one is stupid, standing on the deck and basking in the sun.
He didn't stay long, and returned to the cockpit after watching for a while.
When the first network was put down, it was the most free time. Ye Yaodong was bored and kept chatting with Chen Laoqi to pass the time, rambling on.
It wasn't until after lunch that everyone started working and setting up the net.
However, when everyone was in their respective positions, the ship began to shake, making them all a little unsteady.
"Ouch, what's going on?"
"Ouch, it hurts me so much, my old waist..."
"Why did it suddenly sway? The waves weren't very big..."
Ye Yaodong was about to go up to the helm when the rocking of the ship caused him to lose his footing and his lower back hit the side of the ship, causing him a burst of pain.
He rubbed it twice, and taking advantage of the temporary stability, he looked at the hull of the ship and the surrounding sea, but felt that there was nothing. The normal shaking of the fishing boat was either due to strong waves or something hitting the fishing boat.
I didn't see anything, but it was a bit baffling.
In the past, it was not that there were no big fish hitting fishing boats. It was only when the waves were strong that the fishing boats would rock with the help of the power of the waves and the size of the big fish.
"You didn't see anything?"
"There is nothing on the sea surface or around..."
After everyone stood firm, they all looked around at the sea with vigilance, but saw nothing.
"Is it possible it's under the boat?"
"It's possible..."
"What should we do?"
Ye Yaodong said: "Speed ​​up a little, leave this area and take a look."
He also tended to think that the thing might be under the boat. Otherwise, if he couldn't see it on the surrounding sea surface and the wind and waves caused during the operation were not big, how could the boat be rocking for no reason.
The fishing boat sped up a bit and turned its direction. At the same time, they also sped up to raise the net, fearing that it would be too late to catch something unexpected.
Everyone looked towards the sea while collecting the fishing nets. After a while, everyone screamed in surprise.
"Manta ray..."
"It's the little devil..."
"Ah, it turns out to be a group of little devil rays..."
Where they left, they saw a large group of manta rays swimming forward under the water. They were all under 10 pounds in size. Their heads were smaller than any of the devils they had encountered before, and their backs were all square.
, like a mosaic.
Although they were small in size, they could not resist the large number of them. They were so densely packed that they swam forward layer by layer. Everyone's eyes widened in surprise.
"Are there so many manta rays around here?"
"Yes, we have encountered manta rays many times, but they were all big. This time they are so small..."
"Maybe it's because we haven't grown up yet. In the first two months, didn't a big manta ray jump above our heads, and then several small manta rays fell from under our bellies..."
"Yes, yes, come to think of it, the belly of such a big manta ray can be quite large, and the little manta rays fell out one by one."
"The net is almost coming up, please turn the bow to follow..."
After discovering that it was a group of small manta rays, everyone no longer felt any uncertainty. They all looked at the swimming group of manta rays with curiosity and excitement.
The weather is exceptionally clear today, the sky is blue, and the sea water is exceptionally clear. The moving tracks of the manta rays under the water are clearly visible.
The square, diamond-shaped back looked like a small kite, and the long and thin tail looked like the string of a kite. They could see it very clearly from a distance.
Ye Yaodong didn't go to the helm anymore, and the job of sailing the ship was directly handed over to Chen Laoqi. Anyway, it was on this sea, and the Harvest looked far away, so there was no need to worry.
This group of manta rays seems to be quite large in number. There should be tens of thousands of them squeezing together.
He also told the boatmen to get their hand nets and hand-thrown nets first, and when they got close, they would try to catch what they could catch and cast a few nets.
No matter how small the mosquito legs are, they are still meat. What’s more, this manta ray is not very small. It is bigger than the soup basin at home. The smallest one looks like one or two kilograms, and the larger ones are not without seven or eight kilograms. This kind of
You can wholesale it for a dime per pound.
Although it is still a cub, no one is willing to let it go. If you don't catch it now, you don't know whose hands it will fall into when it grows up.
This fish is covered with cartilage, has no bones, and the meat is extremely tender. It is also very popular. At least children don’t have to worry about fish bones when eating it.
"You can cast a wider net, but why do the numbers seem to be getting smaller?"
After Ye Yaodong got a little closer, he felt that the number seen up close seemed to be less than the number seen from a distance, and not as high as the number seen from a distance.
"It seems to have sunk a little under the water."
"Catch first, catch as many as there are."
The people on the side also took a good look at the position, and then spread out the fishing net.
Because the fishing boat was still moving forward, it fell behind just after hand casting, and the boatman immediately reeled in the line and net.
When Ye Yaodong watched them cast the net, he did not drop the net that should be closed on the other side.
After his father went to the Harvest, there were only five people left on the ship. In the early morning, one person was moved directly from the Harvest, otherwise there would not be enough manpower for the shift.
At this moment, two people were collecting the nets there, one was sailing the boat, and he stood there watching, while the other two were casting their nets at the devils on the sea.
"Ah, the red one is the wave fish...there are quite a lot of wave fish..."
Ye Yaodong turned around and took a look. The fishing net hadn't been hoisted up yet, but the mouth of the net had been closed. The two boatmen were lying on the edge of the boat yelling. He didn't see anything.
However, since the net openings are all closed, all you need to do next is to hoist the fish collection bag in the fish tank, untie the rope opening, and let the fish and shrimps spread all over the deck.
The fishing boats are now stationary so that they can close up and cast their nets.
"What a big network. Please help me, A Dong..."
"Ah, they all sank into the water..."
At this time, the two boatmen who were throwing nets at the manta rays beside them also shouted to him to help pull them. However, when they tightened the fishing net and dragged it, the manta rays on the sea gradually disappeared.
His eyes widened, and before the fishing net was even brought up, the manta rays sank to the bottom of the sea at a speed visible to the naked eye, and gradually disappeared from their sight.
"Fuck, running so fast and so alert."
"This one just ran away after being cast in the net? It's a pity that it sank under the water and is hard to catch if you can't see it."
"There's nothing left, except what's in the fishing net..."
Ye Yaodong also had a look of regret on his face, "Forget it, I'll just run away. There's nothing we can do if we run away. We can't jump into the water to look for it. Fortunately, we cast two nets, and it looks like it's several hundred kilograms."
"Bah bah...it's quite heavy..."
The boatman next to him spat into the palm of his hand and pulled the fishing net hard. The biceps of his arms wearing a vest bulged.
They, fishermen, often exert themselves, and most of their arms have hard muscles, and their fingers are thicker than ordinary people.
Ye Yaodong has only been working for three years, and his arms have become much thicker. They are no longer the thin dogs they used to be. Moreover, the palms of his hands have begun to peel and become rough, and calluses have grown and fallen off, and have grown again.
He also rolled up his sleeves to help collect them.
Everyone else wears tank tops, but he prefers long sleeves that are tight and tight.
After the crane lifted up the contents of the fish bag and spread it all over the deck, Chen Laoqi also came down from the cockpit and helped collect another hand-thrown net.
"Good guy...it's really heavy."
"It's better to be calmer."
"The goods collected in the first net are also good. There are also a lot of wave fish, and there are also a lot of shrimp steaks and red shrimps, which are also good."
"I'm lucky that there are two stingrays in these two nets."
"Now that those devils have sunk to the bottom of the water, will they run under the fishing boats again?"
"Who knows, I guess not. If there is, we have to hit the fishing boat together so that we can feel it. Otherwise, who knows where it will swim to."
As the people around them started talking, the other two who had collected the fishing nets also came over to watch them collect the little devils.
Two hand-thrown nets were pulled by four people using the buoyancy of the sea water, and the fishing net was slowly pulled to the side of the ship.
However, because there were so many manta rays in the fishing net, weighing hundreds of kilograms in one net, they couldn't catch them with just their arm strength. What's more, these fish still carry a lot of seawater weight in the water.
"You have to untie the mouth of the fishing net and fish it up bit by bit with the hand net, otherwise it won't be able to be pulled."
"Then take a hand net and fish it out first."
These tools are all ready-made on the boat. All they have to do is run and get them. At this time, all the manta rays on the sea have sunk into the water, and they are not in a hurry.
Two people are holding the two net openings, and the others are holding hand nets. A single hand net can weigh dozens of kilograms, but it also requires the strength of two hands to pull it up.
They first piled the fished manta rays into the corner, and then continued repeatedly until the number in the fishing net was reduced by more than half. Then they worked together to pull up the fishing net and threw it onto the deck.
At this time, everyone was sweating profusely, and their vests were clinging to their backs, revealing a large wet mark. They opened the hems of their clothes and wiped a handful of sweat from their faces.
"It's so hot! This damn weather, forget it, I won't wear anything anymore, just go shirtless."
"A Dong, are you hot? You are so stuffy."
"Fortunately, I have a bald head. Anyway, I will still be sweating like you if I take it off. At least my skin will not hurt if I wear it."
"That's true, our skin has peeled off due to the sun, and we all have sun spots on our bodies."
"If I had only known it, I would have shaved my head. It would be cooler. The hair is sticking to my forehead and it feels so uncomfortable. When this trip is over, I will shave it when I get back."
"I'm going to shave too. It will save me some trouble. Otherwise, it would be inconvenient to wash my hair at sea. I would have to do it every day."
Ye Yaodong also wiped the sweat from his forehead with the mask covering his face. He also pulled out the hem of his clothes and fanned his face. He said to the others: "Stop it and get to work quickly."
"First untie these two hand-thrown nets, organize them and put them away. If you throw them on the deck, they will take up space, and there will be no room for your feet to step on them."
"Divide the work and cooperate. Uncle Qi will go to sail the boat. Chen Shi and you two will go and put down the fishing nets first. The remaining two people will sort out the two hand-thrown nets. After that, you guys will work together to sort the goods on the deck.
alright"
"Okay, that's it."
"The two nets combined weigh eight to nine hundred kilograms. The number of them piled together on the deck looks really large."
"It's a pity that the rest have disappeared. They probably hid under the water."
"Take care of it first, don't talk anymore."
After the remaining manta rays in the two hand-thrown nets were poured onto the deck, they all had smiles on their faces.
"Wow, that's quite a lot. It looks like there's a little bit in the net, but a lot comes out. I'm lucky today."
"Yes, these two nets of little manta rays are worth dragging one net in the water for three hours."
"These are so small, so there is no need to cut off the tail. Just be careful not to get pricked by its thorns. They have been there for so long and they are probably dead, so you don't have to worry about being pricked by the thorns."
"Keep...keep...the tail...take up the weight...good." Chen Shi went to put down the fishing net, but he didn't forget to turn around and interrupt loudly.
"Haha, you kid is getting smarter and smarter." Ye Yaodong laughed at Chen Shi, and then said, "These are all about the same size, so there's no need to pick them. Just pick their nostrils one by one and catch them in the basket.
,save trouble."
After saying that, he also dragged the bamboo basket over to help, and together they picked up the stingrays into the basket.
These don’t need to be sorted, so the efficiency is very high, not to mention that everyone is very energetic after just eating, and 12 baskets are filled and piled in the corner in a few seconds.
To calculate the weight according to the basket, he and others lifted it a little, and he probably knew in his heart how many kilograms this basket weighed.
This pile of manta rays probably weighs more than 800 kilograms, which is a huge profit.
He asked the other two people to carry it to the fish warehouse first, and he took an empty bamboo basket to sort out the small mountain of groceries that had just been dragged up by the fishing net.
A miscellaneous visual estimate showed that the fish weighed around 4,000 kilograms, but only about half of it could be sold for money. Most of them were cheap fish. After trawling for three hours, the whole deck was not as good as those in the two nets.
The devil scatters and reaps, and he is very efficient.
It was just that when he picked up a wave fish after a few random picks, he unexpectedly found a rusty thing underneath. However, the surroundings were all fish, and only the tip of the iceberg was exposed. He suddenly
Some of them can't figure out what they are.
Ye Yaodong reached out and plucked away the pile of fish products around him with a puzzled look on his face, only to find that the rusty unknown object underneath seemed to be quite long. After fiddling with it for a while, he found out whether any of it was exposed.
I didn't see the head or the tail.
He had no choice but to continue fiddling with it, muttering, "What is this thing? It's weird, seems to be quite long?"
The boatmen sorting around also heard his muttering, turned their heads and took a look, and were also surprised.
"Hey, what is this? An iron pillar?"
Seeing the two people's reactions, everyone else stood up and stretched their necks to take a look.
Chen Shi suddenly said: "Just now... the fishing... net... untie, untie, untie..."
"Oh, let me go. Stop talking and let me tell you. When the fishing net was collected just now, we also saw something called rust in the fishing net, but we only thought it was groceries pulled up from the sea. There was no
If you think about it, just wait until the goods are sorted and then throw them back into the sea."
"Dangdang... anxious... anxious... to see the devil ray..."
"Yes, at that time our attention was also focused on you collecting manta rays, so we didn't care about this thing in the fishing net. We had forgotten about it just now, and we just thought about picking it up and throwing it into the sea..."
Without saying anything, Ye Yaodong had already revealed the prototype of 2/3 of the whole thing from the fish. In an instant... his expression suddenly changed and he quickly stood up and took two steps back.
"Fuck..."
In fact, there was still a small part of the tail that was not exposed, but he already knew what it was.
The other fishermen haven't reacted yet. They have so little contact with each other that they rarely even read newspapers because they are illiterate and their full picture is not revealed.
But when they saw Ye Yaodong retreating with a horrified expression on his face, they also stood up and retreated with some uncertainty, and asked quickly.
"What's this?"
"What's the matter, A Dong?"
"It's a bomb...it's a missile...it's in the movie..." A fisherman stretched his neck curiously and looked at it for a long time. Suddenly he realized it and recognized it, and his expression changed drastically.
"bomb??"
The others immediately took a few steps back with horrified expressions on their faces.
After this reminder, they also remembered that they had watched the war movie "Mobile Team". Although the video was blurry and the missiles exploded when they landed, they still had a vague impression.
I just stretched my head and took a look. Although I couldn't see clearly, I just saw that it was all rust, but now the scene replayed in my mind suddenly felt very similar.
"Ah! It's a bomb!!!"
"Bomb!? It's over, what to do!"
"Bomb!!! How could it be a bomb?"
"Real or fake? How could a bomb be fished out from the bottom of the sea? Did you see it clearly?"
"Oh, you scared me to death. You can't say this nonsense..."
Although they were skeptical in words, everyone was very honest in their actions and had already retreated to the farthest bow and stern of the ship.
If they weren't in the middle of the sea right now, they would have already disembarked from the boat and ran thousands of meters away.
Ye Yaodong's heart was beating wildly, it had never skipped so fast.
His eyes were staring straight at the white figure in the pile of doubts, as if a hole was about to burst out of his eyes, and the expression on his face was still one of surprise and uncertainty.
"A Dong, please tell me whether it's a bomb or not? You were the closest just now..."
Only then did he come back to his senses and took two sharp breaths. He was so shocked that he had held his breath just now. He quickly backed away and almost forgot to take a breath. Now he was panting heavily.
"Holy shit, I was shocked. Although the tail part hasn't been pulled out yet, if I admit it correctly, this is an aerial bomb! It was dropped by an airplane, and it was carried out on a horse in the Gobi..."
"Fuck, it's hard to pull something up, but you have to drag this thing up. Isn't this too fatal?"
"Damn it, fuck your ancestors, I just kept touching him back and forth..."
Ye Yaodong opened his mouth to curse first, and his mood calmed down a little.
After all, you have fished it out, what else can you do? Everything is already in front of you.
When the others heard that it was an aerial bomb, they became even more panicked.
"What should we do?"
"When did this fall into the sea? Will it explode?"
"It's all rusty again. It won't explode, right?"
"Having been soaked in seawater for so long, it must be broken, right?"
Everyone was wishing that this thing was broken, and they were shouting from a distance, but it was really just shouting. Even if they were asked to come closer, they still wouldn't dare.
Don't be afraid of 10,000, just be afraid of the worst. What if everything goes well?
Although the distance they are standing at is not a safe distance, if there is a sudden explosion, they will still be blown to pieces, but at least they will feel safer psychologically, after all, they will not see the aerial bomb again, and they can deceive themselves.
"This was probably dropped by enemy fighter jets during the war, and then fell into the sea without exploding. I wonder if it will explode now?"
Ye Yaodong still looked at the bomb carefully, recalling the feeling when he just touched it.
Is it cool?
Rough matte feel?
Fuck, those who don’t know are fearless. Just now they were touching back and forth, pushing away a bunch of fish and shrimps.
I don't know how much of the tail is still exposed now, it's probably only twenty or thirty centimeters.
By some estimates, this aerial bomb is only about 70 centimeters long and about 10 centimeters wide. It is definitely an aerial bomb dropped by a fighter jet.
"What should we do?"
"Then what are we going to do?"
"How about throwing it back into the sea again?"
"I dare not touch..."
"I don't dare to touch it either. What if we touch one of them and it blows us to pieces?"
"Oh my God, what should I do? How could my ancestors catch such a thing after fishing so well?"
Everyone was shouting and talking in panic.
They have watched the war movies played by the mobile team and know the power of this kind of missile. It explodes when it lands. What if their hands shake and they fail to lift it steady?
It's rusty on the outside, who knows if it's broken on the inside?
I don’t know which year it fell into the sea. What if it was soaked for too short a time?
This year is only 1985, not long after the war years, and it has only been a few years since the capital was opened? There are still spies everywhere.
"Call your dad, A Dong, call your dad..."
"Yes, ask the Harvest to pick us up and board the ship first. We all need to stay far away first."
"Yes, yes, let's leave the ship first. Safety comes first. Who knows if it will explode?"
Everyone said something to each other, and Chen Laoqi quickly climbed up to the helm tower, stood on a high place, and hid in the cockpit. He thought it might be safer.
Ye Yaodong also nodded, "Then let the Harvest come over and take you to that boat first. Safety comes first. No matter how important the fishing boat is, it is not as important as life. I have to be responsible for your life."
It was impossible for everyone to continue working, and they were sure that no one would dare to get close to the aerial bomb, let alone throw it back into the sea, but they had to say it beautifully.
"Yes, yes, no matter how important money is, it is not as important as life. The quality of foreign products must be good, and it will not be damaged if it is not guaranteed."
"It's better to hide first."
"Fortunately, the two boats are not far away... This is a savior..."
Everyone looked at the Harvest not far away and felt much more at ease.
Ye Yaodong was also struggling there, thinking that he had to find a way to solve this bomb, and being in such a stalemate was not an option.
Just looking at it like this, no one knows whether this bomb is still powerful.
This kind of thing needs to be solved by professionals. He just came across it because he didn't know what it was.
Seeing that the Harvest had received the message and was heading this way, he probably reluctantly came up with an idea.
Anyway, let’s send the people on the boat away first.
The aerial bomb on the ground looked quite safe now. Thinking that it had just been pulled up along with the cargo in the fishing net and hit the deck along with the fish, his heart dropped temporarily.
That would be fine. If you get closer and take a look, what will happen? He didn't reach out to touch it.
Everyone saw him suddenly walking towards the pile of fish again and immediately called him.
"A Dong?"
"Brother Dongdongdong..."
"It's okay. It just hit the deck with the fish and it's okay. I just walked in to take a look. What can happen?"
"That's true."
"Then it shouldn't be a problem. We're all on the same boat anyway."
As soon as he said this, everyone calmed down from the panic of knowing it was an aerial bomb. If it exploded, it was not just because they looked at it that it wouldn't explode. Anyway, just don't touch it randomly.
Everyone looked at Ye Yaodong squatting next to the bomb, and they all gathered around him.
"Haha, if something happens, I know what it looks like."
"That's right, let me take a look at it too? This long one looks very similar to a bamboo tube. It's exactly the same as in the movie. The head is pointed like this."
"It's a pity that the tail is still hidden in the pile of fish."
"Can you do it?"
"I don't want it, am I looking for death? It's not like my life is too long. If I touch a place I shouldn't touch, it will blow me up and I won't have anywhere to cry."
"It's too late to cry, and it's too late to hurt even if it hurts."
"Stop talking nonsense, I want to live a long life."
Everyone was squatting next to Ye Yaodong, commenting on the aerial bomb. As they chatted, they were no longer afraid, and their moods were relaxed. They were all full of curiosity. Anyway, you can't see things exploding with just your two eyes.
"It doesn't look so scary when you look at it this way. It's just an iron lump."
"If you think about the power shown in the movie, if you just drop it, a big hole will be made in the ground, and all the bones will be blown away."
"This must be broken, right?"
"A Dong, what are you going to do with this thing? You have to find a way to throw this thing back into the sea, right?"
"How can we throw this away? We don't dare to take action, we can only watch like this."
Ye Yaodong frowned, "I plan to dock directly and then ask the police to deal with it. This kind of thing still needs to be handled by professional people. What's more, I don't know if there is any technology in this thing. If I take it back, it will harm our country's military."
Is it helpful? It would be a pity to just throw it back into the sea, and it will be difficult to fish it back in this life."
"That's true. No one else will ever see it, but we can actually salvage it and talk about it. We can brag about it when we get home."
"Haha, there is something worth bragging about every time I go out. I have been bragging about the 110,000 catties of plum fish before and the pirates I met for more than half a month."
"Me too, I can talk about this all my life. I can still talk about it when I am old. How glorious. We can still fight pirates and catch 110,000 kilograms of plum fish in one net."
"Yes, yes, you can brag about it for a lifetime if you catch the aerial bomb."
"Are we lucky or not? We can encounter anything."
Ye Yaodong also smiled.
"If we sail the ship back and ask the police to dispose of the aerial bomb, this matter might even make it into the newspapers. As long as we can dispose of it safely and hand it over to the country, we will be lucky."
Everyone nodded.
"Yes, as long as everything is safe and sound, you are lucky if you encounter something like this. Most people will never experience it in their lifetime."
"I really want to touch it..."
"Hahaha, then you can touch it and you can brag again after you touch it."
"Haha, let's touch it together, otherwise we won't have a chance when we get aboard the Harvest."
"Forget it, just take a look."
I'm working at a speed of life and death every day, and I'm failing every day. I won't brag anymore. I owe 20,000 words. Let's just spread it over every day. Try to write more than 8,000 words every day. Write as much as you can in installments.
Chapter completed!