Aguang could only hold the dried fish sole in his hand and stare.
However, fortunately, he still has a simple fishing line, so if you don’t tell him what to do, don’t tell him how to fish.
Looking at Ah Zheng, who could only stare blankly at the opposite side, he instantly regained his balance in his heart. Anyway, he was already stronger than the opposite side, and he was more than enough than the one above him. This was the advantage of being in the right boat.
A Guang was holding a doll and holding two tin cars in his other hand, and he began to feel proud again.
He also raised his hands again at Ah Zheng across from him, and then when he stared at him, he turned around, took these things into the cabin, and hid them in his luggage bag.
After he came out, he casually caught a shrimp and hung it on the fishhook, then moved next to Ye Yaodong and fished with him.
The other boatmen also took their own fishing lines, and also took a separate bucket or basket to stand in separate positions, and had already started fishing.
"Dongzi, how much does it cost to buy this fishing rod you have?"
"You want to buy it?"
"I'm just asking."
"One or two hundred or two or three hundred? Why don't you just go to a Taiwanese store and ask?"
"Who would come here to look at this thing when they have nothing to do? Only a devil would buy it. It's so expensive, and it's almost enough to give it to me."
"Then you're asking a stupid question."
"Isn't this curious? Rich people are really willing to give up. How do you think their family became so rich in just a few years?"
"After the Landlord fight is over, don't you have to pay it back? Besides, don't you have overseas connections? Are you worried that you won't have any money? The government is supporting you."
"That's true," Aguang thought thoughtfully, "maybe he is still a smuggling king. After all, overseas relations are also ready. The box we just fished out of the water should also be smuggled goods, right?"
"Then I don't know. It's better not to talk nonsense about things you're not sure about."
"It's a pity. The boat keeps moving, and I don't know where I caught it. If the water is not deep, we can swim down and look for it again to see if there is any more?"
"It's a beautiful idea. You're lucky to be able to catch one. That box of goods is worth several hundred yuan."
"Think about it, of course you have to think better."
Some people were chatting while fishing together, and they took turns loading fish. There were fish of several kilograms, and some of one or two kilograms. Generally speaking, the fish they caught were relatively large.
Green mountains, green waters, and plump fish.
The industry has just started, the sea has not been polluted, and everything is still green and natural.
However, while the two were chatting and laughing while fishing, they saw Azheng diagonally across from him just as he was reeling in a broken glass slipper.
"Hey, let me go...plastic shoes? Ah? Hahaha~"
"Wahahahahahahaha, oh, the horse rider, he actually caught a broken shoe!"
"Hahaha, this is called a glass slipper, you know nothing!"
They are the kind of transparent plastic shoes for women. Many middle-aged women and elderly people in the village also have them. Basically everyone has a pair. They are the kind that never wear out. They are particularly popular and popular with women.
"Hahaha, they are all shoes anyway, and they are all called broken shoes! Just now you joked that I would catch a broken shoe, hahaha, it seems that it was the other way around, it should be Azheng."
"Hahahaha, I just said it casually, but I didn't expect that it would actually come true, and it would even come true for him."
Ah Zheng's face turned dark and he really wanted to use scissors to cut off the fishing line. It was so embarrassing and he felt like he would be laughed at for 50 years.
However, he finally found a thick needle from the tool box prepared by his father on the boat. He had just temporarily bent it with a hammer and used it as a fishhook. If he could just cut it off with scissors, let him take it.
There's no need to play anymore.
He glared fiercely at his two bad friends diagonally across from him who kept laughing at him. Although he couldn't hear clearly what they were talking about, he could see their expressions pointing at him and laughing.
He really wanted to tell his father to slow down and fall behind, and not face them face to face.
His father saw him jumping up and down from the front, so he slowed down the boat and dropped a little behind. It was because of his urging to catch up with Dongzi's boat that he continued to keep pace.
Now he regretted it.
hateful!
They happened to see it, and they would definitely be laughed at when they got off the boat.
Damn it, I don’t know who is so wicked as to throw his shoes into the sea.
Depressed, he cursed the eighteenth generation of his ancestors who had thrown the shoe away in his heart. He swung the fishhook back and forth with the line, trying to get rid of the hooked glass shoe.
However, the fishhook is curved, so it hooks into the gap of the glass shoe and swings from side to side, which is a bit difficult.
This made him jump with anger again, but he didn't want to reach out and touch the shoes. Who knows whether they were living or dead? What a bad luck it was.
But he didn't want to ask someone to help him pick it out with a stick. He was afraid of being laughed at by other boatmen on the boat, so he had no choice but to continue to reel in the line.
When it was in front of me, I carefully picked up the top end of the hook with two fingers, then tilted it, and the glass slipper immediately fell back into the sea.
After doing this, he raised his head and stared at the two of them. If he was on the same boat with them, he would have to take off his rain boots and two smelly socks now, and put one in each of their mouths.
Make them smile so brightly!
Ye Yaodong and A Guang looked at his indignant eyes and smiled more cheerfully. They were also sorry that he was not on the boat. It would be more interesting if they were all together.
Friends are meant to be lost.
The boatmen on their boat also heard their laughter and thought they had caught something good again. In the end, they were laughing, but they didn't know what they were laughing at. After turning their heads and taking a look, they went back to their own business.
Got fishing.
Ye Yaodong and A Guang were also taking turns loading goods, and gradually stopped laughing.
While Aguang was fishing, he also forgot to take turns with Ye Yaodong, so he kept playing with a hand line for an hour or two before he remembered.
However, it doesn’t matter. I feel that fishing with a hand line is quite fun. Except for the big fish weighing a few kilograms, which is a bit tight and difficult to pull, the rest is fine.
The main reason is that I can also catch fish, and I feel particularly satisfied after catching a fish, so I won’t insist on using a fishing rod.
Fishing is a process, and fish only proves one of the results of this process. The method of fishing is not very important.
Ye Yaodong didn't fish all the time. The sea breeze on a hot day was cool and a bit lazy.
Last night, when I thought about leaving for a month or two, I had a fierce fight with my wife. I woke up in the middle of the night and had another fight. I handed over all the public food. This morning, as soon as the weather was clear,
I got up again, feeling a little sleepy now.
He didn't know how many hours he slept last night, and he probably didn't sleep for long. After all, he and Ah Qing chatted for a long time before lying down to sleep.
Ye Yaodong took out the watch in his pocket and looked at it. It was already 2 o'clock. He didn't know when it would arrive. He felt that the wind direction had shifted a bit now and it was not as smooth as before.
He handed the fishing rod to Aguang, "Let you play with it. I'm going to take a nap. I'm too sleepy."
"You were too tired last night, weren't you?"
"I'm strong and strong, so what does the physical work mean? It's just that I got up too early."
Ye Yaodong ignored him, took out his mat, spread it out on the deck, and lay down on it.
There were two boatmen sleeping there nearby. They probably had been fishing for a while and found it boring, or maybe they didn't catch anything and when they got sleepy, they just went to bed instead of fishing.
Except for Chen Shi, none of the boatmen on his boat were familiar to him, including his two uncles, whom he was not familiar with either. Anyway, they were all experienced fishermen named his father. The other boat was still composed of his eldest cousin and Ah Sheng.
Brother is driving.
The people on that boat were all relatively young, and they were basically his cousins, but there was an extra brother Afan.
This time, it wasn't his aunt who begged for it, but Brother Afan who came to his father and volunteered, asking his father to give him a chance to work with him.
After all, he was a nephew, so his father nodded directly. After all, he had worked in a workshop before, and he seemed to be diligent and showed signs of improvement.
In fact, Brother Afan has been watched by his father for so many years, and they used to live together. His father also thinks that apart from being a little bit indifferent as a father and mother, he seems to be quite honest. After all, he is also his nephew.
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Ye Yaodong didn't care, since his father nodded anyway, there were so many boatmen, and there wasn't even one more for him.
The fishing boat swayed forward in the middle of the sea, and the sea breeze made the awning above his head rustle. The sound of the waves and the operation of the diesel engine were mixed together, making him feel noisy and familiar.
He closed his eyes and relaxed his body and mind. Accompanied by the unique symphony, the familiar smell of the salty sea filled the tip of his nose. His breathing gradually stabilized and he snored lightly.
Ah Guang and Ah Zheng faced each other as if they were competing. Neither of them stopped. Whenever they caught a big fish, they would excitedly hold it up to show off to each other and show off fiercely.
They were having so much fun that they didn't pay attention to the passage of time. Anyway, there was no need for them to do anything or help.
Fishing boats shuttled across the vast sea, and nearly a thousand sailboats raced across the vast sea. The journey along the way was like a moving scroll.
They passed through busy port terminals, where people were bustling with people and mountains of goods were piled up; they also passed through lush mountain forests, where rocky cliffs stood towering; and they passed through quiet villages, where the houses were scattered in an orderly manner.
It wasn't until the sun was setting in the west and almost setting on the other side of the mountain that they suddenly came back to their senses. The sun was about to set? So it couldn't be past 6 o'clock now?
Moreover, the boatmen on the ship are also discussing whether it is almost time to arrive. Should they cook dinner on the ship? Or wait until they dock.
Even Ah Guang and Ah Zheng were not in the mood to continue fishing.
Ye Yaodong also woke up before the sun went down. He did not join their fishing team, but stood beside his father, paying attention to the surrounding sea and the fishing boats behind him.
It's already this time, and logically it should be almost here. He is highly concentrated, watching the changes in the surrounding environment, and occasionally discussing with his father. Where is he probably?
"We should already be at the edge of Fujian Province. It will take less than an hour to reach the transfer point between Zhejiang and Fujian. By then, if we drive two hours further, we should be able to almost reach the sea area we fished last year."
"That's not too slow. There are so many boats leaving at around 7 o'clock in the morning. It takes about thirteen or four hours to arrive."
"Well, I drove a little slowly today."
"Two days have passed. I guess the number of jellyfish on the sea has increased, right?"
"Pay attention when you drive forward later. I just saw one or two floating there, but there are many fishing boats behind me, so it's not convenient to stop. Anyway, there are only one or two."
The movement of jellyfish is continuous day and night, but they like to float to the water when the weather is hot, especially during the flood season.
Jellyfish have a well-developed water pipe system and sensitive sensors, so they can move vertically in different water layers.
You usually swim to the upper level of the water area during calm dawns and evenings, or on cloudy days; you often swim to the lower level of the water area during strong winds, heavy rains, rapids, scorching sun, and at night.
After the father and son estimated the approximate time of arrival, they discussed whether to find a desert island now or to stop at the shore first.
"Everyone's boat was following behind us, and there was no communication along the way. Anyway, it should only take more than two hours to arrive. We have almost reached the border by now. Find a place to stop and cook."
"By the way, take a break and gather the others together to talk about it. Otherwise, they will be confused and don't know when they will arrive."
"Tell them, they will have an idea in mind and can prepare in advance. If we encounter a swarm of jellyfish next, it won't be abrupt if we stop suddenly. We need to tell them this too."
"After all, not long after we entered Zhejiang Province last year, we actually encountered a swarm of jellyfish. When we docked, we also killed them at the same time."
Father Ye thought what he said made sense and nodded in agreement.
We need to get together and explain the situation to them so that they don't get confused.
"Okay, then I'll look for it as I move forward to see if there's any suitable island or shore suitable for landing."
"Well, by the way, let's also tell them that we can get together as a group and see if we can find it on the deserted island we stayed on last year. If we can find it, we can use it as a gathering point. If we can't find it, we can find another one."
Father Ye nodded again.
Ye Yaodong continued: "If you go out to fish during the day, you don't enter and exit at the same time. After all, each boat has a different load-bearing capacity. Just go out and fish separately. This also avoids exposing the natural trench we found last year."
"If you have anything to buy, just wait until every evening when the jellyfish are sold, go ashore to buy it, and then replenish fresh water. Anyway, this year we will do the same as last year. When the time comes, we will choose to receive goods in the town, so we don't have to talk to others.
Communicate with people from other villages to avoid jealousy."
Father Ye continued to nod. He was sailing the boat, and all the sounds in his ears were the sound of machines. He would not speak if he could.
Seeing that his father listened and had no objection, Ye Yaodong went to tell the boatmen that they were probably at the border of Fujian Province and it would take more than two hours to reach their destination.
Let them use the coal stove on the ship to cook some simple noodles first, then cook a few more pots and take turns eating. This is how they will deal with it today.
We just set out in the morning, and everyone brought their lunch rations, so there was no need to cook at noon. The tea on the ship was also boiled in two large barrels early in the morning and brought to the ship. These are all ready-made, so it is very convenient at noon.
Dealt with it.
The boatmen all breathed a sigh of relief knowing that they would arrive in two hours.
Being at sea for 12 consecutive hours is no better than working continuously for 12 hours. Moreover, they don’t know how far away they are from their destination. They feel quite unsure. They are also more uneasy about safety and are worried about the unknown.
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Now that I have hope, everyone looks more positive and energetic.
A Guang was actually very relieved, but he had been on the road without even stopping, and he felt mentally exhausted. He cheered up when he heard that he would be arriving in two hours.
He leaned next to Ye Yaodong and said, "We're at the right place now. It happens to be dark, so we won't be blinding and won't attract the attention of the surrounding villages."
"Yes."
Even if they sleep on an isolated island and are not close to a village, the nearby villages will definitely know that there are so many ships stopping on the island at the same time, and passing ships will definitely be curious and pay attention.
But it doesn't matter. It's a desert island anyway, so they can take turns. Occasionally, if the weather is bad and not suitable for fishing, they can also go to the town guest house to stay for a day or two.
The method was thought up by humans, but a living person can still be suffocated to death by urine?
"I don't know if my father's ship has returned. It's been a long time since he left. Today, it's already the seventh day."
"We only went twice before the typhoon. This is the first time we went after the typhoon. After all, we just bought a new ship. Uncle Pei was greedy and wanted to take advantage of the time just after the typhoon. It's normal to stay a few more days. We are here anyway.
Wait for him."
"I'm worried that the local sea area is so big that he won't be able to meet him and I won't be able to make a phone call. It's just so inconvenient to travel without one."
"There's nothing you can do about it. Don't think about it. If this year goes well, the flood season should be longer than last year. Even if we are not together and have never met each other, the Harvest will not suffer. For such a big ship, there are still many people on board.
So many people.”
"Well, I hope my dad has already set off, so he can arrive early tomorrow morning in just one night."
"It's better not to. It's not that safe to sail at night, and it has to cross provinces. Uncle Pei has just returned from the sea. It's best to have a good rest for a day, recharge and set off again the next day."
Aguang also thinks what he said makes sense.
"Will our dad dock directly at the town pier later? It's getting dark, and I don't know if there is a public phone here where I can make calls at night. I just want to call back to make sure I'm safe, and I can also leave a phone for my dad.
Oral message."
"First find an island to stay on, and then go to the town to see if there is a store you can call. If not, let's go to the border defense station or the public security bureau here."
"Go to the border station or the public security bureau to call?" Aguang looked at him in disbelief, "Thank you for thinking about it."
Nowadays, people are generally afraid of entering the public security bureau or the border station. They panic when they hear this. Who would go to such a place without committing any crime? He actually admires Ye Yaodong's lack of taboos.
You can even think of going to the police station to make a phone call?
But it seems to make sense when you think about it. Since there is no place to make calls at night, there seems to be nothing wrong with asking the public security bureau for help?
Ye Yaodong said with a calm face, "What's the point? The People's Liberation Army is the public servant of the people and serves the people wholeheartedly. This is their slogan. We have so many inconveniences when we go out. Isn't it normal to ask for help from the people's servants?"
"Okay, everything you said is right!"
"But, most people seem to be quite taboo about going to the public security bureau. In this case, if we dock at the pier in the town later, we can go look for a guest house. The guest house can probably give us a call. If it doesn't work, we can go there again.
Call the police station."
"Okay, I'll do whatever you want!"
"Oh, this brings too many people and it's inconvenient. If we only have a few boats, how convenient would it be to just go and stay in a guest house on the first night? It's also comfortable."
"There's no other way. I've brought all my clothes with me, and it's not okay if I don't bring them with me. We're all fellow villagers, and they're going out to wander around. Everyone begs you to bring them with you, so that's all you can do."
"Well, sit down and take a rest while my dad finds a place to dock first."
Ye Yaodong returned to the place where he had spread the mat, sat down, patted the open space beside him, and asked A Guang to sit down and wait with him, and also wait for dinner.
In front of them, three ropes were hung near the edge of the boat. The ropes were all strung with meat pomfret that they had marinated and dried in the afternoon, and they were swaying back and forth in the sea breeze.
He also brought a few shrimp cages with him on this trip, and he will put them near the isolated island, so that he will not worry about not having fish to eat every day.
Otherwise, when I get really busy, I will catch three boats of jellyfish back and forth in one day, and I will not have time to haul seafood to eat.
After the experience last time, he and his father were very well prepared for this trip. They had gathered the whole family to discuss it before departure.
The daily consumption of nearly a hundred people is staggering. Fortunately, they only have to take care of their own few boats to eat and drink.
The workers on the boat worked very efficiently, and they were all old fishermen who were used to the work. After a while, the smell of pasta also floated on the boat, and Ye Yaodong let the others eat first.
His father was controlling the boat and was constantly slowing down. He immediately stood up, grabbed a small red flag and waved it at the fishing boats behind him to remind them to pay attention to the situation of their fishing boats and ask them to slow down too.
After Ye's father docked near a shore reef, the fishing boat behind him had already been warned and slowed down and slowly approached and docked.
Ah Zheng was more proactive than anyone else. He climbed over as soon as the car parked.
"Oh, the horse rider has finally arrived. I'm going to die."
"It's so useless, how can you die?" Aguang laughed and laughed.
"Go away, it's really nice for you two to get together, and you have company to talk to. I just keep getting scolded by my dad, but luckily I can't hear it."
"We haven't arrived yet, we were just waiting for dinner, and we haven't communicated with anyone on the way. We are almost here, so we might as well dock to communicate in advance." Ye Yaodong interjected.
"What else do we need to communicate with? Didn't we communicate before we set off? How long will it take to arrive? Mad, it took so long to arrive. How far is it?"
"About two hours, it's pretty quick. Anyway, it will be dark when we arrive. While it's still bright, let's call everyone together to talk about the situation. We also encountered a few jellyfish when we just came here.
I’ll probably meet you again when we go down.”
Ah Zheng nodded positively, "Yes, I saw a jellyfish just now, but it was a small one, light blue, and quite pretty."
"Well, as the flood season approaches, there will definitely be more and more fish. Anyway, let's take a rest at night and we can start fishing tomorrow. There will definitely not be many at the beginning. Anyway, we will see the situation tomorrow. Whatever we say now is just empty talk."
Both nodded.
In just a short while, Xiaoxiao also crawled over, and the four of them got together without saying anything else. First, each of them pulled out a cigarette and started smoking.
He also regretted it. If he had known better, he would have boarded Dongzi's boat. Anyway, it would be the same with or without him on his own boat. One more person would not be more, and one less person would not be more. It would make him boring to death by himself.
Even boring things like taking a boat trip will become interesting if you have company together, not to mention they are people who will find fun for themselves.
When Xiaoxiao crawled over, most of the fishing boats were docked one after another, and the men around them were shouting questions at the top of their lungs.
Father Ye also shouted to them, asking them to come over first and wait for others to gather together to talk about the situation.
Instead of saying one question once, you have to say it dozens of times if you ask consecutive questions, endlessly.
When the four of them saw more and more people crawling over, they retreated to the edge and stood there, throwing their cigarette butts into the sea.
Their movements were also very unified, with their backs leaning against the side of the ship and their arms bent on the ship's edge behind them. They listened casually to Father Ye's explanation of where the current location was and how far it was from the destination.
He also told everyone what Ye Yaodong told him just now.
Ye Yaodong also whispered to his small group.
"Anyway, we listen to you. We will do whatever you say."
"Yes, let's take a rest and continue on our way later. It will probably be dark by then."
"Hey, Dongzi? When did you catch fish? How could you drag the net in such a hurry? Did you cast the net?" Xiaoxiao raised his head, looking at the dried fish hanging above his head, and asked curiously.
"The net was cast, and there was a basket of fish there. We caught a lot of fish there when we were bored in the afternoon, and other boatmen also caught a basket."
Xiao Xiaogan stared, "You guys are still fishing in the afternoon!?"
Azheng also said proudly: "Yes, I also fished. It's a pity that I couldn't climb over without stopping the boat. But I also asked my father to follow closely, so I drove next to them and fished with them. My
I also caught a basket.”
"Made, my old boat lacks horsepower and can only fall behind."
"Anyway, it'll be fine if it can be opened."
"No, I'll stay with you later. Just let my father drive the boat and follow behind."
Azheng also agreed very much, "I just asked my father to sail the boat and follow him. Anyway, one more me is not more, and one less me is not a lot. It's the same with or without me. It will only take more than two hours to arrive."
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"It's up to you, just don't regret it later."
"What do you regret?" the three asked in unison.
Ye Yaodong looked at them playfully, "Because we may encounter more jellyfish next, we may slow down and catch them as we go. If you all follow my boat, everything you catch will be mine."
Got it!"
"ah?"
"ah?"
After they were surprised, they quickly shook their heads.
"Forget it, everyone is on their own boats. They are here to make money. Anyway, it won't be long before we arrive."
"Well, then it's better to go back to your own ship and help."
Ah Guang said regretfully: "It's a pity that I was the only one who boarded your pirate ship."
"You can go away. I didn't ask you to get on my boat. You have to follow me. You don't have two boats there."
"Then they are working for me, so what does it matter if I go to work? Give them half of my share! It's better to work for my father-in-law."
"It makes sense. The boss's strong character cannot be lost, so you can perform well on my ship."
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Chapter completed!