Chapter 1075 Rusty Things

With the motivation of salary increase, Chen Laoqi was happier and kept an eye on the sea. Ye Yaodong also went to the wheelhouse from time to time.

It was a little sunburned, but the scenery was pretty good. The weather was sunny, the sky was blue and the water was clear. There was sea all around, and only fishing boats were floating alone on the sea.

Only at this time could one feel the vastness and boundlessness of the sea, and how insignificant human beings were in the natural environment.

They were all ants in nature, running to the sea for life and struggling to survive in the sea.

The sea is beautiful now because it has not been polluted by various industries or white pollution, unlike the surrounding sea surface along the coast, which is full of garbage dumped by various residents.

The garbage from their village is also habitually taken to the beach and thrown away, and then when the tide rises, the sea water will wash it again, bringing the garbage into the sea, or washing the mud and sand in the sea for a long time and covering the garbage.

At this moment, at a glance, there are very few floating objects on the sea. Except for some wood, most of the things that can sink into the water have sunk into the water. Unlike later, 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 going out like now. You either tie the things you buy with straw ropes or wrap them in newspapers.

In fact, the normal sea is not blue, but also rolling yellow. It’s just that the weather is good today. The sky is reflected in the water, and the water surface is also stained 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 the same color. He also deliberately pushed the sunglasses on his face above his head to see the scenery on the sea.

After putting the net, the boatmen on the deck went to cook. It was almost noon, and some went back to the cabin to rest. Being in the middle of the sea, it felt like they were very close to the sun, and it was basking on their heads.

Except for Ye Yaodong, no one was stupid and stood on the deck to bask in the sun. He didn't stay long, and returned to the cockpit after a while.

When the first net was put down, it was the freest time. Ye Yaodong was bored and kept chatting with Chen Laoqi to kill time, talking about this and that.

It was not until after lunch that everyone shouted to work and pull up the net. But when everyone was in their positions, the boat began to shake, making them all a little unstable.

"Ouch, what's going on?"

"Ouch, it hurts so much, my old waist..."

"Why did it shake suddenly? The waves are not big..." Ye Yaodong was about to go to the wheelhouse, and the shaking of the boat made him lose his footing directly, and his lower back hit the side of the boat, which was also painful.

He rubbed it twice, and took advantage of the temporary stability to look at the boat and the surrounding sea, but he felt nothing. Normally, the shaking of a fishing boat is either due to big waves or something hitting the fishing boat.

This is a bit puzzling. It’s not like there haven’t been big fish that hit fishing boats in the past. They always take advantage of the big waves, the power of the waves, and the big size of the big fish, so the fishing boats will shake.

“I didn’t see anything?”

“There’s nothing on the sea surface or around…” After everyone stood firm, they all looked around the sea vigilantly, but they didn’t see anything.

“Is it possible that it’s under the boat?”

“It’s possible…”

“Then what should we do?” Ye Yaodong said: “Speed ​​up a little and leave this area to have a look.” He also tended to think that something might be under the boat, otherwise it wouldn’t be seen on the surrounding sea surface, and the wind and waves brought by the operation were not big, so how could the boat shake for no reason.

The fishing boat sped up a bit and turned around. At the same time, they also sped up the speed of pulling up the net, fearing that they would be too late to pull it up and run in time if something happened.

Everyone looked at the sea surface while pulling up the fishing net, and soon, everyone exclaimed.

"Devil fish..."

"It's a little devil..."

"Ah, it turns out to be a group of little devil fish..." They saw a large group of devil fish swimming forward under the water where they left. All of them were less than 10 jin, smaller than any devil fish they had encountered before, and their backs were square, like mosaics.

Although they were small, they were numerous. They swam forward in a dense mass, layer upon layer, and everyone was surprised and widened their eyes.

"There are so many devil fish around here?"

"Yes, we have encountered devil fish many times, but they were all big. This time it's so small..."

"Maybe it hasn't grown up yet. Didn't a big devil fish jump over our heads two months ago, and then from its belly

"Yes, yes, yes, I remember now. The belly of such a big devil fish can hold a lot of things, and the little devil fish slipped out one by one. ”

“The net is coming up soon, turn the boat around and catch up…” After finding out that it was a group of small manta rays, everyone stopped being surprised and suspicious, and all looked at the manta rays swimming with curiosity and excitement.

Today the weather was exceptionally sunny, the sky was azure, and the sea water was exceptionally clear, and the movement tracks of the manta rays under the water were clearly visible.

The square diamond-shaped back looked like a small kite, and the long and thin tail was like the string of a kite, and they could see it very clearly from a distance.

Ye Yaodong did not go to the wheelhouse, and the work of driving the boat was directly handed over to Chen Laoqi. Anyway, they were on this sea, and the Harvest was far away, so there was no need to worry too much.

This group of manta rays looked quite large, and there should be tens of thousands of them crowded together. He also told the boatmen to take the hand-scoop net and hand-cast net first, and try to catch what they can get after getting close, and cast a few nets.

No matter how small the mosquito leg is, it is still meat, not to mention that this manta ray is not very small, it is bigger than the soup bowl at home. The smallest one looks like one or two kilograms, and there are also some larger ones that weigh seven or eight kilograms. This kind of kilogram can also be wholesaled for ten cents.

Although it is still a cub, who would be willing to let it go? If you don’t catch it now, you don’t know who will get it when it grows up.

This fish is full of cartilage, no bones, and the meat is particularly tender. It is also very popular. At least children don’t have to worry about fish bones when eating it.

"It's time to cast a net. Why do the numbers seem to be decreasing?" After Ye Yaodong and others got closer, he felt that the numbers he saw up close seemed to be less than the numbers he saw from a distance just now, and not as many as he had seen from a distance just now.

"It seems to have sunk a little to the bottom of the water."

"Catch first, catch as many as you can." The people on the side also found a good position and cast the fishing net.

Because the fishing boat was still moving forward, the net fell to the back just after it was cast, and the boatman immediately reeled in the line and net.

When Ye Yaodong was watching them casting the net, he didn't drop the net that should be collected on the other side. After his father went to the Harvest, there were only 5 people left on the boat. In the early morning, he also moved one person from the Harvest directly, otherwise there would not be enough people to take turns.

At this moment, two people were collecting the net there, one was driving the boat, he stood there watching, and the other two were casting nets at the devil on the sea.

"Ah, red ones, they are mullets... a lot of mullets..." Ye Yaodong turned his head and took a look. The fishing net had not been hoisted up yet, but the net mouth had been pulled up. Two boatmen were lying on the edge of the boat and shouting, so he didn't see anything.

However, because the net mouth had been pulled up, the next step was to hoist up the fish collection bag in the fish tank, untie the rope mouth, and let the fish and shrimps spread all over the deck.

The fishing boat was now stationary, which made it easier for them to throw the net by hand.

"What a big net, help me, Adong..."

"Ah, they are all sinking into the water..." At this time, the two boatmen who were throwing the net to the manta rays by hand also shouted for him to help pull it up, but when they tightened the fishing net and dragged it, the manta rays on the sea surface gradually disappeared.

He widened his eyes. The fishing net had not been pulled up yet, and the manta rays sank to the bottom of the sea at a speed visible to the naked eye, gradually disappearing from their sight.

"Fuck, they ran so fast and were so alert."

"They all ran away after just one net? What a pity, they sank to the bottom of the water and it's hard to catch them if you can't see them."

"All gone, except for the ones in the net..." Ye Yaodong also looked regretful.

"Forget it, they ran away, there's nothing we can do about it, we can't jump into the water to find them, luckily we cast two nets, they look like they weigh several hundred kilograms."

"Pfft... they are quite heavy..." The boatman next to him spit into his palm twice, and pulled the fishing net hard again, his biceps bulged in his vest.

These fishermen often use their strength, and most of their arms are hard muscles, and their fingers are thicker than those of ordinary people.

Ye Yaodong has only been working for three years, and his arms have become much thicker, no longer the thin dogs before, and his palms have begun to peel and become rough, with calluses growing and falling off, and falling off and growing again.

He also rolled up his sleeves to help collect them together. Others were wearing tank tops, but he kept his long sleeves tightly tied.

After the crane lifted up all the fish bags and spread them all over the deck, Chen Laoqi also came down from the cockpit to help collect another hand-cast net.

"Wow... it's really heavy."

"It's better to be heavier."

"The first net has good catches, and there are quite a few boli fish, as well as quite a few shrimp patties and red shrimps. It's OK."

"Lucky, there are also the manta rays from these two nets."

"Those manta rays are sinking to the bottom of the water again. Will they run under the fishing boat again?"

"Who knows? I guess not. If there are, they have to hit the fishing boat together so that we can feel it. Otherwise, who knows where they will swim to." As the people around him talked, the other two who had collected the fishing nets also ran over to watch them collect the little devils.

With two hand-cast nets, four people pulled hard with the buoyancy of the seawater and slowly pulled the fishing nets to the side of the boat.

However, there were too many manta rays in the fishing nets, and each net weighed several hundred kilograms. They could not catch them with their arm strength alone, not to mention that these fish were still carrying a lot of seawater weight in the water.

"We have to untie the net mouth of the fishing net and use the hand-cast net to catch them in batches little by little, otherwise, we can't pull them up."

"Then use the hand-cast net to catch some first." These tools are ready on the boat, and they just need to run to get them. At this time, the manta rays on the sea have sunk into the water, and they are not in a hurry.

Two people held two nets, and the others held hand nets. A hand net could easily catch dozens of kilograms, but it still required the strength of two hands to pull it up.

They piled the manta rays they caught in a corner, and then repeated the process until the number of manta rays in the net was reduced by half. They then worked together to pull the net up and threw it on the deck.

At this time, everyone was sweating profusely, their vests were tightly attached to their backs, revealing a large area of ​​wet marks. They pulled open their hems and wiped the sweat off their faces.

"It's so hot! This is such a horrible weather, forget it, I won't wear anything, just go shirtless."

"Ah Dong, are you hot? You're so stuffy."

"It's okay, I'm bald, anyway I'll still be sweating like you guys even if I take off my clothes, at least my skin won't hurt from the sun."

"That's right, we're all sunburned and have sun spots all over our bodies."

"If I'd known earlier, I'd have shaved my head to be cooler, it's so uncomfortable to have my hair sticking to my forehead, I'll shave it when I get back after this trip."

"I'll shave my head too, it'll save me some trouble, otherwise it's inconvenient to wash my hair at sea, I'll scratch it every day." Ye Yaodong also wiped the sweat off his forehead with the mask covering his face, and pulled out the hem of his shirt to fan himself, saying to the others, "Stop pulling, hurry up Get to work."

"First untie these two hand-cast nets, sort them out and put them away. They take up space on the deck and there's no place to step on them."

"Divide the work and cooperate. Uncle Qi will drive the boat. Chen Shi, you two will continue to put the fishing nets down. The remaining two will sort out these two hand-cast nets. After that, you can sort out the goods on the deck together."

"Okay, that's it."

"These two nets together weigh about 800 to 900 kilograms. The number of them piled together on the deck looks quite a lot."

"Unfortunately, the rest have disappeared. They are probably hiding under the water."

"Let's clean them up first. Don't say anything." After the remaining manta rays in the two hand-cast nets were dumped on the deck, they all had smiles on their faces.

"Wow, there are so many. It looks like there are only a few in the net, but there are still a lot of them after pouring out. I'm lucky today."

"Yes, these two nets of small manta rays are equivalent to one net of fish that takes three hours to drag in the water."

"These are so small, there is no need to cut their tails. Just be careful not to get pricked by their spines. They have been caught for so long, they are probably dead, so there is no need to worry about them being thrown and pricked."

"Leave...leave...the tails...to take up...weight, okay." Chen Shi went to put the fishing net, and did not forget to turn around and interrupt loudly.

"Haha, you are getting smarter and smarter." Ye Yaodong laughed at Chen Shi, and then said,

"These are all about the same size, there is no need to pick them, just pick your nose and catch them one by one in the basket, it's easy." After that, he also dragged the bamboo basket over to help, and picked up the manta rays in the basket together.

These do not need to be sorted, and the efficiency is very high. Moreover, everyone has just finished their meal and is full of energy. In a few seconds, 12 baskets were filled and piled up in the corner.

Calculating the weight by basket, he and others lifted it a little, and they probably knew how many pounds this basket was.

This pile of manta rays probably weighed more than 800 pounds, which was a profit. He asked the other two to carry it to the fish warehouse first, and he took an empty bamboo basket to sort the small mountain of miscellaneous goods that had just been dragged up by the fishing net.

It was estimated that there were about 4,000 pounds of miscellaneous goods, but only about half of them could be sold, and most of them were cheap fish. After trawling for three hours, the deck was full of goods, which was not as efficient as the two nets of devils that were scattered and collected.

But when he picked up a wave fish after a few random scoops, he accidentally found a rusty thing underneath, but it was surrounded by fish, only the tip of the iceberg was exposed, and he was a little confused about what it was.

Ye Yaodong reached out to fiddle with the pile of fish around him with a puzzled look, but found that the rusty unknown object underneath seemed to be quite long. After fiddled with it for a while, he found that there was still something exposed.

He didn't see the head or the tail. He had to continue to fiddle with it, muttering,

"What is this thing? It's weird, and it seems to be quite long?" The boatman who was sorting around heard his muttering, turned his head and took a look, and was also surprised.

"Hey, what is this? An iron pillar?" Looking at the reactions of the two people, the others also stood up and stretched their necks to take a look.

Chen Shi suddenly said: "Just now... the fishing... net... untied..."

"Oh, go, don't say it, let me tell you. When the fishing net was collected just now, we also saw something called rust in the fishing net, but we just thought it was groceries dragged up from the sea, and didn't think much about it. We just threw it back into the sea after sorting the goods."

"Dangdang was... anxious... to see the devil fish..."

"Yes, at that time, we were all focused on you collecting manta rays, so we didn't care about this thing in the fishing net. We forgot about it just now, and just thought about throwing it into the sea after picking it up..." Before he finished speaking, Ye Yaodong had already revealed the original shape of the thing 2\/3 from the fish. In an instant... he also stood up and stepped back two steps with a sudden change of expression.

"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 had not reacted yet. They had too few contacts and rarely read newspapers because they were illiterate, and they didn't reveal the full picture.

But when they saw Ye Yaodong retreating with a horrified expression on his face, they also stood up and retreated with some doubts, and asked hurriedly.

"What is this?"

"What's wrong, Adong?"

"It's a bomb... It's a missile... It's in the movie..." One fisherman stretched his neck curiously for a long time, and suddenly reacted and recognized it, and his face changed drastically.

"Bomb??" The others immediately retreated a few steps with a horrified expression. After this reminder, they also remembered the war movies they had watched in the movie mobile team. Although the movies were blurry and the missiles exploded as soon as they landed, they still had a vague impression.

Just now, they stretched their heads to take a look. Although they didn’t see it clearly, they only saw that it was all rust, but now the scene replayed in their minds suddenly felt very similar.

"Ah! It's a bomb!!!"

"Bomb!? It's over, what should I do!"

"Bomb!!! How could it be a bomb?"

"Is it true? How could a bomb be fished out from the bottom of the sea? Did you see it clearly?"

"Oh, I'm scared to death, you can't say that..." Although they were skeptical, they were very honest in their actions and had retreated to the farthest bow and stern.

If they were not in the middle of the sea at this moment, they would have already stepped off the boat and ran thousands of meters away.

Ye Yaodong's heart was also pounding, never beating so fast before. He stared at the white figure in the pile of doubts, as if he wanted to stare a hole, and his expression was still in doubt.

"Adong, tell me whether it is a bomb or not? You were the closest to it just now..." He came back to his senses and took two deep breaths. He was so scared that he even held his breath. He hurriedly stepped back and almost forgot to breathe. Now he was gasping for breath.

"Fuck, I was shocked. Although the tail part has not been pulled out yet, if I am not mistaken, this is a bomb! It was dropped by an airplane, the Gobi Desert..."

"Fuck, there are so many things to pull up, but you have to pull this thing up, isn't it too deadly?"

"Fuck his ancestors, I just kept touching it back and forth..." Ye Yaodong cursed and his mood calmed down a little.

After all, it was pulled up, what else can I do? The things are in front of me. When the others heard that it was a bomb, they panicked even more.

"What should we do?"

"When did it fall into the sea? Will it explode?"

"It's all rusty again, it won't explode, will it?"

"It's been soaked in seawater for so long, it should be broken, right?" Everyone hoped that the thing was broken, and they shouted at each other from a distance, but they were just shouting, and they didn't dare to get close.

It's better to be safe than sorry, what if it's okay? Although the distance they are standing at now is not a safe distance, if it explodes suddenly, they will still be blown to pieces, but at least they will feel safer psychologically, after all, they can still deceive themselves without seeing the bomb.

"This is probably dropped by an enemy fighter during the war, and then it fell into the sea without exploding. I don't know if it will explode now?" Ye Yaodong still looked at the bomb carefully, recalling the feeling when he just touched it.

Icy and cold? Rough frosted feeling? Shit, the ignorant are fearless. Just now, he was still touching back and forth, stirring up a bunch of fish and shrimp.

Now, I don’t know how much of the tail is not exposed, it is estimated to be only 20 to 30 centimeters. It is estimated that this bomb is only about 70 centimeters long and about 10 centimeters wide. It is definitely a bomb dropped by a fighter.

"What should we do?"

"What should we do?"

"Or throw it back into the sea?"

"I dare not touch it..."

"I dare not touch it either. What if it touches something bad and blows us to pieces?"

"Oh my God, what should we do? My ancestors, how can we catch such a thing when we are fishing?" Everyone shouted in panic.

They have seen the war movies shown by the mobile movie team and know the power of this kind of missile. It explodes when it lands. What if they shake their hands and lose their balance?

It is rusty on the outside. Who knows if it is broken inside? I don't know what year it fell into the sea. What if it was soaked for too short a time? Will it still have any power?

This year is only 1985, not long after the war years, and only a few years after the reform and opening up?

There are spies everywhere.

"Call your dad, Adong, call your dad..."

"Yes, ask the Harvest to come and pick us up on board first, and we will all stay away first."

"Yes, yes, let's leave this ship first, safety first, who knows if it will explode?" Everyone said one by one, Chen Laoqi had already quickly climbed up to the rudder tower, stood on a high place, and hid in the cockpit. He felt that it might be safer.

Ye Yaodong also nodded,

"Then let the Harvest come and take you to that boat first. Safety first, no matter how important the fishing boat is, it is not as important as life, and I have to be responsible for your life." It was impossible to let everyone continue to work, and they were sure that no one dared to get close to the bomb, let alone throw it back into the sea, but they had to speak nicely.

"Yes, yes, money is more important than life. Foreign products must be of good quality. They may not be damaged by water."

"It's better to hide first."

"Fortunately, the two ships 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 deal with this bomb. It was not a solution to be deadlocked like this.

Just looking at it, no one knew whether the bomb was still powerful. This kind of thing still needs to be solved by professionals. He just touched it because he didn't know what it was.

Seeing that the Harvest had received the information and was coming here, he probably reluctantly made an idea.

Anyway, let's send the people on the boat away first. The bomb on the ground looked safe now. Thinking that it was just pulled up with the goods in the fishing net and hit the deck with the fish, he felt relieved for the time being.

It's all right. Go closer and take a look. What can happen? He didn't reach out to touch it. Everyone saw him suddenly walk towards the pile of fish again, and immediately called him again.

"Adong?"

"Brother Dongdong..."

"It's okay, he was hit on the deck with the fish just now, but he's fine. I just walked in to take a look, what can happen?"

"That's true."

"It shouldn't be a problem to take a look, we're all on the same boat anyway." After saying this, everyone calmed down from the panic of knowing it was an aerial bomb. If it exploded, it wouldn't just explode if they looked at it, anyway, just don't touch it.

Everyone looked at Ye Yaodong squatting next to the aerial bomb and gathered around.

"Haha, if something happens, at least I know what it looks like."

"That's right, let me take a look too? It's long and looks like a bamboo tube. It's exactly the same as in the movie, with a pointed head."

"What a pity, the tail is still hidden in the fish pile."

"Would you like to try it?"

"I don't want to. Am I looking for death? It's not like I have too long to live. What if I touch something I shouldn't touch and it blows me up? I won't even have a place to cry."

"I won't even have time to cry or feel pain."

"Stop talking nonsense. I want to live a hundred years." Everyone squatted beside Ye Yaodong and commented on the bomb. As they chatted, they were no longer afraid. They were relaxed and curious. After all, they couldn't see things explode with their own eyes.

"It doesn't look that scary, it's just a lump of iron."

"Think about the power shown in the movie. If it goes down directly, it can blow a big hole in the ground and blow away all the bones."

"This must be broken, right?"

"Adong, how are you going to deal with this thing? We have to find a way to throw it back into the sea, right?"

"How do we throw it? We don't dare to do it, we can only watch it like this." Ye Yaodong frowned,

"I plan to go directly to the shore and ask the police to deal with it. This kind of thing still needs to be handled by professionals. What's more, I don't know if this thing has any technology in it. What if it helps our country's military? Throwing it back into the sea is also a big deal. Unfortunately, it is difficult to catch this thing once in this lifetime. "

"That's right, others will never see it in their lifetime, but we can actually salvage it and tell others about it, and we can brag about it when we go home."

"Haha, every trip out has something worth bragging about, the 110,000 catties of plum fish and the pirates I encountered before, I bragged about that for more than half a month."

"Me too, I can talk about this for the rest of my life, I can still talk about it when I'm old, how glorious it is, we can fight pirates, and we can catch 110,000 catties of plum fish in one net."

"Yes, yes, yes, this aerial bomb can be bragged about for the rest of my life."

"Is our luck good or bad? We can encounter anything." Ye Yaodong also laughed.

"If we drive the boat back and ask the police to deal with the aerial bomb, this matter may even be reported in the newspaper. As long as we can deal with this thing safely and hand it over to the country, then we are lucky." Everyone nodded.

"Yes, as long as nothing happens, it's considered lucky to encounter 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 about it again after you touch it."

"Haha, either touch it together, or you won't have a chance when you get on the Harvest."

"Forget it, let's just take a look."