Chapter 993 The Wrong Product (7000 Words)

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

Ye Yaodong was holding the rice bowl in his hand. He was so shocked that he clenched the edge of the rice bowl. He didn't even bother to bite the rice in his mouth. He 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.

"Fuck! I don't know if anyone will die if two boats 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. 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 net 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. He crashed into it at such a fast speed. The people are fine, but something must have happened to the ship. It's stuck there now. I guess they've already connected to the line to ask for help, right?"

"Probably……"

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."

"Then 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.

Dongsheng drove slowly toward the two colliding ships, raising the net as it drove, and Harvest followed suit.

After Ye Yaodong finished his meal, he watched others close their 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 told him when we just connected. We will go over together to see what's going on while we collect 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, and the lights above are still shaking. I'm sure it hit the rocks. maybe."

"I thought so too, otherwise why would it have stopped suddenly, causing another boat to hit it without warning?"

"Today is exactly fifteen, and 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, with one 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 moment of sailing, the Harvest probably also collected the fishing nets. The two boats were now running neck and neck, and everyone on the boat probably saw it.

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

Father Ye was surprised, "They are all stacked on top of each other? And they are all tilted together. If the rescuers don't arrive in time, they won't sink together?"

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

"About the area around the city, right? They 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 that fresh-harvesting boat from yesterday... and we actually ran into it again?"

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

"Then you won't be driving so fast, right?"

"Of course, we have to hurry up. 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 boat with the Arhats stacked on top of it 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.

There was a lot of cargo on the ship. Due to 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 in 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, you can pick us up on the boat, okay? 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 is really 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 is not working well, and when it’s time to help, you must help when you encounter someone.”

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 party were filled with gratitude.

"Thank you. I was really unlucky at night. Fortunately, there are still two of your boats nearby. It can be considered a blessing among the misfortunes. At least there is an eventuality. If the money is gone, there is still 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 no one comes to rescue them, 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, it may be saved."

"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 sea line. We were still surprised there. We can still see other fishing boats tonight, but I didn't expect how you guys suddenly collided with each other. Up?"

"We set a sailing route and happened to be eating. 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. Although it is tilted, there is a backing underneath. If the rescue is timely, the boat may be saved by going backwards."

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

Friends who are dead Taoists are not dead Taoists, and the idea is correct.

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

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

Ye Yaodong nodded, the sky has unforeseen circumstances, people have misfortune and fortune, everything in the world is 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. ."

"Okay, okay, please..."

"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 be the backing up.

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 thoughtful.

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 ships 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. Our boats were parked nearby anyway, in case anything happened. They are not afraid of accidents. At least they can adapt to the situation by staying on the ship."

"Yes, with us here, personal safety is no longer a problem. Now it is a property problem for them. This ship probably carries most of their wealth. The one that hit the rocks is a cargo ship, right? All the goods on board are 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. , there seems to be almost no place to put your feet down.”

"They didn't dare to move for fear of making the boat tilt even more. They could only stay at the stern of the boat and wait for rescue. They hoped that the waves would be smaller and the boat 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 wants to 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, bored, and started smoking while waiting.

"Just wait, others can go and rest first. Anyway, the goods just picked up are probably only a thousand catties, and it didn't take long. Just leave two people to sort them."

Father Pei also said: "We should pick it up 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. It is rare to be quiet. I should sleep well." "

"When the rescuers arrive later, just ask others to call me again. You really can't sail the boat when you are tired. It would be unlucky to see someone run aground while taking a nap."

After saying that, he arranged for the boatmen to return to the cabin to rest, leaving only one person to guard them. They didn't have much cargo to sort anyway.

Father Ye also asked Ye Yaodong, "Do you want to go to bed first? It's true that it's 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, now that the boat is parked here, there is nothing wrong with waiting.

Ye Yaodong took two puffs of cigarette, sparks flickering 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. .

"It's the box again!"

Riding a horse, he seems to have a close connection with the box? From time to time, you can see boxes on the sea, or fish them out from the bottom of the sea.

Except boxes are 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 with his head down, picking up vegetables and eating fiercely, as if 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. 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?"

"Where is that?"

"Ouch, did it fall off the boat in front? 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. The ship is 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, waiting for rescue. When they saw it, it wouldn't be good if they didn't return it by then.

"Okay, I'll hook to the stern..."

The three- to four-meter-long bamboo pole is also particularly easy to maneuver. The hook tied to it slowly hooks the box toward the fishing boat bit by bit.

"Shine it with a flashlight again and see if there are any more on the sea? It may not be a good product if it's all intact."

"I've taken pictures of them all. Everything I just saw has floated away. This is the only one I can hook."

He didn't need to wait 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, just lift it up and take a look."

"Isn't it being lifted? You can talk without delaying 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?"

"possible."

"Then when the rescue ship comes, won't they be arrested directly?"

"So, if you don't want the things in this box for nothing, why should you return them? You know Chen Shi, but your name is Chen Shi, and 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, "Huh? Canned food? Canned fish?"

"Huh? Is it canned fish? Is there any canned fish?"

“Can fish also be canned?”

"Aren't they all canned oranges and canned peaches? There can also be 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, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, this fish has been eaten in my life, but I have never heard of it being made into canned fish."

Ye Yaodong also used a 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 also curiously 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 made into cans..." Father Ye shook his head and said disgustedly, "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 not enough 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. They even made it into cans... It's really a waste of money to burn such a small fish. , it’s only as big as a palm, and it’s disgusting to give it away. We throw thousands of kilograms of it back into the sea every day, but someone actually uses it to make canned fish?”

Ye's father found it unbelievable, and put the canned fish back in disgust, "I might as well have caught 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?"

"You can keep it if you want."

"Aren't you eating? I'll open a can for you to taste. It'll be just right for you to eat."

"I won't 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. Why 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, and 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. It turns out that such a big boat is filled with canned fresh water fish."

Ye Yaodong looked disgusted at the two old men and was 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. Now it's all for export."

"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 this is all exported? Why is it 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 and you just listen blindly. Why are you being so serious?"

"It turns out you were all bragging. Just say that. 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 after 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 misplaced black beads in the opened can.

What's happening here?

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 rat 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 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.

"Is this a lie? There is a sign of fish on the outside, but there is no fish when it is opened inside."