Chapter 1007: Go to the Place Where the Cargo Ship Sank (7000 Words)

Ye Yaodong was used to talking back, and Father Ye didn't think there was anything wrong with him chasing me away like this.

But when he got up, he was still muttering, "People are not as good as fish. If I had known that during the New Year photo shoot, I would have taken more photos to save you from wasting money on fish. You shouldn't have been reluctant..."

"No matter what you get in your hands, it's very wasteful. It's gone in a few clicks. I don't know how much the camera film costs. Taking a picture outside costs one dollar..."

"How many photos did you take just now? You are so lavish and don't live your life carefully. How can you afford to spend so much money? If you don't take some useful things, I wanted to talk about you last time, but I was forgotten by those manta rays. …”

Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes, and after his father came out, he quickly squeezed into the cockpit.

Ye's father seems to be possessed by Ye's mother. I don't know if it's because he is old, but he likes to nag.

"Save some for next year. Don't take any more pictures next year. Save a few for next year, and a few for the year after that. Save some, and one film will last for a few more years..."

Still thinking about using it for a few more years?

"Are you hungry? Are you thirsty?"

Father Ye smashed his mouth twice, which was a bit peeling, and felt a little dry.

"Then you need to put your camera away. It is easy to get wet if you take it to the sea. It will be broken after two and a half times. I will go to eat first. You can set up the net immediately. I will go down and ask people to prepare it."

"Um."

He breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at his father's back. He wanted to take more photos of them during the New Year, but they were the ones he couldn't bear to take. He would talk about it again when he used it to take pictures of fish.

It is not easy to be a son or a grandson.

Seeing that the boatmen on the deck were ready, he immediately controlled the closing of the net.

His father never left this sea area and was always circling around. When the net was collected, the result was as expected. The net did burst. The red horsehead fish was lifted from the fishing net and emerged from the mouth of the net. It looks particularly gorgeous in the sun.

Father Ye also said happily, "Another good harvest has hit the Internet."

He learned the term "Burst the Internet" from Ye Yaodong. I don't know when it started, but it has spread. Villagers in the village will also use the term "Burst the Internet" from time to time, probably because it is appropriate.

A word that is practical, simple and appropriate can easily spread in life.

"This net must be weighing four to five thousand pounds..."

"It should be about the same. It looks better than the last one..."

"Pour it out and take a look, and you'll know roughly..."

"You still have to wait until you finish sorting and see. There are a lot of useless groceries. You have to see if they are selling for a lot of money. Having more online stores doesn't mean anything."

After Ye Yaodong waited for the fishing net to be lowered again, he also walked out of the cockpit and stood on the helm and looked down. Five people, including his father, were squatting there to pick up the goods.

A bamboo basket was placed next to everyone, and everyone started picking with both hands at the same time. They were extremely agile and raced against the clock. If they finished sorting and cleaning up early, they could go to bed early.

Each basket is filled with horsehead fish. This fish is also a common deep-sea fish. It has good looks and taste. Locally, it is usually used to stew fish soup with rice wine, or steam it. It can also be dried, fried and braised. Very tender and smooth.

This fish would only cost a little over a dime if purchased by a fresh-harvesting ship, but it is much better than other products. It can be said that it is not as good as the previous ones, but more than enough. The catch can be a thousand catties at a time, so the harvest is considered very good.

The pile they pulled was all over the deck. The pile probably weighed more than 1,000 kilograms by visual inspection. They had almost finished picking out one basket per person, and there were still many brightly colored ones.

The harvest from this net should be 200 yuan.

Thanks to the humpback whales for disrupting the killer whales' feeding, they were able to catch a little bit.

The people below were picking and chatting and whispering. Ye Yaodong watched for a while and then returned to the cockpit to avoid the cold wind blowing on the sea.

By the way, he was bored and took out the note in his hand to compare the coordinates displayed on the instrument table. It seemed that the distance was not far away.

After all, they were returning to work when they encountered two boats. Although the operation was slow now, they still drove for several hours at night before launching the net.

I am also looking forward to it in my heart. If it gets closer later, I will point to the coordinates and go over to take a look.

Anyway, if he moves, the Harvest will keep a distance from him depending on the situation. To accommodate him, the two ships will not be too far apart. It doesn't matter which ship is dominant.

If you see a boat disappearing from sight, then the other boat will come closer and everyone will accommodate each other without disturbing each other.

After Father Ye had picked up almost all the fish at the bottom, he had to let others continue to look for it. When he had nothing to do, he ran up to tell him what was there and how many baskets there were.

We picked 17 baskets of horsehead fish, which weighed about 1,300 kilograms, as well as 200 kilograms of red shrimps, more than 100 kilograms of sword shrimps, more than 100 kilograms of white pomfret, dozens of kilograms of small yellow croakers, and seven or eight toad fish. One hundred catties, and there are other scattered fish that can be sold for four to five hundred catties.

"The goods received from this network are quite good. There are about 6,000 jins. The groceries and small fish should also be dumped more than 2,000 jins."

"It's a pity..." Ye Yaodong was extremely regretful. He had to throw away so much, and it would all be salable goods in the future.

In the future, a boat like theirs will only be able to catch one or two thousand catties in a net, but now at the best time, it can catch seven to eight thousand catties. If you are really lucky, it is not impossible to catch a whole ten thousand catties when you encounter a school of fish.

It's just that they haven't encountered a large school of fish that allows them to catch tens of thousands of catties.

It's all a matter of luck.

"It's a pity. It's already very good. Pour the useless stuff back into the sea and feed it to some big fish. Just use it as fertilizer and it will grow faster."

"When we return, we will dock in the city and sell the goods on the ship before going back. By the way, I have to go to the shipyard in the city to take a look."

Father Ye raised his eyebrows again and stared at him, "Why are you going to the shipyard in the city? Do you really want to build another fresh-carrying ship to collect those garbage? I thought you were just talking about it last time , If you really pull me back, you don’t even have enough gas money..."

"We don't specifically want to collect the junk goods. We just collect the good goods from our three ships and let them pick up the junk goods by the way. We just transport them back together. We can make money without wasting it. We can also make a little more and expand the workshop. scale.”

The daily cargo of three boats is not enough to fill the fishing boat's warehouse, and you won't lose money by transporting groceries back. You can make a profit just by selling the goods of three boats.

Anyway, with his own fresh harvesting boat, coming here every day to harvest can also add a little extra income to the fishing boat.

There are also a lot of fish in those groceries, but they can't be sold at a high price. Some of them are quite big, and some can be used to make fish sauce, and some can be used to dry fish.

The dried shrimps are dried, and the dried shrimps are dried. There is no waste. No matter how thin the groceries are, meat can be found in them.

It's equivalent to hello, hello, hello to everyone.

Anyway, Ah Qing agreed. He just informed his father and was not asking for his permission.

"Return three boats... You haven't even gotten the boat that you three brothers jointly owned, and you've already taken advantage of it..."

"Of course, I'm talking about taking one step at a time to see ten steps. I didn't include Aunt Aguang's boat and Uncle Zheng's boat. They have already been calculated. I have a share in these three boats, and It still accounts for a large share. I want to collect fresh ships and collect the goods of three ships. Can you not collect them for me? Isn’t this a sure thing? "

"See for yourself, see for yourself."

When he said it last time, he was almost convinced, but he didn't expect it to be true.

It's a real estate purchase anyway, so if you have the money, let him do whatever he wants. At present, it seems that the more he does, the better.

"I only know you, and A-Qing has no objection. We husband and wife have discussed it."

Father Ye waved his hand and stopped talking to him. He was going to go to the deck to chat with the old guys to make him feel more comfortable.

The old boatmen on the ship were always happy to talk to him. Of course, it was more fun to talk to them.

As he gets older, he seeks stability more and is more content with the status quo. Now that he is stable, making a lot of money every day, and has a lot of property in his hands, he feels that it is already very good. Even if Dongzi continues to toss, he will also feel that Quite redundant.

Poverty also limits his imagination. He doesn't know how to spend the money he earns if he has a household with more than 10,000 yuan.

Ye Yaodong could just tell his father anyway. After returning to the city and landing, he would have to ask his father to watch the boat.

After comparing, I can make a decision immediately after returning home and decide to receive the goods early.

The fishing boat continued to work on the sea without any speed. It seemed a bit boring when nothing special happened. The simple iron ashtray on the operating table was already filled with many cigarette butts.

It is also gradually increasing as time goes by.

The cockpit was also filled with smoke. It wasn't until it was time to raise the net again that he walked out of the cockpit and poured out the cigarette butts to let the air inside circulate.

After clearing the deck, it didn’t take long before the next net was picked up, so everyone was chatting on the deck, eating seafood, and taking in the scenery.

Father Ye was surrounded by everyone on the deck, laughing and joking. He smiled so brightly that his yellowed cigarette teeth almost reached behind his ears.

At this time, the sun was already hidden in the thick clouds. It was only 3 pm, but it looked like it was almost evening and it felt like dark was not far away.

As soon as he stepped out and shouted, after everyone was ready, he returned to the cockpit, but in just a short while, his hair had been blown into sunflowers.

My uncle died after having his hair shaved in the first month of the year. Originally, he had not cut his hair very short before the New Year, but deliberately kept it longer and had a slicked back haircut during the New Year. Now it is even longer.

He casually grabbed his hair and set up the net.

Until nightfall, everyone repeats the day's work, and goes to bed according to their schedule after dinner.

They are also getting further and further away from the coordinates that Ye Yaodong is worried about.

They had been fishing step by step for two days, and the fish warehouse was full. They then thought of contacting the fresh harvest ship to collect the goods. Because of the cold weather, a few nets temporarily collected the goods, so they could pile them on the deck for the time being without fear of trouble.

The fresh harvest boat was caught last time and I don’t know if it was released or not. It’s a good opportunity to see if we can get in touch. If we can’t get in touch, use another boat so they can find out.

"Should we be able to release him after we discuss the compensation, right?"

"Their behavior can be said to be an attack on the police. How they were released was not their decision. We will know when Uncle Pei contacts us. Have they come out yet?"

"Fortunately, the fresh harvest boat was better than the other boat. The boat was saved and did not sink into the sea."

"The other ship sank directly to the bottom of the sea. Let's not talk about anything else. It will definitely lose all its money. The harvest ship did not sink, but it is hard to say whether it was really saved."

"Have you forgotten? The entire ship's cargo has been confiscated. It can be said that at least half of the net worth is gone. The shareholders of that ship should also be earning wages on the ship, and they also have a share in the assault on the police. I can lock you up for ten days. Isn’t it normal to fine you a large amount of money and then release you after half a month?”

"The goods are gone, half of the net worth is lost, and a large fine is imposed. This is not much better than the ship sinking directly. To make a comeback, we will definitely have to borrow a large amount of money from outside, but the current conditions of each company, Who has money to borrow?"

"People in the city may not be able to lend thousands or hundreds of dollars to others casually, not to mention that the people who do this are fishermen, and most of the fishermen are very poor."

Father Ye nodded, "That's true, it's really only half a pound. I probably have to lose all the money I've accumulated in the past few years. But, since they can collect fresh boats, it means they know people and boats there should be, everywhere If you borrow some and ask your relatives for help, you should be able to do it again..."

"You're thinking too simplistic, dad. The whole ship's cargo, not to mention too much, costs at least 10,000 yuan, right? One fresh-harvesting boat docks seven fishing trawlers."

"Assuming he has 5 shareholders, each of them has to borrow at least 2,000 yuan. The prerequisite for this is that the money on hand is enough for the fine, but you can't just take 10,000 yuan to go overseas to collect goods. What if there is someone else's goods? How much? Whose ship will owe you money? This person has to borrow at least 3,000 yuan."

"For our rural relatives, one or two hundred yuan is already a lot. No one's money comes from the strong wind. For 3,000 yuan, I estimate that I have to borrow it from all my relatives and friends. They may not be able to borrow it, let alone Don’t say that we will only need more money, borrowing money will be a big problem.”

Although it has been renovated for several years, and most families have just reached the level of food and clothing, they still have very few savings. What’s more, with the rise of small household appliances, every family has needs, and it is not easy to borrow large sums of money.

Father Ye sighed, "If this person is unlucky, no amount of money will be enough. He has worked hard for several years. Once he returns to before liberation, he will have bad luck and have to start over."

"So, I have to earn more money. I can't live without money, and I can't live without illness."

"If they are really detained and fined, even if they are released and the fishing boats are returned together, they will not be able to go out to sea in the short term."

"Yes."

"This also allows us to learn a lesson, at sea..."

While the father and son were talking, a connection sound came from the radio.

Father Pei was also talking about the fresh-harvest ship on the line. The fresh-harvest ship from a few days ago could not be contacted, so he contacted a new fresh-harvest ship.

As they expected.

After cutting off the connection, Father Ye couldn't help but said: "If they stop doing it after being released and just sell the boat, it will save trouble if you take it over."

"Dad, we don't know them. If we really want to take action, it won't be our turn. Their relatives and friends can buy it together. What's more, they have already done it and know the profit. Who would give it up? Sell ​​the boat directly?"

"That's right, forget it, then when you go back, go to the shipyard in the city to take a look."

They contacted the fresh harvest ship in the morning, and the fresh harvest ship came to collect the goods on the deck in the afternoon. The two-day trawl was sold for just over 2,000 yuan, and he spent 890 yuan on refueling and ice.

After deducting the expenses for gas and ice in the town when we came out, we made a net profit of five to six hundred for two days.

However, there is no need to spend the next two or three days at sea. If it can be sold for more than 2,000 in the next two or three days, it will be a pure profit, but you have to continue to add fuel and ice.

The storage capacity of their fishing boats is also too small, and the technology is not that developed now. They catch a lot of goods every day, so they frequently contact the harvesting boats, and only refuel and add ice in small quantities.

The two fishing boats responded to each other's operations on the sea, netting one net after another, without stopping for 24 hours. They worked continuously for three days. After the goods on the boat were sold again, they were out for five days.

The fishing boats are also preparing to start their return journey, but when they return, they will definitely go back while working. When the offshore waters are not deep enough for fishing, they will collect the net gear and speed back with all their strength.

On the way back to the trawl, his luck was not so good. The cabin was not full for the next two days, but it was much closer to the coordinates he was thinking about.

At this time, he estimated that it would only take two or three hours to reach the city if he drove at full speed.

It was early in the morning, and when he was handing over work to his father, he specifically told his father not to stray too far from the coordinates before going back to bed. When he woke up and had lunch, it happened to be when the sun was at its strongest at noon. It's relatively friendly to get into the water then.

Father Ye knew that he had been thinking about it for many days, and he had been talking about it since he got on the ship. However, he did not go against it. According to what he said, he slowly and gradually approached the coordinates all morning, and waited until he woke up to listen to his arrangements.

He has a very good idea now. Even if he is not allowed to go into the water now, he will still go down next time.

Father Ye himself actually wanted to know if anything could be salvaged. After all, he saw the boat sink with his own eyes, so it was absolutely certain that there was something in the cabin.

Ye Yaodong was thinking about something and couldn't sleep soundly. Coupled with the sound of the machine in his ears, he didn't sleep at all and just kept his eyes closed to rest.

No matter whether you can sleep or not, you have to close your eyes and recharge your batteries.

After staying at home for two days, he finally regained his energy. During the past few days at sea, he became sluggish and haggard again. He even grew a beard without cleaning it, and his eyes

Fortunately, he is only going to sea for a short time now, and he will be back in a few days, so he can cultivate himself.

He closed his eyes and rested until he heard movement from other beds. Chen Shi and another boatman got up, and he sat up together.

"Brother Dongdongdong? You...don't you want to...get some sleep?"

"No, I've had enough sleep."

"We're busy, why don't you sleep a little longer?"

"It's okay, there's something else."

Father Ye couldn't help but couldn't help it when he came to him, "How about we wait until the weather is hot before going into the water? Anyway, since it sank there, if the Maritime Safety Administration didn't salvage it, it would definitely not be gone. After being there for a few months, those The cans won’t break even if they sink in the sea, they’re all sealed.”

"When I came out, I said I wanted to go down, but you told me to wait until I got back to get into the water, and now you tell me to wait until the weather gets hot. You told me everything, so what else should I say?"

"It seems like spring has just begun. It's still very cold. It's easy to catch a cold when the season changes. The sea breeze is still blowing at sea."

"It's okay. We're all here. Don't say anything. I'm a young man. What should I be afraid of when I'm strong? I'm not an old man like you. I'll go down and have a look in a few days while it's just sinking. After dinner, Boil a pot of water first and wait until I get out of the water."

"Fine,"

In fact, you shouldn't listen to his father. You should take a look in the water when you first come out, when your mental state is good and your physical fitness is strong. Anyway, he also has a change of clothes, so he only needs to take a hot shower after landing.

He simply washed up, but there were still unfinished goods on the deck. Most of their meals were eaten in batches, and occasionally they only ate together.

The three people who had just woken up took advantage of the fact that the goods for the next net had not yet been collected. The little goods on the deck were more than enough for the others. They all hurried to eat. After eating, he planned to let his father set up the net again.

After putting it away, I stopped lowering the net and slowly approached the coordinates where the cargo ship sank next to me.

He happened to be counting the time, and now the tide was receding.

In this way, the boatmen also had work to do, picking goods on the deck, and he also went down to the water to take a look at the situation.

When Ye Yaodong thought that there were good things waiting for him under the water, he became excited and energetic. He was not at all sluggish as before going to bed, but he looked a little sloppy.

As soon as he finished eating, he went to take over his father's work to hoist the net. The boatmen also rotated, those who ate had meals, and those who hoisted the net hoisted the net.

The net collected a lot of goods, and the hoisted bag weighed four to five thousand kilograms, which should be enough to fill the cabin.

His mind was now under the water, so he didn't really care about the package.

He warned the boatman in advance not to put it down again after picking it up. Then he slowed down and slowly moved towards the reef.

Father Ye also stood on the sea and watched. He felt relieved until he stopped smoothly, and then lowered the anchor to prevent the ship from drifting with the wind.

"Let's stop here first. I'll go down and take a look. If it's far away, then move it. It's normal for the coordinates to be deviated when traveling at sea."

"Then you go down and take a look first. Slow down and don't be in a hurry."

"Um."

"A Dong wants to go into the water?"

"I asked why the net suddenly stopped being lowered. It's colder at sea than on land. It's just the beginning of spring and we're going into the water. It's so cold. It's easy to catch a cold. Why do you want to go into the water? The fishing net isn't hung at the bottom, so it's nothing... "

"It's very dangerous under the sea. Didn't you see that big fish half the size of the boat the day before yesterday? If you go down into the water, what if you encounter it? It can swallow people directly by opening its mouth. "

"No, these big fish under the sea, as long as you don't provoke them, they usually won't actively provoke humans. Sharks will only follow after smelling the smell of blood. If you want to give it to her, it will probably resent it. You are small, but you are just big enough for it to fit between your teeth.”

Those big whales and sharks probably look at you the same way you look at the toads on the ground. They look weird and difficult to eat.

"What are you doing in the water?"

Ye Yaodong felt that there was nothing to hide from them, "Didn't a cargo ship sink here a few days ago? Another fresh-harvesting ship escaped safely..."

"Oh~ So you want to go down and take a look at the cargo ship?"

"You may not be able to see it, right? You can't reach it even if you see it. We can go down to three or four meters, four or five meters at most. Although the whole boat is more than 30 meters long and sinks at an angle, who knows when it reaches the water? Is it sloped at the bottom? How much is it sloped?"

"Although there is a reef underneath, who knows how many meters deep it is and where the ship sank. It's not that easy to find the ship underwater with just one coordinate in the vast sea."

"Don't say it's two or three hundred meters deep. If it's a hundred meters deep, you won't even be able to see a shadow."

Ye Yaodong shrugged, "It doesn't matter. I'll go down and take a look first. If I can't find it, we'll change places. I'll have a whole day to spend here. Don't worry about talking, pack the goods, and help me go to the cabin. Move something."

Everyone worked together to half drag and half lift the machine he had hidden in the utility room of the cabin, which was almost equivalent to half a set of warm-up exercises.

Several boatmen looked at each other in confusion. Seeing that he had already taken off his clothes and was only wearing autumn clothes and long trousers, and said that it would take a whole day, they knew that he was determined and there was nothing to persuade him.

Father Ye also said: "If you want to go down, then go down and take a look. I will heat up the hot water for you."

Anyway, I can earn a lot from this trip to sea, so it’s okay to waste a whole day.

Just dawdle during the day, and wait until night, when you can go to the city and drag another net.

After docking, I went to sell goods in the early morning. After selling, I went to the shipyard at dawn.

Dongzi had already made the arrangements himself, and he didn't want to persuade him. The son couldn't help his father when he grew up.

After taking off his clothes, Ye Yaodong warmed up for a while to avoid cramps and high blood pressure before putting on his equipment and jumping into the water.

The moment he entered the water, he shivered violently from the cold, his whole body was tense, his scalp was numb, his teeth were trembling, but he was speechless.

Winter swimming really requires great courage and perseverance.

After trembling under the water for a while, he quickly moved. He stayed there for about five to eight minutes. His head was dazed, his limbs were numb, and his breathing was rapid.

After waiting for a while and getting familiar with the water temperature, he stopped tiptoeing and swam slowly downwards.

As the amount of exercise increased and he continued to dive, the water temperature was not so cold. His body gradually warmed up and his breathing sped up.

His swings became more and more natural.

The sunshine in early spring can only be considered warm and genial, not fiery, so that the light under water is not as good as in summer.

When he went down to five or six meters, he didn't see the shadow of the reef around him, so he knew he was in the wrong place.

He simply swung his fins straight to the shore and prepared to go further. He had just seen it and it was safe to go forward.