Chapter 100 Maritime Accident
When they first returned, they said it was getting a little dark. However, halfway through the journey, they clearly felt that the waves were starting to roll, the boat was shaking violently, the wind on the sea was getting stronger, and the weather on the beach was a bit unpredictable.
"The wind is blowing again."
"Well, luckily I didn't open it for you. You can go and stay in the cabin. It may rain heavily in a while."
"Let me drive it. Give me the compass. I can drive back."
"Go, go, I don't need you, so you don't drive the wrong way, delay time and get wet in the rain." Father Ye pushed him away without any explanation and increased the power.
Ye Yaodong had no choice but to go to the cabin.
Dark clouds covered the sun, and the sky quickly darkened. It was only after three o'clock, not even four o'clock, but it felt like it was almost six or seven o'clock when it was dark. At this time, another lightning flashed across the sky, and the sky suddenly became brighter.
It got dark again.
Father Ye was also afraid of a sudden heavy rain, which was very dangerous at sea. He was most afraid of natural disasters. He concentrated on identifying the direction of his return journey, hoping to reach the shore before the heavy rain.
But after streaks of lightning flashed across the sky, accompanied by rumbling thunder, big raindrops fell.
It hasn't rained in more than a month, but I didn't expect a big one as soon as it came.
The rain fell on Father Ye, and soon he was wet from head to toe. The rain became heavier and heavier, gradually blurring his vision, but he still stood upright, controlling the direction of the boat.
Ye Yaodong frowned as he watched in the cabin. His father was too capable, but he couldn't trust him and refused to open it for him. It was really...
Fortunately, the rain was only in bursts. It was heavier when it first fell, but it has weakened a bit now.
At this moment, a cry for help suddenly came from the sea level. He looked out from the cabin and saw only an iron boat similar to theirs floating on the dark sea. There was a woman on the boat, facing the direction of their boat.
Waving arms shouting for help.
The sound of the machines on the ship was clattering, mixed with the sound of wind and rain, which was a bit noisy. Ye Yaodong was afraid that he had heard wrongly, so he checked carefully and realized that he had heard correctly. He was calling for help.
He immediately walked out and shouted to Father Ye who was focused on sailing the boat: "Dad, someone on the boat over there is calling for help."
Father Ye heard his shout and followed his finger to look at the boat not far away. There was indeed a woman waving her hand. He was standing next to the machine. The noise was accompanied by the sound of rain. He couldn't hear it at all.
Less than.
He stopped the boat for a moment and walked towards Ye Yaodong. He was a little far away from the machine before he heard the cry for help.
"what happened?"
"I don't know. I just heard someone calling for help in the cabin. It's still raining and there's lightning and thunder. Do you want to drive over and take a look?"
Father Ye nodded without hesitation, "Well, those working in this sea area are not from our village, but from Dongqiao Village or Xishan Village. Drive over and see what's going on. If you are a fellow villager, please help me if you can.
It shouldn’t take long.”
At this time, the folk customs were simple, and everyone was very warm-hearted no matter what happened. Even in this weather, when Father Ye heard the rescue, he did not say that he would mind himself and sailed away.
After the boat got closer, they not only heard cries for help, but also the sounds of women occasionally crying and howling.
Father Ye also recognized her. This was Lin Yongshou’s wife Ma Lifang, who lived on the side of the road in Houshan. They should have come out together to trawl the net, but why was she the only one?
He drove the boats side by side, leaving less than one meter between them, and frowned at Ma Lifang, who was crying loudly, "Why are you alone? Why are you crying? Where is Shou? Why don't you go back when it's thundering and raining?"
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“When he was setting the net, his foot was caught in the rope and he fell into the sea,” she said while crying. “Just before it started to rain, he said he would drag the net with him one last time and then go back... Who knew his foot was caught in the rope?
It got hooked and fell together."
Father Ye and Ye Yaodong were frightened when they heard her choked words. The hairs on their hands stood up involuntarily. They were caught by the rope and fell down. There was no way they could come up. Moreover, there was lightning and thunder.
If you call them about the weather, there is nothing they can do!
Father Ye opened and closed his mouth, not knowing what to say. He only muttered: "Why...why are you so careless..."
Lin Yongshou was much younger than Ye's father, but only in his early 40s. His eldest daughter was married, his second daughter was not that old, and his two sons were even younger, so they went to sea alone as a couple.
Ma Lifang could only cry at this moment. She also knew that if he fell like this, no matter how good he was at swimming, he would never be able to float up.
At this time, there was another huge thunder in the sky. Ye Yaodong frowned and said: "Auntie, can you sail the boat? We need to get the boat to the shore quickly and then try to call someone for rescue. Now we just stay on the sea level."
It’s no use either.”
Father Ye also echoed: "Now that there is lightning and thunder, we should hurry to the shore first before we can call people out to salvage it."
Having said that, in fact, everyone knows that if you are caught by a rope and fall, you will definitely die. Your body will sink, and salvaging is useless. Even if you spend a lot of manpower and material resources, you may not be able to fish it out. With their family conditions, they cannot afford to go back.
It was also a matter of admitting defeat and going directly to the funeral.
"Woooo~ I can't sail a boat, but it's a good thing I met you, otherwise I wouldn't be able to go back today..."
When Ye Yaodong heard this, he said to his father: "Dad, please bring the two boats closer, and I will crawl over and drive the boat to follow you."
"Okay, then be careful."
"Um."
Father Ye brought the boat closer, threw a small anchor, and pulled the two boats into zero distance, making it easier for Ye Yaodong to climb over.
Ye Yaodong turned over quickly with his hands and feet. Looking at Ma Lifang who was still crying, he didn't know how to comfort him, so he had to say: "Auntie, let me help you drive the boat back first."
She choked and said, "Okay."
The father and son braved the rain, each drove a boat, and drove forward one after the other. They docked in less than half an hour.
Mother Ye, who was waiting in a raincoat on the shore, was surprised when she saw the father and son separated into two boats, "Whose boat is Dongzi driving? Ma Lifang's boat? Why is she crying? What's wrong? Why is she alone?"
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Ma Lifang cried all the way back. When she arrived at the pier, she cried even louder, and even the sound of rain could not cover up her wails.
The dock was full of people who had returned from the sea urgently due to heavy rain, or who came out to help. Everyone was either unloading goods or waiting to be weighed and sold. When they heard her crying, everyone around them looked over in surprise.
There was a lot of talk about what happened to her?
Father Ye frowned and explained to everyone with a regretful expression: "When Yongshou was setting the net, his foot was caught by the rope and he fell into the sea. When we came back, we happened to see their boat and helped drive it back."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. This was a big deal. It was a living life, and Lin Yongshou was in his prime and still young. Some women who were familiar with Ma Lifang got on the boat to comfort her, helped her off the boat, and accompanied her.
She goes back.
Ye Yaodong also helped tie up her family's boat at the dock before returning to her own boat.
Mother Ye saw that there were several women accompanying her back, so she did not follow them.
When they boarded the ship to move the cargo, they said sympathetically: "It's such a pity that he fell into the sea and disappeared when he was only 40 years old. They still have several children at home, and the sons are still half-grown. They are still early to start a family. This
How do they live as orphans and widowers?"
"Working in the sea is risky, but what can you do to rely on the sea and eat from the sea? You have to do it despite the risks."
Father Ye also sighed, with a look of regret on his face. Someone would fall into the sea every one or two years at their beach, and the chance of surviving would be slim.
"It's raining heavily again. Come and help unload the goods first. If you need anything, we'll talk about it when we get back."
Mother Ye saw Father Ye and Ye Yaodong carrying a foam box out of the cabin. She opened it and took a look, "Ah! Such a big fish! Is this... a giant mullet?"
After carefully identifying it, her pupils tightened, and she said again with surprise and certainty: "It's a giant mullet!"
As soon as he saw the fish, Father Ye's originally heavy mood relaxed a little, and he also had a smile on his face, "Yes, it's a big mullet! I'm going to make a fortune today."
Ye Mu also happily touched the body and head of the fish. She opened the gills and looked at the fish uneasily, and then gestured about the size, "This is too big? Doesn't a common mullet only weigh a few kilograms?"
How much does this cost?"
"You go away first and carry it down first."
"Hey, good."
She took a look at the other goods and understood what she had gained today.
Even without that big anchovy, their harvest today was pretty good. Mother Ye helped carry down other items that were lighter and easier to carry.
Everyone on the dock is now talking about Lin Yongshou falling into the sea, and they don't have time to pay attention to who caught how much.
As for their big mullet, it was packed in a foam box and covered tightly so that no one could see it.
Ye's father asked Ye's mother to watch from the side. They continued to move the goods on the ship. Because the weather was abnormal, there were too many large and small ships docking at the moment, and the purchase point was full of people. They didn't worry about taking the big ship directly.
The catfish was left there.
After all the goods were moved off the ship, they did not make any noise, but queued up honestly. Their mood had long been affected, and those who should be excited were already overly excited.
When it was their turn to weigh it, Father Ye opened the foam box with a smile, "This big anchovy will be weighed first. Let's agree on how much it will cost. If it's too cheap, I won't sell it!"
Ah Cai looked around indifferently at first. Unexpectedly, after just one glance, his pupils tightened and he rushed forward in surprise, "Big mullet? So big?"
The people waiting around also gathered around in shock, "My dear, is it so big?"
"How can a giant catfish grow so big?"
"It's indeed a giant catfish. Damn it, does this one weigh dozens of kilograms?"
"I've been fishing for 30 years, but I've never seen such a big giant catfish. I'm getting rich, I'm getting rich..."
"Yes, we've made a fortune! What kind of luck does your family have, Mr. Ye Laosan? They actually caught another big mullet, tsk tsk tsk, this one is worth a lot of money!"
"This crocodile fish maw is not cheap. For such a big one, how many taels of fish maw does it cost?"
The crowd's attention immediately shifted from Lin Yongshou's matter to this big mullet, which looked even more excited than them.
Father Ye smiled and said, "We were lucky. When we caught it, it was still eating, with a seven to eight tael of water grain fish in its mouth. This basket of water grain fish was caught in the same net as this big mullet."
"You are really lucky. It seems that changing a homestead has not affected your family's luck..."
"That relative in Linji bought the land for nothing and even took a boat..."
Ye Yaodong quickly stopped them from spreading nonsense, "Oh, uncle, who can say for sure about this luck? We buy and sell the foundation voluntarily. It's not that we want to sell it to him, it's him who wants to buy it from us. He hasn't bought it yet.
When they move in, maybe the land will be very prosperous and they can make a fortune? How can you say that it's a waste of time?"
After all, Lin Ji's family did make a lot of money from his relative in his last life. Now that he bought it and made a fortune, it can be considered that the land is a Feng Shui treasure land, right? Hehe~
"Haha, that's right..."
"Everyone, please give me a moment. Let's put the fish on the scale and weigh it first to see how much it weighs." Ye's mother was anxious to know how much the fish weighed and how much it could be sold for.
Ah Cai also smiled and said: "Yes, let's weigh it first and then I can give you a price. Such a big mullet is not common."
"First address first..."
Everyone is also curious about how heavy this fish is.
After the father and son lifted the fish onto the scale, Ah Cai was the first to put a 25 kilogram weight, but saw that the scale was still raised high and did not fall. He moved the thing on the scale bar to the far right, but the scale did not move.
fall.
He added another 1kg weight, but there was still no response. It wasn't until he added two more weights that the scale jumped.
Ah Cai's gadget on the sliding scale caused the scale bar to swing in a suspended state. Then he looked at the number above and said, "55 pounds and 5 taels! This fish is really not small."
People around were in an uproar.
"Hiss~ One tael of fish gelatin for ten pounds of fish, this one can't have 6 taels of fish gelatin?"
"Hiss~ I'm rich! This catfish maw is not cheap, it costs several hundred per pound, right?"
"It's more than that! It's very expensive, and the usual anchovy glue is not that big. This one weighs 6 taels, so it must be more expensive!"
"Yeah yeah……"
After Ah Cai was happy, he also found it a bit tricky. It was difficult for him to bid for such an expensive thing.
Both father and son stared at him eagerly, waiting for him to tell him the price. If he said it was less, he would be scolded by these people. If he said it was too high, then wouldn't he suffer a huge loss? How can a businessman not make money?
He thought for a while and said: "Your fish has already passed its weight anyway, so put it here with me first. I will contact you a seller later to see how much they can pay for it. I will charge you 5
How about the agency fee for ordering?”
Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes, "You take both ends, and you still need 5 points? Who are you going to kill? 2 points is the most! There are hundreds of fish in this one, don't bully us as country people."
"Uh..." Ah Cai choked and laughed awkwardly, "Okay, okay, I'll mention it to the buyer then and let him pay me the agency fee."
Ye Yaodong snorted in his heart, he was a pimp in the middle, how could the buyer not give him any money?
After taking care of the big mullet for the time being, they continued to weigh other goods.
Chapter completed!