Chapter 186 Ocean Fishing Vessel Accident
Ye Yaodong thought that only a few close acquaintances knew about the boat purchase. He didn't shout about it everywhere, but just because he didn't say it didn't mean that others didn't say it. His mother happily walked around the village that afternoon and told her relatives and friends.
When he returned to his new home from his old house, several rolls of firecrackers were piled in the corner of his house.
He saw the bright red color as soon as he came back.
"Did it spread so quickly?"
"The news has spread throughout the village in the afternoon. I'm thinking about ordering a plate of candy cakes tomorrow to share among my relatives and friends. After all, they have all sent firecrackers." When Lin Xiuqing saw him coming back, she went to take out the food from the pot.
said laughingly.
When there is a happy event in the family, it is their custom here to give out candy cakes. On the day of moving, they also steamed two boards of candy cakes and distributed them to relatives and friends.
The same goes for buying a new boat. There is also the custom of handing out candy and cakes, which means you are getting better every day.
Ye Yaodong originally thought it was just a second-hand iron boat, keeping a low profile and not needing to be talked about everywhere, but he didn't expect it to spread so widely.
"My mother must have said it, that's why it spread so quickly. Let's order it tomorrow. Order a plate of candy cakes and cut them up to share among relatives and friends!"
"Well, some of your friends also sent a few firecrackers. Seeing that you weren't at home, I told you to come over after dinner."
"oh."
"I thought, after all, this is a boat we just bought. We must check the date on the first day we sail out. I just checked it out and found that tomorrow is not suitable. There will be a day the day after tomorrow. Nine o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow is a good time. Then we can let it go.
Finish the firecrackers and then go out."
Ye Yaodong frowned and said, "You don't need to be so particular about second-hand ships, right?"
He also thought about driving it out at night and trying to put the net on for a day, then come back tomorrow and then paint it and let it dry for two days.
"Although it is a second-hand boat, it is still a new boat for our family. It has changed owners, so it must have everything it needs."
"Okay, let's paint it first tomorrow. I'll go over and talk to dad after dinner."
This is what is called a sense of ritual, right?
When they encounter anything in the countryside, they like to wait for a good day before doing anything and ask for a good omen. Moreover, if it is not necessary, they will not go far on the first or fifteenth day of the lunar month.
The meal was only half eaten when his friends started to come to the door one after another.
"Good guy, you actually changed to a new boat without saying a word, awesome!"
"It's so unreasonable to say anything in advance. We still know about it from the villagers."
Ye Yaodong hurriedly pulled the remaining rice in, "I didn't know that the boat could be bought so quickly. I just bought it when I saw something suitable. I just bought it in the morning, and you guys knew about it in the afternoon.
It’s too late.”
"That's different. I didn't hear you mention it when we were at sea two days ago. Mu De, I can't keep up with the horse racing. We changed ships so quickly. Azheng and I don't know when we can change to a bigger ship."
"Yes, there will definitely be a chance."
Aguang didn't go out to sea today, so he asked from the side: "Have you seen the date? When will the firecrackers be set off?"
"I originally thought that it would be okay to use a second-hand boat and go out at night. My wife said that she had already checked the date and said that she would set off the firecrackers at 9 o'clock the day after tomorrow before setting off to sea."
"Well, the second-hand boat is more than ten meters long. Of course we have to set off firecrackers to celebrate. Our small wooden boat even sets off firecrackers for fun."
Ye Yaodong agreed, chatted for a few more words, agreed to come over at nine o'clock the day after tomorrow to help set off firecrackers, and then went back.
He went to the old house again and bought a bucket of dark blue paint when he came back. He got up early the next day, asked someone to help lift the boat ashore, and then started painting.
I thought for a while, after painting, setting off the firecrackers, and launching into the water with a brand new look, with a sense of ritual, I would be psychologically happier than if I just drove out. After all, it is the boat I have been looking forward to for a long time.
Moreover, the sun has started to shine today and it has cleared up. It has been hazy for several days, but it is still sunny and makes me feel comfortable.
Ye Yaodong applied a layer of paint in the morning, and after lunch he came out and applied another layer of paint. Then he called it a day with satisfaction and went back. Then, he drove a small wooden boat out to collect the floor cage nets.
The ground cage has been left in the sea for two days and I haven't had time to collect it. I didn't collect it yesterday because of the wind, otherwise I should have collected it yesterday. Today I was busy until the afternoon.
His father had already quickly sold the small wooden boat to his second uncle's cousin this morning. He said hello in advance and borrowed it from his own family. It would not be a big problem to sail it out to sea and collect it in a ground cage.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked to the dock, he heard a major news. One of their local offshore fishing boats suffered a bloody massacre at sea.
Ye Yaodong felt nervous and quickly approached the crowd, "What did you say? How did you say it? When did it happen?"
"I heard that the fishing boat was in the high seas. One of the crew members on the ship had frequent quarrels and conflicts with the first and second mates. Then the crew member poisoned the first and second mates to death at night. I heard that the crew member was still a fugitive and was raped by an old man.
Take it on board..."
The people next to me who had just come over and heard about it also felt numb and asked quickly: "What happens next? What happens next?"
"Then I heard that the conflict on the ship became even more serious later on. The fugitives killed several boatmen who were having the conflict while they were sleeping and threw them into the sea. Things broke out completely. In the end, only 5 of the 28 people survived. The captain and the first and second mates both
died……"
"I heard that a section of high-voltage wires was pulled out from behind, and the electricity output hit the heads of the survivors, and two people were electrocuted..."
"It's so tragic... I heard later that there were people who were slashing with knives. There were blood stains, slash marks, broken limbs, and a crew member was tied to the mast..."
"It's really fake, it's so scary..."
"I went to town this morning and heard about it. It's so tragic. There are fugitives on the ship. I don't know where the boatmen were hired. It's terrible..."
"Really? Then...the family must not cry to death. They went to the boat to make money, but ended up risking their lives..."
A person watching the excitement frowned and said to everyone affirmatively: "My relative is from the Maritime Safety Administration. This is true. I heard that the fugitive was brought on board by Lao Gai. The two conspired to seal the cabin and deliberately sabotaged it.
The cooling system put poisonous gas into the cabin, then tricked the first mate and second mate into entering, locked it from the outside, and poisoned the two of them, and the conflict became more intense later."
"In the end, the four survivors worked together to kill the fugitive and throw him into the sea, and then tied the old rail to the mast, which ended the bloody incident."
The chief engineer is called Lao Gui by the locals.
Ye Yaodong was chilled when he heard that there was no fight. In his previous life, news occasionally broke out. When a certain ocean-going ship had a bloody accident at sea, it was often not because of pirates, but because of internal strife on the ship.
You must know that ocean-going fishing boats go to sea for as little as half a year or as long as two or three years according to their operating methods. The boring life at sea for a long time can easily affect a person's mood. It is normal to have conflicts. When you encounter someone with a bad character, you will be
Every little thing can cause bloodshed.
Killing people at sea and throwing them into the sea, just saying that they accidentally fell into the sea, nothing will happen. This kind of thing is too common.
Therefore, the risks of going overseas are extremely high, and man-made disasters account for a large part.
In his previous life, he did not dare to go to the ocean. Not having a certificate was not a big problem. The main reason was that he was afraid that something might happen if time went by. So he only invited people to go fishing in domestic waters. He could return in a few months at most, which was much better than going to the ocean.
He pricked up his ears and continued to listen...
"I heard that the remaining boatmen couldn't sail the boat and could only let the boat drift on the sea. Yesterday, it hit a rock and was discovered by the lighthouse staff. They reported it to the marine patrol team and then contacted our police. They were brought back for interrogation in the early morning. Today
It was spread all over the town this morning, it’s so scary, it’s such a crime..."
“Why didn’t I screen the boat crew carefully and find a few reliable and familiar ones…”
"What you said is quite simple. Where is it so easy to find a boatman? It's even harder to find an ocean-going one. How many people are willing to go ocean-going? Getting a small boat at home and doing whatever you want is better than going ocean-going."
Ocean fishing often encounters typhoons, machine failures, pirates, and internal strife. Although the income is considerable, many traditional fishermen are unwilling to participate.
"I heard that the boatmen are all inland people introduced by an agency. Except for the captain, first mate, second mate and other management personnel, the others have not received seaman training. Many of them have no experience of going to sea. They are all introduced one by one, and they are all familiar with each other.
We are still not familiar with each other and if we have a conflict, who will be polite to you?"
More and more people gathered around the pier, and the news spread more and more widely. Many people stopped going to sea and listened to the news there. It was only because they were fishing boats in their town that the news spread so quickly.
"It's too tragic. This ocean is too dangerous..."
"Isn't that right? We are just ordinary fishermen. We can live a peaceful life by fishing. Ocean-going ships are not allowed to go..."
"It's not that absolute. The main reason is that there is a mixed bag of fish and dragons on the boat. To find a boatman, you still have to find someone you are familiar with and reliable."
Ye Yaodong agreed with this. It was normal for a few people to die at sea, so he asked his father for his opinion before looking for a boatman. Otherwise, if he couldn't find one, people would die.
"I guess this will be published in the newspaper tomorrow..."
Ye Yaodong stood there and listened for a long time. Everyone repeated what they said again and again. He waited until he heard almost everything before leaving to sail the boat.
The ocean is beyond his reach.
But it also reminded him that he should be cautious when looking for someone, and his father was the most reassuring person.
The cage nets were confiscated two days apart. The goods inside are quite impressive, such as blue crabs, swimming crabs, stone crabs, Pipi shrimps, sword shrimps, white shrimps, red seals, white seals, small yellow croakers, yellow croakers, water grain fishes, etc., various types.
There are so many, big and small.
He specially picked out a bowl of white shrimps. The white shrimps have been very fat recently, with red paste on their heads and red or lavender shrimp seeds on their bellies. There was also a 2-pound bass left.
You can make clear soup. Marine fish is rich in nutrients and will make you smart after eating it. It is just right for his wife to eat.
The two boys in the family are not good at reading. I hope the one in his wife's belly can be more successful and eat more fish.
When he returned from collecting the goods at sea, people on the shore were still discussing the ocean-going ship killing incident, and it was estimated that they would not be able to calm down for several days.
When she returned home, Lin Xiuqing was there and said, "Fortunately we found our father, otherwise I would have been worried."
"We are just a small boat operating offshore, so it's okay."
Chapter completed!