It started to drizzle again at night and it was windy. I had thought that even though the fishing net was broken, it wouldn't be a big deal and I could still go longline fishing, but now I can't go.
There is a lot of rain in the spring, so he estimated that he would not be able to go there many times in the past two months.
This is exactly what Ye Yaodong wants.
The next morning, as soon as he walked out of the house, he saw Aunt Lan holding a large nylon bag and walking to the residential land next door to cover the sand to prevent it from being washed away by rain.
He greeted her curiously and asked, "Aunt Lan, did uncle find it yesterday?"
"We found it. Those damn pirates just dumped the ship on the dock. Everyone was beaten so badly that they couldn't get up. They can't get out of bed today." Aunt Lan cursed as she spoke, feeling very resentful.
"Next time you see a big ship, avoid it in advance. We all know each other in the surrounding villages. Fortunately, people in other villages are not so reasonable."
"It's because the boat is small. If it were big, who would be afraid of them? We could beat them to death and let them bully us every day."
Ye Yaodong shrugged, fists are the only thing that matters.
"Oh, no more talking. I have to go back and take care of it."
Originally he thought it had nothing to do with him and just treated it as a piece of news. Unexpectedly, within a few days, the situation changed and he ran into it when he went out to sea.
It was still the familiar sea, but I was looking at a ship that I didn’t know where it came from.
The father and son saw a large boat coming towards them. It was obviously bigger than them, so they ran away immediately. Fortunately, they had just collected the longline and had not yet trawled, so they could run faster.
The big ship behind them kept following and chasing them, and Ye's father was so angry that he almost jumped up and down, "What bad luck, how come we ran into this ship? Wouldn't it be better if it went to the open sea for a few days to collect the goods?"
"Maybe we'll just meet them on our way back and plan to harvest them so they don't waste anything. Can you tell where this ship is from?"
"I don't know. We are too far away. Please drive faster. We don't have as much horsepower as him. We have to think of a way, otherwise we will be caught up later."
"The sea is empty, what can we do?" Ye Yaodong frowned, feeling a little worried, and looked back from time to time.
It's not a good idea to keep running like this. We have to get rid of that boat, otherwise we will be caught up soon.
"Look around to see if there are any familiar fishing boats?"
The two fishing boats were running one after the other, with a long wave of water created by their sterns, as one was running and the other was chasing.
He ran around the surrounding sea several times. He had clearly seen fishing boats operating in this area before, but today he didn't know what happened. He ran for a long distance but didn't see a single boat.
Otherwise, if you know someone, you can still join forces.
Seeing the big ship behind him chasing him closely, his palms were sweating. He could only speed up as much as possible, but the distance was still shortened little by little.
He could clearly see that there were five or six people on the other fishing boat. If they were caught up by the other boat, it would be okay if they lost some goods, but the machines would be a problem.
They didn't have a net-lifting machine, a winch, or anything like that, but they did have rolling wheels, which were kindly lent to them by Uncle Lin. If they were taken away, they had to compensate for it.
And if you are caught, you will be beaten!
Damn, he is always the one who beats people, how could he be beaten
His heartbeat was getting faster and faster, almost in his throat. In a panic, he didn't expect that he would go back to the island of the oarfish.
Looking at the familiar island, his eyes lit up instantly.
Reef!
That reef!
It's high tide now!
He looked towards the familiar area, and sure enough, the reef that he had seen rising a few days ago had disappeared again!
This just confirmed his guess!
It's not that the reef rises and falls there, but because of the ebb and flow of the tides.
When the tide is low, the water level drops and the reef is naturally exposed. When the tide is high, the water level rises and the reef is submerged.
Now is your chance to save yourself!
He suddenly felt relieved.
He always remembered the location of that reef. He steered the boat and glanced at the fishing boat behind him with a big smile on his face.
"Dongzi?" Father Ye looked at his abnormal smile and thought he was scared silly.
"It's okay, just watch me."
With a wicked smile, he turned the boat and rushed towards the reef. When he was about to get close, he deviated a little and then drove the boat in front of the reef.
The big ship behind him didn't know why he circled around and originally thought he was going to change direction, so they planned to follow him. However, when they saw he turned back to the right direction, they changed their direction and increased their speed to catch up with him.
"boom!"
Ye Yaodong kept his eye on the rear. The noise of the diesel engine was too loud and he was too far away, so he did not hear the loud noise from the impact on the bottom of the ship. However, he saw the hull of the large ship behind him vibrate violently and began to tilt instantly.
"Fuck, that's powerful!" He stopped the boat and almost jumped up in excitement!
Father Ye also saw it and widened his eyes in surprise, "Ah? There is a reef over there!"
He had been worried about being caught up by a big ship, and because of his anxiety he hadn't thought carefully about the surrounding environment. Only then did he realize that that was an abalone reef!
"Yes, I just drove here and suddenly remembered that the reef a few days ago was gone. It must have been swallowed by the high tide. So I just made a detour and drove to the front of the reef again, trying to keep in line with the boat and the reef."
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line, so the ship must have caught up in a straight line, there is no doubt about that.
If you chase them in a straight line, you won’t be able to get around the reefs.
Father Ye was also overjoyed. "They deserve it! We let them chase our ship. Now, we will make them lose their ship."
There is an island nearby. If you jump off the boat, you won't die, but if there is no rescue, the boat will be lost.
Ye Yaodong really wanted to look up to the sky and roar three times, he deserved it!
He excitedly turned the boat around and planned to look back.
Looking at it from a close distance, the hull was tilted at almost 45 degrees and was forced to run aground after hitting a reef. The water had already flooded a little onto the deck, which shows how violently the ship was impacted when it was at full speed.
Five or six young men on the boat were cursing loudly with panic-stricken faces. They were the group of people who towed away Lan Zhengping's boat a few days ago.
He recognized the man and the markings on the hull.
You deserve it, tit for tat!
If there is no timely rescue, the boat will definitely tilt and sink. Because the tide will recede soon, and as the tide recedes, the tilt will become more and more severe. If it tilts about 10 to 20 centimeters, water will enter the cabin and the fishing boat may capsize.
Nothing will happen to people, there is an isolated island next to them, they can just swim over there, there is no one who can swim, even if they can't, they can just sit on a piece of wood and paddle over there.
Ye Yaodong didn't want to get involved in any casualties either. After realizing that they wouldn't suffer any casualties and at most the ship would sink, he sailed away.
He had no interest in staying here with them; they had already learned their lesson.
Father Ye said excitedly, "This is the boat that towed Lan Zhengping away a few days ago. It's what he deserves. This is retribution."
"This is called the changing times."
"The tide will start to recede in an hour. If they don't get rescued, they will have to live as savages on the island for a few days."
"It's good that I'm not dead. I don't know how many ships they have robbed. They deserve it today. Their ship must be lost. We just circled the surrounding waters for a long time and didn't see any ship. There will definitely be no ship coming to this area today. Fortunately, I'm smart and my brain works quickly." Ye Yaodong was also very excited.
He felt that he was really smart. He had thought that he was going to be in trouble today, but he didn't expect that he could still save himself and give the opponent another blow.
"Let's go back and collect the longline. Don't drag the net. It's a bit dangerous today. Let's go back early."
"Yeah, okay."
Ye Yaodong drove the boat to collect all the longline fishing lines. When he was preparing to return, he went back to the reef to take a look.
The hull was tilting even more severely, now at 6 degrees. I guess a lot of water had entered the cabin.
The idiots on the boat were waving at them and shouting for help...
Did he forget that he was the instigator
It seems like there is already one swimming in the water
"Go, go, go. Leave them alone. You won't die."
He turned the boat back and returned early.
It's just past one in the afternoon now, and it will be less than three o'clock when we dock.
Seeing him smiling, Ah Cai thought he had a good harvest today, so he came back early, but he found out that there was not much harvest
"The boat broke down? The machinery broke down? So you came back early?"
"Bah, you're such a crow, you're talking nonsense."
"Then why did you come back early? It's a rare day with good weather today."
"My hands hurt, so I came back early to rest." He made up an excuse to get away with it.
It's better not to tell anyone about the fact that you sank someone else's boat. If it gets spread widely, and someone comes to retaliate against you, you'll be in trouble for nothing.
"Relying on manpower every day is not enough. Fishing nets are heavy to begin with. We can spend a little more money to find someone to get a machine to save some effort."
"Yes, I am planning to get a net lifting machine. I need to order it and wait for it to arrive."
He reported the case to Linji years ago. Now that a severe crackdown has begun, he probably doesn't dare to go against the wind and may have to wait.
"Where did you get it?"
"Go ask the marine parts shop in town yourself."
After weighing the goods perfunctorily, he left.
After paying close attention for three days, he heard people in the neighboring homestead talking about a ship that had sunk on Luzhou Island, and everyone was applauding.
"Ah? A ship sank? What happened?"
He was just chopping vegetables when he heard the people building the house talking, and he excitedly interrupted them.
Aunt Lan clapped her hands with great joy and said, "The tractor driver who was delivering sand came over this morning and said that a boat hit a reef and sank on Luzhou Island two or three days ago. God is watching over us. We have done too many bad things and we will be punished."
"Really? What about the people on the boat? Were they saved?"
"I heard that they all jumped into the sea and swam to the island. They ate raw fish and shrimp every day and drank rainwater in the past two days. Only yesterday a passing fishing boat rescued them."
"Oh, then it's not your fate..."
"That's right. It's what he deserves. He lost a boat."
The person next to him said, "I heard from a relative that they were also chasing a boat, but they unexpectedly hit a reef."
"Seems to be… "
“This is retribution!”