The people on the shore saw that his anger and excitement did not seem fake, so they believed it a little.
Ye Yaodong stood by the boat and cursed, "You want to keep it all for yourself! You are a dog who can run fast. There are a bunch of bastards waiting on the shore. Otherwise, I will jump into the water and kill you."
"I really didn't steal any money... Damn it, we just arrived a while ago and you guys came..."
"What the hell, the screws fixing the bottom of my diesel engine have been almost tightened." Ye Yaodong became more and more angry as he spoke. He picked up the bamboo pole at his feet and poked it directly into the water.
"I'll die for you... Selinmu..."
The people in the water struggled to avoid the attack, but seeing so many people on the shore they were afraid to go ashore, so they simply dived into the water and swam towards the beach.
"Fuck, you took my money and wanted to run away and embezzle it. No wonder you jumped into the water so easily just now, and threw the man on the boat overboard as well. Damn, bad luck, really unlucky..."
The people on the shore also shone their flashlights on the person in the water and saw that he was swimming away. After discussing it, two of them jumped into the water and prepared to chase after him.
The diesel engine on the boat kept making a rattling noise, and Ye Yaodong could not hear any voices from people on shore. He just focused on doing his own thing.
Looking at those people pointing their fingers and looking very emotional, it was obvious that they were cursing someone, but I didn't know whether they were cursing him or the water.
He was so focused on his performance just now, and the lighting around him was dim, that he shone his flashlight and saw that among the dozen or so people on the shore, there was the black guy with whom he had fought at night.
"Damn it, it was really the person who yelled at the dog. He almost got left behind. They are all bad guys. They should be allowed to fight each other."
Father Ye's nervousness had long since disappeared after being interrupted by him. Instead, he was somewhat amused by his actions. He asked helplessly, "Can we sail now?"
Ye Yaodong waved his hand, "Let's go, let's go! Let them fight each other, it would be best if the thief in the water runs away, then they can have something to make trouble again."
Father Ye glanced at him, shook his head and went to drive the boat. He didn't know where he learned these tricks.
The three cousins and Chen Jianian also looked at him with amusement.
"You're really good at this. You let the two groups fight each other directly. It's a pity that there are too few thieves to fight."
Ye Yaodong snorted coldly, "It doesn't matter if we can't fight at night. It's better not to fight. If you let the thief run away, you will have trouble explaining yourself later."
"Yeah… "
"Fortunately, we got on the boat first, otherwise with so many people on the shore, it would have been a mess."
"That's what it's like to make a living in someone else's place. Luckily I ran fast and escaped unharmed."
They stood on the side of the boat and discussed, shining their flashlights on the two groups of people struggling in the water, one after the other, and seemed to be gloating.
As the fishing boats went further and further away, they put away their flashlights and shone them forward. What happened next with the two groups was none of their business.
After watching the excitement, two fishing boats nearby followed them.
Ye Yaodong scooped a ladle of tea and drank it. After quenching his thirst, he sat down next to him with his back against the side of the boat.
"It seems pretty good to sleep on the boat at night? It's quite cool, not stuffy at all."
"We can't just keep sailing like this. Uncle San should find a pier nearby to dock first, right?"
"I think so. Let my father arrange it. It's too late now. Otherwise, we can just go to the town and stay at a guesthouse."
The eldest cousin waved his hands repeatedly, "No, it's too expensive. Let's save some money when we're away from home. We can just sleep on the boat. We're used to the rocking ride anyway."
"Yes, I'll go get the straw mat and spread it out." The second cousin said as he started to rummage through the pile of sundries that had just been loaded onto the boat.
Ye Yaodong lit a cigarette and said slowly, "It's just that staying in a guesthouse is inconvenient. Money is not important. What you earn is meant to be spent. Otherwise, why work so hard to earn money? You have all worked hard during this period. I will treat you to a good meal when we return."
The eldest cousin smiled innocently and said no, "I followed you out here to make money. How can it be hard? It's the same for all sailors. At least they can sleep at night. Some people have very intensive labor and work day and night."
“I don’t know how many days I can fish.”
Ye Yaodong looked up at the sky. There were no stars in the night sky tonight. They were all covered by thick clouds. Even the moon seemed a little dim, and it would occasionally disappear into the clouds and would not come out for a long time.
"I don't think there will be any sun tomorrow."
Everyone looked up at the sky.
"The clouds are a little thicker, but I hope it doesn't rain tomorrow..."
"It's going to rain, and my mother is going to get married. We can't stop it. After daybreak, we should quickly find a place to stay, so as not to get soaked. It would be best if it's cloudy and not raining, so that we can earn one more day."
He shook off all the ashes on his hands, flicked the cigarette butt into the sea, and then lay down on the straw mat with his hands behind his head.
"The sky is my blanket and the boat is my bed. What a pity! It would be nice if there were stars at night. It's a rare night to sleep in the open air."
"It's a good idea, but I'm afraid there will be mosquitoes when we get to the shore later." Ye Yaosheng was holding a plate of mosquito coils in his hand. He was carefully trying to break off a piece of the mosquito coils that were stuck together, but he accidentally broke it.
"Forget it, don't waste it, just order half a piece first."
Ye Yaodong took a look and said, "Let me break it. Your skills are too poor. You can even break a mosquito coil."
Ye Yaosheng handed him the mosquito coil and lay down.
Ye Yaodong couldn't fall asleep for a while, so he squatted there and slowly broke the cakes. After he broke one piece, he also broke the rest, so as to avoid breaking them at the last minute when he needed to order them every day.
After breaking it, he tore off a small piece of newspaper, folded it back and forth into a strip, and then stretched it out on the deck, lit a small piece of broken mosquito coils and placed it on top to smoke it first.
"Sleep better, don't roll around, and don't kick anyone."
"Hold it farther away..."
"If we stay away, the smoke won't reach us. That's all..." Ye Yaodong was just about to lie down when he heard two snoring sounds next to him. He couldn't help but sigh at how soundly they slept.
Maybe he was too tired during the day, and not long after he lay down, his eyelids felt heavy. The boat was shaking, and he could hear the familiar sound of waves, which felt like a special lullaby.
The waves were roaring and the people on the boat were sleeping soundly. Ye's father did not go out of his way to look for a village. He just found a secluded shore that was convenient for mooring the boat. He lay down on the deck, curled up into a ball, and snored loudly.
The same thing happened on the other two boats.
Because there was no village nearby and no fishing boats docked, there was no sound around except the familiar sound of waves. They actually slept until four o'clock, swaying in the boat. When it was dawn, they were awakened by the light.
Ye Yaodong sat up with a start, and seeing his father already there catching jellyfish, he rubbed his face quickly, glanced at the three strong men sleeping next to him, then got up and moved over quietly.
"Why didn't you wake us up?"
"Seeing that they were all sleeping there, my neighbor's in-laws and I thought about waking them up a little later. After all, an hour or two won't make a difference. Your eldest brother and second brother's boat just woke up a while ago. In the past, we would have arrived earlier than others. This is not trawling, so an hour or two later won't make much difference. After all, we are nearby."
"Yeah, I slept well last night. It was cool on the sea, not stuffy at all."
"It was mainly because I was so tense last night and then suddenly relaxed. There was a gap. I was also tired from working during the day, so I slept soundly at night."
"Where are we now?" He looked at the surrounding sea area, but didn't see anything familiar, and he didn't know where his father was.
"Somewhere around town, maybe? Yesterday, I heard you say you were going to save money, so I thought about driving the boat towards town and mooring it wherever I could find a good place to moor the boat."
Ye Yaodong nodded, "Then let's catch a few first and go to town while we're at it. It's not convenient to drag the net anyway, so we'll stop in town in the morning. Once we've saved up some money, we'll go fish around that trench."
"Yeah, that's what I thought."
Although the sound of the father and son's beeping was very low, several people on the boat woke up one after another.
We found that it was already daybreak and everyone woke up instantly.
"Ah! Did we all oversleep?"
"Why didn't Uncle San and Dongzi wake us up?"
"Where is this place? You guys have been fishing for a while? Why didn't you wake us up? Why are we all so sleepy all of a sudden?"
Chen Jianian smiled and said, "I suddenly relaxed."
"I just woke up from sleep."