Xiang Yang recognized the person on the boat instantly. He exclaimed, "Oh no! It's Uncle Shui Geng. He's out fishing too."
Uncle Shui Geng is also an old fisherman in Yanlong Village. He is a veteran sailor with rich sailing experience, enough to cope with all kinds of bad weather.
But his fishing boat was too small, only slightly larger than an ordinary lifeboat.
"Chen Qingsheng, speed up." Xiang Yang shouted.
Chen Qingsheng also saw the boat. He said anxiously, "Boss, this is already our fastest speed. My god, the boat in front doesn't even have an engine. How did he row the boat to a place like this?"
Xiang Yang said calmly: "There is no way. The fishery resources near the coast are becoming increasingly scarce. Now it is very common for ordinary fishermen to row for two or three hours to reach the slightly farther sea."
The sea of stars, dreams and the distance are beautiful.
But in fact, the journey to the sea of stars, dreams and the distance is a complete history of blood and tears.
Chen Qingsheng nodded, then concentrated on driving the boat and stopped talking.
Although they looked very close to the small boat, it actually took almost ten minutes for the fishing boat to get next to the small boat.
"Uncle Shui Geng." Xiang Yang shouted loudly.
"Boss Xiang, Fang Youqun, it's you." Uncle Shui Geng was surprised to see Xiang Yang. "Why are you here? And you're driving such a small boat?"
Fang Youqun said unhappily, "Uncle Shui Geng, it seems your boat is smaller than ours, right? I remember you also bought a new boat, right? Why are you still driving such a small boat?"
After Xiang Yang's guidance, the villagers of Yanlong Village are now much richer than before.
With the help of a motor boat, it is not only convenient, but can also travel farther than this human-powered boat, thus catching more fish. Now, among the fishermen in Yanlong Village who still make a living by fishing, few are still driving this human-powered boat.
"Hey, forget it. My motor fishing boat needs to be refueled, and the oil tanker won't come until tomorrow. I was thinking, I should try my luck with this boat first, but I ended up running into this terrible weather."
"But you don't have to worry about me. I've seen much worse weather than this." Uncle Shui Geng shouted.
Xiang Yang was quite speechless. He thought to himself, there is a strong wind howling on the sea right now, like ghosts howling and wolves howling. Your boat is also shaking and it may capsize at any time. You are in such a state with such little wind and waves. How did you get back in much worse weather than this
"Stop talking, I'll drag you along for a while." Xiang Yang shouted loudly.
"What?" Uncle Shui Geng asked loudly. When Xiang Yang was speaking, there was a gust of wind blowing over the sea, so Uncle Shui Geng only saw Xiang Yang's mouth moving, and he didn't hear anything Xiang Yang was saying.
Xiang Yang made trumpet shapes with his hands and shouted, "I said, I'll pull you along for a while, and then I'll throw the rope onto your boat and you can tie it to the bow."
"Catch it." Fang Youqun threw a bundle of ropes onto the other party's boat.
Uncle Shui Geng caught the rope, but did not tie it to the bow of the boat. Instead, he quickly tied the rope around his waist as a safety belt, and then rowed the boat quickly, bringing the two boats closer together. Then he stood up, jumped suddenly, and landed on Xiang Yang's boat.
"Uncle Shui Geng, what are you doing?" Xiang Yang asked puzzledly.
Uncle Shui Geng laughed heartily and said, "I already have a bigger boat now. This boat is not my livelihood. Even if I sell this small boat as second-hand, no one will buy it. Let's not use it and let it fend for itself in the sea. Let's go quickly."
Fang Youqun was stunned. "My goodness, they don't even want the boat anymore."
Uncle Shui Geng didn't show any reluctance on his face. "Thanks to Boss Xiang, I am now living a good life. I don't want to die in the sea at such a young age. That kind of small boat is too dangerous. This boat is safer."
Xiang Yang nodded quickly, "Yes, Chen Qingsheng, hurry up and start the boat, we are not safe yet."
Chen Qingsheng hurriedly started the engine.
"Let me do it." Uncle Shui Geng said, "I don't know how to drive a big ship, but I have been driving this kind of small boat for my whole life. Let me drive it and I will make sure we can reach the shore safely."
Chen Qingsheng looked at Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang nodded without hesitation, "Let Uncle Shui Geng go up."
Chen Qingsheng immediately stood up and gave up his seat.
In fact, the calmness on Chen Qingsheng's face was all forced throughout the journey. Ever since his first time going out to sea, he had been on an ocean-going fishing boat. He had never seen such a big wave coming, with the entire bow or stern sinking into the water and then floating up again. Throughout the journey, his heart was beating in his throat.
Uncle Shui Geng didn't hesitate and quickly sat in the driving seat, started the engine, and quickly drove the boat away from the sea.
Along the way, Xiang Yang also saw many ships of the same size, sailing at full speed towards the shore of Qinglongwan.
Finally, half an hour later, the fishing boat arrived at the dock.
Chen Qingsheng threw down a rope and secured the boat to the pilings at the dock.
"I'm finally alive. From now on, I will never go out to sea on this kind of small boat again." Fang Youqun said with a resentful look on his face, his feet on the ground.
Xiang Yang looked at the sky and saw that it was getting darker and darker, so he hurriedly urged, "Hurry up, it's not safe to stay at the dock, and the storm may get worse."
When Fang Youqun heard this, he nodded quickly and ran into the village.
"Uncle Shui Geng, your fishing boat..." Xiang Yang looked at Uncle Shui Geng who had a somewhat depressed expression, not knowing how to start.
Uncle Shui Geng sighed, "After all, he's been with me for almost ten years."
Then, Uncle Shui Geng laughed, "It doesn't matter, I was just expressing my feelings. Look, I already have a new friend. Look, it's right there."
Xiang Yang looked in the direction Uncle Shui Geng pointed, where there was a fishing boat more than seven meters long.
"This fishing boat is good. It has a certain ability to withstand wind and rain." Xiang Yang praised with a smile.
Uncle Shui Geng waved his hands and said, "I am far inferior to you. Now the world is really dominated by you young people. Your big boat is like a small mountain. Even an old man like me is scared when I look at it. Even my small boat, if it weren't for you, I would never be able to afford it."
Xiang Yang quickly said modestly, "I'm just lucky and I'm ahead for the time being."
"Uncle Shui Geng, let's go back together. Don't stay at this dock. It's not safe here." Xiang Yang said.
"Yeah." Uncle Shui Geng nodded, "Yes, it's indeed not safe here. Let's go back to the village."