novelPairMe Chapter 1075 Rusty Things
Chapter 1075 Rusty Things
With the motivation to increase wages, Chen Laoqi became even more happy and kept an eye on the sea. Ye Yaodong also walked outside to the helm from time to time.
It was a little sun-drenched, but the scenery was quite nice. The wind was gentle and the sun was bright, the sky was blue and the water was clear. There was sea on all sides, with only fishing boats floating alone on the sea.
It is only at this time that we can feel the vastness and boundlessness of the sea, and how insignificant human beings are in the natural environment.
They are all ants in nature, running to the sea in order to survive and struggling to survive in the sea.
The reason why the sea is beautiful now is because it has not experienced any kind of industrial pollution or white pollution, unlike the sea around the coast, which is full of garbage dumped by various residents.
Their village's garbage is also habitually thrown on the beach, and then when the tide rises, the sea water washes away the garbage, or the sediment from the sea washes up for a long time, covering the garbage.
At a glance, there are very few floating objects on the sea. Except for some wood, most of the things that can sink have sunk into the water. Unlike in the future, you can often see various plastic bags. Floating on the sea.
But plastic bags have also brought great convenience to life. We no longer have to carry a basket when we go out as we do now. When shopping, we either tie our hands with straw ropes or wrap them in newspapers.
The normal sea is actually not blue, but also yellow. It's just that the weather is good today, the sky is reflected in the water, and the water surface is dyed with the color of the sky. The water in the middle of the sea is clear without pollution.
The sea is the color of the sky, the sea and the sky are one color. He also deliberately pushed the sunglasses on his face to the top of his head to look at the scenery on the sea.
The boatmen on the deck all went to cook after setting up the nets. It was almost noon, and some of them went back to the cabin to rest. Being in the middle of the sea, it felt like they were very close to the sun, which was blazing directly above their heads.
Except for Ye Yaodong, no one was stupid, standing on the deck and basking in the sun. He didn't stay long, and returned to the cockpit after watching for a while.
When the first network was put down, it was the most free time. Ye Yaodong was bored and kept chatting with Chen Laoqi to pass the time, rambling on.
It wasn't until after lunch that everyone started working and setting up the net. But when everyone was in their places, the ship started to shake, making them all a little unsteady.
"Ouch, what's going on?"
"Ouch, it hurts me so much, my old waist..."
"Why did it suddenly rock? The waves weren't very big..." Ye Yaodong was about to go up to the helm. The rocking of the ship caused him to lose his footing, and his lower back hit the side of the ship, which also caused a burst of pain.
He rubbed it twice, and with the temporary stability, he looked at the hull and the surrounding sea, but felt that there was nothing. Normally, the shaking of a fishing boat was either caused by strong waves or something hit the fishing boat.
I didn't see anything, but it was a bit baffling. In the past, it was not that there were no big fish hitting fishing boats. It was only when the waves were strong that the fishing boats would rock with the help of the power of the waves and the size of the big fish.
"Didn't you see anything?"
"There is nothing on the sea or around it..." After everyone stood firm, they all looked at the sea around them with vigilance, but saw nothing.
"Is it possible it's under the boat?"
"possible……"
"What should we do?" Ye Yaodong said: "Speed up a little and leave this area to take a look." He also tended to think that the things might be under the boat, otherwise they would not be seen on the surrounding sea surface, and the wind and waves caused during the operation would not be big. How could the boat be shaking for no reason?
The fishing boat sped up a bit and turned its direction. At the same time, they also sped up to set up the net, fearing that it would be too late to catch something unexpected.
Everyone looked towards the sea while collecting the fishing nets. After a while, everyone screamed out in surprise.
"Manta ray..."
"It's the little devil..."
"Ah, it turned out to be a group of small manta rays..." Where they left, there was a large group of manta rays swimming forward under the water. They were all under 10 kilograms in size and were larger than any other devil rays they had encountered before. Each head is small, and the back is square, like a mosaic.
Although they were small in size, they could not resist the large number of them. A large, densely packed group swam forward in layers, and everyone's eyes widened in surprise.
"Are there so many manta rays around here?"
"Yes, we have encountered manta rays many times, but they were all big. This time they are so small..."
"Maybe it's because we haven't grown up yet. In the first two months, didn't a big manta fish jump up above our heads, and then it jumped from our stomachs?
"Yes, yes, come to think of it, the belly of such a big manta ray can be quite large, and the little manta rays fell out one by one."
"The net is almost coming up. Let's turn the bow to follow..." After discovering that it was a group of small manta rays, everyone no longer felt uncertain. They all watched the group of manta rays swimming with curiosity and excitement.
Today the weather is exceptionally clear, the sky is blue, and the sea water is exceptionally clear. The moving tracks of the manta rays under the water are clearly visible.
The square, diamond-shaped back looked like a small kite, and the long and thin tail looked like the string of a kite. They could see it very clearly from a distance.
Ye Yaodong didn't go to the helm anymore, and the job of sailing the ship was directly left to Chen Laoqi. Anyway, it was on this sea, and there was no need to worry about the Harvest looking at each other from a distance.
This group of manta rays seems to be quite large in number. There should be tens of thousands of them squeezing together. He also told the boatmen to get their hand nets and hand-thrown nets first, and when they got close, they would try to catch what they could get and cast a few nets.
No matter how small the mosquito legs are, they are still meat, not to mention that this manta ray is not very small. It is bigger than the soup basin at home. The smallest one looks like one or two kilograms, and the larger ones are not without seven or eight kilograms. This kind of You can wholesale it for a dime per pound.
Although it is still a cub, no one is willing to let it go. If you don't catch it now, you don't know whose hands it will fall into when it grows up.
This fish is covered with cartilage and has no spines, and the meat is extremely tender. It is also very popular. At least children don’t have to worry about fish bones when eating it.
"It's time to cast a net, but why does the number seem to be getting smaller?" After Ye Yaodong got a little closer, he felt that the number seen up close seemed to be less than the number seen from a distance, and not as high as the number seen from a distance.
"It seems to have sunk a little under the water."
"Catch first, catch as many as there are." The people on the side also checked the position, and then spread the fishing net out.
Because the fishing boat was still moving forward, it fell behind just after hand casting, and the boatman immediately reeled in the line and net.
When Ye Yaodong watched them cast the net, he did not drop the net that should be collected on the other side. After his father went to the Harvest, there were only five people left on the ship. In the early morning, one person was moved directly from the Harvest, otherwise there would not be enough manpower for the shift.
At this moment, two men were collecting the nets there, and one man was sailing the boat. He stood there and watched, while the other two men were casting the nets at the devils on the sea.
"Ah, the red ones are wave fish...there are a lot of wave fish..." Ye Yaodong turned around and took a look. The fishing net had not been hoisted up yet, but the mouth of the net had been closed. Two boatmen were lying on the edge of the boat, shouting. Well, he didn't see anything.
However, since the net openings are closed, all we have to do next is to hoist the fish collection bag in the fish tank, untie the rope opening, and let the fish and shrimps spread all over the deck.
The fishing boats are now stationary so they can close up and cast their nets.
"What a big network. Please help me, A Dong..."
"Ah, they are all sinking into the water..." At this time, the two boatmen who were throwing nets at the manta rays beside them also shouted for him to help pull them, but they were tightening the nets and dragging them. At that time, the manta rays on the sea gradually disappeared.
His eyes widened. Before the fishing net could be retrieved, the manta rays sank to the bottom of the sea at a speed visible to the naked eye and gradually disappeared from their sight.
"Fuck, running so fast, so alert."
"This one just ran away after being cast in the net? It's a pity that it sank under the water and is difficult to catch if you can't see it."
"There's nothing left, except what's in the fishing net..." Ye Yaodong also looked regretful,
"Forget it, it just ran away. There's nothing we can do about it. We can't jump into the water to look for it. Fortunately, we cast two nets. It looks like it's several hundred kilograms."
"Bah, bah... it's quite heavy..." The boatman next to him spat into the palm of his hand, and pulled the fishing net hard. The biceps of his arms wearing a vest bulged.
They, fishermen, often exert themselves, and most of their arms have hard muscles, and their fingers are thicker than ordinary people.
Ye Yaodong has only been working for three years, and his arms have become much thicker. They are no longer the thin dogs they used to be. Moreover, the palms of his palms have begun to peel and become rough, and calluses have grown and fallen off.
He also rolled up his sleeves to help collect them. Everyone else wears tank tops, but he prefers long sleeves that are tight and tight.
After the crane lifted up the contents of the fish bag and spread it all over the deck, Chen Laoqi also came down from the cockpit and helped collect another hand-thrown net.
"Good guy...it's really heavy."
"It's better to be calmer."
"The goods collected in the first net are also pretty good. There are also quite a few wave fish, and there are also quite a few shrimp steaks and red shrimps, which are also good."
"I'm lucky that there are two stingrays in these two nets."
"Now that those devils have sunk to the bottom of the water, will they run under the fishing boat again?"
"Who knows, I guess not. If there is, we have to hit the fishing boat together so that we can feel it. Otherwise, who knows where we will swim." As the people around him started talking, the other two who had collected the fishing nets also Everyone came over to watch them collect the little devil.
Two hand-thrown nets were pulled by four people using the buoyancy of the sea water, and the fishing net was slowly pulled to the side of the ship.
However, because there were so many manta rays in the fishing net, weighing hundreds of kilograms in one net, they couldn't catch them with just their arm strength. What's more, these fish still carry a lot of weight in the water.
"You have to untie the mouth of the fishing net and fish it out bit by bit with the hand net, otherwise it won't be able to be pulled up."
"Then let's fish out some with a hand net first." These tools are all ready-made on the boat. All they have to do is run to get them. At this time, all the manta rays on the sea have sunk into the water, and they are not in a hurry.
Two people are holding the two net openings, and the others are holding hand nets. A single hand net can weigh dozens of kilograms, but it also requires the strength of two hands to pull it up.
They first piled the fished manta rays into the corner, and then continued repeatedly until the number in the fishing net was reduced by more than half. Then they worked together to pull up the fishing net and threw it onto the deck.
At this time, everyone was sweating profusely, and their vests were clinging to their backs, revealing a large wet mark. They opened the hems of their clothes and wiped the sweat from their faces.
"It's so hot! This damn weather, forget it, don't wear anything anymore, just go shirtless."
"A Dong, are you hot? You are so stuffy."
"Fortunately, I have a bald head. Anyway, I will still be sweating like you if I take it off. At least my skin will not hurt if I wear it."
"That's true, our skin has peeled off due to the sun, and we all have sun spots on our bodies."
"If I had known, I would have shaved my head. It would be cooler. The hair is sticking to my forehead and it feels so uncomfortable. When this trip is over, I will shave it when I get back."
"I'm going to shave too. It will save trouble. Otherwise, it would be inconvenient to wash my hair at sea. I would have to scratch it every day." Ye Yaodong also wiped the sweat from his forehead with the mask covering his face, and also pulled out the hem of his clothes and looked at himself. Fanning his face, he said to the others: "Stop talking and get to work quickly."
"First untie these two hand-thrown nets, organize them and put them away. If they are thrown on the deck, they will take up space, and there will be no room for your feet to step on them."
"Divide the work and cooperate. Uncle Qi will go to sail the boat. Chen Shi and you two will continue to put down the fishing nets first. The remaining two people will sort out the two hand-thrown nets. After that, you can sort the goods on the deck together. "
"Okay, that's it."
"The two nets combined weigh eight to nine hundred kilograms. The number of them piled together on the deck looks really large."
"It's a pity that the rest have disappeared. They probably hid under the water."
"Let's clean it up first, don't say anything." After the remaining manta rays in the two hand-thrown nets were dumped on the deck, they all had smiles on their faces.
"Wow, that's quite a lot. It looks like there's a little bit in the net, but a lot comes out. I'm lucky today."
"Yes, these two nets of little manta rays are worth dragging one net in the water for three hours."
"These are so small, so there's no need to cut off the tail. Just be careful not to get pricked by its thorns. They've been there for so long and they're probably dead, so you don't have to worry about being pricked by the thorns."
"Keep...keep...the tail...take up the weight...good." Chen Shi went to put down the fishing net, but he didn't forget to turn around and interrupt loudly.
"Haha, you are getting smarter and smarter." Ye Yaodong laughed at Chen Shi, and then said,
"These are all about the same size, so there's no need to pick them. Just pick their nostrils one by one and catch them in the basket. It will save trouble." After saying that, he also went to drag the bamboo basket over to help, and together they picked up the stingrays into the basket. .
These don’t need to be sorted, so the efficiency is very high, not to mention that everyone has just finished eating and is very energetic. In a few seconds, 12 baskets are filled and piled in the corner.
Calculating the weight according to the basket, he and others lifted it a little, and he probably knew how many kilograms this basket weighed.
This pile of manta rays probably weighs more than 800 kilograms, which is a huge profit. He asked the other two people to carry it to the fish warehouse first, and he took an empty bamboo basket to sort out the small mountain of groceries that had just been dragged up by the fishing net.
A miscellaneous visual estimate was that it was about 4,000 kilograms, but only about half of it could be sold for money. Most of them were cheap fish. After three hours of trawling, the whole deck was not as good as the two nets. The devil scatters and reaps with great efficiency.
It was just that when he picked up a wave fish after a few random picks, he unexpectedly found a rusty thing underneath. However, the surrounding fish were all fish, and only the tip of the iceberg was exposed. He was stunned for a moment. Some of them can't figure out what they are.
Ye Yaodong reached out and plucked away the pile of fish products around him with a puzzled look on his face, only to find that the rusty unknown object underneath seemed to be quite long. After fiddling with it for a while, he found out whether any of it was exposed.
I didn't see the head or the tail. He had no choice but to continue playing with it, muttering,
"What is this? It's weird, seems to be quite long?" The boatman sorting around also heard his muttering, turned his head to take a look, and was also surprised.
"Hey, what is this? An iron pillar?" Looking at the two people's reactions, the others stood up and stretched their necks to take a look.
Chen Shi suddenly said: "Just now... the fishing... net... untie, untie, untie..."
"Oh, let me go. Stop talking and let me do it. When the fishing net was collected just now, we also saw something called rusty in the fishing net, but we only thought it was groceries pulled up from the sea. There was no If you think about it, just wait until the goods are sorted and then throw them back into the sea. "
"Dangdang... anxious... anxious... to see the devil ray..."
"Yes, at that time our attention was also focused on you collecting manta rays, so we didn't care about this thing in the fishing net. We just forgot about it and just thought about picking it up and throwing it into the sea..." Without saying anything, Ye Yaodong had already finished the whole thing. 2/3 of a thing showed its prototype from the fish. In an instant... his expression suddenly changed and he quickly stood up and took two steps back.
"Fuck..." Actually, there was still a small part of the tail that wasn't exposed, but he already knew what it was.
The other fishermen haven't reacted yet. They have so little contact with him that they rarely even read newspapers because they are illiterate and their full picture is not revealed.
But when they saw Ye Yaodong retreating with a horrified expression on his face, they also stood up and retreated with some uncertainty, and asked quickly.
"What's this?"
"What's the matter, A Dong?"
"It's a bomb...it's a missile...it's in the movie..." A fisherman stretched his neck curiously and looked at it for a long time. Suddenly he realized it and recognized it, and his expression changed drastically.
"Bomb??" The others immediately took a few steps back with horrified expressions on their faces. After this reminder, they also remembered the war movies they had watched on the mobile team. Although the videos were blurry and the missiles exploded when they landed, they still had a vague impression.
I just stretched my head and took a look. Although I couldn't see clearly, I just saw that it was all rust, but now the scene replayed in my mind suddenly felt very similar.
"Ah! It's a bomb!!!"
"Bomb!? It's over, what to do!"
"Bomb!!! How could it be a bomb?"
"Real or fake? How could a bomb be fished out from the bottom of the sea? Did you see it clearly?"
"Oh, you scared me to death. Don't say this nonsense..." Although they were skeptical on their lips, everyone was very honest in their actions. They had already retreated to the farthest bow and stern of the ship. .
If they hadn't been in the middle of the sea right now, they would have already disembarked from the boat and ran thousands of meters away.
Ye Yaodong's heart was beating wildly, and it had never skipped so fast. His eyes were staring straight at the white figure in the pile of doubts, as if a hole was about to burst out of his eyes, and the expression on his face was still one of surprise and uncertainty.
"A Dong, please tell me, is it a bomb? You were the closest just now..." He came back to his senses and took two sharp breaths. He was so shocked that he held his breath and quickly backed away. I almost forgot to take a breath, and now I was breathing heavily.
"Holy shit, I was shocked. Although the tail part hasn't been pulled out yet, if I admit it correctly, this is an aerial bomb! It was dropped by a plane, riding on a horse in the Gobi..."
"Fuck, it's hard to pull something up, but you have to drag this thing up. Isn't this too fatal?"
"Fuck you, fuck your ancestors, I just kept touching you back and forth..." Ye Yaodong opened his mouth and cursed first, and his mood calmed down a little.
After all, you have fished it out, what else can you do? Everything is at hand. When the others heard that it was definitely an aerial bomb, they became even more panicked.
"What should we do?"
"When did this fall into the sea? Will it explode?"
"It's all rusty again. It won't explode, right?"
"It has been soaked in sea water for so long, it must be broken, right?" Everyone wished that this thing was broken, and they shouted from a distance, but they were really just shouting. Even if they were asked to come closer, they still wouldn't dare.
Don’t be afraid of 10,000, just be afraid of the worst. What if everything goes well? Although the distance they are standing at is not a safe distance, if it explodes suddenly, they will still be blown to pieces, but at least they will feel safer psychologically. After all, they will not see the aerial bomb again, so they can deceive themselves.
"This was probably dropped by enemy fighter jets during the war, and then fell into the sea without exploding. I wonder if it will explode now?" Ye Yaodong still looked at the bomb carefully, recalling the feeling when he just touched it.
Is it cool? Rough matte feel? Fuck, those who don’t know are fearless. Just now they were touching back and forth, pushing away a bunch of fish and shrimps.
I don't know how much of the tail is still exposed, but it's probably only twenty or thirty centimeters. By some estimates, this aerial bomb is only about 70 centimeters long and about 10 centimeters wide. It is definitely an aerial bomb dropped by a fighter jet.
"What should we do?"
"Then what are we going to do?"
"How about throwing it back into the sea again?"
"I dare not touch..."
"I don't dare to touch it either. What if we touch one of them and it blows us to pieces?"
"Oh my God, what should I do? My ancestors, how could they catch such a thing after fishing so well?" Everyone shouted in panic.
They have watched the war movies shown by the mobile team, and they know the power of this kind of missile, which explodes when it lands. What if their hands shake and they fail to lift it steady?
It's rusty on the outside, who knows if it's broken on the inside? I don’t know which year it fell into the sea. What if the soaking time is too short?
This year is only 1985. It hasn’t been long since the war years. How many years has it been since the capital was re-opened?
There are spies everywhere.
"Call your dad, A Dong, call your dad..."
"Yes, ask the Harvest to pick us up and board the ship first. We all should stay far away first."
"Yes, yes, let's leave this ship first, safety first. Who knows whether it will explode?" Everyone said, Chen Laoqi quickly climbed up to the helm, stood on a high place, and hid The cockpit, he thought, might also be safer.
Ye Yaodong also nodded,
"Then let the Harvest come over and take you to that boat first. Safety comes first. No matter how important the fishing boat is, it is not as important as lives. I have to be responsible for your lives." It is impossible for everyone to continue working. And they were sure that no one would dare to get close to the aerial bomb, let alone throw it back into the sea, but they had to say it beautifully.
"Yes, yes, no matter how important money is, it is not as important as life. The quality of foreign products must be good, and it will not be damaged even if it is not guaranteed."
"It's better to hide first."
"Fortunately, the two boats are not far away... This is the savior..." Everyone looked at the Harvest not far away and felt much more at ease.
Ye Yaodong was also struggling there, thinking that he had to find a way to solve this bomb, and being in a stalemate like this was not the answer.
Just looking at it like this, no one knows whether this bomb is still powerful. This kind of thing needs to be solved by professionals. He just touched it because he didn't know what it was.
Seeing that the Harvest had received the message and was heading this way, he probably reluctantly came up with an idea.
Anyway, let’s send the people on the boat away first. The aerial bomb on the ground looked quite safe now. Thinking that it had just been pulled up along with the cargo in the fishing net, and that it had also hit the deck along with the fish, his heart dropped temporarily.
That would be fine. If we get closer and take a closer look, what can happen? He didn't reach out to touch it. Everyone saw him suddenly walking towards the pile of fish again and immediately called him.
"A Dong?"
"Brother Dongdongdong..."
"It's okay. It just hit the deck with the fish and it's okay. I just walked in to take a look. What can happen?"
"That's true."
"Then it shouldn't be a problem. We're all on the same boat anyway." After saying this, everyone calmed down from the panic of knowing it was an aerial bomb. If it would explode, it's not like they wouldn't explode just by looking at it. , anyway, just don’t touch it randomly.
Everyone looked at Ye Yaodong squatting next to the aerial bomb and gathered around him.
"Haha, if something happens, I know what it looks like."
"That's right. Let me take a look at it too? This long one looks very similar to a bamboo tube. It's exactly the same as in the movie. The head is pointed like this."
"It's a pity that the tail is still hidden in the fish pile."
"Can you do it?"
"I don't want it, am I looking for death? It's not like my life is too long. If I touch a place I shouldn't touch, it will blow me up. I won't have anywhere to cry."
"It's too late to cry, and it's too late to hurt."
"Stop talking nonsense, I want to live a long life." Everyone squatted next to Ye Yaodong, commenting on the aerial bomb. As they chatted, they were no longer afraid, they felt relaxed, and their eyes were full of curiosity. , anyway, you can’t see things exploding with just two eyes.
"It's not that scary when you look at it like this, it's just an iron lump."
"If you think about the power shown in the movie, if you just drop it, a big hole will be made in the ground, and all the bones will be blown away."
"This must be broken, right?"
"A Dong, what are you going to do with this thing? You have to find a way to throw this thing back into the sea, right?"
"How to throw this away? We don't dare to take action, we can only watch like this." Ye Yaodong frowned.
"I plan to dock directly and then ask the police to handle it. This kind of thing still needs to be handled by professional people. What's more, I don't know if there is any technology in this thing. What if it will be helpful to our country's military if I bring it back? Directly. It would be a pity to throw it back into the sea, and it would be difficult to retrieve it in this life.”
"That's true. No one else will ever see it, but we can actually salvage it and talk about it. We can brag about it when we get home."
"Haha, there is something worth bragging about every time I go out. I have been bragging about the 110,000 kilograms of plum fish before and the pirates I met for more than half a month."
"Me too, I can talk about this all my life, and I can still talk about it when I am old. How glorious. We can still fight pirates and catch 110,000 kilograms of Plum Tong fish in one net."
"Yes, yes, you can brag about it for a lifetime if you catch the aerial bomb."
"Is our luck good or bad? We can encounter anything." Ye Yaodong also smiled.
"If we sail the ship back and ask the police to deal with the aerial bomb, this matter might even make it into the newspapers. As long as we can dispose of it safely and hand it over to the country, we will be lucky." Everyone nodded.
"Yes, as long as everything is safe and sound, you are lucky if you encounter this. Most people will never experience it in their lifetime."
"I really want to touch it..."
"Hahaha, then you touch it. After you touch it back, you can brag again."
"Haha, let's touch it together, otherwise we won't have a chance when we get aboard the Harvest."
"Forget it, just take a look."