Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1560 Returning
It won’t be long before we can go back, and everyone is looking forward to the next few days.

Ye Yaodong felt relieved when the seafood boat arrived.

The seafood collecting ship has arrived, so this trip is considered a success. After their ships are full of cargo, they can return together. By then, they may arrive home about three or four days later than the seafood collecting ship.

Ye Yaodong also gave some instructions to the seafood collection boat, asking them to go back and inform his father that his boat was right behind him, so as to reduce his father's pressure.

It is said that his father has not had a good night's sleep since he left.

When the first shipload of goods came back, his father was stunned and began to worry. When the second shipload of goods came back, he fell to the ground and screamed, "It's terrible." When the third shipload of goods came back, his father almost collapsed and was about to cry...

It just so happens that the ships only arrive every two or three days, and the family also has two seafood collection ships of more than 30 meters in length that take turns to transport the goods of the Dongsheng and several other ships.

There are fresh-food ships docking every day, and his father already has a headache dealing with the goods at home. He also has to ship the goods back, and each ship carries hundreds of tons, so his father is really under a lot of pressure.

After most of his goods had been moved to the fresh-collecting ship, he looked at a few of his childhood friends.

Several of them had come here with the seafood collection boat, and at this moment they were all excitedly helping out inside and outside the house, and fiddling with his telescope.

He called them over, beckoned them over, and said, "Would you like to go back with the seafood boat?"

"what?"

"what?"

"We just got here, and you're asking us to go back? Didn't you say you were short of manpower and asked your father to call us back and send us over to help?"

Ye Yaodong explained that he had a new charter and would be returning in two days, so he would not need so many people.

Ah Guang cursed, "What a problem! You called us all the way here, and now you want to drive us away as soon as we get here."

Ah Zheng also cursed: "You f*cking kid, you told us to leave right after we got here. We rushed back from the sea, and then rushed back again."

Ye Yaodong explained, "This has changed. We are not going to stay at sea forever. We will go back after the warehouse is full of fish in two days. You have made a wasted trip. I will treat you to drinks and massages when I go back."

Ah Zheng: "Since we are here, you will be leaving in a few days anyway, so I will go back with your ship and not with the seafood collecting ship."

Xiao Xiao: "Yeah, now that we are here, we can help on the boat for a few days and then go back together."

A Guang: "I originally wanted to come to the deep sea to take a closer look, to see how you fish and how much you can catch in one net, so that we can learn from it and decide whether we should also get a fish as big as this when we go home."

Xiao Xiao: “That’s it!”

Ah Zheng: "You can go back in two days, that's fine, we can stay for two days, it's not long, we can go back together then."

A Guang: "We just want to see how much cargo your deep-sea net can haul, and learn from it."

Ye Yaodong said: "Since that's what you said, then you should stay. Don't miss the free labor."

Ah Guang: "Isn't it? Now that we are here, there is no reason for us to just leave. Anyway, we came out after arranging everything."

"Okay, then you guys stay here. It's quite late now. Go find a cabin to sleep in. If you don't want to sleep, help them with the work."

Ah Guang waved his hand at him, "Okay, we will find work ourselves, you go and do your thing."

Ah Zheng came up to him and said, "Are you going to lower the net? The cargo has been moved. I'll go with you to the cockpit to take a look?"

"Then I'm going too."

"I'll go too. You teach us and we can take your place..."

Ye Yaodong responded helplessly, "Okay."

He had originally planned to be on duty at night. After all, the fresh-food shipping ship had not left yet. He planned to wait until the fresh-food shipping ship had collected all the goods from the other two ships, and then give all the necessary instructions before going to rest.

Now that they are here, we can chat and cheer up at night.

It is also easy to deviate from the course when driving while fatigued. Your mind will be confused and you may not even know what you are doing.

They had just arrived at the deep sea, having taken a boat ride for two or three days. They were very excited, with too much energy to use, so Daidai from the cockpit was sent down to help him get online and learn.

After waiting for 3 hours, it was dawn. After the fresh-food shipping ship filled the warehouse with the last ship's cargo, Ye Yaodong saw it off and happily shouted with a loudspeaker.

"Comrades, hold on for a few more days. Once the warehouse is full of fish, we will set sail back."

"Wow~Oh~" the workers standing on the deck responded a few times.

He had already notified other fishing boats, and they all knew that they would return after their warehouses were full of fish, and they were all in high spirits.

Although my trip to the deep sea lasted only more than 10 days, the pressure was indeed greater than that in the near sea. The main reason was that I had no experience and was unsure, so I was always in a state of anxiety.

It's a good opportunity for us to go back in a few days so that everyone can digest the gains from this trip.

After the fresh-catch boat left, the sky began to glow red, and the net he had cast after moving the goods was about to be pulled up.

The friends below shouted at him, "When will the net be launched?"

He responded, "Now, the net is up, the net is up~"

The workers continued to respond, and then took their positions in an orderly manner, dividing the work and cooperating with each other.

There is no need to blow the whistle when collecting the net. The operation of collecting the net has little impact on the ship's maneuvering, unless the net is abnormally heavy, which restricts the ship's dynamics.

The whistle is an external signal, and the process of closing the net relies more on the ship's communication system such as the horn and coordination with the deck personnel.

There is no walkie-talkie, otherwise it would be more convenient to communicate with a walkie-talkie.

In case of emergency when collecting the net, such as the net getting stuck on the bottom or the boat tilting, it may be necessary to sound the whistle to alert the entire ship.

Or when visibility is limited, such as when fishing in foggy weather, fishing vessels may need to sound the horn to indicate movement, especially if they have three boats operating at sea at the same time and not far from each other.

In case of low visibility in foggy weather, fishing boats may get too close when operating, which may easily lead to entanglement in fishing nets.

When lowering the net, you have to sound the whistle to notify all crew members that "operation has begun" and to remind deck staff to pay attention to safety.

For example, the operation of nets and cables may bring risks. Sometimes, improper operation may cause them to be dragged into the sea along with the nets. This is a very possible and highly probable accident.

At the same time, the whistle is blown to warn nearby ships that the ship is about to enter a restricted maneuvering state.

Fishing boats will also display corresponding signal lights when fishing, and sounding the whistle can also serve as a supplement.

When Lao Xiao was collecting the nets, he came up and said, "Go and have a rest, Dongzi. You haven't slept all night. Now the fish-collecting boats are returning. We will take charge and make arrangements."

Ye Yaodong yawned, "No hurry, I'll go after I collect all the goods. It won't take a while."

"Okay then, I'll leave it to you to watch over here while we go down to give orders and help."

He nodded, his mouth yawning non-stop, and he had no mouth to speak.

Looking at the strong tea on the table, he wanted to drink it but didn't dare to. He was too sleepy at the moment, but he was afraid he would not be able to sleep if he drank it. Ye Yaodong rubbed his bloodshot eyes and continued to sit.

More than half an hour later, just when he was about to fall asleep, Ah Zheng ran up and shouted, scaring him so much that he sat up straight again after having slipped under the chair.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Ye Yaodong looked around in panic, his eyes still red, with a confused and panicked look on his face.

"I'm here. I just put the cargo down and found a shark several meters long, a tiger shark. It's not dead yet and is jumping around on the deck..."

Ye Yaodong glared at him, wiped his face with his hand and cursed: "Just kill it, why are you shouting so loudly, damn, you scared me, it's just a shark..."

"No, we killed it. We cut open its stomach and found a piece of rusty iron with letters on it. Didn't you say that anything we fish out of the sea that we don't recognize, or something strange with letters on it, is a treasure."

"I heard them say that they came here in a hurry to call you... Hey, wait for me..."

When Ah Zheng mentioned the rusty iron sheet with letters on it, Ye Yaodong had already moved, stood up soberly, and planned to go down and take a look.

The workers on the deck were doing their own work without being affected at all.

"where is it?"

Ah Guang came up and pointed it out to him, "Over there, on the processing table. Just cut open the belly, and there's a rusty piece of iron stuck inside. Rinse it with water and put it there..."

Ah Zheng walked beside him, taking him to look at the piece of iron, and kept talking.

"This piece is not small, about 40 to 50 centimeters long and more than 10 centimeters wide. It's all rusty. I don't know when it was swallowed..."

"When it was hoisted up, everyone saw the bag of goods shaking. We didn't expect it to be so big."

"When it landed on the deck, everyone was shocked. The open mouth could have swallowed us. It would have been terrible if it had taken a bite."

A Guang immediately interrupted, "I finally killed it just now. I took a tape measure and it was 4 meters long. This is the first time I have seen a tiger shark so close."

Ah Zheng: "As soon as the net was untied, the fish kept jumping around. We thought it was out of water, so it jumped around like that. Now I think it might be because there was a piece of iron in its stomach and it was feeling uncomfortable."

"It was not easy to kill it after it was gutted. We couldn't kill it for a long time. We killed it on the deck and watched it move around with its teeth bared. Everyone was afraid that it would bite off an arm. Did you see the commotion just now?"

Ye Yaodong responded without even raising his head, "I'm already dozing off, why are you still reading?"

He was holding a long piece of iron in his hand. The edges were completely rusted, and only an English letter in the middle was clear.

If this tiger shark wasn't big enough and its stomach wasn't large enough, it might not have been able to swallow such a long piece of iron.

And only tiger sharks will swallow this. Other sharks don't eat garbage. Tiger sharks sometimes eat garbage when eating.

It can bite off and grind very hard objects. Sometimes it can chew up garbage thrown into the sea or even wooden boards on a ship. If a person is bitten by it, it can be very serious and life-threatening.

It must have been quite difficult for everyone to subdue it just now.

Xiaoxiao watched them gather together and came over to say, "A bunch of people are chasing this shark, they're afraid they'll catch it in vain and it'll slip back into the sea. It's so big, they don't dare get close to it, and it's hard to kill it even with a knife..."

Several people took turns talking to each other.

"We could only beat it with sticks and prevent it from sliding into the sea. It took a lot of effort and more than half an hour to grind it to death. We were exhausted."

"The fishing nets in the sea were all stuck, and there was no time to pull the fish out. Fortunately, I killed it. Otherwise, if it had escaped, it would have been really depressing..."

"The fishing nets are all torn, and fish keep coming out. It's hard to mend them now, and it takes time. I can only make do with it and mend it when I get back..."

Ye Yaodong flipped through the pages, and even flicked his fingers. The secrets of this sea area were far more important than the catch.

Ah Xiao felt that he was very experienced, very knowledgeable, and seemed to know a lot, so he carefully sought confirmation out of doubt.

"Did you see what was going on?"

"No, it's so corroded that it looks like the remains of shell fragments from the war."

"Yes, this is not a war time, where do these missile and artillery shell fragments come from?"

"Keep it. I'll hand it over to Lin Guangyuan later along with the frilled shark I caught a few days ago to report to my superiors."

"is that useful?"

"I don't know. How would I know if it's useful? Anyway, since we've caught it, we can just hand it over together with the frilled shark. It's useless to us anyway."

Lao Xiao looked regretful, "If this was a whole shell, it would be great, but this fragment is useless."

"Keep it." Ye Yaodong patted the shrapnel in his palm, then looked around, "Where's the tiger shark?"

A Guang replied, "It has been carried to the freezer."

"I'll go take a look. You guys go about your business. You don't have to follow me."

The pile of goods hasn't been sorted yet. Everyone was busy just taking care of this tiger shark, mainly because it was big and ferocious, and they were afraid that it would jump up and bite back if it wasn't dead.

Ah Guang waved his hand to drive them away. "Go help somewhere else. You have delayed a lot of things just now. Someone has to watch the cockpit too. I will take Dongzi to check it out."

"alright."

This tiger shark was so big that it could only be placed on the ground in the freezer. As soon as he walked in, he saw this big guy.

Its whole body is covered with rough scales with a bluish-gray metallic luster. There are many barnacles parasitizing on its body, as well as white scars left by the barnacles. There are also many traces of wounds on its body.

At this time, there were still red bloodstains under its abdomen. Its sharp serrated teeth, each of which was a laterally flattened triangle, were bared fiercely. You could tell how ferocious it was just by looking at it. No wonder it was called the tiger of the sea.

Just by looking at its teeth, you can tell that it has extremely strong aggressiveness and hunting ability. It can even eat turtles with thick shells on their backs. Its teeth are really good.

Ye Yaodong touched his back and it was so rough that he felt like his hand was going to be cut and bleed.

“It’s this big.”

"Yeah, it's very difficult to kill it. It bit me and my whole arm was gone. I don't know if I can sell it for a good price if I drag it back."

"It may not be sold. It will probably be hauled away with the debris. Whatever, never mind. Let's haul it back first."

As he spoke, he squatted down and touched the tiger shark's teeth, gesturing with his fingers. Each tooth was as big as the first joint of his thumb.

Ah Guang also squatted down with him and said, "This mouth is bigger than my head even when it's opened."

"I'll open its mouth and you put your head in to compare it. I'll see if it's bigger than your head."

"Hehe...then try to pry it apart and take a picture for me."

"You are beautiful."

After looking at it, Ye Yaodong stood up and prepared to leave.

Ah Guang followed him closely and said, "I'm serious. You can ask someone to come over and drag him out, then pry his mouth open and put my head in. Then you can take a picture for me... just take one..."

"You are full and have nothing better to do. Do you think I am full and have nothing better to do? Don't you want to do anything?"

"Haha, isn't this what you suggested?"

"I was just saying it casually, but you took it seriously? Why don't you try to pry its teeth apart first? It's easy for you to say that." Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes at him and said unhappily.

"Can't you open it?"

"It's already dead, why are you trying to pry it apart? Why don't you reach out to it while it's still alive and open its mouth?"

"I'm not stupid."

"Okay, you go ahead and get busy. I'm going to sleep now, ha~"

Ye Yaodong yawned loudly again and stretched himself, thinking that it would be better to go back early. He was exhausted from this trip, more tired than anyone else.

Everyone else could still think that they didn't have to worry and could sleep peacefully because he was around, but he had to sleep with one eye open for fear that something might happen. Especially on the days when it rained heavily, he didn't sleep much at all and was always tense.

Ah Guang also stretched with him, "We should go to bed too. We have been up all night and we are sleepy."

"It's up to you."

Over the next few days, the weather was nice and clear, nothing went wrong, and no one called him, so he was able to handle it well.

When his fish warehouse was almost full, he called out to other fishing boats and fed them a few times.

"Did you hear that? All ships please report the full warehouse situation."

"One more boat from boat number 2 and the net will be full."

"Boat No. 3 has almost caught all the nets."

Ye Yaodong added: "My warehouse is full, so don't delay the No. 2 ship. Just do the finishing work and we'll be done. Once the No. 3 ship is ready, please report and we'll set off back immediately."

"receive."

Ye Yaodong's nets had just been pulled up, and they were still being sorted while being hoisted. A large net was still floating in the sea, and it could not be pulled up until all the goods were hoisted. It was just the right time to do some finishing work while the other boats were not ready yet.

Ah Guang ran up and asked, "Dongzi, after we collect the net, shall we go back?"

"Correct."

"That's awesome! If you sell this cargo back home, you'll probably get at least 10 yuan, right?"

"It's pretty much the same."

He felt that it might be more than that. The price of fish has risen this year, and some of these deep-sea fish are not cheap either.

"Damn, I got rich, and it's only been three days?"

"Why else would I want to build such a big ship? Isn't it profitable and profitable? Otherwise, why would I take such a big risk and go to the deep sea?"

"You've made a lot of money. In a month, won't you get back the money you invested in this boat?"

"Not really. Coming so far is expensive, but it's true that I can make money."

I wrote this during the intermission. My legs are numb from kneeling. I just finished writing and have to kneel again. I guess it will take until 8 or 9 in the evening.