Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1009: Finding the Sunken Cargo Ship (7000 words)
When Ye's father saw that he had just entered the water and had not sunk for a long time, he knew that he was very cold and was trying to adapt to the water temperature. Since he had already gone down, he did not bother to ask him to come up.

But what I didn’t expect was that he came up again just after he went into the water.

"How's it going, Dongzi?"

Ye Yaodong took off the mask covering his face and said, "There's nothing underneath. Drive a little further ahead and have a look."

"Toss, then you come up first."

He had already swam up to us, and everyone reached out and pulled him up.

As soon as he got on the boat, he was blown by the sea breeze and was dazed. He almost fell to the ground, but he didn't feel cold.

The ice water compressed the blood pressure in the body to the point where it boiled, the skin became bright red, and the whole body was steaming hot. There was not a single bit of coldness, and the body was warm, just like being lost in a blizzard and finding a wooden house with a roaring fire and warming up.

At this moment, Ye Yaodong felt like a hero and had a great sense of accomplishment.

Winter swimming, he has accomplished another feat. Only a person with great willpower would dare not go into the water, let alone jump directly like he did.

But once the fishing boat started moving, the sea breeze became stronger, and the sea water on our bodies began to freeze us to the bone.

He felt his body start to get cold from the inside out. After adapting to the sea water, he felt somewhat warm.

Thinking that he would have to go back into the water after coming up and it would be impossible to find it in one go, he did not prepare clothes to wrap himself up in advance.

Fortunately, the coordinates were nearby, and his father only drove a short distance before stopping immediately.

Ye Yaodong also understood and jumped into the water again, and the same bone-chilling feeling enveloped him again.

It's truly chilling, not just talk.

It felt like countless needles were piercing his body, especially his chest. At first, it was as piercing as a piece of ice. He howled silently in the water, his face distorted, and his hands and feet moved at the same time. Slowly, his chest began to warm up again.

At this time, the whole body slowly feels warm, and the surrounding water wraps around the body, like an invisible, pressure-free, extremely warm and comfortable blanket wrapped around the body, giving a hot feeling.

The warm feeling I had just had in the water came back.

After feeling relieved, he quickly dived underwater again.

Not knowing how long he would have to stay in the water, he planned to make quick decisions, go down to take a look, and come out after confirming everything.

After all, I don’t know how many times I will have to go into the water to find the place. If I delay too long, my hands and feet will become numb, as if they are not my own. After all, it is early spring now.

He also didn't dive too deep, only about three or five meters, and after seeing nothing, he came up again.

Then he asked his father to try to shift left and right. The coordinates were just a vague location. It was easy to find a fishing boat on the sea. After all, as long as the direction was correct, you would be able to see its shadow when you reached the coordinate sea area.

It is difficult to see clearly underwater, so if you want to find something underwater, you have to go into the water and explore even if you know where it is. The reason why reefs are called reefs is that they are not visible above the water.

He could only try a few more times using the stupid method. If he really couldn't find it before dark, he could just give up.

Ye's father was walking around, and Ye Yaodong went into the water three times in a row before he was surprised to find a reef in the left front of him.

And because he went into the water many times, although only to a depth of three to five meters each time, and apart from adapting to the water temperature, he would come up after diving for a minute or two at most, but this was also extremely exhausting. After getting on the boat, he sat directly on the deck like a dead dog.

"Forget it if you can't find it. The hot water is ready. Hurry up and wipe yourself down first to avoid catching a cold."

"Please help me get some hot water." He sat there, wearing his coat, panting.

"Someone of you go and exchange the money. I'll go drive the boat, and two of you will prepare to lower the net. Fortunately, it only delayed us for two hours. I told you not to bother, but you insisted on going into the water. How can you feel comfortable in this cold weather?"

As Mr. Ye was about to walk towards the cockpit, Ye Yaodong quickly stopped him.

"Wait a minute, I found the reef, it's 10 meters to the left, don't move, just wait here, I'll take a hot bath, eat something, take a breath, and rest for half an hour."

Father Ye stopped in surprise and asked, "Did they really find it for you?"

He didn't want to talk, so he just responded softly.

"Have you seen the boat? There is a reef underneath. We don't know how deep or how big it is. If it is only a small piece, then the fishing boat will slide directly to the bottom of the sea. Your efforts will be in vain. The water is at least one or two hundred meters deep..."

"Don't say such discouraging words. I finally found it with great difficulty, and you are still here grumbling."

Father Ye glanced at him helplessly and immediately shut up. The son is no longer under the control of his father.

After the workers helped Ye Yaodong prepare hot water and put it in the cabin, he went in to take a hot bath, put on his clothes, and curled up in the quilt to relax.

He was so comfortable that he almost fell asleep. Fortunately, he took a nap and woke up alertly.

But because I had found the place, I felt that I had over-persevered. Now, lying comfortably in bed, I recalled the horrible feeling when I went into the water. I shuddered again and backed off a little.

Swimming in winter just once is not that scary. The scariest thing is that some people can persist in winter swimming non-stop. That kind of perseverance is really extraordinary, they can be considered gods.

They stayed in this area without moving, and the Harvest didn't go far away. When he went into the water to search a few times, Father Ye had already contacted Uncle Pei and talked to him about it.

Then after the harvest, they would stay nearby and wait, working on the side, until a net was pulled up, and then they would sail towards them.

Just in time, he came out of the cabin wrapped in his cotton-padded jacket, and saw the boat next to him. His father was talking to Uncle Pei.

There was only a narrow gap in the middle, and the fishing boats were swaying in the waves, colliding with each other from time to time and separating from time to time.

No wonder he lay in bed for a long time, took a nap, and took a shower. At least half an hour had passed, and his father didn't come in to check on him.

He quickly walked over and greeted, "Uncle Pei."

"You young people are really brave. You dare to jump into the sea in such a cold day."

"Too greedy, I don't want to let go of anything."

"Have you rested?" asked Ye's father.

"I just took a nap and I feel much better." He looked at Pei's father again, "Uncle, aren't you going to continue trawling?"

"I just pulled up a net and came over to take a look. Don't be in a hurry. Stay here for a while and see what you can bring up after you go into the water."

"Just kidding, I'm just taking a gamble. Who knows if there's anything there? If not, I'll just treat it as an experience of winter swimming and diving."

Father Ye added, "Why don't you rest for a while or take a nap? It's still daylight anyway, and you must be tired after going into the water several times just now."

"I'll just eat something and sit for a while."

Even though it's only a little past 2 o'clock, it's only three hours until dark, and there's only so much he can do in these three hours. He can't just keep going up and down in the sea without stopping.

Besides, it's just a matter of time. We have already touched the reef. If we go down and take a look, we will immediately know whether we can reach the fishing boat.

There is always a large pot of seafood warming in the pot, but the sword shrimps have turned white after being warm for too long. But as long as they can be eaten, no one is that picky.

He picked up a big one and peeled it with his mouth. The shrimp meat was fresh and chewy, tender and delicious, and the shell was easy to peel. It is one of the most popular seafoods nowadays, and the price is also very attractive. It is much more expensive than crabs and shrimp mushrooms, and also more expensive than ordinary fish.

In this big pot, there are the most remaining crabs, and they are also the largest. No one is too lazy to peel them, but they are quite fat, so no one wants to throw them directly into the sea. If you remember, you can still peel the shells and suck some meat.

Many times, people are quite contradictory animals. If they clearly don't want to eat it, they can throw it away while it is raw to avoid wasting firewood. But if they don't cook it, they always feel it is a waste. Then after cooking it and finding that no one eats it and it is left there, they will be willing to throw it away.

He ate a little bit and then moved a chair to sit next to his father and the others.

"Dad, did your boat move ten meters to the left front as I told you just now?"

"It moved. Didn't you hear the engine sound?"

"I heard it while taking a shower, but who knows if you heard the direction I said."

Father Pei couldn't help but interrupt: "Dongzi, where did you get that diving equipment? Is it convenient to get? Otherwise, can you help me get a set?"

"I can't get it. Mine was discarded in the army. It's not that easy to get. It also depends on connections. If I can get a few more sets, I will definitely buy two more for myself."

He made up a story and then stood up to pour himself a cup of hot tea, which could warm his hands, rinse his mouth and quench his thirst.

Pei's father had asked him about this once before when they were catching sea urchins in Zhejiang Province, and he had just given an evasive answer.

Pei's father had also heard that he had a good relationship with some director in the county. The director had only come to their house for dinner on the few occasions he came. He had never set foot in the homes of the village cadres, but only in his house. Even the motorcycle in his house was given to him by others.

With this kind of relationship, you can indeed get a lot of good things that others can't get.

His face was filled with regret. "What a pity! Otherwise, we could have gotten another set. One more person could have gone into the water to look after us. The seabed is so dangerous. There were a lot of big fish and man-eating sharks before. One person is not as safe as two."

"It's okay. I'm already familiar with it. I'll be careful."

"Young people are brave enough to fight and take risks, and their ideas are bolder. Old people like us would never dare to have such ideas. Now, if you ask me to stretch out my arm, I wouldn't even dare to do that."

"Haha~"

Ye Yaodong blew on the hot tea a few times and sipped it slowly without saying anything. Instead, he listened to his father taking over the conversation and chatting with Uncle Pei.

There is no roar of machinery when the fishing boat is anchored at sea, but everyone's voices can be heard clearly without having to shout.

After he drank the bowl of hot tea, his whole body felt hot. After he was full, he absorbed the heat from the food and his body gradually warmed up.

After sitting and resting for a while, listening to their conversation, and looking at the watch on his hand which showed 50 minutes, he decided that he couldn't procrastinate any longer and would rather die early and be reborn. He stood up and said, "I'm going to go in the water again. Is there still hot water in the pot?"

"Yes, I'll ask them to add some more water and boil more."

He really couldn't bear to take off his clothes. It was so comfortable to sit there. If there was no gain, then he was really asking for trouble.

He was just one step away from success, so he didn't hesitate and decisively took off his cotton coat, cotton pants, sweater, and even his autumn clothes. He put on only a pair of boxer shorts and did warm-up exercises over and over again with his naked body.

Then he put on the mask and fins, took a deep breath, and jumped into the sea again with decisiveness.

His warm body was instantly invaded by the cold sea water, and the familiar feeling surged into his heart again. He forced himself to restrain himself, and after the initial excitement had subsided, he felt comfortable afterwards.

It's only slightly worse than wrapping yourself in a bed on a boat. No wonder there are so many winter swimming enthusiasts. They probably just love this feeling.

The people on the two boats shuddered when they saw him jumping into the sea naked, but their expressions were still one of admiration.

"Adong deserves to be rich... How cruel, jumping down like that..."

"He has jumped several times..."

"It's good to be young..."

The people on the boat were chatting and waiting, while he under the water quickly adapted and slowly dived down, and the reef was right in front of him.

But at this point in time, the sky was grey and covered with thick clouds. The sky was not that bright, and even the light reflected in the sea was grey, with visibility less than three meters.

But it can also help him avoid hitting reefs.

He swam carefully downwards, and soon he was looking down with eyes full of surprise.

He discovered it after only two minutes of diving. When he saw a section of the bow that was raised, he suddenly felt like he was injected with chicken blood and was full of motivation.

It was great to be able to find the boat. It was worth it for him to endure the icy sea water and jump into the water again and again.

He approached slowly, ignoring the small fish and shrimps swimming around, and then circled around the fishing boat for a while before he discovered it.

The ship was stuck between two reefs that protruded from the seabed. It was stuck tightly, so the stern was pointing downwards and the bow was tilted upwards, and the bottom of the ship was hollow.

The support that allows it to get stuck comes entirely from the reefs on both sides. The reefs on both sides are like a thread of sky, only slightly wider than a thread of sky.

He thought that it probably wouldn't take long, because due to the tilt angle and the wave fluctuations, the ship would continue to sink to the bottom of the sea, and then sink heavily to the bottom of the sea, like many other sunken ships, never to see the light of day again.

It's only now that the ship has sunk for two days, and the sea water still has buoyancy, so it can still hold the ship and prevent it from falling down.

It had not been long since he went into the water and he did not feel any discomfort. He also wanted to finish the battle quickly, so he aimed directly at the location of the fishing boat and swam slowly over.

Not only was the bow of this fishing boat pointing upwards, but the side of the boat was also tilted. He didn't have to stand on the boat when he approached with his flippers swaying.

The ship was empty, everything was gone, everything that could fall into the sea had fallen into the sea, only the machinery was fixed and locked on the deck, so everything was still there.

The structure of every ship is similar, and the cabin and cockpit are basically located near the stern. He touched the cabin door directly with familiarity.

The hatch was not locked, but was fastened there with an iron handle, which was easily unlocked.

However, he did not dare to open the door directly. He was afraid that the cargo inside was different from the boxes piled on the deck before and had no buoyancy. Once the hatch was opened, all the cargo would roll out and sink to the bottom of the sea.

Then he was out of options. He didn't know how deep it was, and his current position was almost at the limit. All his efforts would be in vain.

If there was buoyancy, he would not be afraid. Once the hatch was opened, all the boxes would float up. Anyway, there were only two ships on the sea. If his father saw boxes floating up, he would definitely call on everyone to salvage them together.

He held the iron handle in his hand and hesitated for a while, whether to float up first or open it directly. After hesitating for a while, he had no other choice.

It was not very convenient to move underwater, let alone to prevent the items in the cabin from rolling out. As soon as he opened it and the things inside rolled out, he would be pushed away in minutes.

Moreover, because the ship was tilting, shaking and falling over, the cargo inside must have been in a mess. Probably all the cargo that could be pressed against the back of the hatch should have been pressed against the back. If it was opened, it would surely roll out and nothing could be done to stop it.

It was just a fleeting thought, and after thinking about it, he hardened his heart, gritted his teeth, and pulled the iron plate in his hand back.

Before he could react, the boxes against the back of the cabin door rolled out, and he was also pushed back by the impact of the cabin door.

Boxes one after another rolled out like dumplings, and then immediately floated up slowly.

Ye Yaodong was overjoyed. As long as it didn't sink, it didn't matter what was inside. As long as it could float up, he would let them rely on their luck and catch as much as they could.

He immediately swung his flippers and followed the boxes that were floating up one by one as they were washed by the waves, regardless of the fact that some were still floating out of the cabin, because they would all float up eventually.

Father Ye kept stretching his neck and staring into the water, fearing that something might happen to his third son. The cold sea water in early spring is not a joke. If a leg cramps or the blood pressure rises and he can't move, then it's all over.

Father Pei also comforted him, "Dongzi is familiar with the route, and it's not his first time in the water, so there's nothing to worry about. Hasn't he been down there many times before? If there was anything wrong, he would have come up directly, and he's probably still investigating down there, so we can just wait here with peace of mind."

Father Ye had no desire to speak, he just nodded.

The boatmen were also curiously chatting and waiting on the deck.

This time, his trip took longer than his previous ones, and many people thought that he would just go down for a few minutes and come up again as usual.

Everyone looked at the sea, but instead of seeing anyone, they saw a box suddenly floating on the sea.

And they floated up one after another, some floated very far away, some were right next to us, some were far away, some were near, and they were moving swayingly with the beating of the waves.

"Box! There's a box!"

"Look! There's a box..."

“There are so many boxes…”

"Ye Lao San, Ye Lao San, there are so many boxes..."

"My dear, it must have been brought up by Dongzi!" Pei's father also widened his eyes in surprise, and then shouted excitedly, "Quick, salvage it quickly. This is similar to the box that floated out the night the cargo ship sank. It must have been opened by Dongzi..."

There was a splashing sound of water, and Ye Yaodong also floated to the surface. He immediately took off the air tube on his face and shouted to his father, "Hurry up and salvage it, don't let it float away!"

Father Ye also quickly recovered from his surprise and shouted to the boatman, "Hurry up and get the bamboo poles and fishing nets. Use hooks and nets... Don't miss any floating boxes. Pull them out from nearby areas first..."

No one waited for him to speak. As soon as Ye Yaodong finished speaking, everyone started moving.

He immediately took out a bamboo pole that was always available on the boat, one end of which had a hook tied to it.

Father Pei hesitated for a moment, and then quickly called on the boatmen to salvage the boat, to prevent it from really drifting away, which would be a pity.

Ye Yaodong saw that the people on the two boats started to move, so he slowly swam towards the fishing boat, and then slowly climbed up. There were more boxes on the sea.

The man with quick hands and feet had already fished up a box and thrown it on the deck, then turned around to fish out another one.

He was naked, with his hands on his hips, panting, "Try to get as much as you can, and don't miss any of them. If there's anything good in the box, I'll give each of you a red envelope."

The best way to treat employees is to give them red envelopes. Ye Yaodong is not a stingy person. As long as he can make a lot of money and get great benefits, the people around him will definitely not treat him unfairly.

Besides, being a boatman is already a hard job. Everyone is working hard for him. While he gets the benefits, he cannot leave others behind.

If these boxes were all canned fish and caviar, then he would have made a fortune. The worst thing could not be worse than these things.

The boatmen were instantly energized as if they had been injected with chicken blood. They became happier and worked even harder. Who doesn’t love money?

Although doing these things at sea is what they are supposed to do, the extra red envelopes have greatly increased everyone's enthusiasm.

While Ye Yaodong was gasping for breath, one box after another floated up, all of which had rolled out from the open hatch below.

At a glance, there were boxes floating everywhere on the sea, and almost everyone on the boat had salvaged a box, and were still working hard to salvage it.

Those boxes looked like tofu puffs in a frying pan.

He smiled comically, feeling the sea breeze was a little chilly. After sneezing three times, he quickly put on his cotton-padded jacket. After he recovered, he immediately went to get some hot water, ready to give himself a hot bath before coming back to help.

Anyway, there are so many people involved in the salvage operation, and he has gone into the water many times, so he still has to take care of himself first.

The Harvest next door is also salvaging there at the same time, and we don’t know what rules we will use in a while?
Is this considered public or personal? And he spent half a day trying to find the location, repeatedly diving into the water, and he also risked his life to go into the sea to open the hatch.

He was bathing and thinking that it was impossible for the Harvest to swallow up the fruits of his labor.

We have to improvise and discuss how to divide the goods on the Harvest later. We can't not give them away. Whoever sees it gets a share, and they have helped.

His thoughts were spreading out, and he didn't stop bathing.

After his body warmed up again, he put on his clothes and hurried out to help again.

More than ten boxes had been salvaged from the deck, and those nearby were out of reach. When Ye's father saw him put on his clothes and come out of the cabin, he quickly called him to the cockpit to steer the boat closer to the boxes floating on the sea ahead to make it easier for them to salvage them.

It just so happened that he had already expended too much energy underwater, so he didn't need to do this kind of work. He could just sit in the cockpit and help drive the boat.

After Ye Yaodong responded, he pulled up the anchor that had been lowered into the sea, then looked at the direction, returned to the cockpit and drove towards the scattered boxes in front.

Everybody was busy salvaging, and no one was checking to see if there were more boxes floating on the sea. They were just watching the boxes drifting farther and farther away as they were washed by the waves and blown by the sea breeze.

The Harvest was more anxious than them and had already driven the boat forward a short distance to retrieve the boxes.

The two boats were racing. The boatmen on his boat took off their cotton jackets so as not to be restricted in their movements. They were all very active.

On the contrary, the enthusiasm of the Harvest for salvaging was relatively low.

Ye Yaodong drove the boat forward a little bit and then immediately stopped the boat and went down to the deck to help.

Forty to fifty minutes had passed from the time he went into the water to the time he finished his shower and came out to help. It was almost four o'clock, and it would be less than two hours before dark.

Everyone needs to be quick and salvage what can be salvaged quickly, as it will be difficult to salvage after dark.

The moonlight was weak, and there was only an orange light on the fishing boat. Even with the headlamp, I couldn't see too far.

Time is money, and this is really the perfect interpretation at this time.

It would cost more than a hundred yuan to get one more box.

The boxes were all fished out of the sea with water in them, so it was hard to estimate their weight. After Ye Yaodong fished one out, he couldn't be sure what was inside even when he held it in his hands, whether it was the same can of fish as last time.

All we can be sure of is that the two boxes look exactly the same and are the same size.

I was 80% sure that it was canned fish.

He just threw it on the deck, and then opened it after dark when there was nothing left to catch. He had definitely made a profit, it was just a matter of how much. It was canned fish, so he made a fortune.

He was not worried about the issue of taking action at all. It seemed that this little leader of Linji was no pushover. He would probably eat such good stuff as canned fish in one bite with surprise.

If it was caviar, he would have to process it, at least pick it out separately and tear off the label on the outer packaging first...

He shook his head and quickly got rid of the thought in his mind. Now was not the time to think about this.

If I had known to wake up earlier in the afternoon, I might have had more time to salvage.

Everyone on the deck was busy salvaging, but it did not affect their conversation at all.

"Adong, these boxes all floated out of the cabin, right? What else is inside?"

"I don't know. All the goods were blocked behind the hatch. When I opened it, I was pushed out. Then the boxes rolled out one by one and floated upwards. I was in a hurry and hurried up."

(End of this chapter)