Catch the sea: start with a sand shovel and take over the entire beach

This night is very long. I believe that the people on the boat will never forget this night even when they grow old.

Perhaps, some people will sit on the reclining chairs and brag to their grandchildren, "Back then, your grandfather once ran against a tornado and was almost blown to the Heavenly Palace."

Zhao Qin looked at his watch. It was already around seven in the morning. On a normal day, he would have already finished appreciating the sunrise over the sea.

But today, the sky is still gloomy, as if it is almost dawn but has not yet fully brightened.

"What should we do?" The old cat was at a loss and looked at Zhao Qin.

"Just in case, let's wait and see."

After a while, Du Xi jumped over and said, "The cooking utensils on our boat are still there, but the basins are gone."

"That's fine. Let's heat something up and see if we can find some snail shells to use as bowls on the island. After we finish eating, we can take a rest and leave when the weather gets better. Brother Xi, have you checked the equipment?"

"It's not too late yet." Du Xi said, calling A Ming for help. The two began to remove the rain cover and check the circuit at the same time.

More than an hour later, after Lao Du finished the inspection, the news was good and all the equipment was almost unaffected.

"Go, pull the boat to the west, we'll find some snail shells to use as bowls, there shouldn't be strong winds there."

Zhao Qin said impatiently. Looking for something was one reason, but another reason was that he felt a little panicked for no reason and kept staring at the steep mountain above his head.

Everyone started to untie the ropes that bound them together, and the engines of the two ships started working almost at the same time. The island was not large, so it was quickly moved to the west.

The boat stopped again and everyone started looking for all the tools they could use.

Fortunately, we found a lot of large oyster shells, which can be washed and used as bowls. Forget about chopsticks and forks and spoons, as there is not even a decent plant on this broken island.

Can only be caught with hands.

It is not too troublesome to cook. Just boil water, then cook the instant noodles, and then pour some cleaned shrimps into it.

After eating, Achen brought a pot of boiling water from next door and said, "Brother Qin, you can make tea."

"Okay, I'll make some..." Where's the cup?

Damn, I couldn’t even find a cup, so I simply grabbed a handful of tea leaves, threw them directly into the pot, let them soak for a while, and then used the only remaining spoon to pour them into the bag of instant noodles.

"Bring buckets next time." He muttered. If it were buckets, at least there would be no shortage of bowls now.

By noon, the sky seemed to be clearing up.

Just when everyone on the boat was completely relaxed and thinking about going home soon, Zhao Qin looked up and found that the reef beside him seemed to shake.

I thought it was my eyes that were blurring out, but the next moment the boat seemed to be shaking.

storm?

I felt the wind and found that there wasn't much of it. I looked up to confirm and saw that the whole island seemed to be dancing, rising and falling.

"Earthquake, everyone, hurry into the cabin." The old cat reacted faster and shouted to remind everyone.

Everyone then belatedly realized what was happening and rushed into the cabin. Zhao Qin took three or two steps and stood on the steps of the wheelhouse, but the next moment he was squeezed in by the old cat.

"Don't stand outside. It will be troublesome if you are hit by falling rocks."

Tong Jiashu's performance was a little calmer than when he faced the tornado. At this moment, he still wanted to curse, "Sai Lin's mother, are you done yet?"

Normally, if you can see the whole island shaking, the earthquake should be quite large, but on the boat, affected by the buoyancy of the seawater, the hull is relatively flexible, which offsets most of the shaking.

This means that if an earthquake really occurs, if other factors are not considered, it will be safer to be on a ship on the sea than on an island.

The old cat still had a lingering fear on his face. "Fortunately, fortunately, thanks to Aqin for turning the boat over here. If he was still hiding where he was last night, I wouldn't dare to think about it."

The place where they stayed last night was above a pure stone island about 30 to 40 meters high.

If such a strong earthquake caused the top to collapse and huge rocks to fall, the two ships might have been sunk directly.

Zhao Qin was speechless. He felt that after experiencing the tornado, everyone's mentality had changed a lot and they became calm in the face of the earthquake.

The time was very short, only one or two minutes, and the shock completely disappeared.

But Lao Mao and Tong Jiashu, both experienced fishermen, knew that the real danger had not yet arrived.

The old cat walked onto the deck, kicked away a small stone beside him, looked at the hull and the surrounding water, and frowned even more deeply.

The next moment, I jumped directly onto the reef next to me, and climbed to the highest point of the island using my hands and feet.

Although Zhao Qin didn't understand, he followed closely.

The earthquake did have some impact on the island, and a hole was created in the middle.

A natural gorge was formed in this way, but the gorge did not reach the sea level, and was less than the height of two people. It looked like a huge pit dug by humans.

The two of them carefully avoided it and climbed to the highest point.

Standing on a high point, the old cat stared towards the northeast without blinking.

"Aqin, did you find anything?"

Zhao Qin was also watching, and said uncertainly, "Strange, the tide is rising at this point, and the rise seems very strong, am I seeing things?"

"You're not mistaken. The water level is rising all the time. This is really troublesome." The old cat pointed to the distance again.

Zhao Qin followed the direction of his finger and looked far away. He saw rows of waves, one higher than the other, slowly approaching. What surprised him was that these waves were very neat.

It's just like harvesting rice and wheat in a threshing yard, with rows of grains cut out by humans.

"Brother Cat, the sea water seems to be a little white."

The old cat also noticed it and said, "Let's go back."

Zhao Qin didn't understand what was going on, so he had to follow and carefully return to the boat. The old cat shouted to everyone, "Move everything that can be used into the rudder cabin, and move quickly."

Lao Tong noticed that Lao Mao sounded anxious, so he walked closer and asked, "Will you come?"

"pretty close."

The old cat coughed and then explained to Zhao Qin, "It is easy for a tsunami to occur after an earthquake at sea. Although it is not 100% certain, the characteristics we just saw are all signs of a tsunami. Qin, we have to abandon the ship."

The last sentence seemed to be said with great pain.

For a fisherman, it is inevitable that he would cherish his operating boat, as it is the foundation of his survival. But now, for the sake of everyone's safety, he has to make a decision.

"Tsunami?" Zhao Qin seemed to have just reacted and immediately said, "Hurry, let's go up to that big hole above. We can take shelter there. If the boat is gone, we can just buy another one."

Hearing him say this, Lao Mao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but still ordered people to tie the two boats tightly to the nearby reef and throw the anchor chains to the edge of the reef.

About ten minutes after the earthquake ended, Lao Mao asked everyone to stop all work and run to the island.

If there really was a tsunami, it would have hit by now.

The old cat was the last one to go down into the pit. The pit was very big, but everyone was now huddled in a corner. Someone couldn't help shaking again. Everyone seemed to have made a mistake and was now waiting for God's verdict.

Almost without any warning, the wind blew over, bringing with it sea clouds.

The water drops hit their bodies like bullets. Everyone subconsciously lowered their heads to the wall and used their backs to resist.

The pain was so severe that one wanted to scream, but he couldn't do so because if he opened his mouth even slightly, the bitter sea water would flow into it.

The ground beneath my feet seemed to be shaking again, and there were earth-shaking explosions in my ears, hitting my eardrums one after another.

Zhao Qin could bear the pain in his back, but what he couldn't bear was that he couldn't breathe.

He tried to cover his mouth and nose with his hands, but it seemed as if he had fallen to the bottom of the sea and there was no air around him.