"Pull up, pull up!" cried an elderly fisherman, and two men behind him, topless, pulled the nets full of fish and shrimp out of the water.

Fresh fish and shrimp were churning in the cabin, and the fishermen carried the wood pulp in their hands and rummaged in it, and a golden thing suddenly appeared.

"It's gold!" shouted and pounced, unaware that several fish and shrimp had been trampled to pieces in their ecstasy.

A gold brick is one kilogram, which is equivalent to nearly 250,000 according to the market price. For these ordinary people who have been fishing for a long time, it is tantamount to a windfall from heaven, which is almost worth their lifetime savings.

"Treasure land, what a treasure land!" the old fisherman smiled from ear to ear as he held the heavy gold brick in both hands.

"Huh, what's it?" the juniors next to him suddenly shouted, and several people looked back, and their faces changed.

Among the piles of fish and shrimp that had just been caught in the cabin, I don't know what was rushing through it, like a trapped hare rampaging in a cage, and even a few fish were directly smashed by this strange thing.

"Water snakes. The old fisherman glanced at it hurriedly and said nonchalantly. Then his gaze retracted, and he continued to rest on the gold brick in his hand.

A young man leaned over and flipped with his oars: "How can the water snake be so fast, stop it!

As the words fell, a vague black shadow suddenly jumped up, this little thing was not very large, at best the size of a palm, but the speed was amazing, and the body crossed a black shadow in mid-air, and jumped straight out of the boat.

The young man habitually reached out to block it, and was about to block it back, only to feel that his palm touched a slippery and greasy thing, and the surface seemed to be pimple, which gave people a rather uncomfortable feeling. Immediately afterward, there was another sharp stinging pain, as if a needle had been pierced into the palm of the hand.

With a scream, his palm quickly shrank back, and the dexterous little guy plunged into the water with a pop, splashing a circle of fine ripples.

The young man scolded his mother, sat in the cabin, and grinned in pain. A few people around him leaned over to look at it, and they couldn't help but change color slightly, and at this moment, on the palm of the young man's hand, there was a hideous bloody wound, dripping with blood. The unknown little thing just now actually tore a piece of meat from his palm!

"There are all the hell things in this sea, it seems that it should not be poisonous, for the time being, find a cloth to wrap it, and go back to reduce inflammation and medicine. Carefully wrapping the gold brick in his clothes, the old fisherman stuffed him into the cowhide pocket he carried with him, and then whispered to the envious eyes around him.

"Uncle, these people are all watching. The junior reminded cautiously on the side.

"Got it, row the boat outward, dock where there is no one in front, and I'll take the second baby back first. There are a lot of people here, and it's not safe for things to stay here. The old fisherman pondered for a moment and said, "If you stay here, maybe you will be able to catch another piece, and then the bride price of your daughters-in-law will be all paid." ”

Hearing what the old fisherman said, the eyes of several juniors began to brighten, and they became more energetic, picked up the oars and began to row outward.

This is a very primitive kind of small wooden boat, similar to the two small boats that Li Qing used in Gangbei Bay before, there are no engines on the boats, and they can only rely on manpower to row. They need to turn around to the outside of Gangbei Bay and avoid these nearby guys who also plan to pick up cheap and the Li family's bodyguards who are eyeing the shore.

It was not a problem, not far from this place, there happened to be a shoal, where the boat could have docked, and let the old fisherman with the gold bar and the young man with the injured palm of his hand go away safely from the crowd.

The boat rowed farther and farther, and the sound of the bustle became more and more blurred, and only the whining of the sea breeze was in my ears.

The old fisherman sat down in the bow of the boat, rolled a dry cigarette, took a hard puff, patted the cowhide bag on his body, and opened his mouth happily, revealing a few yellow-brown teeth.

"Stop!" frowned, and the old fisherman suddenly shouted.

Several juniors were stunned, and the movements in their hands couldn't help but freeze, and asked impatiently: "What's the matter? Don't talk about it, and hurry to send the second baby back to treat his injuries." ”

The old fisherman's wrinkled old face twitched slightly: "There is movement, you listen carefully." ”

The juniors looked at each other, and then listened attentively, and after a while, someone smiled and said, "How can there be a sound? The sea breeze is blowing today, you are old, and your ears are not very good." ”

"Hmph, I've been fishing all my life, and I can even hear the tail of the fish hitting the waves, how could it be wrong. The old fisherman snorted sullenly.

Several juniors giggled and laughed, and were about to continue rowing, but they all couldn't help but change color in unison.

"Click! click..."

The sound rang out suddenly, then it got louder and louder, and in an instant it was already connected. This sound is like a large group of rats gathering together to gnaw wood and grind their teeth, which makes people feel a chill down their spines when they hear it.

"What's going on?"

"There's something underneath the ship!"

Suddenly, someone shouted, and several people in the boat bounced up in a panic.

The old fisherman held the side of the boat with both hands to look out to sea, his eyes widened, and his mouth opened wide in astonishment, and the dry smoke fell into the sea with a clatter.

Around the whole boat, sparkling waves rippled on all sides, and there was a rustling sound of water, which mingled with the sound of gnawing wood, causing a numb scalp. And the most frightening thing is the huge black shadow under the water at this moment, like a hideous underwater beast, which makes people worry all the time that it will suddenly open its bloody mouth and swallow the entire boat.

"It's... "The old fisherman trembled, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowing again and again, and muttering in his mouth. The younger generations in the back also did the same, but the scene showed no signs of improvement, and the chilling sound became louder and louder.

After just over 20 seconds, the young man with the injured palm suddenly jumped up and shouted in panic: "It's leaking!

As soon as the words fell, countless dense small holes suddenly appeared at the bottom of the boat, and the water columns rushed up more than a meter high, and then the bottom of the boat cracked, and several people on the boat fell into the sea with a pop.

"Help... Save... Ahh

A terrible scream rang out, and several people struggled in the sea for a while, as if they had been dragged down by something, and never came up again.

After more than ten seconds, a stream of red blood rose from the surface of the sea, and then it was scattered by the sparkling waves and disappeared without a trace.

"Daddy, Daddy! The ship is sinking, the ship is sinking!" the little girl of seven or eight years old, dressed in a pink little dress, leaned on the edge of the string wall, pointing to the undulating sea in the distance.

The shirtless middle-aged man just cast the fishing net, turned his head and scolded with a dark face: "******, what nonsense are children talking about, believe it or not, Lao Tzu will whip you!"

Fishermen who have lived by the sea for a long time have all kinds of taboos, they think that children are innocent, they can predict things that adults are not aware of, and what they say when they sail often comes true. It's like a driver who doesn't want to listen to a child mention a car accident while driving, saying it's superstition at a small level, and an auspicious thing when it's a big one, so a middle-aged man is so angry.

The little girl was not convinced, and pouted: "Really, I just saw that Grandpa Zhang's boat sank, and they were still calling for help with their hands open, right over there!"

The middle-aged man glanced in the direction of the little girl's finger, only to see a vast sea connected with the gloomy sky, and he couldn't tell the boundary at all, and immediately his face turned slightly green, and he raised his hand and patted the little girl's buttocks: "You little cub, what nonsense are you talking about! Old Zhang Tou just got a big gold brick, of course he was going to row away." Those boys in their family are so good at water, they don't have anything to do if they swim around Gangbei Bay, if you talk nonsense again, don't think about having food tonight!"

After being beaten, the little girl's little hands rubbed her dirty little face, and she cried: "It's obviously sinking, and you still beat me... I'm going to tell my mother to go..."

"Don't cry! Don't cry! ******, it's so unlucky, I shouldn't have brought you here if I knew I wouldn't have brought you!" The corner of the middle-aged man's eyes twitched, and he could only row a small boat to the shore, the rules left by the ancestors, he had to abide by.

The little girl's mother died of illness three years ago.

It is said that many years ago, such an incident occurred. At that time, a mother boarded the boat with her child in her arms, and the child cried profusely. In order to frighten the child, the mother said, "If you cry again, I will throw you into the water!" Unexpectedly, the boat did not go far, and suddenly the wind and waves were fierce, and the old man on the boat said that the mother and son had committed a crime against the god of the sea, and the gods believed the mother's words, and thought that she was going to sacrifice her own child. If you don't make a promise, you will touch the god of the sea, and there will be no way for a boatload of people to live.

The final result was that the passengers on the boat threw the child into the water in order to protect themselves, so that the sea calmed down and a group of people crossed the river safely.

The story is extremely cruel and quite silly, but the fishermen who have relied on the sea for food for generations are convinced of it. As a result, all sorts of strange rules have evolved.

For example, if a child mentions a shipwreck on the way to sea, or a child mentions a deceased relative, they should return immediately. Otherwise, there will be unimaginable disasters on the sea. These rules and regulations may sound ridiculous, but for these fishermen, they are their reluctance to avoid danger.