Volume 2 Chapter 179 Missed Opportunity
On the first day I went out, I devoted my time to fishing, because the fishing traps worked so well that the role of the fish pond became smaller, and there were often no more fish in stock.
I had been busy harvesting before, and I didn't pay much attention to the fish during this time, but now that I am free, I naturally have the idea of it again.
On the second and third days, nothing else happened, but on the fourth day a new situation appeared......
It was destined to be an extraordinary day, and after half an hour of arriving at the beach, a boat came into my field of vision, which looked very friendly.
The difference in this boat is that it is not a large ship, but a fishing boat that is slightly longer than the one that ran aground on the island, and the probability of spotting me is much higher than that of the big boat!
Looking at its figure, its distance, and its movement speed, I felt that there was a good chance of success, so I kept rushing home to try to save this rare opportunity.
I was a little out of breath as I hurried home, but I didn't even have a chance to catch my breath in order to get out of here, so I ran straight to the kitchen, carried a large bundle of firewood to the nearest beach and lit it, and then looked for wet leaves to add to the smoke.
Unlike when I first arrived on the island, I found a boat lighting a cigarette on the island, and although I was farther away from my home today, it only took me five or six minutes to rush back home because of the flat terrain.
When I returned to the beach with firewood, it was only about ten minutes, which was a significant difference from the nearly half an hour of tossing.
The shortening of time increases the probability of success, and more importantly, the cooperation of the other party, the boats found in the past are basically passing by, and the speed is very fast, but today's fishing boats are catching fish in the nearby waters!
At this time, the position of the ship is even closer to the position just discovered, conservatively estimated to be only four or five kilometers, and it is almost possible to see the people moving above, and it should be no problem to see the wolf smoke.
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When the fire was lit smoothly and slowly turned from a small spark into a raging fire, and a trace of smoke also turned into wolf smoke, I was excited, because everything I could do was done within the expected time, and the next thing can only depend on the arrangement of fate!
It didn't take long, and after about five minutes, the smoke rushed up hundreds of meters into the air, and I basically felt that the people on the boat had spotted me.
In addition to referring to human curiosity, it is more about the state of the boat, just now the fishing boat has been moving slowly in one direction, but at this time it stopped!
But I was not at ease, even though the wolf smoke rushed hundreds of meters into the sky, but for the sake of continuity, I went to the woods to pick up some dry wood and a bundle of wet leaves and threw them on the fire to add material, so that the fire that was not burning too vigorously turned into a smoke bomb again.
Maybe my efforts have touched them, maybe God has arranged for a ship to pick me up, and today is the day I leave.
I can be sure that the smoke managed to get the attention of the people on board, because the fishing boat was turning its bow and coming in my direction!
After so many years, I actually no longer have many illusions about leaving here, and my heart is a little dead, but the moment I saw the fishing boat approaching me, my heart burned again.
It can't be burned without combustion, and looking forward to such a scene from the beginning of the island is simply a dream moment.
The constant approach of the ship proves that there is a great hope of leaving here today, and like the whole life, surprises and accidents will not reveal the news to you in advance, they come very suddenly, and the thought of leaving here is still a little reluctant for a while.
The heart that had been dull for a long time began to become entangled again, as if there were two little people in their minds, one representing agreement and the other representative opposition, both of which could list their respective reasons.
It didn't take long for me to get distracted by a new situation.
This fishing boat is fine in all aspects, but unfortunately the national flag on the ship is not the bright red and familiar side, and if you could guess which country's ship it is before, you have long forgotten the national flag discrimination ability that you remember in your mind.
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I don't know what country's fishing boats undoubtedly cooled down the originally very excited mood a little, and brought a certain uncertainty about whether they could leave smoothly today!
It's not that other countries' ships can't get on it, but it's that I'm worried about poor communication, and even people don't want to take me with them at all, and I'm even more worried that they are a group of thugs who are hostile to me.
People's hearts are always complicated, the heart of harming people is indispensable, and the heart of preventing people is indispensable, especially in this kind of deserted place, no one knows about being hurt at all!
But since people have already been lured in, everything has to wait for the result, and it is useless to worry in vain......
When the boat was only one or two kilometers away from me, I could basically see the appearance and skin color of the people on board, not only not Chinese, but even the common yellow-skinned Asians.
This adds a hint of uncertainty to what will happen next, and I don't know what the outcome will be when I attract them, but I'm not optimistic about the next outcome.
And they are already prepared for other things, if they show other intentions, they are ready to flee as soon as possible, and find a place to hide.
As long as they can escape their sight, even if they have malicious intentions, they can't stay here for a long time, after all, fishing is their profession!
The boat continued to approach the beach until it was about 50 meters away, probably not moving further for fear of running aground.
This distance is good for me, as long as they don't plan to go ashore, my safety is guaranteed, at least a little safer!
I was wary of them, and they had some of the same feelings about me at the same time, probably because they were worried that there were still people on the island, and lighting wolf smoke was just to lure them to the island.
There were fifteen to twenty people on the fishing boat, but none of them had an Asian face, and the strong Western style was clear at a glance.
When I didn't know how to speak because I hadn't seen a human in too long, the men on the ship were the first to break the ice and call out to me.
It's just that it turned out to be ......, and things were going in the direction I least wanted to, still in a wild way.
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He should be speaking English, because he can barely hear from the occasional word that pops up, but there is a little bit of horror in the process, except for the occasional word or two, the rest is completely incomprehensible.
The reason for this was that it sounded so awkward to speak with a thick accent that he was about to be amused by himself, because the other people on the boat were laughing when they heard his pronunciation.
Another reason is my problem, it's a strange thing that I can still understand English after living alone on a desert island for many years, except that I know that the other person speaks English, I can't even hear a word!
The English I had learned the worst in my studies had a huge impact at this moment, and if I could describe my situation and intentions fluently, I would have no problem leaving here.
After the exchange, I found that although they didn't have much kindness, they didn't have any malice, but unfortunately at this critical time, not only did they not understand a word, but they couldn't say a word, and now I am very rusty with my native language!
So he was still speaking English in the rest of the conversation, and I started to play, but I was speaking Chinese, and the people on the other side were surprised that I couldn't communicate in English, which is an international common language.
There were a lot of more than a dozen people on the ship, but unfortunately none of them could understand my Chinese, and no one could speak in Chinese.
I couldn't understand the English they spoke at all, which created a very awkward situation, a bit like a chicken talking to a duck.
Miscommunication has always been a very serious problem, and it is especially fatal now, because we don't have a basic mutual trust, they are only here out of curiosity, and I believe there is little interest in bringing in a problem.
If I were from the other side's point of view, I would think so, and if I couldn't communicate, the hope of leaving here would drop to zero, and there would be no chance of relaxation!
It seems that they should step up their study of English and Chinese when they go back, and if I can go back, I should also make up for it, but at this moment there is really no solution.
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I wasn't the only one who couldn't understand a word, but so did everyone on the ship, so after a few rambling discussions about it, it was clear that they weren't willing to take me.
Or maybe they didn't know my intentions to leave here, and I didn't receive their conditions and intentions, and they didn't understand my intentions, and then they parted unhappily!
The fishing boat was slowly retreating and there was no possibility of any further change, and my hopes were completely shattered, and this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was not grasped and lost......
How many years of despair have made me see hope again, which can undoubtedly make people happy, but it is a pity that creation makes people.
Despair again is even more difficult to accept, sometimes it's better to live plainly, what I'm afraid of is that some opportunities appear inexplicably, but I can't grasp them, which makes people even more angry and crazy!
Intellectually I understand them very well, and there is always a certain danger in letting a stranger who does not understand a word at all board my ship, even if it is me.
This is human nature, there is nothing to say, it's just that I was beaten into the cold again!
It was probably the only chance I could leave, and this opportunity was missed perfectly due to communication issues, and the ups and downs were frustrating.
Especially as the fishing boats drift away, it is obvious that there is no chance of a turnaround, and it is a great luck that they did not come to the island to pose a threat to me.
The fishing boat I found today is the same as the previous boat, no matter what the process is like and what kind of communication there has been in between, the result is the same, and it didn't take me away!
I want to return to normal life again, or the arrival of the ship was originally a dream......
There are many setbacks and ups and downs in life, ups and downs are accompanied by daily life, but there are few such joys and sorrows, and I will not experience them a few times in my life, and I can count them just once.
Maybe my life is destined to be even more bizarre, and I have experienced much more sorrow than I used to have in the past!
The original action of picking up garbage at the beach was also canceled, and I went straight back home, and after experiencing the disappointment just now, no matter how strong my mental quality was, I had no intention of doing anything again.