Chapter 41: The Soul of the Ship
Gong Ni fell from the sky and rushed directly into the sea, and the golden fishtail shone like a star in the sky falling into the deep sea. She can't stay in the sea for a long time, if Gong Shu finds out that she is back, then she must never be able to go again, and Gong Shu may lose her tail directly. So be sure to do it quickly. However, this storm was too strange, she had observed before she came, and the sea and sky did not look like a normal storm. Gong Ni stopped and floated to the surface, lightning and thunder overhead, and the wind mixed with the torrential rain, and the sky was pitch black. Gong Ni wanted to find a fish to ask about the situation, but there was not even a single fish around.
"It's impossible, there is no warning of such a big storm, and where are all the fish around here?" Gong Ni plunged headlong into the water, like an arrow to the bottom of the sea. The bottom of the sea is very calm, the storm at sea seems to have happened in another world, and the aquatic plants are quietly swaying slowly, "Where are the fish?" Gong Ni became vigilant at this time, the golden light around her dimmed, and the bottom of the sea was completely dark.
At this moment, Gong Ni heard a voice, and she quickly hid behind a coral. A few lantern fish swam over staggeringly, and Gong Ni rushed out and caught one without saying a word, "Come on, tell me, what's going on?" ”
The caught fish frantically waged their tails to break free, and the rest were long gone.
"If you're struggling, I'm going to pop this shiny thing on your head."
The lantern fish stopped struggling at Gong Ni and looked at it, its big mouth opened and closed, and Gong Ni let go of his hand, and the fish swooped into the darkness.
"Luo ......" Gong Ni's eyes flashed red.
Xu Chengshan went to sea in the morning, and the maritime department did not issue any warning, and the sea was clear. When he left, he went to see his father, the old man grabbed his hand, and the expression on his face was always very complicated, Xu Chengshan couldn't understand his father's expression.
"Dad, I'm out to sea, and I'll bring the starfish back for you at night." Xu Chengshan wanted to leave, but the old man kept holding his hand.
"Poseidon will help you, no matter what." The old man didn't look at his son, but looked out the window.
"The god of the sea is our patron saint, and she will definitely bless us fishermen." The old man listened to his son's words before letting go of his hand
"Almost, almost......" The old man had been muttering about it lately, Xu Chengshan shook his head and went out. When Dad was young, he fed the whole family alone, a small fishing boat came and went in the wind and rain, how many times he came back soaking wet and shivering, he would still smile and take out a conch or half a shell or a starfish for him. Even if he is hungry, he only eats fish and is reluctant to eat a grain of rice, Xu Chengshan began to go to sea with his father when he grew up, and his father once very much hoped that he could study, because after reading, he would no longer have to be exposed to the wind and sun at sea, and his life would be easier. But Xu Chengshan likes the sea, he is not afraid of hard work, but he is afraid that he can't fish and can't be a fisherman.
I still remember that when I got married, my father gave him a pearl, which was a huge white pearl, round and flawless, and the skin was impeccable. He used that pearl to retrieve his current wife and gave birth to Xu Yaocan. Until now, he didn't know where his father got such a beautiful pearl.
Today's weather is very good, and there are some breezy boats fluttering on the sea. Xu Chengshan stood at the bow of the boat, the sun was so hot that he couldn't open his eyes, he liked this kind of life, his feet were too heavy on the land, and life was easy when he stood on the boat. Although sometimes the harvest is not much, but the family is also comfortable, the sea is so big, the sorrow of a person is nothing, and the sea breeze blows away.
You'll soon be in the sea where you can cast your nets. This is Xu Chengshan's 'secret base', there are few fishing boats in this sea area, because everyone says that the wind is not good here, and there are few fish, but Xu Chengshan's father has been casting nets here, although not every time he can return with a full load, he can at least ensure that he does not return empty-handed. It is also strange that Xu Chengshan once brought other people to come with him, and he didn't even catch a single fish when he cast a net, as if the fish here only recognized the Xu family's net. Everyone said that Xu Chengshan lied to them and was unwilling to tell them their true location, and Xu Chengshan also wondered all the time.
He once asked his father very seriously why no one else could catch fish there. The old man told him, "If you become the prey of the sea god, you can be reincarnated as a human being, and the fish also want to grow feet and go ashore." ”
"Are you the god of the sea?"
"Yes...... It used to be ...... Glittering ......"
Xu Chengshan never asked this question again, maybe the old man knew why before, but now he doesn't even know who he is, and this question will never be answered.
As soon as today's net was cast, Xu Chengshan saw that the sunlight shining on the ship disappeared little by little, just like the room that was slowly closed with curtains gradually darkened, and the last ray of sunlight disappeared, and a strong wind suddenly rose on the sea. Xu Chengshan had seen storms at sea for half his life, not once or twice, and at this time he looked up at the sky and felt that this wind was strange.
"Lao Zhang, is there an early warning?" Xu Chengshan asked a boatman beside him.
"No, I didn't look at it when I left in the morning."
"There's a bit of a problem with the weather, let's go back." Xu Chengshan frowned.
"It's no problem, this wind should be fine when it passes."
"No, you can't take any chances! This boat ......" Xu Chengshan's hand holding the railing tightened, and the boat could no longer withstand too much wind and waves. Xu Chengshan is not unable to afford a new fishing boat, he is a person who misses the old boat, this boat has witnessed many important moments in his life, he calls it an old man, sometimes he will smoke a cigarette and sit on the deck and chat with his old buddy, although he has not heard his father say 'the answer of the boat', but Xu Chengshan believes that it is his old buddy, it can hear and understand.
When I returned, the weirdness was revealed, and the route of this sea area was that the two people on the boat could go back and forth with their eyes closed, but now they found that they were lost, and the GPS connection could not be connected to the compass and all failed. Obviously, this sudden storm is not as simple as it seems, Xu Chengshan did not panic in the face of this, he asked the boatman to keep the direction of the ship with a good rudder, and he faced the wind to identify the direction in the rainstorm. The old ship seemed vulnerable to such a strong wind and waves, as if a single wave could tear it apart.
"Against the wind..."
In the howling wind, Xu Chengshan seemed to hear someone talking in his heart. He turned around with difficulty, and there was no one around him, and even if someone was talking, it was impossible to hear.
"Against the wind..."
This time, Xu Chengshan clearly heard a deep and heavy voice, and he hurriedly ran back to the cabin and shouted to Lao Zhang, "Turn the rudder!" Windward direction! ”
"The waves are so big, the windward boat can't stand it!" Lao Zhang didn't move for a long time.
But Xu Chengshan saw the rudder turning wildly towards the direction of the wind, as if there was a hand that could not see it manipulating. He pushed Lao Zhang away, held the rudder himself, and said in his heart that the old man would take us home!
"Go home!" A deep voice echoed in my heart.
Xu Chengshan's eyes were hot, and he almost burst into tears, it was this boat... Father is right about the ship, there is a soul! The soul of this old ship is talking to its own soul.