Chapter 43: Distress at Sea
"Old man, there's nothing on this sea. www.biquge.info"Zhuo Fan and Uncle Zheng, who lost his son, have been out to sea for an hour, and the fishing boat is sailing on the sea, but the sea is always vast and there is nothing.
"yes, nothing." Uncle Zheng was unspeakably disappointed, and finally gave him the opportunity to go out to sea once in the forbidden sea, but he sailed for so long and found nothing.
Zhuo Fan returned to the cabin from the deck and chatted with Uncle Zheng, "Old man, I see that your ship is quite big, and you spent a lot of money to buy it, right?" ”
Uncle Zheng smiled a little, maybe he hadn't smiled for a long time, the smile pulled the corners of his mouth a little stiff, and it looked more like a wry smile. "Yes, I made a lot of money fishing at that time, so I bought a big boat. This boat should be one of the largest in our entire fishing village. Uncle Zheng looked around the cabin, "It's just that after my son disappeared, I never went to ......sea again," he said, and couldn't help but sigh, "Old, I and the ship should retire......
"Old man, if you go to sea this time and don't find anything, then you ......"
Uncle Zheng smiled bitterly, "After so many years, I haven't experienced anything." There are so many things that hope is frustrated, but people just hold back that energy and want to try. Young man, if you don't find anything, there's nothing you can do. I, Lao Zheng, won't take it to heart. Lao Zheng deliberately said this easily, in the past two days of getting along, Lao Zheng's pain of losing his son and wife has gradually infected Zhuo Fan. He looked at the calm but dark sea, and his heart was secretly sad.
"Speaking of which, young man, why do you have to go to sea?" Uncle Zheng recalibrated the course and asked.
"I'm out looking for my father." He and Uncle Zheng are both poor people who have lost their loved ones, and at this time, Zhuo Fan is willing to be honest with Uncle Zheng.
"When I was very young, my father abandoned my mother. Although I was raised by my father, because of my mother and because my father was busy with work, the two of us had very little time together. Growing up, my relationship with my father has always been very distant. There was even a time when I knew that my father was coming home and that I would go outside for the night. Zhuo Fan recalled all kinds of past events when he grew up, and couldn't help but feel sad again. Although I don't have a good relationship with my father, I actually hope that my father can pay more attention to me, but as a man, I can't say a lot. It wasn't until later that my father went to climb the mountain and accidentally fell off the cliff, and the police searched for it to no avail......" Zhuo Fan covered his face in pain.
"Hey, young man, you can't be resurrected from death."
"At that time, the police searched under the cliff for two whole days and found nothing. I don't believe he's dead, I have a feeling that he's not dead. Zhuo Fan was excited, "What makes me more convinced is this." Zhuo Fan took out the note from his pocket and told Uncle Zheng the ins and outs of finding the note.
Uncle Zheng nodded, "I don't know...... If it were me, I would get a clue about my son one day, and I would go even if I went to heaven and earth. ”
Zhuo Fan seemed to be inspired and had spirit. After calming down, he got up and said, "How long will we sail until we reach our destination?" ”
"At the current rate, three hours is enough."
Zhuo Fan nodded, "I'll go to the deck and have a look." ”
After talking about the matter in one go, Zhuo Fan felt a lot more relaxed. For so many years, he had no one to talk to. As a journalist, he is constantly asking questions to others and absorbing other people's stories. He looked at the sea level in the thin mist and took a deep breath.
"Looks like the fog is going to get thicker on the sea."
"Do you need us to turn on the beacon lights?"
"Wait a little longer, it's not a problem yet. In fact, every ship sailing on the sea has its course, as long as it does not deviate from the course, there will be no problem. Uncle Zheng added, "What's more, it's the day of the forbidden sea, and there will be no other ships in this sea area." With that, he walked into the cabin.
Zhuo Fan stayed on the deck for a while, imagining that he would be able to reach his destination in three hours, and his heart was still excited.
In the afternoon, he and Uncle Zheng had a light meal on the boat, and then returned to the cabin to rest. Not long after lying down, in a daze, the boat shook violently, and Zhuo Fan woke up. It was found that the ship was silent, and even the sound of the motor on the ship was gone. "Old man? The old man ......" he shouted tentatively twice, but there was no sound on the boat.
Zhuo Fan put on his shoes and walked to the cockpit, but Uncle Zheng was not in the cockpit. Zhuo Fan walked to the deck, and as soon as he got on the deck, he found that the outside was shrouded in a thick fog, and he was misty, and he couldn't see anything clearly. The whole ship loomed in the thick fog like a monster on the sea. Zhuo Fan had palpitations and quickly ran back to the cabin, "Old man?!" ”
"Ah, young man......" was Uncle Zheng's voice, coming from the cabin.
As soon as Zhuo Fan turned around, he saw Uncle Zheng climbing up the stairs under the floor. "I just went down to take a look, and it seemed like the boat had suddenly broken down, so it stopped. I'm scared. Uncle Zheng was very calm.
"Old man, this ship often has a fault code?" Zhuo Fan asked.
"Not really, this is only the second time. We make a living at sea, and it is inevitable that the ship will break down at sea. It's hard to do it, the boat will still have problems on the shore. ”
Zhuo Fan was infected by Uncle Zheng's words, and he was no longer anxious, "What's wrong with this ship?" ”
"Strange to say, before going to sea, I also deliberately checked the boat inside and out, and there was no problem before going to sea. It's a bit strange that the ship suddenly broke down and didn't leave in its entirety. Uncle Zheng frowned. I'll go down and take a look. ”
"I'll help too." After speaking, Zhuo Fan followed Uncle Zheng down the control room.
It was pitch black in the control room, but fortunately there was a flashlight on board. Two flashlights illuminated the control room. Uncle Zheng inspected the machinery and said, "It should be the circuit that burned ......."
Zhuo Fan has been staying at the staircase, there is a workbench by the stairs, and the operation diagram of the control room equipment is placed on the workbench. Zhuo Fan flipped through the flashlight carefully. Suddenly, his eyes were drawn to the compass placed in the corner of the table.
"Old man, come and see."
Uncle Zheng walked through the clutter.
"Look, this compass ......" I saw that the hand of the compass was turning rapidly and non-stop.
"What's going on?" Uncle Zheng was shocked.
"There was a strong magnetic field here, which damaged the electrical circuits and the electrical equipment on the ship. Before the power outage, was the ship's dashboard also unstable? ”
"That's right." Uncle Zheng patted his thigh and said.
"That's right, this shows that there is a very strong magnetic field around us......" Zhuo Fan was short of breath, and his heart beat vigorously and heavily.
"So what to do?" Uncle Zheng had a moment of panic, he didn't expect that there were things he didn't understand on the sea he was familiar with.
"Old man, you go and repair the circuit first. Is there a backup generator on board, and if there is, use it first and get the boat out of here. I'll go up there and see if there's anything I can use to call for help. ”
The old man answered, and then went busy. Zhuo Fan boarded the cabin and rummaged around in the cabin, but found nothing. He looked at the heavy fog outside, it was supposed to be afternoon, but the sea was as dark as evening.
"It seems that I can only pin my trust on the old man." Zhuo Fan went down to the control room again.
Zhuo Fan saw that he couldn't help much, he didn't understand the circuit at all, and the old man was also a monk halfway, except for the ordinary lines, the intricate wires and lines on the ship made him scratch his head.
"That's it, old man, you go up and rest first, and I'll leave it here." Zhuo Fan saw that the old man was already flustered, even if he stayed here, he couldn't do anything.
"Can you do it?"
"Aren't there those explanatory diagrams, I'll take a look at it, think of a way, you go and rest first."
But Uncle Zheng didn't want to leave, and insisted on staying, wanting to help Zhuo Fan with a flashlight. Zhuo Fan couldn't resist him, so he had to let him stay.
I don't know how long it took, the control room became extremely hot, Zhuo Fan studied the drawings while proofreading the lines, and he was sweating profusely. He raised his hand to wipe his sweat, and suddenly leaned over, almost falling. "It seems that I have been squatting for a long time, and I just got up a little low blood pressure......" Before he finished speaking, he fell to the other side again.
He quickly stood firm, only to realize that he was not alone in standing unsteadily, and Uncle Zheng beside him was also holding the pillar.
"What's wrong?"
Zhuo Fan and Uncle Zheng glanced at each other, and the two staggered to the cabin. As soon as I went up, I was blown by the strong sea breeze that came to me, and I couldn't stand on my feet. There was a mess in the cabin, and all kinds of things were scattered all over the place. The boat swayed from side to side with the waves, and it seemed that it would be overturned in the next moment.
"The storm is coming...... Uncle Zheng said as he grabbed the table and said in a trembling voice.
Ah Shen and the four of them got into the car to Wuzhi, and it was still Lao Jiang who drove. Yu Yue sat in the co-pilot, her mood was much better than when she came, she originally thought that she would be embarrassed to see Ah Shen, but she didn't expect to leave Hangzhou, a strange place, an unfamiliar environment, but let her and Ah Shen have a feeling of dependence.
"Wuzhi is still a few hours away from here, Dr. Shen, do you remember that once, we also came out to work together?" Lao Jiang was in a good mood, and asked Ah Shen who was sitting in the back row in a brisk voice.
"Ah Shen shouldn't remember it now......" Yu Yue reminded.
Old Jiang patted his head, "Yes, I almost forgot about Dr. Shen's amnesia." ”
At this time, Lao Jiang's phone rang, and Lao Jiang put on a Bluetooth headset. Before he could speak, his face changed, "What did you say?" ”
A man's voice sounded in the headphones, very urgent. "Someone went to sea......"