After boiling three fresh noodles, Zhang Ze looked at the time, and it would be six o'clock in three minutes, he hurriedly went to take down the radio, and then tuned to the weather forecast channel.

As a result, the east wind in Wenshui City is level 8 tonight, there may be heavy rainfall, and there is such a strong wind in the city, not to mention the sea, such weather is definitely not suitable for going to sea.

Last night's storm was estimated to be about 10 winds, and the waves on the sea could knock the fishermen's small wooden boats apart in half an hour.

This is also the reason why the fishermen directly lost contact with six last night, even if Zhang Ze drove a fifteen-meter iron boat, he would not sail in such weather.

Since he couldn't go to sea, he simply stayed at home. It just so happened that my father-in-law and mother-in-law moved to Wenshui City, and I have to take the family over tomorrow.

On the other side, Zhang Zhenghong's family, he is counting the money with his daughter-in-law.

"It's a total of five hundred and seventy-six yuan and three cents, and we still need about five hundred yuan to pay back Aze's money." Zhang Zhenghong's wife said.

The debts of the three brothers were divided equally, and the money for buying the boat was 1,000 each, and secondly, they also had to repay the 200 yuan that Zhang Ze borrowed at the beginning.

Zhang Zhenghong and the three seem to make a lot of money every time they go to sea, but it is actually not so exaggerated to divide the cost into the hands of individuals.

But in a short period of time, more than 500 have been saved, and according to the current income, the money owed will be paid off in a while.

They are not scoundrels, and after borrowing money, they insist on paying it back and do not plan to pay it back, otherwise their relatives will not have to do it, and they will be poked in the back.

Zhang Zhenghong saw that it was still about halfway there, so he went out of the house to look at the weather outside, and found that the wind was not as strong as in the afternoon, so he said: "Daughter-in-law, this wind will be less and you can go to sea tonight, you can go to bed early with your child, and the door will be closed." ”

"Is it safe to go to sea in this weather today?"

"It's okay, I'll go to Nanping Island, if it's really windy, I can still take a boat to Nanping Island to take shelter, it was the same last night."

After Zhang Zhenghong appeased his wife, he went to find his two brothers.

Hearing that they were going to sea, the other two had no opinion. Everyone wanted to return Zhang Ze's money as soon as possible, and then the fishing boat would be completely their three brothers'.

They first went to Tong Guoqi's house, which was relatively close, but found that there was no one at his house, the house was pitch black, and even his wife and children were not there.

When I finally came to Tong Yuanhang's house, I found that everyone had come here.

Seeing Tong Yuanhang's parents, Zhang Zhenghong knew that he couldn't go to sea tonight, so he didn't bother, and went to call Zhang Qinghe and the two brothers, and the two fishing boats could also take care of each other.

It was about 20 nautical miles, almost half the way.

Zhang Qinghu steered the fishing boat with a serious expression, and he already felt that something was wrong.

He noticed that the waves were a little high, and the breeze was much stronger than before.

The fishing boat rises and falls, each time it is lifted high by the waves, and then it is smashed down, and the splashes can fly directly onto the deck.

It hadn't rained yet, and the deck of their fishing boat was already soaking wet.

"Aoga, I feel like the weather isn't right tonight! The wind and waves were a bit big, almost as good as last night's storm. ”

Zhang Qinghe usually doesn't look a little funny, but also a little arrogant, in fact, he is not as heartless as he seems, he also noticed that the weather was not right tonight.

"Why don't we go back, it's still about thirty nautical miles to Nanping Island now, and I'm afraid of an accident if the wind and waves are too strong along the way."

To put it bluntly, the two of them are novices, and their driving skills are not very good, and now the shaking and undulating fishing boats make them feel a little panicked, and even physiologically they are uncomfortable, dizzy and nauseous.

"I'll tell Ah Hong, I'll go back now." Zhang Qinghu nodded, then picked up the radio, "Ah Hong, Ah Hong, can you hear it?" Now the wind and waves are too strong, why don't we go back? ”

Zhang Zhenghong heard his voice, then looked at his two brothers and asked, "Ah Hu said he wanted to go back, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Zhengyue's face was pale, and he sat on the side and forcibly endured the churning in his stomach: "Go back, I am dizzy from shaking and I want to vomit a little." ”

Zhang Zhengqiang hesitated a little: "Brother, we still owe Aze three thousand two!" This round trip is more than 40 nautical miles and 40 or 50 yuan of diesel money, and the journey is almost half. ”

"It's better to go back to Nanping Island now, the distance between the two sides is about the same, and if it really doesn't work, tie the boat to Ahu's side together."

"Isn't it very stable that our four ships were tied together last night, although the two ships will not be so stable, but it will be good to survive the strong wind at night?"

Zhang Zhenghong felt that what the third brother said was also a little reasonable, after all, they were fifteen-meter iron boats, and their resistance to wind and waves was much stronger than that of wooden hull boats, and it was no problem for the two boats to be tied together to survive tonight's bad weather, so he told the other side his thoughts.

After listening to it, Zhang Qinghu felt that it was right, and the return flight was about the same distance as going to Nanping Island. It's better to go there directly, and save fuel costs without delay.

However, in the next moment, a wave three or four meters high suddenly hit the side of the boat, causing the fishing boat to swing sharply, and the people in the cab almost failed to stand still under the weightlessness and collided together.

"it, brother, hurry up and find an island to stop the boat, you can't continue to drive, and if you continue to drive, the boat will definitely capsize." Zhang Qinghe was immediately panicked by this trouble.

He was still young and didn't marry a wife, but he didn't want to die in the sea like this.

Not only did he panic, but Zhang Qinghu didn't get much better. He is more novice than Zhang Qinghe, although he has been driving the boat since he came, but in fact, the skills of the two of them are similar, and they are both inexperienced in the face of strong winds and waves, so they don't know how to deal with it.

"Ah Hong, the waves are too big, shall we tie the boats together?"

The situation on Zhang Zhenghong's side was similar, and the three brothers were very panicked like Zhang Qinghe, and he immediately agreed when he heard that the boat was going to be tied together.

However, yesterday I was able to tie the boat together smoothly because the wind and waves were not really strong yet, so lowering the anchor close to the pier could tie the boat together.

But now the situation is different, they have no control over the state of the ship under the strong wind and waves, and when the two ships slowly approach, because a wave almost caused the two ships to collide, and everyone on board was shocked into a cold sweat.

At least in this weather, they have a chance to hold out until the wind and waves pass, but if they collide together, there will really be an accident.

In the end, Zhang Qinghe, who had been with Zhang Ze for a long time, saw a familiar island not far away, and had an idea: "Hurry up, drive to that isolated island, the waves over there shouldn't be so big, it's a big deal that we are stranded on the beach, and we have to finish playing if we go on like this." ”

Several people are familiar with that isolated island, and every time they go to Nanping Island, they will pass by and know that there is a beach on the island.

Zhang Zhenghong hurriedly drove over there after hearing his words, now he didn't think about what to do if the fishing boat was pushed to the beach by the waves, he was ordered to survive first, and then he said, the two fishing boats rushed to the isolated island one after the other.

If the old fishermen are experienced, they will not panic when encountering wind and waves of this level, and they will avoid it in advance when encountering such weather.

Use the stern of the boat to aim in the direction of the waves and accelerate away from the storm zone.

If you can't avoid it, you can also be sure to survive the wind and waves of this level. Of course, there are dangers, but experience and driving skills can minimize them.

The last stupid way is to run aground on the beach and wait for rescue as Zhang Qinghe said.

This depends on luck, there are few isolated islands on the sea surface that have sandy beaches, and basically the islands are surrounded by reefs.

Both boats turned off their engines when they were about to approach the shallow waters of the beach, and the speed dropped but was not well controlled, or as the waves advanced, the bow of the boat plunged deep into the sand and rushed out of a short distance before stopping.

Both fishing boats were lucky, the beach was dominated by fine sand and not many rocks.

Although the stern of the boat is still hit by the waves, most of the area of the fishing boat is already on the beach, so it is relatively stable.

It's just that the stern of the boat will be hit by the waves, causing the fishing boat to rush vertically towards the beach to gradually drift away and become an oblique angle.

Although the fishing boat still shook slightly, there was no possibility of capsizing.

"What now?" Zhang Zhenghong asked on the radio.

Zhang Qinghe thought for a while and said: "Use the radio to contact the coast guard, if you can contact them, when the wind and waves are over, they can come to a boat to help pull the boat back into the sea." ”

"Or when the weather is good, you can contact Ahang Aze who came to Nanping Island to fish."

Zhang Zhenghong: "Then contact the coast guard first, and wait for Aze to feel unreliable." ”

It's just that after the two called for a while, they didn't get the reply they wanted.

Only one radio for short-range communication is installed on the fishing boat, that is, ultra-shortwave communication.

In the field of communications, the distance of ultra-short wave is only one or two kilometers away.

In FM radio, it can reach tens of nautical miles.

With the level of science and technology in the 80s, it was still difficult for Zhang Zhenghong and others to contact a rescue ship at least 30 nautical miles away.

In addition, the weather will also have a certain impact on the signal, they contacted for a long time, and even the closer coast did not respond, so they had to discuss resting first, and then try after resting.

This can only mean that they are inexperienced, and they have to call for help every minute when they call for help, and the frequency is high.

Now they go to rest and most likely miss the rescue.

It rained again in the evening in the city of Onsui, but the wind was a little lighter than the sea.

Zhang Ze was gently wiping Tong Shuyao's freshly washed long hair at this time, and he naturally noticed the weather outside, but he didn't think that anyone would go to sea.

So he slept peacefully at night, and the next day he took his family to his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Tong Yuanhang's house was lively, but Zhang Qinghe and others on the isolated island were numb.

Although it was raining today, the wind and waves were much lighter, but they still couldn't contact the coast guard, and there was not even a single boat passing near the isolated island, and it seemed that no fishermen went to sea because of the weather.

"Ah Hu, how much food do you have left?" A day passed, Zhang Zhenghong saw that there were only two ingredients left tonight and tomorrow morning, and he was a little sad.

There has been no rescue, forcing them to take care of storing food.

No one knows if they will be rescued tomorrow, and in case of bad luck, they may have to stay on the island for several days, and then they will go hungry without food.

"I don't have many here, and it's just low tide, so why don't we go to the island and look for food?" I see a reef next to the beach, maybe I can get some oyster scallops. The two brothers did not have much food to prepare, and they expected to spend two nights at sea and then return on the morning of the third day.

"Let's go, let Zhengqiang continue to ask for help on the boat, and the four of us will come out to find some food." Zhang Zhenghong left one person on the boat, and the rest of the people came down from the stern of the boat and took the basket with them to find something to eat.

(End of chapter)