Chapter Twenty-Six: The Island Keepers
This night was also the most restful night for Zhang Yuanhang.
In the past, how could I sleep on the last night of the holiday? Can't rush the project overnight?
Zhang Yaohua dares to guarantee that the lights are still on after ten o'clock in the village, and basically the children in the family are frantically doing their homework. The child is a little bully at home, but when he arrives at school, he basically can't go crazy, and he is afraid that the teacher will be like a mouse meeting a cat.
Mother Zhang and Ah Zhen got up before dawn and prepared food for Zhang Yaohua's brothers.
Not only for breakfast, but also for midday.
After all, I said last night that Zhang Yaohua and they were going to run far away and not go home at noon. It is easy to cook on the boat, but in order to facilitate the Zhang Yaohua brothers, they still do it.
Zhang Yaowei also got up, and carried drinking water to the fishing boat with his own son.
Also, prepare some ice for the boat.
Only Zhang Yaohua is not used to this biological clock, and the family knows it, so they didn't call him and let him sleep a little longer.
"Why don't you call me?"
My mother squinted, a little disdainful: "What can you do?" With that bit of strength, I was out of breath to move a piece of ice. ”
Zhang Yaohua: "......"
That's a bit of an exaggeration.
"Hurry up and eat, the thermos bucket is your lunch, and bring these apples with you." The mother is like a child who is telling him to go far away.
"Are you busy? Do you want me to come along? Dad asked next to him.
It seems that Zhang Yaohua's image of a weak chicken has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
The two brothers went to sea, and most of the work had to be done by Zhang Yaowei, as if Zhang Yaohua could only watch from the side.
Without waiting for Zhang Yaohua to speak, the second brother said, "No, we're busy." ”
Get! If the main force of the work says so, then he won't talk nonsense.
Mother Zhang and others followed to the small pier to see them off, and Aunt Dongmei was no exception.
"Look after one another." Mom shouted.
"Auntie, don't worry! I'll follow behind, and I'll watch Brother Hua and them. Shui Wang assured.
The fishing boat officially set off, heading due south.
On the way, they met a fishing boat returning home. Some fishing boats leave at night and return to port in the morning. There are many nocturnal seafood in the ocean, and they are phototaxis.
Although the night is dangerous, the harvest is often greater.
Two fishing boats, one in front of the other and one behind, keep a distance of thirty or forty meters.
After two hours of tedious travel, an island finally appeared ahead. The island is not small, there are trees, lighthouses, etc. on it.
"Is there still someone guarding the island?" Zhang Yaohua asked.
The second brother nodded: "After Uncle Zhou retires, his son will take over." ”
He admired this kind of island keeper very much, and he had sent supplies to the island with the shipowner and landed on the island before. There are several peach trees on it, which were planted by Zhou Bo more than 20 years ago.
"You know?" Zhang Yaohua was a little surprised.
Although the island keepers are from their town, they have little to do with their village.
To be honest, in Zhang Yaohua's opinion, there is no need to defend this kind of island. In the past, passing ships needed the guidance of the lighthouse on the island, so they had no choice but to send people to guard the island.
There are many reefs around, and boats at night are more dangerous.
But today, with so advanced technology, there are other ways to replace it, and there is really no need to waste people's youth on this boring island.
If you want to talk about the islands around the territorial sea line, you are afraid that other countries will do things, so it makes sense to send people to garrison them.
But the island in front of you doesn't belong to that situation!
"I know, I sent supplies to the shipowner once, and I went up to drink tea."
As he spoke, he waved his hand at the island as a greeting.
Fishing boats pass by on the right side of the island, and you can see some vegetables growing on the island.
This is the innate talent of the Chinese, no matter where they go, the first thing to consider is to grow and eat, even to the South Pole, and even outer space.
After a while, Zhang Yaowei said: "Last time we picked up a container here. ”
"And then? Dragged back? What's there? ”
For fishermen, when they encounter a container that has fallen into the water, it is to open a blind box.
Generally speaking, whoever picks it up is whom. Of course, it can't be too public, once it is exposed and found by the owner, it will be unclear.
In fact, countless containers fall into the sea every year.
Containers that have just fallen into the sea do not immediately sink to the bottom of the sea, but float on the surface of the sea for some time. If you pick up a container full of valuables, you can say that you will make a fortune.
For example, mobile phones, cigarettes, etc.
"I didn't drag it back, I pried it open from the side and saw that it was a paper towel inside."
It's impossible to drag it back, you can't hide it, someone will definitely come to the door. So, if they come across a floating container at sea, they usually get as much as they can get.
One might ask, didn't the cargo ship come to salvage it afterwards?
In the eyes of many people, the owner of the cargo ship must be responsible for compensating for the lost containers on its own.
In fact, if the container is lost due to strong winds and waves, the cargo ship does not have to be held responsible, so why should people come back to catch the container?
So, who will pay for the loss of the cargo owner?
Generally insurance companies.
If you don't have insurance, you can only consider yourself unlucky.
Even, if the cargo ship itself causes damage, the shipowner may also claim compensation from the cargo owner.
Zhang Yaohua entered the container in his mind, and sure enough, he saw the pointing arrow pointing more than ten meters ahead, and as the fishing boat was advancing, the arrow kept switching.
It means that more than one or two containers have dropped around here.
"Stop."
Zhang Yaowei turned off the fire when he heard this.
Behind them, Shui Wang's boat came over.
"What's wrong? Problems with fishing boats? Ah Hui asked loudly as he stood by his fishing boat.
Zhang Yaohua shook his head: "No, listen to my brother, there is a container down here, and I plan to go down and take a few looks." ”
After hearing this, Ah Hui was a little speechless.
What else is there to see about a container sunk to the bottom of the sea? Can you salvage it? Whether the door of the container can be opened on the bottom of the sea is unknown, after all, there is pressure on the bottom of the sea.
However, since Zhang Yaohua is interested, he is not disappointed, so he should sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman!
Even Zhang Yaowei and Shui Wang wanted to speak and stopped.
No matter what their reaction is, Zhang Yaohua's target is not actually a container, the container is just a reason for him to dive into the sea here.
"I'll go down with Brother Hua to watch!" Shui Wang took the initiative to ask.
"If you can't do anything, I'll bring you Brother Hua up." Ah Hui said.
"I understand!"
Shui Wang and Zhang Yaohua sank one after the other.
Zhang Yaowei said embarrassedly: "I knew that my brother was going to do this, so I wouldn't tell him about it." ”
Hui: "It's okay! He probably just wanted to be fresh, and he had never encountered a container at sea. ”
After diving about 50 meters, Zhang Yaohua and Shui Wang finally saw four or five containers on the seabed.
Shui Wang pointed, and the two swam towards one of the deformed containers.