Chapter 10: The Smell of Danger
Facing the morning sun, letting the slightly fishy sea breeze blow on his face, Lu Yan put on a posture that he thought he was very forced, and stood with his hands tied, his long black hair tied casually with a black headband.
On this day, he got up very early, and after bidding farewell to Xia Da, he accompanied Lu Xiong to the slightly dilapidated big ship to the sea. The big guy didn't agree at the time, but Lu Xiong smiled mysteriously and insisted on letting him get on the boat, and everyone couldn't say anything.
It wasn't until the fishing village gradually disappeared from sight that Lu Yan came back to his senses. It was the first time to enjoy the scenery of the sea so comfortably, and I felt that everything was so novel, the boundless blue waves rippled, and the sky and the sea were connected. Suddenly my heart was relaxed, my mind was much more open-minded, and my mood was improved.
After coming over for a while, Lu Yan withdrew his gaze and walked out of the cabin.
Someone was smoking dry smoke, clouds and mist, laughing and talking about something, they had a different place every time they fished, and when they saw Lu Yan coming down, someone immediately said: "Xiaoyan, how do you feel, there is no seasickness!"
"Brother Sicheng! It's okay, I'm not dizzy!" Lu Yan chuckled and spoke, found an open space to sit down, the choking smell of smoke and fishy smell blended together, he couldn't help pursing his lips, and then muttered in a low voice, "Ya!
"Haha, the first time I went to sea, I vomited Uncle Wen's whole body!" said the young man named Sicheng, picking up the fishing net, laughing.
"Stinky boy, I'm embarrassed to say, didn't you say that you invited Lao Tzu to drink, I haven't even seen a drop of horse urine until now. The one who spoke was a middle-aged man with a beard, who spat out a long cigarette dragon and scolded with a smile.
"Okay, okay, let's go back and have a drink together!"
"That's it, you can't say anything, this rabbit cub!"
A group of people coaxed one after another, and Lu Yan on the side couldn't help but laugh.
"Oh, he, okay, okay! When I go back, I'll be the east, please have a good drink!" At this time, Sicheng's eldest uncle Mason spoke, Sicheng's parents died when he was a child, and Mason raised him.
Mason was the oldest in the room, so he was still more authoritative among the crowd. He took two puffs of his cigarette again, stood up and said, "It's almost, let's get ready to work!"
After hearing this, everyone stopped laughing, those who smoked also put out their cigarettes, and those who didn't smoke got up to get fishing gear, Lu Yan was naturally embarrassed to be idle, and hurriedly stepped forward to help.
When they walked out of the cabin, the sun was already hanging high, and they sang loudly and took off their coats, revealing their dark skin. Everyone's body is so strong, and the muscles are like pythons! Whoever sees them can't help but praise: what a group of arrogant men!
They didn't seem to have had a good luck today, and it took them half a day to catch three hairtail fish of more than ten catties. Sicheng couldn't help but be a little deflated, and muttered, "Damn! No! What's going on today, where did the fish go?
Mason pulled the fishing net and groaned, "What do you think?"
"I don't have any opinion, I can't go home empty-handed!" Lu Xiong said with a laugh, and the others nodded.
"Okay, then let's move on. Mason had pulled his net aboard the boat, but caught a two-foot-long spotted fish, which slammed into the deck.
Lu Yan held a speargun in his hand, stood at the bow of the boat, and didn't know how far the boat had gone before stopping, and soon after Mason dropped the net, he heard him shout with joy: "There is a big guy, I'm afraid he has two or three hundred catties of strength!" Mason bent down slightly as he spoke, trying to slow down the speed of the net, their net was so strong that the average gallfish would not bite at all.
"Hula!"
There was a sound of churning waves, and I saw a black shadow leap out of the water.
"It's a chorefish!" Sicheng exclaimed, hurriedly handed the net rope with the thickness of the baby's arm in his hand to Lu Yan, and jumped into the sea with a 'plop'.
At this time, Lu Yan's second uncle, Mei Xinlai, also threw down the harpoon in his hand and jumped down.
After a while, the nearly six-foot-tall creature was pulled onto the boat, seemingly unwillingly showing his white teeth and a few drops of red blood dripping from his nose.
"Grandma, you still want to rebel and can't succeed, I don't think you have enough!" Sicheng had already climbed onto the boat at this time, laughed and cursed, and put it into a special big wooden barrel and raised it first.
Catching such a valuable chokefish, everyone's mood was obviously much better, and they all laughed and laughed.
"It won't be another one!" Lu Xiong said in surprise as he cautiously pulled the fishing net after about half an hour.
"Isn't it?" Mei Xin stood by the side of the boat with a harpoon in his hand and saw the head of the fish, which was much smaller than the previous one, only four feet long, but everyone was still very happy.
"It seems that we are here today!" At this time, Mei Zhong, who was standing at the stern of the boat, laughed and opened his mouth, saying that a chochifish that had not yet grown horns had been pulled onto the boat.
"Haha, that's fucking great, let's go forward!" Sicheng laughed and walked out of the cabin, and no one else objected.
The ship walked slowly, but an hour passed, and the distance traveled was quite large. During this time, three more chokefish were caught one after another, the largest one was no more than seven feet, while the other fish did not, Lu Yan was slightly surprised, but he didn't take it to heart.
The more the group advanced, the more proud they became, and they forgot to far exceed the usual route. The distance they traveled was fixed, partly because they were afraid that they would not be able to return on time, and partly because their ancestors had warned their descendants not to go to the deep sea, saying that it was dangerous.
But today, under the impact of one by one cholifish, everyone is obviously carried away and throws the warnings of their ancestors out of the clouds!
After walking around the teacup again, looking at more and more of this fish, Lu Yan's heart couldn't help but burst! The laughter on Mason's face became less and less, and in the end, his brows were tightly locked. He also noticed that several other attentive uncles were doing the same, and a bad premonition came over him.
"Stop!" Mason yelled with a serious face.
"What's wrong, why are you stopping?" asked Si Cheng as he jumped on the deck and was puzzled.
"It's so abnormal, it's so abnormal!" Mason seemed to mumble to himself, pulled out his cigarette gun, and took a few puffs, and the thick cloud of smoke slowly drifted overhead, but was quickly dispersed by the sea breeze.
"What's wrong?" Si Cheng scratched his head in confusion.
"Most of the fish we catch on weekdays are yellow croaker, grouper, etc., some common fish, the largest is only 100 catties, and the gallfish is rare to see, but today it is the opposite!" Lu Yan groaned slightly, stroked the speargun and said.
"That's right!" Mason glanced at him appreciatively, and others gave him appreciative glances, Lu Xiong didn't say anything, just smiled with satisfaction.
"The key question now is, do we continue, or do we return!" At this time, Mei Zhong also opened his mouth with some annoyance.
He has a younger brother who injured his leg when he went to sea in his early years, and now he has difficulty even walking, and the life of the whole family is on his shoulders. Although he gave him more every time he gave him the fish, everyone's life was not easy, and the help was limited, although there was an opportunity to make money in front of him today, but he was worried about what would happen, which really upset him.
In fact, everyone has such an idea, but no one broke it just now, and they were all buried in their hearts. Now that it is on the bright side, they are all silently thinking about it, and they are really unwilling to go back like this, after all, there are too few and too few opportunities like this
"Uncles, let's go back!" Lu Yan also sat down and said tentatively.
"You kid, what does a little kid know! Stop talking!" Lu Xionghu was stunned and pointed at his son.
"Tell me your reasons!" Mason said to Lu Xiong, and then added, "Don't be afraid, whatever you say, we are all our own family." ”
Lu Yan nodded slightly and said: "You think, as the saying goes, there must be demons when things go wrong, the ancestors once said that the deep sea is dangerous, it must not be groundless!"
"But if nothing happens, won't we miss such a God-given opportunity!" Mei Zhong couldn't help but ask.
"Uncle Zhong, you also saw that I have caught six of these fish today, I believe it is worth our total harvest in a month! Besides, the fish bucket is limited, and at most it is only three fish, but if something special happens for those three fish, it will be unacceptable to us!" Lu Yan clenched the speargun and persuaded bitterly.
Because he felt the wind rising, with his keen perception, Lu Yan felt an extraordinary aura, as if a deadly threat was brewing in the wind