Fu Liang pointed into the distance and shouted excitedly, "The waterspout is indeed only half left!"
"It looks like the Water God has had his fill of water, so we can go home safely!"
Ye Xiaocui wiped the sweat from her forehead and then clasped her hands together, bowing repeatedly towards the direction of the dragon's breath.
“Awan, Aming, Aliang, Alin, you should also quickly worship the Dragon God and ask it to bless us along with Mazu.”
After Ye Xiaocui finished bowing, she didn't forget to urge Fu Wan and the others on.
In China, there have been legends of dragons since ancient times, and in these legends, dragons live in the sea.
Therefore, in the eyes of Ye Xiaocui and her older generation, both Mazu and the Dragon God were revered and worshipped as guardian deities.
Such things are a matter of belief; if you believe, they exist, if you don't, they don't. Even though they knew that this phenomenon was normal in terms of physics, as fishermen, Fu Wan and the others still obediently bowed several times in the direction of the waterspout.
After all, the ultimate goal of science is metaphysics.
If it weren't for metaphysics, neither I nor Boss Fu would have been able to be reborn.
"Hey Wan, do you think dragons really exist in this world?"
Fu Liang turned his head and asked in a low voice. Before Fu Wan could answer, Fu Ming interrupted.
"If there really were a dragon, would you have been able to see it? Maybe the Dragon God is hiding behind the clouds drinking water!"
After he finished speaking, he made a drinking gesture, which made Ye Xiaocui slap him again.
"Stop nagging and get the deck tidied up!"
The waves were too big just now, and many fish baskets on the boat overturned. Fortunately, the fish boxes containing live fish were fine, and they had put nets over the fish baskets, so even if they overturned, the seafood did not escape.
As the waves subsided, Boss Fu hurriedly steered the boat toward the dock.
We were originally planning to catch another netful of fish, but now we have to go back first no matter what.
After all, the dark clouds in the sky haven't cleared yet, and if another storm breaks out later, Boss Fu doesn't want to experience that kind of excitement a second time.
"Oh dear, it looks like the sea is quite rough in this area. Look, the boat over there has capsized."
After turning into a different sea area, Ye Lin stood by the side of the boat, looking into the distance and sighing.
Boss Fu also saw the fishing boat that had capsized on the sea, and there were many fish baskets floating in the surrounding water.
However, there was no sign of anyone.
The ocean is vast and boundless; if a boat capsizes, and someone is not a good swimmer or has bad luck, disaster can easily occur.
Being a good swimmer ensures you won't drown after your boat capsizes, and if you're lucky, you might encounter a passing fishing boat that can save you.
Otherwise, with such a vast sea, if you really had to swim back by yourself, you'd probably be exhausted before you even saw the dock.
"Amin, quickly check if there are any fishermen in the sea!"
As they approached the capsized boat, Boss Fu slowed down his own boat. Fu Wan and the others hurriedly went to the side of the boat and began searching the sea for any sign of life.
"Help...help me!"
A faint sound rang out, and Fu Wan, with her keen ears, was the first to catch it.
She hurriedly looked in the direction of the sound and saw an unfamiliar middle-aged man holding a plank, bobbing up and down with the waves.
"Brother, there's someone over there!"
Fu Wan pointed in the direction of the person and shouted. Upon seeing the situation, Fu Ming immediately jumped into the sea.
Seeing this, Fu Liang, who was standing nearby, also quickly jumped down to help.
Both of them are good swimmers. Although they are not as good as Fu Wan in diving, it is no problem for the two of them to rescue one.
Fu Ming's act of saving people was almost instinctive, because he himself had fallen into the sea during the storm. Apart from Boss Fu, he wouldn't have been able to be rescued with an injured leg if it weren't for the help of other villagers.
As for why Fu Wan didn't go down, it was because he was a grown man, and it wouldn't be convenient for her, a woman, to go down.
Although Ye Lin had honed his swimming skills in the river, they were still quite good. He anxiously watched his two brothers rescue the person from the side of the boat; if Fu Wan hadn't assured him that his brothers were capable, he would have jumped in too.
So when Fu Ming and Fu Liang pulled the person back, he happened to lend a hand.
"Oh dear, you must be freezing! Quickly wipe yourself dry. I brought a set of my husband's clothes, go and change first."
Ye Xiaocui handed over a dry cloth, looking at the man who seemed familiar but she couldn't remember where she had seen him before.
"Thank you... thank you all!"
Upon hearing this, the man struggled to his feet and knelt down before Fu Ming and Fu Liang with a thud.
"Hey, what are you doing!"
The two brothers didn't even have time to dodge before they hurriedly helped him up.
This man looked to be in his forties or fifties, and was clearly of the same generation as Boss Fu.
Kneeling down before them would shorten their lifespans!
"Uncle, are you the only one on this boat? Is there anyone else?"
Fu Wan quickly asked, if there were still people who couldn't be saved, then they would have to search more carefully.
"That's all. I'm going out to sea all by myself now."
The man was also still shaken. It was November, and the temperature was already quite low.
The wind is very strong at sea right now, and he doesn't know how long he's been in the sea. It will probably take him a while to recover.
Before going into the cabin to change his clothes, the man made sure to explain his situation. He said his surname was Liu, his given name was Dazhi, and he was from the neighboring Liu Family Village.
He went out to sea around the same time as Boss Fu's family, and they also encountered storms on their return journey.
However, his boating skills were not very good, so he couldn't control the boat well. After the boat capsized, not only did he lose all the fish he had caught on this voyage, but he also thought he was going to die in the sea.
"Hey, why does this ship look so familiar?"
Fu Wan looked at the dilapidated boat two or three meters away from her and muttered to herself. Looking at the hull, the location of the cabin, and the red cloth soaking in the water, Fu Wan felt more and more familiar with it.
"Mother, look at that piece of cloth, isn't it the one you prepared before?"
Fu Wan used a long hook to pull the red cloth out of the water, and Ye Xiaocui took it and examined it carefully.
"My God, isn't this the cloth flag I prepared for the village chief's boat?"
The village chief had rented the boat to their family before, but later the village chief wanted it back, and Fu Wan and the others forgot to take the piece of cloth back.
Having proven the origin of the cloth, Fu Wan finally understood where the familiarity with the ship came from.
Isn't that the boat that the village chief rented to his family before?
And that uncle just said his surname is Liu, and the village chief's wife, Liu San Niang, also has the surname Liu...
Could it be...
Was that uncle just now the village chief's brother-in-law who was making a fuss about wanting a boat?
However, judging from the fact that he knelt down before Fu Ming and the other man as soon as he came up, he doesn't seem like the kind of person who would make a fuss about taking someone else's boat!
As Fu Wan pondered this carefully, Liu Dazhi came out having just changed his clothes.
He was a bit shorter than Boss Fu, so the clothes didn't fit him quite well.
"Comrades, thank you so much today. Otherwise, I'm afraid I would really be here to die."
Ye Xiaocui waved her hand upon hearing this. Just then, Boss Fu came over from the cockpit. Boss Fu also recognized the origin of the capsized ship.
He got straight to the point and asked:
"What is your relationship with Liu Sanniang?"
Liu Dazhi was taken aback. "Liu Sanniang? Are you talking about Liu Sanniang from Fujia Village?"
She is my third older sister.
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