The driver said, "I don't know either. My family has been fishermen for generations. I can call and ask them; maybe someone there knows."
Dong Qing handed his phone to the driver, saying, "Why don't you call and ask?"
Fishermen spend their days at sea and are quite familiar with the islands. The driver quickly learned that two islands had fresh water.
We arrived at the island at noon. The driver docked the yacht and pointed to an island not far away, saying, "These two islands are called Sister Islands. My friend told me on the phone that long ago, twin sisters died at sea, and after their deaths, they turned into two islands, hence the name Sister Islands."
Whether many legends are true or not, nobody knows. Ancient legends have a history of thousands of years, so who knows if they are true or false?
Dong Qing looked at the two islands from the outside. They were about two kilometers apart and looked very similar, like twin sisters.
Dong Qing had the driver take the yacht around the two islands, which were about the same size, each about 10 square kilometers.
Dongqing instructed the driver to take the yacht between the two islands. Only when they got close could they see clearly that it was low tide and the two islands were faintly connected, like two sisters holding hands.
The reef connecting the two islands is about 20 meters wide, appearing and disappearing with the movement of the waves, but it should be fully exposed at low tide at night.
If you are not familiar with the sea topography, the most likely thing to happen is when a yacht is passing quickly between two islands during high tide.
If it is decided to develop these two islands in the future, a wide road can be built on the rocks between them to connect them – a truly ingenious design.
After the yacht docked, Dong Qing and the other two disembarked and walked towards the island.
These two islands were the most beautiful they had seen in a week; the trees on the islands dressed them in green, making them look very beautiful.
The island has mountains, water, and relatively flat forests.
There are several lakes on the island. Dongqing squatted down, reached out and tasted the water. It turned out that these were indeed freshwater lakes.
Theoretically speaking, islands are surrounded by the sea and do not have freshwater resources.
However, the ecological environment of the island and the survival and reproduction of plants, as well as the water produced by plants through photosynthesis, also enable the island to have freshwater resources.
These two islands are densely forested, so it's not hard to understand why they have fresh water. I wonder if the island on the other side has fresh water.
The two islands will inevitably be connected in the future, so whether one island has fresh water or not will no longer matter.
They wandered around the island for a while, and Dongqing said, "Let's go take a look at that island."
The two women nodded and walked with him toward the shore.
They took a yacht to another island, which truly lived up to its sister island reputation, as the two islands had a similar layout and several freshwater lakes.
The three of them returned to the yacht, and Dongqing had the driver take the yacht around the two islands a few times. The two islands were indeed sister islands, as they looked very similar.
Dongqing said, "Yuzhu, the scenery here is so beautiful. Shall we settle down here someday?"
Li Yuzhu said, "Don't just come up with whatever comes to mind. How will the children go to school if they live here? Where will they get medical treatment if they have a headache or fever?"
Dong Qing said, "You really don't need to worry about that. I'll build a villa community on the island in the future, and a large hotel resort. I'll also fund a school and a hospital myself. Won't that solve all these problems?"
If a large population lives on an island, it's only natural to open a school or a hospital there.
Upon hearing this, Li Yuzhu looked at her husband in disbelief, her beautiful eyes filled with curiosity and bewilderment, as if exploring an unknown and mysterious world. She asked, "You're really dreaming. Do people buy villas on deserted islands?"
Dong Qing said, "Do you know what rich people want to do most? They want to enjoy life and have their own paradise. Don't you think these two islands are like a paradise?"
This place is indeed beautiful, surrounded by the sea. Building a road between the two islands would probably be the ideal home for the wealthy.
Dong Qing said, "Let's go back."
The driver said okay, started the yacht, and headed away from the island toward the sea.
They had barely set sail when a sudden gust of wind picked up at sea, making it impossible for the cruise ship to sail.
Unlike the 21st century, where weather forecasts are readily available, this era is particularly challenging at sea, where even radios cannot receive signals in remote locations.
The wind and waves are likely to get bigger and bigger. The driver said, "It's more than four hours by sea from here to the mainland. In this situation, we can't go back. We must go back to the island immediately to take refuge."
Four hours is not a short time, and with such strong winds, there was no guarantee that anything might happen. Dongqing finally agreed to let the driver turn around and return to Sister Island immediately.
The cruise ship returned to the shore of Sister Island after being tossed about by the waves. The anchor alone was not enough, so the driver used steel cables to secure the yacht to several large trees on the island. With the anchor in place, there was no problem.
The wind wasn't particularly strong at the time, but even so, the yacht was tossed about violently by the waves, making it impossible to rest on the yacht in such weather.
As darkness fell, the yacht driver looked up and said, "There's a chance of a storm. We have tents on the yacht, so we'll have to stay on the island for the time being."
The driver, who frequently sailed at sea, knew that a storm was inevitable.
Dong Qing nodded after hearing this. They could only stay on the island for the time being. It wasn't raining now, and the wind wasn't particularly strong. They had to set up the tents immediately, or it would be too late when the storm came.
There are several small tents on the yacht before it goes out to sea, which are prepared for this kind of weather. If they get stranded on an island, the tents will be their shelter from the wind and rain.
Dong Qing and his two companions, along with the driver, took several tents from the cabin and brought them to the island. The tents were made with ready-made frames that could be easily assembled with screws.
On a relatively flat area by the lake on the island, where there are many trees, three tents were set up in the gaps between the trees, making it easy to secure the tents to the surrounding trees with ropes.
One tent is used for cooking, and the other is where the driver lives.
The other two tents were occupied by Dong Qing and his wife, and Gu Yurou.
If there's a typhoon, the tent might be blown away. But if you use ropes to secure the tent to a tree, it will be much more stable and can withstand the impact of the storm.
Dong Qing was worried that there might be snakes on the island, but thankfully, he searched the island for a long time and did not find any.
Finally, they took a few folding beds off the yacht and put them into the tent, and their temporary home was set up.
After a simple dinner, everyone went back to their tents to rest.
As evening fell, a fierce wind arose and a torrential downpour began. If it hadn't been secured by ropes, the tent would have been blown into the sea by the storm long ago.
Dong Qing looked towards the yachts on the side of the island. The yachts were bobbing up and down with the impact of the waves. If you didn't live on the island, you probably wouldn't be able to stand on the yachts at this moment.
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