"I'll go down and check on the situation. You rest on the boat for a while."
"Oh, will your wound go down? You should wait for me to rest, then I'll go down."
"You should rest. I'm worried about you going down into the deep sea to dive."
I have the skills; going into the deep sea without skills is just extreme sports.
Ye Cheng stretched his arms and legs. He hadn't been in the water for a long time and was a little unaccustomed to it. He slowly slid into the water from behind the deck, where it was still a bit chilly.
The shipwreck was quite far away, so Ye Cheng swam slowly, feeling the wound on his stomach.
It was alright, it didn't hurt too much, so I started to plunge into the seawater.
The sunlight shining on the seawater made it look exceptionally beautiful, but the moment the shipwreck was seen, it wasn't so beautiful anymore.
What used to be able to sail freely on the sea surface can now only lie quietly on the seabed, with seaweed already crawling up, and only a few days have passed.
Ye Cheng came down here mainly to see if there was any possibility of salvaging the situation.
After all, sinking the ship wasn't his intention, but now it seems a bit difficult.
There were too many rocks in the area, and their boat capsized on its side as it landed among them.
Even if a tugboat is deployed on the sea, it would be difficult to pull it out smoothly, given the conditions underwater. There are large rocks in several places, and once it gets stuck in one spot, it would be very difficult to move it.
There's no way to tow the sunken ship up, but I'll have to find someone to deal with it when I get back, otherwise it'll pollute the environment.
After checking, Ye Cheng swam to the surface.
He quickly washed the wound with clean water as soon as he got up. The area that had already scabbed over softened again after being soaked, exposing the tender flesh of the wound. It seemed that he still couldn't go into the water.
Ye Cheng told Xiao Hu to swim over and retrieve the longline fishing rod first, while he took some iodine to disinfect the wound, as there are many bacteria in the seawater and it would be dangerous if it wasn't disinfected.
There were only 6 sets of longline fishing lines, 3 of which were empty lines tangled together, which the Zhu brothers had casually thrown away after they finished collecting their catch last time.
Xiao Hu only managed to pull up two of the three sets of lines; the other one got caught on the bottom. Since Xiao Hu couldn't go down to fix it, Ye Cheng had no choice but to tell Xiao Hu to cut the rope, leaving as little rope on the seabed as possible.
Just like Xiaobai last time, he got his neck strangled by a rope and almost died. He'll deal with the rope when he's able to go into the water again.
The other three sets of lines were ones the Zhu brothers hadn't collected, but after being pulled up by the line-reeling machine, there was basically nothing left on them except for dead fish. These fish must have taken the hooks too deep, couldn't get out, and died on the hooks.
Towards the end, there were even several fish bones left, I don't know what ate them, leaving behind this skeleton.
All in all, this voyage resulted in collecting some items from the fish traps.
After collecting their belongings, Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu began their return journey, arriving back at the dock at noon.
The two carried the goods directly to Lao He's purchasing station, letting him count and calculate the money himself, while they went to eat first.
After dinner, Xiao Hu thought Ye Cheng was going to Lao He's place, but he didn't expect him to go in a different direction.
"Brother, where are you going? Are you going to buy something?"
"Don't buy it. Go to the repair shop and ask if they can salvage it."
"Huh?" Xiao Hu was taken aback. "No, brother, didn't you say there was no way to salvage it?"
"Besides, this isn't our ship, why should we care about it?"
"Stop arguing and hurry up and follow me. I'll go ask first. It's not like we have to retrieve him."
The shipyard at the dock is quite large, after all, the ships themselves are not small.
However, there weren't many workers, only about a dozen. The boss was Jiang Zhonghui, who was over fifty years old and had been a repairman all his life, so he was considered a veteran.
As soon as I entered the shipyard, I could hear the sounds of machinery everywhere, rumbling and clattering, so loud that I couldn't hear anyone speaking, and most importantly, I couldn't see anyone at all.
"Old Jiang! Where are you?!" Ye Cheng shouted.
Here it is.
A man with a face covered in grease poked his head out of the boat and took a look.
"Second brother, wait a minute, I'll get the engine fixed soon."
"Okay, you get started."
The two of them went outside to smoke; it was too noisy inside.
After smoking two cigarettes, Old Jiang finally emerged from inside, covered in sweat.
"Here, light one first." Ye Cheng handed one over and then lit it for Old Jiang.
hiss--
"That was great! A cigarette afterwards, pure bliss," Old Jiang exhaled a smoke ring.
Ye Cheng chuckled. "Other people's aftermath is 'that kind of thing,' yours is 'repair.' What, are you getting old and no good anymore?"
Old Jiang grinned, revealing two rows of white teeth on his dark face, and pointed at Ye Cheng.
"You're so young, yet you're already making dirty jokes. You're such a sly old fox."
"What does this have to do with being a seasoned veteran? Men are just born that way."
"Hahahaha." Old Jiang laughed. "So, what brings you here? Has the ship run into trouble again?"
"Pah!" Xiao Hu quickly spat. "Old Jiang, you're not being fair. Are you cursing us?"
"I didn't. The problem is that you've been contacting me lately to repair your ship. Your ship is almost ready, the spare parts will arrive soon."
I heard the parts are arriving soon, which is good news, but Ye Cheng didn't come here today to talk about that.
"Old Jiang, I'm here on other business. What can your salvage ship do?"
Chiang Kai-shek paused for a moment, then nodded.
"Sure, we were the ones who salvaged Lao Duan's ship before."
“However,” Old Jiang paused for a moment, “this thing is too strenuous and not worth the effort.”
"Last time, Lao Duan's boat sank on the only way out to sea from the dock, so they were required to clean it up. Lao Duan spent tens of thousands of yuan, and in the end, he only sold it for a few thousand yuan after it was salvaged."
Ye Cheng really didn't know about this; he only knew about Duan Chunsheng's shipwreck.
"And last time you rammed and sank the boat in Liu Village, there was no need to salvage that spot, but the city leaders said it involved evidence of a crime, so we had to salvage it. I also helped out. The city paid for it all. We also had to salvage the things that sank to the bottom of the sea. They said it cost over 100,000 yuan in total."
"Did the city pay for all of this, over 100,000 yuan?" Xiao Hu asked curiously.
"Oh no, it's from the Liu family. Otherwise, Liu would have to be punished more severely."
"Damn! The Liu family is something else, they can come up with tens of thousands of yuan."
"At this point, no one cares whether they have money or not. They have to sell their houses and land to pay it off. Who wants their child to spend a few more years in jail?"
Ye Cheng shook his head; Da Liu had brought this on himself.
"Alright, let's not talk about them anymore. You know that the Zhu brothers' boat sank, right?"
"I know, you don't mean to help them salvage it, do you?" Old Jiang looked at Ye Cheng with surprise.
"Well, let me tell you in advance, this thing costs tens of thousands, more expensive than buying a used boat, almost as expensive as a new boat, it's really not worth it."
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