They were wreaking havoc under the water, and occasionally hitting our boat with their bodies. This boat was not a modern piece of craft with seamless seams. It seemed like it was used by some barbaric tribe for fishing. Many places still used the method of wood piercing wood, and most of them were logs, so it was not strong. It could not withstand two more hits from the sharks.
There is no other way for now. The only way is to stop them from attacking the boat, otherwise the boat will capsize and we will all be finished.
There was a wooden fork on the boat. As I was searching for it, I suddenly touched something that felt warm like human skin. There is a difference in body temperature between men and women, so the temperature must be that of a woman's skin?
I took a look in the moonlight and found that there were two women tied up on the boat. I touched her thigh...
She blushed, frowned and pouted, and I quickly withdrew my hand and apologized repeatedly.
Then she found the harpoon under her feet and was about to jump down from the boat to the raft. Zhang Yunwen hurried over and staggered over. She held me back, holding on to the pain and yelled, "Don't go down. You'll be swallowed by a shark."
I saw that the wound was bleeding badly, so I said, "I have to go and lure the shark away, otherwise our boat will capsize and we'll all die. There's a girl over there, untie her and let her treat your wound. I've put all the useful things in the first aid kit on the second layer of the backpack, so go quickly."
"But it's too dangerous for you to do this!" Zhang Yunwen was so anxious that she was about to cry.
"Survival in the wild is always dangerous. From now on, don't think of this place as a civilized world. We are also part of the wild beasts. The law of the jungle is the basic law of survival." I said solemnly.
"It's all my fault...it's my fault for not listening to you, which caused so much trouble." Zhang Yunwen sobbed.
I'm not very good at comforting girls, so I just patted her on the back. She was quite sentimental and hugged me. Her weak body pressed against me and kept rising and falling. I could only touch her head and said, "Don't worry, I will be back."
"Well...you must come back. I'll wait for you."
So I gently pushed her away and jumped off the life raft, holding the bayonet in my left hand and the harpoon in my right hand. I took off my underwear, which was stained with Yunwen's blood, and threw it into the water. The sharks smelled the blood and gathered towards me.
I tied my clothes to the raft and paddled in the opposite direction of the boat, and the shark followed me.
I could hear movement under the water, so I raised the harpoon and judging by the sound of the water, I realized it was about time so I jumped into the water immediately, letting the raft carry the shark away while I swam towards the boat. Unfortunately, a shark also targeted me, and I was holding the harpoon in one hand with the bayonet in my mouth, which made it difficult for me to swim and I couldn't swim as fast as the shark.
There should be one or two chasing after me. I estimated their movements and if my guess was correct, they would bite me soon. At this time, a rope was thrown down and I hurriedly caught it. They pulled me quickly, while the other two chased me closely.
"Are you crazy with hunger? Get out of here!" I yelled.
But at this moment, I heard the sound of water flowing violently, which was a sign of attack. I had never fought in the water, and I panicked immediately. But when I thought of the man’s fate, I still followed my own judgment, took action first, and stabbed fiercely!
This is a matter of life and death. Being fast or slow will affect the final result.
However, at this time, blood was surging, and not long after, the shark floated up with its white belly turned up. The other end was frightened and did not attack. I also followed the rope and climbed onto the boat.
The crisis was over, and I moved the shark up at the right time. Food was scarce and it was shameful to waste resources.
When I got on the boat, I found that there were not just one but two girls tied up. Yunwen had untied the ropes for them. They were a pair of sisters. The older sister was named Song Bailu and the younger sister was named Song Yingchun. They had been tied up on the boat by the man and dared not make a sound until they were rescued. Then I knew about these two people.
The elder sister, Bailu, was pretty, with very fair skin and wore a pair of glasses. She said she was a top student studying medicine and had already opened her own Chinese medicine clinic. She was considered young and promising. However, her younger sister did not want to say much about her background. The younger sister, Yingchun, was more delicate in appearance and looked similar to her elder sister. She did not wear glasses and was only willing to talk to her elder sister, and tended to ignore other people.
In this way, the boat drifted on the sea, and I rowed with the oars. Yunwen couldn't move her arms much, and Yingchun was very delicate and didn't want to do such rough work, so only Song Bailu and I took turns rowing, which made me a little angry.
Recently, Yunwen always looked at me with a wronged look at night. I didn't know why, until one night, I found that there was no fresh water in the cup, not even a drop. I checked my backpack as usual and found that a lot of bread was missing. I couldn't help but be surprised.
"Who stole the bread? Who drank all the water!" I shouted.
"Oh, I just fell asleep, what are you doing?" The other girls just looked at each other, but Song Yingchun directly responded.
"The food I allocated to us is enough for us to keep ourselves full every day and to last for six to seven days until we find the coast. If any of you eats it all, what will you do next? Wait to die?" I asked.
"Why do you care about such a small thing? It's me who eats, so what? I'm hungry. Food is for people to eat. Do you have to hide it? You are such a weird person. You don't let me eat what I want and you don't let me drink what I want. Isn't that funny?" Song Yingchun said.
I have a bad temper, and I immediately pulled out my bayonet. Bai Lu quickly stopped me and said, "Brother, brother, my sister is immature, she is still young, if there is anything, you can come to me... You see, there is still bread, if it really doesn't work, we can eat shark meat, those who can survive, calm down, okay?"
"Keep an eye on your sister, or I'll throw her over to be eaten by sharks," I said coldly.
I may not care much about other things, but I cannot be vague about the important matter concerning everyone's survival.
"Yingchun, hurry up and apologize to Brother Zhou Bo!" Bai Lu scolded.
Song Yingchun snorted coldly, turned her head away, didn't care about it anymore, continued to sleep, and ignored her completely.
I checked the package. The beef jerky was gone, leaving only the empty bag. There was a whole box, about twenty-four pieces, and only three packaged cakes were left. The water was drunk directly, and there was the shark that was almost stinking. This was all the food we had.
Zhang Yunwen came over and held me, whispering, "Forget it, it's all my fault. I didn't tell you when she cheated on me for the first time. You blame me..."
I sighed, put on my backpack, and sat down at the edge without saying a word.
Song Bailu is a top student, she knows the pros and cons, and she let Yunwen go soon. She walked towards me and said, "Brother Zhou, my sister is willful, I didn't manage her well, but it doesn't mean we will starve to death. This boat came from the northwest, there may be an island in that direction, if we go in that direction, we may be rescued soon. In addition, we can cut the shark meat and see if we can dry it into dried fish..."
What she said made sense. Things had already happened and there was no point in getting angry. You should just think about how to survive.
After that, I cut the shark open with a bayonet, took out the meat that was not yet rotten, threw away the rest, sprinkled it with sea water, and placed it on the bow to dry. After the sea water dried up, coarse salt would be left. Although it is not good for the human body, it is still helpful for marinating fish.
In order to survive, I have no choice but to make do with it.
There really was a soldier on the boat, and he found a compass, so he quickly found the northwest direction and rowed all the way there...