Chapter 160 Setting foot on the island
After Jiang Hongyu came back, he learned about Ye Mingzhu's experience of borrowing a boat and had the same guess.
If it were just the two of them, they would probably give up on this trip to the sea, but Yu Jiaming had been looking forward to it for two days and was definitely not going to give up.
"Let's see what happens tomorrow." This was all Jiang Hongyu could say.
They got up at the hour of Mao the next day. Ye Mingzhu had no appetite and only drank a bowl of porridge.
Jiang Hongyu did not persuade her, but just brought some extra dry food so that they could eat on the sea or after reaching the island.
In addition to Yu Jiaming and Xiaowu, there was also a middle-aged man named Lao Chen who went to the island with them this time.
Yu Jiaming did not introduce this person in detail, and Jiang Hongyu and Ye Mingzhu did not ask any more questions.
Both of them guessed that Lao Chen must have some tricks to identify the gold mines on the island, so they had to bring him to the island.
Fortunately, the patriarch’s boat was big enough, so five people could get on board without feeling crowded at all.
When they went into the water, they were met by several people checking them out. A man with a mole on his face stopped them and asked, "What are you doing out to sea?"
Jiang Hongyu raised his eyebrows: "What else can we do at sea? Pearl diving, fishing."
The mole-faced man glanced at the people on the boat and was very skeptical: "Does pearl fishing require so many people?"
"Our boat is big enough. More people can bring in more income." Jiang Hongyu said calmly.
The mole man couldn't figure out what was going on, so he shouted into the distance, "Ye Wu."
A short man ran over from a distance: "Brother Dali, what's wrong?"
"Look and see if these people are from your village. They said they were going to go pearl fishing. I haven't seen them in a while."
Ye Wu bent down and nodded, but when he looked at Ye Mingzhu and the others, the smile on his face disappeared.
"Fifth brother." Ye Mingzhu stood up and greeted him first.
A smile appeared on Ye Wu's face. "It's Mingzhu. What's going on? Are you going out to sea again? Uncle San said that you don't go out to sea often after you got married. Why isn't your brother-in-law on duty in town today?"
Ye Wu and Ye Mingzhu are real relatives. Their grandfathers are brothers. In fact, they are not even five generations apart. Ye Wu naturally knows about Jiang Hongyu's situation.
Ye Mingzhu glanced at Jiang Hongyu and said, "Fifth brother, you don't know that although he is on duty in the town, he doesn't have much money. We want to take advantage of the rest time to go to the sea. Maybe we can collect pearl oysters and sell them for some money."
Ye Wu nodded, glanced in the direction of the mole man, and lowered his voice: "What's going on with these three outsiders on your ship?"
"To be honest, Fifth Brother," Ye Mingzhu lowered her voice, "these three are all Brother Yu's friends. They came to our village during their day off and wanted to eat some freshly caught fish, so we went to the clan leader's house to borrow a boat to go out to sea."
Ye Wu certainly knew the clan leader's boat, but he still gave him a few warnings: "There's been a lot going on at sea lately, so come back early after you finish fishing."
Ye Mingzhu nodded and pretended to ask casually, "Fifth Brother, who is that person? Why are you questioning everyone who went out to sea?"
Ye Wu felt the mole man's gaze on him, but instead of looking back, he urged Ye Mingzhu to go out to sea quickly: "Okay, you are just going out to sea to catch some fish, so don't ask so many questions, go ahead."
Ye Mingzhu didn't ask any more questions, returned to the boat, and let Jiang Hongyu drive the boat.
When the mole man learned that the group was just out fishing and the women on the boat were pearl divers, his eyebrows raised: "I didn't expect the pearl divers in your village are quite young."
Ye Wu's heart skipped a beat, and he smiled and said, "That's my cousin. Although she looks young, she has been married for more than half a year."
When the mole-faced man heard that she was already married, he lost interest and went to stop other boats to ask. Ye Wu quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead. This job paid well, but the mole-faced man was not a good boss. Not only was he troublesome, but he also always asked a few questions to any good-looking woman he saw.
Fortunately, he did not mess with married women, so Ye Mingzhu escaped.
Ye Mingzhu, who had already gone out to sea, was not in a good mood. There were too many ships on the sea, and it seemed that all the ships in Yuanshan Village were on the sea level.
This is nothing. After all, people live by the sea, so most of them go out to sea. However, apart from looking around and asking each other for information, there are very few people who actually go to the sea to collect pearls or fish.
After Ye Mingzhu greeted three people in succession, she decided to change direction. Anyway, their excuse was fishing, so it would be more convenient to go to a place with fewer people.
When Yu Jiaming and his companions arrived at the sea, it was pitch black and they had no idea which direction they were going, so they just listened to Ye Mingzhu's instructions.
After changing directions three times, the number of ships around decreased significantly, leaving only one or two scattered around.
Ye Mingzhu asked Jiang Hongyu to stop and catch a few fish first.
Xiao Wu was a little anxious: "Should we go to the island first and fish later? We are not hungry."
Ye Mingzhu didn't want to look at him anymore. Sometimes Xiaowu was even dumber than her.
"Xiaowu, sit down. We are here to fish, so we have to catch some fish first and eat our fill before we go see other scenery." Yu Jiaming understood what Ye Mingzhu meant.
Ye Mingzhu didn't look up. She looked at the water and directed Jiang Hongyu to catch fish with the fishing net on the boat.
I don’t know if it was because he was unlucky today, but Jiang Hongyu threw the net twice and didn’t catch any fish.
Ye Mingzhu was a little disappointed: "Brother Yu, let's go to another place. We can't catch fish here."
Jiang Hongyu obediently talked about the net and rowed the boat towards the center of the sea.
After changing two locations without catching any fish, their boat kept changing directions.
A boat passed by and saw that they had cast two nets but caught no fish. They laughed and said, "You won't catch any fish like this. You should go somewhere with fewer people. The fish here are all spooked."
Ye Mingzhu suddenly realized: "Thank you for reminding me, uncle. Let's row a little over there."
Ye Mingzhu casually pointed in a direction and asked Jiang Hongyu to go that way.
The person who reminded them just now kept shaking his head. There were reefs in that sea, and it was not a good place for fishing. He wanted to remind Ye Mingzhu, but Jiang Hongyu's boat was rowing very fast, and no one on the other side could hear him clearly, so he had to give up. Anyway, they would naturally move to another place if they couldn't catch any fish.
Ye Mingzhu put away the fishing net and sat at the bow of the boat to give Jiang Hongyu directions, avoiding the reefs and taking a detour to avoid the undercurrent.
The boat was rocking a bit, and Yu Jiaming and his companions, who were not often on boats, were already looking a little pale. Ye Mingzhu pulled out a few special seasickness pills from her bag and had the three of them put them in their mouths.
Xiaowu looked at the black medicine block with a strange smell and didn't want to eat it, but Yu Jiaming and Lao Chen had already put the medicine block in their mouths. He was really sad, so he had to put it in his mouth.
Unexpectedly, the medicine block that smelled weird didn't have any strange taste when I put it in my mouth. Instead, it felt cool, which suppressed the feeling of nausea and vomiting.
They rocked on the boat for another incense stick of time, and then a small island appeared in front of them.
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