Chapter 384: Island and Reef in Distress

Chapter 384: Island and Reef in Distress

Chapter 384: Island and Reef in Distress
Wang Jie was very strong. He stood across the cargo hold, holding a grappling hook in one hand and was able to send the bamboo basket down into the cargo hold. At this time, the two people below were too late to receive the cargo and go down the hold.

Seeing that all the bamboo baskets had been pushed to the entrance of the cargo hold, Li Changle also jumped down to help.

Chen Yongwei was seen holding the iron claw of the ice chisel and quickly chiseling off the broken ice and scattering it on the bamboo basket. Brother Li then sorted and stacked the bamboo baskets.

"Awei, let me spread the ice!"

"okay!"

After Li Changle joined, the speed of stacking goods increased a lot. Soon all the fish were sprinkled with ice cubes and sorted and stacked in the cargo hold.

Li Changle and the other two left the cargo hold and covered the hold. Seeing that Wang Xincheng and his companions had already cleaned the deck, they became more and more satisfied with the two young men.

When hiring boatmen, one is afraid of finding those who are dull and lack initiative. It's not that such people can't do the job, but they lack a sense of responsibility and are unwilling to take the initiative to do things within their ability.

After finishing my work, I can finally sit down and rest for a while.

Li Changle asked Wang Xincheng to get some pomelo and persimmons, and sent some to Li Erge. Several people sat down in a row under the shade beside the cabin and started to eat.

"Uncle A Le, does that island look like a stone gate in the middle?" Wang Xincheng said, pointing to the island reef in the front left.

Li Changle turned his head and saw a long reef extending from the island in the distance, like a thick city wall.

The middle section of the long reef probably collapsed due to the impact of the waves, and from a distance it looked like a stone arch bridge standing on the sea.

Brother Li praised after seeing it: "It's amazing, it looks like it was carved out by a stonemason."

Li Changle smiled and said, "Do you think the bridge will collapse if people walk on it?"

"It shouldn't happen. Even a typhoon didn't blow it down. Human power is much weaker than a typhoon."

"Brother Ale, the pomelo and persimmons from Brother Acong's house are delicious. Let's get some more fruit tree seedlings down the mountain in the spring and plant them around the drying yard."

Brother Li shook his head after hearing this, "It's not okay to plant around the drying field, it will block the sunlight."

"Don't worry, Brother Qian said that we can top and prune the fruit trees so they won't grow too tall."

"This is a good idea. Let's plant bayberries, yellow peaches, loquats, pears, grapes, and so on. Now we have our own family and the children can eat whatever they want!"

Li Changle smiled and nodded, then raised his hand to check the time. "There's something wrong with this net. It's been two and a half hours, and my second brother hasn't called for the net yet."

"I'll go ask my second uncle!" Wang Xincheng stood up and ran towards the cab. After a moment, he waved to the others, "Everyone, take your positions. Let's raise the net!"

"what happened?"

"Uncle Er saw that we were very busy and wanted to let us take a break, so he postponed the time to start the game."

"oh oh!"

The boat speed slowly slowed down, and Brother Li started the machine. When the net bag was pulled onto the deck, it looked about the same size as the net in the morning.

After opening it, there were no surprises, just familiar faces.

Li Changle looked at the time. It was already past twelve o'clock. "Ah Cheng, go cook. Let Second Uncle stop and rest for a while. After dinner, return to Turtle Island."

"Okay!" Wang Xincheng took two steps and said, "Uncle Ale, what do you want to eat?"

Li Changle pointed at the shrimps and said, "Catch some shrimps and make two swimming crab hot pot cakes."

"Okay!" Wang Xincheng picked up the bucket, caught two swimming crabs and a handful of hair shrimps and walked towards the cab.

After hearing this, Brother Li turned the rudder and docked the boat, then walked out, "Ah Le, Boss Chen is coming this way too."

"How was his catch today?"

"I heard him say it wasn't very good. The two nets only pulled less than 2,000 kilograms."

"The fishing conditions are so good today, his catch is not that good!" Li Changle threw the tied blue crabs into the bucket, and everyone got busy.

This net contained more hairtail than any previous one. Together with large and small ones, it filled more than 30 baskets, accounting for most of this net. There were also some swordfish, sea bass and so on.

Since we went out to sea last night, we have caught more than 20,000 kilograms of fish. Although we cannot return early as we had planned, there is still no problem returning with a full tank.

After sorting the fish and putting them into baskets, several people sent them to the entrance of the cargo hold. Brother Li and his two men went down to the cargo hold to load the cargo, while Li Changle and Wang Jie sent the bamboo baskets down.

Just as he was busy, Wang Xincheng suddenly rushed out from the kitchen, "Uncle A Le, I found something wrong with the two iron boats in front!"

Li Changle stood up and looked in the direction he pointed, only to see two black-bottomed iron boats, about sixteen or seventeen meters long, approaching them aggressively.

"Brother, Awei, come up quickly and grab your weapons!" Before he finished speaking, he had already rushed towards the cabin.

Brother Li and his two companions quickly jumped from the cargo hold to the deck, "Ah Cheng, Ah Jie, cover the cargo hold and hide by the side of the ship!"

"Yes!" Wang Xincheng responded and pulled Wang Jie. The two of them quickly threw the last few baskets of fish from the cargo hold, covered the hold, and picked up the harpoon placed aside.

Wang Jie looked at the fishing boat coming towards them in panic, "A...Cheng..." "Ajie, don't be afraid, there are weapons on the boat!" Wang Xincheng picked up a harpoon and handed it to him.

It was the first time for Wang Jie to see such a scene. Seeing that Wang Xincheng was also calm, his heart, which was so nervous that it was about to jump out of his chest, gradually calmed down.

He took the harpoon, gripped the handle tightly, and said with a firm look in his eyes, "Don't be afraid." He was so nervous that he didn't even know how to stop stuttering.

Li Changle had just pulled the weapon out from under the bed when Chen Yongwei and Brother Li ran in and handed the rifle to Brother Li. "Brother, get on top of the cab."

"Yes!" Brother Li took the gun and the cloth bag of bullets and ran out quickly.

Chen Yongwei picked up the shiny machete and went to the deck. He handed the machete to the two people hiding on the port side, and then he lay down on the starboard side.

In the cockpit, Brother Li started the fishing boat while using the intercom to inform Chen Amao that they were being hijacked by pirates.

"Ah!" Chen Amao exclaimed, "It must be those guys from last time. You guys stay calm first, I bought a big one this time and will come to support you right away."

"Thank you! Thank you!" Brother Li was anxiously waiting for the Xusheng to start again, but the ship needed a buffer to restart. He saw two ships getting closer and closer to the Xusheng, and they separated to encircle it from the side.

His palms were sweating from anxiety and thoughts flashed through his mind one after another. The enemy's ship was not as big or new as the Xusheng, and its speed would definitely not be faster than his own. As long as he didn't get blocked by them, he would not be afraid of a head-on confrontation.

Li Changle and Brother Li, who were lying on the roof of the cabin, spread their legs and pressed tightly against both sides of the roof to prevent themselves from being thrown off the roof by the boat.

At this time, the two ships were much closer to the Xusheng, and Li Changle and the others could already see clearly the situation on the opposite ship.

On the decks of the two black-bottomed ships, there stood seven or eight sturdy men carrying machetes and grappling hooks, pointing at the Xusheng and saying something triumphantly.

In the cockpit of each of the two boats stood a man holding a gun, looking very proud.

Brother Li was so angry that he started to curse, "You bastards, these people are probably here to besiege the village. They will rob lone boats, but how could a decent fisherman do such a thing?"

Although Li Changle suspected that Zhou Achang did it, he thought that he had not encountered any operating ships along the way and there was no positioning system in those days, so they should not know in which sea area the Xusheng was operating.

These two boats are probably the ones that will attack lone boats when fishing.

"Brother, shoot at the cabin. I'll shoot the boat on the right, and you shoot the left. Don't be soft-hearted, or we'll be in trouble!"

"Don't worry, I know the seriousness of the matter!" Brother Li responded with a firm look.

Seeing the two boats getting closer and closer, Wang Xincheng, who was craning his neck to the side of the boat, nervously shouted to the cab: "Second Uncle, hurry up, they are coming."

"Woo... Woo..." At the critical moment, the Xusheng's whistle sounded long and it quickly rammed into the two ships that were encircling it.

The two ships that were encircling them did not expect that the Xusheng would ram into them at all costs, so they quickly turned the rudder to avoid it. The two men with guns quickly steadied themselves and shot at Li Erge.

"Bang bang...bang bang..."

Li Changle and Brother Li, who were lying on the roof of the cabin, pulled the trigger as soon as they raised their guns. The people on the other ship did not expect that the Xusheng had two guns, and they were shot in a panic.

Brother Li cleared the alarm, looked at the broken window, increased the speed of the boat and rushed out past the two boats. The two fishing boats immediately turned around and chased after them.

Li Changle and Brother Li changed direction and fired at the fishing boats chasing them from behind.

At this time, the two men discovered that Brother Li started to turn the rudder, and the fishing boat chasing them also started to turn the rudder, apparently trying to escape.

"What's going on?" Before the two could react, a loud whistle sounded behind them.

The two brothers turned around at the same time and saw the Shunfeng sailing towards them. They looked at each other and said in unison, "Boss Chen is here!"

This is how it works at sea. If you lend a helping hand to others today, you may be the one to be rescued next time.

Chen Yongwei on the deck also saw the Shunfeng and cheered loudly, "Reinforcements are coming, fight back!"

"Fight back!" Wang Xincheng shouted.

"Fight...back!" Wang Jie also shouted excitedly.

In the cab, Chen Amao's loud voice came from the intercom, "Brother Li, I'll be on your left and you'll be on your right. Let's go back and defeat them."

Then he added, "Damn it, I touched a gun when I was a militiaman, and I've been itching to do it for a long time."

"Okay, be careful!" Brother Li grinned after saying that. He thought that most people who played with Ah Le were very interesting. "Come on, if someone who didn't know the truth saw us, they would think we were the ones who went to rob!"

The situation suddenly reversed. The two black-bottomed ships were fleeing for their lives in the front, while the Xusheng and Shunfeng were chasing them at full speed from behind. The distance between the four ships was getting closer and closer.

Li Changle looked at these robbers with ferocious faces with cold eyes, and his arrogant expression was replaced by fear. "You will pay for what you have done sooner or later."

"You bastard, you dare to do something immoral, retribution will come sooner or later!"

With a grim face, Brother Li controlled the Xusheng and Shunfeng to pass through the side, encircled the black-bottomed ship, and then turned the rudder to ram it directly.

Seeing this, Chen Yongwei, who was lying against the side of the boat, hurriedly asked Wang Xincheng and Wang Jie to hold their heads to prevent head injuries.

(End of this chapter)