1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 301 Paid Rescue (two chapters merged)

 On a reef about ten nautical miles away from Dandan Island, two men were lying on the rocks.

 The moon on the second day of the lunar month only has a crescent moon, but the stars are very bright.

The two of them were very sleepy and their eyelids kept fighting, but they did not dare to close their eyes and sleep because the pants on their lower bodies were all wet.

My lips are so dry that they are cracked, my body is severely dehydrated, and my limbs have long been numb from the cold. Once I fall asleep, I will probably not wake up.

 But even under such circumstances, they still had the energy to quarrel and curse each other.

“Liu Mazi, you are a waste. You don’t even know the sea route, yet you dare to take me out to sell goods.”

Liu Mazi scolded back: "I asked you to sit on the bow of the boat to see if there are any rocks in front, but why didn't you see it?"

"Look at the ghost! There are reefs nearby. You can see it everywhere. You are not bringing me to sell goods. You are bringing me to die."

“Fuck you, uncle.” Chen Liang punched Liu Mazi directly in the face.

 “You **** slapped me in the face again.”

 Liu Mazi kicked Chen Liang in the crotch.

"Where are you kicking?" Chen Liang scolded angrily: "I saw that you were very sleepy and I was afraid that you would fall asleep, so I hit you."

 “I saw that you were also very sleepy, so I kicked you.”

Trapped on the reef for two days, the two of them punched each other no matter how many times. One wanted to take it out on the other, and the other was afraid that the other would actually sleep to death.

“Save your strength, Captain Zhang is also trapped here in Tangjia. Someone will come to rescue us soon.”

Liu Mazi looked at the bright light on the rocks not far away, and his whole body began to tremble uncontrollably, and his teeth chattered: "It's so cold, I really want to make a fire."

“If I had fire, I would really like to eat roasted sweet potatoes. If I could go back alive, I would definitely stop messing around and go fishing with my dad.”

Liu Mazi said calmly:

"If I can go back, I don't plan to stay on Dandan Island anymore. I want to work in the city."

“Xiao Liang, I’m really cold and I can’t bear it anymore. Punch me quickly.”

 “I don’t have the energy to fight.”

Chen Liang's teeth began to chatter and he said, "Who's not cold? Why don't we take off our clothes, wrap them up outside, and use our bodies to keep warm."

 “Damn it, you’re disgusting.”

“This is how martial arts novels are written.”

“Other people’s novels are all about a man and a woman, and we are all men.”

 The pier of Xiasha Village.

Li Duoyu called all the people involved in the matter and those who were capable of rescue to the side to discuss.

There are currently four people trapped, namely Liu Mazi, Chen Liang, Zhang Lianchang and Wei Guo.

Although Captain Zhang and the others also ran aground on the rocks, since they were relatively close to the main reef of Dongjia, they swam directly over.

 It is not very dangerous at the moment.

Zhao Dahai said: "Er Niu and I hid some fresh water, food and firewood on the island. Xiao Jun said that he saw fire on the Dongjia Reef. It should be Captain Zhang and the others who found the things we hid. It shouldn't be very long now." Danger."

Li Duoyu nodded: "Captain Zhang and Wei Guo should not have much of a problem. We can just go to the island to pick them back up when the tide is high."

 Company Commander Zhang and Wei Guo’s family members were instantly relieved when Li Duoyu said this.

“Fortunately, you brothers have something hidden up there, otherwise it would be hard to endure the winter when your clothes get wet.”

Chen Yuzhu said with red eyes:

"Our Liu Hao's clothes must have been wet. He has been trapped for two days and he probably won't be able to hold on anymore. Company Commander Zhang and the others are fine now. Village Director, you have to save Liu Hao and the others first."

Zhang Jinfeng knelt down on the spot: "Village director, we only have one son, you have to find a way to save him."

Li Duoyu frowned. The most dangerous people now were indeed Liu Mazi and Chen Liang.

 You may not necessarily die if you go without water or food for two days, but many shipwrecks do not result from starvation or drowning. Most of them die from hypothermia.

 In such a severe winter, once hypothermia begins, people will soon become unable to move, eventually leading to death.

Especially late at night, the temperature is very likely to drop to single digits. Tonight is definitely a test of life and death for those two people.

 Li Duoyu thought for a while and felt that there was no point in worrying now. He should consider the rescue plan first.

There were no drawings on site. Li Duoyu directly took a piece of charcoal from a stove near the dock and started drawing on the cement floor.

 After a while, the geographical location of the entire main reef and subsidiary reefs of Dongjia Reef was drawn, and many small circles were drawn between the two islands and reefs.

Li Duoyu pointed to one of the big circles and said, "If you are right, Liu Mazi and Chen Liang should be trapped here."

 When Li Duoyu drew this simple sea map, everyone came over to watch.

The fishermen on Dandan Island have always been afraid of Dongjia Reef, and they only dare to set their nets outside its periphery, not daring to get close at all.

Looking at the simple chart drawn by Li Duoyu, a fisherman was surprised and said: "Duoyu, those small circles can't be reefs."

Li Duoyu nodded: "Well, these circles are large, relatively dangerous reefs."

After seeing the chart near Dongjia Reef, uncle Li Niantian said excitedly: "Duoyu, don't erase it yet. I'll go home and get a pen and paper to draw it."

The onlookers and villagers all praised: "This is a good thing, everyone will definitely use it in the future."

The Zhao brothers laughed bitterly.

If Li Duoyu shares this thing, Dongjia Reef will no longer be their brother's back garden.

 In this era without nautical charting equipment, except for some simple paper charts, we generally rely on experience.

Because Tung Kip Reef is too dangerous, no one has been willing to draw a chart near Tung Kip Reef for so many years.

After the uncle brought the pen and paper, Li Duoyu continued: "Within one nautical mile of Dongjia Reef, there are many shallow water areas, reefs and sunken ships."

Li Duoyu pointed to the circle that trapped Liu Mazi and Chen Liang and said:

“The place where they are trapped has a dry reef that is exposed to the sea all year round, but there are all reefs nearby. If a big ship passes, it will be 100% stranded. Only small boats can pass.”

"And on the east side of this reef, when the tide is low, the average depth is only about 1.5 meters. Once the tide starts to recede, the boat cannot go."

 After saying that, Li Duoyu drew a big cross in that area of ​​the sea with charcoal.

Zhao Dahai scratched his head and asked, "Brother Yu, is the place where you marked the cross the place where Er Niu and I were trapped last time?"

 Li Duoyu replied:

“That’s right, it’s right there. Under normal circumstances, it’s impossible for you to walk there. It just so happened that the astronomical tide caught up with you that day.”

Zhao Dahai suddenly realized:

“No wonder we couldn’t find the stone later. It turned out to be in the sea.”

 Seeing that Li Duoyu was so familiar with that sea area, the villagers present were surprised.

“Village director, why are you so familiar with Dongjia Reef?”

Li Duoyu smiled awkwardly:

“This is where Agui and I made our first pot of gold, otherwise we wouldn’t have the capital to steal the goods.”

A villager suddenly said:

“I remembered that at that time, someone from the next island came to complain, saying that you blackmailed them and took more than ten silver dollars from others.”

Li Duoyu had a dark face:

 “Don’t mention the past, I’ve already become a good person now.”

 A villager laughed and said:

 “I still remember your old afro.”

 “I remember it too.”

 Seeing that Li Duoyu was so familiar with this sea area, Liu Mazi and Chen Liang's family members also felt relieved. “Our village director is still reliable.”

 But at this moment.

Li Duoyu suddenly looked at Liu Mazi and Chen Liang's family members, and said with a serious face: "By the way, I have something to tell you in advance."

"This rescue is quite difficult and requires a lot of people. Regardless of whether it is successful or not, both of you will have to pay for the rescue."

 After hearing this.

Chen Yuzhu was dumbfounded on the spot: "Village director, didn't you take money from the people who saved our village before? Why do we have to collect money?"

“When people in our village are in trouble at sea, if they don’t all help each other, there is no such thing as collecting money.”

The uncle also frowned, just like Chen Yuzhu said, fishermen who don’t know each other help each other when they encounter difficulties at sea, let alone people in the village.

Having been fishing for so many years, he didn’t know how many fishing boats he helped pull back to port with broken engines. The most he could do was to charge others for diesel fuel.

After so many years of fishing, their fishing boat also broke down at sea, and other fishing boats helped pull it back to port.

  Helping each other at sea can be said to be a tacit understanding among fishermen. To put it bluntly, everyone is subtly influenced by Mazu.

 But do good deeds and don’t ask for reward!

Li Niantian frowned and said: "Duoyu, I think we can talk about money later. It feels a bit inappropriate to talk about it now."

 The onlookers’ villagers also said, “I also think Captain Li is right. It’s important to save people first.”

To everyone's surprise, Li Duoyu said resolutely: "No, this time is different."

 Chen Yuzhu looked puzzled:

 “Why is it different?”

Li Duoyu sneered: "Can it be the same? Why do a group of us take such a big risk to save two unruly people?"

The villagers fell silent, and then everyone realized that the situation of these two people was indeed quite special.

Zhao Dahai echoed: "I support the village director in today's matter. This must not be done. If we rescue them for free today, will we also rescue pirates for free in the future if they are stranded?"

 Chen Yuzhu's eyes turned red: "We are all from the same village, and they are just children. Maybe they just want to go out on a boat to play."

Zhao Erniu sighed and couldn't help cursing: "If you put it like that, I am also a child. Can I just drive everyone's fishing boat out to play?"

The villagers looked at Chen Yuzhu and shook their heads and sighed. Liu Mazi had done a lot of bad things in the village, and they all came to find Chen Yuzhu, but this woman was too protective, and nothing happened in the end.

A loving mother often loses her sons!

Everyone knows exactly what Liu Mazi did when he stole a boat on New Year's Eve, but they are just too lazy to expose it.

Seeing that Chen Yuzhu still wanted to say something, Liu Mazi's father sternly shouted: "You can't say a few words less. If someone is willing to help, it is already a great honor. Don't you think the village director really needs that little money?"

Zhang Jinfeng hurriedly said: "Old Liu is right, and I also support Director Li. This is indeed something we are wrong about. No matter how much money we have, we are willing to pay."

 Chen Yuzhu gritted her teeth unwillingly, but when she thought about the fact that her child had been on the rocks for two days and two nights, something might go wrong at any time.

“Then we’ll pay too. How much will it cost?”

 Li Duoyu thought for a while.

“Whether the rescue is successful or not, everyone involved in the rescue will receive thirty yuan, and you will also pay for the gas expenses for this rescue trip.”

 The family members of Liu Mazi and Chen Liang breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that each person only needed 30 yuan.

 I thought Li Duoyu wanted the lion to open his mouth, but I didn’t expect that the price of rescue was not particularly high and they could afford it.

The Zhao brothers looked at each other and smiled. Originally, they had no enthusiasm at all for rescuing Liu Mazi and the others. If it wasn't for Li Duoyu's sake, they really didn't want to save people.

 But now, you can make sixty yuan in one night.

That’s also very cool.

 As expected, it’s good to hang out with Brother Yu.

 “Yes, we accept this price.”

 After seeing that both families agreed, Li Duoyu continued to discuss the rescue plan with everyone.

 In fact, if he encounters a fishing boat that has lost power and ran aground on the sea, he will rescue it for free without hesitation.

It’s just that the situation of these two people is quite special. Today, Captain Zhang and the others were just lucky. When they hit the rocks, they were relatively close to the main reef of Dongjia. If they were farther away, they would probably be in more danger than Liu Mazi and Chen Liang.

 It is possible to save people.

 But you must be self-aware.

 First of all, before rescue, the first thing to ensure is the safety of rescuers.

 Li Duoyu met too many people in his previous life, and he drowned because of saving others.

 It’s not that his behavior is bad, it’s just that as an adult, you must have a clear understanding of yourself and consider the consequences before doing anything.

Blindly rescuing people is not only irresponsible for oneself, but also the honor received after death is only a kind of harm to the family.

Those who are trying to commit suicide, those who drive themselves into no-man's land, and those who steal ships to take away goods like Liu Mazi, must be charged a heavy fee.

 Actually, Li Duoyu is not short of this money at all, and the reason why he does this is to serve as a warning.

 I hope that in the future, villagers will think carefully before doing things and not cause trouble to others.

And Li Duoyu hates moral kidnapping the most. Why, just because I am familiar with that area, I have to take risks to save people.

Li Duoyu checked his watch. It was now nine o'clock in the evening, and the tide would probably go out to about twelve o'clock.

At this time, no matter whether it is a large ship or a small boat, it is impossible to get close to the area where Liu Mazi and Chen Liang were trapped.

 The best time for rescue is when the tide is high, which is around five o'clock tomorrow morning.

Hearing that he would have to wait until five o'clock tomorrow morning to rescue people, Zhang Jinfeng said anxiously:

“Director Li, can’t we go earlier? I’m worried that Xiaoliang and the others won’t be able to survive tonight.”

Chen Yuzhu also said: "Jinfeng is right. If we do it tomorrow morning, it will be too late."

Li Duoyu glanced at the two families and said:

"Let's do this. If you are really worried, we can drive a big ship over first and anchor in a safe sea area. We can use the big ship's searchlight and telescope to check the specific situation of the two of them."

 Zhang Jin nodded quickly.

"I think this is good. When the time comes, we will pay for the big ship."

 Li Duoyu asked: "Uncle, what do you think?"

Li Niantian replied: "Okay, but I'm not familiar with that area. If it's at night, there's no reference point, so you may have to do it."

"Can."

Li Duoyu then said: "Let's just do this. Let's temporarily arrange a big ship and two small motorized boats to rescue people."

“The people participating in the rescue this time include Chen Wenchao, me, Xiaojun, Zhao Dahai, Zhao Erniu, my uncle Li Niantian and doctor Zhang Defa, a total of seven people.”

“When the time comes, let Defa bring the medicine. If there is a problem, rescue him immediately.”

 Li Duoyu asked: "Is it no problem?"

 Those whose names were called responded one after another: "No problem."

“Okay, let’s go home and get ready. We’ll set off on time at almost eleven o’clock.”

"thanks everyone."

Zhang Jinfeng kept thanking him: "Then I will go home first and prepare a supper for you."

 (End of this chapter)