1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 293 Saving a Life in Crisis

"Wife, how much money have we saved now? Four thousand five, is it almost there?" Liang Ziqiang remembered that the last time he counted it was a little over four thousand, plus the recent large income, especially today's, he estimated it.

"Four thousand five hundred and twenty," Chen Xiangbei knew everything. "Is the big iron ship you want to buy really expensive? Is what you have on hand not enough?"

"Let's see what kind of boat to buy. I want to buy a better one, one that can go directly to the deep sea. But that's still a long way to go!"

The starting price of a large iron trawler is six or seven thousand, and the better ones are over ten thousand. It is completely different from the wooden boat used for casting nets.

To buy that kind of boat, you are still several thousand short of the money, plus there are expenses such as having a baby at home, so he is not wrong, there is indeed a long way to go.

As for the wooden floor on the second floor of my house, I am not short of money now. I can just take out a few hundred dollars from my savings to install it.

The problem is that my wife is about to give birth, and it would be too noisy if I asked a carpenter to come and install the floor every day.

This matter can only be postponed and we'll see later.

When we went out to sea again the next day, my father's boat and Lin Baixian's boat were also free to go out to sea together.

"Uncle Fu, I don't know which area is more likely to encounter big fish? Brother Qiang and I found a nest of lampreys yesterday. Later, we caught quite a few with big yellow jellyfish. There should be a lot more. It would be great if we could get some big yellow jellyfish, sharks, etc. Then we can go fishing several more times!"

Li Liang took the initiative to ask Liang's father loudly.

Liang Ziqiang and Li Liang discussed the matter of Xiao Haigou yesterday. As long as they can catch big fish, the four boats will go to Xiao Haigou together to fish for eels.

As long as we don't reveal what happened on Porpoise Island to Liang's father and Lin Baixian, there is no need to conceal the matter of the lamprey's nest. After all, the four boats usually go out to sea together.

Father Liang had heard Liang Ziqiang mention the discovery of the lamprey's lair last night. He thought about it and said:

"In theory, the closer you get to the deep sea, the more likely you are to find big fish, but it's hard to say. If you really want to find big fish, why don't you drive further out today?"

Several people unanimously agreed to go a little further into the deep sea today. Fortunately, the weather was good today, and there were no big waves. Even the smaller boats of Liangfu and Li Liang could try to go a little further than usual.

When they were halfway through the journey, they suddenly saw a wooden boat floating on the sea. Several people recognized it as the boat owned by the old man who raised oysters and abalones at the Piaomu Island Oyster Farm.

"This old man really knows how to enjoy himself. Is he using the electric ray to exercise early in the morning?" Li Liang joked.

People in the city get up early in the morning to run and do morning exercises. This old man also does morning exercises, but his way of doing it is weird and interesting...

"Uh, that's not right, why is the old man still lying there?" Lin Baixian asked curiously.

"What's so strange about this? Didn't he also lie on the boat last time and let the electric ray slowly discharge electricity at him?" Deng Zhaocai disagreed.

"You didn't understand. I mean, how come he hasn't gotten up after lying down for so long?"

Hearing Lin Baixian say this, Liang Ziqiang also stretched his neck to look.

The old man seemed to have been lying on the boat for quite a long time, and he still hadn't sat up yet. Looking more closely, Liang Ziqiang discovered that the old man's limbs, especially his legs, were shaking like crazy!
Liang Ziqiang instantly sensed something was wrong, and when he looked at the electric ray next to him, it was obviously much larger than usual!

Did the old man get out of his mind this time?

From the looks of it, the electric ray might be able to permanently solve his bone pain problem once and for all!
"Go and have a look!" Liang Ziqiang subconsciously drove the boat towards the old man. Liang's father also drove the boat towards him and said in surprise: "At least he has fainted, and I don't know if he is still breathing. Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. If he is still breathing, save him quickly!"

As the boat approached quickly, Zhu Tianpeng was the first to jump onto the old man's boat, intending to rescue him as soon as possible.

Liang Ziqiang was startled and quickly grabbed him:

"The man must be saved, so you have to consider your own safety at the very least! Are you planning to just jump up and pull him out?"

Zhu Tianpeng stopped abruptly after hearing this. He had just been in a hurry and had not thought too much about it. Now that he had been reminded, he thought again that whether he touched the electric ray directly or tried to pull the old man's body, he would most likely be electrocuted!
"I'll think of a way!"

Liang Ziqiang turned and entered the cabin, and at a glance he saw the thick wooden stick placed on the boat.

This stick was originally brought to the boat to catch fish thieves and beat them, and later it was also used in collecting bird's nests. Now it seems that it will be put to good use again.

Liang Ziqiang took a look and found that the wooden stick had not been used recently, so it was still very dry.

When the two boats got closer, he stretched out his arm, poked the body of the electric ray on the old man's boat with a wooden stick, and then exerted force to pull the electric ray aside.

After several pulls, the electric ray was finally pushed aside and left the old man's body.

He continued to push the electric ray farther away, and then Liang Ziqiang jumped onto the old man's boat.

Almost at the same time he jumped into the boat, the old man's legs stopped shaking.

Liang Ziqiang had no idea. He couldn't figure out whether the old man was no longer in danger of electric shock and stopped shaking, or he was completely dead and stopped moving.

"Hey, are you still breathing? If you are, make a sound!"

Liang Ziqiang called out twice, and seeing that the other party didn't move, he immediately put his hands on the other party's chest and began to press him up and down.

He had only heard of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in his later years and had never practiced it himself, so he was not particularly clear about how to do it correctly. Anyway, it should be correct, just press first.

He pressed with his right hand and used his left hand to check the old man's breath.

At this time, Deng Zhaocai, who had leaned over from another boat, was even more anxious than him, and said with great worry:
"Hey, old man, if you're still alive, open your eyes and say something! If you're really dead, the boat can't be wasted!"

These words seemed to be more effective than Liang Ziqiang's pressure. As soon as he finished speaking, the old man opened his eyes and stared at Deng Zhaocai, as if he wanted to strangle Deng Zhaocai to death, as if it was Deng Zhaocai who had killed him instead of the electric ray.

"Stop looking, I'm awake!" The old man retracted his gaze, looked at Liang Ziqiang's hand that was touching his nose, and spoke.

"You're finally awake! I know that electric shock can cure diseases, but if you don't grasp it well, it's no different from playing with your life. You're more reckless than us young people!" Liang Ziqiang's face was full of admiration.

To his surprise, while he was speaking, the old man stood up from the boat swiftly, took Liang Ziqiang's hand, and said repeatedly:
"I was careless. I saw that those small electric rays would not react after a few shocks, so I tried to find a slightly bigger one. It didn't look that big, but I didn't expect that I would pass out after the shock. Young man, if you hadn't come to rescue me today, I would have been dead! Thank you so much, thank you so much!"

"It's good that you're okay now," Liang Ziqiang's hand was being held tightly by the other party. He tried to pull it free but failed. He smiled bitterly and said, "You have to be more careful next time. If there's nothing else, we'll leave first. We have to find fish later and continue fishing!"

"Leave? Where to go?" The tall old man said with a frown, "You saved me and you want to leave? How can that be possible?!"

Liang Ziqiang and his group: ???
I saved someone with good intentions, why am I being stopped and not allowed to leave?
Liang Ziqiang thought to himself, could it be that the business of fraud has quietly become popular so many years in advance?
(End of this chapter)