He forced me to sever ties with my family and sleep on a dilapidated boat, then turned around and be

With that, He Zhenzhen turned and ran into the distance, quickly disappearing into the night.

Watching her retreating figure, Niu Bayi clenched his fists.

"Zhenzhen, you've been so good to me, I'll never let you down!"

About half an hour later, He Zhenzhen ran back, holding two keys in her hand.

She stuck her tongue out at Niu Bayi.

"I was pretty lucky; I managed to steal the key. Let's go."

She immediately took Niu Bayi and ran up the long stone embankment to the end.

There are thirty or forty relatively large fishing boats moored here, all from four or five nearby villages.

One of them belonged to He Zhenzhen's father.

The fishing boat is about seven meters long and nearly two meters wide, and it is powered by a diesel engine with twelve horsepower.

Right now, it is chained to a bull on the embankment.

The so-called "earth bull" is a U-shaped iron rod, with both ends pointing downwards, deeply embedded in the rock.

The iron chain was attached to it, with a lock bigger than Niu Bayi's fist.

He Zhenzhen, familiar with the place, took out her key and unlocked the lock.

The two carefully jumped onto the boat and quickly ran to the stern.

The diesel engine was located at the stern, and an iron cage was built on top of it, with a lock hanging on the cage door.

He Zhenzhen's father went to great lengths to prevent theft, but unfortunately, he encountered an inside thief.

Click!

He Zhenzhen also unlocked the engine.

She asked softly, "I can only pick locks, not drive a boat. Are you sure you can?"

In his previous life, when Niu Bayi was still living in a fishing village, he had never driven a boat like this before.

But after running away from home, he went to another fishing village hundreds of kilometers away. After recovering, he also became a boatman and went out to sea to fish with others.

So, he's good at sailing!

"It will open! You go up now, I'll be back."

He Zhenzhen hummed in agreement, then reached out her little hand and tightly grasped Niu Bayi's wrist.

She said worriedly, "Bayi, to be honest, when I went to steal the key, I also felt like I was acting impulsively. How... how could you possibly go out to sea alone and catch so many fish!"

"But... but I've still decided to do it, to help you to the end."

"You must be careful. If you don't catch any fish, come back quickly. Don't let anything happen to you. I'm not afraid of my dad hitting or scolding me, and I don't expect you to actually catch a big fish."

"I just hope you come back safely."

This is the love of a silly girl; it's a heartfelt expression of her true feelings.

Niu Ba was deeply moved upon hearing this.

He nodded emphatically.

"Zhenzhen, I will definitely return safely and with a full catch. If your parents find out the boat is missing, don't be afraid to tell them the truth and say that I will bring back a lot of fish and give them 80% of it."

"If your dad tries to hit you, tell him to wait until I get back. If I hadn't caught that many fish, he can hit me however he wants, but he can't hit you!"

He Zhenzhen's eyes reddened, and she nodded repeatedly.

"Okay, okay, you must be careful and come back safely!"

Niu Bayi hummed in agreement, then suddenly opened his arms and hugged her tightly, planting a strong kiss on her smooth forehead.

He Zhenzhen screamed.

"My God, you're being a pervert again!"

She quickly pushed Niu Bayi away, turned and ran, leaping onto the embankment.

Then, he waved vigorously at Niu Bayi.

"Go quickly and come back soon."

Niu Ba first checked the oil level by opening the dipstick and looking at the oil.

The oil level is within the marked range, and there's plenty of it.

There's plenty of diesel fuel in the diesel tank.

Next, grasp the directional control handle, shake it a few times to make sure it works.

Then locate the throttle valve and adjust it to the neutral position.

Finally, we found the starter crank.

This is a Z-shaped iron rod.

He inserted the crank handle into the starter pawl in the center of the flywheel, pulled up the decompression handle, and started cranking.

After cranking it for the first time, the exhaust pipe made a "poof" sound, like a fart, and spewed out a plume of black smoke.

Niu Bayi cranked the handle faster and faster, making it spin rapidly.

Then, he suddenly released the pressure relief handle and cranked the handle even harder.

The exhaust pipe started sputtering, and plumes of black smoke suddenly billowed out.

boom!

The flywheel finally started turning on its own, and the crank handle popped out of the starter claw.

The engine started perfectly, revving loudly.

The sound of the exhaust was like firecrackers exploding on the water's surface.

The sound was particularly deafening on the calm sea, startling He Zhenzhen, who was still standing on the breakwater.

Fortunately, there's no one around.

Fishermen who went out to sea at dawn are still sound asleep at home.

We'll go fishing again once we've rested up enough.

Before long, the fishing boat roared and sped off into the night-shrouded sea.

He Zhenzhen breathed a sigh of relief as she watched Niu Bayi successfully start the boat, but she also felt a little strange.

This Niu Bayi, when did he become so good at driving a boat?

Judging from his driving skills, he's even better at driving than my brother; he's like a completely different person.

However, she didn't think much of it and quickly waved her arms vigorously, jumping and dancing as she went.

"August 1st, you must come back safely! You must come back safely!!!"

Niu Bayi turned his head and waved to He Zhenzhen.

"Wait until I return with a full catch! I'll definitely bring you lots of big, valuable fish! And stop jumping around, or the meat bun will be thrown somewhere!"

He Zhenzhen blushed immediately, squatted down, picked up a piece of broken stone, and threw it at the boat.

"You filthy scoundrel!"

boom!

The stone missed the boat but crashed into the sea, splashing water high into the air.

Only after the fishing boat disappeared into the night did He Zhenzhen turn back towards the shore, looking back every few steps.

She clasped her hands together and bowed towards the night sky.

"May the Dragon King protect us! May Heaven protect us! Please let Niu Bayi come back safely. That guy is really brave. He just recovered from his illness and went out to sea to fish. I must be crazy."

"Whatever he wants to do, I'll help him. Just please don't let him be unable to come back."

As she said this, she quickly raised her little hand and slapped herself hard across the face.

Snapped!

"He Zhenzhen, you're spouting nonsense! Bah!"

She quickly spat.

"Niu Bayi will definitely come back safely, and he'll bring back a whole boatload of fish, making everyone look at him with new eyes, hehe."

Niu Bayi steered the boat into the vast deep sea.

Turning my head, I could no longer see the shore.

After a little thought, he slightly adjusted his direction.

Remember to drive for about half an hour further, and you'll come to a fish path.

He heard this from an old fisherman in his previous life.

He had never been to this so-called fish passage either.

Simply put, a fishway is a path that fish make in the water.

This isn't just a random swim; it follows a specific pattern.

In the sea, there is food in both shallow and deep waters.

Some schools of fish travel back and forth between the two locations every day, following a fixed route.

This is the fishway.

Fishermen like to fish in the fish passages.

If you're lucky, you can catch a whole net full of big fish in one go.

However, with the fishermen's overfishing, it has become quite difficult to catch fish even in the fish passages in recent years.

For Niu Bayi, this was naturally not a problem, since he had access to seawater that could attract schools of fish.

Half an hour later, we arrived at the fish passage.

Niu Bayi stopped the boat, took out a bucket of seawater from the ocean space, lay on the side of the boat, and sprinkled the water into the sea.

He sprinkled the confetti while praying.

"Big fish, come quick! Big fish, come quick!"

However, he was dumbfounded after splashing the seawater on it.

Why is the seawater behaving so unpredictably?