"Come on, pull up!" shouted an elderly fisherman. The two men behind him, topless, pulled the fishing net full of fish and shrimp out of the water.

Fresh fish and shrimp tossed in the cabin. The fisherman took the wood pulp in his hand and turned it in it. A golden thing suddenly appeared.

"Got it! It's gold!" several people shouted and rushed up, unaware that several fish and shrimp had been trampled to pieces in their ecstasy.

A gold brick is worth one kilogram, which is equivalent to nearly 250000 according to the market price. For these ordinary people who have been fishing for a long time, it is tantamount to a windfall, which is almost equal to their lifetime savings.

"Treasure land, what a treasure land!" the old fisherman held this heavy gold brick in both hands and couldn't close his mouth with a smile.

"Eh? What?" the younger generation nearby suddenly shouted. Several people looked back and their faces changed.

Among the piles of fish and shrimp just salvaged in the cabin, I don't know what is passing through them rapidly, just like a trapped hare colliding in the cage, and even several fish were directly smashed by this strange thing.

"Water snake." the old fisherman glanced at it and said carelessly. Then his eyes returned and continued to rest on the gold brick in his hand.

A young man approached and turned it over with his oar: "the water snake is not so fast. Stop it! It's going to run!"

The voice fell, and a fuzzy black shadow jumped up suddenly. The little thing was not big, at best, it was the size of a palm, but the speed was amazing. His body scratched a black shadow in mid air and jumped out of the boat.

The young man habitually stretched out his hand to stop it and was about to block it back. He just felt that his palm touched a greasy thing, and the surface seemed to be bumpy, which made people feel very uncomfortable. Then there was another sharp stabbing pain, like a needle in the palm of the hand.

With a scream, the palm quickly retracted, and the clever little guy burst into the water, splashing a circle of fine ripples.

The young man scolded his mother and sat down in the cabin, showing his teeth in pain. Several people around me gathered together to see that they could not help changing slightly. At the moment, there was a ferocious blood hole on the palm of the young man, dripping with blood. The unknown little thing just now, unexpectedly, Sheng Sheng tore a piece of meat from the palm of his hand!

"There are all kinds of ghosts in the sea. It seems that there should be no poison. For the time being, find a cloth bag and go back to anti-inflammatory and apply medicine." wrap the gold brick carefully with clothes. The old fisherman stuffed him into his leather pocket, and then whispered his instructions in the face of the envious eyes around him.

"Uncle, these people are watching." the younger generation warned carefully.

"I see. Row the boat out to the shore where there is no one ahead. I'll take erwazi back first. There are many people here, and it's not safe to leave things here." the old fisherman thought for a moment and said, "if you stay here, maybe you can get another piece. Then you'll have all the bride price money for your daughter-in-law."

After listening to the old fisherman, several younger generation's eyes began to shine. They became more energetic and began to paddle outward.

This is a very primitive kind of small wooden boat, which is similar to the two small boats Li Qing used in Gangbei bay before. There is no engine on the boat, so he can only row by manpower. They need to turn to the outside of Gangbei bay to avoid the nearby guys who are also going to pick up bargains and the Li family bodyguards who are eyeing on the shore.

It's not troublesome. Not far from this place, there happens to be a shoal where the boat can stop, so that the old fisherman can leave safely with the gold bar and the young man with the injured palm to avoid the crowd.

As the boat rowed farther and farther away, the bustling voice became more and more blurred, and there was only the whine of the sea wind in my ears.

The old fisherman sat in the bow of the boat, rolled a dry cigarette, took a hard puff, patted his leather pocket, happily opened his mouth and revealed several yellowish brown teeth.

"What's the noise? Stop!" the old fisherman suddenly shouted with a sudden frown.

Several of the younger generation were stunned. The movements on their hands could not help but freeze. They asked impatiently, "what's the matter? Don't talk about it. They are still in a hurry to send the second child back for treatment."

The old fisherman's wrinkled face twitched slightly: "listen carefully to the news."

The younger generation looked at each other, and then listened attentively. After a moment, someone smiled and said, "there is no sound. Today there is a sea breeze. You are old and your ears are not good."

"Hum, I've been fishing all my life. I can even hear the fish's tail beating the waves. How can I be wrong." the old fisherman snorted.

Several of the younger generation smiled and were going to continue boating, but they couldn't help changing color.

"Click! Click..."

The sound suddenly sounded, and then it became louder and louder. In an instant, it had become a piece. This sound is like a large group of mice gathering together to gnaw on wood and grind their teeth, which makes people feel cold on their back.

"What's going on?" "there's something under the boat!" suddenly someone called, and several people on the boat jumped up in panic. The old fisherman supported the side of the boat with both hands and looked at the sea. He suddenly stared round his eyes. Because of his amazement, his mouth was wide open, and the dry cigarette fell into the sea with a click. Around the whole boat, sparkling waves rippled on all sides, and a rustle of water came, intertwined with the sound of gnawing at wood, which made people's scalp numb. The most frightening thing is that a huge black shadow under the water at the moment, like a ferocious sea monster, makes people worry all the time that it will suddenly open the huge mouth of the blood basin and swallow the whole boat. "This is... Offending the God of the sea!" the old fisherman shivered, hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed and muttered. The younger generation behind them also did the same, but the scene showed no sign of improvement. Instead, the voice that made people feel cold all over was getting louder and louder. After only 20 seconds, the young man with the injured palm suddenly jumped up and shouted in panic: "water leakage! Water leakage!" just after the voice fell, countless small holes suddenly appeared at the bottom of the ship, and the water column rushed up more than one meter high. Then the bottom of the ship broke, and all the people on the ship fell into the sea with a burst. "Help... Help... Ah!" a shrill scream sounded. Several people struggled in the sea, as if dragged down by something and never came up again. More than ten seconds later, a stream of red blood rose from the sea, and then dispersed by the surging sparkling waves and disappeared without trace. "Dad, Dad! The ship sank! The ship sank!" the seven or eight year old girl, wearing a pink dress, lay on the side of the string wall, pointing to the undulating sea in the distance and shouting excitedly. The naked middle-aged man just threw down the fishing net, turned his head and cursed with a black face: "shit, what nonsense do children talk about? Believe it or not, I smoke you!" fishermen who have lived on the beach for a long time have all kinds of taboos. They think children are innocent and can predict things that adults don't notice. What they say when they sail is often effective. It's like drivers don't want to hear children mention car accidents when driving. It's superstitious at a young age and auspicious at an old age. Therefore, middle-aged men are so angry. Unconvinced, the little girl pouted: "really, I just saw Grandpa Zhang's boat sink, and they opened their hands for help. It's over there!" the middle-aged man glanced in the direction of the little girl's finger. He only saw a vast sea connected with the gloomy sky. He couldn't distinguish the boundary at all, and his face was slightly green, He raised his hand and patted the little girl on the bottom: "you little boy, what nonsense! Lao Zhang just got a big gold brick on his head, and of course he was going to row away. The boys in his family are very good at water, and it's not necessary to swim around the harbor North Bay. If you talk nonsense again, you won't want to eat tonight!" he was beaten, The little girl rubbed her dirty face with her little hands and cried: "obviously it's heavy. You beat me... I'll tell my mother..." don't cry! Don't cry! Damn it, I knew I shouldn't have brought you! "The middle-aged man twitched in the corner of his eyes. He could only row a boat to the shore. He had to abide by the rules left by his ancestors. The little girl's mother died of illness three years ago. It is said that such a thing happened many years ago. At that time, a mother took a child aboard the ship, during which the child cried. In order to frighten the child, the mother said, "if you cry again, you'll be thrown into the water!" but unexpectedly, the boat didn't go far, and the wind and waves were fierce. The old man on the boat said that the mother and son had committed the sea god. The God believed the mother's words and thought she was going to sacrifice her children. If the promise doesn't count, it will touch Poseidon, and there is no way for a ship of people to live. The final result was that the passengers on board threw their children into the water in order to protect themselves. As a result, the sea calmed down and a group of people crossed the river safely. This story is extremely cruel and stupid, but generations of fishermen who eat by the sea believe it. Thus, a variety of strange rules have evolved. For example, if a child mentions a sunken ship or a child mentions a dead relative on the way to sea, they should return immediately. Otherwise, we will face unimaginable disasters at sea. These rules may sound ridiculous, but for these fishermen, they are their refuge from danger. This novel has been translated by www.readwn.com and if you are reading this somewhere, they have stolen our translation.