Big Islander 2

Chapter 127

After briefly discussing tomorrow's salvage plan with Mr. Deputy Minister and the British representative, Tang Jide was led by the old man Xie Ade.Change to a small motorized fishing boat to go to the island. As for Mr. Vice Minister and those foreign guests, they don't have this kind of treatment at all. They should honestly stay on the big boat.

"Fuck me, this boat smells like diesel oil." Pheasant has a lot of problems, and he started complaining as soon as he got on the boat; and Daxing also lay on the side of the boat and pointed at the sea, his mouth kept oohing, probably Take the layer of oil rippling on the sea as the object that needs to be cleaned up by the three-legged monster.Originally, Comrade Vasily wanted to swim in the sea, but he didn't want to smell of diesel.

The old man Xie also sighed: "The sea is not as clean as it was in the early years—" The old fishermen who have been living by the sea can most feel the changes in the sea, not only the pollution, but also the increasing scarcity of marine fish resources , It also caused the old man to break his heart, so he simply hung up the net.

In this regard, Tang Jide has nothing to say, he can only try his best to manage his own part, and keep the blue sea and blue sky of Peach Blossom Island forever, this is what he can do.

Tang Jide hated all kinds of domestic practices that only focused on immediate interests. He often destroyed them first, and then remembered to protect them after they were destroyed to a certain extent.

While chattering, the fishing boat docked at a simple earthen pier and landed on the stones, and the old man pointed to a lonely stone house not far away: "That's my home, the children are going to live in a small western-style building in the middle of the island! "

From the wrinkles on the old man's face, Tang Jide could see a sense of deep regret and disappointment. For the old fishermen of their generation, the descendants have lost their awe and love for the sea, only asking for it and being insatiable demand from the sea.Just like the greedy old woman in the fairy tale, sooner or later she has to pay for her greed.

For some reason, Xiao Xiami suddenly remembered the "The Old Man and the Sea", and his little nose suddenly became a little sour. Although the old man in front of him did not go into the sea to fight with giant tuna or sharks, the persistence and belief in their hearts were exactly the same.

"Old man, if you have a chance, go to our Peach Blossom Island for a stroll." Tang Jide is full of respect for the old man in front of him. In the materialistic modern society, there are fewer and fewer people who can stand firm like the old man.

"Peach Blossom Island, it's not far from here, and the situation is similar. It's been ruined badly by tourists." The old man shook his head as he walked, his back bent a bit.

Tang Jide couldn't help scratching the back of his head: "No way?"

It was Xiao Xiami who was smarter, and realized that this peach blossom island was not the other peach blossom island, so he reminded Uncle Datou: "There is also a peach blossom island in the Zhoushan Islands—"

"That's it, I have a chance to take a look." Tang Jide felt a bit of comparison in his mind.

The old man Xie Ade also understood: "Where is your Peach Blossom Island?"

Tang Jide heheed twice: "It's thousands of miles away from here. It was originally a deserted island. It's just been built. It's basically the original ecology." As he spoke, he took out a dried sea cucumber covered with thorns from the pitcher and handed it into the hands of the old man.

Putting the sea cucumber under his nose and smelling it, the old man's eyes lit up immediately: "Good stuff!", but soon turned to disappointment, "We haven't produced such seafood here for decades."

In silence, a group of people came to the front of the stone house. The door was not locked at all. After pushing the door and entering the house, they found that the stone house was very low and simple. There were only a few pieces of old furniture. A color TV.

Seeing that the old man asked for food, Tang Jide quickly took out some dried seafood, including some salted fish stings and sea cucumbers, as well as some dried sea vegetables.

The old man looked at them one by one, and immediately smiled: "Boy, I will eat you today!" After speaking, he turned out of the stone house, and after a while, he came back happily holding a wine jar, which was still covered with dirt. Obviously just dug out of the ground, it is a treasured old wine.

Tang Jide was also polite, washed his hands and started cooking, and first sprinkled sea cucumbers with stinging heads and the like with water.Then I sat outside the stone house and chatted with the old man.Of course, the most talked about is the sea.

Talking about the salvage of the prisoners of war on the sunken ship more than half a century ago, Shead seemed enthusiastic: "At that time, a lot of cotton cloth and wood floated by the sea, and the whole village rowed to catch them. It happened that my family's boat broke down a few days ago. Yes, Dad rowed the boat, and I scooped water out with a ladle. But when I pulled the cotton cloth into the boat, I realized that there were people under the cotton cloth, all of whom were foreigners. So I threw everything in the boat back into the sea and started saving people.”

"There are many little devils' boats nearby, but those little devils are simply beasts. Not only did they not save people, they even drove their boats to hit those foreigners. After a few days, they went to the island to search for those who were rescued by the villagers. Foreigners." Speaking of this, although decades have passed, the old man is still trembling with anger.

It was still Daxing who would come and patted the old man's back with his small paws to help him calm down.Just as we were talking, there was a sound of a motorcycle, and a half-sized man galloped over on a rusty motorcycle: "Grandpa, there is a big fish stranded on Dongtan, good guy, it looks like a small mountain, everyone!" Tell me to carry you there to see what kind of fish it is!"

"Let's go together!" Tang Jide threw the little shrimp on his shoulder, and then spread his feet, it was like flying on the grass, not slower than a motorcycle.Da Xing was also quite clever. When he saw the old man getting on the motorcycle, he jumped to the back and ran away.

Wait for me—the pheasant yelled from behind.

Ten minutes later, they arrived at a sandy beach on the east side of the island, where dozens of people were already surrounded, all standing barefoot in the mud, sand and sea water.And on the beach in front of them, there is a huge whale lying horizontally. The whole body is basically exposed to the sea, with a big head and a small tail. It looks like it is nearly 20 meters long, really like a hill.

"Sperm whale!" Xiao Xiami and Tang Jide exclaimed at the same time, because Axiang and his family live in the waters of Taohua Island, and they are very familiar with this kind of "big tadpole".

In recent years, for unknown reasons, more and more giant whales have been stranded on the shallows.These giants of the ocean wash up on the beach like suicide, and then never have a chance to return to the sea.Sometimes, a group of whales will stage a collective suicide, the scene is really shocking.

Although the real reason is not yet known, it is undeniable that it must be related to human ocean activities.Because whales have poor eyesight, they mainly rely on the sonar system in their bodies to navigate.There must be some kind of human activity interfering with them for this tragedy to happen.

It can be seen that this huge monster is not dead yet, its tail and fins still move occasionally.And there are a few daring brats who have already started to climb onto the big whale, posing in various poses, asking the adults below to take pictures with their mobile phones.

"Get off!" An old and angry roar roared out from the mouth of old Shead.

Those brats trembled in fright, and slipped off the big fish onto the beach, splashing mud and water.This old grandpa is the oldest and the highest seniority on the island, not to mention them, even their old man, he can only get his ass kicked.

"Boys are just ignorant. If the whale's skin and meat are damaged, it will be worthless. Xie Grandpa, when are we going to cut the fish meat? I'm afraid we can produce dozens of tons of fish meat from such a big fish. It's developed!" A guy with thin skin and tender flesh leaned over, staring at the big whale with twinkling eyes, those eyes were naked greed.

Shead glared at him: "I really want to cut your flesh first, you guys, don't you only have money in your eyes—" Maybe it was too excited, the old man coughed, and finally provoked Da Xing to give him Beat back.

And at this time, Xiao Xiami had already taken Da Xing's golden bowl, started to scoop up sea water, and poured it on the whale; Tang Jide was doing the same thing, waving his rattan whip, with several pitchers open on it, Just like buckets, buckets of sea water are sprinkled on the big whale.

As if feeling the hope of life, the sperm whale slapped its tail vigorously twice, making a dull sound, but the sea water here is too shallow, not reaching the knees of a person. For a huge whale, it is simply to no avail.

"Everyone go back and get the water-holding things—" the old man Shead yelled again, and the people on the beach left in a panic.

It was noon and the sun was shining brightly. The situation of the sperm whale looked very bad. After losing the huge buoyancy of the sea water, its huge body could kill itself.Little Xiami knew this well, and had already sent Uncle Datou to rescue the soldiers.

Such a big commotion had already alarmed the salvage team, and soon, Mr. Vice Minister and several representatives from the British side rushed over in several small boats.Looking at the big whale stranded on the beach, I was also surprised.Those foreigners all jumped into the sea, took off their shirts, all of them were shirtless, soaked their clothes in the sea water, and then put them on the whale wetly.Seeing that Xie Ade nodded vigorously: "Not bad, not bad, I didn't save those foreigners from your grandpa's generation in vain."

In fact, some developed countries in Europe and the United States pay more attention to education in protecting the environment and protecting animals, so people have developed habits and awareness in this regard.

On the contrary, the deputy minister was a little at a loss. Looking at the muddy sea water and mud, he gritted his teeth, took off his shoes and socks, jumped into the water, waded up to Xiao Xiami, and took the big bowl in her hand.

It was so heavy. After the deputy minister took a dip in the sea water, he realized that the big bowl in his hand was different, it was gold.As a result, he became depressed: See how relaxed the little girl was when she raised the water just now.

As they were busy, many villagers came on motorcycles, holding pots, pans and other household items, and joined in the battle to rescue the stranded whales.

"After all, this is not the fundamental solution to the problem. The sperm whale must be brought back to the sea to have any hope of survival!" a foreigner yelled loudly, but facing the hill-like whale, who could tell it to move an inch.

The only feasible way is to drive the big boat to tow it, but this part of the beach is too shallow, and the big boat can only drive a few miles away, and there is no way to operate it.

"I can only give up. It's better to euthanize it." Foreigners like to do this.

And at this time, Tang Jide finally came back by stepping on the water, yelling loudly: "Everyone get out of the way, the stretcher is coming—"

(End of this chapter)