Traveling through 70's wine

Chapter 229 Nanshan Island

Although she went to the port city several times and swam across the sea each time, it was always at night and it was pitch dark and she couldn't see anything. She wanted to see the sea and sky merge into one, and watch the sunrise and sunset over the sea.

Wen Qing drove to the beach in Shantou and took a ferry to Nanshan Island. Nanshan Island is located in the northern part of the South China Sea and consists of more than a dozen small islands. The main island is 11 square kilometers. According to research, there were traces of human life on this island more than 8000 years ago. Now there are more than 1 people living on the island, mainly engaged in fishing.

After arriving on the island, Wen Qing found that the scenery here was really nice, with blue sky, white waves and clear sea water. The crew introduced that there was a place called Treasure Island in the northeast corner of Nanshan Island. It was said that pirates once hid treasure here hundreds of years ago. It was also the battlefield where the famous general Qi Jiguang fought against Japanese pirates. If you are lucky, you might find treasure.

After arriving on the island, Wen Qing walked along the dirt road on the island towards the eastern coast and climbed up the hillside. In the distance, the waves were rolling and the sails were swaying, which made people feel better.

After going down the mountain, she walked to a small fishing village and asked the villagers if there was a hotel. The villagers shook their heads, so Wen Qing had to continue walking into the village.

They walked to a stone house that looked well-repaired, with a sign saying "Home of Honor" on the gate. Wen Qing called out from outside the house, "Is anyone there?" After a while, a woman in her 40s came out. Wen Qing asked if she could stay there for a few days.

The woman nodded in agreement. She said her surname was Qian and she spoke Mandarin with a heavy accent, but the accent was just barely understandable. Sister Qian cleaned up a room for her and Wen Qing agreed on 5 yuan a day.

Sister Qian's family is the best off in the village. She has two children. The eldest son is 20 years old and has joined the army. The younger daughter is 18 years old and has married and moved to the mainland. There are only her and her husband at home. These days her husband has gone out to sea to fish with the people in the village. The family also has a small fishing boat, which is 5 meters long and equipped with a 50-horsepower diesel engine. Wen Qing rented the boat and prepared to go out to sea to fish by herself.

Sister Qian: "Xiao Wen, can you drive a boat? Do you want me to help you?"

Wen Qing shook her head and said, "No need, Sister Qian, I won't go far, I can do it myself."

Seeing that she insisted, Sister Qian stopped persuading her and lent her a compass, saying, "It is difficult for people from the mainland to identify directions at sea. You must learn to use a compass," and taught Wen Qing how to use the compass.

After agreeing, Wen Qing first went to the beach to dig sandworms and shells, then bought two squids on the shore to use as bait, took out a fishing rod that she had used many years ago from the space, and asked Sister Qian to make some dry food. After lunch, she set out to sea.

The sun is strong on the sea in summer and the ultraviolet rays are very strong. Wen Qing had to cover her head and face with a cloth. After walking ten kilometers, Wen Qing stopped the boat next to a reef, loaded the bait, threw the line into the sea, and started fishing. She leaned against the side of the boat, felt the sea breeze blowing gently, squinted her eyes, and waited for the fish to bite.

After waiting for a long time and seeing no fish taking the bait, she became a little impatient and jumped into the water. She tied the boat rope to a reef and dived into the water to catch fish. The water was clear and she only dived 5 or 6 meters before she saw colorful fish swimming around.

Wen Qing was not in a hurry. She swam around the underwater reefs first to see the underwater terrain clearly. She found that there were many fish in the cracks of the reefs, and there were also many shells and sea cucumbers in the mud on the seabed.

Wen Qing first entered the space, found a few buckets, took a dagger, went out of the space, and began to pry oysters on the underwater reefs. Maybe oysters were not very valuable at that time, and there were many palm-sized oysters on the reefs. Wen Qing felt that she was just picking oysters, prying them off with a dagger and putting them into the bucket in the space.

After she collected the largest batch of oysters, she dived deeper and started picking up sea cucumbers. The fat sea cucumbers looked a little ugly, so she quickly picked up a dozen or so. When she turned around, she inadvertently discovered abalone on the rocks on the seabed. Each one was as big as a fist. Wen Qing floated to the surface to rest for a while, then dived to the bottom of the sea and pried the abalone shells with a dagger. She moved quickly, and soon collected more than 30.

She felt that today's catch was enough, so she floated to the surface, climbed onto the boat, drank some water, and went to reel in the fishing lines. She had a total of five fishing rods, and only one of them had a sea bream weighing more than three kilograms hanging on it. She pulled it up and put it into the water. She didn't want to fish anymore, so she took out a pancake and ate it. She untied the rope and headed towards the depths of the ocean.

After walking another ten kilometers, Wen Qing's boat had already gone deep into the ocean. Looking back, Nanshan Island had disappeared, so he stopped the boat again beside a reef.

Wen Qing tied the boat to the reef to prevent it from being washed away by the waves, then turned over and got off the side of the boat and dived into the sea. The water here was clearer. Wen Qing dived to the bottom of the sea and kept harvesting shells, abalone, and sea cucumbers. When she saw beautiful giant clams on the seabed, she also collected them.

Wen Qing didn't feel tired while diving in the sea. After searching the seabed, she got back on the boat, leaned against the side and watched the sun slowly setting in the west. She took out her watch and saw that it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon. It was almost six o'clock when she rowed back to the shore, so she picked up some oysters and sea cucumbers from the space, looked at the direction of Nanshan Island on the compass, and drove the boat towards the shore.

After more than 20 kilometers and more than an hour, they returned to the starting beach. After tying the boat to the iron stake, Wen Qing carried the bucket back to Sister Qian's house.

When Sister Qian saw her bringing back all these things, she quickly asked, "Xiao Wen, you caught so many things, not bad. Do you want me to help you make them so that you can take them back?"

Wen Qing smiled and said, "Sister Qian, these are brought back for everyone to eat together. If you have dried seafood at home, can I buy some when I leave?"

Under Wen Qing's insistence, Sister Qian had no choice but to take the bucket and go to the kitchen to cook.

While eating, Sister Qian asked, "Xiao Wen, did you go to the sea? These can only be caught on the reefs."

Wen Qing replied: "I was diving, and I picked them all up from the rocks on the seabed."

Sister Qian praised: "I didn't realize you were such a good swimmer."

For dinner, Sister Qian prepared steamed sea bream, grilled oysters and sea cucumber with scallions. The rest of the seafood was kept in seawater.

After dinner, Wen Qing asked Sister Qian about the situation in the nearby sea area. Sister Qian introduced her to the nearby islands and reefs. They were all uninhabited islands and reefs, with at most some trees and beaches on them, and they were not very high. She especially told her not to go to a deserted island more than 30 kilometers away, because there were many reefs on the seabed, and sometimes there would be whirlpools, which could easily capsize the boat. Finally, she added: "We fishermen rely on the weather for our livelihood. We can go out to sea when the weather is good, and stay at home when the weather is bad. Today I listened to the weather forecast, and the weather is very good these days, but the sun is too strong."

Wen Qing said to her, "Sister Qian, since the weather has been good recently, I want to row farther tomorrow, but I'll just play around Nanshan Island and come back in three days."