The years of reselling the haunted house

At that moment, I even thought that this Li Laohai might have yin and yang eyes, right?Did he see ghosts following us?

But soon, Li Laohai rubbed his eyes again, and said ah: "Oh, my eyes are blurry, my eyes are not good, and my eyes are doubled. It works. Now that we have arrived, the three of you can get on the boat."

Shi Xuan'er approached me and said in a low voice: "Brother, is this the boatman you're looking for? Just ask him, just with his eyes, don't turn around and go wrong and drown in the sea."

"Don't talk nonsense. Although Brother Li has bad eyesight, he has rich experience in sailing. Besides, he is not the only one who goes to sea, but also..."

As I said that, I looked at the boat, but I only saw Li Laohai alone.

"Brother Li, isn't that right? Didn't you say that your son is going to sea with you? Why are you alone?" I asked.

"Boss, I see what you said. We are not going out to sea. We are looking for Sea Demon Island. I only have that one son, and I don't want to end the queen yet, but don't worry, I will be enough to take you there alone. "

The few of us looked at each other a few times, and Li Laohai was determined to die.It seems that our trip to sea is destined to never return, so he left his son at home and gave up himself.The 10 yuan was regarded as his own life in exchange for it.

This makes us a little worried about this unknown itinerary.

Seeing our hesitation, Li Laohai said again: "Several bosses, I say so, but I won't be so stupid as to exchange my life for 10 yuan. I know it well, you go to sea with me, I can guarantee safety. As long as there are no major accidents, I guarantee that you can return safely. In addition, if you want to leave, now is the best time. Wait a few days, it will be difficult for you to go to sea, let alone find Sea Demon Island."

I let out a sigh of relief that this is the end of the matter and we seem to have no choice.

Li Laohai glanced at the sky and greeted us: "It's almost time, get on the boat if you want to leave."

A few of us made eye contact, and our attitudes were very firm.So I took Ju Cheng'an and Shi Xuan'er into Li Laohai's boat.In fact, the boat is not too small, and it is still sufficient to accommodate the four of us, but it is smaller than the docked boats seen at the pier.

But this ship looks a bit too broken.It was a wooden boat, with a lot of iron sheets used on the hull, one by one, as if a lot of patches had been applied to the hull, it was very ugly.In addition, the facilities on the ship are also very old, and it doesn't look like it can go out to the open sea.

Shi Xuan'er frowned as soon as she got on the boat, and said, "Old man, can your boat do it? The sea is so stormy, your boat won't fall apart as you walk?"

"Falling apart?" Li Laohai sneered, and said, "I built this King Kong fishing boat myself when I was young, and it is older than my son. It is like King Kong in the sea. How many times has it been through the sea?" Storms, how many times have I endured strong winds and waves, but I am still strong. Just put your heart in your stomach, I also want to go to sea, this is the guy I eat, I will not joke about my life."

We were all a little surprised, good guy, so how can this ship have a history of more than 20 years.Just this ship, do you have the nerve to call it King Kong?

But seeing Li Laohai's vows, we can only choose to believe him, not to mention that there is no second ship to change here.

"Let's go..." Li Laohai earned 10 yuan, and it may have been a long time since he went out to sea. He was in a good mood, so he jumped off the boat with a loud cry, and pushed the boat into the sea with all his strength.Then he jumped onto the boat.

It can be seen that the old man has maintained his skills pretty well.

Immediately afterwards, Li Laohai threw out three life jackets from the cabin: "If you are afraid, put these on."

The three of us looked at each other and put on the three life jackets at the same time.

Li Laohai just smiled when he saw it, but didn't say anything.Then he jumped to the stern of the boat, picked up a rope, and pulled it a few times in a row, chug chug... There was a roar of a motor.It turned out that there was a motor on his boat, and it turned out to be a semi-mechanical boat.

"Old man, does your boat still have a motor?" Shi Xuan'er asked.

Li Laohai said with a smile: "This little brother is just joking. Going out to sea is no better than going out to rivers. It's impossible without a motor and manpower. Sit still, I'm going to speed up."

Shi Xuan'er is still dressed as a boy, because he has been wearing men's clothes for a long time, and he has a set of experience, and her voice is deliberately thickened, so outsiders still can't tell that she is a girl in a short time.

Chapter 2033

Li Laohai sat at the stern of the boat, controlling the motor with one hand and controlling the direction. The boat picked up speed and rushed across the sea quickly.

I looked at the shore, and the scenery gradually shrank and blurred.This scene is very similar to the time when Master Jiu and I went out of the river for the first time.Even the state of mind is the same. At that time, I was uncertain about my future life and death, and this time I am also unknown about the future I will experience.

Soon the King Kong fishing boat moved away from the shore and sailed into the sea, and was soon surrounded by sea water.Although it was early in the morning and the sky was not yet bright, the vision was not blurred by the moonlight and the reflection of the water surface.

When I got here, I finally understood why Li Laohai still dared to go out to sea despite his poor eyesight.Because on the surface of the sea, there are no reference objects around, and it seems to be in the same direction no matter where you look.

But I know that, similar to going out of the river, the person in charge of the boat needs to have rich experience, and he needs to be able to see the changes in the sky and water potential to determine his own sailing route.These all need eyes to see. I don't know how Li Laohai can make up for his lack of eyesight in this regard.

But at this time, Li Laohai actually took out another pair of sunglasses and put them on, explaining to himself that his eyes were afraid of the sea breeze, and tears would flow easily when it was blown.

I secretly groaned in my heart. I took an old boat for more than 20 years, and found another old man with bad eyesight. No matter how I think about it, this trip is full of dangers.

However, Li Laohai has always disagreed. Although his eyesight is not good, he can recognize the position on the sea very accurately. While sailing, he introduced to us: "That is the direction we leave the boat. Now we have turned 45 degrees on the sea. , heading northeast."

I secretly took out a maritime compass, which was specially purchased before departure in Shenzhen.I found that the direction Li Laohai said was exactly the same as that shown on the compass.

Obviously, Li Laohai has decades of rich experience in the sea, and he is the star of the sea.These more than make up for his lack of eyesight.I was relieved and sat on the boat and let Li Laohai control it.

And Li Laohai is also very good at taking advantage of the wind and waves at sea. When driving along the waves, he will turn off the motor, and only use the motor when driving against the waves.Seeing him skillfully manipulating the boat is even more familiar than us manipulating a car on the road.

We were floating on the sea, and soon it was daylight.It was also the first time for me to see the sunrise on the sea. The scenery was very spectacular. Ju Chengan had never seen such a scenery in the mountains for a long time, and he was amazed aloud.

"Country bumpkin, rare and strange." Shi Xuan'er still took the opportunity to ridicule Ju Cheng'an.

After the sun rose, the surrounding sight suddenly improved.I looked around, but saw no islands or land except the endless sea.

"Brother Li, how far is it from Sea Demon Island?" Ju Chengan asked.

Before Li Laohai could speak, Shi Xuan'er patted Ju Chengan and said, "Hey, my name is Old Man Li, and your name is Old Brother Li. Are you taking advantage of me?"

"Speaking of which, don't do it, do it carefully, I will throw you down and feed you bastard. I called my elder brother, his name is Brother Li, and of course I am also called Brother Li." Ju Chengan said with staring eyes .

I also said: "Shi Xuan, you are wrong. Whatever you call him is the same name. We call him brother, which means we are old. If you call him old man, it means you are young. No one intends to take advantage of you."

This time, Shi Xuan'er even stared at me.

Li Laohai chuckled, and said, "The sea devil island you are looking for is still far away. I guess you can't reach that water area until noon. And it seems that the sea fog is not small today, so it's unknown whether you can find it. "

"We have to find it. If we can't find it, we won't give you any money, and we have to spit out the money we gave you." Ju Chengan said angrily.For me to give the old man 10 yuan all at once, Ju Chengan must feel very distressed, and tried to get the money back in different ways.

Li Laohai chuckled: "Okay, you are not afraid of death, and I am so old that I have to go all out, so I will find it for you."

Li Laohai's sailing skills are good. Although the waves are not small, the boat is very stable.At this time, the sun was rising, and it was warm and comfortable to shine on the body.

The three of us leaned on the boat, as if sitting in a cradle, all a little drowsy.

I was also in a daze, and I didn't know how long it had been in a trance, an hour?Or two hours?

In my daze, I suddenly felt my body shaking violently, as if the ship we were on was shaking violently in the sea.

My heart tightened. I must know that although Li Laohai has bad eyesight, his sailing skills are still good, and he is good at using the waves. Since the ship went out to sea, even though the waves are relatively large, it has been able to sail smoothly. So this shaking came a little suddenly.

I opened my eyes suddenly, and sure enough, I found that the water waves in the nearby sea area had increased a lot, and the waves were higher than the waves. Floating up and down.

"Brother Li, what's going on?" I asked loudly.

"Don't worry... I'm almost at the sea area of ​​Sea Demon Island. The waves here are relatively strong and the sea wind is also strong. This is normal. Everything... is under my control."

Li Laohai explained.But it sounded very lacking to me, and what he said was somewhat vague.

You must know that this old man has always boasted about his ability and experience in going to sea, and this is the first time he has heard such a lack of confidence.

Ju Cheng'an and Shi Xuan'er were also drowsy, but they were also awakened by the violent waves.

I observed it and found that the sea wind here is much stronger than when I first entered the sea, and it is getting stronger and stronger.At the same time, the sky was not as blue as before. The dark clouds gathered above our heads at some point, and they were so low that we could touch them as soon as we stretched out our hands.

"Brother Li, tell me the truth, are we going to encounter a storm?" I shouted at the top of my voice.

Because at this time, the wind is howling, if we don't shout loudly, we can't hear each other's voice.

Although I have no experience of going to sea, I have also heard that encountering a storm at sea is a very bad thing.In particular, the boat we were on was just an ordinary household fishing boat, not like those large boats with reinforcement facilities. The boat was exposed to the storm at night, and the consequences can be imagined.

"It shouldn't be. Based on my experience in going out to sea, there shouldn't be severe storms in this season and in this sea area." Li Laohai said while starting the motor to speed up the boat.

Chapter 2034 Ghost Head Reef

"Why shouldn't it? The storm is coming, so don't talk about your bullshit experience." Ju Chengan shouted angrily.

As soon as Ju Chengan finished speaking, pea-sized raindrops slanted down from the dark cloud.

Crackling... The raindrops hit the side of the boat and fell into the sea at the same time, like thousands of arrows hitting the water, with great momentum.The surrounding light dimmed instantly, as if the end was approaching.

As the wind and rain came suddenly, the waves also raged. A big wave threw our boat to the top of the waves, and then it fell down sharply and slapped on the sea.

We clung to the side of the boat so we didn't let ourselves fall into the water.

"Old man Li, think of a way. What should I do? Don't you have experience? What about your experience?" Shi Xuan'er shouted hysterically.

Li Laohai was dejected, he raised his head suddenly, and shouted fiercely: "Forget it, forget it. I'm going to die anyway, I'm going to fight it out, I can live for a while, catch it, we're going to change direction."

As he said that, Li Laohai turned the motor at the stern of the boat, and the whole boat turned around at an angle of [-] degrees, and rushed straight to the right of the original direction of travel.

The dark cloud was extremely low, and the boat pierced through the dark cloud like a sharp sword.

Boom...crack...

Thunder and lightning came one after another.It was as if it was exploding above our heads, and the lightning struck down, as if it had passed by us.

We have all seen storms and even typhoons on land.But compared with the storm on the sea, those are really nothing.

Before the onshore storm comes, at least there are still some signs, and there is a time to prepare.The wind and rain on the sea came completely suddenly, which caught us by surprise.

The waves were like heavy punches, one punch after another, making the ship thump and shake frequently.

If things go on like this, if a safe place cannot be found, the ship will be destroyed and people will die.Although we all wear life jackets, this thing is useless in this environment.

At this time, no one was in the mood to argue with Li Laohai. I saw him squatting at the stern, controlling the motor, and staring sharply at the sea ahead.

"Old man Li, drive faster, it's too late to hide."

Seeing the critical situation, Shi Xuan'er finally couldn't help turning around and shouting.

"It has been added to the fastest." Li Laohai replied heavily.

It is true that I can hear the roar of the motor, but the speed of the ship is not fast at all. This ship is like an old cow with a heavy load. Although it is full of strength, it moves extremely slowly.

We were thrown up and down by the wind and waves, and my heart was ashamed.

After about 10 minutes, I don't know how far the boat has traveled, but the wind and waves seem to be getting smaller.

I turned my head and looked around, and suddenly found that our boat had unknowingly sailed into a reef.

Everywhere you look, there are reefs, big and small, out of the sea. The big ones are more than ten meters high, and the small ones are several meters high.

I guess we can see these reefs out of the sea, but there must be many hidden reefs below the sea surface.Li Laohai had no choice but to drive the boat into this hidden reef.Since the exposed reefs block some big waves, they can also block the huge sea wind, so relatively speaking, the wind and waves here are much smaller, and it is indeed much safer.

We breathed a sigh of relief for a while, but Li Laohai didn't dare to go any further, for fear of running into a hidden reef, he just parked the boat behind a large reef to avoid the attack of the wind and waves.

"Brother Li, didn't you say that there can't be such a big storm in this season? Have you been here before?" I took a few breaths and asked.

Li Laohai nodded: "Of course I've been here, I've been here countless times before. I'm pretty accurate. When I was out at sea, I never encountered such a storm. Who knows what happened this time? ? Ah...the sea devil on the sea devil island knew we were going to find him, so he showed his power? Oh, Amitabha, Amitabha..."

"Nonsense, how could sea monsters know such details? I don't believe there are any sea monsters. Old man Li, this place is alright, can we escape this storm?" Shi Xuan'er said.

Li Laohai shook his head: "It's hard to say. This is a group of reefs, which are full of hidden reefs, like ghost heads buried one by one, so we call this place Ghost Head Reef. Usually, I dare not go here. Come on, once we go deep, we will be trapped inside if we encounter a hidden reef. If we are not familiar with the waterway, we will not be able to get out at all. So we can only block it for a while here, and the storm will definitely not stop for a short time. And it will get bigger and bigger, if the wind and waves are bigger, we will not be safe even if we hide here."

While speaking, the storm suddenly intensified as if it had heard Li Laohai's words.

The wind was raging and the rain was pouring.

The raindrops seemed to be able to bypass those rocks. Although we hid behind the rocks, they still hit our bodies and faces like a knife.

And our ship, after a short lull, was once again in trouble.

The reefs can block the crosswind, but they cannot block the crosswind. The sea breeze is pervasive, seamless, and passes between every two reefs, which increases the speed and strength of the wind.

This caused the ship, which had already been parked, to be shaken again.

"Old man Li, you have a crow's mouth." Seeing this, Shi Xuan'er shouted angrily.

Li Laohai's face was gloomy: "It would be great if my words would work. This is common sense. We now have two options. One is to continue walking into the waterway and go deep into Guitou Reef. But as I said just now, there are hidden reefs. We don't know the route, and our ship may be destroyed faster after entering. Another option is to wait where it is, hoping that the ship can hold on for a while, and hope that the storm will stop before we die."

I thought for a while and asked: "Uncle Li, according to the time, are we already close to the waters of the sea devil island you mentioned?"

Li Laohai nodded: "Yes. Without this storm, we would have been very close there. So I said that this sudden storm is the punishment and lesson given to us by the Sea Demon."

I looked at Shi Xuan'er: "Shi Xuan, where is your waterway map?"

"Aquatic map? Ah, here it is. Brother, you mean here..." Shi Xuan'er suddenly understood, and hurriedly took out the aqueduct map from her body.

We were about to go to sea, and that picture was also waterproofed.It is not afraid of being soaked by sea water and rain when you take it out.

Chapter 2035 Waterway Map

I pointed to the waterway map with a flashlight, and said, "Look, does the drawing on this waterway map look like our current Ghost Head Reef?"

On the waterway map, there are winding waterways.There are many large and small circles beside it. If those circles are regarded as reefs, it is indeed very vivid.

"What is this?" Li Laohai approached and asked.

We wiped away the water that fell on the map, and answered him: "This is a water channel map. I just don't know if it is a map from here."

"Show me." Li Laohai snatched the waterway map.Put the waterway map almost on the eyes, and observe the surrounding reefs while watching.His eyesight is not good, but he should still be able to see the rough outline of those reefs clearly.

After a few minutes, Li Laohai suddenly laughed: "Okay, okay, this map of yours has saved our lives. This is the waterway map here. Look, this reef is relatively large, corresponding to the one on the map. The circle is also big, the one next to it is small, and the one on the picture is also small. That’s right, it’s here, as long as we follow the waterway above, we should be able to cross the sea area of ​​Ghost Head Reef safely.”

At this time, the storm has no tendency to stop. I know that this kind of storm can be long or short. If it is short, it may stop within ten minutes, and if it is long, it may take a day and a night, or even longer.