amaotonovel Chapter 231 Shipwreck
Chapter 231 Shipwreck
Wen Qing first cleared away the seaweed and mud covering the stern of the sunken ship. After working for three hours, she finally found the entrance to the cabin. She pushed open the wooden board and tested the strength of the board. Only when she felt it could withstand her entry did she get into the cabin.
She made a sealed bag with a plastic bag, wrapped a flashlight in it to illuminate the interior of the cabin. The cabin was in a mess, and there were many small fish in it. When they saw someone coming in, they swam away in panic. Wen Qing found that the things in the cabin were scattered all over the floor, and she put these things into the space.
Wen Qing floated to the surface and saw that it was almost evening. She drove the boat back to the island and walked around it. It was an uninhabited island with only beaches and reefs. Wen Qing put the boat into the space, swam to the island alone, and then entered the space herself. The shipwrecks on the seabed had not been collected yet, so she planned to stay here for one night.
Wen Qing was very hungry after not having a proper meal for the day, so she boiled shell meat and sea fish in water, added noodles, and seasoned them with soy sauce, sesame oil and garlic. The fresh shell meat tasted sweet, and she finished a big bowl of it without realizing it.
Wen Qing went to check the things she had collected. The wooden furniture had been corroded and decayed by the sea water. Some of the pots, bowls, porcelain cups and bowls in the cabinets were still intact. The clothes in several boxes were also damaged. Only in four well-sealed jars were silver and gold ingots found. She also found a box of rubies, a box of sapphires, a box of diamonds and several boxes of jewelry, all of which showed signs of erosion by sea water.
At night, Wen Qing slept in the space. She was very tired after the day and she didn't wake up until the next morning. She had breakfast, prepared lunch, and then left the space.
She rowed the boat to the shipwreck and dived again. This time, after cleaning the mud and seaweed on the bow, she found an entrance to the lower cabin. After entering, she discovered that it had become a fish nest and there was a big hole. She estimated that even if there was something, it was lost in the accident.
She went up to the upper deck of the cabin and searched carefully, and found several rusty long knives and several iron boxes in a cabin. She estimated that the ship must have sunk in a storm on the return journey, and there were not many things on the ship.
She put everything she found into the space, left the shipwreck, floated to the surface, got on her own boat, and Wen Qing continued to drive the boat south.
During the day, she practiced her new underwater breathing method, searched for various shellfish, fish and sea cucumbers in the sea, and found some red corals; at night, she parked the boat at an uninhabited island, went into her own space to rest, worked in the fields, and lived a very free and easy life.
On the fourth day, considering the amount of diesel, Wen Qing drove the boat north back to Nanshan Island.
When Sister Qian saw her coming back, she couldn't help but complain: "Xiao Wen, you've been out for too long. This boat is too small. It's not very safe to go out to sea."
Wen Qing handed her the bucket of sea cucumbers and fish and said with a smile, "Sister Qian, look, I'm back safely, right?"
Sister Qian’s husband, Brother Lu, has also returned. Brother Lu is not tall, has dark skin, a pair of calloused hands, and deep wrinkles on his face. You can tell at first glance that he is a man who makes a living at sea.
Brother Lu was a quiet person. He just greeted Wen Qing and then went to the yard to pack up the fishing nets, shrimp cages, crab cages, and fishing rods. He only went back to the house to eat after Sister Qian had prepared dinner.
Sister Qian cooked stir-fried vegetables, braised abalone with scallions, steamed mixed fish with sea cucumber, and steamed grouper. There weren't many varieties, but the portions were large and filling. The three of them ate so much that they didn't want to move. After a while, Wen Qing got up to help Sister Qian clean up the kitchen and said to her, "Sister Qian, I'll be back tomorrow. Thank you."
She told Sister Qian that she wanted to buy some dried seafood. Sister Qian took out dried sea cucumbers, dried abalone, and dried fish maw and handed them to her. "Xiao Wen, do you think these are enough?"
Wen Qing opened it and found it was exactly what she needed, so she asked the price. Sister Qian said, "You have brought back so many seafood products, so we can consider it as an exchange. It's free." She refused to take any money from Wen Qing.
The next day, when Wen Qing left, she put 2000 yuan under her pillow. When Sister Qian found it, she had already gone far away.
Wen Qing walked north and stayed in Chaozhou for three days. She found a supplementary food company and sold the chickens and rabbits in the space to them, earning more than 2 yuan. Now that meat is more abundant in the market, she plans to reduce the poultry in the space and only keep those she wants to eat. She bought three pairs of lion-head geese in the market and put them into the space. She will not lock up these and let them live on their own in the lake.
She drove and played as she went, touring all of Northeast Vietnam, staying in hotels in crowded places and entering spaces in less crowded places. She had cleaned out all the things she found on the shipwreck. She found a total of 6 ceramic jars, 5 iron boxes, 4 wooden boxes, and some sundries. Mainly because the things had been soaked in sea water for too long, the surfaces were all dirty and rotten.
The six jars were full of gold, silver, gems and jewelry. The five iron boxes contained rags, small bags of gold and silver, and a few gems, which were probably the crew's things. The four wooden boxes were so rotten that the things inside had all turned into mud. Wen Qing cleaned out all the rotten things from the space and found a place in the wild to dig a hole and bury them. She washed and put away the valuable things such as gold, silver and gems. There were a total of 6 gold ingots, 5 gold bars, 4 gold coins, 28 silver coins, 16 silver ingots, 30 sapphires, 378 rubies, 56 diamonds, and more than 20 pieces of jewelry.
Wen Qing's eyes lit up as she looked at the sapphires, rubies and diamonds. Although the gems, which were larger than fingernails, had lost their luster after being soaked in water for too long, they were very transparent after being cleaned and could be made into very nice jewelry after careful polishing.
What's a pity is that all the jewelry has changed color, and some parts have fallen off and need to be repaired.
Wen Qing traveled outside for fifteen days. Every time she passed a town, she sold some chickens, eggs or rabbits. She only sold more than 100 rabbits each time, which did not attract other people's attention. Finally, she dealt with all the poultry and rabbits in the space. She released the remaining chicks back into the mountains, and then sold the chicken coops and rabbit houses to the farmers in the town, and kindly helped them install them.
Orchids and daffodils purchased at the Vietnam Flower and Tree Market were planted in the place where the chicken coop and rabbit house originally stood.
After returning to Xieyang City, she found a hotel to stay in near Yangmei Village. She first went to Zhuoyuxuan to pick up the bracelets, jade plaques, etc. that they had already made, and then waited for Master Lin to complete the jade carving.
Zhuoyuxuan's craftsmanship is very good. Although they were made by Master Lin's apprentices, the jade wares all look very exquisite. The white jade bracelets are lustrous, and the bas-reliefs on the jade plaques have smooth lines and delicate carvings. Both the figures and flowers are very vivid.