"Dongzi, where did that diesel engine tied up all over on your boat come from?"
"Huh? Oh, right, why have you got an extra diesel engine? Don't tell me you went and played pirate too?"
"Quit talking fucking nonsense. Am I that kind of person? Help me lift it in a bit."
"Then where did you get it?"
"Found it."
Huh? Everyone stared.
"Where? Tell me so I can go find eight or ten myself."
"You wouldn't find any even if I told you."
"Could it be the engine from that boat the Luzhou Island people sank a while back?" Xiao Xiao had a flash of inspiration.
Ye Yaodong gave a couple of dry chuckles. "Ships have been sinking for ages. Who knows which wreck it came from? Don't talk nonsense. I went to all that trouble to haul it up, so it's mine."
"It hasn't even rusted yet. It can't have been down there long."
"Plenty of boats sink by accident. Dongzi had the skill to salvage it. What do you care which boat it came from?" A-Guang spoke up for him.
"Seawater corrodes things. Who knows if it'll still work?"
"We'll know once it's repaired. Even if it doesn't work, it'll fetch something as scrap iron."
With everyone chiming in, they simply moved on from the matter of salvaging the engine.
But after selling their catch, they boarded his boat to help move the engine and discovered that it wasn't the only addition. There was a Net Hauler at the stern too!
"Holy shit, don't tell me you fished this Net Hauler out of the sea too? It's so new."
"None of your business. Hurry up and help lift it," Ye Yaodong urged.
The others headed to the stern too. The little cabin in the middle had blocked