Arctic puffins were greedy birds. Relying on their big mouths, they refused to take one fish and left. Instead, they tried to take two or three.
If it had been small sardines, it would have been no problem, but they were facing a large herring, at least not small compared to their size.
So, like a bear breaking corn, it threw one away, picked up a fish and dropped a fish. In the end, after a while, there was still a fish in its mouth …
Ah Meow looked at the fat birds through the glass window in the cabin. He was not drooling to eat them, but he wanted to play with them.
Ah Ow was also locked in the cabin. She patted the round glass window on the door with her claws and whimpered discontentedly from her throat.
Seeing this, Ah Bai jumped onto her back. Ah Ow subconsciously wanted to shake him off, but when she looked up, she saw Ah Bai reaching out and holding the door handle.
Seeing this, Ah Meow rushed up and gave Ah Ow a claw. Behave!
Ah Bai squatted on Ah Ow's back and slowly turned the door handle. When the cabin door opened, Ah Ow and Ah Meow rushed out. The Arctic puffins were scared out of their wits. This time, they could not care less about the fish in their mouths.
Li Du watched with a smile. When Ah Meow and Ah Ow were about to catch the seabirds, he went up and stopped them, giving the puffins the chance to escape.
This was a small episode in his boring voyage. Like the polar bears, it added some color to the voyage.
Sailing on the sea was so boring that even Brother Wolf, with his strong nerves, could not concentrate all the time. Anyway, the icebreaker's bow was very hard. As long as it did not hit an iceberg, the ship was not in danger.
Li Du was tickling Ah Bai and the other naughty children when the Hammerhead Shark suddenly shook slightly.
They were very familiar with this feeling. When the ship hit some big ice, it would shake like this.
But this time it was different. There was a roar under the ship.
A few people sitting by the side of the ship playing cards looked down listlessly, turned back and said, "We've hit someone."
Li Du did not react and said subconsciously, "Is someone trying to scam us? We're driving so carefully … Damn, we're on the sea! "
He hurried over to take a look. The part of the Hammerhead Shark that had crashed into the water was more than three meters high. He leaned over the side of the ship and saw a broken wooden ship floating in the water. There were two people in the water, and one of them was the one who had screamed.
"Hurry up and save them!" Li Du waved his hand.
Godzilla put down a rope ladder and waved at the two people in the water.
One of them climbed up with a face full of anger, while the other floated in the water, looking at the half-submerged wooden boat in frustration.
Li Du shouted, "The water temperature is so low, hurry up and get on the boat!"
The person in the water looked up at him, then lowered his head dejectedly.
The person who climbed up was wearing a rough leather coat. It was unknown what kind of animal's fur it was made from. He must have made it himself, as it did not look beautiful at all.
After he climbed up, he opened his eyes wide and let out a roar. Then, he saw Godzilla, Big Quinn, and a group of tall and burly bodyguards. He also saw the rifles hanging on the side of the boat.
Thus, he forcefully swallowed the rest of his words and also became dejected.
Li Du asked, "Sorry, sorry, friend. How did our boat collide? Oh yes, let your companion get on the boat first. Hurry up and come up. "
The man looked at him blankly, with a blank expression on his face.
Li Du said helplessly, "Can you speak English? Can you understand English? English? "
The man seemed to understand the latter part of the sentence. He shook his head and said, "No, no English."
Big Ivan went forward to communicate in Russian. The man swallowed hard and answered him with a stutter.
"We're done for, boss," Madman said. "We messed with the natives. This guy doesn't understand English or Russian. He should be an Eskimo."
Big Ivan turned around and said, "Don't talk nonsense. He can speak Russian, but he stutters."
Sophie quickly brought the hot coffee up and handed it to the man. He took off the leather hat that was attached to his coat, took a sip of the coffee, and laughed. He turned back and shouted at his companion in the water.
The man was no longer in a daze. He swam to the side of the boat, trying to fish something out. Wearing a thick leather coat, Li Du felt that his brain was not very bright.
He asked, "Who are these people, and where did they come from?"
Big Ivan said, "We were lucky enough to meet a very rare people. They are the Nassan."
"Nassan? I've never heard of this people, "Li Du said after a moment's thought.
Big Ivan said, "They are natives of the Siberian region. The entire Taymyr Peninsula and the Arctic Circle were once their territory. They have been living here since around 500 AD."
"Like Hankway and other Nenets people, their traditional life is nomadic, following the seasonal migration of wild reindeer herds to the north or south of the Taymyr Peninsula."
"But today, there are probably only five or six hundred of them left. They have even been excluded from Russia's ethnic statistics."
Li Du smiled bitterly and said, "Almost. We reduced their population by three hundred today."
Another person also climbed up, but it was a woman. After she took off the leather hat, her appearance was similar to Li Du's. They were both Asians with black hair and eyes.
When Sophie saw that she was a woman, she quickly took her to change.
The man stopped them, handed the coffee cup in his hand to the woman, and said something in the native language.
The woman kept her head down. She took the cup and took a sip, then laughed and drank again.
Big Quinn said sympathetically, "Oh, these poor people, they have never had coffee."
Li Du went to pour the man another large cup. The man held the cup with both hands and gulped it down like water. After drinking, he handed the cup back to Li Du and smiled.
The man's smile was very pure and infectious. Although he was an adult, Li Du had a feeling when he saw his smile. His smile was very pure, and it really came from the heart.
This time, in addition to the coffee, Li Du also gave him a piece of red date mousse cake.
The man took a bite of the cake and stopped eating. When the woman came out, he handed it to her and stammered, not knowing what to say.
The man and the woman shared a cup of coffee with a piece of cake. They ate happily, one at a time.
"They look so sweet," Sophie said with a smile. "I dare say this must be a very good couple."
After drinking hot coffee and changing clothes, the two were much better.
Big Ivan started chatting with them again. Li Du asked him to apologize first. After he apologized, Big Ivan translated, "They did not blame us. They said that it was because they fell asleep on the boat and did not notice our boat. We should not be blamed."
Li Du smiled and said, "Ask them about their losses. We'll make it up to them. These are the friendliest Russians I've ever met."
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