Chapter 1192 Whale Fall

Ye Yaodong shivered as he entered the cabin, put his clothes on the bed, and saw that Lin Guangyuan had already put on his clothes and wrapped himself in the quilt.

There was no one on the other beds, and everyone stood on the deck and did not come in. They had all slept enough and were curiously looking at the fish on the sea.

It was rare to see such a big fish.

"Are you okay? Drink some hot water."

"I'm fine. I took a bath and felt comfortable." He said while sniffing his nose, "You should also take a bath and change clothes quickly, so as not to catch a cold."

"Yeah."

Ye Yaodong first went to get himself some hot water, changed his clothes, and drank a sip of hot tea. Only then did he feel alive. His teeth were chattering from the cold just now, and he sneezed several times.

"What kind of fish is that, uncle? It's so big, and there are too many barnacles on it, right?"

"It's a kind of gray whale among whales. My boat can't catch such a big gray whale."

"Oh, it's amazing. I was saved by a fish. How can this fish stay on the sea surface?"

"Who should you ask me? Go to sleep quickly. I'll call you when we reach the shore."

It's probably because of the barnacles on it.

"Okay, you go to sleep too?"

"Yeah."

He was really tired after staying up all night, and he was scared just now. Now he just wanted to have a good rest.

But he was also curious about the fish that everyone was watching outside, and he was reluctant to sleep.

After pouring out the water, he also went to the deck.

Several boatmen pointed at the sea as usual, and got closer to the side of the boat. They were worried that the fish would go crazy and stayed away from it, but now they were not afraid.

He also went over to take a look, listened to a few words, and asked.

"This fish has been following us?"

"Yes, it followed our three boats. We could have speeded up to get rid of them. We sped up in front and slowed down in the back. We followed it on purpose."

"We followed it on purpose?"

Ye Yaodong felt the speed of the fishing boat and it seemed that it was not going very fast.

"I don't know if it wants to catch it, so we just followed it..."

"It doesn't look like it will attack us. It has been following us for a long time and it seems that it only touches the boat occasionally."

"Have you ever seen a big fish attack a fishing boat?"

"Of course I have... but it's not this big. I don't know how long this fish will continue to follow..."

They talked at once, and Ye Yaodong was a little confused. After thinking about it, he climbed up to the wheelhouse and asked.

It turned out to be Pei's father's idea. He said that the waves were not that big now and they were near the sea. It seemed that this fish had been following them. It would be a pity to just leave it alone.

So they planned to slow down and let the fish catch up, and then find an island nearby to wait and see if the fish would be stranded.

Ye Yaodong also thought about the barnacles all over its body, and he could clean it up if it ran aground.

Chen Laoqi was of course not qualified to express his opinion, so he listened to Ye's father and Pei's father.

When Ye's father met Pei's father, he naturally listened to Pei's father, and he was also very curious. If such a big fish approached the island, would it be stranded directly as Pei's father said?

If it ran aground, they could still use two boats to drag the big fish to the shore together.

If one boat couldn't handle the fish, two or three boats would work together, and there would be a way.

Ye Yaodong was surprised by Pei's father's boldness. He didn't expect that the two people's ideas were so different.

Think about it, let's wait until it runs aground. The barnacles on this gray whale are too dense and terrifying. It won't take long to find an island nearby while moving forward.

However, he is too tired now. He stayed up late and was scared. He went into the water to soak for a while, and he didn't have the energy to wait there all the time.

So he just told Chen Laoqi to try first, and if the fish was really stranded, let someone wake him up.

He went back to the cabin and took a nap.

Lin Guangyuan was already asleep.

After a while, his consciousness also became blurred.

He was shaken awake again.

"Dong... Brother Dong... hurry up... it fell into the water..." Chen Shi shouted excitedly while shaking him.

Ye Yaodong was woken up in a daze, with a splitting headache, "What is it?"

"A whale... fell... into the sea."

"Why are you the one who came in to talk?" He rubbed his temples. He didn't know to send someone who spoke fluently to pass the message, and he couldn't understand what he meant.

"The fish... fell into the sea..."

"The gray whale fell into the sea? I'll go take a look."

He didn't understand what Chen Shi meant.

Ye Yaodong quickly put on his clothes and went out. The fishing boat was in the middle of the sea at this time, but there was an island not far ahead.

At this time, the three boats were docked side by side, and everyone was talking there.

"I saw it fell directly into the water..."

"The water here is not very deep, we can go down and take a look..."

Ye Yaodong listened to everyone's discussion and understood a little bit. It was the whale that had been following them just now that fell under the water, so they stopped the boat to wake him up.

He looked at Chen Laoqi who was also standing on the deck, "What do you mean? What's the situation?"

"I didn't see it clearly in the cockpit, but just now this whale was following the fishing boat. Our three boats led it to the island, but it swam slower and slower, so we slowed down later."

"But it suddenly disappeared, so we stopped the boat and came down to take a look. The boatman who had been watching by the side said that the fish fell. It didn't swim or move, but just fell directly."

Ye Yaodong was surprised, "Fall directly? Whale fall?"

"What whale fall?"

"Are you sure it fell straight down?"

"Yes, yes, the sea water is very clear. I clearly saw that the fish had been swimming beside the fishing boat just now, but the speed was getting slower and slower. It simply stopped moving behind and fell directly to the bottom of the water. I also saw Its belly is facing up," Xiao Wu said excitedly, gesturing.

"We also saw it. We have been staring at this fish just now. It was still swimming, but when we saw it moving, it simply stopped moving and fell down."

Ye Yaodong's heart beat a beat faster, the whale fell!

I have only heard of it but never seen it. Could it really be a whale falling?

"I'll crawl over and ask them."

He looked at the distance between the boats next to him and hooked the Harvest with a hook to bring the two boats closer so that he could climb over more easily.

Father Pei was also shouting to Father Ye. He turned around and saw him coming and told him.

"You came just in time. Everyone said that the fish fell, probably died, and fell into the sea. I originally thought of leading it to the island and stranding it, but I didn't expect that it died before it reached the island."

Father Ye also said: "My relatives said that you have two pieces of diving equipment on the boat. It shouldn't be very deep down there. There is an island next to it, so I want to wake you up and ask two people to go down and take a look at that Did the whale really die and fall into the sea?”

"The people on your boat also saw the fish falling straight down?"

"Yes, they have been curious about this fish following us, and bumping into it from time to time. Later I also felt that the force of its bumping became smaller and smaller, and even the swimming speed was like a turtle crawling."

Father Pei also added, "The workers on my boat have been watching. My boat fell behind you, and the fish fell down. Your boat was still moving forward, and my workers saw the fish flipping over and falling. Those who went down, they definitely said they were dead.”

The sun was shining brightly at the moment, so the visibility was quite good. The ocean was not polluted now, and the water looked exceptionally clear. It was still believable to see the fish flipping sideways and falling down.

"Then go down and have a look."

Ye Yaodong looked at the island in the distance and then at the water surface, "Where did it fall?"

"This way."

"here……"

The two old ones pointed to a water surface behind them at the same time.

"Then I'll call the next one and come down with me to have a look."

"Wait a minute? There are waves now and it's not safe." Father Ye was a little worried.

Lin Guangyuan just had an accident this morning. Although the waves were not as big as in the early morning, there were still waves.

Father Ye was still frightened and did not dare to take risks.

"How far are we from the city now?"

"We'll be there in about an hour."

Ye Yaodong checked the time and saw that it was only ten o'clock in the morning. In other words, he had been squinting for nearly four hours.

It took such a long time that it still took an hour to reach the shore, which showed that the fishing boat was indeed driving very slowly just now, almost at a turtle speed, slower than when they were working.

"Then just wait. The market won't open until night anyway, so it doesn't make much sense to dock at this time."

Father Pei nodded, "Then wait. You can either go eat something and sleep for a while. I'll see if the waves are a little smaller in the afternoon and I'll call you again."

"OK."

If it's a whale falling, it won't move if it falls, so you don't have to worry about running away. You have to wait for the waves to calm down before you can go down.

"Then let's go eat first and talk after we finish."

"good."

After the decision was made, Ye Yaodong learned about the movement of the fish while he was sleeping, and then returned to his boat.

"A Dong, what should I say? It would be such a waste to drop such a big fish directly into the sea."

"Yeah, should we go into the water and see if he's dead?"

"If he dies directly in the sea, can we still drag him up?"

Everyone gathered around him and asked.

They were so excited that such a big fish died right before their eyes and fell into the sea.

"It's hard to say without seeing it with my own eyes. I have to go down into the water and have a look. I don't know how deep it is. Can I find out to the bottom? The waves are a bit big now. When the waves subside later, one of you can follow me down to see Look, we can’t say anything else until we’re sure.”

"No problem, we young ones can all go down."

Ye Yaodong smiled and said, "Go and cook, and we'll talk about it later when the excitement subsides."

Everyone deserves to be well.

He also returned to the cabin and continued to lie down. It was not that fast to cook. He would close his eyes and rest for at least an hour. Taking advantage of the fact that the boat was stopped and there was no sound, he could still close his eyes for a while.

But as soon as his eyes closed, all he could think about was the falling whale.

If you really want to find that this whale is dead, you still have to find a way to drag it back if you can. Even if it is dead, you can do research and contribute by dragging it back. I don’t know why it died suddenly.

Could it be that there are too many barnacles on my body and I can't move forward with a heavy load?

There are three fishing boats here, and it’s not a big problem to tow them back with dozens of tons. I don’t know how deep they are. If it’s too deep, they won’t be able to reach them, so they have to give up.

Let's wait until we get into the water to check the situation.

The more Ye Yaodong thought about it, the clearer his mind became, and the more he couldn't sleep. He didn't get up again until they called for dinner.

After eating, he looked at the sea again. There were still waves, so he went back to the cabin. This time he slept well.

It was already 3pm when I was woken up again.

"A Dong, the waves have slowed down in the afternoon and they are calling you."

Ye Yaodong immediately got up and stretched, "Is there any sun outside?"

"Yes, the sun hasn't set yet, nor has it hidden behind the clouds."

"good."

Father Ye, Father Pei, and his two brothers all climbed over and waited on his boat.

"Are you awake?"

"Sober up."

He looked at the sea and then at the setting sun, "Which of you will follow me?"

Everyone, look at me and I'll look at you.

"I...I..."

"Okay, then let Chen Shi go down with me and take a look."

Chen Shi nodded and began to take off his clothes.

Ye Yaodong just woke up and felt very cold, so he didn't take off his clothes immediately, but warmed up first.

After he got used to the cold wind and his body became warm and flexible, he took off his clothes and put on his equipment.

Father Ye frowned and said earnestly, "Be careful. If you feel there are waves, just come up. You can come back in two days."

He nodded. He still had this sense of propriety, having been in the water countless times.

However, people are still not able to withstand freezing in the middle of winter. Jumping into the water to save Lin Guangyuan in the early morning was all due to his lonesome courage and courage, and he didn't feel much at all. This would be a little different.

As soon as he got into the water, he felt bone-chilling cold, and it felt like it was freezing to the bone.

After swimming tremblingly in the water for a while, relying on my own immunity, I felt that my body gradually warmed up and became less stiff.

He gestured OK to Chen Shi, who was also flopping on the water. Chen Shi also said OK back to him, and the two of them slowly dived underwater together.

They had salvaged sea urchins countless times together, and everyone on the ship understood the meaning of this gesture.

Ye Yaodong followed Chen Shi as he slowly dived underwater. It had only been a few months since the last dive. Their limbs were very well coordinated, and the gray seabed felt familiar to them.

The location they came down to was where they pointed during the day, but it wasn't that accurate.

The seabed here is not that deep. Ye Yaodong estimated that it is only about 10 meters. His feet have reached the bottom and the light is still good.

However, the bottom of the sea is full of various reefs and dense seaweed. They didn't see any gray whales around them when they went down to the bottom.

Ye Yaodong made a gesture to Chen Shi, telling him to follow him and not to be separated.

The two of them walked around the surrounding reefs together, and then they saw fish and shrimps of various sizes swimming around a spot on the edge. They all swam toward a patch of seagrass.

He took the lead and swam forward with his flippers, looking down from above. Before he got close, he saw the gray whale carcass blocked by a piece of seaweed, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

Found it!

It’s really a whale fall!

A whale falls and everything comes alive!

The two were a little excited, but they still slowly landed forward, startling a small group of fish and shrimp.

Ye Yaodong was illiterate and a very ordinary fisherman in his last life. He had only heard of whale falling, but this was the first time he saw it.

At this time, the body of this gray whale was surrounded by other marine animals, various fish, and squid. There were also marine worms under the sea bottom that were slowly approaching.

It hadn't been long since the whale fell, and there weren't many marine life around it, and there weren't any big fish, just some small fish and shrimps around.

The two of them circled around the gray whale, and then swam upstream together with tacit understanding through their eyes and gestures.

Now that you have found the place and confirmed it, you can go up first.

With two splashes, the two of them emerged from the water one after another. All the people in the three boats leaned on the edge of the boat and looked at them.

"Come up!"

The two slowly approached their fishing boat, and the people on the boat held hands and pulled them up.

"Did you find it?"

"Found it!"

Everyone looked happy.

"I just said that if you come up so quickly, you should have found it. If you haven't found it, you may still be looking for it underneath."

Father Pei was happy, "Then can we find a way to drag this whale back?"

Ye Yaodong took a breath and asked, "How are you going to delay it?"

"Bring some ropes down. You can tie up its head, tail and fins. Then we will use a net hoist to collect the ropes at the same time. There is no need to hoist it up, as long as it can be dragged in the sea. Just move.”

"Is this possible? What if it hits a reef? I guess if we hang up the tail, its head will still be on the bottom of the sea."

"Is it okay to close it a little higher? If you pull the fish's tail out of the water, you probably don't have to touch the head."

"There are rocks underneath, let's try it first."

Ye Yaodong frowned and thought, feeling that he could only treat a dead horse as a live doctor.

If he encounters a big rock and gets stuck, he can only go back into the water to have a look and try changing direction.

"Then let's try it and see. Anyway, the ropes are ready-made on our boat, and the bottom is not very deep, only about 10 meters. We can't say anymore."

"Then try it."

"You have to take turns to go down. The gray whale is big and the binding rope is not that easy to get. Two by two, we have to go down and tie it up."

After speaking, Ye Yaodong introduced them to the seabed scene they saw and the location of the gray whale among the aquatic plants. If he explained it clearly, it would be easier for them to find it when they went down, save time and do more things.

After he finished talking and let them understand clearly, he switched to two boatmen on the boat and carried a bundle of ropes down.

Ye Yaodong and Chen Shi wrapped themselves in their cotton-padded jackets and took a rest.

People on other boats watched them carrying strange things into the water, and they were all whispering and asking questions.

Not everyone has seen Ye Yaodong's diving equipment. It was the first time for people on the SF Express to see it.

They all kept praising Ye Yaodong for being able to get everything. Weirdly, Ye Yaodong didn't hear it.

He was chatting with his father, brothers and Father Pei.

"Dongzi, if we drag a whale as big as ours back to the leaders of the Ocean Bureau, will we be rewarded again this time?" Father Ye asked with hope.

Others immediately looked at him expectantly.

Is this because he was in the newspaper two days ago and was stimulated by the cash reward and certificate of commendation?

"Is it possible?"

"Whales seem to be quite common, too?"

"But I haven't heard of anyone being caught?"

"What, isn't this big fish worth studying? There should be rewards for turning it in, right?"

"It's hard to say," Ye Yaodong broke their hopes. "Didn't the village also salvage a sea monster before? The donation seemed to be only a reward of 50 yuan, and there was no further explanation of the results."

"Forget it."

"However, I can't guarantee how big the reward will be, but if you drag it back, it will definitely be published in the newspapers. Such a big whale is so rare. You may still see your own news in 50 years."

Everyone's disappointed expressions immediately turned to joy.

"Then we will drag it back and sell it for money. Anyway, if we catch such a big whale, there should be reporters to interview it." Father Pei was very happy.

Ye Yaopeng was also full of joy, "The things I caught overseas a while ago were all published in newspapers, and fishermen were encouraged to catch them. Now that we have caught such a big whale, does it mean we have caught up with the east wind?"

Ye Yaodong nodded, it makes sense.

"Let's take a look at the situation when they get into the water first. Wait and see, such a big fish is not that easy to handle."

Now everyone has a beautiful idea, but I am afraid that it will all come to nothing later.

Father Ye said with a smile: "It's only an hour away from the shore. As long as the ropes can be fixed and the three boats can reel in the lines together, there should be no problem."

"I hope so."

Father Pei said: "It's already past three o'clock, so we have to move faster. It's best to get it done before the sun goes down, so that it can still be daytime when we dock."

"You can't dock directly at the pier. You have to find a beach to let the whale beach and expose its body. The water depth at the pier is relatively deep."

"Dongzi is right." Ye Yaohua also agreed.

They chatted about their plans after the bundling was successful, all looking at the sea.

Ye Yaodong still held a watch in his hand to check the time.

The two boatmen who went down stayed for more than ten minutes and then came up, still holding the other end of the rope in their hands. After taking off their masks, they were smiling.

"It's tied. We tied two fins on both sides."

The water is not very deep. If you go down, you can get to the bottom in one go. They stay under there for so long, which is a waste of time.

"Okay, just do it first, then tie the tail of the fish when we go down later. The head of the fish is difficult to tie on the bottom of the sea, so we don't need to tie it later. We can just pull the fins and tail of the fish on both sides. It's the same thing."

"good."

"Tie it firmly and check the fin rope when two people go down."

"good."

Two more people went down in rotation. This time, Chen Shi followed Xiao Wu.

On his ship, except for Chen Laoqi and his father, the others are all younger in their 30s. Chen Shi and Xiaowu are the youngest, one is 19 and the other is 20.

The two of them stayed for more than ten minutes before coming back up.

"nailed it."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work. It went pretty well."

Father Pei and Father Ye are both gearing up.

"You guys hurry up and take a rest. We'll also go back to our boat. Each of us will take a rope."

"good."

After Ye Yaodong assigned a rope to each of the two elders, he watched them climb back into their own boats. He also handed the rope to Chen Laoqi.

"Get ready first, don't worry, wait for them to change clothes first."

Chen Laoqi nodded.

Ye Yaodong was still wet and did not change because he thought that when the fishing boat towed the gray whale later, he would go into the water to take a look at the situation.

After waiting for a while, everyone else was in their places, the SF and Harvest ships were also started, and the people on his ship had all changed their clothes.

They each raised their flags to indicate that they were ready.

The three boats started moving at the same time.

The sea surface became calm for a while, and nothing could be seen except the waves, but they could still hear the creaking sound of the net machine, indicating that it was moving.

Ye Yaodong stood on the deck, watching the three boats moving forward slowly, with the afterglow of the setting sun shining on the sea.

After a while, he saw a clear whale tail under the water.

Others also exclaimed.

"The tail is hanging!"

"Pull it up, tuck your tail up."

"Get up, it's the first time I've caught such a big fish, it's amazing..."

"Who said it was the first time to catch such a big one? Adong has previously caught one with a mouth like a saw, called a sawfish, but not here, in Wenzhou."

"Didn't you catch a very large hairtail in the past two years? It looks similar to this..."

Everyone was very excited, looking at the large piece of tail exposed above the sea, full of barnacles. Fortunately, they had been watching it all day and didn't have any intensive phobia.

The three boats continued to drag forward. They were all familiar with the journey back to the city. The only thing they were not familiar with was the situation on the seabed. They could only take their chances.

The fishing boat moved forward slowly, and the speed of the trip was not as fast as the previous round trip. Fortunately, there was no lag for a while.

Everyone stood on the deck and watched.

After more than ten minutes, it was unable to move forward. Chen Laoqi, who was driving the boat, ran out and called him, and Ye Yaodong jumped into the water with preparations.

The gray whale was hanging in the sea with its tail up and its head down. He just needed to go down along the gray whale's body and slowly dive down.

There were still some fish and shrimps around the gray whale's body. When he got to the bottom, he really saw reefs. The gray whale's head was blocked by the reef and could not move forward.

After knowing the situation below, he went up in the water and talked to Chen Laoqi, asking him to talk to the other two boats to change direction.

After a long struggle, they continued to move forward.

Along the way, he went down in the water three times and gave directions three times to ensure that the fishing boat could move forward slowly.

"Almost there..."

"We'll be docked soon..."

The boat was originally expected to take an hour, but because of this gray whale, it took more than two hours to reach a beach near the pier until dark.

Fortunately, the next hour went smoothly and there was no need to go into the water, otherwise he would not be able to see it.

Ye Yaodong looked at the time and it was 6:30. He also breathed a sigh of relief, shivering with a big cotton jacket wrapped around his hands.

"I'm freezing to death. I'm finally here, Ha Qi..."

He relied on constantly drinking hot water to support himself along the way, and the heat from his body just out of the water to support him until now.

"What a pity, it's getting dark..."

"It's good that we can get there, what's so sad about it?"

"It's getting dark and no one can see it, so we can't shock everyone. We finally dragged this fish back, but it's getting dark."

Ye Yaodong sneezed again, "It's good that we can drag it back, the boat will stop soon, I'll go change clothes."

Fortunately, all the goods on their boat were sold to the fresh-water boat yesterday, and there are not many goods left on the boat now.

Later, we can move all the goods to one boat, send one boat to the dock, and pull it to the market to sell it, and the other two boats can stay here to watch this big fish.