Chapter 1193 The Original Intention Was Good

After Ye Yaodong changed his clothes and came out, everyone stood on the deck to chat and talk, with the flashlights facing the sea behind them.

Although it was high tide now, the fishing boat was too big to approach the beach. If it went further to the shore, the water level was too shallow and it could not move forward. This was not a deep-water port, so it could only stop in the middle of the sea.

The gray whale behind them did not even show its shadow, but everyone knew it was under the water behind them, and it would naturally show up when the tide receded.

When the tide receded, their fishing boat would also be stranded, and the next high tide would fill it up, and the fishing boat could move.

When he came out of the cabin, his father and the others were still discussing that there were still goods on the boat, and they had to sell them.

Although the quantity was not large, it had to be sent to sell.

"Dad, let's send a boat to the dock, sell the goods first and come back, it's dark anyway."

"That's what we discussed. We have to sell the goods first. The tide hasn't receded yet, and the fish can't be stranded. It's late at night, and the treasure is in the sight of a blind man."

"Whose boat will go back?"

"Just now I said that my boat will go back, and my in-laws will go with you on the Shunfeng ship. Anyway, we sold goods yesterday, and there weren't many goods. We can sell them all in less than two hours, and we can get a good sleep when we come back until dawn."

Ye Yaodong had no objection, "Since we have discussed it, let's do it this way."

"I'll stay on your boat and watch over you. Your elder and second brothers will go with you to sell the goods."

"Okay."

"Are you okay after going down the water for a few times? Do you have a cold?"

"I have a stuffy and runny nose. Anyway, I'll go home tomorrow. Just take some medicine when I get back. I'll go wake up Ayuan and take him with me. It's just in time to send him back."

"Go ahead. Don't take him next time. Other people's children are not specially invited to work here. It's too dangerous to take them to the sea."

"Got it. I'll remember it."

Ye Yaodong ordered the boatmen to move all the goods in the fish warehouse out. He also went into the cabin to call Lin Guangyuan.

It was only after calling twice that there was no response that he felt something was wrong. He touched his forehead and found it was very hot.

"Fever? No wonder there was no response all day."

He was called at noon and ate and then lay down. I thought he didn't get enough sleep. He was busy with the gray whale in the afternoon and didn't have time to come in to see him.

Maybe he was frightened by the life-and-death situation, and there was so much water in the cold weather, so he had a fever after coming up, but he didn't dare to say it.

After all, he was still a young man who hadn't experienced anything.

Ye Yaodong shook him and shouted while shaking him, and finally woke him up.

"Uncle..."

"You have a fever, I'll go get you a cup of hot water, don't lie down anymore, drink some hot water, put on your clothes, we'll send you back when we dock."

"Okay."

Seeing that he couldn't get up for a long time, Ye Yaodong helped Lin Guangyuan put on his clothes, and then helped him out, letting the boatmen support him first.

He also had to go to other boats to see the goods they carried out, keep the ones he wanted, and move the ones he didn't want to sell.

After a busy time, all the goods were moved to the Shunfeng ship, and each of them piled their goods, and then took advantage of the high tide to quickly withdraw the boat and head towards the dock.

"Uncle-in-law, after I go back and take the medicine, can I come with you again?"

"Are you looking for death?"

Lin Guangyuan grinned, "No..."

"Nothing, you almost died once, and you still want to come with me?"

"I wanted to see the big whale, but I didn't expect the fish to die directly. I don't know what it looks like or how big it is. I didn't see anything just now."

"Oh, as long as you don't go out to sea with me, it's okay to see the fish."

"Then I'll go back with you first, you go to the market to sell the goods, call me when you're done."

"Okay, as long as you can get up."

"I'm strong."

"Tsk, weak chicken, I also soaked in the water for a long time, I didn't catch a cold, haqi..."

"Hahaha..." Lin Guangyuan laughed so hard that he choked.

Ye Yaodong rubbed his nose, feeling that he was slapped in the face too quickly.

"What's so funny."

After saying this, he put his hands behind his back and looked at the dock port in front of him.

It was dark, but there were more fishing boats, and the stars in the distance were gradually getting bigger.

There were only small motor boats and sailboats on the dock. When their fishing boats were docking to load cargo, many fishing boats also slowly docked.

Ye Yaodong also unexpectedly saw a freshwater boat. The entire deck was full of cargo, piled high, and several people were hired on the dock to help unload the cargo.

He looked at it carefully for a few more times.

Father Pei smiled and said, "You have also ordered a fresh-water boat. When can it be brought back?"

"Haha, you have to wait for half a year. I have been busy these few months and have no time to go to the shipyard. I will go to the shipyard to check the progress after the New Year break in a few days."

"Awesome, A Guang is not as good as you. Then I will hand over this boat to A Guang. At that time, I will have to ask you and your father to help look after it."

"No, I just do more work at sea and A Guang does less. He is the master's life, and I am the hard-working life."

"Nonsense, he is not as good as you, so I can only help him do more. If he is as capable as you, as good as you, and as smart as you, I would have handed the boat to him long ago, and I would not have to wait until now. I am almost 30 years old and need help."

Ye Yaodong smiled and said nothing.

This is also a kind of happiness! Having a father to protect me behind me.

Although the father was a little utilitarian, he was also thinking about his family and loved his son as much as anyone else.

"Hurry up and move the goods. You can sleep well if you sell them early."

"There are few goods today, so they will be sold out soon."

After Ye Yaodong got ashore, he looked around for a while, but he didn't see Wang Guangliang. He probably had collected the goods and went back.

They were delayed for too long in the afternoon. If they came back earlier, they could dock before dawn, and he could go back and notify his family in advance.

They didn't have much goods, and a large part of them was taken by Ye Yaodong. The goods of the three people were piled high on a tractor and taken away.

The baskets for loading goods were marked with their own marks, so there was no fear of confusion.

After arriving at the market, Ye Yaodong asked Lin Guangyuan to go back and sleep first.

"When it's daybreak, you can just take your uncle's tractor to the dock. I won't call you specially. If you can't get up, don't come."

"Yes! I haven't seen such a big whale yet, I must go to see it."

"Wait until you can get up. You still have a fever. Go, go, hurry home, it's just over the road, I won't send you."

"Okay, I can walk back by myself, it's just that short distance."

"Okay."

It's just opposite the market, there's no need to send you. Now the market is brightly lit and the road is also bright, so you won't fall into the ditch.

After sending Lin Guangyuan away, Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua also pulled two carts over.

They put the goods on the carts one by one and pulled them into the market. It took several trips back and forth to get it done.

There were only a few thousand kilograms of goods, and they sold very quickly. Before 10 o'clock, they sold all the goods and came out.

After coming out, they went straight to a newly opened restaurant next to the market to fill their stomachs first.

As long as there are people, there will be popularity. Now there are all kinds of shops around the market, especially small restaurants and seafood-related ones.

The market is open at night and morning markets. There is money to be made, and there are people working hard at any time.

Moreover, some ship bosses who have just sold their goods have money on hand, and they are willing to take their people to have a good meal.

The surrounding restaurants have opened one after another in the past year, and the business is booming in the middle of the night.

Ye Yaodong is thinking about when to ask Fatty to come and open a branch.

It's just that he has been too busy in the past few months and has not stayed at home for a long time. Moreover, Fatty is mostly in town, so the two have very few opportunities to meet.

Although he is a cook, he doesn't have to be a cook. He can also be a boss. He doesn't have to do it himself. He can just hire a chef to work for his restaurant.

But the New Year is coming soon, and he should be able to catch someone. He has to go and instigate him.

This suggestion should make Fatty happy, so he won't chase him and beat him again...right?

He is also happy that his brothers are getting rich, after all, he is also getting rich.

After they had a good meal, Ye Yaodong packed a few simple and filling dishes to take back.

There were no take-away boxes these days, only aluminum lunch boxes. How could they carry aluminum lunch boxes everywhere? They were not cheap, and not everyone had one.

He could only pack a few dishes that were simple and could be wrapped in newspapers and easy to carry.

When they got on the car to the dock again, Pei's father couldn't help asking, "Should we call the leader tomorrow morning?"

"Yeah, where can we find someone at night? Don't be so anxious. You can contact them only when it's work time."

"Oh, I hope it's not in vain."

"Go back and have a good sleep first."

After sleeping for most of the day, he still felt a little dizzy and didn't know if he really had a cold. He could only drink more straight men's boiled water when he went back.

The dock was brightly lit, with all kinds of flashlights everywhere, bursts of noise, tractors and trucks coming and going, looking at the bustling and noisy, much busier than during the day, people crowded together, and goods next to each other.

As the Chinese New Year approaches, it feels like there are more people. In fact, the dock is getting more and more lively, and more and more fishing boats are docking in the city.

When Ye Yaodong and his friends returned to the boat, everyone else had already fallen asleep, so he had to put the packed food in the pot. Anyway, it wouldn't go bad in the cold weather, and it could be heated up for breakfast tomorrow.

The fishing boat swayed with the waves, which made it easier for people to fall asleep. Everyone was used to listening to the sound of the waves and fell asleep better.

It was rare to have a good sleep. The next day, as soon as the sky was dim, the boatmen got up energetically.

Everyone was thinking about the big gray whale in their hearts, fearing that someone would take the fish while they were sleeping, so they got up early in the morning.

Ye Yaodong was also awakened by the noise of them getting up, and he could only get up helplessly.

"Why are you all so anxious? It's only 5 o'clock. Today is the 22nd day of the lunar calendar. The tide is rising now. You can't see anything."

"Hehe, I got up after I slept enough. I have to watch."

"The tide will not recede until 6 o'clock this morning. You can watch if you want."

He said this, but in fact he had slept enough. Everyone else got up. If he was asked to lie down, he couldn't lie down. He might as well get up.

"It seems that there is really no exposure. We have to wait for the tide to recede."

"Why are there fried ribs and white-cut chicken in the pot?"

Ye Yaodong walked out and said, "I sold the goods quite early yesterday, just after 9 o'clock. It was rare to be so early, so I went to eat. Usually I have to eat the next morning. I thought I would pack it for you, but who knew you were all asleep, just a good snack for the morning."

"Ah! What a loss! The food is so good!"

"Next time if there is less goods, I will go with you."

"Will we be able to eat this?"

Ye Yaodong looked at the sea behind him, "It's high tide now, and I don't know how long it will take for the tide to recede before the fish come out."

"It will be soon when the tide starts to recede. It should be visible around eight or nine, right?"

"Wait, hurry up and cook, I can't wait to eat chicken."

Not long after the people on their boat got up, the two boats next to them also got up one after another, and some villagers on the shore also showed signs of moving around.

When it got brighter, it seemed as if the whole village had woken up, and there were many more villagers coming and going to dump garbage and children playing on the beach.

Everyone was bored after dinner, and it was early, so they started to play cards on the boat again, waiting for the tide to recede, and basking in the early sun.

Until the fishing boat stopped shaking, everyone threw away the cards in their hands, stood up and looked at the sea.

"The tide is receding, and our boat has run aground."

"Wait a minute, it's still receding, and the whale will soon be exposed."

Father Ye was rubbing his hands in excitement, "We don't know how big the fish is yet, and we haven't seen the whole picture."

"We'll see it soon."

"Uncle-in-law...Uncle-in-law..."

Ye Yaodong turned his head and saw Lin Guangyuan and Lin Xiangyang standing on the shore.

Father Ye frowned, "Why are you here again?"

"He said he wanted to see the whale, and I said as long as he could get up, it was up to him. Anyway, his second uncle drove a tractor to and from the dock and the market, so it was convenient. Let him see it if he wanted."

"I've never seen you so patient with people before."

"You still have to be more patient with children."

Lin Guangyuan rolled up his trouser legs and came over with water flowing.

"I thought you couldn't get up, but you came just in time. The tide is receding, and the fish will be exposed soon."

"I got up a long time ago, took medicine, and waited for my second uncle for a long time before I came. I thought it was too late."

"Wait."

The tide rushed forward, and then retreated a long way, leaving only a piece of white foam and soft sand.

In this way, the tide receded little by little, and the gray-black back of the gray whale slowly emerged under the water.

Everyone's face showed an expectant look.

"We can see it, but we have to wait a little longer."

"How long will it take?"

"About an hour, and the whole picture will be revealed."

"So slow..."

Although everyone complained about the slow receding tide, there was nothing they could do but wait.

As the tide gradually receded, the gray whale also revealed its appearance little by little, and some people on the shore also discovered this abnormality.

The people around spread the word that before the tide receded to the bottom, a large crowd had already gathered on the shore. Everyone looked at the big gray whale in the water with curiosity and whispered.

Some people were also discussing whether the sudden stop of their three boats was related to the gray whale.

Otherwise, how could a large ship be stranded here on the beach? It's not the New Year yet, and it wouldn't be so early to rest for the New Year. If it was, it would be stranded at the dock.

Some people looked at them curiously in the morning, but they were just curious when they saw that their three fishing boats did not leave and were still basking in the sun on the deck.

Now as the tide receded, the fishing boats were completely stranded, and some people walked to the fishing boats to ask them.

"Who are you? Did you pull up that big fish?"

"What kind of fish is that?"

"Are you together? I saw you stop here early in the morning..."

"It's the fish we pulled up."

All the people on their three boats got off the boats and stood on the beach, waiting for the tide to recede.

At this time, the tide was still at their calves, and they didn't get their shoes wet even with their rain boots.

The gray whale's body was half exposed. If they continued to move forward, they would have to wade through water up to their thighs. It was so cold, so they had to wait a little longer.

"Wait a few more minutes, it will soon be fully exposed."

"Adong, do you need to call in advance? It's already past 8 o'clock." Father Pei was a little anxious after waiting for so long.

Ye Yaodong touched the watch in his pocket and looked at it, then put it back, "Wait a minute, it's still morning anyway, there's no need to be in a hurry, go forward and wait for the tide to recede, and take a look first."

He had already calculated that today should be after the high tide at 5 or 6 o'clock, and it will recede to the bottom around 12 o'clock, and it will be full around 7 o'clock in the evening.

There will be a little difference in the sea area in each place, but the general tide will not change.

Today is equivalent to a state of low tide for the whole day, so there is no need to be so anxious, just see the situation first.

He also needs to understand the situation clearly before he knows what to say when he calls later, and he also wants to take a look and verify his previous guess first.

The local villagers were still talking about it, asking other people about how the fish was pulled up, what kind of fish it was, and when it was pulled up.

Everyone followed the tide while talking to the fishermen around, getting closer and closer to the stranded gray whale.

The tide had not completely receded from the gray whale, and they were anxious to wade forward.

Only the local villagers stayed on the beach and waited for the water level to drop a little.

"Wow, this fish is too big, isn't it?"

"Why is it covered with barnacles..."

"The tail is so big!"

As soon as everyone walked to the side of the fish, they excitedly bent down to touch its tail and tried to lift it.

"Hiss, the tail is also covered with barnacles. Fortunately, my hands are thick. If a woman came here, she would get a cut every time she touched it."

"Pull it down, my wife's hands are not any tenderer than mine."

"It's so funny. They are talking about girls outside. Who can compare with the wife at home?"

"That's not kind of you. The mother-in-law at home is also a young girl."

Ye Yaodong ignored their teasing. When he saw the gray whale up close, it was covered with dense barnacles and there was no good piece of meat. He was so shocked that he got goosebumps.

No wonder that not long after Lin Guangyuan lay on it, the cotton-padded jacket on his body was covered with scratches, and his hands were all covered with wounds.

"It was so scary, so many barnacles, it was all over the body."

When I saw it at sea before, it was gray and spotted, and I thought it was just the original skin color mixed with a little barnacle.

After all, gray whales are originally gray like rocks with white spots on their bodies.

Who would have thought that this was more than just a little barnacle, it was literally covering the entire body, so densely packed that he didn't even see a few patches of exposed skin, only small patches here and there.

I heard that gray whales swim very slowly and are easily possessed by barnacles, but this was the first time I saw a whale like this. It was terrifying.

Lin Guangyuan was also very excited, "I just said that I was lying on this fish and it hurt people. Why does it look so scary? Can these shells be scraped off?"

"It can be scraped off, but humans need to help scrape it off, otherwise it can only be allowed to grow. These barnacle spats have a strong reproductive ability and can easily spread all over the body."

Whales have rough skin and their swimming speed is very slow, making it difficult for them to be washed away by currents, making them suitable for barnacles to survive. Whales have short fins and cannot be cleaned well.

Some whales die from barnacles.

Looking at it so close now, if nothing unexpected happens, this whale really died of barnacles.

When I saw it at sea before, this gray whale also hit the fishing boat. It was probably tortured and wanted to get rid of the barnacles by hitting it.

When he heard that Father Pei wanted to lure the whale to a beach, he was shocked. He also thought that he would follow his wishes and lure the whale to the beach first, and then clean up the barnacles from the whale.

Then when they were stranded, he discussed the plan with them. He felt that his words still carried a lot of weight. Although he was a junior, he had a share in all three ships.

The other boat belongs to his three brothers, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is completely dominated by him.

However, I didn't expect that this whale could not survive the beaching and fell halfway.

What a pity.

However, he remembered that when he went down to the bottom of the sea and the whale was lying on its side, he noticed its belly and decided to drag it back.

He didn't know if his guess was right, but at least he had to drag it back and take a look. Anyway, even if it took a little effort, there would be no loss.

Others were also chirping and saying that there were too many barnacles on the fish.

"I have never seen a fish covered in barnacles. The turtles I encountered before were also covered in barnacles, but it was not so scary. This fish is so big and covered all over its body."

"Yes, there is no good piece of skin."

"Could it be that he died because he was covered in barnacles?"

"It's very possible. After all, I didn't see any fights with other fish, and I couldn't see any wounds on my body. They were all barnacles."

Ye Yaodong thought so too. He didn't care that the water was washed away by the waves and filled up his rain boots. He continued to lift his legs forward. Anyway, his lower body was wet.

After he walked along the whale's body from its tail to its belly, he stopped and bent down to take a closer look at its belly. It was indeed very big.

But even its belly was covered with barnacles, and he couldn't touch it even if he wanted to.

"This is too scary. It's like a hedgehog... it's all over the body. It's so painful."

"How do you know he is in pain?" Father Ye followed him and walked to his side.

"If you have a snake scale on your body, and the snake scale continues to grow, covering your skin, becoming wider and wider, and stretching there, will you feel uncomfortable? Is it painful?"

"What nonsense are you talking about! Isn't it disgusting?"

"Look, anything that doesn't belong to you will feel uncomfortable if it's attached to your body, let alone if it's all over your body. To use another analogy, it's like a mosquito bite all over your body, and it will never go away."

Father Ye shuddered and felt a little scary.

Father Pei, who was following him, didn't think these barnacles were anything at all. They were common on the beach, but when Ye Yaodong said this, he also felt very scary.

"So this whale was killed by barnacles?"

"Most likely yes, go look at its head."

There is nothing I can do about the abdomen now, so I can only look at the head first.

I saw barnacles on its head underwater before, but now that the tide is out, I can see it more clearly when I get closer.

Because it was dragged in the sea all the way, the gray whale had its head down and was bruised and worn by some rocks along the way. The barnacles on its body were also somewhat broken, and there were obvious scratch marks on a large area of ​​its head.

Father Ye couldn't help but said: "Look, they are really all barnacles. They are all around the eyes and nostrils. How can they survive after a long time?"

Father Pei also lowered his head and looked carefully, "It seems that these barnacles really grew too much, so it died of pain."

Ye Yaodong thought for a moment, "It's also possible that he's too heavy. He can't bear the weight of his body and can't eat."

The whale is too heavy. When it is in the water, it relies on the buoyancy of the water to support itself. Now its body is covered with barnacles, which makes it uncomfortable, painful and heavy. The eyes, mouth and nose are covered with barnacles, which also affects its foraging. When its body can no longer bear its own weight, it is easy to fall directly, crushing itself to death, breaking bones and rupturing internal organs.

Ye Yaodong once again thought of the time when it hit the fishing boat from time to time before. It may not only want to get rid of the barnacles on its body, but also probably want to ask for help at the same time.

But it may be too painful, and it is also approaching the end of its life. The strength is weak, so the movements are getting weaker and weaker, and the swimming is getting slower and slower, until it can no longer hold on and falls directly to the bottom of the sea.

Even if it falls to the bottom of the sea, he saw that it landed on its back sideways, and I don’t know if it has anything to do with his guess.

Lin Guangyuan, who followed, asked, "If we stand in the sea, will we be entangled by barnacles?"

"What do you think?"

"Will we?"

"Of course, such a big whale is covered with barnacles. Do you think your body can escape? You can't swim faster than it."

Lin Guangyuan shuddered, not daring to imagine what would happen if his body, including his eyes and nostrils, were covered with barnacles.

"It's too tragic to die like this, after all, it's such a big body."

He shook his head, "Life is unpredictable, and the big intestines are wrapped in the small intestines. The overlord of the ocean will die when it's time to die. However, if it had met us earlier and stranded earlier, we might have been able to save it."

"Then I couldn't fall into the sea earlier, right?"

Ye Yaodong looked at him like an idiot. He and the idiot had no common language.

Father Ye asked in confusion: "Didn't you think of luring it to the beach to see if you could catch it?"

"You and Uncle Pei thought so, but I didn't. I just thought I would follow your instructions and lure it to the beach to see if I could take care of it, remove the barnacles, and let it live a few more years."

It's impossible to borrow another 500 years from the sky, but another 5 years should be possible.

"Forget it, it's dead anyway. Now that we've seen it all, and the tide has receded, should we go ashore and call directly?" Father Pei couldn't help asking again.

"Okay, I'll take another look at its belly."

"Didn't I just see it? There are barnacles all over its belly."

"I know, let's take a closer look."

He just took a quick look, and most of the barnacles on its abdomen were intact, and the scratches were not obvious, but they were still soaked in the water. Now the tide has receded again, so let's take another look.