Chapter 1194 All Things Have Spirits

"What are you looking at? Are they all barnacles?" Father Ye didn't know why, so he followed him towards his abdomen.

"Go and take a closer look."

The people around him didn't know what he meant, so they could only follow him to take a look.

As the tide receded, more and more people gathered around, and everyone was surprised.

It is rare in my life to see such a big whale, and there is no shop like this after passing this village.

This is also rare news to the surrounding villagers.

Even if those who live by the sea are not fishermen, they are also seaside villagers, and they are extremely familiar and enthusiastic about the sea.

Most of the people gathered around the gray whale, pointing, talking, and marveling.

"This fish is bigger than a car. How much does it cost?"

"You have to see if anyone wants it. It's hard to weigh someone so big..."

"I have never seen such a big fish in my life. There are too many barnacle spats on it, right?"

They squeezed around the belly of the gray whale again, pushing through the crowd.

"Hang on, hold on, we caught this fish."

"Give me a moment and let the boss of our ship come in..."

Father Ye struggled to squeeze in and complained, "Why are there so many people all of a sudden?"

A boatman asked: "Did Adong call? Is it the Public Security Bureau or the Ocean Bureau? When will they come?"

"Not yet. Let me confirm something first. Give me the gloves on your hands."

The boatman was a little confused, but he still took off his gloves and gave them to him.

Ye Yaodong put on his gloves and asked the two old guys beside him, "Did you find anything?"

"What?" Father Ye was confused.

Father Pei was a little undecided. He frowned and said hesitantly: "Its belly..."

"What's wrong with your stomach?" Father Ye still didn't understand.

Ye Yaodong sighed in his heart. His father really couldn't get enough of Pei's father.

"Don't you think its belly is a bit big?"

"Really...just looking at the barnacles on it, I thought it was normal for such a big fish belly, isn't it normal?"

Father Pei frowned, "Do you think it has a baby in its belly?"

"Well, the whale is a mammal. Its belly is a bit big, which is a bit unreasonable, but I'm not sure. I didn't have gloves on my hands just now, and its belly is full of barnacles, so I can't touch it. Let me touch it and see."

The abdomen would indeed be softer, but he couldn't figure out the reason after touching it for a long time.

"How's it going? Did you touch the cub?"

"Oh, my ability is limited. I have never given birth to a child, so my ability is a little bit low. You guys try, I will go ashore and make a phone call. You should keep an eye on this place and don't let anyone rob you."

As Ye Yaodong spoke, he took off his gloves again and threw them to his father.

Father Ye took the gloves and said, "I haven't given birth to a child yet? How could it be robbed? There are so many of us."

"Um."

"Feel it to see if there are cubs in your belly?" Father Pei urged Father Ye, "Half a day has passed. Isn't it difficult to live with cubs?"

"What can you touch? Who knows what it's like for a whale to carry its calf? If you can touch it, can't I deliver the baby?"

Father Ye thought casually and stretched out his hand to touch the belly of the gray whale.

"I didn't touch anything. Just these barnacles. What can I touch..."

Father Pei felt anxious when he saw him dawdling around. He watched the boatman next to him follow Father Ye's example, stretching out his hand to poke around and pulling him over.

"Give me the gloves, I'll try them on, touch them and see..."

As the tide receded and got lower, more and more people were surrounding it. Some people had no idea what was going on, but seeing the crowd here, they came over to take a look.

The busier the place, the more people there are.

Ye Yaodong only had time to make a phone call. It only took an hour to get back and forth, and he couldn't squeeze in anymore.

There were three floors inside and three floors outside. It was packed with people. Some people even brought their own benches from home and stood on them to watch. He was almost dumbfounded. He could understand the big show and bring their own stools to watch the excitement.

There are still benches, standing in a row, making it impossible to squeeze in even if you want to squeeze in.

He could only shout and squeeze in every possible way, but he only got scolded once and still couldn't squeeze in.

"I'm going to strangle it. I've obviously worked so hard to get it back, but I still can't get in..."

He shook off his cotton-padded jacket and was sweating from running back and forth. He couldn't squeeze in, so he had to stand outside and wait.

There was constant discussion around, and the invisible people pricked up their ears to listen to the excited talk of the visible people.

He also listened and waited for someone to come over.

Obviously he only called Director Chen of the Ocean Bureau, but the Coast Guard arrived first. He didn't know that the Coast Guard was so close that the people's discussion was carried there.

After waiting for two hours, I saw a group of uniformed people running down from the shore.

As they approached, they shouted at the crowd to move back.

Ye Yaodong also stood up quickly. No matter who was coming, the crowd had to make way for them anyway, so he could squeeze in.

After a while, the surrounding police cordon was pulled up, and he squeezed into the front row along with these uniformed people.

"Who discovered this first..."

"us……"

"We dragged it back from the sea..."

They all quickly raised their hands in response.

The people from the Coast Guard looked at the fishermen who raised their hands and asked who was the boss of the boat. They sent someone to answer, and everyone pointed to Ye Yaodong behind them.

Those people also turned to ask Ye Yaodong.

Only then could Ye Yaodong barely stand at the front.

He told the story of how he discovered the whale, the process, and the result.

"Comrade, based on my experience, I think this gray whale has a calf in its belly, and it was only ten hours after this gray whale died. Now call a doctor to come over and dissect it, and maybe they can identify the calf inside." Still alive."

"You have a cub?" The person who asked the question was surprised.

"Yes, its belly is swollen. I think it has a baby. I need to take it out now, otherwise it won't survive for a long time."

"You dragged me all the way back. Even if there are cubs, can they still survive?"

"You can't say for sure. This whale is so big, and the calf it gave birth to must be several meters tall. Whether it can survive or not, we have to cut its belly open to know."

"It's just a fish...wait a moment..."

The person who asked the question first went to communicate with the people in uniform around him.

Ye Yaodong also walked towards the people on his side and complained: "There are so many people, I can't even squeeze in. I sat on the beach and waited for a long time."

Father Ye asked curiously: "Why didn't you see that leader?"

Xiao Wu asked: "The clothes they wear are also different. When I went to receive the award, I saw that the Ocean Bureau was not wearing these clothes. Where did these people come from?"

"I don't know where they came from. These people said they were from the Coast Guard. Anyway, they were wearing uniforms. Just say whatever they asked us. Let's wait and see about the rest. I called to inform the Ocean Bureau, which should be arriving soon. ”

Father Pei asked: "Doctors treat people, is it okay to cut open this fish?"

"Is that okay? Anyway, we just need to cut open the belly. The fish is dead and not human, so there shouldn't be any pressure."

He felt that he could do it if he was given a knife.

"Have you given an explanation?"

"Yes, just wait."

Those in uniforms whispered, but they didn't say what to do, and there were no answers to their questions, so they could only wait.

It wasn't until almost noon that another group of people ran over and shouted at the crowd to move aside. Only then did Ye Yaodong and the others see a familiar figure.

"Director Chen is here."

As soon as Director Chen squeezed in, he shook hands with other people from the Coast Guard and said hello, then asked about the current situation before looking at Ye Yaodong and others.

"It's best if there is a baby in the belly. I am an old man who is willing to risk everything. I just brought a military doctor here because of my guarantee. I don't know if it will work."

Ye Yaodong squeezed beside him with a smile on his face, "There is a 70 to 80 percent chance, but I don't know if he will survive if he is cut open now."

"Hurry up, let the military doctor take a look first, and we will understand the situation while watching."

The comrade from the Coast Guard smiled and said, "So you came prepared and even brought a military doctor with you."

"Comrade Ye Yaodong called me to inform me, so he brought the military doctor. Comrade Ye Yaodong, do you know? The one who was in the news a few days ago and caught an overseas spy equipment, and a whole boatload of them were commended by the city. , What’s amazing today is that we even brought back a whale.”

The people in uniform around him looked at him in surprise.

"It's him..."

Ye Yaodong just laughed from the side.

The others straightened their backs and felt proud of themselves.

Director Chen had nothing to do, watching the military doctor playing with the fish, and bragging about Ye Yaodong to others with a smile.

"Although this young man is young, he is very capable. At such a young age, he is the boss of several ships. He is very powerful. He even caught a torpedo from the Anti-Japanese War before..."

"So powerful?"

"Did you see that he has a stake in these three big ships in front of you? Whose young boy do you see who is less than 30 years old and has so many ships?"

"That's true..."

Director Chen was talking lively to others, and he was also watching the military doctor with a knife to dissect the whale attentively.

"As a doctor, now I'm dealing with fish, and I don't know if I can do it?"

"One Fish still needs a military doctor. I just made a phone call. I was thinking of arranging a car to take him back and then ask the leader what to do."

"It's not easy to bring such a big whale ashore. The institute needs such famous and big marine creatures..."

"There are too many barnacles on this whale..."

"Comrade Ye Yaodong said that he died probably because of these barnacles."

Ye Yaodong nodded and answered, "Yes, whales swim slowly, and this gray whale is notoriously slow among whales, and is particularly prone to being parasitized by barnacles..."

The gray whale he was referring to was talking...

Everyone listened to him with their ears raised and their eyes fixed on the military doctor.

"There is indeed a cub...it seems to be alive..." The middle-aged military doctor suddenly said, and everyone was surprised and quickly looked closer.

"Really, I saw the tail...it seemed to be moving..."

"I saw it too..."

"There really is a cub! Why didn't I see any movement?"

"Oh, still alive..."

A bunch of people were amazed, and Ye Yaodong was also a little excited. He was really right.

The military doctor continued to cut upwards with the knife along the belly where a cut had been made, and the baby whale inside gradually emerged.

Ye Yaodong also took the opportunity to pick up the camera hanging around his neck and took two pictures.

This kind of scene can probably only be seen once in a lifetime.

The military doctor shouted: "You have to go get the sea water, otherwise you will die immediately, but this one seems to be dying soon."

"How can we catch the sea water and send it to the sea?"

The tide has receded to the bottom, but today is not a spring tide, and the water level is not very low. There is still some water under their feet, but if they want to cover the little whale, they still have to walk a few meters forward.

"After it's cut open, shall we carry it to the sea water below?"

"Then carry it down, it will be out soon. It can still move now, but I don't know what will happen later. The mother has been dead for too long."

Director Chen frowned, "It's a good thing that it was dragged back, otherwise it would have died in the sea?"

The military doctor said as he cut open: "Almost. If it's delayed a little longer, it will be almost dead. We don't know if it can survive after cutting it open now."

"It's dead, right? It's nothing to be a fish?" said a bystander.

"You can't say that. It feels a bit regrettable. It's a big one, and it died directly."

"Okay, it's out, come and help carry it. Although it's a small whale, it's also two meters long and weighs more than 100 pounds. Be careful. It's dying. It can only move a few times. I don't know if it can survive."

After the military doctor finished speaking, Ye Yaodong quickly called a few people to help carry it.

The little whale that had just been cut open still had its eyes closed, its tail could still move a few times, and there was blood on its body. It looked bloody and a bit miserable.

"Be careful, move faster, hurry up, lift it to the water in front."

"Okay..."

"Move forward a little bit, just get some water on your body, okay?"

"Put it in the water sooner..."

Everyone stopped when the water was up to their knees, and put the little whale in the water.

"That's it, at least there's water on your body after being stranded."

He was afraid that it would die if he delayed any longer.

As soon as it was put in the water, the little whale baby opened its eyes.

Ye Yaodong was delighted, "Is it saved?"

"It should be alive, right?"

"Wait and see, it just got wet."

Everyone around moved with them, and saw that a little life suddenly came to life. Although it was a fish, it was not an ordinary fish. Everyone was a little happy, and couldn't help but smile on their faces.

"This little whale is about two meters long when it was born. It's really big."

"Who said it's not? Some fish can't grow to two meters in their entire lives, but this fish is this big when it's born."

"What should we do now? It just moved a few times and is still stranded here. Are you sure it's alive?"

Everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and we were all unsure. We all looked at the military doctor, but the military doctor didn't know either.

Ye Yaodong looked at Director Chen again and said, "This little whale seems to want to drink milk when it was just born."

"It wants to drink milk!!!"

Everyone was surprised.

"Fish want to drink milk?"

"Where does the milk come from? That whale is dead."

"Whales actually want to drink milk?"

Ye Yaodong didn't know how to tell them that whales are mammals.

These days, there is really a lack of information about the ocean. Everyone has very limited knowledge of marine life. At most, they are familiar with some common ones and then pass them on by word of mouth.

Only old fishermen know more, but it is also limited. This kind of large marine life is not often seen. After all, there are few fishing boats that can go to the deep sea.

Director Chen was also a little confused, "What should we do?"

Baby whales are very fragile after birth, and they can't move and find food like other animal babies.

This means that the mother whale must provide enough nutrition to meet the needs of the newborn.

The main source of food for newborn whales is the mother whale's milk.

Ye Yaodong gave Director Chen some popular science according to the short video he watched in his previous life.

"This little whale has no ability to hunt and move when it is just born. Now it can only survive by soaking in the water, but it has to drink its mother's milk to grow up."

"Well, it needs the mother whale to drag it to swim, otherwise it will not survive if it is released directly into the sea."

"What should we do?"

Ye Yaodong spread his hands, he didn't know, he just thought that there should be a baby in this whale, so he chose to drag it back to confirm, and if there is, he can save it.

If there is no baby, there will be no big loss, anyway, if this big whale can be dragged back, it will not be a loss.

But now it has been saved, but I don't know how to keep it alive...

The mother has died, and it is not easy for this little whale to survive, and there is no way to catch a mother whale to feed it.

"It is still alive after being caesarean section, which is a rare miracle. Are we going to let it die like this?" The military doctor felt a little reluctant, after all, he was the one who delivered the baby.

Generally, fish ovulate directly, but this kind of live birth, especially such a big little whale, is the first time for everyone to see it.

Ye Yaodong also frowned, and it was not easy to survive.

"Now soaking in the water can only ensure that it will barely survive, but it is hard to say if it has been stranded with nothing to eat. After all, with such a large body, the daily intake is also amazing."

"Only breast milk?"

"You can imagine it as a human baby who has just been born, unable to take care of itself."

Everyone looked at each other.

Seeing this little whale being born by caesarean section with my own eyes, I always feel that the meaning is different, and I am reluctant to let it die.

"Director Chen, why don't you try to find a way to feed it scientifically?"

Director Chen looked at him blankly, "What do you mean by scientific feeding?"

"Call an expert who specializes in marine life and see if there is any way to feed this little whale with scientific means?"

"These two whales, one big and one small, one dead and one alive, can contribute to China's marine scientific research. Living is more valuable than dead. Technology should be able to ensure that the baby whale is alive as much as possible, right?"

"There are so many scientists, oceanographers, and research institutes in our country, we can always find a way, right?"

"Aren't marine creatures worth studying? Life is more meaningful. Why don't you contact various people?"

"It was hard to save it. You must be reluctant to release it. It is only this big since birth. What's more, the mother whale is dead. This little whale will not survive if released."

Director Chen looked entangled. "Then I'll ask my superiors. I heard what you said on the phone before, so I thought about coming to take a look and then contact a heavy truck to tow it."

"I thought there was really a little whale. , if it's alive, we can just put it in a bucket and transport it together. I didn't expect it to need to be fed. "

"We can't really leave it here to die. It's more meaningful to be alive than dead. I'll go make a phone call first."

Ye Yaodong nodded, "As soon as possible, it's hungry if it doesn't eat. The newborn whale baby is as fragile as a human baby. I don't know how long it can last."

"Got it, let's find a place to make a phone call now."

After Director Chen finished speaking, he only named one person and left first. He came here on a motorcycle, and it was very fast to go out and make a phone call, so Ye Yaodong didn't need to go with him.

Ye Yaodong saw that it was past noon and everyone was still hungry, so he found Lin Guangyuan next to him, gave him 50 yuan, and asked him to take his second uncle's tractor to pack more meat and vegetables.

He also ordered two boatmen to go to the boat to cook a few pots of rice and two pots of fish soup.

There are dozens of people waiting here, and they can't just wait with an empty stomach. They still have to eat. Who knows how long they will have to wait.

It is estimated that Director Chen reported to his superiors, contacted the superiors, and waited for the superiors to send instructions.

The cordon around was stretched longer, covering the little whale.

The little gray whale still opened its wet eyes and stared at the mother whale in front of it without blinking. Its body was close to the beach, and only its tail would swing a few times.

Everyone gathered around the little gray whale, pointing and talking.

After Ye Yaodong assigned all the tasks, he took the opportunity to take the camera on his neck and took a picture, and also asked someone to take a group photo with him.

Suddenly, the little gray whale made a strange cry, which scared everyone.

"It can cry!"

"It's normal, don't dolphins cry?"

"Yes, it's normal for such a big body to cry."

While they were waiting, the little gray whale made two calls.

Everyone was a little confused, just thinking that it was just calling randomly, and continued to point and talk about the two gray whales, one big and one small, one dead and one alive.

After waiting for a long time, Director Chen finally arrived.

"The order will not be issued so quickly, so we have to wait first. Let's all stay here first. I left someone waiting in front of the phone. If there is an order to dispatch, I will come to notify you later."

"Then everyone can only wait first."

Ye Yaodong also said to his people: "Then everyone wait first. I don't think you will go back until this matter is dealt with."

"Then we must wait and see what will happen next. It's amazing. I didn't expect that this whale died, and there was still a little whale in its belly that could still survive."

"It was discovered too timely. If it hadn't been seen, the big and small would have sunk directly into the sea and died together."

"We have contributed one or two whales, right? There is also a living little whale. Can we get a reward?"

"I think so?"

Everyone was very thoughtful and discussed directly in front of the leader.

Others didn't understand, but Director Chen was a local there, so of course he could understand the local dialect they spoke.

However, he didn't respond. It was not up to him to decide whether to reward or not.

Ye Yaodong coughed twice, "Just listen to the leader's arrangements."

Director Chen also agreed, "Just wait and see, my words don't count."

Everyone immediately changed the topic and talked about other things.

As expected by Ye Yaodong, they waited for the whole afternoon. Fortunately, neither the uniformed people nor them were hungry, and they had food to eat.

Even the leader praised him for being sensible and thoughtful.

In the afternoon, they also received news that a heavy truck would be sent to pull the two whales. The researchers could not come for a while, but they would first make a container to place the little whales.

It's just that the arrangement and dispatch are not that fast, so we still have to wait.

As time passed, the tide slowly rose. The first feeling everyone had was that the tide grew up from the legs little by little, and gradually filled the little gray whale.

It's just that the tide submerged it, and it couldn't move, and it was still in the same place.

"Help to move it forward, and let it breathe the air above the water. It can't stay in the water all the time."

"Why hasn't it come yet? The sun is about to set."

"I've been delayed all day, just waiting here, doing nothing."

"That can't be helped, just wait, it should be here soon, right?"

The crowd watching the excitement outside changed in waves, the same people came and left, came and left, and didn't seem to decrease much.

Everyone probably just watched the excitement and basked in the sun.

Only they were still standing here waiting as usual, but the number of people in uniforms increased.

Ye Yaodong watched the tide rise little by little, and asked everyone to move the little gray whale up little by little.

He was the only one who was familiar with the gray whale, so no one stopped him and everyone listened to him.

When he moved the little gray whale around the mother whale little by little, the little gray whale moved.

It kept making sounds from its mouth, and its head kept pushing forward to hit the mother whale.

Ye Yaodong was silent...

Before, the little gray whale had been lying in the water without any reaction.

All things have spirits.

He asked someone to move the little gray whale forward again, put the gray whale on the mother whale's chest, avoid the knife wound, and let their bodies fit together.

The little gray whale kept pushing its head against the mother whale's chest, and this time even the fins moved, and the fins were also placed on the mother whale's body, looking like it was hugging its mother.

Witnessing this spectacular scene, everyone was silent and felt very awed, this was awe of life.

"All things have spirits."

Although the little gray whale was just born, it knew its mother.

Director Chen also sighed, "Animals also have love."

"Yeah, I didn't expect this whale to be in love with its mother, and fish also have family affection."

"Dongzi said it well, everything has spirituality, hey."

Everyone looked at the little gray whale with some emotion.

The little gray whale called for a while and paused, and called again after a while, but the fin was placed on the mother whale but never moved.

Luckily, the tide rose, and it was able to move it to its mother. Just now, it was soaking in the water from a distance, probably shouting at the mother whale.

Now the tide is rising little by little, and the little gray whale is soaking in the water, shaking its tail more vigorously.

"What should we do? If the tide continues to rise, it will be high tide in two hours, and it will be dark." Father Ye looked at Director Chen and asked.

Director Chen didn't know what to do. He said he had arranged it, but he didn't know when the car would come.

He didn't want the little whale to die either.

Just when everyone was at a loss, the crowd exclaimed.

"There's a big truck..."

"The big truck is coming..."

"It must be here to take these two whales."

Everyone relaxed, it's good that it's coming.