Secretary Chen walked over to the father and son opposite and asked with a smile, "What's going on? Why are you arguing on the boat?"
Ye Yaodong turned his head to take a look and said as a matter of course: "There's no quarrel. This is how I talk to my father."
In order to avoid affecting their salvage efforts, Ye Yaodong deliberately stood on the opposite side and cast a net on the other side of the boat.
"What are you doing with the fishing net? You are so diligent and don't waste any time."
"Yeah, half a day has passed, and now you remember to use the fishing net to catch fish..." Father Ye muttered unhappily.
Secretary Chen smiled and said, "It seems that there are no fish under the water at the moment. Can we catch them?"
"Let's give it a try. I don't expect to catch much, but I'll just kill time. I'm free anyway, so I might as well cast a couple of nets and give it a try." Ye Yaodong adjusted the fishing net and shook it, "Move aside, or I'll throw you around."
"Okay, okay..."
After Secretary Chen responded, he quickly stepped aside and looked at the sea, wanting to see what he could catch.
The sea was calm, except for when the people in front vomited, the fish were seen jumping out of the sea. Now there was no movement, and there was no shadow at all. He felt that this net was definitely cast in vain.
Ye's father also thinks so. "There are few fish resources near the coast. When there was nothing to eat a few years ago, everyone had caught almost all of them. Now you can't catch much even if you trawl. What's more, if you use a hand-cast net, there is no movement under the water. It's useless. You may work yourself to death but still not catch a few pounds. Unless a school of fish happens to pass by and you are lucky enough to run into one."
Secretary Chen also agreed, saying, "In the past few years when everyone was eating from the same pot, many people secretly used this kind of fishing net at night, and we all turned a blind eye. In recent years, life has become better, and few people use this kind of net near the coast. It is too laborious, and they are usually kept on the boat for use. They are only useful when there are schools of fish passing by."
"It doesn't matter, as long as I can get some bait."
"Hmm? Bait, what are you going to do now? You're casting the net one moment and then the bait the next. It's so restless."
Ye Yaodong was about to refute his father, but he felt a pulling force coming from the fishing net in his hand, and it was actually exerting force in the opposite direction, trying to struggle to get the fishing net out of his hand. He instantly clenched the fishing net in his hand and said in surprise: "Fuck, there is a big cargo, there is a big cargo, Dad... Come and help..."
Father Ye was surprised and hurried over to help. He stopped complaining and said happily, "It's so heavy... Did you really catch a big one? Try harder..."
The father and son were still arguing with each other before, but now they have made peace.
Secretary Chen also smiled and said, "Ah Dong's luck is incredible. There was no movement on the sea surface, but he was able to catch a big fish. Look at how hard you two are trying. The fish in the water must be quite big!"
Father Ye said happily: "It's just luck, it's just luck, Dongzi's shipping has always been good..."
The father and son were collecting the fishing net, loosening and tightening it with experience to prevent the fish from dying and the net from being broken.
At the beginning, there was a particularly strong pulling force coming from the fishing net. They were holding the other end of the fishing net in their hands and could feel how fierce the struggle inside was.
But after a short while, the big fish inside seemed to have run out of energy and stopped struggling. They felt a little strange. Why did it lose energy so quickly? Usually, it would take more than ten to twenty minutes of hard work to pull a big fish out.
Both the father and the son were a little puzzled, but when they pulled it up with all their strength, it felt much smoother. There was no need to loosen and tighten the net anymore, they just had to pull it in with all their strength.
As the fishing net was pulled in little by little, the father and son's expressions of joy became even more intense, and they felt a little more relaxed.
But at this moment, there was a sudden commotion behind him, and Secretary Chen also walked towards the group of people opposite.
"Where's the captain?"
"Not in the water?"
"Isn't he coming up?"
"No, I didn't see it. I just saw you coming up?"
"Huh? He was just a little later than me, right? I've been here for a while and handed in all the artifacts. I was just busy talking and I didn't notice that the captain didn't come up."
"What's going on? Why didn't you come up together?"
"Didn't I say that? He found four bronze objects that looked like urinals. He asked me to bring two up first. There were two more scattered a little distance apart. He gestured for me to come up first. He went to pick them up. Logically, he should have come up too. Damn it, I'll go down and take a look. I hope nothing happens..."
"You just came up, let your heart and lungs rest for a while, let's go down and take a look..."
Two more plops...
Everyone on the boat looked towards the sea nervously. Ye Yaodong heard the noise over there and turned to take a look. Then he pricked up his ears and paid attention. He was doing two things at once, and the strength in his hands had not weakened.
I don’t know what happened. The net is almost there. I’ll pull it up first and then go over to take a look. He thought to himself.
The fishing net gradually surfaced, but in an instant, both the father and son were dumbfounded...
"people?"
How come the person they just said was missing is in the fishing net
Where is the fish you promised me
"What the hell! How could it be a human?"
Father Ye was also stunned, "Ah? Why is it a human?"
"Who is that?" Secretary Chen heard the noise and ran over again, "Ah? In the fishing net? Quick, quick, pull him up! Everyone, come quickly, Captain Chen is in the fishing net..."
Secretary Chen shouted excitedly.
All of a sudden, a group of people rushed to the side of the ship and screamed in surprise.
“In the fishing net!
!”
"Why is it in the fishing net?"
"Quick, quick, pull it up..."
"Hey, why is Captain Chen in the fishing net?"
The father and son were pushed aside in an instant, and everyone worked together to pull the man up in a short while. Everyone worked together to untie the fishing net and laid him flat on the deck.
His face was distorted with pain, his lips had turned a light purple due to lack of oxygen, and his mouth and nose were breathing very rapidly, with his chest heaving violently.
But he was still conscious, and he was holding tightly onto two bronze objects that looked like urinals.
"It's okay, it's okay... Captain Chen, are you okay?"
"Captain Chen, how do you feel?"
"Comrades of the People's Liberation Army..."
"Captain, how are you?"
The two soldiers who went into the water to look for people didn't find anyone, so they had no choice but to come up, only to find that the captain was already on the boat.
Captain Chen lay there for a long while before handing the two bronze urinals he was holding tightly in his hands to the old man at the cultural center, and then slowly said, "I'm fine."
The veins on his hands were bulging, and he was gasping for breath when he spoke, but he said he was fine.
"How...how did you get caught in the fishing net?"
Ahem... Ye Yaodong stood awkwardly behind the crowd, exchanged glances with Ye's father, and then touched his nose. He didn't know it would be such a coincidence that he could net this soldier.
By the way, hadn't he always been floating up and down on the other side of the boat? Why did he suddenly float up on this side this time? He was clearly trying to avoid them and avoid disturbing them.
Father Ye moved his mouth a few times, wanting to curse, but he stopped. Now was not the time to scold his son, he had to help cover for it.
He squeezed into the crowd and said, "I'm sorry, PLA comrades. We deliberately ran to the other side of the boat to cast the net because we were afraid of disturbing you. We didn't expect you to float up here and be caught in the fishing net by chance..."
"It's okay, I was too anxious and rushed forward without looking carefully..." Captain Chen said while panting.
Ye Yaodong said guiltily: "I'll ask the other side to send a boat over to accompany you to the hospital for oxygen. Don't force yourself. I know you must be dizzy and have a headache right now, and you must be short of breath."
"Yes, yes, yes, Captain, please go to the hospital first. We are here..."
Others also met the same requirement.
Ye Yaodong looked at the other soldiers and thought that there must be more than one person who was dizzy because of the net. Even though they had all trained and had occasional rests throughout the day, the frequent and high-intensity breath-holding would definitely cause the brain to be deprived of oxygen. The others must also be feeling sleepy and dizzy now.
It didn't take long for him to catch the man in the net and drag him up. Moreover, the soldier quickly saw the situation clearly, gave up struggling, and obediently cooperated with being caught in the net.
The root cause is that they dived too many times today and their brains are in a state of oxygen deprivation, so their faces look so ugly now.
He looked at the leaders and said, "I suggest that these PLA comrades all get some oxygen. They have been taking turns diving today. Although they have had breaks, they have been holding their breath for too long and too often. This can easily cause oxygen deprivation to the brain and other organs, especially the heart and lungs."
"They are now in a state of severe hypoxia. Oxygen inhalation can alleviate the problem and help them recover as soon as possible."
If he hadn't felt guilty, he wouldn't have said so much.
These soldiers are really honest.
Normally, the interval between holding breath underwater should be at least 1 hour. What they did today was too much, regardless of whether they had been trained or not.
It can be said that the senior officials in the county had a conscience and did not hold back. Instead, they just thought about it for a moment, discussed it briefly for a few sentences, and then nodded in agreement.
"We have indeed been in the water too frequently. We haven't rested for long since this morning. Thank you PLA comrades for your hard work. We will stop here for today. You and Captain Chen should go to the hospital for a check-up. It is better to go back early so that we can submit the report today."
"Yes, fortunately Comrade Ye Yaodong reminded us. This was our negligence and we didn't know enough about diving and salvage."
"It's really hard work for the PLA comrades today. You are really dedicated. You still tried your best to cooperate even when you were unwell. Thank you so much."
Every polite remark was spoken beautifully.
"You're welcome. This is our mission. The order we received is to try our best to cooperate with you. Thank you for your sympathy."
The soldiers were also happy to be able to finish work early and rest.