The speed of the net machine was sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes it made a rattling sound, and sometimes it made a creaking sound. The father and son were puzzled and anxious.
Originally I thought they had caught something big, so the net lifter made an overloaded sound. But now it's sometimes fast and sometimes slow, sometimes there's sound and sometimes there's no sound. It obviously doesn't look like they've caught something big.
"It's not the cargo below that's the problem. The net hauling machine must be broken, right? If they caught a large cargo, it wouldn't be like this now. It should be as heavy as it was at the beginning."
"It was working fine, how could it break? I haven't used it many times, it's only been a short time since I bought it." Ye Yaodong was also puzzled and checked the operation of the machine. "It was running fine, right? This shouldn't be the case..."
"Let's go back and check carefully."
"I went into the water to take a look. I think the machine is fine. Maybe there's something wrong with the fishing net on the seabed?"
Father Ye frowned as he watched the machine make another rattling sound and nodded, "Then be careful and go slowly when you go down. Come up early no matter if you find anything or not."
"I know, this isn't my first time in the water, don't worry." Ye Yaodong said as he put on his equipment.
After all, the sea area below was not familiar to Ye Yaodong, so he was still very cautious when diving. As soon as he entered the water, he paid close attention to the situation on the seabed.
Just as he dived about five or six meters underwater, he saw a huge creature on the seabed in front of him, which shocked him instantly.
He hesitated for a moment and did not float up immediately. Although there was a huge unknown creature underneath, the creatures on the seabed generally would not actively attack people as long as you did not touch them. Humans were not on the menu of marine creatures.
He also guessed that such a large creature must be a shark if not a whale.
When he thought about trawling the net before, he always had a feeling of calm before the storm, and he always felt that there was an undercurrent surging beneath the sea. Could it be because of this huge monster
Ye Yaodong continued to swim forward carefully, wanting to see whether the creature was a whale or a shark. The net-lifting machine on his boat kept making a rattling sound, could it have anything to do with it
He spent a lot of money on that machine, and it has only been half a year since he bought it. He has rarely used it. If it breaks down, he will be heartbroken.
When he swam a little closer, he also saw white spots and stripes on the giant creature's body. This feature allowed him to identify it as a whale shark, also known as the fish with stars on its back.
Its body was so big that although the patterns on its body could be clearly seen, there was still some distance between them. It was facing up with its tail down, right next to his fishing net. No one knew what it was doing.
After identifying that it was a whale shark, Ye Yaodong was no longer afraid and felt at ease.
He had never seen a whale shark that big in life.
Although the whale shark has a huge body, it has a very gentle personality and will not cause serious harm to humans.
Ye Yaodong boldly swam forward for a while with his flippers. Now he finally understood why his net-lifting machine made a rattling sound from time to time and then returned to normal from time to time.
He was stunned to see what he saw. Oh my god, this whale shark was just getting something for nothing and stealing his ass.
It turned out that a whale shark had bitten the fishing net. It found a hole in the net and opened its mouth wide to suck out the small fish in the net. It was eating with relish. It was really cool.
It was also the first time he saw that whale sharks eat fish by sucking.
Fortunately he came down to take a look, otherwise when the whale shark emptied the fishing net, he wouldn't know why the net was empty.
This whale shark looks stupid, but I heard that it has a very high IQ. I heard that the IQ of an adult whale shark is equivalent to that of a seven-year-old child.
When it swallowed and stopped sucking, the machine was able to pull a short distance smoothly, and then when it was sucked again, it made a heavy overload sound.
It seems that as long as the whale shark is still there, he has no chance of pulling up the fishing net. He can only wait for the whale shark to eat everything.
Damn it, I worked so hard for nothing, it got a bargain, but it stole the money, so bad.
Ye Yaodong looked at it for a few times angrily but dared not say anything, then he floated up directly. It was useless for him to stay there and watch if he didn't float up, and he couldn't do anything about it.
As soon as Father Ye saw him surface, he immediately went over to pull him up, "How is it? There should be no problem down there, right? I said it was a problem with the machine, it can't move at all now, just now it could be pulled up a little bit from time to time, now we can only go back and check it carefully, and then we'll have to pull it up manually."
Father Ye was thinking that if it was a problem with the fishing net below, then Dongzi would definitely be able to solve the problem after spending so much time down there, and pull the machine up smoothly.
Now it can't be pulled even more, which means the machine must be broken even more seriously.
Ye Yaodong wiped the seawater off his face and said helplessly: "It's not the machine's fault, there's a huge whale shark underneath that's stealing food."
"Ah?" Father Ye was stunned.
"When I came up just now, I saw it sucked a small part of the fishing net into its mouth. Now we can only wait until it has emptied the net of fish before we can collect it."
"Is this possible? Whale sharks can actually steal food?" It was the first time that Ye's father encountered such a thing and he was a little bit incredulous.
"Well, it's about five or six meters underwater."
He thought that it was because he loved to steal food, which was why he often saw news about whales being entangled in fishing nets in his previous life.
After being surprised, Father Ye said with some regret: "Then we can only wait until it finishes eating before we can pull up the fishing net."
"Wait a minute, it should be quick. With its big mouth, if the opening of the fishing net wasn't too small, any breath it took would be like a storm."
"It's good that the fishing net is not broken. Otherwise, it would cost several dollars to simply repair it, and it would delay today's work."
"It's hard to say. I gave it a bite to make it easier for it to eat. I don't know if it will not have enough food later and swallow the whole thing."
"It got swallowed up? That's the end of it. It costs dozens of dollars to make a trawl net, and it takes energy and time. If it gets swallowed, we won't be able to trawl for another ten days."
"I'm just saying it casually, it's not certain yet, let's wait and see."
Father Ye couldn't help but look at the sea and complain, "Why did you come to the coastal area when everything was fine?"
“Isn’t this normal?”
"Did you see how big it was when you went down just now?"
"It's about ten meters, right? Anyway, it's not small. I didn't dare to get close. I just watched from a distance."
Father Ye opened his mouth silently with his eyes wide open. He was shocked by the length he mentioned. He thought it should be only about three or four meters at most...
"That big?"
After that, he glared at Ye Yaodong seriously and scolded him with a stern face, "After seeing the whale, you actually stayed down there for so long before coming up? Aren't you afraid that it will turn around and suck you and swallow you? You are really bold."
"I didn't get close to it. I was quite far away. It was because of its large size that I could see it. I heard that this whale shark is very docile."
"What do you mean docile? You've only been out to sea for a year, and you know it's docile? Did you see it was docile? Even I've never seen such a big whale, so don't dive into the water if you have nothing to do. Don't mess with those things all day long..."
“I thought the water was my own swimming pool… I could go in whenever I wanted… There were so many unknown things down there… There were also some dirty things waiting to be caught and replaced…”
Seeing that his father was getting more and more outrageous, Ye Yaodong interrupted him directly, "What nonsense! It's getting more and more outrageous."
Why didn't you say he was messing around when he was digging for abalone in the reef
Not counting the fish, I made nearly a thousand yuan just by digging abalone. Why didn't he say anything when we divided the money with him
"If you don't listen to the advice of the elderly, you will suffer the consequences. You have heard so many stories from the past, but you still don't believe them. If you don't have any equipment, use it less and don't go into the water as much as possible. How do you know if the place you are going into is dirty and no one has fallen in before? What if someone is waiting for you down there..."
"Okay, okay~ I know, I know as much as you do, that's it..."
"You know what? That's how you get rheumatism. If you dive too much, you'll get all kinds of diseases. You have to listen to what I tell you..."
"Stop, stop, stop, the fishing net is being pulled up..."
Father Ye also stopped talking immediately. When he saw the fishing net being pulled onto the slide, he found that it was really empty as Adong said. He even sighed.
"I really wasted my time online this evening."
"It's good that the fishing nets are still there. Let's pull them up and check if there are any damages. See if they can still be used later. If they can't be used, forget it. Let's go back early today."
It's okay if not all of it is swallowed. If there are any damages, it would be better to mend them and reduce the loss.
Just when the father and son thought they were unlucky and pulled the fishing nets onto the deck, the whale shark suddenly floated to the surface of the sea.