"What nonsense are you talking about? You keep saying nonsense all day long. You are old, but you still think you are a baby? No wonder you are so nonsense all day long..."
Ye Yaodong grabbed a piece of rope, pulled it tight and gestured to his father, "What did I say? I have lived for more than 300 months, that's right! Don't you feel uncomfortable with being so serious every day? Hypocritical! Don't you allow people to speak?"
When Ye's father heard this, veins on his forehead throbbed and he wanted to grab him and beat him up.
If you don't discipline him for three days, he will tear off the tiles on the roof.
"Just get to work, why are you talking so much? Hurry up and get this fish into the water and go back, otherwise the waves and wind will be too strong to sail later."
"I'm just thinking about how to tie it, right?"
Ye Yaodong thought for a moment before wading into the water, preparing to put one end of the rope around the whale shark's pectoral fin. It took a lot of effort for him and his father to tie the rope tightly.
During this period, the whale shark remained motionless, and it seemed that it was exhaling more than inhaling.
After basking in the sun on the shore for a while, he felt very thirsty and was sweating profusely.
"It should be okay to tie it like this, right?"
"Will the pulling force be too great later? Will it be strangled to death?"
"That shouldn't be the case. It's just the pectoral fins and the front half of its body. It's so big. If you tied a rope around my chest and rode in front of me, it wouldn't strangle me to death. At most, you would drag me to the ground and rub me constantly, unless you tied the rope around my neck and dragged me."
Ye's father looked at him with a frown on his face. What metaphor
"Let's give it a try. There's nothing else we can do. You go and drive the boat, and I'll watch from here. The tide seems to have risen a little. There's more water and more buoyancy, so it should be easier to move. I'll help push it a few times later and see how it goes."
"Um."
Father Ye pulled a long rope and waded through the water towards the fishing boat floating in the sea. In order to prevent the fishing boat from running aground, it was parked relatively far outside, but Father Ye still swam over.
The big whale shark was still lingering and waiting not far from the fishing boat, and had not left.
Father Ye wondered if it was because it was bigger and had grown longer that it was smarter.
What seafood competes for is size, but one this big is not good, it’s hard to catch, what a pity.
He put the thoughts in his mind aside, then tied the rope in his hand to the engine on the boat, started the boat and headed towards the sea.
Maybe because the weight of this small whale shark was too large, the fishing boat only turned its head, and after the rope was pulled taut, the boat could no longer move.
Ye Yaodong looked at the taut rope and became anxious. If he couldn't pull it, he could only leave it to fate.
In line with the principle of doing one's best and leaving the rest to fate, he rolled up his sleeves and went over to help push the ball, and Ye's father also stepped up his efforts.
At this moment, the little whale shark suddenly moved, and Ye Yaodong was instantly surprised.
It's any movement, as long as it works, at least it's not a waste of effort.
As long as you can move, it's okay to move slowly.
Father Ye also felt that he could pull it forward, so he continued to drive forward...
In this way, the little whale shark lay on the beach and was pulled by the rope, moving slowly towards the sea.
Ye Yaodong pushed it for a while at the beginning, then felt a little tired, so he stopped and watched it move from the side.
As I watched the sea water gradually cover its body, I felt more energetic.
Suddenly, its big tail swung and slapped the sea surface. Fortunately, he dodged quickly, otherwise he would have been slapped. However, the water splashed all over him.
"Good boy, he came back to life in an instant. It's true that water is the source of life."
He felt smug for a moment, thinking that he was indeed cultured enough to be able to say this.
It moved its tail and fins from time to time, little by little, until half an hour later, the little whale shark successfully escaped from the stranded state and swam into deep water on its own initiative.
Ye's father also stopped the boat and watched with heartache as he let go of such a big fish.
However, the previous stranding left bloody scratches on the whale shark's back and sides, and the previous dragging also left a deep mark on its pectoral fin.
It looked a little weak, and the rope on its body made it difficult for it to swim.
Ye Yaodong also swam into the water and untied the rope on it.
Having faced such a big one yesterday, he was much calmer facing the smaller one now. He was no longer worried about it biting him and could even chat with it while untying the rope.
"Brother, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. Please bless me with good fortune and wealth every day..."
"I've handled all of you, both big and small. Remember to send me some seafood and fish when you go back. You have to repay me, understand? You can't let me work for nothing..."
"Only those who are grateful for the kindness they have shown you can live a long life. You don't want to be a short-lived fish, do you?"
He seems to be 65 years old now, as he talks so much.
After the rope on its body was untied, the weak whale shark seemed to relax and swam in deep water for a while. But before it could swim deeper, another big wave hit it.
Ye Yaodong was hit head-on by the waves. Not only was he dazed, he was also pushed far away by the waves.
The whale shark was also stunned by the photo, and was washed up to the east side of the beach where it was stranded again by the tide.
After he steadied himself and saw this, he cursed fiercely in his heart, "Fuck it, isn't this just tormenting me?"
Fortunately, it was not completely stranded on the beach. It was still 20 meters diagonally away from its original position and was still submerged in water, which was better than the original situation.
Cursing, he swam to his boat and grabbed the rope in his hand.
Father Ye was also very depressed. "It took so much effort to drag it into the water, but it got stranded again. It was all in vain. How could he be so stupid?"
"I was hit by a wave. I was also hit so hard that I fell over. I'll tie the rope again. You should drive away from me later to avoid being hit by the waves and thrown onto the beach again."
Ye Yaodong took the rope and swam towards the stranded whale shark again. He tied a slipknot and prepared to find an opportunity to put the slipknot around the tail of the whale shark.
He couldn't tie its pectoral fin by himself, not to mention that he had already tied it once, so he decided to change to another part to avoid secondary injury.
The rising sea water around him surged onto his chest from time to time, and the whale shark's tail fin also swayed from time to time, constantly slapping the water surface and stirring up waves, making his movements particularly difficult. It was obviously just a matter of putting the rope around the fish's tail, but it was more difficult than putting the rope around the pectoral fin on the beach.
It was so infuriating that Ye Yaodong held the fish's swinging tail tightly and quickly put the rope on it.
The smaller one is much more active than the larger one.
Finally, the whale shark slowly returned to the sea under the dragging of the fishing boat.
Afraid of making the same mistake again, Ye Yaodong did not dare to untie the rope on its tail so quickly this time. When it was dragged back into the sea, it waved to Ye's father and climbed onto the fishing boat as well.
"Keep going, drive farther out and untie the rope, or you'll be thrown onto the beach by the waves again."
Father Ye nodded, "I know."
When the small whale shark returned to the sea again, the big whale shark also swam up, swaying left and right with it and paddling together, following the fishing boat to the deeper sea.
After sailing for a long distance, Ye Yaodong went into the water again to cut the rope tied to its tail, allowing it to regain its freedom.
"Go ahead, the world is vast."
The two whale sharks, big and small, rubbed against each other but did not leave, and continued to follow the fishing boat.
Father Ye suddenly felt that it was quite loving. "The affection between these two seems to be similar to that of dolphins."
"Let's go, let's go back. There should be nothing to worry about. Follow them for a while if you want. When we get back, we will unload the cargo on the ship and drive the ship to a safe harbor."
"Well, let's go back quickly while the wind and waves are not too strong and we can still bear it."
"You drive the boat."
There was no loss this time and we returned with a full load. Although we didn't get the little whale shark on the boat, which was a bit regrettable, at least there was no loss. It was just a bit of effort.
Both whale sharks had wounds on their bodies. The big one jumped yesterday and did not jump again today. The small one was probably too weak and could not jump with all the wounds.
The big and the small followed the fishing boat like this until they had traveled a long way, then they sank into the sea and disappeared from their sight, returning to the sea.
"Oh, it's really spiritual." Father Ye sighed, and now he didn't feel that it was a waste of time.
“It’s true that big fish come in big winds and big waves.”
"But don't take any risks!" Ye's father looked at him with a warning, as he had a criminal record.
"I didn't take any risks. I just felt that what the predecessors said was very right."
"Today's longline fishing yielded a pretty good harvest. We caught a few bomb fish weighing more than ten kilograms, a few red eels weighing five or six kilograms, a lot of turbot, and a few mullets mixed in."
The fishing boats were staggering towards the coast. Many of the fishing boats that had come out to collect their nets in the morning had already finished their work and returned. The number of buoys on the surrounding sea had also decreased by most and had all been collected.
Most of the fishing boats on the shore have also disappeared, as most of them are afraid of the typhoon and have headed for the safe harbor just in case.
After the father and son unloaded the goods, Ye Yaodong stayed to sell the goods and handed the boat over to his father to drive to a safe harbor.
The loudspeakers above the dock were also broadcasting that a typhoon might be coming soon, and in order to avoid unnecessary losses, the fishermen in the village were asked to collect their fishing nets at sea and sail their boats to a safe harbor.