The father and son were busy separately. Ye Yaodong saw that the fishing boat in front had sailed far away, so he quickly increased the speed to catch up.
This time there is no fishing net behind the stern of the boat, so there is no need to worry and we can go faster.
As soon as he caught up with them, Uncle Lin shouted to them, "Why did you stop just now? You can still catch some more."
"Go to the stern to collect the net. The front trawling net is halfway through and the net hasn't been pulled up yet. We can't stop."
"Oh, there aren't many fish now. I could see a few sea pigs just now, but now they're all gone. I think they all sank and swam away. These black mullets are also about to scatter. Hurry up and catch as many as you can."
Father Ye was also thinking about catching more fish. It was winter, and it was a rare opportunity to have good weather and low waves when going out to sea, so he had to get enough fish.
Ye Yaodong felt that the wind was quite favorable at the moment, so he simply let the boat move forward at a constant speed. He stopped watching and went to help his father and see how much they had caught.
The two boats were working in perfect harmony, planning to haul in one or two more nets. If there wasn't much catch, they would continue trawling.
Just after a while, there was a splash on the water surface, and the sea surface between their two boats suddenly rose up, and an unknown creature appeared out of nowhere.
It rushed up directly from the water, and the churning water splashed onto the two fishing boats from mid-air.
The four people on the two boats were there, some were collecting nets, some were collecting fish.
Caught off guard, I was drenched from head to toe by the water drops that suddenly fell from the sky.
Before they could even curse, everyone looked up into the air in surprise, then suddenly their eyes widened, their mouths opened, and they let out short, horrified sounds.
"ah?"
what is that
Ye Yaodong also stared with his eyes tightened at the unknown creature that suddenly appeared in the air.
That strange, huge, long body was about 5-6 meters long, with a gray-black body and fins. It looked a bit strange, a bit like a dinosaur, but not like a dinosaur. Its skin was wrinkled and not smooth, and it did not have scales like ordinary fish.
There was also a head that was bigger than a football and had its mouth wide open, with a toadfish weighing about 15 to 18 pounds in its mouth. Its terrifying fangs were exposed in the air, which was quite frightening to look at.
"What's this?"
He asked the question that was on everyone's mind, but no one knew what it was
Father Ye also asked in panic: "What is this?"
The strange creature only stayed in the air for a second, and in the blink of an eye it fell back into the sea, making a loud bang, splashing waves, and then disappeared on the sea.
Because they were too close, the boat was shaking violently and no one on board could stand. It swayed from side to side and Ye Yaodong couldn't stand firmly either.
The boat was already swaying with the wind and waves, and it became even more unstable after being hit.
He stood up by supporting himself with the help of his hands on the splint, and ignoring the splash of water all over his body, he ran to the side of the boat in confusion, and lay on the edge of the boat to look at the sea.
Are there any strange creatures under the water at this time
It was as if what had just appeared was an illusion to them.
When he fell and disappeared just now, they could only see a little figure through the huge splashes of water that suddenly rose up.
The strange creature appeared for no more than three seconds in total, and because it was blocked from their sight by the splashes, it only lasted for no more than two seconds before it disappeared.
"Is it a sea monster?"
Occasionally, strange unidentified creatures appear in the ocean. Whenever we encounter them, we call them sea monsters.
He wiped the sea water off his cheeks, looked at the sea surface that had returned to calm, and his heart gradually calmed down.
Ye's father was still leaning on the deck with his hands, motionless. After a while, he stood up and walked over while wiping his face with a handkerchief.
"What was that just now? Did you see it clearly?"
"No, it just appeared for a moment and then disappeared again. I saw it holding a pretty big toadfish in its mouth."
"I just took a look at it. It looked scary. I've never seen it before."
At this time, Uncle Lin and his son on the opposite side also stood up, leaned on the edge of the boat and looked under the water. At this time, the front had calmed down and there was nothing to see.
"Gone?" Uncle Lin said this, but then he realized that they couldn't hear him, so he shouted again.
"Did you see that just now? What is it?"
"It only appeared for a moment. I don't know what it is. It looks weird. I've never seen it before."
"It must be a sea monster."
"That should be it."
"How could a sea monster suddenly appear? It's so scary..."
"Yeah, it looked weird, and it disappeared in a flash. Could it be that it was attracted by the school of fish just now?"
who knows.
Ye Yaodong had never seen this thing before, and he was not an encyclopedia. The ocean was so vast that even with the help of high technology, people 40 years later still could not fully understand what kind of creatures were on the seabed.
Perhaps some of them have gradually disappeared before they were discovered due to decades of pollution.
He frowned, interrupting everyone's excited and fearful conversation.
"Let's leave here first. We don't know if that thing will attack the fishing boat. It looks about six or seven meters long. If it attacks the fishing boat, it will be terrible. The sea is very rough."
Father Ye and Uncle Lin also hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes, let's leave this area first, so that they won't come out and attack the ship again. These unknown things are very scary."
After they finished speaking, they hurried to the bow to steer the ship and speed up to leave this area.
While his father was driving the boat, Ye Yaodong took a rag and simply wiped the water stains off his cotton jacket.
I took off the scarf that was splashed with sea water, hung it on a hook nearby, and let it air dry first.
This scarf is equivalent to a piece of clothing. When he suddenly took it off, he shivered all over. He felt his neck was empty and the cold wind rushed in, making him feel chilled all over.
After he finished wiping, he handed the rag to his father and asked him to drive the boat.
"Fortunately, there was no danger."
"Well, let's drive a little further away. You're all wet, don't catch a cold. Fortunately, the sky is glowing red, so the sun should come out today. It shouldn't be so cold when the sun comes out."
The two boats did not separate, but moved in the same direction, both planning to leave first before talking about it.
After running a few hundred meters, they slowed down and moved closer.
Uncle Lin ran to the side of the boat and said to them, "All of a sudden a sea monster appeared and I was almost scared to death. Fortunately, we had almost finished fishing it out and there was no loss."
It hasn't been long since then, but his heart is still in his throat.
"I'm glad you're okay."
"It's a pity, it disappeared so quickly. I didn't pay attention to it at first. When I heard the noise and turned around, it had already fallen into the sea. Otherwise, we could have taken a closer look at what it was. It would have been great if we could have caught it and brought it back to have a look. It's rare to see such a big fish."
This is what Uncle Lin’s son said. Only young people would think so. Two and a half of the other three are elderly.
They don't want to encounter any strange creatures. They hope they can disappear quickly, and it would be best if they could disappear quickly and never appear again.
The appearance of such a big guy may be accompanied by disasters, either natural disasters or man-made disasters, or you may be finished.
He just wants to live in peace mode until he grows old.
"You're thinking too much. If they attack the fishing boats, we'll all be doomed." Uncle Lin glared at his son unhappily.
"Okay, now that there's nothing else to do, let's go trawling the net." Father Ye changed the subject.
It's over, it's gone, no one is in any danger, everyone is safe, the most important thing now is to continue working.
"Forget it, let's cook some noodles first to calm down, okay Dad? It's already seven or eight o'clock, so it's a good time to have breakfast to replenish our energy."
"And the cargo that was just pulled up by the trawling net is still at the stern. It hasn't been dumped out or sorted out. Uncle Lin, come and do some work. It's a good opportunity to sort out the cargo that was just pulled up while you have some free time."
"No, no, we brought food with us, we'll just heat it up on the stove later."
"How can we eat enough food with us? Don't you want to eat a full stomach at noon? We all do physical work, so it's easier to digest liquid food in the morning. Don't be polite."
"Hey, well, we won't be polite then."
Ye Yaodong dropped the anchor and stopped the boat directly in the middle of the sea. Ye's father went to the stern to pick up the cargo and gave instructions to Ye Yaodong.
"I'll cook noodles for you!"
Let him cook.