Ye Yaodong drove the boat behind it in confusion, wondering if they had misunderstood? He thought for a while, then tentatively turned the boat around and drove back to the opposite direction.
Unexpectedly, the whale shark turned its head when it heard the noise, and then quickly swam to the fishing boat, blocking his way.
I've done it, am I really wise?
"Does it really want us to follow it? Why do all the good things happen to me?"
Father Ye was really speechless. He had been a fisherman for decades, and this was the first time he encountered such a smart fish.
"Then let's follow and see what's going on."
It's okay if they don't follow. If they don't follow, the fish will keep wandering next to their boat.
"I'm really dependent on it..."
Ye Yaodong complained and had to turn the bow of the boat towards the reef, and then the fish swam forward again.
One fish and one boat, one in front and one in back.
The sea surface is sparkling under the sunlight. If it weren't for the waves that are higher than the previous ones, how would it look like a typhoon is coming in this weather?
The father and son kept looking in all directions and paying attention to the whale shark around them and in front of them, wondering what it was going to do.
It wasn't until the fishing boat followed the fish for five or six minutes that they saw the island getting closer and closer to them, and then they noticed that there was a big guy on the beach over there!
Father Ye rubbed his eyes, thinking he was dazzled again, "Is there a big fish stranded?"
As he spoke, he walked a few steps forward and lay down on the edge of the boat, wanting to get closer and see more clearly.
Ye Yaodong also opened his mouth in surprise, "Stranded? What kind of fish is it? It can be seen from such a distance, and it looks like it is not small. Is it bringing us welfare?"
"Drive faster, lean over and take a look to see what kind of fish it is..."
He speeded up the boat, surpassed the whale shark, and moved closer to the coast.
As the distance got closer, they discovered that the pattern on the guy stranded on the beach was somewhat familiar.
Father Ye exclaimed, "There's another one? Damn it? It's real or fake. Isn't it dazzling?"
Both father and son looked at the beach ahead with their eyes wide open. They both saw that the big guy lying above was almost grey-brown, with a little white spots on it and criss-crossing light-colored bands, which looked very special.
obvious.
"Grass, the same pattern. No wonder the whale shark in front has been wandering around our fishing boat. It turns out there is another one stranded here..."
The patterns on whale sharks are particularly easy to identify, and they can be recognized at a glance.
"It was because we found one stranded here that it came to find us, and then it stayed around our ship."
"It's quite smart, but this end doesn't seem as big as the other end in the sea." Ye Yaodong slowed down and stood on the edge of the boat to look over.
"First let the boat dock and take a look..."
"It's low tide now, so we can only stop at a nearby place with deep water."
After speaking, Ye Yaodong looked behind the fishing boat and found that the big whale shark was following closely beside the fishing boat. He quickly handed the boat over to his father to drive.
"You come and drive. The one at the back is so big, so don't let it get stranded. I'll go shout and see if I can stop it from coming forward."
When his father took over the job of driving the boat, he immediately ran to the stern of the boat to stop the whale shark from moving forward, but it didn't seem to understand?
Ye Yaodong shouted several times to tell it not to move forward, but it turned a deaf ear and continued to follow the boat, letting the waves wash over its body.
"Damn it, animals are animals. No matter how smart you are, you don't have a brain, and you are not afraid of being stranded and dying... If you weren't very smart, we are also destined to protect animals in a few years. I will
No matter whether you live or die."
He shouted twice like an idiot, but when he saw that it still followed him, he cursed a few times and ignored it.
Fortunately, it was a typhoon and the waves were strong. Even if the tide went out, the water level near the reef was still quite high. Only the exposed small beach in front was higher.
Therefore, the whale shark may have been washed over there by the waves and stranded.
After Ye's father docked the boat, Ye Yaodong took a special look at the whale shark following behind the fishing boat and found that it was also swimming in the sea not far away and did not follow him anymore, so he felt relieved.
The father and son climbed up to the rocks, and then used their hands and feet to climb over the rocks piece by piece, and went around to the beach.
"Huh? Still alive?"
Standing on the reef, Ye Yaodong saw the mouth of this little whale shark still opening and closing.
To say it is small is actually relative to the one in the sea. In fact, it is about three or four meters long, so it is not small at all.
But among whale sharks, its size is still that of a baby and has not yet grown up.
Normally, adult whale sharks are not that big at seven or eight meters, and there are also ones that are more than ten meters, such as the one currently on the bottom of the sea.
He jumped down from the rock, and Father Ye followed suit and slowly moved down the rock. As an old man, he cannot jump from such a high height like a young man. If he is not careful, he may easily break his bones.
"Are you still alive?"
Ye Yaodong stepped forward and said affirmatively: "You are still alive, but for some reason, you are stranded here."
"It is probably due to the typhoon. The outer sea must have been more affected than the offshore sea, and the wind and waves are stronger, so it lost its direction and ran to the offshore sea."
"It should be so, so a big one popped up yesterday, and a small one stranded today."
The father and son circled around the fish, watching the tide wash up from time to time, and instantly understood why it was still alive and not killed by the sun.
The waves are big, and they are sent up from time to time, which is equivalent to watering it and being washed by the sea water, so it can barely breathe there and linger until they come.
"Dongzi, what are we going to do now? This one looks pretty big, and I don't know if I can drag it or not... Yes! Drag it back and sell it! You can drag it back and sell it for money..." Father Ye said as he continued.
I thought it was feasible, and my eyes lit up.
"This one is so big, it must be sold for a lot of money. We can't do anything about the big one in the sea. This one is smaller. The net hoist should be able to drag it to the ship, right? I guess this one shouldn't be more than
A ton..."
Father Ye became more and more excited as he talked, as if a lot of money was waving to him.
Ye Yaodong was a little excited, but, "I don't know if the big one in the sea is related to this one. What if it gets angry and capsizes our boat? It obviously just asked us to come and rescue this one."
A baby whale shark.”
"And we don't have a fishing net. The line of the hand-thrown net is too thin, and there are not enough manpower. There is no way to get it onto the boat. It is possible to drag it into the sea."
"Ang?" The smile on Ye's father's face froze, and he almost forgot that Ye's mother had not repaired the fishing net yesterday, "So you can't catch it?"
Father Ye was really disappointed when his inner hope was dashed. After all, the fish was so big and must be worth a lot of money.
Ye Yaodong was also a little disappointed. Who doesn't want to catch big fish?
If this one was dead, he would have to drag it back even if he wanted to, but it was still alive...
Hey~ Let’s treat it as a protected animal in advance, so that we can comfort ourselves.
"Tug it back to the sea first. If it's alive, let it go and gather good fortune. If it dies, then find a way to get it on the boat."
Father Ye had also seen the terrifying appearance of the big whale shark when it was angry. Some animals can protect their young. He reluctantly said: "Okay."
He tried pushing, but the little whale shark didn't budge.
Ye Yaodong also stepped forward to help push. The father and son tried their best to push the fish, but they felt that they couldn't push the fish at all. There was obviously a little sea water underneath, and they could use the buoyancy of the water, but the fish couldn't.
Still lying firmly on the beach.
If it hadn't been for the fact that its mouth could open and close from time to time and move slightly, they would have thought it was dead.
"No, Dongzi, I can't push it. There's nothing we can do. Why don't we wait until the tide comes in later? When the tide comes in, it will naturally return to the sea."
"You probably won't be able to get back when the tide comes in. When the tide comes up at this location, the water level is not high, and it will take several hours. It might just burn it to death."
Just a little bit of sea water that comes up from time to time, who knows how long it can last? It is large, and the water evaporates quickly when exposed to the sun.
"What do you think we should do? This one looks like it's almost a ton, right? It would take ten or eight people to push it back into the sea."
Father Ye patted the body of this little whale shark. Not to mention, it is rare for such a big body to be a baby.
Ye Yaodong thought about it and realized that it would be difficult for the two of them to push the whale shark back into the sea. They could only use external force.
After thinking for a while, he said: "I will go to the boat to get a rope and tie up this whale shark. Then we will bring the fishing boat over and use the fishing boat to tow it to see if we can drag it into the sea?"
Father Ye thought about it and felt that this method should be feasible.
"Try it! Let's treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor!"
"Let's go, let it lie down for now, I'll get the rope, and you can sail the boat."
"It's such a troublesome thing, just ignore it."
"Don't worry about it. That fish has been following us. Let's just do a good deed that day! Maybe it was just wandering around in the nearby sea to see if there was a boat that could help. We just happened to see it and got on it again."
Ye Yaodong was very open-minded. He would catch what he could and let go of what he couldn't.
Father Ye just said some angry words and complained. He also saw the way the big fish asked for help just now.
The father and son used their hands and feet to carefully climb up the rocks and return the same way.
After a while, Ye Yaodong came over with a bundle of ropes on his back.
He looked left and right, how to tie this?
"You horse-riding man, why are you so big for nothing? It's hard to catch and bundle. You're still a baby when you're so big. If you tell me, you'll laugh to death..."
"I can also be said to be a baby in his early 300s..."
Ye Yaodong took the rope and circled it, thinking and muttering.
Father Ye, who was dripping with water and came over to help, heard it. He staggered and almost fell into the water.
Chapter completed!