Chapter 232: Found it already?

This guy still finds Ye Cheng displeasing.

Li Lao shook his head without speaking. Each time organizing an inspection is not easy; this time he also managed to get it going only after begging grandparents and grandmothers. Moreover, at his age, he also cannot withstand several tossings.

Just as he was feeling that, suddenly there was movement on the water surface, and two figures appeared in his view.

"Li Lao, they came up." Cui Shuran said, pointing below the sea surface.

"Coming up so fast, they probably didn't find anything." Section Chief Zhao sneered, "They think finding things is that easy. Last time it was just their luck; how could they be lucky so many times?"

Li Lao, who had been overjoyed, heard Section Chief Zhao's words, and the luster on his face instantly dimmed.

Yeah, how could it be that fast? It's only been half an hour.

You know their divers have been down for almost two days and still found nothing; even if Ye Cheng were even more capable, it's impossible for him to find it in half an hour.

Li Lao took a deep breath and steadied his mindset.

Pfft!

Three heads popped out of the water; besides Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu, a sea turtle also followed them up.

This...

That cut off what Li Lao was about to say, making you guys look for a box but you brought up only a sea turtle.

Shouldn't we criticize you for not focusing on your proper duties?

Ye Cheng pulled off his mask in one motion, revealing a clear, not foolish smile, and gave Li Lao an OK sign.

"Found it, Li Lao, five boxes!" Ye Cheng shouted loudly.

"What? Found it already?"

"Impossible, it's only been half an hour?"

"Yeah, we've been down for two days; how could he possibly find it all at once?"

The ones who find this result hardest to accept are the several divers; it's a slap in the face—they, a few people, searched for two days and found nothing, while he found it in half an hour.

Damn!

If that gets out, they won't be able to stay in this circle anymore.

Li Lao was stunned for a full ten-odd seconds, then he came to, his heart excited, his hands trembling.

"You really found it?"

"Yeah, lower the rope, I'll tie it up, you pull it up." Ye Cheng waved his hand to signal lowering the rope.

Section Chief Zhao was dumbfounded; since they're letting down the rope, it must really have been found.

This is too...

Ah, that's too ridiculous.

In other words, I've been wasting a week here for nothing; it would have been better to just call this kid earlier—he could finish in half an hour.

No matter what, since Ye Cheng said he found it, they still lowered the rope on the boat.

Originally Li Lao said to let a few divers go down to help, but Ye Cheng refused.

He didn't want people to see him underwater without an oxygen tank.

Since they found the box, that sea turtle naturally got no attention.

Holding the rope, Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu returned to the seabed again; the sea turtle still followed him, very clingy.

The cave is too deep, so Xiao Hu can't go down; thus Xiao Hu is the most leisurely, arranged by Ye Cheng to pry barnacles off the sea turtle on the seabed, while Ye Cheng himself went into the cave to start tying up the boxes.

Ye Cheng moved the box a bit; it wasn't heavy, indicating the contents aren't at least gold; as for what it is, who cares.

With the buoyancy of seawater, Ye Cheng tied up the boxes, then pulled the rope; the people above began to exert force, and the boxes slowly rose, finally breaking through the water and seeing the light of day again.

"Yes, yes, that's them, that's them, the pattern, the material—no mistake, hahaha." From far away, Li Lao shouted excitedly; he had studied this batch of antiques for a long time, never expecting to actually find them.

It's like a father who researches every day what his child will look like; when the moment finally arrives to see them in person, discovering they match his imagination exactly—how could he not be excited?

The first box broke through the water and was pulled onto the deck.

Everyone gathered around; seawater kept flowing out of the box. When the flow had mostly subsided, Li Lao had someone fetch tools to pry open the lock on the box.

With a clack, the mostly rusted lock head fell to the ground.

Li Lao excitedly opened the box; on top lay some dry grass, though now it was mostly soaked.

Inside were individually tightly wrapped porcelain bottles; each box held six, one of them slightly damaged, the other five looking fine.

"Li Lao, this is the official kiln porcelain you mentioned? It could sell for a lot of money, right?" Section Chief Zhao's eyes gleamed with greed.

"Yes, that's the batch. It's not just about money; we can also learn much about the history of that time from them." Li Lao gently rubbed the porcelain, as if looking at his newborn backpack.

"History is worth a few bucks." Section Chief Zhao muttered; if Li Lao weren't there, he'd definitely pocket one privately.

Moreover, Ye Cheng this idiot shouldn't have said he found it; he should have waited till they left and then gone down to scoop it up—that wouldn't just be making a fortune, it'd be making a huge fortune.

An idiot, with a brain that doesn't work well.

Section Chief Zhao was seething with jealousy, but that idiot underwater remained completely unmoved.

Some things must not be touched, and Ye Cheng understands this better than anyone.

He honestly tied up the fifth box, had it pulled up, and was about to follow it up himself.

Suddenly, a glance into the cave corner caught his attention.

A coconut snail, crawling alone on the cave stone wall.

Having been down in the cave so long without seeing any seafood, even this snail was not bad; Ye Cheng casually took it down, planning to bring it up to eat.

Swimming to the cave mouth, Xiao Hu had almost finished cleaning the big sea turtle; its heavy body had become much lighter, circling around Ye Cheng.

Ye Cheng handed the coconut snail to Xiao Hu to hold, then himself swam up with the big sea turtle.

Just as they surfaced, loud applause broke out on the boat.

"Xiao Ye, amazing!" Li Lao said, standing on the deck; the old gentleman's face was flushed red, he couldn't be more excited.

"Li Lao, hold off on the applause, first pull us up."

Ye Cheng was speechless; if we want to celebrate, let's wait until we go up and then celebrate.

After pulling Ye Cheng up, Old Li specially brought Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu to look at the things in the box,

"Xiao Ye, take a look, are these porcelain pieces pretty?"

Ye Cheng took a look, "Hmm..."

To be honest, I don't understand, not at all.

Porcelain, everyone says porcelain is expensive, but the bowls we eat from at home are also porcelain, quite pretty, and not expensive.

He isn't interested in these somewhat dark-toned things, nor in talking about glazes.

"Um, Old Li, I don't get this either; I only know the phrase 'sky-blue waiting for the rain.'" Ye Cheng gave a perfunctory reply.

Actually, that just the phrase "sky-blue waiting for the rain"—Ye Cheng also knows roughly, saying it's a kind of porcelain that can only be fired on a rainy day.