Chapter 1233

There was no way to communicate underwater, so both of them dodged separately.

The whale's mouth was like a sprayer, and the things sprayed out were like the pear blossom needles in a storm, scattering into the water.

What sprayed out of its mouth wasn't just long, strip-shaped things, but also small packaged iron boxes, iron buckets, some wood chips, and later even more fish and seawater, densely packed, like a storm.

Those fish that were sprayed out were confused and dizzy in the surrounding water, colliding with each other, and some even bumped into them, then were scared and dodged quickly.

After the surrounding fish scattered and left, Ye Yaodong curiously paddled his fins, swam towards some long, strip-shaped things floating up nearby, and grabbed one at random.

He couldn't care about being surprised by the thing in his hand, and lowered his head to look below, feeling heartbroken that some of the iron boxes and iron buckets were floating and sinking in the sea, thinking these were going to sink into the water.

Unexpectedly, after being washed by the waves in the sea, they slowly floated up, but the speed of floating up was slower than the long, strip-shaped outer thin-film packaging.

And Chen Shi also grabbed one in his hand. He also thought those iron boxes were going to sink to the bottom of the water, and was diving towards the bottom of the water. He wanted to stop him but couldn't speak.

Fortunately, just as he was diving towards the bottom of the water, he saw these iron boxes slowly floating up due to the waves at the bottom of the water, so he stopped the action of diving down.

Is this kid too honest?

Seeing the iron boxes falling towards the bottom, he still thought about diving down to pick them up, and they wouldn't fall into his hands, yet he was still so desperate.

Ye Yaodong had just swum to his side, wanting to give him a hand signal to let him float up, when he saw that big whale rush downwards, and it brushed past them.

He didn't know what kind of whale that was; marine species are too rich, and the same type of fish has different subdivisions; anyway, it was right that it was a whale.

However, general whales eat by taking a wild gulp, like a tornado, rolling it into their stomachs and swallowing it directly, except for toothed whales and killer whales, which hunt through their teeth.

He estimated that this whale must have sucked a few boxes from the sunken ship into its stomach, found that the things entering its mouth were wrong, and spat them all out after biting them.

Also, although this whale was hungry, it didn't take them seriously, and after rushing past them, it went down to the bottom of the water.

But Chen Shi was frozen there, not daring to move at all.

After the whale swam away, he looked at Ye Yaodong with excitement in his eyes, and then gestured with hand signals for up and down.

One look and he knew he was asking whether to go up directly or go up.

Originally, Ye Yaodong had grabbed one and thought about going up directly to tell his father to hurry up and salvage if he saw things floating up, but at this moment he saw the whale rush downwards, and he also thought about going down to take a look.

Anyway, he had already come.

As long as his father wasn't stupid, he would definitely go salvage if he saw things floating up; he didn't need his reminder at all, not to mention that it was obviously a good thing, and he would be a fool not to salvage it.

He was already in the water now, and it was just descending a few more meters, which was better than having to come down again after going up.

After thinking it through, he gestured downwards to Chen Shi, and then took the lead in swimming towards the bottom.

However, the bottom was unfathomably deep, and they could only go down to a position of ten or so meters at most.

After going down until they couldn't go any further, they found nothing, there was only water around, and small fish and shrimp swimming around, so they had to float up.

At least this trip wasn't a wasted effort.

This seabed is truly unfathomable.

The two gestured to each other and swam towards the water surface one after another.

When they rushed out of the water, Ye's father and a few crew members were holding hand-held nets, almost hitting their heads.

"You scared me..."

"You scared me too, suddenly popping out of the water..."

Ye's father beamed with joy and said excitedly: "Dongzi, did you discover the sunken ship below? Are these cigarettes what you brought up?"

"Your luck is too good, this ship sank into the sea and could still be discovered by you; is this seabed not very deep?"

"That's impossible, if this were shallow, our fishing nets would have hung on the bottom long ago..."

Ye Yaodong was still soaking in the water, and his father had already chattered a lot excitedly.

He had no time to reply for the moment, reached out his hand, and waited for his father to pull him up before he threw away the cigarette he had been holding all along and wiped the seawater off his face.

"My luck is good, that's right, but you think too highly of me..."

"Did you bring all these up? Then how did these cigarettes suddenly float up? Just a little while after you went underwater, fortunately I saw them, they were all looking down and sorting fish goods..."

Chen Laoqi laughed while salvaging: "We thought this sea was very deep, and Adong would at most stroll around underwater and come up, we really didn't expect there could be cigarettes."

"Yeah, we all thought there would be no harvest, so we looked down and worked hard..."

"That ship was actually cigarettes, this is too big a deal..."

"How much money is that ship worth? Dongzi just said it was worth over a million, and he really wasn't wrong, it's too much of a pity, oh my..."

Ye Yaodong waved his hand, "Just those few that floated up, they can't represent the whole ship. How could the whole ship be cigarettes? Didn't we see it before? The wall decks of those ships were all covered with thick rain tarps; if they were all cigarettes, that would be terrible?"

Our country's tobacco supported 90% of the Liberation Army's military expenses.

Such a large batch of cigarettes would not be enough to be shot 10 times.

He thought it only accounted for a small part; after all, small household appliances were the most popular and in short supply in this era.

Ye's father thought it made sense; these smugglers' whole ship of goods should basically have everything, it shouldn't be possible to be so single.

"That's true, if it were a whole ship, that would be terrible."

"These cigarettes weren't brought up by me either. We saw a super big whale as soon as we went down, and we were dumbfounded, just seeing it open its mouth and spray a pile of cigarettes in various shaped packaging, and there was a big pile of fish and wood strips behind."

Chen Shi also hurriedly said: "Scared... scared me... just swam past... the side, bigger than... me, thought... it was going to eat me."

Ye Yaodong said: "Generally, it won't eat people. If it were hunting, and you were on the side, it would be very likely to be swallowed into its stomach directly."

"It spat... it out, I was just worried, it would open its mouth again, and eat... it in."

Everyone was surprised to hear them say it, not expecting it to be spat out by a whale.

"A whale can swallow things from a sunken ship?" Ye's father was a bit surprised.

"It's possible. The fishing boat sank, and it's also possible that because there were too many goods, it capsized when it sank, a small part was washed by the sea waves, or because the fishing boat tilted, it floated out from under the rain tarp, and it's also possible that it was swallowed by a hunting whale."

Otherwise, how to explain the pile of cigarette wood chips and a large batch of fish sprayed out of the whale's mouth.

It must have been eaten by mistake, and then spat out because it felt the taste was wrong.

And then there was the scene they saw when they just went underwater.

"Makes sense, I'll go steer the boat and move it, some were floated far away and can't be reached, don't waste them. You wait for me to come back before talking..."

"Forget it... Chen Laoqi, you go steer the boat... just move towards that side, try to salvage what can be salvaged..."

"Don't waste them, this cigarette is very expensive, you have to salvage it if you see it."

Ye's father wanted to hear Ye Yaodong tell the story, so he sent Chen Laoqi to steer the boat.

Then he asked: "Then what about later? Did you go underwater again? You stayed underwater for a good while before coming up."

"Yes, went down to take a look, just couldn't go down very deep, saw nothing, so had to come up first."

"I said the bottom is very deep, it's an accident that these cigarettes were sprayed out by the whale, normally they should have sunk straight to the bottom, the bottom is hundreds of meters deep, where could we reach them."

Ye Yaodong said unhappily: "You knew and still kept encouraging me to go down."

Ye's father smiled honestly, "Isn't that seeing you are very skilled at going underwater? You haven't gone underwater less these two years, so I wasn't that worried, didn't you also want to take a look before giving up?"

"Dongdong brother... that whale... went down again, will it... spray again?"

"We won't be that lucky, right? Let's salvage these on the sea surface first."

Ye's father picked up an iron box from his hand, "What kind of cigarettes are these, can you understand them?"

"You think too highly of me, Dad, your son has just escaped illiteracy, and you want me to understand foreign languages? I can't digest books that fast even if I eat them as meals."

"Seeing you smoke every day, you haven't smoked anything out of it, nothing at all."

"Hurry up and salvage yours."

Ye Yaodong didn't care about his father's disdain, watching everyone salvage one or a can every once in a while, very excited.

He had only seen these foreign cigarettes in the Friendship Store, but he didn't recognize any of them, and what he saw were just small packs.

These were all in whole strips or whole boxes, and more strangely, there were even barrel-packaged ones.

Fortunately, these had a layer of plastic thin film on the outside, so water couldn't get in, otherwise they would all be ruined after soaking in seawater.

This layer of plastic thin film on the outside is good, guaranteeing these cigarettes are intact, otherwise they probably wouldn't dare to stack them directly on the deck.

Watching everyone still salvaging the cigarettes scattered on the sea surface, he changed his wet clothes, and then stood on the deck again, organizing these salvaged ones.

He beckoned to Chen Shi, "Come, you pick one, anyway I don't recognize what kind of cigarette this is, I don't know which is expensive and which is cheap, you pick a strip yourself, as a reward for you."

"Dongdong brother... I don't smoke..."

"You don't have to smoke, you can take a strip back for your family to smoke, or keep it as a souvenir, or go to the Friendship Store to see how much it costs, and then resell it. Anyway, it's a reward for your hard work. In my place, of course, more work, more pay."

"Hey, okay, okay..."

Chen Shi was very happy. In their cognition, there was nothing cheap about foreigners' things, they were all good. Any cigarette here must be better than domestic ones.

Anyway, he didn't recognize them, so he picked a long iron box.

He thought that since it was packed in an iron box, it must be more high-end than one wrapped in a plastic thin film!

And the barrel-packaged ones were too small, those barrel-packaged ones were just a small barrel, just a bit bigger than an iron canned bottle.

"This... is this okay?"

"Sure, I also think the iron box one should be a bit more expensive, you know how to pick. Take it back and keep it well, find a time to take a look at the Friendship Store, and then resell it to save some money for a wife."

He nodded with a smile.

Ye Yaodong looked at the envious eyes of others and said: "Don't blame me for being biased, you are on the boat, he went underwater with me, the risk he took is different, more work, more pay."

Not to mention he was so desperate, responding every time.

If others throw him a papaya, of course he has to return a plum.

By the way, let others take a look, active work has visible returns in his place, he won't treat people badly.

"However, after salvaging, you can also pick a pack at will, whatever kind you want, just unpack the packaging and pick one to take. This foreigner's goods, and imported, should not be cheap."

Everyone has a share, and it can also block their mouths.

"Haha... we didn't say anything..."

"We were just envious, haha, it's good to be able to share a pack, this must be very valuable, and you have to have foreign exchange coupons to buy it."

"We are also lucky, we can share some good goods from time to time by following Adong, it's worth it, how dare we say you are biased, haha, other boats don't have this treatment."

"Yeah, the crew on those few boats are all envious of us being able to work with you, besides wages, occasionally if we are lucky, we can have some surprises."

Ye's father was also very happy, he just said it, it's better to be on Dongzi's boat.

Look, the other few boats are still working, they have already salvaged dozens of cigarettes.

"There's nothing on this sea surface anymore, take your binoculars and take a look, see where else there might be on the surrounding sea surface, don't miss it, this strip must be worth a lot of money."

"It's in the wheelhouse, you go, after looking, tell Seventh Uncle, let him move to a position, I'll organize these goods."

Ye's father looked at these cigarettes on the deck with reluctance, "Okay, I'll go up and take a look."

Ye Yaodong had already classified them by type, "Which one do you want?"

"This... this can't tell which one is expensive..."

"Haha... otherwise pick the same one as Chen Shi, this kid's luck doesn't seem bad either, take one out and unpack it, everyone shares a pack?"

"That's fine, anyway we don't know which is expensive and which is cheap, it's better for everyone to pick the same one."

Ye Yaodong also laughed, "That's right, anyway picking the same one, no one can take advantage of anyone. Otherwise if you pick different ones, what if yours is expensive and mine is cheap, wouldn't that be a big loss, heartbreaking."

"Hahaha, right, that's it, everyone being the same is balanced, then whether it's expensive or cheap, there won't be a gap."

Everyone was very happy, getting a pack of imported cigarettes for nothing, everyone was very happy in their hearts.

Ye Yaodong unpacked the same iron-boxed cigarettes as Chen Shi's, gave them a pack each, and planned to leave the rest for his father later.

The rest he put into the basket one by one by variety, and stacked them up.

After his father let Chen Laoqi change directions three or four times, he salvaged eight or nine more strips, all of which he put into a basket, and then covered them with his own wet clothes, anyway there was a thin film on the outside, so he wasn't afraid of getting wet.

Then he lifted the basket to the wheelhouse, took a pack for Chen Laoqi who was steering the boat, and let him go down to rest.

He gave the rest of the unpacked ones to his father, and then took the basket into the wheelhouse. Fortunately, he planned to return to shore in the evening, and would lock them in the warehouse in the city first.

Ye's father played with his newly acquired cigarettes happily.

"Dongzi, what do you plan to do with these cigarettes? This shouldn't be easy to sell, right? It wouldn't be good if people saw it, right?"

"Not selling, keep them in hand for now."

These cigarettes all need foreign exchange to buy, and they are also rare items. He counted the ones just salvaged, and there were more than 70 strips, plus eighteen cans.

If they were sold, they would probably be worth thousands of yuan.

It's just that he felt it wasn't necessary, he had too much cash on hand, and there was no need to exchange everything for money.

These things are also very decent to give as gifts, and the shelf life won't be short.

He planned to keep them in hand first, and during the New Year and holidays, he would have to give gifts to Zeng Weimin or his godfather.

He also had to express himself to Fang Jingfu from time to time.

In the future, if there is anything he needs to ask people to do, or maintain relationships, they can all be used.

People, after all, can't always be smooth sailing, and there will always be times when they encounter difficulties.

Calculate, these quantities are not many, they can be kept in hand first, saving him from having to spend money to buy them later, and buying them is also troublesome, and he needs foreign exchange coupons.

Foreign exchange coupons are also not easy to get.

"Are you keeping so many in hand?"

"Hmm, keep them for backup, these things are also very good to give as gifts."

"That's true, anyway you are not short of money, then keep the things in hand first, if you take them to sell, who knows if there will be risks."

"If you have enjoyed enough, come and steer the boat, and turn around in this area to see if there is any possibility, and try your luck again."

"Okay," Ye's father put the cigarette iron box on the console, "Should we also go to the other sunken ship to take a look?"

"Sure, you decide."

"Then turn around here first, and then go to another sunken ship."

"Hmm, give me a pack of your cigarettes, unpack it and let's taste the flavor? It just so happens that the cigarettes in my pocket are almost gone."

Ye's father pressed the cigarette iron box with his hand faster than his brain, "You have so many..."

"So many are not unpacked, they are all intact whole strip packaging, I can't bear to. It just so happens that this is already unpacked, don't you want to try it, what is the taste of foreigner's cigarettes?"

"Don't want to, this looks very expensive."

"Miser, you have been smoking water pipes for half your life, where is your fun?"

"You can't bear to unpack a strip, of course I can't bear to either."

"You take it back and it will be confiscated by my mother anyway."

Ye's father hesitated for a moment, "This is a cigarette, it shouldn't be, right?"

"But there is foreign language on it, my mother definitely knows the goods, can she give it to you?"

"Fine, then I'll give you a pack to unpack, don't tell her when you go back, I'll hide it secretly."

"Okay."

The father and son reached a consensus.

It's just that Ye's father felt a little heartache when he saw him standing on the wheelhouse puffing away, he didn't even know what it tasted like himself, anyway it was already unpacked, and he gave it to Dongzi, so he wouldn't smoke it for nothing.

Ye's father shouted outside, "Dongzi, come over."

Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows and walked over, "What for."

"Give me one."

"Thought it through?"

He handed the cigarette in from the window, and also stretched in the cigarette butt he was holding half of, letting him borrow a fire.

Ye's father didn't say a word, changed the subject, "You haven't had any other reaction here for a long time, I'll steer to another sunken ship, do you want to go underwater again?"

"Hmm, go underwater and take a look again, if there is nothing, then cast the net again."

"Okay."

Ye Yaodong also went down to the deck to prepare while his father was sailing.

The crew were also squatting on the deck continuing to sort the goods, excitedly discussing how much the cigarettes they just got were worth, and not a single one could bear to take them out to smoke.

After arriving at the point of another sunken ship, Ye Yaodong named Chen Shi to go down with him again.

And others, after tasting the sweetness, were also paying attention to the sea surface after they went underwater this time.

It's just that there was nothing this time.

The two came up after a good while, of course they returned empty-handed, they saw nothing at the bottom, the seabed was too deep.

"It's good to go down and take a look, and give up."

"It's not that there is no harvest, the harvest just now was already huge."

"Hmm, get ready to cast the net, continue working, we will return to shore in the evening."

"Okay."

Ye Yaodong handed the remaining work to others, returned to the cabin to change clothes, and by the way wrapped himself in the quilt to lie down for a while, warming his body.

By the time it was evening, they had already hauled up two nets in a row, and someone came in to call him, saying his father was looking for him.

"Is it time to collect the miscellaneous goods from other boats now? Just contacted them, some are about to finish hauling this net, some have already hauled it, just in time for us to take turns steering over and collect the miscellaneous goods onto the boat?"

"Okay, then you take a look, whoever has finished hauling the goods, notify us in advance, and we will go over to collect the goods."

"Okay."

Ye's father went to the Shunfeng first to collect the goods.

Ye Yaodong also told his father his thoughts halfway, and Ye's father also felt that this idea was okay, and he could earn a little more, so he wouldn't return to shore directly with just his own boat's goods.

There would be no loss to others, they are brothers, and he is watching there, so what is there to worry about.

Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua were indeed easy to talk to, Ye Yaodong mentioned it, Ye's father helped say it, and they nodded directly, handing over the goods to him, letting him take them back to weigh.

Ye Yaodong of course also guaranteed to them that he would definitely be realistic.

It's just that the two brothers didn't want Ye's father to return with Dongzi like this, Ye's father is their anchor.

He left, and the three boats on the sea are all little chicks, no one will be at ease.

So, after discussing, Ye Yaohua exchanged with Ye's father first.

Ye's father temporarily returned to the Shunfeng, continuing to stay at sea, Ye Yaohua returned to shore with Ye Yaodong first.

Ye's father actually wanted to go back and see, wanting to know what the result would be after those smugglers were caught, after all, they were also people from their nearby villages.

He was quite curious to know, besides Zhou Yechi, who else was inside, were there any from their own village? But he had to watch them at sea.

After the two exchanged, he went to A-Guang's place again.

A-Guang's side was also easy to talk to.

"Give the goods to you, I have nothing to worry about, anyway, after you go ashore and weigh them, just open a list and bring it to me, and then go to your place to settle the account and get the money after going home."

"Okay."

What surprised him was that the Zhou brothers were also easy to talk to.

When moving the miscellaneous goods, they were the ones who took the initiative to ask, saying why he had so many goods on the deck.

As soon as he said it, the brothers discussed and agreed in one mouthful.

He hadn't even said the persuasive words yet, his mouth was still open, and he was stunned, looking very surprised.

Zhou Da laughed and said: "Haha, isn't this what you said? We have no opinion, and you are surprised?"

"I was thinking I would have to say a basket of words before you would agree."

"We trust you, it's better to let you earn the money than to let the collection boat earn it. Everyone is a fellow villager, neighbors, and we help each other at sea, there is nothing we can't trust."

Zhou Er also said: "Yeah, not to mention your family has a big business, why would you covet our little goods, and so many people are watching."

Zhou San echoed: "You are still the savior of our brothers, giving these goods to you is fine, not to mention just selling them to you."

Ye Yaodong listened to them one by one, and the smile on his face deepened.

Dealing with smart people who know how to repay kindness is easy.

"Okay, trust between people is also built up bit by bit, rest assured when selling goods to me. I am realistic, and the price is of course the same as other collection boats, just bring them back to weigh, saving time from weighing at sea."

"That's the truth." Zhou Da waved his hand, letting others lift the goods out of the fish hold, and move them over.

"There are marks on our baskets, they won't be mixed up with other people's goods, just that you must bring the baskets back tomorrow, otherwise we have nothing to load the goods."

"I know, everyone has marks, they can't be mixed, it's definitely weighing one by one, and I will definitely bring them back to you tomorrow."

"Okay."

They also chatted a few words while moving the goods, the Zhou brothers were very curious, why did he suddenly want to return to shore early?

Normally, he should stay at sea until he wants to go home before returning to shore.

They were guessing privately just now if it was related to the law enforcement ship yesterday, however, Ye Yaodong just prevaricated a few words saying he had something to do and had to return to shore, and said nothing else.

Let them guess, anyway they are all at sea, no matter how they guess, it won't spread to the village for the time being.

After a few days when everyone returns to shore, returning to the village, it's hard to say.

After all, they saw the smuggling ship attacked by the law enforcement ship on the spot, and then forced to stop and capture all personnel, detain the ships, and even sink two.

Encountering such an exciting thing, they have to brag a few words, and then discuss it, the villagers will always associate it with their village or nearby villages that have rumors of smugglers, and will definitely bring them out for discussion.

There will definitely be some rumors, and they will definitely pull Lin Jishang out to talk.

His cousin was caught, and it's only a matter of time before he is talked about locally.

So after the fishing boat returned to shore, he pulled the goods on the boat to the workshop several times to let people weigh them, and regardless of the fact that it was dark, he went to the market to call back for the first time.

He called his wife.

There is an old man who keeps the door living in the village committee, and it is not very late now, as long as he hasn't gone to sleep, the call will be answered.

He called back to tell Lin Xiuqing first, and then let Lin Xiuqing tell Lin Jishang's wife.

As for whether his wife can contact him, that's none of his business, anyway he also passed on what he knew.

Lin Jishang is elusive, and he has no way to contact him, so he can only pass it on to his wife, and try his luck.

It depends on whether his luck is good or bad.

If the luck is good, knowing early, he can hide early.

If the luck is bad, he has done his best.

After making the call, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Don't know if there is anyone behind them, if there is, finding a relationship early, maybe there is still some hope.

However, this is none of his business.

Wait until tomorrow morning, he will go to the Ocean Bureau to find his godfather and ask, after all, encountering it at sea, it is normal to ask curiously after returning to shore.