Chapter 741

Since his father strongly requested it, let him go into the water and try it out.

He is, after all, in the prime of his life; looking at how restless he is, if he comes back up after not even two minutes in the water, he'll be able to give up on the idea.

Men remain boys until they die.

Ye Yaodong went over the precautions with his father from start to finish, telling him to watch his safety and to surface immediately if he felt any discomfort.

Having watched him go into the water so many times, Ye Fu was finally able to go in himself this time, and he was still somewhat expectant.

After putting on the air tube and the mask, and bringing everything else that needed to be brought, he learned from Ye Yaodong and did a few warm-up exercises before entering the water to adapt to the temperature.

"Dad, remember not to go deeper than ten meters. First, test if your eardrums can handle it. If they can't, come back up immediately."

Watching his father enter the water, Ye Yaodong continued to give instructions, still feeling uneasy.

"Got it."

Every time Ye Fu watched him enter the water and find something, he would feel restless; if he didn't go down to see for himself, he would always be thinking about it.

Full of expectation, he slowly dived into the water. It wasn't as if he hadn't been in the water before, but this was the first time he was wearing this gadget that Ye Yaodong had bought back.

Not to mention, it was actually quite useful.

It was much more comfortable than going into the water without wearing it.

He swam downwards slowly and gradually, looking around. It felt like there wasn't much difference; occasionally, some small fish and shrimp just happened to pass by.

Wasn't it all the same as what he had seen when he went into the water before?

Could it be that the scenery on the seabed was different, and there was more cargo?

With curiosity, he continued to swim slowly downwards.

However, he didn't know if it was because of his age or the strong pressure in the water, but when he reached about seven or eight meters deep, he didn't feel any tinnitus or discomfort, but suddenly felt a cramp in his left leg.

This cramp caused him immense pain; his facial features twisted, and he didn't dare to move even a little bit.

Fortunately, Ye Fu had always been a good swimmer. When he got a cramp at the bottom of the water, he only panicked for a moment before immediately trying to maintain his balance, staying in place without moving.

After a good while, he slowly wiggled a few times, and feeling that it wasn't as painful, he slowed down his speed and slowly surfaced.

Ye Yaodong was a bit worried and kept standing by the ship's side watching. Only when he knew his father had surfaced did he feel relieved, and he reached out to pull him up.

"How was it? About how many meters did you go down?"

Ye Fu waved his hand, took a few deep breaths, and then said, "Don't mention it. I didn't go down many meters before my leg cramped."

"Ah!"

Ye Yaodong was startled. A leg cramp underwater can be a big or small matter; if it's serious, panic can lead to drowning.

"It's fine, I didn't panic. It's not like I haven't been in the water before. When I got the cramp, I just maintained my balance and stayed in place without moving. When it felt better, I moved a little bit and then came up," Ye Fu said dismissively, fearing he would worry.

"I told you that since you're old, you shouldn't go down, but you insisted on not listening. I've been telling you since last year, yet you're at your age and still so curious. You have to stick your nose into young people's work; it's not like it's a good thing, and you have to do dangerous things. You really have nothing better to do."

Ye Yaodong went on a lecture spree. What if something had happened?

He suddenly felt a lingering fear. He shouldn't have listened to his father; they should have taken turns, and he should have insisted on his own opinion.

These days, apart from professional diving fishermen, no one else knows how to dive.

"You can give up on the idea now, right? This isn't child's play. You're at your age, just stay up here and watch."

Ye Fu was also a bit depressed. It was the first time he had been lectured by his unreliable son, and yet everything he said was right, so he couldn't even refute it.

"Alright, alright, stop talking. I'll leave it to you. I won't talk about going into the water anymore; you can do it all."

"Mm."

It's good that he's given up; he won't be thinking about it anymore in the future.

"Go back and eat more shelled shrimp and crab to supplement calcium. You're getting old, and your bones aren't very good."

"Got it, got it. It's not like I don't eat them; I eat them every day. If there's nothing else at home, are we short on fish, shrimp, and crab? We can't finish them every day, and we pour out more than we eat every day."

"You pour out more than you eat? No wonder your leg cramped underwater. Then sit down and rest for a while. Is there anywhere else you feel uncomfortable?"

"No, no, I told you, it was just a cramp that hurt for a moment, and it was fine after resting for a bit. I've already come up. Don't worry about me, go do what you need to do. If you want to go into the water, go ahead. I'll rest here and wait."

Ye Yaodong saw that his father was in good condition and didn't seem uncomfortable, so he felt a bit more relieved.

"Then I'll go into the water again to take a look, and we'll go back when I come up."

Ye Fu waved his hand, signaling him to go ahead and not worry about him.

"Then I'm going into the water?"

"Go ahead, go ahead."

Ye Yaodong looked at his father a few more times, then put on his equipment. After getting dressed properly, he exercised his hands and feet well before jumping down.

This time, his father really scared him. Warm-up exercises must be done thoroughly; after all, this is a very physically demanding job, so he should avoid cramping too. Leg cramps underwater are too common.

After he went into the water, he discovered that this position was slightly different from where he had just come down, but it wasn't much different.

He scanned around casually, then moved forward, preparing to circle around the reef on the right to take a look.

However, it was a case of "finding what you're looking for without even trying."

He didn't see any soft squid, but he saw patches of pen shells on the seabed, standing like milestones. It was quite spectacular to see the dark mass, but he didn't know if it was the same patch he had dug up last year.

He swam over to observe, but couldn't tell if it was. After all, the underwater world is so big, who knows where is where? It was all a matter of last year.

Anyway, if there are some, just catch them; it doesn't matter if it's the same or not.

However, standing there in such patches, it was even more numerous and spectacular than last year.

He definitely couldn't finish catching them in a short while. Those were all bigger than a palm, over 20 centimeters, and the net bag couldn't hold many before it was full.

The most efficient method is to go up, take a small, broken net that can hold things, come down, pull as many as you can in one go, put them all into the small, broken net, and then pull them up.

After making up his mind, he didn't stay long. After pulling a few and putting them into the net bag, he swam around the reef again.

He didn't know if they had run away. He had clearly looked for several crevices around, but saw nothing...

No, it wasn't that he saw nothing; he picked up two large abalones in a corner at the bottom.

The ones that slipped through the net last year can still be found occasionally if you look for them.

Seeing that there was still time, Ye Yaodong simply looked around the edges and corners while searching to see if there were any abalones that hadn't been pried clean last year.

He treated the bottom like his own backyard, picking up whatever he saw.