Chapter 827: Opening the Box

Ye Fu had been anxiously stretching his neck and waiting on top, and from time to time, he went to take the watch Ye Yaodong left on the stool to look at the time.

"It's been a long time. Why hasn't he come up yet? Did he run into any situation?"

An old father's heart was truly broken.

This son was really too tossing. He had lived for twenty-something years and never had a moment of peace. He made people so worried no matter when.

Ye Fu felt that he still had to continue watching him for a few more years; otherwise, sitting at home and thinking about what he was doing again might be even more uncomfortable.

He walked back and forth frequently, looking at the sea surface nearby from time to time, and looking at the sea surface in the distance, feeling that time passed especially slowly.

However, he didn't dare to pull the rope tied on the side, afraid of affecting his activities at the bottom, until a splash appeared on the sea surface and a human head was exposed, and his heart was put back into his stomach.

"Why did you go down for so long this time? Isn't it just finding a box? Aren't the boxes right around? A few days ago, I remembered very firmly that they were in this position. There shouldn't be much error, right?"

Ye Yaodong took off the mask on his face and wiped his face. "Let me go up first and then talk."

He had been floating and sinking in the water for too long, and binding a large box was too physically demanding.

"Go up first, go up first."

As soon as he went up, he couldn't care about catching his breath. He immediately called his father to use the machine to pull the boxes up, and then sat paralyzed on the deck, panting heavily.

"Found the boxes? Are both ropes tied to the boxes? Why is your clothing broken like this?"

Ye Fu looked at his ragged appearance. Those who didn't know would think he had just come back from begging.

"Tied them. One box is very light, and the other box is very heavy. I don't know what's loaded inside. They were stacked, and there was no choice, so I could only bind the ones on top first and drag them up. You pull the two boxes up first."

He looked down at his ragged appearance again, and from top to bottom, his clothes and pants were all hooked with many holes, and his arms and thighs were also scratched several times, with several red marks.

But he didn't feel pain. Now that he saw it after reacting, he really felt a bit of pain, and it was salty, feeling a bit burning.

He shook his arms and stretched his legs. "When binding, I was scratched by the reef wall."

While speaking, he untied the pocket on his waist again. "Just now when I was looking at the bottom, I happened to see a crevice hiding a few small spiny lobsters, so I caught two by surprise."

After pouring the two small spiny lobsters into the water bucket, he told his father about what happened at the bottom, and described the strange crevice to his father.

Ye Fu listened to his description and asked somewhat puzzled, "Were those boxes deliberately hidden inside?"

"I think so too. If they weren't deliberately hidden inside, the boxes in the crevice wouldn't be placed so perfectly. If they fell from a boat, the boxes would definitely be scattered everywhere, not stacked neatly."

"Exactly. How could the ones that fell be placed neatly inside."

Ye Yaodong frowned, rested his chin on his hand, and looked at the green mountains and clear waters on the distant island. He thought silently, and instantly his eyes shone brightly.

"Ah, Father, do you say these could be hidden by pirates?"

"Ah?"

He slapped his knee. "It must be. This reef is so close to the island. Before, didn't the border defense station find a very hidden cave on the island? They said they only found a few boxes of cultural relics, porcelain, and calligraphy and paintings."

"At that time, didn't they search for a few more days unwillingly before withdrawing? Pirates must have hidden them everywhere. Treasures definitely couldn't be hidden in just one place. In case they were caught in one fell swoop, there would be nothing left. This position on the seabed is so close to the island and not very deep. It must also be hidden by them!"

"Right, it must be correct! These boxes must be treasures secretly hidden by pirates. A cunning rabbit has three burrows, and eggs wouldn't be put in one basket. These must have been secretly hidden by pirates on the seabed."

He stood up excitedly, full of excitement. He didn't expect that he could pick up a bargain?

In ancient times, there were pearl divers, and there were also fishermen specifically catching abalone and sea cucumber, going down to the seabed ten-plus meters deep. For some professionally trained people, it was nothing.

Before discovering the boxes, he didn't specifically ponder where the boxes came from, because he only took a glance, and they were covered by seaweed and silt at the bottom, and he couldn't see clearly, and didn't know what the situation was at the bottom.

Now that he had gone down once and saw clearly, he couldn't help but ponder.

He felt that he should have guessed right; otherwise, who would have piled the boxes neatly on the seabed for no reason, and it wasn't a shipwreck. Besides, if a boat sank, the boxes on the boat would also shake and be messy.

Ye Fu also pondered in his heart and felt that what he said made a lot of sense. Before, he didn't know the situation of the boxes on the seabed, only that there were boxes. Now it seemed that it was very consistent with his guess.

"Pull them up first and open them to take a look. According to what you said, the border defense station only found a few boxes before, so it definitely wasn't just that. Let's see what's inside and if it's valuable? In case it's those books, calligraphy and paintings, spices, or something, it's useless if it's soaked in water."

"Definitely won't be those. People aren't stupid. Things that can't be soaked in water wouldn't be deliberately put into the water to hide. These things must be put on the shore. Gold and silver jewelry might be hidden at the bottom of the water."

"Mm, very likely... They're up... they're up..." Ye Fu thought that it might be gold and silver jewelry and was also excited. Seeing boxes appearing on the sea surface, he hurriedly spoke up and called him over to lift them together.

"Eh? So light?"

Ye Fu was somewhat surprised and uncertain. This was a bit beyond his imagination. Shouldn't it be heavy?

"There is one light, and one very heavy. Lift this one up and put it on the side first, then collect the other rope. This one is light, so the other one is heavy."

He also couldn't be sure what would be in this light box. No matter how he thought about it, it shouldn't be. How could a whole box of gold and silver jewelry be light?

The father and son carried the box, and the water kept flowing down, filling the deck.

The box was severely faded from being soaked in water, and several strands of seaweed were wrapped around it, stained with a little silt, but it could still be seen to be simple and unadorned, not something that could exist in modern times.

Just as the father and son placed the box on the deck, they heard a crisp "clatter" sound.

"Eh? Fragments?" Ye Yaodong felt he had heard wrong. He lifted it slightly, and heard a crisp fragment sound again.

"Damn, could it be porcelain inside? And then it broke into fragments, so there's the sound of fragments?"

"Doesn't sound quite like it either?"

Ye Fu was a bit uncertain. He also learned from him to lift a corner, and both of them pricked up their ears, both a bit unsure.

"Can't tell."

Ye Yaodong shook the rusty lock on top, and it clattered. "Pull the other box up to take a look first. Let's open them together later."

He was afraid that if he cut the lock of the box now and saw what was inside, he would be disappointed. It was better to pull both boxes up and then open them to see.

At least the other box was heavier, feeling like it had more potential, so he wouldn't be disappointed too hard.

There were so many boxes at the bottom. If one box could open up treasures, he would have made a big profit.

Ye Fu nodded and turned to get the other rope.

Ye Yaodong walked around this box and kicked the box twice. It was still that crisp clattering sound. It felt like it came from fragments, just didn't know if it was porcelain fragments.

"Don't kick. In case there are some that aren't broken, or if it was fine inside, and you kicked it broken, what to do?"

"Alright."

With nothing to do for a while, he had to lean against the boat gunwale to wait for the other box to be pulled up.

The scenery of the island in the afternoon was exceptionally magnificent. The summer sea breeze wrinkled the calm sea surface, and the vast water surface was sparkling under the fiery red sunlight. Looking from afar, it was like glittering broken silver, and looking closely, it was as charming as green satin that had been crumpled.

Maybe it was because of happy events, he felt refreshed. Now he looked at everything with a filter. He felt that today's scenery was exceptionally beautiful, today's sky was exceptionally beautiful, and even the reef that was pushed up because of the receding tide, he felt was quite beautiful, and the sea breeze blowing over felt fresh and sweet.

"Coming... coming..."

He excitedly went over to help immediately, just counting on this box to be fished up and opened to give him a shocking blow. He didn't count on the light one just now.

"It's up. One on each side."

"This one is really heavy. Be careful when you take it."

Just as Ye Yaodong's voice fell, he saw his father's hand carrying the box sink fiercely, and his expression was also distorted.

Although he was prepared early, when he really reached out to take it, he almost didn't hold it steady, and his face turned red.

"This one is so heavy?"

"Yes, I told you long ago that this one is very heavy. It was very difficult to bind at the bottom of the water just now."

"Lightly... put it down... don't press your hand..."

After the two boxes were placed flat together, Ye Fu couldn't wait to get the kitchen knife. Originally, because of setting longline fishing, there was a broken kitchen knife with a gap on the boat, specifically for killing fish. It just happened to be taken to cut the lock. He wouldn't feel bad if it was broken.

"Which one to open first?"

"This one, this one, the heavy one. Let's see what it is first?" He said while kicking the box twice with his foot. He only heard a thick "bang-bang" sound. Just listening to the sound was different.

He had already given up on that one anyway.

Opening the good one first and then the bad one wouldn't make him feel too disappointed. Anyway, there was already a pearl in front.

He had great confidence in this heavy box. There was not even a shaking sound, and it was so heavy, and the sound was so thick. There must be something solid inside, definitely good things.

"Good, then let's open this box first. That box later."

This lock didn't know if it had been soaked in the sea for too long, but the inside was also corroded, especially brittle. Ye Fu cut it a few times, and the whole lock fell off.

The father and son were excited now.

Ye Yaodong's eyes shone, rubbing his hands back and forth, and then opened the box with a bang. ===== CHAPTER 828 =====