Chapter 829: Throwing Back into the Sea

Ye Yaodong turned his head to look at the other lighter box on the side and patted it twice. "Open this box first, Father."

"Good, good, coming."

Ye Fu couldn't care about why he had the idea of being a waste again. He hurriedly carried the kitchen knife over. Now, handle the business first. Leave the words for later, so as not to delay things.

"You move to the side, lest you get hit."

Ye Yaodong moved back twice again.

With a few "clang-clang-clang" sounds, the rusty broken lock fell off directly.

The father and son didn't hold much hope for this box, and there was already a whole box of gold ingots in front.

But after truly opening the box, they were still stunned!

This stun was different from the stun when opening the gold box earlier.

That one was pleasantly surprised, eyes shining, not knowing what reaction to make for a while, while this one was dumbfounded, too surprised, too unexpected.

The father and son had never thought that a treasure box could actually open up... glass?

Could this box of broken glass also be taken by pirates as a treasure and hidden at the bottom of the sea???

"Saw it wrong?" Ye Fu couldn't believe it.

Ye Yaodong was also dumbfounded. He simply closed the box directly. He felt, could it be that the way of opening was wrong? But opening it again, it was still those broken pieces of glass.

"Mm... it's glass, no mistake."

Ye Fu originally thought it would be some broken porcelain, but didn't expect it to be glass. They were all dumbfounded, still thinking their eyes were playing tricks, but reaching out to pick up a larger piece, it was really glass, no doubt.

"This... how could glass be put into a box, and sunk to the sea to hide? What's good about hiding this? Is this intentional?"

"This should be a mirror."

"It's a mirror, then there's nothing good about hiding it. It's not a treasure. Is this intentional?"

Ye Yaodong took the mirror fragment from his father's hand and then looked at his face. The handsome face inside was very clear.

"I heard that this glass mirror seemed to be quite valuable in ancient times? Before, it was said that they all used copper mirrors. Copper mirrors couldn't see people's faces clearly. Later, which dynasty introduced glass mirrors from Europe to China, and then it was very popular, because it could see people very clearly, and it seemed quite expensive. Ordinary people couldn't afford it."

Ye Fu looked disgusted. "Just a piece of ordinary glass and treat it as a treasure... Fortunately, I didn't count on there being any good things in this box..."

Ye Yaodong threw the glass into the box. Fortunately, he was smart, and his hearing was fine. From the beginning, he felt it was light, and there shouldn't be any good goods?

Fortunately, he opened the heavyweight one first, and put this one in the back.

Otherwise, if he opened this box first, he didn't know how disappointed he would be.

"Glass is glass. It's broken anyway. Close the box and throw it into the sea. It's useless to take it."

"Don't know how many years it's been sunk in the sea, it should count as an antique, right? Do you want to take it home first?" Ye Fu was disgusted, but still held a little hope.

"It's all broken, what's the use? Antiques aren't useful either. Carrying it back takes up space. There are so many boxes underneath, just throw it into the sea to save trouble."

With such a big box of gold, who cares if it's an antique or not? It's broken anyway, hurry up and throw it, saving trouble.

"Alright, then throw it down."

They closed the box again, carried it to the side of the boat, and threw it directly into the sea, incidentally throwing the two broken locks together into the sea.

Ye Yaodong clapped his palms. "Carry this box to the boat cabin to hide it first."

"Good."

The father and son used all their strength, laboriously moving this large box into the boat cabin bit by bit.

"Damn, it's so heavy... sweat is going to lose a jin..."

"Can you not say 'damn it' all day long... is there nothing else to say?"

"Lin Mu Ji Bai?" 【829-38

Ye Fu gave him a fierce glare.

"Why are you looking at me? Didn't you tell me to change my vocabulary?"

"I told you to swear less and do more work."

"I haven't been slacking off, have I? Aren't I moving the boxes right now? Swearing doesn't affect my hands working. Life is so tiring and bitter, and it's not easy, so what's wrong with saying a few swear words?"

"You have a mountain of twisted logic; even your mother can't win an argument against you."

"Well, I still can't compare to my mother."

"Stop blabbering. Push it in a bit further, take out all those miscellaneous fishing nets and tools, and push the boxes into the very corner..."

Ye Yaodong followed his father's instructions and did as he was told, but after pushing them into the very corner, he couldn't help but open the box to take one more look. Then, he looked at the Mazu statue enshrined in the cabin, thought for a moment, and took two gold ingots to place on her altar.

"What are you doing?" Ye Fu asked, watching his actions with confusion.

"Since we've obtained such a big box of treasures, shouldn't we show some filial respect to Mazu? This was all protected by Mazu."

"Alright, then while you're at it, light three sticks of incense and tell her about it, so she knows."

"Mm."

Ye Fu handed the task of lighting the incense to him and went out to keep watch, keeping an eye on the sea surface.

After he came out of the cabin, he followed behind him, "Hurry up. It just so happens there are no other boats nearby, and the other boat that Asheng and the others are operating is quite far from us, so they won't notice us."

"Got it, I'll make it quick."

"Mm, we still need to go collect the ground cages and shrimp cages later. If you want to catch those lobsters, we'll talk about it tomorrow or the day after."

"I just happened to run into them while looking for the gap, so my hands got itchy and I caught two. Since the good stuff is right in front of me, I can't just pretend I didn't see it, right? Who knows where the boxes are located? Catching two first means at least I won't come back empty-handed."

"Now that the location is confirmed, don't delay. Those boxes are important."

"Got it."

As Ye Yaodong spoke, he put on his equipment, including the fins, and tied the rope around his waist again. He didn't bother changing his tattered clothes, as he would inevitably get scraped and scratched if he went down there anyway.

Ye Fu watched him jump into the water again and had no choice but to wait patiently on the boat.

He had just come down a moment ago, and not much time had passed, so the location hadn't shifted much. He carefully identified the position of the nearby reefs underwater and recognized the reef crevice blocked by seaweed at a glance.

It was mainly because the seaweed at the opening was a bit messy from him tugging at it earlier, and it wasn't swaying neatly with the waves.

After recognizing the location, he swam up another two or three meters, squeezed into the larger opening, and then slowly dived down, wedging himself between two reefs.

After landing steadily on the boxes, he shifted to the side and bent down to move the box he had been standing on. It felt like this box wasn't very heavy, but it seemed a bit heavier than the one filled with glass earlier?

He wasn't sure what was inside for a moment, but since this box was on top, he had no choice but to tie it up and haul it up first.

After tying one, he continued to tie the one next to it and found that the two were about the same weight.

He tugged on the rope and felt the length should be sufficient, so he simply untied the first box and bundled the two together. This way, he could pull two up at once, saving him from having to make another trip down.

However, while bundling them, he found that it was quite difficult to stack and tie two boxes together underwater, and he was all alone with no one to help him lift them.

After struggling to move them for a long time, he finally gave up. One rope per box; he wouldn't mess around anymore, as fumbling with them would only waste time.

After bundling the two boxes, he didn't linger and floated straight up to avoid worrying his father. Opening the boxes was more important now.

It was better to salvage all the boxes from the bottom as soon as possible, lest the other boat finish trawling near dusk and come over, and if they all gathered together, it would be bad if they bumped into each other.

Seeing him come up quite quickly this time, Ye Fu felt relieved and hurriedly pulled him up.

"They're tied, right? Should I go start the machine?"

"I originally wanted to tie two boxes with one rope, but I found it hard to handle and hard to tie, so it's still one rope per box."

"Are they light?"

"So-so. A bit heavier than the box with the glass, but the two I just tied are about the same."

"Then pull them up, we'll see after we open them."

Ye Yaodong took advantage of the machine pulling up the boxes to sit down and rest for a while. He picked up the watch placed on the stool and checked the time; it was only 2 o'clock, enough time for him to pull up all the boxes from the bottom.

This time, he didn't wait for both boxes to be pulled up before opening them. After one was pulled up, he let his father continue to change the rope to pull up the next box, while he took a kitchen knife, preparing to open the one that had just been pulled up first.

Although this broken lock had been corroded on the seabed for who knows how many centuries, he still had to hack at it a few times with the kitchen knife, and the blade of the knife already had several notches after hacking at the previous two boxes.

If he hacked at the locks of all the boxes pulled up from the bottom, this kitchen knife would probably be scrapped.

After hacking off the lock with two loud clangs, he checked the blade, saw it could still hold up, and tossed it aside.

"Wait to open it, wait for me, I'll be right there." Seeing that he had opened the lock, Ye Fu shouted impatiently; he also wanted to crowd over and see it the first chance he got.

"Then hurry up."

"Coming, coming."

Ye Yaodong waited until his father was in position before flipping the box open...

The father and son instantly frowned again, looked at it with disdain, and said in unison: "Glass again!"

The difference was that the previous one was a glass mirror without a frame, while this one was a single sheet of transparent glass. No wonder the volume of this box was slightly larger than the previous two; it had been pressed to the bottom.

"Just how rare is this stuff?"

"Maybe the pirates robbed a merchant ship and got it by accident, but didn't know how to handle it. It should have been valuable back then, so they hid it on the seabed along with the gold."

"Useless. Throw it back into the sea."

"Mm."

After doing some futile work for a while, Ye Yaodong wasn't too disappointed. Anyway, they had already opened one box, so opening another didn't matter. The biggest harvest, that box of gold, was enough to make up for everything.

"Then is the other box about the same?"

"It didn't feel much different when I was moving it in the sea, but it's hard to say. How can you feel the weight so accurately in the sea? Anyway, it'll be pulled up soon, we'll open it and take a look later."

"Mm, then let's wait and see."