Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1007 Ocean Street Drifter (7000 words)
The humpback whale is one of the most beautiful and friendly whales on earth. Although it is not the largest whale in the world, it is also a well-deserved giant in the ocean. It mostly moves in pairs and has a gentle temperament.

After Ye Yaodong explained to them that it was a humpback whale, he went down the wheelhouse and came to the deck.

He just thinks that the current ocean environment is so good that even humpback whales can be seen at will without being over-hunted.

It was so huge that it was only slightly smaller than the fishing boat when it swam beside it. It was estimated to be more than ten meters long, with most of its body submerged in water. If it was far away, he might have thought it was a moving island.

This whale also kept swimming slowly, as if it was playing, right next to the fishing boat, moving in the same direction.

There are tumor-like protrusions on the tip of its snout and on both sides of its baleen, and its dorsal fin is black, small, and has stripes.

There are many barnacles, cirripeds and other cirri attached to its exposed skin, and it also carries many fish with suction cups, such as remora.

He could only see a tiny remora under the water at the side of the boat. It was moving forward with the load and was extremely flexible. The debris on its body could not affect its movement.

Father Ye asked him nervously, "What did you just call this a whale? There's really no need to hide. You said there's no need to hide when you saw such a big fish several times. These big fish really won't attack people? When the older generation saw such a big fish, they would hide as quickly as possible and hide far away, for fear of being caught by them."

The older generation can only classify whales and sharks into major categories. They don’t know how to subdivide the species. At most, they know some common species and some local names.

"Humpback whale, it's okay. It will be hard to see it this close in the future. So watch it and cherish it."

After saying that, he turned around and ran back to the cabin, ignoring the panicked discussions of the other crew members. He wanted to take the camera out of the password box.

The boatman on the deck was still there saying, "It's better to stay away from it as soon as possible. It's safer. Who knows if such a big fish will suddenly go crazy."

"Yes, this fish is also an animal. It's so big, it's scary to look at. Its whole body looks like a boat, just a little bit smaller than our boat."

"Let's start the boat quickly and get away from it..."

Ye Yaodong took out his camera and ignored what they were saying. He took a few pictures before the humpback whale left, trying to take more pictures to avoid overexposure.

Just as he was about to put away his camera, another humpback whale emerged from the side of the humpback whale. It turned sideways with one of its flippers erected, and as it emerged from the water, it sprayed a column of water into the air. The water column was several meters high, like flowers scattered by a fairy.

When the water column fell, it would splash in all directions and land on everyone's faces. Everyone immediately stepped back and covered their ears.

"It's spraying again! Here comes another spraying!"

"It's really spraying again..."

"This fish has so much water..."

"Yes, there is a lot of water, so high..."

"There's still a sound..."

When a humpback whale surfaces to breathe, a short, thick, hot gas mixed with oil and water vapor will spurt out of its nostrils, which will roll the surrounding sea water out of the sea to form a spectacular water column and make a loud sound similar to that of a steam engine.

He actually captured this wave. Last time before the New Year, when he was testing the water, the group of whales sprayed water collectively, but he didn't bring a camera, so he didn't capture it, which made him feel regretful for a long time.

That kind of scene is hard to come by, and it's rare to see it once in a lifetime. Today's scene can be considered to have made up for it a little.

Click, click, click. He took several photos in a row, then quickly put the camera into his arms and wrapped himself in his cotton jacket. There were some splashes of water on it, and he waited until the water had all settled before lifting the hem of his sweater to wipe it off.

Father Ye smacked his lips. "Such big fish, do all kinds like to move together? All I see are groups."

"Now I'll have something to brag about when I go back..."

"Yes, I saw a group of whales spouting water a few years ago. I went back and told everyone about it. They were all shocked. They said they had never seen or heard of it before."

"We also saw a larger whale today."

"No, the sailfish and swordfish we saw before were single and acted alone."

"We've seen it all, let's just sail away as soon as possible."

Although these two huge whales seem to be behaving peacefully, everyone still feels unsafe and is still afraid of them.

"Yes, let's go. Less trouble is worse than more trouble. Safety first."

Father Ye also agreed. Such a big creature is too unstable. They don't know the habits of this whale. Now it seems that they are moving forward peacefully and amicably. Who knows if they will move forward later? It's better not to take risks if you can avoid them.

"I'll go drive the boat. Let's get away from them."

Just as Father Ye turned around to walk towards the cockpit, the two humpback whales rubbed their heads against each other intimately, snuggled up to each other for a while, and then separated again.

Ye Yaodong looked at it with curiosity, this mammal was quite affectionate. It was heard that humpback whales had a high IQ, equivalent to that of a 2 to 5 year old human child.

However, it is still inferior to the IQ of another overlord in the ocean, the killer whale. It is said that the killer whale's IQ is equivalent to that of a 15 or 16-year-old child.

I heard that this thing is a street kid in the ocean. It often "teases cats and dogs" in the ocean and even gets close to human ships. It is very naughty and cute.

However, its natural enemy is the humpback whale.

As long as the humpback whale hears the slightest sound of a killer whale, it will rush over no matter how far away it is and give it a slap. It will also rescue its prey while the killer whale is hunting and drive away the killer whale, leaving it hungry. People generally call it the marine police.

Some netizens also jokingly said that its daily routine is eating, sleeping and fighting killer whales.

There are a lot of barnacles attached to the pectoral fins and tail of humpback whales. They use these attached things as weapons, so you can't just scrape the barnacles off a humpback whale.

But today it seems that there were no killer whales seen, only humpback whales.

It's a little regrettable that he had his camera in his hand. If he had encountered such an incident, he would have been able to capture the famous scene of a humpback whale slapping a killer whale decades earlier, which might have provided some material for future ocean development.

Seeing that his father was about to take the boat to avoid the two big guys, he did not object. Anyway, he had seen it up close and taken pictures.

I guess these two big guys won’t follow the boat all the time. At most they’ll just play around for a while and then leave.

As expected, as soon as the fishing boat accelerated a little and changed direction, the two fish started moving quickly.

They swim quickly for a distance underwater, then suddenly break out of the water, slowly rising vertically until their flippers reach the water surface, and then their bodies begin to slowly bend backwards, like an acrobat's back roll.

Until the whole body falls backwards into the water.

Ye Yaodong could still see it clearly from a distance. After all, it was huge and easy to identify. He couldn't help but slap his thigh, regretting that he didn't have a mobile phone or a drone.

Father Ye saw that the two whales were swimming away on their own, but they did not speed up or change direction. They continued to move along the original route and worked around.

"Gone? It's good that they're gone."

"It's better to avoid encountering these big guys. You can't catch them anyway, and you have to be nervous just watching them."

"Didn't Adong say that this thing is friendly to humans? From what we just saw, it seemed to be swimming on its own and ignored us. If you encounter one like this occasionally, it's okay to watch it once or twice."

"Haha, are you thinking about going back to the village to brag again?"

"Hehe, there are so many strange things on the sea. If we encounter them occasionally, we can tell them about them in the village, which can also broaden the villagers' horizons. They all stay in the village and look to us who have been to faraway places to tell them new things."

When the boatmen saw that the fish had swam away, they relaxed and began to brag and talk a lot on the boat.

There was still some cargo on the deck that had not been picked up, so they picked it up while talking. Everyone was sober now, and no one went back to the cabin to lie down. The fish had just left, and everyone was in high spirits talking.

It was almost time for lunch. We steamed a big pot of seafood in the morning and there was still a lot left. Everyone threw it away as they ate. There was no need to cherish it. But even so, there was still half a pot left, so we just had to add a vegetarian dish for lunch.

Just after everyone had sorted out the remaining goods on the deck and were preparing to have lunch, two objects that looked like small islands appeared on the sea in front of the fishing boat and kept moving.

As the fishing boat moved forward and got closer, the "small island" rolled and waves splashed around it.

Ye Yaodong was holding a bowl of rice. The first thing he did when he saw it was to point forward with his chopsticks, spitting out the rice in his mouth as he shouted to everyone, "Look... over there... there's something going on over there."

"Some big fish is hunting there?"

"It looks like the water is constantly surging..."

"Why do I feel like it's the two whales we saw before?"

Father Ye must have been confused as well, and wanted to take a closer look at what kind of fish it was. But the fishing boat was moving forward anyway, so he didn't intervene.

When they got closer, everyone realized that they were indeed the two humpback whales from before. They did not go far away, but were caught up by them.

The direction they were sailing at this time was also towards the East China Sea, and they had only been out for one night and half a day.

After Ye Yaodong reacted, he immediately ran to the cabin to get the camera. After the fish ran away, he returned to the cabin and threw the camera on the bed. He didn't know what fish the humpback whale was fighting with for food, so he held the camera in his hand anyway to be prepared.

After he took the camera, he asked someone to tell his father not to run away, and to keep a certain distance, not too far or too close, so as not to be affected.

When these ocean overlords fight, they probably just get tangled up with each other, slap each other's tail fins and fish fins, and bite each other a few times with their mouths.

I'll see if I can take a picture of the scene later, but it's a pity that it comes out in black and white, and if I don't get closer, it'll probably be blurry.

However, the humpback whale photographed earlier was right next to the fishing boat. The photo was extremely clear and the huge creature was right next to them.

"It looks like a few big fish are fighting!"

"How big a fish would it be to fight with those two whales? They should be pretty big, right?"

"Shouldn't we stay further away? Will it hit our boat? The fish is so big, only slightly smaller than the boat. It looks to be more than ten meters long. Not to mention its tail hitting the boat, even if it's close to the side, its body hitting the sea surface will shake the boat."

Ye Yaodong was about to speak when he saw a fish jumping up from the sea. A black and white killer whale leaped directly onto the water and then slammed back into the water in an instant.

"Fuck, there really is a killer whale. I just thought about it. It's just that there's a killer whale missing from Ocean Street. And it's here already?"

He was extremely excited, holding the camera in his hand, waiting for the killer whale to get closer, or for the killer whale to jump out of the water, so that he could take a picture. Maybe he could really capture the famous scene of a humpback whale slapping a killer whale.

I heard that hunting conflicts between humpback whales and killer whales are not accidental, but occur frequently. The "ocean police" specialize in fighting "ocean street urchins."

Only 11% of the conflicts involved killer whales hunting humpback whales. In the majority of the rest, when killer whales hunt other animals, humpback whales will not only go to the killer whales' "crime scene", but also use calls to call their companions to help.

Orcas usually choose to back off because adult humpbacks are very combative.

It's not that killer whales are completely powerless against humpback whales. Large groups of killer whales sometimes attack adult humpback whales and pin them below the surface of the sea.

It is said that the reason why these two giants are mortal enemies is that killer whales often prey on humpback whale calves.

This hatred may cause some humpback whales to have strong hostility towards killer whales deep in their hearts. Adult humpback whales will intervene in the hunting activities of killer whales and will never let them go if they encounter them.

That’s why there is a joke that humpback whales eat, sleep and fight killer whales.

"What is Ocean Street Slide?"

"Adong, do you know that fish?"

"That's a killer whale. Humpback whales only attack killer whales. When the two species meet, they will fight."

"Oh, like that? You know a lot. Even your father doesn't know as much as you do."

"That's right, that's why it's called Qianjiang River, where the waves behind push the waves ahead."

“Is it the Yangtze River?”

Ye Yaodong was stunned for a moment, "Yangtze River? Is it the Yangtze River or the Qian River?"

"What is Qianjiang River?"

"Oh, then I remembered it wrong. Your cultural level is not good enough. You should read more books and newspapers tomorrow."

"Haha, it's enough if you can write your own name. It doesn't matter if you can't write it, it won't be used anyway. It's the same as long as you can take fingerprints."

“That’s easy to be deceived.”

He held the camera ready, watching them fighting in the sea, splashing white flowers, but no one appeared completely above the sea. His hands were sore from holding the camera.

"Ah, a school of fish, a school of fish is swimming by..."

"School of fish..."

"It's over, it's over... It's a red fish..."

"The fish have passed? Turn around quickly. Go and ask my dad to turn the boat around. The rest of you go get the hand-cast nets ready and see if you can meet them again when you turn around."

He also saw the faint shadows of red fish under the water. Red fish are generally not cheap.

This group of fish must have been driven by the killer whales to have a feast, but they happened to meet a humpback whale that heard the news and rescued the group of fish directly.

Whenever a humpback whale hears the sound of a killer whale, no matter how far away it is, it will rush over to beat it up.

So they happened to meet each other nearby.

This school of fish was not big, but it was not small either. After all, one bite of this big fish could sustain a person for a month. However, the boat and the school of fish were moving in opposite directions, so they were separated. When he took down his camera and looked at the sea, he could only see the tail of the school of fish.

After receiving their message, Father Ye quickly and slowly turned the boat around, slightly increased the speed from behind, and chased after them.

I just don't know whether the direction the fish are swimming in is the same as the direction his boat turned. Anyway, he's going to give it a try. He still has to work at sea, so he might as well try his luck.

As Ye Yaodong watched the two fighting fish getting farther and farther away, he gave up taking pictures with his camera and decided to see if he could catch some fish by casting a few nets.

Several boatmen holding two hand-cast nets looked at the sea and saw that there was no trace of fish. They could only try to cast two nets randomly. Technology was not so advanced now, and their fishing boats were still very simple, without any underwater detectors installed.

"Anyway, tell my dad that we'll just work on this area today. We'll bring the net up in an hour and see if we can catch more."

"Okay, let's cast a couple of nets and see if any of them have sunk to the bottom of the water, or swam off to some other place."

Ye Yaodong didn't have much hope and just hoped that when the fishing net was pulled up later, it would be good to have more catches. He still stood on the deck, camera in hand, looking into the distance.

"We've got goods! We've got goods!" A boatman was collecting the net, shouting excitedly.

"I'm here to help..."

"There doesn't seem to be anything on my side..."

People on both sides said that they were standing on either side of the boat, each casting a net to try their luck.

Ye Yaodong also turned his attention to the side that was shouting that there was stock, "Pull it up and see what's there?"

"Haha, let's see what delicious food such a big fish eats. With its size, I don't know how much seafood it will eat in one bite. Give them all to us, then we can make more money."

"Stop talking nonsense, pull it up quickly..."

"okay…"

The boatman spat twice on his palms, then changed hands and continued to pull the fishing net.

"One net brings gold, two nets bring silver, three nets bring a treasure bowl, four nets bring a copper net, five nets bring a full warehouse of clams and snails, six nets bring a full warehouse of shrimps and crabs, and every net brings a full boat~"

As the boatmen shouted, a net full of red fish emerged from the water.

"Wow~ Red fish, what a good product!"

"Hurry up, have you collected the empty net? Keep casting and see if you can catch some more!"

"Good good..."

"Come on, come on, try harder. This is a bit heavy and there's a lot of water..."

Ye Yaodong also watched carefully from the side. It was a horsehead fish, which was not bad. It just depended on how much weight it could weigh when it was pulled up.

At this moment, a killer whale with panda-like colors rushed across the sea, with its black dorsal fin standing upright on the sea surface.

However, for some reason, after pausing for a moment, he was caught up by the two humpback whales behind him. After catching up, they slapped his pectoral fins at him fiercely, almost knocking him unconscious.

Ye Yaodong instantly became excited again. He was alert and raised his camera again, ready to point it at the three big guys who were fighting again.

As they were fighting and moving, the fishing boat was also moving.

When the boatmen pulled up a net full of red fish and dumped it on the deck, he also happened to catch a killer whale leaping up.

When it was about to fall into the water, a humpback whale rushed in front of it, jumped up and fanned its head with its tail, hitting it right on the head.

Ye Yaodong was also surprised and immediately took several photos.

The two fish were in close contact in mid-air, and he finally got to wait for the famous scene of "Ocean Police" versus "Ocean Street Sliders".

The killer whale was slapped and became dizzy, falling to the side of the sea. It looked rather embarrassed as it fell, unlike the agile posture it had just taken when it leaped.

However, it is also flexible and cannot defeat two enemies at once. If it is attacked, it will quickly dive underwater and escape.

It is so big that even if it wants to leave, two humpback whales cannot stop it.

When the two humpback whales saw the killer whale running away again, they also dived into the water. Anyway, they had nothing else to do except eating and sleeping, so they just wanted to hunt killer whales. If they met one, they would not let it go.

As they dive, they reveal their huge tail fin, which then gradually becomes smaller and smaller until the entire tail disappears below the surface and the sea becomes calm.

The boatmen were so happy with their catch that they didn't care about the two big fish fighting each other. It was none of their business anyway. After casting one net, they immediately threw another net into the sea, ready to try again.

There were about 200 kilograms of seafood scattered on the deck at this time, with horsehead fish accounting for the largest number. There were also dozens of kilograms of miscellaneous fish, both large and small, and some scattered shrimps.

This random net, which was cast with a whim, yielded a good harvest. However, when I cast the second net and pulled it up with an empty net, I was not so lucky. It only caught about a hundred pounds of fish. Probably the fish had scattered and most of them were gone.

There was not much left when the third net was brought up, only small fish and shrimp.

However, everyone is quite content, as it is equivalent to picking up 300 kilograms of goods for free, and most of them are good.

When Father Ye saw that the two big fish had disappeared, the sea returned to calm. He changed direction again and ran to the deck.

"Have those two fish really left this time? They appear now and then, and I don't know where they are going."

"They should have left. Didn't you change direction again?"

"This is not bad after spreading two nets."

Ye Yaodong also held up the camera and said with a smile: "Not bad, these whales not only provide emotional value, but also give some sweet things. I will collect the fishing nets later to see if there are more catches. It should be more than the first two or three nets. After all, the killer whales drove the fish to this side."

Father Ye was also happy. "That means the appearance of these whales has some benefits. We can get more goods. The goods in the net we cast at night were really unbearable to look at. They were all small fish and cheap goods."

"We just came out at night and cast the net when the water level was deep enough. There must be more fish near the coast than farther out to the East China Sea. The deeper the water level, the more deep-sea fish there will be. But we can't go too far."

"That's all right. As long as there's stock, it'll be fine. Sort these fish first. I'm going to the cockpit now. I'll pull up the net in half an hour."

"it is good."

Ye Yaodong also took his camera back to the cabin. There should not be much film left in it. He would have to buy some film and check the telescope after docking.

He didn't put it in the suitcase, but just put it on the bed and covered it with a quilt, so as not to put it in the suitcase. In case something new happened later, it would be too late to take out the camera.

The boatmen on the deck were still discussing, "We just cast a net and there are 100 to 200 kilograms of fish. There must be at least several thousand kilograms under the sea. If you add the ones that escaped, there must be tens of thousands of kilograms. How big is the mouth of the fish? How much can it eat at one time?"

"That huge fish that was stranded in the village last year, wasn't it said to be a vegetarian? Could it be that it's just being rushed for fun?"

"Tsk~Fish are different from each other, just like people are different from each other. It's not like you're too full."

Ye Yaodong also squatted down, "These horsehead fish should weigh about 200 kilograms, and if I add some groceries, I can sell them for or yuan."

It’s okay, worth the value of the ordinary semi-net goods they haul.

It's just a matter of luck and casting a few random nets.

"We are lucky. Our ship is lucky. God bless us."

"Let's eat after we finish picking. After we finish eating, we have to collect the nets again. We can collect them together after the next net is collected. Anyway, everything at the bottom will be thrown back into the sea."

"Okay okay."

They moved back and forth on the sea, circling and changing direction constantly, but it had no effect on the Harvest. It was still far away and could only be seen as a small dot on the sea.

Perhaps the Harvest didn't know that they had just encountered three big fish fighting.

We are so far away from each other and I don’t know if there is anything new happening there.
He hurried to finish his meal, then went to the cockpit to replace his father, allowing his father to eat first.

Father Ye said cheerfully, "I just connected with my in-laws and told him that we just encountered three fish that were almost as big as our boat. He was surprised and said he also encountered a fish half the size of the Harvest."

"But it's said that the fish was photographing the turtle, and the turtle was originally lying on the sea surface sleeping. It's really novel."

"He also described the fish. It looked the same as the killer whale we just saw. We don't know if it was the same one."

Killer whales are really hated by people, so they invite cats and dogs to walk.

"That should be the case. The two boats are not far away from each other, so it should only be a short distance for the fish."

"Well, did you take several pictures of fish with your camera just now?"

"Correct."

"What a waste of money. Don't take pictures next time. Film is so expensive. Buying a camera just to take pictures of fish? How extravagant! You don't even take pictures of people, so why take pictures of fish? If you tell anyone about it, you'll be scolded to death."

Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes. "It's my camera. I like it. Who cares? Isn't the purpose of buying a camera to use it?"

"Then photographing people is better than photographing fish..."

"Stop arguing and go eat your meal. Why are you still nagging here? I didn't spend your money, but you're still feeling bad."

"Of course I feel bad..."

"Go, go, go, I'll drive the boat... Stop making noise..."

　On the fifth day of the first lunar month, the God of Wealth will be welcomed into the house, and the basin will be filled with gold, silver and jewelry! I wish everyone great fortune in the Year of the Dragon! Happy Valentine's Day, and happy singles too!
　　
　
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