The dog's barking wasn't the usual howling of a dog, nor was it the howling sound of Wangcai (the dog) occasionally going crazy.
Instead, it was the sound of dogs fighting in the village, the kind of sound that was obviously very vulgar.
It's like a furious barking tirade, a rapid and incessant barking.
That's strange, where did the barking dogs come from?
They drew closer, their voices growing clearer. The sound was coming from behind a huge rock. Fu Wan told Fu Liang to take Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu a little further away, while she and Fu Ming went over to investigate.
Fu Liang disagreed; he was a grown man, and there was no reason for him to hide behind a girl.
Before the two could even decide who would go, Fu Ming strode towards the rock. When he got closer and took a look, hey.
"Ah Wan, guess what it is?!"
Fu Wan shook her head; she really hadn't guessed it.
"A seal! It's a seal!"
seal?
Do seals bark like dogs?
Wait, there are seals in the sea?!
Numerous questions flooded Fu Wan's mind like mushrooms after rain, but she wasn't flustered when she learned it was the seals.
Honestly, I thought there was some amazing island story coming up!
This could be made into an episode of "Approaching Science".
Knowing it was a seal, Fu Wan wasn't too scared. She put the stick aside and went over empty-handed to see what was going on.
"Hey, why is that seal hiding here?"
Fu Ming tried his best not to disturb the seal, and hid to the side chatting with Fu Wan and the others.
At this moment, Fu Wan had already walked to where he was, and upon closer inspection, she saw that it was indeed a seal.
It was still a rather small seal.
Perhaps it heard Fu Ming's voice, for the seal was startled at first, then shook its little head and looked around.
Caught off guard, they met the gazes of several people hiding by the rocks. The next second, a deafening bark erupted from the dogs.
Well, the little guy still found out.
But why was this seal hiding alone under the reef? Seals are usually social animals, but Fu Wan looked around and didn't see any other seals.
"Mom, this seal is so noisy!"
Fu Ling muttered something to herself, then leaned over to look at the seal. The next second, she was surprised to find, "Mom, this seal is injured!"
Are you injured?
Upon closer inspection, Fu Wan realized it was true; the seal's tail was pinned down by a large rock, and there were several red bloodstains beneath the rock.
She hadn't looked closely and thought the seal's tail was hidden under the rock.
No wonder the seal was barking so loudly; it was calling for help.
"Brothers, we have to rescue that seal."
It's fate that we met. Seals are also members of the sea, and they are very intelligent, about the same as a child of a few years old.
Fu Ming had no objection to Fu Wan's suggestion, but he was somewhat troubled by the seals that kept barking at them.
"Wan, will this thing bite?"
He saw the thing's teeth; they were just like Wangcai's teeth, very sharp!
"I don't think so..."
Fu Wan was a little unsure. Seals eat fish and crabs, but she had never heard of them eating people!
Then she came up with another idea, "Brother Liang, go see my dad and see if he has any tips from Xiaoyu."
First, calm the seal down with some fish, then use a stick to pry up the reef. Wouldn't that perfectly conclude the rescue operation?
Upon hearing this, Fu Liang ran off without looking back to find Boss Fu, who was still fishing. Fortunately, Boss Fu wasn't too far away. Before Boss Fu could react, Fu Liang had already dumped all the palm-sized sea bass from his bucket.
On Fu Wan's side, the seal was probably tired of yelling, as its voice sounded a bit hoarse.
Fu Wan took the fish from Fu Liang, while Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu waited beside her. She and Fu Ming climbed down the rocks and slowly approached the injured seal.
As they got closer, Fu Wan and Fu Ming both realized that the seal's injuries were quite severe.
Seeing two strange two-legged creatures suddenly descend, the seal cautiously took a step back, but forgot that its tail was still pressed under the rock, causing it to cry out in pain twice more.
"Little one, don't be nervous. We're here to help you..."
Fu Wan tried to soften her tone and speak gently to make the seal lower its guard.
The seal tilted its head and looked at them, its dark eyes clearly showing the figures of Fu Wan and Fu Ming.
Fu Wan took a small sea bass from the bucket in her hand, placed it within her reach, and then immediately stepped back.
To their disappointment, the seal did not move, nor did it lower its head to eat the fish on the reef.
It even started barking like a dog again.
"Ah Wan, this won't work!"
Fu Ming frowned and scratched his head. He still needed to calm the seal down first.
She had some experience training killer whales, but training seals was a first for her.
Fu Wan thought for a moment and then used the traditional Chinese animal taming code.
"Suckling."
"Suckling sound~"
Fu Ming saw his sister scolding the seal like she was scolding their dog, Wangcai. What was even more amazing was that the seal seemed to understand and suddenly quieted down.
Fu Wan put down the bucket she was holding and gestured for Fu Ming to hand her the stick he was holding.
She took the stick and pushed the half-dead bass towards the seal.
"Little one, this fish is edible, look here."
After saying that, she tapped the fish with her stick and then began to soothe the seal with gentle sucking.
Fu Ming was completely dumbfounded when Fu Wan was still using a dog training method to train the seal.
Seeing the seal lower its head and start eating the bass made it even more incomprehensible.
What's the principle behind this? He didn't even blink!
Why did the seal suddenly become so obedient?!
Fu Wan smiled mysteriously at the puzzled look on his face. This was the mysterious power of traditional Chinese animal taming secrets—it could suck on anything!
This seal must have been hit by a rock during the rain last night and trapped here. After a whole night, it was very hungry. It sniffed the sea bass that Fu Wan pushed towards it and then buried its head in the food, wolfing it down.
Now!
Fu Wan and Fu Ming saw that its attention was focused on eating, and were about to use a stick to pry up the reef, but Fu Wan searched for a long time and still couldn't find a suitable fulcrum.
"Ah Wan, you stay here and watch over things, I'll go move that stone."
Fu Ming was going all out; he refused to believe that this seal, which looked like a puppy, could bite him.
Fu Wan took another sea fish out of the bucket, "Then I'll attract its attention here."
The seal swallowed the sea bass in a few bites, and now it was looking at Fu Wan with bright eyes.
Fu Wan tossed the sea bass in her hand over, and it buried its head in its food, completely ignoring Fu Ming who was slowly approaching.
Fu Ming slowly approached, while Fu Wan kept an eye on the seals that were eating, and watched Fu Ming's movements.
Fu Liang, with his two children, watched from the rocky slope, his heart pounding in his chest.
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