Just then, the whale shark suddenly slapped the water with its pectoral fins, causing its body to float up slightly.
At that very moment, Ah-chan floored the accelerator, giving it full power.
"It moved, it moved..."
Someone with sharp eyes spotted it immediately.
Feng Ye had been watching closely and saw it too, and his face immediately lit up with surprise.
Although it only moved slightly and the distance it traveled was less than a meter, it still moved nonetheless.
At least it wasn't all for nothing.
As long as you can move, there is hope. Slowly move outwards, and you will eventually reach a place where the water is deep enough.
Ah-Can didn't see it or feel it, but he heard it, so he continued to accelerate forward...
Whale sharks are quite clever; they constantly slap the water with their pectoral fins, trying to keep themselves afloat...
And so, the whale shark was pulled along by the cable, moving haltingly toward the deeper water.
Fortunately, it was high tide, which allowed the whale shark to float up a little, otherwise it really wouldn't have been able to be pulled up.
A dozen minutes later, the whale shark moved several dozen meters away, and the water became much deeper, thus freeing itself from its stranded state.
Ah-chan also stopped the Rising Sun ship at the right time.
The whale shark also started swimming on its own, stopping beside the Rising Sun, waving its pectoral fins, and it was clear that it was very happy.
Having experienced it before, and seeing that it truly seemed harmless, not even wagging its tail when it reached the boat, the group was no longer so afraid.
Secretary Xiao leaped into the sea and swam to the whale shark's tail, where he untied the rope binding it.
"Go forth into the vast ocean and boundless sky."
After the cable on its tail was removed, the whale shark seemed even more excited, swimming around the Rising Sun for a while before slowly swimming away and gradually disappearing from sight.
"She's quite insightful..."
As the whale shark swam away, smiles appeared on everyone's faces.
"Let's go, let's go back to the dock."
"That's true, we can't waste any more of your time."
The Rising Sun turned its bow around and approached the dock.
Seeing that there was no more excitement to be had, the crowd gathered at the dock began to slowly disperse.
The small wooden boat, which hadn't yet gone out to collect its nets, swayed and headed towards the sea.
The Rising Sun returned to the dock, and without even stopping the diesel engine, loaded all the dried fish from the carts onto the ship and set off again.
Half an hour later, we arrived at the town's dock.
Feng Ye, carrying a sack of dried fish on his shoulder and a bucket of fish, shrimp and crab in his hand, disembarked from the boat with Ye Qingling, who was holding her son.
Then we took a bus to Sanhe Town, and it took another half hour to get around.
After getting off the bus, Feng Ye bought some cigarettes and alcohol, a few pounds of pork, and most importantly, mooncakes.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, I walked all the way from Sanhe Town to my father-in-law's house, and I was exhausted.
This time, he absolutely refused to measure it with his legs.
Isn't money meant to be spent?
It's not a big deal.
With a wave of his hand, he hired a tractor.
Even though it's not a tractor going in the same direction, as long as you pay enough, it'll be on the way.
The tractor was much faster than two legs, and it took only a dozen minutes to reach the fork in the road.
There was no way to get to the next part of the road; the tractor couldn't go any further, so we had to get off and walk.
After a difficult trek of more than twenty minutes, we finally saw my father-in-law's house.
Ye Haishan and Gao Lianxiang had no idea that their daughter and son-in-law would be back today. They were still working in the fields when their neighbors notified them.
The two happily rushed home, only to find their daughter, son-in-law, and grandson already waiting at the door, with many bags and packages beside them.
"You've come all this way, but why did you bring so much stuff?"
Although Gao Lianxiang's impression of Feng Ye had improved, she was still far away and didn't know the current situation of her daughter and son-in-law.
Therefore, she was somewhat worried that her daughter would empty the house to fill the void left by her parents' family, so she pulled her aside and whispered to herself.
She was relieved to learn that it was her son-in-law's idea, and a smile appeared on her face.
Ye Hai didn't think too much about it and carried the bags and packages into the house on his own.
Knowing he couldn't refuse, Feng Ye didn't, and followed behind him into the house with a smile.
As soon as Gao Lianxiang entered the house, she went to cook some snacks for them.
Ye Haishan chatted with Feng Ye and Ye Qingling in the main room.
Upon learning that they had hired a tractor to take them to the crossroads, he couldn't help but scold them for wasting money, saying that they hadn't even called ahead so he could have picked them up from town.
What could Feng Ye do? He could only smile and say that he had some money now and didn't care about the little bit.
"Let's stop talking now, A-Ye, A-Ling, have some snacks first, and then we can talk slowly."
Gao Lianxiang brought in three bowls of snacks, one large and one small, and placed them on the table.
"Yes, yes, you guys have some snacks first."
When the son-in-law visits, he is treated as a honored guest, and snacks are indispensable, still including brown sugar fermented rice with eggs.
Seeing her daughter, son-in-law, and grandson eating snacks, Gao Lianxiang took the opportunity to look through the things they had brought.
Cigarettes, alcohol, pork, and mooncakes were all expected, as were fish, shrimp, and crabs.
I knew my son-in-law had a boat and would come during the Dragon Boat Festival, so it's normal for him to send some fish, shrimp, and crabs over.
However, when she saw a sack full of dried fish, she was speechless.
"Ah Ye, why did you bring so much dried fish again? We haven't even finished the ones we brought for Dragon Boat Festival."
"They were all dried by myself, they're not worth much."
"How could it not be worth anything? It's very expensive to buy on the street; even the cheapest ones cost one or two yuan per kilogram."
Sanhe Town is not near the sea, so it's normal for dried seafood to be a bit more expensive, as it goes through countless intermediaries.
But their dried river fish is relatively cheap, after all, it's located near a big river.
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