"Dad, Third Uncle, Ye Ge and I have counted them. There are 70 silver ingots and 108 gold ingots, each weighing about one jin."
Hearing Ah-Can speak, Feng Jialing and Feng Jiaqing were even more shocked.
"so much?"
"I didn't miscount, did I?"
Ah-Can laughed and said, "They're arranged so neatly, how could we possibly miscount them?"
"How much is this worth? I'll never have to worry about money again."
"Yes, they've hit the jackpot and made a fortune!"
"It must be Mazu's blessing..."
"Yes, that's right, this might be a blessing bestowed upon them by the Goddess Mazu..."
They kept exclaiming in amazement as they spoke.
"Alright, Dad, Third Uncle, you've looked at it, put it all back."
"Yeah, we really have to pretend. Our hearts can't take it if we look at this for too long."
"Yes, yes, I feel the same way. Let's install it quickly."
The two men placed the wooden planks inside, then put the silver ingots inside and arranged them neatly, before closing the box.
"What do you plan to do with this box of gold and silver ingots?"
"After breaking up, they hid it..."
Ah-chan explained their ideas.
“That’s true. You’re not short of money now, so there’s no need to sell it. If you really need money later, you can sell it then.”
"Yes, it's better to keep it hidden. We shouldn't flaunt our wealth; we can't let anyone know."
Feng Jiaqing and Feng Jialing each commented that they felt A-Can and Feng Ye's approach was very prudent.
"Um……"
Ah Can had just nodded when he suddenly slapped his thigh: "Oh no, I forgot that Brother Ye is still underwater, and there are still two boxes that haven't been brought up."
As he spoke, he turned around and hurriedly ran to the side of the boat, reaching out to pull the rope.
Although the rope wasn't moving at the moment, he figured the box must have been tied up and was just waiting for him to pull it up.
However, he had left the side of the boat and thus missed the signal.
As expected, upon pulling, I felt a heavy weight coming from the other end.
Upon hearing this, Feng Jiaqing and Feng Jialing quickly ran out of the cabin to help.
With the combined efforts of the three, the box was quickly pulled onto the deck.
Ah-Can wiped the sweat from his forehead: "There's one more, it should be tied up by now."
"Then let's pull it up first."
As Feng Jiaqing spoke, he walked to the side of the boat and reached out to grab the rope.
Just then, he glanced over and saw a large group of squid swimming towards him from beneath the surface of the sea.
"Are the squid coming to lay their eggs so early today?"
He was surprised for a moment, then exclaimed excitedly, "Ah Chan, quickly go get the hand net! Squid, there's a squid coming!"
"What?"
Ah-chan was taken aback, but quickly realized what was happening. Without even looking at the sea, he turned and rushed into the cabin to retrieve the hand net.
Feng Jialing also ran to a boat moored nearby to get a hand-thrown net.
As for the box that hasn't been pulled up yet, we'll leave that for now; catching the squid is the priority.
The three of them excitedly cast and hauled in their nets from the boat...
Meanwhile, Feng Ye, in the sea, was being bathed in the ink of a squid.
It turned out that after tying up the third box, he gave the signal, but Ah-chan never pulled it up.
This puzzled him. Had Ah-Can not see it?
Or is there some kind of problem up there?
So he tied the last box with a rope and quickly floated upwards.
However, when he had only risen halfway up the surface, he saw a large group of squid swimming towards him.
"Why did the squid arrive at this time?"
Feng Ye's eyes widened, and he stopped his ascent, looking at the hungry squid swimming towards him, a question rising in his mind just like his father's.
Squid can swim very fast.
In the blink of an eye, the squid swimming ahead was right in front of him.
Before he could react, the squids unceremoniously sprayed ink at him.
In an instant, the pitch-black ink spread out, enveloping him in a misty haze.
It was like a smoke bomb exploding next to me, instantly blurring my vision.
Startled, Feng Ye wiggled his webbed feet and tried to dodge to the side, attempting to escape the encirclement of ink.
Everything was pitch black; he couldn't see anything, just like a blind man. This feeling made him very uncomfortable.
But precisely because he couldn't see, his dodge led him astray into a swarm of squid, bumping into countless squid along the way.
This not only freed them from the ink, but also startled even more squid, causing them to spray out ink from their ink sacs.
When a swarm of squid sprays ink together, the result is predictable.
The surrounding seawater was dyed even blacker, as if it had fallen into a pool of ink.
The squid has an ink sac at the end of its rectum. The upper part is the ink sac cavity, which is where ink is stored, and the lower part is the ink gland.
Its cells are filled with black granules; aging cells gradually break down to form ink, which is then temporarily stored in the ink sac.
When a squid is threatened or needs to escape, its ink sac contracts rapidly, mixing ink with the water in its mantle cavity and spraying it out from the funnel opening, forming a black smoke screen to help it conceal itself and escape quickly.
In addition, ink contains toxins that can have a paralyzing effect on enemies.
Because it takes a considerable amount of time for a squid to accumulate a pouch of ink, it will not release its ink unless it is in dire straits.
Once it starts spraying, it can spray out five or six times in a row for more than ten minutes, and can turn 5,000 liters of water black within 5 minutes.
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