This guy still doesn't like Ye Cheng very much.
Old Li shook his head and didn't say anything. Organizing each inspection was not easy. This time, he had to beg and plead to get it done. Besides, at his age, he couldn't withstand a few more setbacks.
Just as I was feeling this, there was a sudden movement on the water, and two figures appeared in my field of vision.
"Old Li, they've come up," Cui Shuran said, pointing to the sea.
"Coming up so quickly, they probably didn't find anything," Director Zhao scoffed. "Do they think finding things is so easy? They were lucky last time, but they can't be lucky every time."
Originally overjoyed, Old Li's face immediately dimmed upon hearing Director Zhao's words.
Yes, how could it be so fast? It's only been half an hour.
Keep in mind that their divers had been down there for almost two days without finding it, so even if Ye Cheng was incredibly skilled, it was impossible for him to find it in just half an hour.
Old Li took a deep breath and calmed himself down.
Pfft!
Three heads emerged from the water; besides Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu, there was even a sea turtle that followed them out.
this...
This immediately cut off what Old Li was about to say, telling you to find the box, but you brought up a sea turtle instead.
Shouldn't we criticize you for neglecting your duties?
Ye Cheng removed his mask, revealing a clear and not foolish smile, and gave Old Li an OK sign.
"Found them, Mr. Li, five boxes!" Ye Cheng shouted.
"What? You found it already?"
"No way, it's only been half an hour?"
“Yes, we were down there for two days, how could he have found it in one go?”
The divers were the most upset by this result. It was a slap in the face. They hadn't found it in two days, but the others found it in half an hour.
Holy crap!
If word gets out, they'll never be able to work in this industry again.
Old Li was stunned for a good ten seconds before he came to his senses, his heart pounding with excitement and his hands trembling.
"You really found it?"
"Yes, put the rope down, I'll tie it up, and you guys pull it up." Ye Cheng waved to signal the rope to be lowered.
Director Zhao was dumbfounded. They had already let the rope down, which meant they had really found it.
This is too much...
That's ridiculous.
So all that time I spent squatting in this tiny place was for nothing. I might as well have just invited this kid over earlier and gotten it over with in half an hour.
Regardless, since Ye Cheng said he had found it, the rope was lowered down from the ship.
Originally, Old Li suggested sending a few divers down to help, but Ye Cheng refused.
He didn't want anyone to see him underwater without an oxygen tank.
Since the box was found, the turtle was no longer of any interest.
With the rope in hand, Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu returned to the seabed. The sea turtle still followed them closely.
The cave was too deep for Xiao Hu to go down, so Xiao Hu was the most relaxed. Ye Cheng arranged for him to pry barnacles off the sea turtles on the seabed, while he went down into the cave to start tying up boxes.
Ye Cheng moved the box slightly; it wasn't very heavy, which meant it didn't contain gold. As for what it contained, well, that was another story.
Using the buoyancy of the seawater, Ye Cheng secured the box, then pulled the rope. The people above began to exert force, and the box slowly rose upwards, eventually breaking through the seawater and seeing the light of day again.
"Yes, yes, these are them, these are them! The patterns, the material, it's definitely them, hahaha!" From a distance, Old Li shouted excitedly. He had been studying these antiques for a long time, and he never expected to actually find them.
It's like a father who studies what his child looks like every day, and when the child finally comes out of the water, he finds that the child is exactly as he imagined. How could he not be excited?
The first box broke through the water and was pulled onto the deck.
Everyone gathered around, and seawater kept flowing out of the box. When the water had mostly drained out, Old Li had someone bring tools to pry open the lock on the box.
With a clatter, the nearly rusted lock fell to the ground.
Old Li excitedly opened the box, which was covered with some dry grass, though it was now almost completely soaked.
Inside the box were six porcelain vases, each wrapped very tightly. One of them was slightly damaged, but the other five looked fine.
"Old Li, is this the official kiln porcelain you were talking about? It must fetch a lot of money, right?" Director Zhao's eyes gleamed with greed.
"Yes, this is the batch. It's not just about the money; we can also learn a lot about the history of that time from it." Old Li carefully stroked the porcelain, as if looking at his newborn baby.
"What's the value of history?" Director Zhao muttered. If Old Li weren't here, he would definitely have kept one for himself.
And that idiot Ye Cheng shouldn't have said he found them. He should have waited until they left before going down to find them. Wouldn't he have made a fortune then? A huge fortune!
What an idiot, he's not very bright.
Director Zhao was incredibly jealous, but the fool at the bottom of the sea remained completely unmoved.
There are some things that should not be touched, and Ye Cheng understands this better than anyone else.
He obediently tied up the fifth box and had it pulled up, intending to follow it up himself.
Suddenly, something caught his attention as he glanced at a corner of the cave.
A lone coconut snail clings to the cave wall.
Speaking of which, having been down in the cave for so long without seeing any seafood, this snail is not bad. Ye Cheng casually picked it off and planned to take it up to eat.
Swimming to the cave entrance, Xiao Hu had almost finished cleaning the sea turtle, and his heavy body became much lighter as he circled around Ye Cheng.
Ye Cheng handed the coconut snail to Xiao Hu and let him hold it. Then he swam up with the sea turtle.
As soon as they swam to the surface, enthusiastic applause erupted from the boat.
"Xiao Ye, you're amazing!" Old Li said, standing on the deck. The old man's face was flushed with excitement.
"Old Li, don't clap yet, pull us up first."
Ye Cheng was speechless. If we're going to celebrate, we should wait until we go up there.
After pulling Ye Cheng up, Old Li specifically showed Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu the contents of the box.
"Xiao Ye, look, aren't these porcelain pieces beautiful?"
Ye Cheng glanced at it, and said, "Hmm..."
To be honest, I don't understand, I don't understand at all.
Porcelain is said to be expensive, but the bowls we use at home are also made of porcelain, and they are quite pretty and not expensive at all.
He wasn't interested in these things that looked a bit dark in color, or in any talk about glazes.
"Well, Mr. Li, I don't understand this stuff either. All I know is 'sky blue waiting for the rain'," Ye Cheng said dismissively.
In fact, Ye Cheng only knew the general idea from the phrase "the sky is blue waiting for the rain," which meant that some kind of porcelain could only be fired on a rainy day.
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