Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1195 All Things Have Spirits

"What are you looking at? It's all barnacles." Father Ye didn't understand and followed him, also heading towards the abdomen.

"Go and take a closer look."

The people around him didn't know what he meant, so they could only follow him to take a look.

At this time, as the tide receded, more and more people gathered around, and everyone was extremely amazed.

It's rare to see such a big whale in a lifetime. Once you miss it, you will never see it again.

This is rare news for the surrounding villagers.

Even if those who live by the sea are not fishermen, they are still villagers by the sea and are particularly familiar with and passionate about the sea.

Most of the people surrounded the gray whale, pointing, talking, and exclaiming in amazement.

"This fish is bigger than a car. How much does it cost?"

"You have to see if anyone wants it. It's so big that it's hard to weigh..."

"I've never seen such a big fish in my life. There are too many barnacle juveniles on it, right?"

They crowded around the gray whale's belly again, pushing aside the crowd that was surrounding it.

"Make way, make way, we caught this fish."

"Make way, let our captain come in..."

Father Ye squeezed in with great effort and complained, "Why are there so many people all of a sudden?"

A boatman asked, "Did Adong make a phone call? The Public Security Bureau or the Ocean Bureau? When will they come?"

"Not yet, let me confirm something first. Give me the gloves on your hands."

The boatman was a little confused, but still took off his gloves and gave them to him.

While putting on his gloves, Ye Yaodong asked the two old guys beside him, "Did you find anything?"

"What?" Father Ye was confused.

Father Pei was a little undecided. He frowned and said hesitantly, "Its stomach..."

"What's wrong with your stomach?" Father Ye still didn't understand.

Ye Yaodong sighed in his heart. His father was really no match for Pei's father.

"Don't you think its belly is a little big?"

"Really... Just looking at the barnacles on it, I thought it was normal for a fish to have such a big belly. Isn't it normal?"

Father Pei frowned, "Do you think it has a baby in its belly?"

"Well, whales are mammals. Its belly is a bit big, which is a bit unreasonable. But I'm not sure. I didn't have gloves on my hands just now, and its belly is covered with barnacles, so I can't touch it. Let me touch it and see."

The abdomen was indeed a little softer, but he felt it for a long time and couldn't figure out what it was.

"How's it going? Did you touch the cub?"

"Alas, my abilities are limited. I have never given birth to a child, so my abilities are a little weak. You guys try. I'll go ashore to make a phone call. You guys keep an eye on this place. Don't let anyone rob you."

As Ye Yaodong spoke, he took off his gloves and threw them to his father.

Father Ye took the gloves and said, "I haven't given birth to a child yet. How could it be robbed by someone? There are so many of us."

"Ah."

"Feel it and see if there's a baby in the belly?" Father Pei urged Father Ye. "It's been half a day. Even if there is a baby, it's hard for it to survive, right?"

"What can you feel? Who knows what it's like when a whale is pregnant? If I can feel it, can't I deliver a baby?"

Father Ye muttered to himself as he reached out and touched the belly of the gray whale.

"I didn't find anything. Just these barnacles, what can I find..."

Father Pei became anxious when he saw that he was hesitating. He watched the boatman next to him imitate Father Ye, stretching out his hand to feel around and then pulling the boat over.

"Give me the gloves, let me try them on and feel them..."

As the tide receded, more and more people gathered around. Some people had no idea what was happening, but seeing so many people around, they came over to take a look.

The more lively the place, the more people there are.

It only took Ye Yaodong an hour to make a phone call and he couldn't squeeze in anymore.

It was packed with people. Some people even brought their own benches from home and stood on them to look. He was almost dumbfounded. He could understand watching a big show, but he could also bring his own benches to watch the fun.

There are long benches, with people standing in a row, making it impossible to squeeze in.

He could only squeeze in by shouting and pushing, but he only got scolded and still couldn't get in.

"Oh my god! I got this back after so much trouble, but I still can't get in..."

He shook his cotton jacket. He was sweating from running back and forth. He couldn't squeeze in, so he had to stand outside and wait and see.

There was constant discussion around, and even those who couldn't see pricked up their ears to listen to the excited speeches of those who could see.

He also listened from the side and waited for someone to come.

Clearly, he only called Director Chen of the Oceanic Administration, but the Coast Guard arrived first. Perhaps because the Coast Guard was closer, the voices of the people's discussion were heard there.

After waiting for two hours, I saw a group of people in uniform running down from the shore.

As they approached, they shouted at the crowd to move back.

Ye Yaodong also stood up quickly. No matter who came, the crowd would automatically make way for them so that he could squeeze in.

After a while, a cordon was set up around the area, and he squeezed to the front row along with the uniformed men.

“Who discovered this first…”

"us……"

"We dragged it back from the sea..."

They all raised their hands in response.

The people from the Coast Guard looked at the fishermen who raised their hands, asked who the captain was, and sent someone to answer. Everyone then pointed at Ye Yaodong at the back.

Those people also turned around and asked Ye Yaodong.

Only then could Ye Yaodong barely stand at the front.

He described in detail how he discovered the whale, the causes, the process, and the results.

"Comrade, based on my experience, I think there is a calf in the belly of this gray whale. Moreover, this gray whale has only been dead for a dozen hours. Let's call a doctor to perform an autopsy on it now. The calf inside may still be alive."

"You have a cub?" The person asking the question was surprised.

"Yes, its belly is bulging, I think it must be pregnant, we have to take it out quickly, otherwise it will die if we wait too long."

"You dragged them all the way back. Can they survive even if they have cubs?"

"That's hard to say. This whale is so big, and its calf must be several meters long. We have to open its stomach to know whether it can survive."

"It's just a fish...wait a minute..."

The person asking the questions first went to communicate with the people in uniform around him.

Ye Yaodong also walked towards the people on his side and complained, "There were so many people, I couldn't even squeeze in, I sat on the beach and waited for a long time."

Father Ye asked curiously, "Why didn't I see that leader?"

Xiao Wu asked, "The clothes they wear are different too. When I went to receive the award before, I saw that the people from the Ocean Bureau were not wearing these clothes. Where did these people come from?"

"I don't know where they came from. They said they were from the Coast Guard. Anyway, they were in uniform, so we just had to answer whatever they asked us. We'll have to wait and see for the rest. I called to notify the Ocean Bureau, and they should be here soon."

Father Pei asked: "Doctors are supposed to treat patients. Is it okay for me to cut open this fish?"

"Is it okay? Anyway, we just need to cut open the belly. The fish is dead, and it's not a human. There shouldn't be any pressure."

He felt that if he was given a knife, he could do it too.

"Have you explained?"

"Yes, wait."

Those in uniform whispered among themselves, but didn't say what to do. There were no answers to their questions, so they could only wait.

It was not until almost noon that another group of people came running over and shouted at the crowd to move aside. Only then did Ye Yaodong and his friends see the familiar figures.

"Director Chen is here."

As soon as Director Chen squeezed in, he shook hands and greeted the other people from the Coast Guard, then asked about the current situation before looking at Ye Yaodong and others.

"It would be best if she's pregnant. I'm risking my reputation and bringing a military doctor with me. I don't know if it will help."

Ye Yaodong squeezed next to him with a smile on his face, "There's a 70 to 80 percent chance, but I don't know if he'll be alive if we cesarean section now."

"Then hurry up and let the military doctor take a look first. We will understand the situation while we are watching."

The comrade from the Coast Guard smiled and said, "So you came prepared and even brought a military doctor with you."

"Comrade Ye Yaodong called me to inform me, so I brought a military doctor with me. Comrade Ye Yaodong, do you know him? He was in the news a few days ago for catching a foreign spy with equipment. The people on his boat were also commended by the city. Today, they even hauled back a whale."

The people in uniform around him looked at him in surprise.

"It's him..."

Ye Yaodong just laughed beside him.

Everyone else straightened their backs and felt proud of it.

Director Chen had nothing to do, so he watched the military doctor fiddling with the fish, and smiled as he boasted about Ye Yaodong to others.

"Don't underestimate this young man because he is very capable. He is the captain of several ships at a young age. He is very powerful. He even fished out a torpedo from the Anti-Japanese War..."

"So powerful?"

"See? He owns all three of these big ships. Have you ever seen a young man who owns so many ships before he's 30?"

"That's true..."

Director Chen was chatting excitedly with others and was also concentrating on watching the military doctor using a knife to dissect a whale.

"I'm a doctor who treats people, but now I'm facing a fish. I don't know if it will work."

"A military doctor was needed for a fish. I just made a phone call and was thinking of arranging a car to take it back and then asking the leader what to do."

"It's not easy to get such a big whale ashore. The research institute needs this kind of famous and large marine creatures..."

"There are too many barnacles on this whale..."

"Comrade Ye Yaodong said that it was probably because of these barnacles that he died."

Ye Yaodong nodded and continued, "Yes, whales swim slowly, and this gray whale is notoriously slow among whales, and is particularly susceptible to barnacle parasitism..."

The gray whale he was referring to was talking...

Everyone listened to him with their ears perked up and their eyes fixed on the military doctor.

"There is indeed a cub... and it seems to be alive..." The middle-aged military doctor suddenly spoke, and everyone was surprised and quickly moved closer to take a look.

"Really? I saw the tail... and it seemed to move a little..."

"I also saw..."

"There really is a cub! Why didn't I see it move?"

"Oh, you're still alive..."

A bunch of people were amazed, and Ye Yaodong was also a little excited. He really was right in his judgment.

The military doctor continued to cut upwards along the belly where an incision had already been made, and the baby whale inside gradually revealed its shape.

Ye Yaodong also took the opportunity to pick up the camera hanging around his neck and took two pictures.

This kind of scene is something you will probably only see once in your lifetime.

The military doctor shouted, "You have to get sea water, or you will die immediately. But this one seems to be dying soon."

"How can we collect seawater here? It's better to send it into the sea."

The tide had receded to the bottom, but today was not a high tide, so the water level was not very low. There was still some water under their feet, but if they wanted to get past the little whale, they still had to walk forward a few meters.

"Once we cut it out, shall we carry it down to the sea?"

"Then carry it down. It will be out soon. It can still move now, but I don't know what will happen later. The mother has been dead for too long."

Director Chen frowned and said, "It's a good thing they were dragged back, otherwise they would have died in the sea together?"

The military doctor said as he performed the dissection: "It's almost there. If we delay any longer, he will almost certainly die. We don't know if he will survive if we perform the dissection now."

"It's dead, so what? It's nothing like just a fish?" said a bystander.

"I can't really say that. It's a pity. It was a pretty big one, but it just died."

"Okay, it's out. Come quickly and help carry it. Although it's a small whale, it's still two meters long and weighs over a hundred pounds. Be careful. It's almost dead. It can only move a few times and we don't know if it can survive."

After the military doctor finished speaking, Ye Yaodong quickly called for a few people to go up and help carry the body.

The baby whale that had just been dissected out still had its eyes closed, its tail could still move a few times, and its body was covered in blood, looking a bit tragic.

"Be careful, move faster, hurry up, and carry it to the water in front."

"it is good……"

"Just move forward a little bit, as long as you get a little more water on yourself, okay?"

"Put it in the water as soon as possible..."

Everyone waited until the water was up to their knees before stopping and putting the little whale into the water.

"That's it. Even if we run aground, at least we have water on our bodies."

He was afraid that he would die if he delayed any longer.

As soon as it was put into the water, the little whale opened its eyes.

Ye Yaodong was delighted, "Is there hope?"

"He should be alive, right?"

"Wait and see, it's just wet."

Everyone around followed them and moved over. They saw a little life suddenly come to life. Although it was a fish, it was not an ordinary fish. Everyone was happy and couldn't help but smile.

"This little whale was about two meters long when it was born. It's really big."

"Who says it's not? Some fish can't grow to two meters in their entire lives, but this fish is this big when it's born."

"What should we do now? It just moved a few times and is still stranded here. Are you sure it's alive?"

Everyone looked at each other, unsure, and then looked at the military doctor, but the doctor didn't know either.

Ye Yaodong looked at Director Chen again and said, "This little whale seems to need milk after it was born."

"I want more milk!!!"

Everyone was surprised.

"Fish need milk?"

"Where's the milk? The whale is dead."

"Whales actually need milk?"

Ye Yaodong didn't know how to tell them that whales are mammals.

There is a real lack of information about the ocean these days, and people’s understanding of marine life is extremely limited. At most, they are familiar with some common ones, which are then passed down by word of mouth.

Only experienced fishermen know relatively more, but it is limited. Such large marine creatures are not often seen, after all, there are few fishing boats that can go to the deep sea.

Director Chen was also a little confused, "What should we do then?"

Whale babies are very vulnerable after birth and are not able to move and find food like other animal babies.

This means that the mother whale must provide enough nutrients to meet the needs of her newborn.

The main source of food for newborn whales is the milk of their mother.

Ye Yaodong gave Director Chen some basic knowledge based on what he had seen in the short video in his previous life.

"This little whale has no ability to hunt or move since it was born. It can only survive by soaking in water for a while, but it needs to drink its mother's milk to grow up."

"Well, it needs the mother whale to drag it to swim, otherwise it won't survive if it is released directly into the sea."

"What should I do?"

Ye Yaodong spread his hands, he didn't know either. He just thought there should be a baby inside the whale, so he decided to drag it back to confirm. If there was, he could still save it.

If not, there won't be any big loss. Anyway, as long as we can tow this big whale back, we won't lose anything.

But now I have saved him, but I don’t know how to keep him alive…

The mother has died, and it is already difficult for the little whale to survive, and there is no way to catch a mother whale to feed it.

"It was so hard to dissect the baby out and it's still alive. It's a rare miracle. Are we going to let it die like this?" The military doctor felt a little reluctant, after all, he was the one who delivered the baby.

Normally fish lay eggs directly, but this kind of live birth, and a baby whale this big, is the first time anyone has seen one.

Ye Yaodong also frowned, having finally survived.

"Now soaking in water can only ensure that it will barely survive, but if it is stranded with nothing to eat, it will be hard to say. After all, with such a large body, the amount of food it consumes every day is also astonishing."

"Only breast milk?"

"You can imagine it as a newborn baby that can't take care of itself."

Everyone looked at each other.

Watching this little whale being born by caesarean section with my own eyes, I always felt that the meaning was different, and I was reluctant to see it die.

"Director Chen, why don't you try to find a way to feed it scientifically?"

Director Chen looked at him blankly, "What is scientific feeding?"

"Why don't you call an expert who specializes in studying marine life and ask if there is any way to feed this little whale through technological means?"

"These two whales, one big and one small, one dead and one alive, can contribute to China's marine science research. The living one is more valuable than the dead one. Technology should be able to ensure that the baby whale is alive as much as possible, right?"

"We have so many scientists, oceanographers, and research institutes in our country. We can always find a way, right?"

"Isn't it worth studying marine life? It would make life more meaningful. Why don't you contact various people and see?"

"It was so hard to save this baby, you guys probably don't want to let it go, right? It's only this big since it was born, and the mother whale is dead, so this baby whale won't survive if we let it go."

Director Chen looked conflicted. "Then I'll ask my superiors. I heard what you said on the phone earlier, so I thought about coming over to take a look and then contact a heavy truck to tow it."

"I thought if there really was a baby whale, if it was alive, I could just put it in a bucket and transport it away, but I didn't expect I would have to feed it."

"We can't really just leave it here to die. It's more meaningful to be alive than dead. I'll go make a phone call and check it out first."

Ye Yaodong nodded, "Hurry up. If they don't eat, they will be very hungry. Newborn whale babies are as fragile as human babies. I don't know how long they can last."

"Got it, now let's find a place to make a phone call."

After Director Chen finished speaking, he named and took one person away and left first. He came on a motorcycle and it was quick for him to go out and make a phone call, so there was no need for Ye Yaodong to follow him.

Seeing that it was past noon and everyone was still hungry, Ye Yaodong found Lin Guangyuan nearby, gave him 50 yuan, and asked him to ride his second uncle's tractor to pack some more meat and vegetables.

He also ordered two boatmen to go to the boat and cook a few pots of rice and two pots of fish soup.

There are dozens of people waiting here. We can't just wait here on an empty stomach. We still need to eat. Who knows how long we will have to wait.

I guess Director Chen has to report to his superiors, contact them at all levels, and still has to wait for his superiors to give instructions.

The surrounding cordon was extended longer, covering the little whale as well.

The little gray whale still had its wet eyes open, staring at the mother whale in front of it without blinking, its body pressed against the beach, and only its tail was swinging a few times.

Everyone gathered around the little gray whale, pointing and talking.

After Ye Yaodong assigned all the tasks, he took the opportunity to pick up the camera around his neck and took a picture, and also asked someone to take a group photo of him.

Suddenly, the little gray whale made a strange cry, which scared everyone.

“It still barks!”

"It's normal. Don't dolphins make noises too?"

"Yeah, it's normal for a baby this big to cry."

While they waited, the young gray whale called twice.

Everyone was a little confused and thought it was just a random cry. They continued to point and talk about the two gray whales, one big, one small, one dead, and one alive.

After waiting for a long time, Director Chen finally arrived.

"The order won't come out so quickly. We have to wait. Just stay here. I've left someone waiting by the phone. If there's an order to be dispatched, he'll come over and let you know."

"Then everyone can only wait."

Ye Yaodong also said to his people: "Then wait for a while. I don't think you will go back until this matter is dealt with."

"We'll have to wait and see what happens next. It's amazing. I didn't expect that the whale died, but there was still a baby whale in its belly that was still alive."

"It was discovered just in time. If not, the two would have sunk into the sea and died together."

"We have contributed one or two whales, right? And one of them is a live baby whale. Can we get a reward?"

“Should there be?”

Each of them was very thoughtful and discussed the issue directly in front of the leader.

Others couldn't understand it, but Director Chen was a local there, so of course he could understand the local dialect they spoke.

However, he did not respond, as it was not up to him to decide whether to give the award or not.

Ye Yaodong coughed twice and said, "Just follow the leader's arrangements."

Director Chen also agreed, "Just wait and see, my words don't count."

Everyone immediately changed the subject and talked about other things.

Just as Ye Yaodong had expected, they waited for the entire afternoon. Fortunately, neither the people in uniform nor them were hungry and had food to eat.

Even his leaders praised him for being sensible and thoughtful.

In the afternoon, they also received news that a heavy truck would be sent to pull the two whales. The researchers could not come for the time being, but they would first prepare a container to place the baby whales.

But the dispatch arrangement is not that fast, so we still have to wait.

As time passed, the tide slowly rose. Everyone's first feeling was that the tide was growing up from their legs little by little, and gradually filled up the little gray whale.

But the tide submerged it and it couldn't move and remained in the same place.

"Please help it move forward and let it breathe some air above the water. It can't stay in the water all the time."

"Why haven't you come yet? The sun is about to set."

"I wasted the whole day just sitting here waiting and doing nothing."

"That can't be helped. Just wait. It should be here soon, right?"

The people outside watching the fun changed in waves, the same people came and left, and the number didn't seem to decrease much.

I guess everyone just watched the fun and basked in the sun.

They were the only ones still standing here waiting as the original group, but there were more people in uniform.

Ye Yaodong watched the tide rise little by little, and asked everyone to move the little gray whale up little by little.

He was the only one here who was familiar with the gray whale, so no one stopped him and everyone listened to him.

As he moved the little gray whale little by little around the mother whale, the little gray whale moved.

It kept making sounds from its mouth and kept pushing its head forward to collide with the mother whale.

Ye Yaodong was silent...

Before, the little gray whale had been lying in the water without any reaction.

Everything is spiritual.

He then had the baby gray whale moved forward a little further and placed on the mother whale's chest, avoiding the knife wound and making their bodies fit together.

The little gray whale kept arching its head towards the mother whale's chest. This time, it even moved its fins, placing them on the mother whale's body, making it look like it was hugging its mother.

Witnessing this spectacular sight, everyone was silent and felt awe. This was a reverence for life.

"Everything has a spirit."

Although the gray whale baby was just born, it knows its mother.

Director Chen also sighed, "Animals also have love."

"Yeah, I didn't expect that this whale would be attached to its mother. Fish also have family affection."

"Dongzi said it well, everything has a soul, hey."

Everyone looked at the little gray whale with some emotion.

The little gray whale called out once and then paused, then called out again after a while, but its fin on the mother whale did not move.

Fortunately, the tide rose and it was able to move it to its mother. Just now it was soaking in the water far away, probably shouting to the mother whale.

Now the tide is rising little by little, and the little gray whale is completely soaked in the water, shaking its tail even more vigorously.

"What should we do? If the tide continues to rise, it will be high tide in two hours and it will be dark." Ye's father looked at Director Chen and asked.

Director Chen didn’t know what to do. He said he had made arrangements, but he didn’t know when the car would arrive.

He didn't want the little whale to die either.

Just when everyone was at a loss, the crowd exclaimed.

"There are big trucks..."

"The big truck is coming..."

"They must be here to pull these two whales."

Everyone looked relieved, glad they came.