"What are you looking at? Are they all barnacles?" Ye's father didn't know why, so he followed him 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 surprised.
It's rare to see such a big whale in my life. There is no shop like this after passing this village.
This is also rare news to the surrounding villagers.
Even if those who live by the sea are not fishermen, they are also seaside villagers, and they are extremely familiar and enthusiastic about the sea.
Most of the people gathered around the gray whale, pointing, talking, and marveling.
"This fish is bigger than a car, how much does it cost?"
"You have to see if anyone wants it. It's hard to weigh someone so big..."
"I have never seen such a big fish in my life. There are too many barnacle spats on it, right?"
They squeezed around the belly of the gray whale again, pushing through the crowd.
"Excuse me, excuse me, we caught this fish."
"Give me a moment and let the boss of our ship come in..."
Father Ye struggled to squeeze in and complained, "Why are there so many people all of a sudden?"
A boatman asked: "Did A Dong call? Is it the Public Security Bureau or the Ocean Bureau? When will they come?"
"Not yet, let me confirm something first and give me the gloves on your hands."
The boatman was a little confused, but he still took off his gloves and gave them to him.
Ye Yaodong put on his gloves and 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 belly..."
"What's wrong with your stomach?" Father Ye still didn't understand.
Ye Yaodong sighed in his heart, his father really couldn't get enough of Pei's father.
"Don't you think its belly is a bit big?"
"Really... just looking at the barnacles on it, I thought it was normal for such a big fish belly, isn't it normal?"
Father Pei frowned, "Do you think it has a baby in its belly?"
"Well, a whale is a mammal. 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. There are barnacles on its belly and I can't touch it. I'll touch it and see."
The abdomen would indeed be softer, but he couldn't figure out the reason after touching it for a long time.
"How's it going? Did you touch the cub?"
"Oh, my ability is limited. I have never given birth to a child, so my ability is a bit weak. You guys try it. I will go ashore and make a phone call. You should keep an eye on this place and don't let anyone rob you."
As Ye Yaodong spoke, he took off his gloves again 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? There are so many of us."
"Um."
"Feel it to see if there is a baby in your belly?" Father Pei urged Father Ye, "It's been a long time, isn't it hard to live with a baby?"
"What can you touch? Who knows what it's like for a whale to carry its calf? If you can touch it, can't I deliver the baby?"
Father Ye thought casually and stretched out his hand to touch the belly of the gray whale.
"I didn't touch anything. Just these barnacles. What can I touch..."
Father Pei felt anxious when he saw him dawdling. He watched the boatman next to him follow Father Ye's example, stretching out his hand to reach around and pulling him over.
"Give me the gloves, I'll try them on, touch them and see..."
As the tide receded and got lower, more and more people were surrounding it. Some people had no idea what was happening, but seeing the crowd here, they came over to take a look.
The busier the place, the more people there are.
Ye Yaodong only went to make a phone call. It only took an hour to get back and forth, and he couldn't squeeze in anymore.
There are three floors inside and three outside, and they are full of people. Some people even brought their own benches from home and stood on them to watch. He was almost dumbfounded. He could understand the big show and even brought his own stools to watch the excitement.
There are still benches, standing in a row, making it difficult for people to squeeze in even if they want to.
He could only shout and squeeze in every possible way, but he only got scolded once and still couldn't squeeze in.
"I'm going to strangle it. I've obviously worked so hard to get it back, but I still can't get in..."
He shook off his cotton-padded jacket and was sweating from running back and forth. He couldn't squeeze in, so he had to stand outside and wait.
There was constant discussion around, and the invisible people pricked up their ears to listen to the excited talk of the visible people.
He also listened and waited for someone to come over.
Obviously he only called Director Chen of the Ocean Bureau, but the Coast Guard arrived first. He didn't know that the Coast Guard was so close that the people's discussion was carried there.
After waiting for two hours, I saw a group of uniformed people 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 was coming, the crowd had to make way for them anyway, so he could squeeze in.
After a while, the surrounding police cordon was pulled up, and he squeezed into the front row along with these uniformed people.
"Who discovered this first..."
"us……"
"We dragged it back from the sea..."
They all quickly raised their hands in response.
The people from the Coast Guard looked at the fishermen who raised their hands, asked who was the boss of the boat, and sent someone to answer. Everyone pointed to Ye Yaodong in the back.
Those people also turned to ask Ye Yaodong.
Only then could Ye Yaodong barely stand at the front.
He told the story of how he discovered the whale, the process, and the result.
"Comrade, based on my experience, I think this gray whale has a calf in its belly, and it was only ten hours after this gray whale died. Now call a doctor to come and dissect it, and maybe they can identify the calf inside."
Still alive."
"Are there any cubs?" The person who asked the question was surprised.
"Yes, its belly is bulging. I think it must have a baby. I need to take it out now, otherwise it won't survive for a long time."
"You dragged them all the way back. Even if the cubs are still alive?"
"You can't say for sure. This whale is so big, and the calf it gave birth to must be several meters tall. We have to cut open its belly to know whether it can survive."
"It's just a fish...wait a moment..."
The person who asked the question first went to communicate with the people in uniform around him.
Ye Yaodong also walked towards the people on his side and complained: "There are so many people, I can't even squeeze in. I sat on the beach and waited for a long time."
Father Ye asked curiously: "Why didn't you see the leader?"
Xiaowu asked: "The clothes they wear are also different. When I went to receive the award, I saw that the Ocean Bureau did not wear these clothes. Where did these people come from?"
"I don't know where they came from. These people said they were from the Coast Guard. Anyway, they were wearing uniforms. They just asked us what we asked. We will wait and see. I called to inform the Ocean Bureau, which should be arriving soon.
.”
Father Pei asked: "Doctors treat people, is it okay to cut open this fish?"
"Okay? Anyway, we just need to cut open the belly. The fish is dead and not human, so there shouldn't be any pressure."
He felt that he could do it if given a knife.
"Have you given an explanation?"
"Yes, just wait."
Those in uniforms whispered, but they didn't say what to do, and they didn't get answers to their questions, so they could only wait.
It wasn't until almost noon that another group of people came over and shouted at the crowd to move aside. Only then did Ye Yaodong and the others see a familiar figure.
"Director Chen is here."
As soon as Director Chen squeezed in, he shook hands with other people from the Coast Guard and said hello, then asked about the current situation before looking at Ye Yaodong and others.
"It's best if there is a baby in the belly. I am an old man who is willing to risk everything. I just brought a military doctor here because of my guarantee. I don't know if it will work."
Ye Yaodong squeezed beside him with a smile on his face, "There is a 70 to 80 percent chance, but I don't know if he will survive if he is cut open now."
"Then hurry up and let the military doctor take a look first. We will understand the situation while we look at it."
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 notify me, so I brought a military doctor. Comrade Ye Yaodong, do you know? The one who was in the news a few days ago and caught an overseas spy equipment, and a whole boatload of them were commended by the city.
, what’s extraordinary today is that we actually dragged back a whale.”
The people in uniform around him looked at him in surprise.
"It's him..."
Ye Yaodong just laughed from the side.
The other people's backs straightened up and they felt proud of themselves.
Director Chen had nothing to do, watching the military doctor playing with the fish, and bragging about Ye Yaodong to others with a smile.
"Although this young man is young, he is very capable. At such a young age, he is the boss of several ships. He is very powerful. He even caught a torpedo from the Anti-Japanese War before..."
"So powerful?"
"Did you see that he has a share in these three big ships in front of you? Whose youngster do you think is 30 years old and doesn't have so many ships?"
"That's true..."
Director Chen was talking lively to others, and he was also watching the military doctor with a knife to dissect the whale attentively.
"As a doctor, now I'm dealing with fish, and I don't know if I can do it?"
"A Fish still needs a military doctor. I just made a phone call and thought about arranging a car to take it back and then ask the leader what to do."
"It's not easy to land such a big whale. The institute needs such famous and big marine creatures..."
"There are too many barnacles on this whale..."
"Comrade Ye Yaodong said that he died probably because of these barnacles."
Ye Yaodong nodded and answered, "Yes, whales swim slowly, and this gray whale is notoriously slow among whales and is particularly susceptible to being parasitized by barnacles..."
The gray whale he was referring to was talking...
Everyone listened carefully to what he said and stared at the military doctor.
"There is indeed a cub...it seems to be alive..." the middle-aged military doctor suddenly said, and everyone was surprised and quickly looked closer.
"Really, I saw the tail...it seemed to be moving..."
"I saw it too..."
"There really is a cub! Why didn't I see any movement?"
"Oh, you're still alive..."
A bunch of people were amazed, and Ye Yaodong was also a little excited. He was really right.
The military doctor continued to cut upwards with the knife along the belly where a cut had been made, and the baby whale inside gradually emerged.
Ye Yaodong also took the opportunity to pick up the camera hanging around his neck and took two pictures.
This kind of scene can probably only be seen once in a lifetime.
The military doctor shouted: "You have to go get the sea water, otherwise you will die immediately, but this one seems to be dying soon."
"How can we catch the sea water and send it to the sea?"
The tide has receded to the bottom, but today is not a spring tide, and the water level is not very low. There is still some water under their feet, but if they want to cover the little whale, they still have to walk a few meters forward.
"Once it's cut out, let's carry it into the sea water below, shall we?"
"Then lift it down and it will come out immediately. You can still move now, but you won't know about it later. The mother's body has been dead for too long."
Director Chen frowned, "So it's a good thing we were dragged back, otherwise we would have died together in the sea?"
The military doctor said while doing the autopsy: "It's almost the same. If we wait a little longer, we will almost die. Now I don't know if I can survive after the autopsy."
"Just die, right? A fish is nothing?" one of the onlookers said.
"You can't say that. It feels a bit pity. It was quite a big one and it died immediately."
"Okay, we're out. Come over and help lift 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. I don't know if it can survive.
.”
After the military doctor finished speaking, Ye Yaodong quickly called on a few people to help carry it.
The newly disemboweled calf still had its eyes closed, its tail could still move a few times, and there was still blood on its body. It looked bloody and a bit miserable.
"Be careful, move quickly, and quickly carry it to the water in front."
"good……"
"Move forward a little bit, as long as you get more water on your body, right?"
"Put it in the water early..."
Everyone waited until the water was up to their knees before they stopped and put the little whale into the water.
"That's it. If you're stranded, you'll still have water on your body."
He was afraid that if he delayed for a while longer, he would die.
As soon as it was put into the water, the baby whale opened its eyes soon.
Ye Yaodong was delighted, "Is this possible?"
"It should be alive, right?"
"Wait and see, we just got wet."
All the people around them moved over with them, and saw a little life suddenly come to life. Although it was a fish, it was not an ordinary fish. Everyone was a little happy, and a smile appeared on their faces involuntarily.
"This little whale was about two meters long when it was born. It's really quite big."
"Who says it isn't? Some fish never grow more than two meters in their lifetime, but this fish was born that big."
"Then what should we do now? It moved a few times and is still stranded here. Are you sure it is alive?"
Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you, and they were not sure. They all looked at the military doctor, but the military doctor didn't know either.
Ye Yaodong looked at Director Chen again and said, "This little whale seems to need milk just after it was born."
“I still want to eat milk!!!”
Everyone was surprised.
"Do fish still need milk?"
"Where did the milk come from? That whale is dead."
"The whale still needs milk?"
Ye Yaodong didn't know how to tell them that whales are mammals.
There is really a lack of marine information these days. Everyone’s understanding of marine life is very limited. At most, they are familiar with some common ones and then pass them on by word of mouth.
In other words, experienced fishermen will know relatively more, but it is also 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?"
Baby whales are very fragile after birth and are not able to move and find food like other animal babies.
This means that the mother whale must provide adequate nutrition to meet the needs of her newborn.
The main source of diet for newborn whales is the milk of their mothers.
Ye Yaodong gave Director Chen some knowledge based on what he had watched in the short videos in his previous life.
"This little whale was born without the ability to hunt and move. Now it can only survive if it is soaked in water, but it needs to drink its mother's milk to grow up."
"Well, it has to be dragged by the female whale before it can swim, otherwise it won't survive if it is released directly into the sea."
"What should we do?"
Ye Yaodong spread his hands. He didn't know. He just felt that there should be a baby in this whale, so he chose to drag it back to make sure. If there was one, he could still save it.
If not, there won't be any big losses. Anyway, if this big whale can be dragged back, there won't be any losses.
But now I have saved, but I don’t know how to support myself...
The mother was already dead. It was no longer easy for the little whale to survive, and there was no way to catch a mother whale and feed it.
"It was a rare miracle that it was still alive after being cut out with great difficulty. Should we just let it die like this?" The military doctor couldn't bear it. After all, he was the one who delivered the baby.
Generally, fish excrete their eggs directly. This kind of viviparous baby whale gives birth to such a big calf. This is the first time for everyone to see it.
Ye Yaodong also frowned, finally surviving.
"Now soaking it in water can only keep it alive, but it's hard to say that it has been stranded without anything to eat. After all, for such a large body, the daily intake is staggering."
"Only breast milk?"
"You can think of it like a newborn baby that cannot take care of itself."
Everyone looked at each other in shock.
Seeing this little whale delivered by caesarean section with my own eyes made me feel that it had a different meaning, and I was a little reluctant to let it die.
"Director Chen should try to find a way to see if we can feed them scientifically?"
Director Chen looked at him blankly, "What is scientific feeding?"
"Call and ask experts who specialize in marine life to see if there is any way to feed this little whale through technological means?"
"How can these two whales, one big and one small, live and die, contribute to China's marine scientific research? Live ones are more valuable than dead ones. Scientific and technological means should be able to keep the baby whales alive as much as possible, right?
"
"Our country has so many scientists, oceanographers, and so many research institutes. We can always find a way, right?"
"Isn't marine life worth studying? Life would be more meaningful, why don't you contact various people and take a look?"
"I managed to save this little whale, so you probably won't be able to let it go, right? It's such a big baby after birth, not to mention that the mother whale is already dead, so this little whale won't survive if it's released."
Director Chen looked confused, "Then I'll ask my superiors to check. I heard what you said on the phone earlier, so I thought I'd come over and have a look, and then contact Heavy Truck to come over and 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 together. I didn't expect that it would have to be fed."
"We can't really leave it here to die. Life is more meaningful than death. I'll make a phone call first to have a look."
Ye Yaodong nodded, "As soon as possible. If you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry. A newborn whale baby is as fragile as a human baby. I don't know how long it can last."
"I know, let's go find a place to make a call now."
After Director Chen finished speaking, he only named one person and took him away first. He came here on a motorcycle. It was quick to go out and make a phone call, and there was no need for Ye Yaodong to follow him.
Ye Yaodong saw that it was past noon and everyone was still hungry, so he found Lin Guangyuan standing by and gave him 50 yuan, asking him to ride on his second uncle's tractor to pack more meat and vegetables.
And he also ordered two boatmen to go to the boat to cook several pots of rice and two pots of fish soup.
There are dozens of people waiting here, and we can't just wait hungry. We still need to eat, and who knows how long we will have to wait.
It is estimated that Director Chen reported it to his superiors, contacted everyone, and waited for instructions from his superiors.
The surrounding cordon was stretched even longer, encompassing the little whale.
The little gray whale still had its wet eyes open, staring unblinkingly at the mother whale in front of it. Its body was close to the beach, and only its tail would swing a few times.
Everyone gathered around this little gray whale, pointing and talking.
After Ye Yaodong assigned all the work, he took the opportunity to pick up the camera around his neck and took a photo, and also asked someone to take a group photo of him.
Suddenly, the little gray whale made a strange cry, which startled everyone.
"It still barks!"
"It's normal. Don't dolphins also scream?"
"Yes, it's normal for such a big guy to bark when he's born."
While they were waiting, the little gray whale called twice.
Everyone was a little confused and just thought it was a casual call and continued to point and talk about the two gray whales, one big and one small, one dead and one alive.
After waiting for a long time, Director Chen finally arrived.
"The order won't be issued so quickly. You have to wait first, so let's stay here for now. I left a person waiting in front of the phone. If there is an order to be dispatched, I will come and notify you later."
"Then everyone can only wait."
Ye Yaodong also said to himself: "Then just wait for now. I don't think you will go back until this matter is settled."
"Then I'll have to wait and see what happens next. It's amazing. I didn't expect that this whale died but there was still a little whale in its belly that was still alive."
"They were discovered too timely. If they hadn't been seen, one large and one small would have sunk into the sea and died together."
"We have contributed one and two whales, right? There is also a live baby whale. Can we get a reward?"
"It should be possible, right?"
Everyone is very thoughtful and discusses directly in front of the leader.
Others can't understand it, but Director Chen is a local there, so of course he can understand the local dialect they speak.
However, he did not respond. It was not him who had the final say whether to reward or not.
Ye Yaodong coughed twice and said, "Just follow the leader's arrangements."
Director Chen also echoed, "Just watch, it doesn't matter what I said."
Everyone immediately changed the subject and talked about other things.
They waited as Ye Yaodong expected, and they waited all afternoon. Fortunately, neither the uniformed ones nor they were hungry, and they still had food to eat.
Even the boss praised him for being sensible, arranging, and thoughtful.
In the middle of the afternoon, they also received news that a heavy truck would be sent to pick up the two whales. The researchers were unable to come for the time being, but they would first get a container to house the small whales.
But arranging dispatch is not that fast, you still have to wait.
As time goes by, the tide slowly rises. The first thing everyone feels is that the tide is growing up from the legs little by little, and gradually fills up the little gray whale.
But the tide submerged it, and it couldn't move, it was still in the same place.
"Help move it forward. You also need to let it breathe the air on the water. It can't stay soaked in the water."
"Why haven't you come yet? The sun is going down."
"I've been delayed all day, just waiting here and doing nothing."
"There's nothing you can do about it, just wait, it should be soon, right?"
The number of people watching the excitement outside changed one after another. The same people came and left again, but the number did not decrease much.
Everyone was probably just watching the fun and basking in the sun.
They are the only ones standing here waiting as the same team, but there are more people in uniforms.
Ye Yaodong watched the tide rising little by little, and asked everyone to move the little gray whale upward little by little.
He was the only one here who was familiar with this gray whale, so no one blocked his actions and everyone listened to him.
When he moved the little gray whale little by little closer to 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...
This little gray whale had been lying in the water without any reaction.
Everything has spirituality.
He then asked people to move the little gray whale further forward and put the gray whale on the chest of the mother whale to avoid the knife wounds and make their bodies fit together.
The baby gray whale's head has been pushed towards the mother whale's chest. This time, even the fins have moved, and the fins have been placed on the mother whale's body. It looks like it is hugging its mother.
Witnessing this spectacular scene, even everyone was silent now, feeling very awe. This is the awe of life.
"Everything has spirituality."
Although the baby gray whale has just been born, it knows its mother.
Director Chen also sighed, "Animals also have love."
"Yeah, I didn't expect this whale to have Oedipus. Fish also have family affection."
"Dongzi said it well, everything has spirituality, hey."
Everyone looked at the little gray whale and felt a little emotional.
The little gray whale screamed for a while, stopped, and then screamed again after a while, but the fins were placed on the mother whale and did not move.
Fortunately, the tide has risen, so it can move to its mother. It was soaking in the water from a distance just now, and it was probably screaming at the mother whale.
Now that the tide is rising little by little, the little gray whale is completely submerged in the water, and its tail is wagging even more.
"What should we do? If the tide continues to rise, it will be full in two hours and it will be dark." Father Ye looked at Director Chen and asked.
Director Chen didn't know what to do. He said he had arranged it, but he didn't know when the car would come.
He didn't want the little whale to die either.
Just when everyone was at a loss what to do, the crowd screamed in surprise.
"There are big trucks..."
"The big truck is coming..."
"They must be here to pull in these two whales."
Chapter completed!