Chapter 877 Returning to the Sea

The sea was rising higher and higher, and there was not much time left for Zhang Zian and the others.

They were eagerly looking forward to the arrival of the ship, just like the poor and lower-middle peasants looking forward to the Red Army. They even thought that the ship would not come because the leader of the fishery administration was not there.

Hearing Xiaozhi's shout, Zhang Zian and Lao Huang looked over at the same time, and sure enough, they saw a small tugboat approaching the shore, and they could vaguely see the Chinese characters "fishery administration" marked on the boat.

Old Huang was so old that he jumped up happily, crossed his hands and shouted, "Hi! We are here! We are here!"

In fact, he didn't need to shout, the minke whales were much more conspicuous than him, and the fishery tugboat had already spotted them.

Zhang Zian speeded up his hand and finished stitching up the minke whale's wound.

His technique is very rough, the skin around the wound is bumpy, and it will definitely leave ugly scars in the future. I hope it won't find a wife because of this...

Fortunately, the bleeding has stopped, and at most there is still a trace of blood oozing out. This half-adult minke whale is full of vitality, and the platelets will soon coagulate the wound.

The long-term pain disappeared, and the minke whale flapped its pectoral and tail fins happily, opened its mouth to inhale seawater, and then expel the seawater from its baleen, as if it couldn't wait to return to the ocean.

But it is difficult to do it with its own strength, because its head is facing the direction of the mainland, and its body is too heavy after it comes out of the water, and the buoyancy it receives is not enough, making it almost impossible to turn, even with the help of the tide. no.

The tugboat was getting closer, and the figures on the boat became clearer and clearer. It could be seen that they were several fishery law enforcement officers in uniform and orange life jackets.

The tugboat can't get too close to the shore, otherwise even the tugboat will run aground together.

The law enforcement officers shut down the engine, lower the anchor,

After fixing the tugboat in the sea about 20 to 30 meters away from the minke whale, several law enforcement officers came to the shore in an inflatable boat, jumped into the water and dragged the boat to the shore.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I kept you waiting for so long!" The leader of the other party took the initiative to apologize, and his attitude was more sincere. "We also wanted to come here earlier, but the ship went to another place and has just been transferred back now."

"Hi, we called to report." Zhang Zian pointed at the three of them.

"It's okay, just come here." Lao Huang said with a smile, and took a few photos with his mobile phone.

"How long has this minke whale been stranded here?" the other party asked.

Zhang Zian pointed to Lao Huang and Xiao Zhi, "It was the two of them who showed up first."

Lao Huang told the truth about what happened, saying that he and his son were flying a kite by the sea, and came across this minke whale stranded on the shore, and his son ran to find someone for help, and happened to meet Zhang Zian, and the three of them splashed water on the whale together Cool down.

"You handled it very well, but we came too late." The other party praised, "Do you have relevant experience?"

Old Huang shrugged.

Zhang Zian answered, "I've read some popular science materials, so I know a little bit about it."

"No wonder..." The other party looked at the minke whale, noticing the wound on its back and the crooked stitches on the wound, "This is..."

"When we found it, it had already been injured, it was stabbed by a harpoon." Lao Huang quickly clarified his responsibility, and also told about Zhang Zian's harpoon for it to sew the wound just now.

"Awesome!" The other party raised his thumb in awe. "It's the first time I've seen an operation on a whale without anesthesia! Didn't it struggle?"

"I struggled, but it's okay, not too violent." Zhang Zian replied.

The other party sighed, "In fact, there have been similar things before... Forget it, let's get it back into the sea first, and we'll talk about it later."

This was not the time to talk, the sea was rising higher and higher, and even the adults were a little unsteady.

"The lifebuoy and the rope." The man yelled at other fishery officials, "Is there any extra lifejackets? Throw them here together."

Plop! Plop!

Several red and white life buoys and life jackets were thrown from the boat, as well as a thick hemp rope.

"This is how I think about it. Let's tie a lifebuoy and a life jacket to the whale to increase its buoyancy, and then use a tugboat to drag it into the sea. What do you think?" the other party discussed.

Zhang Zian nodded in agreement, "I think it's feasible."

"Okay, let's get started then."

Together with other fishery officials, they tied the life buoy and life jacket to both sides of the minke whale's body, and skillfully tied a Y-shaped sailor's knot on its body with thick hemp rope.

When Zhang Zian used Wuling Shenguang to turn the Minke Whale over, he also tied it with a rope and tied it in a knot, but compared with others' sailor's knots, it was too crude, and the other's sailor's knots were tightly tied, and he wanted to untie it It can be easily untied with a single pull, which is a skill only possessed by experienced sailors who have sailed for a long time.

Due to the buoyancy produced by the life buoy and life jacket, the most important thing is that the rise of sea water makes the body of the minke whale mostly submerged in the water. Its weight seems to be much lighter. When people tied the rope to it, it began to shake its head, tail and body. This is it Things that were absolutely impossible to do before also proved from the side that its wound no longer hurts very much.

"Okay, we have nothing to do here, let's go ashore first." The other party greeted.

Zhang Zian and the others were finally able to leave the sea. Now almost half of their bodies were submerged in the sea, and they staggered to and fro when the waves hit.

They walked to the shore with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

When Zhang Zian walked past the whale's head, he seemed to feel something rubbing against his thigh. Looking down, the minke whale was looking at him with warm and peaceful eyes, which seemed to convey something very warm.

He patted the top of its head one last time, then waved and walked to the bank.

Fishery officials pushed the inflatable boat back into the sea, took the other end of the thick hemp rope and rowed to the tugboat, and the people on the tugboat tied the thick hemp rope to a special towing tool.

They communicated by walkie-talkie and agreed to start the tug when the tide was at its highest.

The trousers of Zhang Zian and Lao Huang were soaked with water, and it was uncomfortable to cling to their bodies, and they were quite cold. They hastily wrung the water from their trousers, which made them somewhat more comfortable. But this is just a stopgap measure. You have to change your pants immediately after you get home, otherwise the pants will be covered with white salt after drying.

The tide has risen to the highest level, and most of the body of the minke whale is submerged in the water. When the biggest waves hit, only its dorsal fin can be seen.

puff!

A stream of thin water vapor spurts out, reflecting the gorgeous iridescence under the sunlight, like the signal of an old-fashioned steam train before departure, which shows the happy mood of the minke whale.

The leader gave an order, and the tugboat started slowly, from low to high, and slowly turned full power. The thick hemp rope that was submerged loosely in the water broke through the water, stretched into a straight line, and dragged the minke whale to the sea.

The body of the minke whale finally moved, dragged by the powerful power of the modern mechanical engine, and slowly moved into the sea.

As if it was not used to being forcibly towed by the boat, it instinctively flicked its tail fins and swam towards the shore, trying to break free, but its strength was completely unable to compete with the tugboat, and it was still dragged inch by inch into the deeper water.

At this time, it calmed down instead and let the tugboat tow it until the fishery administrator on the tugboat thought it had reached a safe water area, then turned off the engine, and sent out a small boat to untie the rope that bound it.

Both the lifebuoy and the lifejacket are worn on the rope. When the rope is untied, they will naturally leave the body of the minke whale along with the rope.

The fishery administrators in the inflatable boat were worried that it would suddenly overturn the boat after it got free, so they hurriedly rowed away.

The minke whale seemed to be unable to find the north, and was a little dazed. After floating in place for a while, it flicked its tail and began to swim wantonly in the sea.

Sometimes it glides on the surface of the sea, and sometimes plunges into the sea with a sharp plunge. After a while, it emerges from a far away place, puffing out a shallow column of air, and the tail fin throws waves two or three meters high. Once again plunged into the water, swam farther and farther, turned into a small black spot under everyone's gaze, and finally disappeared.

Lao Huang temporarily forgot his wife who urged him to go back to eat, and stood on tiptoes with his son on the rocks, stretching their necks and looking around until the minke whale disappeared, with a look of disappointment on his face, "it just So gone?"

Zhang Zian smiled, "Of course, do you still expect it to stay forever?"

Lao Huang explained clumsily: "No, what I mean is... Shouldn't it turn around three times at a step, wag its tail at us, and finally leave reluctantly?"

Even the fishery administrator next to him couldn't help laughing, "Do you treat the whale like a dog? Do you still wag your tail?"

"No, that's not what I meant..." Lao Huang blushed, but he couldn't express his feelings accurately.

Zhang Zian can somewhat understand it, it's like you meet a stranger on the road who is suffering, and after you have spent a lot of money to help him, he left without saying a word Maybe you don't expect to get money In terms of repayment, but the other party should always express gratitude, at least say thank you before leaving.

However, that is a whale, which is not a human being, and does not need to be bound by the laws of human society.

Zhang Zian patted Lao Huang on the shoulder and comforted him: "Old Huang, it is true that it was helped by humans, but it was also hurt by humans before. Although it was not us who hurt it, for it There may be no difference. It is grateful to humans, but also deeply fearful and guarded. With so many of us surrounded here, it doesn't know what we are going to do, so it is the best policy to leave as soon as possible after getting out of trouble."

Lao Huang sighed, and was about to say something more, when the phone rang again, and no accident, it was his wife urging him to take the child back.

Zhang Zian laughed again: "Besides, it is a half-adult minke whale, maybe there is its mother and brothers and sisters waiting for it to go back in the distant sea."

Lao Huang nodded, feeling that what Zhang Zian said made sense, he was completely relieved that it might have family members waiting for it to go back, no wonder it left in such a hurry.

He and his son just happened to find this stranded whale, and at first he was not very enthusiastic about reaching out to it, finding it cumbersome, dirty, time-consuming, scolded by his wife, and possibly dangerous.

However, seeing this gigantic whale, with the help of himself and others, regained his health and plunged into the embrace of the ocean again, he felt a great sense of accomplishment in his heart.

This kind of experience is difficult for ordinary people to experience in their lifetime, no matter how high their salary is, how much power they have, and how successful their lives and careers are.

Lao Huang is just an ordinary person, an ordinary salaryman who has been unknown all his life. Even if he had ideals and aspirations when he was young, he has lost his edges and corners under the tempering of the years. Every day he opens his eyes and thinks about the outstanding mortgage and car. Loans, thinking about children's education and school enrollment, thinking about the four parents that his husband and wife urgently need to support... However, he, who is so ordinary, has done an extraordinary thing today, and it is even worth bragging about for a lifetime.

After standing for a while, the wet pants were blown cold by the sea breeze, but the minke whale never came back. After all, Lao Huang is a middle-aged man, and his physique is not as good as before.

"Then... I'll take my son and leave first, the wife at home seems to be urging me to die..." He took his son's hand and offered to leave embarrassedly.

"Thank you for everything you have done. On behalf of all the staff of the fishery administration, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to you!" The leading fishery administration staff went over to shake hands with Lao Huang.

Lao Huang's old face turned red, "Cough! Anyone who encounters this kind of thing will help! Well, I'll go first."

"Go slowly, be careful on the road." Zhang Zian smiled and waved goodbye.

"Uncle... No, brother, goodbye!" Xiaozhi also waved goodbye.

Zhang Zian heard Lao Huang asking his son strangely from afar: "I just wanted to ask, why did you call him brother? Shouldn't you call him uncle?"

"He asked me to call him!" Xiaozhi replied.

"..."

"Dad! I want to write today's events in my diary, okay?" Xiao Zhi raised his head and asked, his eyes full of excitement.

"Okay." Lao Huang agreed pamperingly and wanted to pat Xiao Zhi's head, but he avoided it.

"Dad! Your hands are so dirty! Wash your hands quickly after you get home! Otherwise, you will be scolded by your mother again!" Xiaozhi said with a frown.

Lao Huang chuckled and wiped his hands on his clothes.

"dad!"

"What else is there?"

"I want to buy a set about the ocean. It's cheap online."

"No! I want to see it now!"

"Okay, let's take a detour to Xinhua Bookstore on the way back."

"Really? But my mother has urged me several times..."

"Hehe, she has been waiting for so long, let her wait a little longer..."

"dad!"

"what happened again?"

"I also want a whale kite!"

"Whale kite? Is there anyone selling whale kites?"

"It seems that there is no..."

"It's okay, look at Daddy, I'll make you a whale kite!"

"Huh? Dad, can you still make kites?"

"Stinky boy! Look down on your dad... I think your dad and I won the first place in the school's handicraft competition back then!"

"Cut! How long ago!"

"How long ago...it seems like yesterday."...

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