The boat soon approached.

I saw an old fisherman with a wrinkled face standing on the boat, wearing a hat on his head, dressed very plainly.

The old fisherman didn't seem to notice Zhao Qiang and Liu Sande at all, just wandering around with the boat on the water, looking around from time to time.

Zhao Qiang and Liu Sande looked at each other in this scene, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

It wasn't until the old fisherman's boat circled around them that Zhao Qiang hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help but say: "Uncle, are you ...... Why?"

The old fisherman seemed to notice them at this time, and immediately turned his head, squinted and stared at the two for a long time, looking up and down, and did not speak for a long time.

Why does this old man's eyes look a little crazy......

Liu Sande swallowed his saliva and was about to say something.

At this time, the old fisherman suddenly sighed and shook his head lonely: "Alas, my little red has fallen into the sea." Pity me an old man, just ......"

In the end, he seemed to be sad from his heart, and he couldn't say it anymore.

"Fell into the sea?" widened his eyes.

Liu Sande blurted out and said: "Since someone has fallen into the water, then you hurry up and call the police, what's the ...... about wandering around here?"

As he was talking, Zhao Qiang next to him raised his hand and slapped him on the head, glared viciously and said, "Call the police, call the police!"

Liu Sande was woken up by a slap, and immediately forced a sneer: "Oh, hehe, that, I forgot, the police don't care about it, uncle, don't take it to heart......"

The old fisherman was stunned for a moment when he saw this, and then sighed again: "Without Xiaohong, I really don't know how to live this day." How old is Xiaohong this year...... No, I'll have to find it anyway, even if it's a corpse......"

When the two of them heard this, they immediately became a little anxious.

Your old man is wandering around this area non-stop, and we can't do any more work?

Zhao Qiang pondered for a while, and then said with a flash of inspiration: "Uncle, we are both diving enthusiasts and are planning to dive here." Since your granddaughter has fallen overboard here, of course we have no obligation to do so. ”

"Why don't I help you go down and find it?"

The old fisherman nodded hurriedly: "Then please leave it to you." ”

When Zhao Qiang and the others heard this, they felt a little strange in their hearts, but they didn't have time to think about it.

After all, the blockage of the pipeline is an urgent matter, and if it cannot be dredged today, as soon as the wastewater pond is full, the factory can only use pressurized equipment to forcibly impact the pipeline.

Let's go down to the water to see the pipes, and as for the old man's granddaughter, they don't bother to care.

Zhao Qiang immediately put on a diving suit, put on an oxygen cylinder on his back, and then just heard a plop, and he jumped into the water.

Liu Sande leaned on the dredge machine and smiled at the old fisherman: "Uncle, his underwater skills are good...... Why don't you go somewhere else first?"

The old fisherman shook his head: "No. ”

With that, he walked slowly to the stern of the boat and sat down, silently pulling out an antique keyphone phone......

……

After Zhao Qiang got into the water, he swam straight to the direction of the drainage pipe, holding an underwater flashlight in his hand, and snorkeled while exploring the surrounding scene.

After swimming for a while, he suddenly stared at him and pointed the flashlight in one direction.

Following his gaze, he saw a swarthy pipe extending from the underwater slope ahead.

At the outlet of the pipe, there is a huge unidentified object wrapped in it, vaguely gray, but through the turbid water, it is impossible to see what it is.

Got it!

Zhao Qiang immediately pointed in the direction and swam there.

After a while, he came to the mouth of the pipe, guessing the soft seabed silt under his feet.

"This is ......" Zhao Qiang touched the big lump of unknown things at the mouth of the pipe, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Coral?!"

He looked incredulous: "How can it be coral, this is impossible!"

Due to the illegal discharge of sewage, the environment of this area of water can be said to be quite polluted in recent years, and a large number of marine life has died here.

Not to mention that there are some delicate things like polyps, even ordinary fish, which are rare in this area.

The rest of the fish, although they survived tenaciously, are basically at the level of "Hundred Poisonous Bodies", colorful and strange, and no one dares to eat them just by looking at their appearance.

Because of this, the business of nearby fishermen in recent years can be said to be quite bleak.

In order to catch enough and clean fish, nearby fishermen have to go further afield, which greatly increases the cost and risk.

Not only is there corals here, but it's also such a big lump, it's a bit strange to look at it.

Zhao Qiang patted the coral, groaned for a while, and then punched it.

There was a muffled "bang", but nothing happened to the coral.

Seeing this, his heart couldn't help but sink.

Although the texture of coral is not as good as rock and steel, it is also comparable to human bones, and it is not so easy to destroy.

Moreover, under the water, the strength of human beings is greatly weakened by resistance, and it is impossible to clean up such a large piece of coral with only bare hands.

Even if he takes a special dredging machine, Zhao Qiang is a little bottomless in his heart.

After all, this coral is too big, and the dredging machine is not an electric drill, so even if it can be broken, I don't know how long it will take.

But in any case, there is really no other way than the dredge on the ship for the time being.

Zhao Qiang sighed secretly in his heart, then turned around and swam back.

……

On the water, two small boats were parked nearby.

On one of the speedboats, Liu Sande leaned on the dredging machine, looking at the old fishermen on the other boat from time to time.

The old fisherman was sitting in the bow of the boat, with a pipe in his hand, smacking from time to time, squinting and spitting into the clouds.

This leisurely expression doesn't look like his granddaughter has fallen into the water.

Liu Sande finally couldn't help it: "Old man, your granddaughter has fallen into the water, why are you still so idle?"

"Granddaughter?" the old fisherman moved his eyelids and glanced at him, "Who told you that Xiaohong is my granddaughter?"

Liu San was stunned: "Don't you say how old she is, she ......"

The old fisherman grinned, and his wrinkled face suddenly became a little sly: "What's the matter with how old you are, nothing is old." ”

Liu Sande chuckled in his heart, and an ominous feeling suddenly came to his heart: "Then what ......is Xiaohong you talking about?"

The old fisherman didn't speak at first, but leisurely finished the cigarette in his hand, and let the smoke float in front of Liu Sande's eyes, and then he put the pipe in the water twice and put it aside.

"You said Xiaohong, Xiaohong, it's a fish. ”

At this time, on the nearby sea, there were suddenly several more fishing boats, which were heading towards the location of the old fisherman.

And on these fishing boats, there are local fishermen.

……