Chapter 8: Distress (Catching Insects)
Fang Jing looked at the area of the arch from the bottom of the sea, estimating how much volume this wood would have, thinking to himself that if this was really ebony, how much should it be worth such a large section? At least Fang's father's medical expenses and Fang Xiaole's money to go on an exchange student were enough.
But how could he bring such a big piece of wood to the water?
They didn't bring any machines today, and with the ability of him and Cen Jiu, there was absolutely no way to bring this piece of ebony up.
It's not far from the coastline, and although there aren't many villagers fishing because the fish population in this area is almost extinct, there are still fishing boats passing by from time to time. Leave the wood here, and maybe when he turns his back, someone else will find out and dig it up.
And if it is really ebony, you must be extra careful when salvaging, and if you are not careful, it will damage the original value of ebony.
Fang Jing thought that it would be good if he could have the kind of space described in the novel, preferably the kind of space that he could collect as he wanted with his mind, so that he could put away the wood in the air without worrying about being discovered by others.
Thinking of this, Fang Jing had an idea, the water bubble wrapped him in it, forming an independent space, and he could control the water bubble freely and collect it into his body at any time, so could he put away this piece of wood with water bubbles?
As he thought so, the bubble slowly split into two, and the other left his body, fluttering around the piece of wood, and slowly tucked into the mark in his palm.
Fang Jing couldn't help but feel a burst of ecstasy, he didn't expect the water bubble to have such a function, it was so convenient.
He put the piece of wood into the bubble along with the sediment and began to swim to the surface.
He's been down long enough that if he doesn't go up, he'll be suspicious.
Halfway through the swim, I felt a violent shaking of the water, and the underwater rapids surged, and the schools of fish, which had occasionally passed leisurely before, began to swim in panic.
Generally speaking, such a big movement is mostly due to some fierce population passing by.
Fang Jing hurriedly swam towards the surface of the water, and after swimming less than a few meters away, he felt a huge attraction behind him, stirring up the surrounding water and surging behind him like crazy.
He looked behind him, and his scalp exploded in fright.
A ferocious blue shark swam quickly with its tail wagging its tail, its mouth open, revealing its sharp teeth, and the huge current of water was swallowed into its mouth along with the small fish and shrimp around it.
This kind of blue shark is very fierce and belligerent, and when facing humans, it will take the initiative to attack, although it is usually lazy and slow, but when it preys and actively attacks its prey, it will be very fast.
Its goal was very clear, except for the innocent small fish and shrimp that were affected, it didn't care about the other fish and rushed directly towards Fang Jing.
Fang Jing almost wanted to scold his mother, and for the first time he wanted to run farther, but he didn't catch a single fish, and he ran into such a marine killer.
No wonder Fang's father repeatedly emphasized that he should study hard, so that he could move to the city in the future, and not stay in the village to be a fisherman like him, the ocean is really dangerous, and if he is not careful, he may die.
The blue shark was fierce and fast, and it rushed in front of Fang Jing before it could blink an eye. The speed was too fast, Fang Jing didn't even have time to react, he could only watch as the blue shark opened its big mouth, its sharp teeth flashing with cold light.
Finished.
Fang Jing thought to himself that today would not be the time to entrust his life here.
Suddenly, a dark shadow rushed from overhead and pushed him away. Cen Jiu held a black dagger in his hand and stabbed at the blue shark.
However, the underwater resistance was too great, and the layer of fish scales on the green shark's body was very thick, and Cen Jiu's sting did not hurt the green shark, but it successfully provoked it.
The big blue shark twisted its body, and the huge fishtail swung, bringing a splash of water, and rushed towards Cen Jiu angrily.
Cen Jiu raised his arms to protect his chest and neck and other important parts, the huge body of the green shark hit Cen Jiu hard, and Fang Jing could only watch Cen Jiu be hit by the green shark and fly out, and his straight body fell straight into the water.
The blue shark swung its tail fin, quickly chased after it, opened its big mouth, showed its sharp teeth at Cen Jiu, and bit Cen Jiu's arm, and suddenly a stream of reddish blood spread in the water.
"Cen Jiu-" Fang Jing shouted.
But the water bubbles kept the sea water out and blocked out his voice.
He stroked his arm and swam desperately in the direction of Cen Jiu. The shark bit Cen Jiu, and its head shook violently, causing the surrounding sea water to tumble.
Fang Jing only felt a chill in his heart, this kind of blue shark was very ferocious, with sharp teeth, and it would not let go when it bit its prey, tearing the prey into pieces and then swallowing it.
Cen Jiu was bitten by it, what would happen?
Is he dead?
His mind was blank, and after reacting, he desperately swam towards Cen Jiu.
Cen Jiu deliberately provoked the blue shark just now in order to save him, and he should have been the one who was going to die.
The blue shark's movements became more and more violent, and Fang Jing became more and more frightened, he desperately swam to the edge of the shark, and was almost knocked out by the tail of the fish.
Suddenly, the blue shark let go of its mouth and swirled in place, stirring up a small jet of water.
Although he didn't understand why it was like this, Fang Jing almost immediately swam to Cen Jiu's side, picked up his body and quickly retreated
The blue shark made several laps in place, and finally calmed down and floated motionless in the water.
Only then did Fang Jing discover that the blue shark had actually been forcibly cut from the corner of its mouth, and it had been scratching its cheek, and the bright red blood stained the nearby water surface.
Cen Jiu held a small black dagger in his hand and slammed it back from the shark's mouth.
Fang Jing's eyes widened, this person actually slashed the body of the blue shark with a small dagger?
Sure enough, it's a ferocious monster and fierce man!
Cen Jiu's face was a little blue, his eyes were a little straight, Fang Jing knew that he had been holding his breath for too long and had difficulty breathing.
Originally, there was no equipment, and a normal person couldn't stay underwater for two minutes, Cen Jiu came down and had a vicious fight with the blue shark, and it was already incredible that he had been able to maintain his sanity until now.
Fang Jing hugged Cen Jiu's face, and put his mouth on Cen Jiu's lips to give him a sigh of relief.
Cen Jiu's eyes widened in surprise, and he didn't notice that the dagger in his hand had fallen into the water.
Fang Jing didn't think much about it, seeing that Cen Jiu hadn't reacted, he gave him a few more breaths, until he saw that Cen Jiu's chest was indeed undulating, and then separated, separated a small bubble to wrap Cen Jiu, and supported his body to swim quickly to the sea.
You can't stay here for long, and if there are other ferocious fish nearby, you'll soon be attracted by the smell of blood.
When he was about to reach the water, Fang Jing collected the water bubbles, and as soon as he climbed onto the boat, he found that on the sea not far away, several sharks were swimming towards this side, and a small piece of cyan dorsal fin was exposed on the surface of the water.
Fang Jing immediately started fishing, and with the roar of the motor, the fishing boat left the blood-stained waters, and several sharks were unwilling to chase them for a long time, until they completely got rid of the shark's pursuit, Fang Jing breathed a sigh of relief.
Cen Jiu sat on the deck, his back against the hatch, gasping for air.
"How are you?" Fang Jing squatted down, trying to examine his injured arm.
Cen Jiu raised his arm and tore the hem of his shirt, one hand was bandaging the wound, and a black thing like a wrist guard fell from the side of his thigh.
"Show me." Fang Jing saw that he was very skilled in dealing with wounds, obviously a journeyman, but somehow, he felt a little uncomfortable.
Does this person often get injured, so even with only one hand, he can do things like bandaging his wounds very well?
Cen Jiu dodged, Fang Jing's hand stiffened in mid-air, and then retracted it.
For the sake of being injured and saving his own life, I don't care about him.
Fang Jing grinded his teeth in his heart.
"I just wanted to see how your injuries were." Fang Jing said, "You can't just wrap it up like this, if you don't disinfect it, you will get infected." โ
Cen Jiu turned his face and said expressionlessly, "No." โ
Fang Jing felt that Cen Jiu's attitude was a bit hurtful, coupled with the fact that Cen Jiu asked him not to touch him before, it made Fang Jing always feel a little uncomfortable, as if Cen Jiu was very reluctant to get close to him, the person who secretly followed him all the way from Haicheng to Dongzhuang was obviously Cen Jiu himself, but now it seems that Fang Jing is the dead face must rely on Cen Jiu's side.
"You were injured to save me, no matter how much you hate it, I must check it out." Fang Jing said.
If it weren't for Cen Jiu's injury to save him, Cen Jiu would have turned around and left without saying a word.
Who made him his savior?
Cen Jiu lowered his eyes and lowered his arms.
Fang Jing squatted in front of Cen Jiu, checked his arm, and found that the wound was not deep, only a very shallow wound, which was simply incredible.
"You're in luck." He admired.
took out alcohol and cotton swabs from the first aid kit, carefully detoxified Cen Jiu's wounds, and said, "Let's deal with it like this for the time being, and I will have to see a doctor when I go back." โ
Cen Jiu twisted his eyebrows: "Do you have to pay that kind of red paper money to see a doctor?" โ
He found that the people here buy things or pay people, they don't use money to trade, but use that kind of red paper money, and there are other colors and other patterns, but the red one is used the most!
"What paper money? That's the renminbi, and you have to use the renminbi in โกโก. โ
"No gold or silver?"
Fang Jing looked at him and said angrily, "Who still uses gold and silver now?" Before you buy something, you have to change it to RMB, so it's not troublesome. โ
Cen Jiu stopped talking.
"Bracers, cracked, useless." Cen Jiu picked up the bracer that had fallen on the ground with his uninjured hand and touched it, with a reluctant expression on his face.
This turned out to be a bracer, Fang Jing suddenly realized, he always thought it was just a thing for decoration.
Judging by his expression, it must be a very precious thing.
"Thank you so much just now." Fang Jing said seriously.
If Cen Jiu hadn't gone into the water to deliberately provoke that big blue shark just now, he would have died a long time ago.
Cen Jiu's face was expressionless: "No." โ
Fang Jing now understood Cen Jiu's stinky temper, so he didn't bother to get angry with him, and returned to the wheelhouse to continue driving.
More than ten nautical miles away, in the soft sound of the motor, the coastline is in sight.
Fang Jing's heart was relieved, and he could finally go home.