Chapter 41: The Barrel
The situation seems to be beyond Uncle Fat's calculations, in his opinion, there can be no danger in this place, if there is a little bit of uncertainty, Uncle Fat will not let Hai Dongqing go to the sea casually.
It has been twenty minutes since Hai Dongqing was launched, and the steel rope stopped the line in about ten minutes, but it was steady and did not move.
This means that he has reached the designated position, or that he has suddenly stopped due to another situation.
"Brother Sanhu, you can help me get a set of diving equipment, I'll go down and have a look."
Old Man Hai was a little anxious, and said again and again: "Give me a set too." ”
"Your body can't stand the toss, I'll just go down." I shook my head, and said in my heart that the old man Hai is so old, and if he lets him go down and toss some accidents, I really don't know how to face that birdman in the future.
Hearing this, the old man Hai was also silent, and it is estimated that he also understood that going down by himself was purely to add to the chaos, it was better to stay on the yacht and observe the situation with peace of mind, and if there was a little accident, he could also answer us.
"Little brother, have you ever dived before?" The Three Tigers came over worriedly, I thought he was worried about my safety after I went into the water, but his next sentence made me helpless.
"Don't be afraid when you enter the sea, I'm not used to breathing with a respirator at first, but after a while, it's fine, diving is just two words, it's simple." The Three Tigers taught me tirelessly.
After nearly ten minutes, I finally got into a state of full armament, and I have to say that this set of equipment was really heavy and made me feel uncomfortable.
"If you're hungry, you won't be angry (go down), you have to pick you up here, if you are in danger, you can withdraw quickly, and you will be reckless and pretend to be a real man, you know." The fat uncle patted me on the shoulder, and I wanted to reply to him, "I'm not a real man, am I still a woman?" But at this time, there was no mood for ridicule.
I nodded, walked slowly to the guardrail, lifted the movable guardrail in front of me, took a deep breath, and jumped into the depths of the ocean.
Maybe it was because the weather wasn't so good, but I felt a biting cold at the first moment after falling into the water.
After turning on the white light next to my forehead, I clutched the steel rope beside me and glanced down, but I still didn't see Hai Dongqing's figure, just a darkness below that I couldn't see my fingers.
"The water here must be very deep," I muttered to myself, and then, adjusting the rhythm of my breathing, a thud sprang down.
Diving in the ocean is not the same as diving in fresh water.
Because only when you dive in this wide and boundless sea can you feel the helplessness that comes from the bottom of your heart, and then you can realize that man is really not even a hair compared to nature.
As I dived deeper, the darkness around me gradually began to cover me, and if it weren't for the waterproof lamp next to my forehead, I would have been blinded.
Then again, there's a world of difference between deep water and shallow water.
In this area, as long as the depth is not more than ten meters, then the light can still be seen under the sea, even in this kind of weather that does not see the sun.
But after ten meters, it was dark all around, except for the fainter light overhead.
"Where did this grandson go" I swam faster, although the cold of the sea became more and more biting, but I still didn't slow down a little, you know, time is fate.
Hai Dongqing's stupid guy is the king if something happens to him and supports him in time, if it's slow, maybe he will die.
I didn't actually know how deep I had dived, but I suddenly noticed something strange.
There are no fish in the sea.
To be exact, the area where I dived, there was no sign of any life at all, not be it fish or anything.
This place is so empty that I feel a little chill in my heart, I don't like to be alone in the dark, it's so unsettling, I always feel that something unexpected will come out of nowhere
I grass.
Looking down along the steel rope, I could faintly see the bottom of the sea covered with white sand, and it was then that I realized that I had dived to the bottom.
A lonely figure was tugging at the steel rope, floating in place without any movement, the man's empty left hand, as if pulling something to stabilize his body, kept trembling.
Haidong Qing ?!!
I couldn't see the front of the man, but I could tell from the standard equipment of the guy, which was the Birdman.
In front of the man, two worn, rusty buckets lay in the sand at the bottom of the sea.
These two buckets should be the two buckets containing the bones of Hai Dongqing's parents in the story of Old Man Hai.
The mouth of the barrel is facing upwards, and when I get close to the bottom of the sea, I can see the scene in the barrel from my vantage point.
It stands to reason that cement cannot be dissolved by water, but that is the solidified cement, in the old man's opinion, the time from pouring cement to the bucket being thrown into the sea is not long, so it means that the cement is not completely solidified.
In each bucket was a skeleton with a twisted posture, and after so much time, their clothes had long since rotted without a trace, and all that remained was a few pieces of cloth.
This is Hai Dongqing's parents.
I don't know what parents mean to a child, but I can guess that when a son sees his loved ones after losing his parents for more than a decade, only to find them reduced to two skeletons, the blow must be very great for people.
"It doesn't seem to be dangerous" I looked left and right, and seeing that there was no vision in the vicinity, I also calmed down a little and swam towards Haidongqing.
He didn't seem to notice that I was approaching him, just quietly tugging at the edge of the bucket, in a daze.
I tapped him on the shoulder, and it took him half a moment before he reacted and slowly turned his head to look at me.
It's so quiet under the water that no one can hear anything else.
Looking at Hai Dongqing's eyes full of tears and bloodshots, I wanted to open my mouth to comfort him, but then I thought about it, I couldn't speak in the sea.
Suddenly, Hai Dongqing pulled the steel rope three times, each time it was very hard, I knew that this was a code, which meant to let the three tigers above turn on the electric winch and pull things up.
In just a dozen seconds, the steel rope began to be retracted by the electric winch above, and the bucket lying on the bottom of the sea was also pulled up.
The handles of the two buckets were connected by steel ropes, side by side vertically, and they were carried up to the sea by the steel ropes at a very slow speed, and I and Hai Dongqing, whose eyes were red, also followed behind, swimming towards the surface of the water together.
I wordlessly looked at Hai Dongqing swimming in front of me, wondering in my heart how to comfort him when I went up for a while.
It should be because I am familiar with him, I found that Hai Dongqing is not as strong as I imagined, to be precise, this grandson is also quite weak, really.
With the sound in our ears, we also got out of the water, and when we looked up, we saw the old man Hai who was covering his face and crying.
The fat uncle and the old man were standing by the boat, and he looked at us while comforting the old man Hai.
"Come up and take a hand, and invite Xiaohai's father and mother to the boat."
It took a long time for us to untie the two buckets from the steel ropes and get them into the boat.
The three tigers took a few steps back, stood at the edge of the deck, and looked at the two buckets with a respectful expression, probably knowing who the people in the buckets were.
"Son!!! Qinglan !! Daddy doesn't have the face to see you!! Don't I have the face to see you!! ”
Old Man Hai's performance was very poignant, I saw him hugging the bucket like an old madman, looking up and crying.
The cloudy old eyes looked even more cloudy at this time, and the tears poured out of his eyes never stopped, and the hoarse cry was full of heart-wrenching grief.
"It took me all these years to get you here!! I'm not a thing!! Old Man Hai suddenly roared loudly: "Son!! Qinglan !! Don't leave me alone!!! ”
Hai Dongqing knelt silently beside the two buckets, his expression was very stunned, tears flowed out involuntarily, and the bloodshot in his eyes became more and more obvious.
"Mom and Dad" Hai Dongqing finally opened his mouth, his voice was very hoarse and low: "My son is coming to pick you up, come back and see me."
As he spoke, Hai Dongqing's shoulders shook violently, and he buried his body and pressed his head to the ground, as if he had lost all his strength, and he didn't move for a long time.
Suddenly, Hai Dongqing couldn't help but roar in grief.
"Oh my God!!! Are you blind?!!!! ”
"Why did you take my parents?!!! Why!!!