Ye Yaodong took turns teaching the two of them how to put on the equipment, swim, and move their bodies, and went over the precautions as well.
He told them not to reach out and touch things out of curiosity, especially anything they did not recognize, and reminded them not to go all the way to the bottom yet.
Just to be safe, he even went into the water and accompanied each of them on a short dive, only about four or five meters down. Seeing that they were handling it comfortably, he surfaced.
They were both young, and there was nothing particularly hard to understand. They picked things up quickly and should know their limits.
It was their first time diving, and everything felt fresh and exciting. Neither was willing to come back up until his time was almost up.
A-Zheng actually surfaced with a sea cucumber in each hand. When he broke the surface, he excitedly raised both hands above his head and waved them.
"Look what I caught!"
Ye Yaodong was unimpressed. He had known this fellow would not follow the rules that closely.
Xiao Xiao, however, jumped up in surprise. "You fucking went all the way to the bottom? Fuck, if I'd known, I wouldn't have been so obedient. Dongzi, I'm going down again..."
"Rest a while. It's best not to dive too intensively. It's bad for your eardrums."
"It's fine. I didn't even go more than ten meters down just now, so I should be all right. Do you have a net or something to hold the catch underwater? Once I bring up some more treasures, we'll split them fifty-fifty."
"Right, right, and preferably bring something for prying off abalone. Fuck, I just saw loads on the submerged rocks down there, but I didn't have