Chapter 284: Giant Squid

After Ye Ye Yaopeng finished speaking, he immediately stepped back several paces, and Ye Yaodong and Ye Ye Yaohua also retreated repeatedly.

Earlier, seeing it only twitch weakly twice, they had thought it was barely breathing, but they hadn't expected it to still be so vigorous.

"Are you alright, Big Brother?"

"It's fine, it's fine, just too unexpected, no defense, lost balance and almost fell. Luckily, the thick cotton jacket worn in winter meant the hit didn't hurt much."

"What happened?" Ye Ye Dasao, seeing her own man whipped by the giant squid, asked loudly with concern.

"It's fine, it hasn't died completely yet. None of you come closer."

The three stepped back a little, not standing too close, fearing it wasn't dead yet and might still be struggling in its death throes.

Sure enough, as soon as they had retreated a bit, its tentacles began to twitch again, though the arc of the swing was small; it could be described as just wriggling a few times, not lifting high like when it had struck Ye Ye Yaopeng earlier.

"It has wounds on its body; it probably won't live much longer. Let's wait until it dies before approaching, otherwise a final counterattack at the point of death would be troublesome."

The giant squid has ten tentacles: two predatory long tentacles with swollen tips bearing powerful suckers, and rings on those suckers grow sharp teeth; the other eight tentacles also have suckers with long sharp teeth, forming their powerful hunting tools.

This ensures that once prey is caught, escape is difficult, while the sharp, powerful beak-like mouth dispatches helpless prey with terrifying efficiency.

Legend says the huge suckers can tear apart small boats; luckily this one is near death, otherwise they might not have been able to take it down.

Ye Yaodong had already seen the creature covered in wounds from the moment he approached, many sucker-shaped injuries very similar in shape to their tentacles.

Besides sperm whales, the giant squid's greatest natural enemies are themselves.

This is living, undigested ambergris...

(Sperm whale intestines can excrete ambergris.)

This was clearly not self-inflicted but caused by fighting with its own kind; it shows the giant squid's "involution" is also severe. This one obviously lost the fight, hence it escaped half-dead.

The three circled it slowly for quite a while; it was clearly visible that its life force was weakening, slowly draining away, because it was hardly moving anymore.

"Can we approach now?"

"Together."

The three stood at three corners and cautiously approached slowly.

"If only we had a stick in our hands, to see if it's alive or dead..." The moment Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he saw the tentacle closest to him lift up, startling him; he thought it was about to strike him.

Ye Big Brother and Ye Second Brother also jumped back two steps in shock.

Luckily, it was just a false alarm; its tentacle lifted up and then immediately dropped back down.

"Damn, that scared Laozi half to death. Are you messing with me?"

"Its vitality is quite strong; stranded for so long, yet it can still move."

"After all, it's so huge; it's normal for its vitality to be vigorous."

They waited a little longer until it hadn't moved for a long time, only then feeling relieved enough to approach and tentatively kick it twice.

It only writhed once from the stimulation and then showed no reaction, at which point everyone finally felt at ease.

"It should be fine now, completely dead. Should we drag it ashore right now?"

"Each person grabs a tentacle and try pulling first; we don't know how heavy this big squid is."

"First see if we can pull it; otherwise, call the two sisters-in-law over to help."

"Let's try first."

Ye Yaodong was wearing gloves and hadn't taken them off, so when he touched the tentacle, he avoided that soft, sticky, disgusting feeling.

The three each grabbed a tentacle and tried pulling, but could not move it.

"Good heavens, this one is definitely over two or three hundred jin."

Ye Yaodong, delighted, glanced back once, then immediately hooked its long tentacle over his shoulder. "Pull together with all our strength."

Seeing each of them holding a tentacle, Ye Ye Dasao and Ye Ye Ersao knew the giant squid was dead and no longer dangerous; they immediately rolled up their pant legs and came forward to help.

Lin Lin Xiuqing knew her situation was special and dared not go up and cause trouble; instead, she stood obediently in place. While waiting with the two sisters-in-law just now, they had casually picked up a few large clams and put them in their pockets.

She had also picked up a stranded black sea bream; seeing it just now, she thought it wasn't far away, so going to pick it up wouldn't take much effort, and she could take it back to steam for dinner.

Actually, there were a few stone crabs crawling around her feet, but since no one had brought anything to carry them in, no one paid them any mind.

With many people, the strength is great; the five of them worked together, each dragging a tentacle, slowly pulling this creature from the shallow water onto the beach.

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Lin Lin Xiuqing also saw this huge creature up close. "Heavens, it's so big! Its tentacles are thicker than my thigh; this must weigh several hundred jin!"

Ye Yaodong said excitedly, "It should be three or four hundred jin. It's too heavy; I'm a bit afraid to drag it. I'm even worried that dragging it for too long might tear off its tentacles. What then? Its value would drop significantly."

"Yes, yes, yes. We can't pull the tentacles anymore; if we tear off a few, the loss would be huge."

"Then what do we do? We still need to get it ashore; otherwise, when the tide rises later, it will be even more hopeless and harder to handle."

"But it's so big we can't carry it..."

"Otherwise, let's go directly to call a tractor, let the tractor drive here, and everyone work together to lift this giant squid onto the tractor? Send it off directly?" Ye Yaodong thought for a moment and suggested.

That way, fewer people would know; sending it off directly would be low-key, otherwise the village would start spreading sour talk, saying he was about to become a ten-thousand-yuan household and so on.

Ye Big Brother nodded in agreement. "Sure, sure. Anyway, once it's pulled ashore, we'd need a tractor to send it to sell, so this saves trouble."

"Where should we send it to sell? Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year; Ah Cai won't accept goods there." Saying this, Ye Ye Ersao looked somewhat worried.

"Send it to Hongsheng; the hotel will definitely be open."

It would be perfect to sell it to Hong Hong Wenle; he should be delighted. Just a few days ago, Ye Yaodong had told him to send good things over, and here it was arriving immediately.

"Yes, yes, yes. Big hotels are definitely open for business."

"Then let's just call a tractor, have everyone help lift it on, and send it off directly, saving us the great effort." Ye Yaodong said.

Everyone had no objections, so Lin Lin Xiuqing smiled and said, "Then you wait here; I'm free anyway, so I'll go call one for you."

"You shouldn't go; you can't run, and walking slowly would waste time. Big Sister-in-law, Second Sister-in-law, which of you can run the errand? That would be faster."

Seeing Ye Ye Ersao stay silent with a reluctant expression, Ye Ye Dasao volunteered, "I'll go. You wait here first; I'll be back quickly."

"Trouble you, Big Sister-in-law."

"No trouble at all, it's only right."