Chapter 287: A Fixed Price

Ye Yaodong was startled. It could still move?

So it was a male squid...

Fortunately, fortunately, Hong Wenle had been squatting quite high up, so the giant squid's spermatophore only sprayed onto his collar.

These ejected spermatophores are white, vermicelli-like strands. Normally, after being expelled, they automatically hook onto a female when they encounter her body.

When people eat squid sashimi, if they accidentally eat a spermatophore raw, it will hook onto their mouth. If you pull it, you'll get a mouthful of blood. So, if you want to eat spermatophores, you have to cook them first.

Hmm... highly nourishing... essence... *cough cough*... like cures like...

It was a good thing it didn't spray onto Hong Wenle's skin, otherwise it would have been a disaster—hooking directly into the flesh, turning a good thing into a bad one.

The others were also surprised and asked one after another, "Ah... what is that?"

"Huh? This giant squid is still alive?"

"What did it spray?"

"Big Cousin, are you alright?"

"Young Proprietor, how are you?"

Hong Wenle looked at the clothes on his chest with disgust. Seeing it still spraying there, he immediately stepped back two paces, then frowned and said, "Is this its spermatophore?"

Ye Yaodong explained, "Yes, I heard that when a squid is on the verge of death, it might spray out spermatophores. I didn't expect a giant squid of this size to be the same."

Congratulations, you've hit the jackpot!

At this moment, the giant squid was still spraying there, vermicelli-like strands of spermatophores shooting out from its tentacle arms, covering the ground.

"Wang Maoquan, you come, you come..." Hong Wenle didn't want to measure it anymore and called out directly to Wang Maoquan.

The brothers and sisters beside him teased him, "It's a good thing it only sprayed on your clothes and not in your mouth, hehe..."

"Haha... if it sprayed in your mouth, that would be it. That's a male, that's a spermatophore..."

"Wouldn't that be an explosion of pulp?"

Hong Wenle looked at his gloating brothers and sisters with disgust. "This thing hooks into flesh. If it sprayed in my mouth, I'd have a row of curtains hanging from my lips!"

"Ah? Hahaha... curtains..."

"Curtains... holy crap..."

Everyone thought of that image and instantly laughed until they couldn't stop.

Ye Yaodong also smiled, revealing his shiny teeth. The word "curtains" was quite descriptive.

Ye Da and Ye Erge were also there chuckling. They weren't familiar with these people, so from start to finish, they didn't dare to speak casually. Since Dongzi knew them, he could just handle it.

Wang Maoquan carefully measured its white body before saying excitedly, "3.2 meters. This squid's body is 3.2 meters long, but these tentacles have long and short ones, so it's hard to measure, and it's still spraying spermatophores..."

"If it's hard to measure, then forget it."

"Damn... so long, it's truly terrifying. If you encountered this in the sea, it could swallow a person in one bite."

"It's also impressive that these few people could actually catch such a huge squid."

"How did they catch it? How did they not capsize?"

"Why do you care how they caught it? Do you want to go catch one too? I'm more concerned about how to eat this. Is it tasty?"

"Eat, eat, eat, all you know is eating. Out of everyone here, you're the fattest..."

That group of young people started discussing it again...

Hong Wenle was also happily walking around the giant squid. "It really is big enough. Has the camera not been brought over yet?"

Seeing that they all seemed to have forgotten that this squid was still his, and hadn't asked him to buy it yet but were already wanting to take photos and discussing how to eat it, Ye Yaodong hurriedly smiled and reminded them.

"Young Master Hong, the weight has been measured, and the length has been roughly estimated. I think you must want it."

"Want, want, want..." Hong Wenle nodded hurriedly. "I want it. How do you plan to sell it?"

He spread his hands. "This is the first time we've caught this thing. We weighed it earlier and it's 405 jin. It should be the largest squid caught so far. It's quite rare. Taking photos for the newspaper, or making it into a specimen to put in the hotel as a living signboard could also attract a huge crowd. How much do you plan to offer?"

"Forget about making a specimen. The country is in ruins and waiting to be rebuilt; we don't have that technology. Buying it for publicity is fine."

Hong Wenle rubbed his chin and started thinking. "It's a pity we didn't buy the oarfish. At that time, it was also a bidding war. It was just under 200 jin and the price reached 800 yuan, almost 4 yuan per jin. The price of this giant squid... reference... oarfish..."

Ye Yaodong's eyes lit up when he heard this. Reference the oarfish? Then price it according to the oarfish? 1620 yuan?!!

Made a fortune!!!

Ye Da and Ye Erge also widened their eyes when they heard this, unable to believe it. Over a thousand?? So much?

"No, this weight is too substantial, it can't be compared to the oarfish. If it were put up for bidding, it definitely wouldn't reach over 1600. The price is too high." Hong Wenle muttered to himself, giving them a big turn.

"That's hard to say! What if there's a boss who isn't short of money and just wants to buy something rare..."

He raised his eyebrows playfully. "Otherwise, why don't you have another bidding war on the street?"

"Hehe... wasn't I thinking of repaying you for helping me buy the Angong Niuhuang Wan, so I specially sent it over?" He would have to have a death wish to sell it on the street again.

"Then 1200, a fixed price. Not every item is more expensive the bigger and heavier it is. This thing is valued for its rarity. No one has ever seen it, and no one knows if it's tasty. This price is about right, it's high enough. Don't be greedy."

Before Ye Yaodong could say anything, his Big Brother and Second Brother were already nodding repeatedly.

"Dongzi..."

He glanced at them, thinking that this Hong Wenle was alright, and 1200 wasn't a small amount. Divided among the three brothers, each would get 400 yuan. Originally, everyone had just dragged this giant squid up from the shallows, and they hadn't taken any risks. It was money picked up for free.

"Alright, fine. If you say 1200, then 1200. I trust Young Master Hong."

Hong Wenle was also overjoyed to have secured it without pressure. "Wang Maoquan, go do the accounting and get the money."

"Yes."

The three Ye brothers waited patiently on the side, watching them happily taking photos, discussing, and posing with the giant squid, and then calling people to carry it to the main entrance...

They said they were going to set up a table and dissect it on the spot later...

Wang Maoquan came out after a while, holding a stack of money. He looked at Ye Yaodong with a complex expression. "You seem to earn money a bit too fast. Just this one giant squid earned my year's wages."

Ye Yaodong said with a grin, "Manager Wang, you're wrong. Your job is comfortable and decent, without having to face the wind and sun, and you get to eat and drink well."

"Where is it like us? We work in the wind and rain at sea, earning money with our lives. During the New Year, others are playing, but we are still going out to sea."

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"You saw that giant squid just now. With such a huge head, can an ordinary person catch it? If you don't die, you'll be crippled. The three of us brothers just have the protection of Goddess Mazu and good luck at sea to return unscathed."

"Don't envy me, I'm the one who should envy you. Think about half a year ago, when you first met me, I was just as fair and tender as you. Look, how long has it been? I've aged ten years all of a sudden."

Wang Maoquan felt a bit ashamed after what he said. He gave a dry laugh. "That's true, the change is really quite big. If I didn't see you once every so often, I really wouldn't recognize you."

"Sigh, fishermen have it hard. There's no way around it, we have to make a living at sea..."

"*Cough*... count it and see, is the amount correct?"

"Oh, let me see!" Ye Yaodong immediately stopped talking and ceased his complaining.

If you don't complain to many people, they will think you make money very quickly. They might get more and more jealous, and next time they see you, they won't give you a good look, won't have the same attitude as before, and will even make things difficult for you.

It's easy to see the King of Hell, but hard to deal with the little devils. He still had to come and go often in the future!

Ye Yaodong counted it twice back and forth, then handed the money to his Big Brother. "You count it?"

"No need, no need, it's fine since you've counted it."

He nodded, then smiled and pulled out two bills, stuffing them into Wang Maoquan's hand. "During the New Year, buy some cigarettes and wine for Manager Wang. It's been hard on you running back and forth."

Having just received a large sum of money, he didn't mind sharing a bit of the soup. The hard-earned money that should be given still had to be given.

"Hey, no need, no need, why be so polite..."

Although he said that, his hand was still gripping it tightly...

"It's only right, it's only right. During the New Year, let's all share in the joy. Maybe there will be other things in the future, and I'll still have to come to Manager Wang."

Wang Maoquan's mouth couldn't close from smiling. "Then during the New Year, I won't be polite with you. Wishing you great wealth. Catch more good things and send them over in the future. Our Young Proprietor is very generous."

"Mm-hmm, wishing you great wealth, wishing you great wealth..."

At this time, someone came to call him. He said a word and then hurriedly went inside. "I still have work to do, you all please yourselves."

"Alright, alright..."

After Ye Yaodong and the others went inside, he turned around, smiling, and shook the stack of banknotes in his hand, saying to his Big Brother and Second Brother, "Let's divide the money when we get back!"

Ye Da and Ye Erge also smiled until their teeth were showing. "Alright, alright, alright..."

The three brothers happily climbed onto the tractor again.

When driving back, Ye Yaodong saw that the general store was still open, so he temporarily had the tractor stop for a moment. He bought two packs of Zhonghua, two packs of Chenxiang, two bottles of Fumaojiao wine, and two cans of canned food.

When he walked out, he handed the wine and the canned food in the net bag to his Big Brother and Second Brother to help carry, and then handed the two packs of Chenxiang to Uncle Zhou, smiling and saying, "During the New Year, it's been hard on you to make a trip today, Uncle Zhou. Take it to smoke and share in the joy."

"Yo hehe~ so polite, even Chenxiang. Just give me a pack of Youyi cigarettes, it's not like we're strangers, we're all fellow villagers. I'm just running errands, you should just send it to Secretary Chen..."

"Take it, take it, don't be polite. I've troubled you several times already."

"Then many thanks." Uncle Zhou accepted it happily.

Ye Yaodong was smiling and had finished handling everything thoughtfully. Just as he was about to climb up, he saw a group of people not far away running crazily towards him. He was instantly shocked and widened his eyes.

"Holy crap, run, run..." He shouted while hurriedly climbing onto the tractor.

"What's going on?"

"I don't know, maybe it's that group of people who wanted to rob us last time and ended up being tied up by us at the border defense station? Maybe they recognized me. Run, run, hurry up, Uncle Zhou..."

"Don't run... I f*ck your mother... don't run..."

"Stop..."

When the people behind were about three or four meters away from them, the tractor started moving quickly.

That was close... ===== CHAPTER 288 =====