Chapter 599: Sea Monster Comes Ashore (Bonus Chapter 2 for Alliance Leader Arietty)

His father was also used to being lazy.

As a grown man, what's wrong with cooking a meal?

The two boats simply ate their fill, discussed the big sea monster for a while, and then went to trawl separately.

Everyone thought that today's incident should just be a simple interlude; once it passed, it passed.

Who hasn't encountered some strange and weird things at sea?

Later, when trawling, they didn't encounter any unexpected situations, and it was quite peaceful.

The two boats didn't go their separate ways but kept a long distance, not interfering with each other. They could barely see each other's fishing boats as small black dots.

Today's harvest wasn't considered good. Having missed that wave of mullet, they only caught about seventy or eighty jin.

It could only be said to be so-so. It couldn't compare to the catch from setting gillnets. Fortunately, there were two porpoises to subsidize it. Lin Shu and the others were the ones who really made a fortune.

Watching the sun hide early behind the clouds, although it wasn't evening yet—it was only 4 PM—they had already missed the chance to set another net after hauling this one up.

If they set another net, it would be dark. Lin Shu and the others planned to return early; anyway, they had already had a full harvest today.

As for the father and son, after hauling up the last net, they also felt it was too late to set another one, so they started setting gillnets.

They set as many as they could, just in time to haul them in tomorrow. Dried fish was now their family's most important source of income.

Actually, mullet could also be used to make dried fish, but the cost was a bit high.

If the cost was high, the selling price would also be high. He was afraid people would think he was deliberately raising prices. It wasn't as cost-effective as those fish that cost three or five cents. It was better to be steady.

Because they had to set gillnets, they arrived at the shore two hours later than Lin Shu and the others.

By the time they arrived at the shore, it was already dark, and there weren't many people left at the pier. Only a few people who were willing to work late were busy at this time. Even the workers working over at the Mazu Temple had finished their shift.

As soon as they got ashore, Ye Yaodong heard about the big sea monster appearing at sea today. It was probably Lin Shu and the others who had returned a step earlier and then told the fellow villagers.

When Acai saw them, he also asked, "Did you really encounter a big sea monster? What did it look like?"

"You already know about the big sea monster, didn't Lin Shu describe it?"

"It was very vague; he said he didn't see it clearly either."

"We didn't see it clearly either. It was gone in just one or two seconds. It was just a flash, and we only saw a rough idea. By now, I've almost forgotten about it."

"That's a pity."

"Pity what? Did you think encountering it was a good thing? This kind of strange creature isn't something that would be in the near sea. If it attacked the boat, and we were a bit unlucky, we would have been dead."

"That's true, it's better to be safe and sound."

"Weigh it, weigh it. Hurry up and finish weighing, then we're going home."

Just as Ye Yaodong finished urging and was weighing, someone on the shore let out an exclamation, and then one after another, there were all kinds of exclamations: "Boom—", "Oh my mother!", "Oh my god..."

It immediately attracted everyone's attention. Even though they were halfway through weighing the goods, they hurriedly turned their heads to look. However, the lights inside the small shed were bright, and looking into the distance from a bright place, they only felt it was pitch black and saw nothing.

Ye Fu volunteered, "You weigh it here first. There are only a few baskets left. After you finish weighing, I'll go see what happened."

Ye Yaodong stretched his neck to take a look, then retracted it, nodded, and urged Acai to hurry up.

After he finished weighing quickly, Acai didn't even care about calculating the accounts; he hurriedly put down the pen and paper and followed him running toward the shore.

At this time, the people who were still lingering at the pier were basically all standing on the shore watching the excitement.

"What kind of fish is that? It looks really ugly..."

"Is there really a sea monster? I heard people spreading it in the afternoon. Fortunately, I was still sorting goods at the pier and hadn't gone back, otherwise I wouldn't have seen it..."

"What kind of fish is this?"

"Who knows... Ouch, it looks like it's several meters long..."

"Look, its mouth is still wide open. The teeth are so sharp."

"Where did the Zhou brothers catch it? Can they even catch such a big fish?"

"Can this be sold for money? It looks quite ugly; I guess no one wants it. I don't know if it can be eaten, is it poisonous? It doesn't look like something that can be eaten..."

"You're only thinking about whether it can be eaten? Even if it can't be eaten or sold for money, since they caught it back, at least everyone can open their eyes."

"Isn't this a waste of effort?"

"Such a big fish, they were actually able to catch it. It shouldn't be easy to catch, right?"

When Ye Yaodong and the others walked to the shore, they saw six or seven men in the water ahead, struggling to drag a big guy toward the shore.

The surrounding fellow villagers were all helping by shining flashlights, illuminating the road to make it easier for them to get ashore.

His ears were filled with all kinds of discussions; men and women were all discussing this fish.

Ye Yaodong patted his father's shoulder, stretched his neck, and stared at the ugly big fish that the Zhou brothers and the villagers were now carrying.

"Dad, this seems to be the big sea monster we encountered during the day?"

"It seems so. When I came over just now and saw it, I said it seemed to be the one we encountered during the day. Such an ugly big fish, it's impossible for two to appear at once."

"Yeah, I don't know how they caught it."

"Hard to say, we'll know in a while."

Some enthusiastic villagers saw that it had already been dragged to the water surface, so they went up to help carry it together.

Ye Yaodong and his father also went up to help. After all, they were all neighbors and fellow villagers. By the way, they could ask how they caught it.

"Talk later, talk later, drag it up first..."

Everyone was carrying it there, and it was very strenuous; no one had time to talk.

After dragging this big guy ashore and throwing it on the bank, they let out a long sigh of relief, and the fellow villagers also asked in a jumble.

The eldest Zhou brother said with a smile, "Our boat was just working at sea, and we saw this strange thing churning on the sea. At first, we were too scared to get close. Later, we saw it stop struggling and swim around the nearby sea for a while before disappearing."

"We didn't take it to heart at first, but after a while, the fishing net wouldn't move. We thought it was snagged on the bottom, and we couldn't just abandon the fishing net. In this cold weather, we had to dive into the water to take a look."

"I didn't expect that such a big guy was caught in the fishing net. It almost scared me to death. I was scared silly at the time."

The second Zhou brother added, "This thing weighs about a thousand jin. We couldn't drag it up at all. Later, we raised a flag to ask for help from nearby fishing boats. They were originally planning to return, but they kindly helped us drag it back together."

The fellow villagers suddenly realized, "No wonder. This thing is so big, we were wondering how you caught it? You're really bold..."

"Just saying, such a big guy, it's not something ordinary people dare to catch..."

"Then what are you going to do with this? What is this thing?"

What is it!? This stumped everyone.

No one knew what this thing was. It looked strange and weird, and it even threw itself into the net.

They only thought about dragging this thing back first. As for how to deal with it, they hadn't thought about it for a moment. Drag it back and then make plans. What if it could be sold for money?

Last year, the whole village knew that Ye Yaodong had dragged a giant oarfish back. It was said that it was sent to the town and sold for several hundred yuan. The whole village and the neighboring village were shocked; no one didn't know about it.

What if this fish could also be sold for a big price?

They also had this idea!

It was just that it looked a bit ugly, and they didn't know what kind of creature it was, so they were a bit unsure in their hearts.

"This... can this thing be sold for money? Can it be weighed?" The eldest Zhou brother looked at Acai and Agui with a silly smile.

Agui immediately shook his head, "I don't know what this thing is, I don't want it."

They were immediately disappointed and looked at Acai again.

Acai gave a forced smile, "This is too big and too heavy to be weighed. And I don't know what this thing is. It looks ugly, and no one knows if it can be eaten."

The second Zhou brother was anxious, "Then you don't want it? We had a hard time dragging it back. Why don't you help us ask around to see if anyone wants it?"

"Uh... alright then. You wait here for a while, I'll go to the village committee to make a few phone calls to see. I don't know if anyone will be interested."

He was just too enthusiastic and too kind. Whenever fellow villagers asked for help, he would think about helping out. What if it worked out? He could also earn a commission!

He had to earn money from everything, otherwise how would he get rich?

"Hey, hey, alright, sorry to trouble you."

"Help me watch the goods in the small shed."

"Definitely, definitely. There are so many of us watching here."

Acai ran to his small shed, took a small notebook, and rode his bicycle to the village committee.

None of the fellow villagers were willing to leave. It was rare to catch a live broadcast, so they all gathered there to discuss it.

Some who had heard the rumors in the village in the afternoon asked Ye Yaodong and Ye Fu.

"Old Lin said in the afternoon that you saw a sea monster with him. Is it this one?"

"Yeah, I heard it too. Is it this strange fish?"

"I thought he was lying at the time, but he said you saw it too."

"You saw it first, right? The Zhou brothers encountered it later, right?"

Hearing the fellow villagers talking one after another, discussing and asking questions, the Zhou brothers instantly understood that Ye Yaodong and his father had also encountered it in the afternoon.

They hurriedly asked, "Adong, you encountered it in the afternoon too?"

Everyone was chattering and asking non-stop. Ye Yaodong didn't know who to answer. Hearing them ask, he nodded and said.

"Yeah, we were trawling in the afternoon and happened to run into Lin Shu. The two boats were talking at a distance when suddenly a strange creature popped up in the middle, shot straight up from the water, and splashed us all over."

"We only took a glance and didn't see it clearly before it returned to the sea. It looks quite like the one you dragged back, but I don't know if it is, after all, it was gone in the blink of an eye."

The eldest Zhou brother patted his shoulder, "It must be. How could two of these things appear? It just happened to be alive when you saw it, and it was almost dead when I saw it, so we picked up a bargain."

Ye Yaodong smiled and said indifferently, "Such a big guy, I can't do anything about it. I wish I could stay far away."

"You dragged it back with such effort, I don't know if it can be sold for money. If it can be sold for money, at least you didn't work in vain and can make a good profit." ===== CHAPTER 600 =====