Chapter 900: Here Again

If it can move and run away when the tide rises, then let it run; consider it a release for blessings.

If it can't run away and the village committee intends to send it up for experimental research, he won't have lost anything either.

Originally, this basking shark was half-dead anyway. If he hadn't caught those lampreys, it would have been dead as a doornail in three days at most.

By the time he went back and finished eating, it wasn't long before the pier was filled with villagers who had heard the news.

When he went out again, everyone had already had a good discussion.

Seeing him come over, Chen Shuji immediately beckoned to him, "Adong, come, come. I'll have to trouble you to call Director Chen and ask if they want this shark called a basking shark. If they are interested, they can come and tow it away. It can be considered a contribution from our village."

"Oh, so it's to be sent up for research?"

"This was discovered by everyone together, it's not personal, so it's considered a collective honor. It's better to hand it over. With such a big size, we don't know what to do with it, and we're afraid of being bitten. We can't just slaughter it in the water, right? That would be too much of a pity."

"But the tide is rising now, right? Look at it, it moved twice more..."

Chen Shuji and the others hurriedly looked over. As the tide surged in wave after wave, it also shook its head and moved left and right a few times.

"It's still alive, of course it will move. But it doesn't matter if it moved twice; the tide won't rise too high today. In a while, it will be at most a little higher, and with such a big size, it won't be able to swim back."

"If it were dead, it would be quite good for us to hand it over directly. But it's alive and moving, so it won't be easy for us to handle it if we want to hand it over, right? It's so big, it could crush a person into a meat patty, and a single flick of its tail could cause internal injuries."

"It doesn't matter. We just need to call and report the situation truthfully. As for how to get it up, the people from above will find a way themselves. They will also call for a forklift or some kind of vehicle to transport it."

Suddenly someone exclaimed, "Hey, its tail is flapping so high... ah..."

"Slap~"

A huge fish tail slapped hard on the sea surface, and water splashed everywhere. Everyone on the shore was sprayed with water droplets.

"Ouch, if this slapped a person, wouldn't they get a fracture?"

"Can't you avoid it? When we really want to catch it, we'll take a fishing net, be careful, and cover it completely. Let's see if it can still struggle then?"

"Are we really going to catch it?"

"It's already stranded, why not catch it?"

"Catch it! Our village has never caught such a big fish before. Wouldn't it be too prestigious to talk about?"

"Let's call a tractor from another village, tie the fishing net to it, and use the tractor to pull it up and see? If the tractor doesn't work, we'll go to the town and hire a forklift."

"Then we have to put in some effort, tie it up, and then go around the ten miles and eight villages, and the town a few times, to show off? Ouch, then our village will be famous!"

"You're stupid. With such a big port in the town, how could it be that no such big fish has appeared..."

"But I haven't heard of anyone catching such a big fish..."

"That's also true. Then let's find a way to get it up?"

"If you ask me, we should just kill it and eat it. Why hand it over? We'd only get a reward of 50 yuan..."

"Shh, I already said, this is a collective honor..."

The villagers didn't have much awareness of protecting animals. Everyone who saw such a big fish was excited, and most people wanted to catch it ashore to show off.

Ye Yaodong could only light a candle for this fish in his heart; it could only depend on its own fate.

Amidst everyone's discussion, its fish tail lifted and slapped hard again, resulting in another sky-covering spray of water.

"Ouch, this is quite fierce. Who was it that said it was docile earlier?"

"It looks quite fierce."

"Could it be that the sun is too big and its back is too dry? Does it need water?"

"Who knows?"

"If you ask me, it should be a death struggle..."

The villagers exclaimed repeatedly and discussed non-stop.

Chen Shuji patted him again, "Since this fish is stranded and can't go back to the sea, you hurry up and make a call. Explain the situation clearly to Director Chen. They will definitely want such a big fish."

Of course they would want it. Who wouldn't want something given for free?

Even if it's not taken for research, it will be sent to a museum. At worst, they can cut off a shark fin to taste...

He had seen that the shark fins on the basking shark were much larger than those of ordinary sharks, after all, the size was there.

The shark fin of such a big shark is also of a different grade than that of a small shark, not to mention the value of other internal organs. If it's a gift, why not take it?

"Alright, then I'll go make a call and see."

He wasn't the one who discovered it first, so he had no choice. He had done what he should have done in the morning, and the tide didn't seem enough to let it return to the sea. At this point, he could only hand it over and use it to build connections.

Ye Yaodong had long since memorized Director Chen's number by heart. He rode his bicycle to the village committee and made a call, explaining the origin, the cause and effect, and the stranded state of this basking shark in detail.

Director Chen indicated that the newly established Marine Research Institute in the province, or the museum, would definitely be very interested. However, they definitely wouldn't arrive that quickly. He would ride his motorcycle over in the afternoon to take a look first.

After completing the task, he went to the beach again and explained to Chen Shuji that people would probably arrive in the afternoon.

However, at this time, for some reason, the basking shark would go a bit crazy from time to time, constantly flicking its tail. The villagers who were close to the shore were more or less splashed by the seawater.

When he was talking to Chen Shuji, both of them were sprayed from head to toe and soaked.

The villagers also retreated again and again, not daring to be too close to the shore to avoid being affected, only daring to curse and watch from afar.

Ye Yaodong was soaked all over, so he didn't stay long and went back to change his clothes first. Then he didn't come out immediately. After all, the ending of this basking shark was already doomed.

All morning, he only came out twice at intervals, looking at it out of boredom. But every time he came out, he saw the basking shark struggling and twisting its body, and flicking its tail hard.

Everyone said it was because the sun was out and it was too hot. There was no moisture on its back, and it was uncomfortable from being sun-baked, which was why it was struggling more and more fiercely.

Even when the tide rose to its highest point, one could only see it struggling to move its body backward, but it couldn't retreat even a little bit, only seeing its body twisting and its fins shaking violently.

He didn't know how it was washed over and stranded during the night. It was also possible that it was driven crazy by the lampreys drilling into its body, and it rushed around, which was why it rushed to the shore and got stranded.

But it's easy to get stranded, and hard to return to the sea.

However, when he came out to look before lunch, it had already quieted down, motionless, only occasionally shaking its fish tail to splash some water on its back?

The big movements of splashing water in large patches like before were gone. It looked a bit dying, and the tide had also begun to recede.

It didn't return to the sea when the tide rose, and now that the tide was beginning to recede, it was even more impossible. No one intervened, so this was just its fate.

There weren't as many people on the shore as in the morning. Only occasionally would someone curious come out to take a look, but in the hot weather, no one was willing to be sun-baked outside, so they would just take a look and go back.

Until around three o'clock in the afternoon, the sound of a motorcycle rang out near his house. He was originally sitting on a reclining chair at the doorway, and hearing it, he jumped up directly.

Ye Xiaoxi had just woken up for a while and was poking a turtle with a branch next to him. She was startled by his big reaction and fell directly to the ground, looking up at him with her cute, innocent eyes.

"Dad?"

"It's nothing, you go play."

He walked towards the courtyard gate, and Ye Xiaoxi curiously followed behind him, trotting along.

The motorcycle sound went from far to near and stopped directly at his doorway. A smile also piled up on Ye Yaodong's face.

"Director Chen is here. You had to make a trip in this hot weather, thank you for your hard work, thank you for your hard work. Come in quickly and drink a bowl of mung bean soup. My grandma cooked a pot long ago and put it in the water vat to cool, just thinking that when you arrived, you could have a bite to cool down."

Director Chen's face was also full of smiles, "Thank you to the old lady. We are also out on business, no need to be so troublesome."

"It's not troublesome, what's troublesome about this? It's just a matter of convenience. It's easy to get heatstroke when sun-baked outside in this weather. We don't have anything else at home, but there really is too much mung bean. Come in quickly to rest your feet and have a bite of mung bean soup. I'll call a few children to go to the village committee to call people."

"Alright, it is indeed hot enough. But you guys by the seaside are quite cool, there's still wind."

Ye Yaodong brought people into the house, let Aqing serve them mung bean soup, and then went out to call a few boys, telling them to go to the village committee to call people.

It just so happened that these few boys had just dropped their balls and ran over after hearing the commotion. At this moment, they were all surrounding the motorcycle, touching it here and there, dawdling and reluctant to leave.

"Ahai, go."

"Why is it me again?"

"Because you are the oldest, you are the smartest, and you speak clearly. Hurry up and go to the village committee to call the village chief and village secretary to come over, and say Director Chen is here."

Ye Chenghai was quite happy to hear the praise, but he was still reluctant to leave. He kicked Ye Chenghe, "You go, did you hear what Third Uncle said?"

"Why is it me? Didn't Third Uncle call you?"

"But I'm calling you, are you going or not? If you don't go, I won't let you touch it, I won't let you play with the ball, and I'll beat you up."

"I'm going to tell Mom."

"Telling Mom will also get you beaten. After Mom beats you, you'll have to be beaten by me!"

After Ye Chenghai finished speaking, he pulled him away from the motorcycle and pulled him behind him, not letting him get close to the motorcycle.

Ye Chenghe dared to be angry but didn't dare to speak. He glared at the back of his head, his hands clenched into fists, gesturing hard at the back of his head, his mouth opening and closing in silent cursing.

But he didn't dare to really make a move. Who told him to be young? He was always suppressed and beaten.

If he dared to make a move, he would be beaten in turn, and he really wouldn't be able to touch the car or play with the ball.

"Hurry up!"

Ye Chenghai kicked his leg backward without looking back, and he really kicked him squarely.

Ye Chenghe was furious and could only kick pebbles while cursing in a low voice, and then ran away quickly.

Running faster would allow him to go early and return early.

Ye Yaodong didn't care who went to call them, as long as someone went to call them. After giving the instructions, he turned and went into the house directly.