"What is Dawangyou?"
The two brothers didn't understand and looked at Ye Yaodong, waiting for his explanation.
"Perhaps you can think of it as a giant wrasse. The frequently swaying tentacles are quite similar to the whiskers of a wrasse."
"Is squid a possibility as well?"
"Giant squid also refers to the giant squid. The word 'cuttlefish' in the name of the giant squid is actually not a squid, but a type of squid. As for the giant squid, there is a type of squid called the giant Physalis colossi, which lives in Antarctica and nowhere else. This giant squid is different."
The two brothers were somewhat confused after hearing this, but Dongzi seemed to know a lot
"This one is so big, it should be very valuable, right?"
"It must be very valuable. Who has ever seen such a big fish or octopus? It's just like the oarfish that Dongzi caught before. Who has ever seen such a big oarfish?"
The more the two brothers discussed, the more excited they became. When they thought of Dongzi selling the oarfish for 800 yuan, their eyes lit up as they looked towards the sea.
Ye Yaodong explained: "Oarfish and cutlassfish are also different. They are two different species."
"They look similar! Just one is bigger and the other is smaller."
He was too lazy to correct them. They were all fishermen, not academic scholars. It didn't matter what it was called to them, as long as they could sell it for a good price.
"The tide is receding little by little, but I don't see the waves moving that big guy forward. Aren't the waves pretty big today?"
"Could it be that the octopus or squid was too big and too heavy, and its tentacles were moving around so fast that the waves couldn't break through it?"
"That's possible. Let's just wait and see. We have to wait until the tide recedes."
"Well, if we retreat, we should be able to get it, right?"
"Take a look first."
The three brothers stood there for the whole morning. Dasao Ye and Ersao Ye had been having conflicts with the men in their family these days and were in the middle of a cold war. They ignored them and let them sit in the cold wind as if they were withered. They didn't go up to ask them what they were doing.
I was even more embarrassed to come and ask Lin Xiuqing. I always felt a little uncomfortable being alone in front of her after not listening to others' advice and suffering a great loss. There have been a lot of conflicts in my family recently, and I also felt that I was being laughed at.
Lin Xiuqing just sat by the window, watching with her chin propped up.
Several children had money and firecrackers in their pockets, and they ran away after dinner.
She thought about it and brought over another pot of hot tea, so that he wouldn't have to stand there waiting, which would make him thirsty. She could also check to see where the tide had receded.
Seeing her so considerate, Ye Yaodong felt warm in his heart, "I told you not to come out and get blown by the wind, why didn't you listen? If we get thirsty, we will go in and drink water by ourselves."
"I'm also curious about where the tide went out and whether that thing in the sea was washed in."
"No, except that the tide has receded a little, that giant octopus or giant squid is still there and has not been washed in by the waves."
"I wonder if it will be reachable when the tide goes out? I've never seen a creature this big before..."
"There's everything in the sea. It's not uncommon. There may be big fish in the sea, but ordinary people just can't see them."
"Do you want to take turns watching the tide? It saves the three of you from standing together in the cold wind." She saw that the eldest and second brothers Ye were both hunching their necks, with their hands tucked into their sleeves, their hair blown up to reveal their broad foreheads.
Ye Yaodong also looked at the two people who were huddled together, "Why don't you go back to the house and tie a scarf, put on a hat and gloves, and come out later?"
"also."
The two of them were wearing only one cotton jacket. The wind on the shore was stronger than that at the doorstep. After all, the house faced north and south, and sitting at the doorstep, the house blocked the wind, so they didn't feel that cold. But it was indeed cold when they came out to the shore.
Not long after they went in, they came out fully armed and let Ye Yaodong go in to rest.
Ye Yaodong looked at his wife who was still standing nearby, and went in with her first. It would be fine as long as there were people watching to prevent anyone from getting in first.
For half a morning, the three brothers took turns going in and out. Later, even Ye Dasao and Ye Ersao knew that there was a big creature on the sea, and they were waiting for the tide to go out.
The two of them were also excited and kept running to the shore to watch, thinking that if they could catch it and sell it for a few hundred dollars like the oarfish, sharing some with each family would help alleviate the loss.
Mrs. Ye said excitedly, "Can't we go down now? The tide has receded a lot."
"Just wait here. You haven't retreated all the way yet. Waiting here is the same as standing in front." Ye Yaodong said as he looked around. There really was no one coming to the beach today.
The weather was bad and no one came to blow the wind.
As everyone was looking forward to it, the tide receded little by little, and they walked onto the beach, following the tide to the lowest point.
After walking nearly a hundred meters, it was not far from the big guy. When it got closer, it saw that its tentacles were thicker and they would rise up from time to time to slap the sea surface, causing large splashes of water.
When they reached the lowest point of the tide, only a few dozen meters away from the big guy, they could barely see the behemoth in the sea.
The main thing is that I could clearly see its huge white oval body, which was slightly exposed above the water.
"Fuck, it's really a giant octopus, not a giant octopus!" Ye Yaodong looked at its body from a distance and recognized it.
Perhaps the tide was receding and the water was getting shallower and shallower, so its huge body had long been stranded in the water. It was unable to move forward with the tide and could only struggle desperately using its tentacles.
Also because the tide was too shallow and its body was too large, with half of it exposed above the sea, they could barely recognize it even from forty or fifty meters away.
Sister Ye and Sister Ye, who had been following them, were also excited. "Wow, it's really a fish? Is there really such a big fish?"
"What is a giant kingfish? Is it a giant kingfish? This one is so big, my god, I've never seen such a big kingfish before, hurry up and move forward..."
Lin Xiuqing also followed, looking at it excitedly, "Adong, can you tell me what a giant king fish is? What a surprise, it really is a giant king fish. It's so big, it looks like it's several meters long. We haven't seen such a big king fish here, it's so rare."
"What is a giant squid? The giant squid is actually a giant squid. Some people also call it a giant cuttlefish. It seems that the only difference between this thing and ordinary squid is their size. They are the same species."
The giant squid is also called the "giant squid".
In fact, there is a difference between fish and squid. As for normal-sized fish and squid, they are very similar in appearance, but there are obvious differences.
The body of the squid is long and narrow, a bit like the tip of a javelin, so it is also called the squid. The tentacles of the squid are not as long as those of the squid, and they cannot be fully retracted into the body, and the squid has hard bones.
"Then it must be a mullet? The king of mullets?"
"almost."
Mrs. Ye excitedly added: "Just like the oarfish is the king of oarfish!"
Uh... If you want to understand it this way, then understand it this way, but the cutlassfish and the oarfish are really not the same species...
No more explanation!
Several people followed the receding tide and walked forward, exclaiming repeatedly and talking about how long the giant kingfish was.
"This big fish should be worth a few hundred dollars, right? It's so big, we've made a fortune..." Mrs. Ye said with a smile on her face.
Mrs. Ye also smiled from ear to ear and agreed, "It will definitely sell for a few hundred yuan. Who has ever seen such a big one? The old lady must have never seen one in such a long time."
"It's too early to say. Let's talk about how big it is after we get closer." Although Brother Ye spoke conservatively, the excitement in his eyes and the corners of his mouth that were almost stretched to his ears revealed that he was not really saying what he said.
As they got closer, they thought the tide had receded to the bottom and they were only about five or six meters away from the big king fish.
I saw a huge white body half-stranded on the beach, floating back and forth in the shallow sea water. Its tentacles were entangled together, and the suction cups on them were densely packed and clearly visible from a distance. It was really too big.
Moreover, it seemed to still have life and could occasionally swing its tentacles, but it was no longer like the one they saw on the shore at the beginning, which could swing with a long whip.
Ye Yaodong asked the three women to stand where they were and not move forward, because if they still had vitality, they would be sent flying by the tentacles.
"It looks like it's almost out of air, right? It just swayed a few times just now."
"It should be dying soon. It's so big and there's too little water here."
"It's hard to say. The three of us can go up and take a look. If there's anything wrong, we can run away quickly."
Lin Xiuqing nodded, "Then you should be careful."
"Um."
As Ye Yaodong spoke, he took off his shoes and socks, pulled up his trouser legs, and waded forward with his two brothers.
The wind was blowing coldly and the sea was icy, but the hearts of the three people were burning.
When the sea water reached above their knees, they walked up to the giant fish. Its huge size was even more shocking when viewed from a close distance.
Grilled mullet is an indispensable food at the snack stalls in the night market. The common mullet is 20-30 cm long, and a string of it is not enough to eat, but compared with this king mullet, it is not even as big as its eyeball.
“Oh my goodness… It must be three or four meters long. No wonder the seawater can’t wash in at this position. It must weigh several hundred kilograms! Oh my God…” Brother Ye walked closer and saw the size of the big fish, and he couldn’t help but be amazed.
Second Brother Ye was also surprised and delighted, with a look of shock on his face, "Is there really such a big fish? Weird things happen every year, but this year there are especially many. In the past few years, only rare things would appear, but in the past six months, strange things have been happening frequently."
Hearing this, Brother Ye nodded in agreement, "Yes, yes, yes, there have been too many strange things this year, and there have been a lot of big fish, such as the sardine storm. Many people in the village have made a lot of money, and everyone's fishing this year has a better harvest than in previous years."
"May Mazu bless you..."
The two brothers circled around the big kingfisher as they talked, rubbing their hands together in excitement.
Suddenly, one of its tentacles swung and hit Ye Yaopeng directly on the back. Ye Yaopeng was caught off guard and was whipped. His body leaned forward and he staggered. He supported himself with his hands in the water to stabilize his body.
"Ah? It's still alive?"